Nicolaisen, who disappointed herself at last year's championships with a second-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles and third in the 300, said she upped her mental game this year by using visualization techniques. "I had to overcome the negative that made me lose before. I visualized every step of the way before the race and then I got out there and won," she said.

Her time of 44.44 in the 300-meter hurdles was a personal best for the senior, who trains on an uneven grass track with her teammates at the remote Big Island school.

Britney Stephens of Mililani was another double winner, edging out defending champion Brittany Feiteira of Baldwin in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.36. The two battled each other again in 200-meter dash with the same result. Stephens posted a time of 25.60 seconds with Feiteira only .04 seconds behind.

Feiteira won gold in the 400-meter dash at 59.08 and anchored Baldwin to a come-from-behind win in the 4-by-100 relay with a time of 49.48. Feiteira was forced to carry the load for her team, after an injury forced fellow Baldwin star June Ann Lusk to drop from five of the six events she had planned to enter.

Punahou's Samantha Cabreros successfully defended her title in the triple jump with a leap 38 feet, but lost in the long jump to Yasmina Taketa of Kalani. Taketa, a junior, fouled on her first jump but set a personal best of 17 feet, 7› inches on her second attempt.

"I was pretty mad (about the foul) so that helped me," Taketa said.

Maui High's Chelsea Machida captured the high jump for the second year in a row by clearing 5 feet, 2 inches. Machida won the state high school diving championship in February, and said her early gymnastics training helped her reach the top in both sports.

The only other gold for Punahou, won the girls team title, came in the last event of the night, the 4-by-400 relay. The Buffanblu clocked 4:03:72, with

Baldwin about four seconds back.