HILO, Hawai'i – The Chaminade University men's and women's cross country teams wrapped up the regular season in Saturday's Hawai'i Hilo Invitational at the Grand Naniloa Banyans Golf Course.
The Silversword men finished second with 37 points while Hawai'i Pacific University was the team winner with 18 points.
The 'Swords had two runners finish in the top seven of the 8-kilometer race.
Amari Lino (Manchester, Pa./Northeastern) was third with a finishing time of 34 minutes, 3.6 seconds while
James Carter (Raleigh, Miss./Harrison Central) was seventh at 40:28.7.
Luke Patterson (Gilbert, Ariz./Scottsdale CC/Mesquite HS) was the third CUH runner to finish, clocking a time of 40:37.7, followed by
Tyler Geivet (Aliso Viejo, Calif./Aliso Niguel) at 41:36.2,
Bode Poler (Montesano, Wash./Gonzaga University/Montesano HS) at 42:03.2 and
Nicholas Gebbia (San Antonio, Texas/Lee) at 43:16.7.
HPU's Drake Hanley was the individual winner at 29:40.3.
The 'Swords women was third with 55 points in the 6-k run with
Jocelyn Thomas (Tonganoxie, Kan./Kaiser, Honolulu) finishing as the runner-up, crossing the tape at 24:59.3.
Lihan Lou (Honolulu/Roosevelt) finished 10th overall with a time of 28:30.1.
Cassie Chong (Mililani, O'ahu, Hawai'i/Mililani) was the team's No. 3 finisher at 33:11.4 while
Jordyn Koki (Ewa Beach, O'ahu, Hawai'i/Kamehameha-Kapalama) was just a hair behind at 33:11.7.
Ava Walker (Las Vegas/Faith Lutheran) and
Summer Buck (Honolulu/Kaiser) rounded out the team at 34:39.1 and 34:39.3, respectively.
UH Hilo swept the team and individual titles with 29 points while the Vulcans' Kathleen Raab clocked a winning time of 24:06.9.
Up next for the cross country teams are the Pacific West Conference Championships at the Jessup University Cross Country Course in Rocklin, California on Sunday, Nov. 8.
