UHH Invite Results
HILO, BIG ISLAND - The University of Hawai`i took fourth place at the Hawai`i-Hilo Cross Country Invitational today totalling 75 points. The race was held on the UHH campus, which was very muddy and sloppy from torential rains the night before and early this morning.
UH's Jennifer Crumley, who came in first among the UH runners and sixth place overall, posted her all-time personal best of 19 minutes and 37 seconds.
UH sent nine of their 23-member squad to Hilo for this race this morning.
"Our girls gave their all this morning on a pretty tough, muddy course," head coach Carmyn James said. "We wanted them to go out and test their 3K and 5K efforts and I was pleased with the results."
The Rainbow Wahine, who took first place last week when the local college programs participated in the Chaminade Invitational,left the top six runners home from last week's meet to train in preparation when they host the Big Wave Invitational next Saturday at Kualoa Ranch.
Hawai`i freshman Leonie Sugai came in second among the UH runners. She is out of Castle High School on Oahu and one of 15 newcomers to the UH squad. Sugai posted a time of 20 minutes and 50 seconds.
Of the nine runners, only five score for the team. The other top three runners that scored were Sarah Wood in 17th place and Sarah Verga in 18th place with times of 20:57 and 21:03, respectively. The final runner that scored for UH was newcomer Jordana Whittingham who came in 20th overall posting a time of 21 minutes and 11 seconds.
"Our 'Super Senior' did a fantastic job for us," James said. "Both Sarah Verga and Jodi Enomoto got out of the gate quickly and tried to set the pace for the team. They went out and were fearless at the start."
Enomoto ran a 21:42 good enough for 23rd place while Kira Lee came in 26th with a 21:49.
"This was very good preparation for us going into the Big Wave next Saturday," James said.
The Rainbow Wahine host the University of Hawai`i Big Wave Invitational next Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Kualoa Ranch. The collegiate women's race begins at 3:30 p.m. with high school and men's race prior.
