Bernardo-Flores, Bocobo Earn HPH Silversword Athlete Honors

Chaminade University cross country runners Elijah Bernardo-Flores (Waipahu, O'ahu, Hawai'i/Kamehameha-Kapalama) and Caitlin Bocobo (Mililani, O'ahu, Hawai'i/Sacred Hearts) are the Hawai'i Pacific Health Silversword Male and Female Athletes of the Week for the competition between Oct. 4 and 10.
 
Bernardo-Flores recorded a personal-best 8-kilometer time of 30 minutes, 28.9 seconds at this past Saturday's Chaminade Invitational. The graduate student recorded his second consecutive fifth-place overall finish.
 
In just her second race as a member of the women's team, Bocobo was the first 'Sword to cross the finish line of the 6-k event, logging a time of 23:08. The sophomore is also a member of the women's soccer team.
 
 
Previous 2021-22 Hawai'i Pacific Health Male and Female Silversword Athletes of the Week:
Aug. 31: Brooklen Pe'a (women's volleyball), no male awardee
Sept. 7: Brandon Yasue (men's soccer), Shantel Torres-Benito (women's soccer)
Sept. 14: Alexia Byrnes (women's volleyball), no male awardee
Sept. 21: Schuyler Peterson (men's golf), Annah Rivera (women's volleyball)
Sept. 28: Kelton Cheney (men's soccer), Caili Cain (women's soccer)
Oct. 5: Owen Daugherty (men's cross country), Eri Leong (women's cross country)