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Updated at 12:01 p.m., Sunday, May 4, 2008

Baldwin wins MIL boys, girls track titles

By Mary Beth Bishop
The Maui News

MIL BOYS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONS

BOYS

3000—Reid Hunter, King Kekaulike, 9:25.70

1500—Reid Hunter, King Kekaulike, 4:06.49

Discus—Sean Tesoro, Baldwin, 174-1

Shot Put—Sean Tesoro, Baldwin, 52-4

Long Jump—Kawika Grace, Baldwin, 19-11 3/4

100—Kalei Kamahele, Baldwin, 11.01

200—Kalei Kamahele, Baldwin, 22.04

High Jump—Mikey Marrs, Baldwin, 5-8

4x400 Relay—Baldwin, 3:28.26

800—Joey Amescua, Baldwin, 1:57.44

400—Jesse Henderson, King Kekaulike, 51.40

Triple Jump—Bryson Williams, Lahainaluna, 42-7 1/4

110 Hurdles—Joshua Diaz, Maui, 15.56

300 Hurdles—Joshua Diaz, Maui, 41.60

Pole Vault—Billy Pacheco, St. Anthony, 14-0

4x100 Relay—Baldwin, 43.77

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MIL GIRLS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONS

Discus—Megan Medeiros, Lahainaluna, 122-2

Long Jump—Ayesha Pladera, Baldwin, 16-5 1/2

Triple Jump—Jordyn Kilgore, Lahainaluna, 33-9 3/4

100 Hurdles—Asia Okamura, Baldwin, 16.78

300 Hurdles—Jordyn Kilgore, Lahainaluna, 50.20

100—Brittany Feiteira, Baldwin, 12.56

High Jump—Cheyla Vega, Maui, 5-0

1500—Bailey Massenburg, King Kekaulike, 4:51.90

3000—Bailey Massenburg, King Kekaulike, 11:25.05

400—Kailea Tracy-Visintainer, Seabury Hall, 57.10

Shot Put—Kaipo Rocha, Seabury Hall, 33-8

Pole Vault—Asia Okamura, Baldwin, 9-9

4x400 Relay—King Kekaulike, 4:20.24

4x100 Relay—Baldwin, 51.71

800—Bailey Massenburg, King Kekaulike 2:28.26

200—Kailea Tracy-Visintainer, Seabury Hall, 25.06

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WAILUKU — It was a fitting end for Baldwin High School senior Brittany Feiteira.

Amid the signs and T-shirts showing support for the two-time individual track and field state champion, Feiteira helped lead her team to its ninth consecutive Maui Interscholastic League team title last night at Yamamoto Track & Field Facility.

''It's my last time at MILs and it feels like just yesterday I was a freshman,'' Feiteira, who won the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.56 seconds, said to The Maui News. ''I'm really proud of my girls. I've had my ups and downs — we've all had our ups and downs — but they stuck by me.''

Feiteira also anchored the Bears' winning 4x100-meter relay team, which clocked a time of 51.71.

Adding to the Baldwin girls' accolades was Asia Okamura, who not only won the pole vault but set a meet record at 9 feet, 9 inches. Okamura also won the 100 high hurdles in 16.78 seconds, and was on the winning relay team as well.

''Brittany Feiteira — she has been my bread and butter, my blood and guts, any cliche you want to use to describe our heart. The team's heart is her,'' said Baldwin coach Neil Takeyama. ''Brittany's going to be a key, but another gal who's another symbol of how much guts these girls have is Asia Okamura. She was pole vaulting, high-hurdling, running the (400 relay) … she found something inside of her that allowed her to elevate.''

Baldwin took the boys team title as well, in dominant fashion.

''We're happy, we're happy,'' said coach Gary Sanches. ''The kids broke a couple of records … we ran some good times in our relays and of course, all the third, fourth, fifth, sixth places we didn't expect.

''They showed up. I've been saying all year, you've got to show up for the big dance and now we've got to it at states again.''

Baldwin's Sean Tesoro set meet records in both throwing events — 174-1 in the discus, and 52-4 in the shot put.

The Bears' Joey Amescua set a meet record in the boys 800, winning in 1:57.44. He is the defending state 800 champion.

Amescua also anchored the winning 400 relay team, which recorded a time of 43.77. Baldwin won the 4x400 relay in 3:28.26.

The Bears' Kalei Kamahele also won two individual events, placing first in the 100 (11.01) and 200 (22.04)

St. Anthony's Billy Pacheco claimed his second MIL pole vault title, clearing 14 feet.

''I came out, I performed at my top, at the best,'' Pacheco said. ''I've been training very, very hard through the offseason and the season. I came out in the 100 meters, and I didn't figure I would do as much in that, but I turned out to be second place in that.

''I thought I was going to jump a little higher tonight, but some things didn't work out in the vault tonight. But it's great — I'm the MIL champ for the second time in the vault and everything's good.''

Pacheco was ranked No. 1 in the state in the pole vault earlier this year.

''That makes me even more and more hungry to come out here and win … I will win the state,'' he said.

King Kekaulike distance champions Bailey Massenburg and Reid Hunter took home five medals between them, but personal improvements this season meant the most to them in the long run.

''I ran two races and I've got two records and that was my goal coming into the meet,'' said Hunter, who took first place in the 1,500 (4:06.49) and 3,000 (9:25.70).

''(Having a great season) has boosted my confidence so much. This year I improved about 10 seconds in the 1,500 and about 30 seconds in the 3,000 and 5 seconds in the 800, so I'm improving exponentially each year and I still can go faster in the 1,500, which is great — it was horribly windy today.''

Massenburg took first place in the 800 (2:28.26), 1,500 (4:51.90) and 3,000 (11:25.05), and filled in on Na Ali'i's 4x400 relay team that won in 4:20.24.

Seabury Hall freshman Kailea Tracy-Visintainer set meet records in the 200 (25.06) and 400 (57.10), the culmination of a season spent at the top of her game.

''I was super-stoked — I got my best time in the 400 and also the 200 and breaking the MIL records in both of them, I'm super-psyched,'' she said. ''It's a great year and all my hard work paid off.

''Because it's my first year, it just makes it super-crazy that I'm a freshman and I've opened the door to a lot of possibilities over the next three years, so the future's looking great and I'm looking forward to it.''

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