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HILO \u2014 Over 1,200 Big Island paddlers returned to Hilo Bay on Saturday for the fourth regatta of the 2026 Moku O Hawai\u2019i Outrigger Canoe Racing Association season. Competitors as young as 6 and as old as 81 embarked on a variety of quarter-mile, half-mile and mile-long races through the East Hawaii waters. The event was hosted by Kailana Canoe Club.<\/p>\n

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HILO \u2014 Over 1,200 Big Island paddlers returned to Hilo Bay on Saturday for the fourth regatta of the 2026 Moku O Hawai\u2019i Outrigger Canoe Racing Association season. Competitors as young as 6 and as old as 81 embarked on a variety of quarter-mile, half-mile and mile-long races through the East Hawaii waters. The event was hosted by Kailana Canoe Club.<\/p>\n

Kai \u2018Ehitu Outrigger Team amassed the most points overall and in Division AAA for the fourth consecutive regatta, logging 243 points and beating second-place finisher Puna Canoe Club by over 50 points. The Kona-based club particularly dominated in the keiki races.<\/p>\n

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Kai \u2018Ehitu won an impressive 16 of the day\u2019s 44 events, including the fastest quarter-mile race of the day in 1:44.41 (boys novice team of Martin Kamaka, Kela Brown, X Rose, Ua Mongenyip, Jacob Souza and Paul Hanson), fastest half mile in 3:34.42 (men\u2019s freshmen team of Kua Nolan, Trey Cox III, Chevise Conte, Jose Lizardi, Rusty Crabbe and Isaac Vincent) and the fastest mile in 7:33.54 by the men\u2019s junior squad of Nolan, Cox III, Lizardi, Crabbe, Vincent and Paka Davis.<\/p>\n

The red and white also clinched gold in the following divisions: boys 10 (2:17.80), boys 12 (1:59:20), girls 13 (1:58:30), boys 13 (1:59:20), girls 14 (2:00.58), boys 14 (1:46.75), mixed novice (1:52.11), girls 15 (4:31.78), boys 15 (4:04.89), boys 16 and under (3:58.06), boys 18 and under (3:55.31), mixed 18 (4:15.94), men sophomore (3:51.71) and the senior men masters (3:52.60).<\/p>\n

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Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club won Division AA with 164 points, including six division wins \u2014 girls 10 (2:20.26), mixed boys and girls 12 (2:06.58), women\u2019s novice (4:41.26), men\u2019s novice (3:53.30), mixed masters 40 (4:00.63) and the men\u2019s open four (4:05.20).<\/p>\n

Like Kai \u2018Ehitu, Saturday marked Keoua Honaunau\u2019s fourth consecutive team victory in their respective division, which is determined by the number of events a club competes in in a regatta.<\/p>\n

Winning Division A for the fourth straight regatta was Hoemana, which logged 30 points and had their strongest showings in the girls 16-and-under, senior men\u2019s masters (50) and women\u2019s masters (60) divisions.<\/p>\n

To read more results, visit HCRA\u2019s website. The season continues next week with a Keaukaha-hosted regatta back in Hilo Bay.<\/p>\n

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Team results<\/p>\n

Division AAA (31-46 events)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Kai Ehitu Outrigger Team: 243 points<\/p>\n

2. Puna Canoe Club: 190 points<\/p>\n

3. Kawaihae Canoe Club: 173 points<\/p>\n

4. Keaukaha Canoe Club: 158 points<\/p>\n

Division AA (15-30 events)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club: 164 points<\/p>\n

2. Hui Wa\u2018a \u2018O Waiakea: 124 points<\/p>\n

3. Kai Opua Canoe Club: 121 points<\/p>\n

4. Kamehameha Canoe Club-Hilo: 99 points<\/p>\n

5. Waikoloa Canoe Club: 85 points<\/p>\n

6. Keauhou Canoe Club: 39 points<\/p>\n

Division A (1-14 events)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Hoemana: 30 points<\/p>\n

2. Na Wa\u2018a Hanakahi: 26 points<\/p>\n

3. Paddlers of Laka: 25 points<\/p>\n

4. Kailana Canoe Club: 2 points\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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