Fourteen Records Set Saturday at Puna Regatta

A week after 17 new records were set at Hilo Bayfront, 14 more records were shattered Saturday during the Puna Canoe Club-hosted Moku O Hawai’i Canoe Racing Regatta. Half of those records were marks that were set just last week.

Three races in, Kai Opua set the pace for shattering records, knocking down a record they set seven days prior in the Mixed 12 event by almost a second and a half, posting a time of 2:02.39. They would set five more race records throughout the day. Three races later, they knocked down the Women Novice B event record set last year by Kawaihae Canoe Club, crushing it by over four seconds with a time of 1:52.20. In the next race, they beat their own Girls 14 mark from last week by over four seconds, posting a time of 1:54.12.

Six races later, Kai Opua beat the Girls 16 record that their own club set last year with a finishing time of 4:27.28. They would set the next record eight races later, blasting last year’s mark that they set in the Women’s Sophomore race by over 20 seconds with a time of 8:20.42. The final record that they broke was in the Women’s Open Four race, defeating Kawaihae’s 2011 time with a 4:18.85 finish.

The host canoe club wasn’t kind to the record books, either. Puna took down four race records Saturday, starting with the Boys 13 race, defeating last year’s finish from Keaukaha Canoe Club by over four seconds, finishing at 1:46.74. Three races later, their Boys 14 crew bested their own record mark from last week by over four seconds, finishing at 1:40.07.

Puna Canoe Club took down both Senior Masters race records, starting with the women’s event, beating last week’s time by almost eight seconds with a finishing time of 4:19.75. They took down Kai Opua’s record in the men’s race with a time of 3:41.61.

Kai ‘Ehitu set a record in the Mix Novice B race, defeating last year’s mark by Keauhou with a time of 1:44.73. Keauhou set records in both Masters races, while Keaukaha bested their own mark from last week in the Men’s Golden Masters race with a time of 3:55.55.

Team standings

A Division

Kai Opua 207

Keauhou 172

Puna 169

Keaukaha 154

Kai ‘Ehitu 116

Kawaihae 99

Kamehameha 89

B Division

Paddlers of Laka 48

Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 39

Keoua 22

Na Wa’a Hanakahi 19

Waikoloa 18

Kailana 6

Individual race results

Girls 12

1. Kai ‘Ehitu 2:10.69

2. Paddlers of Laka 2:12.90

3. Keauhou 2:13.52

Boys 12

1. Kai Opua 1:56.37

2. Kai ‘Ehitu 2:00.36

3. Paddlers of Laka 2:05.29

Mixed 12

1. Kai Opua 2:02.39*

2. Kai ‘Ehitu 2:04.47

3. Kawaihae 2:05.21

Girls 13

1. Kai ‘Ehitu 2:01.86

2. Kai Opua 2:02.27

3. Paddlers of Laka 2:05.84

Boys 13

1. Puna 1:46.74*

2. Kai Opua 1:47.09

3. Kai ‘Ehitu 1:50.57

Women Novice B

1. Kai Opua 1:52.20*

2. Puna 1:54.84

3. Kai ‘Ehitu 1:55.98

Girls 14

1. Kai Opua 1:54.12*

2. Kai “Ehitu 1:59.66

3. Keauhou 2:00.02

Boys 14

1. Puna 1:40.07*

2. Keaukaha 1:43.39

3. Kai Opua 1:46.38

Mixed Novice B

1. Kai ‘Ehitu 1:44.73*

2. Keauhou 1:44.98

3. Puna 1:47.01

Girls 15

1. Keaukaha 4:27.07

2. Kai Opua 4:29.83

3. Kai ‘Ehitu 4:49.63

Boys 15

1. Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 4:00.53

2. Kai Opua 4:04.33

3. Keaukaha 4:08.60

Men Novice B

1. Keauhou 3:47.36

2. Puna 3:56.89

3. Kai ‘Ehitu 3:58.85

Girls 16

1. Kai Opua 4:27.28*

2. Keaukaha 4:42.24

3. Kai ‘Ehitu 4:45.62

Boys 16

1. Kai Opua 3:47.75

2. Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 4:01.78

3. Kawaihae 4:11.70

Girls 18

1. Kai Opua 4:32.18

2. Keaukaha 4:37.17

3. Kamehameha 4:58.95

Boys 18

1. Kai Opua 8:14.69

2. Kamehameha 8:49.22

3. Keaukaha 9:16.78

Women Novice A

1. Puna 4:24.46

2. Keauhou 4:28.87

3. Kawaihae 4:35.42

Men Novice A

1. Keauhou 7:49.83

2. Puna 7:54.85

3. Kawaihae 8:00.14

Women Freshmen

1. Kai Opua 8:45.15

2. Kawaihae 8:45.94

3. Puna 9:08.35

Men Freshmen

1. Keauhou 7:20.49

2. Kai Opua 7:37.73

3. Puna 7:47.95

Women Sophomore

1. Kai Opua 8:20.42*

2. Kawaihae 8:56.99

3. Kamehameha 9:14.81

Men Sophomore

1. Keauhou 7:42.19

2. Kai Opua 7:49.43

3. Keaukaha 7:56.06

Women Junior

1. Kai Opua 8:58.36

2. Puna 9:12.77

3. Kai ‘Ehitu 9:17.72

Men Junior

1. Keauhou 7:31.96

2. Puna 7:40.85

3. Kai Opua 7:48.69

Women Masters (40)

1. Puna 9:04.75

2. Kamehameha 9:08.75

3. Kai Opua 9:12.59

Men Masters (40)

1. Keauhou 7:27.19

2. Keaukaha 7:35.22

3. Puna 7:35.61

Women Masters (60)

1. Keauhou 4:28.86*

2. Kamehameha 4:49.21

3. Keaukaha 5:10.46

Men Masters (60)

1. Keauhou 3:59.84*

2. Keaukaha 4:15.56

3. Paddlers of Laka 4:16.26

Women Golden Masters (55)

1. Puna 4:37.03

2. Keauhou 4:42.89

3. Kamehameha 5:04.46

Men Golden Masters (55)

1. Keaukaha 3:55.55*

2. Kai Opua 3:58.55

3. Keauhou 4:03.12

Senior Women Masters (50)

1. Puna 4:19.75*

2. Keauhou 4:23.74

3. Kamehameha 4:39.30

Senior Men Masters (50)

1. Puna 3:41.61*

2. Kai Opua 3:43.99

3. Keaukaha 3:57.92

Mixed Masters (60)

1. Keauhou 4:24.60

2. Keaukaha 4:34.20

3. Paddlers of Laka 4:35.64

Mixed Masters (55)

1. Keauhou 4:06.77

2. Puna 4:16.38

3. Kamehameha 4:21.38

Mixed Masters (40)

1. Keaukaha 3:58.82

2. Puna 3:59.53

3. Kai Opua 4:01.19

Women Open Four

1. Kai Opua 4:18.85*

2. Kawaihae 4:19.10

3. Puna 4:33.16

Men Open Four

1. Keaukaha 3:48.68

2. Kai Opua 3:49.44

3. Puna 3:51.09

Mixed Men and Women

1. Keauhou 3:51.02

2. Kai Opua 3:52.24

3. Puna 3:54.01