The 18th Annual Rusty Interscholastic Surf Championship
Baldwin used balanced scoring
to win its’ second Maui Interscholastic Surf Championship, Saturday at Hookipa
Beach Park.
The Bears scored 104 points
in the boy’s events and 80 points in the girl’s divisions to outdistance
Lahainaluna, 184-160. Baldwin won boys and girls bodyboard and had finalists in
five of the six divisions.
It was the first championship
for four-year coach Keoki Pfaeltzer, a Maui County pool lifeguard. He succeeded
Neal Norris, who coached the team for 14 years. Norris’ Baldwin team won in
2007.
“I’m elated for the kids, we
had a bunch of seniors,” Pfaeltzer said. “I’m super happy, I can’t wait to tell
Neal.
One of the Baldwin seniors
was bodyboard champion Tevin Roth. Roth was competing for the third time.
“The first year, I lost in my
first heat. The second year, I didn’t make the final,” Roth said. “This year I
made the finals and won, I’m pretty stoked.”
Roth’s title continued
Baldwin’s success in the boy’s bodyboard division. “Our community is prone to
bodyboard, it’s kind of the area. Everyone, the role models, all bodyboard, and
we’re influenced by them.”
Baldwin junior Ciarra Boggs
claimed the girl’s bodyboard title. Last year she was disqualified for catching
more than the five-wave limit.
“I’m horrible at keeping
tract,” Boggs said. “I messed up last year, so I had to make it right this
year.”
Boggs, whose other favorite
sport is skateboarding, was relaxed in the final. “I scream underwater so I
don’t get frustrated before my heat starts. Makes me feel calmer.”
Lahainaluna sophomore Sierra
Lerback repeated in the girl’s shortboard and longboard becoming the first
surfer to ever repeat in two divisions.
Lerback, who is the Lunas water polo goalie, said it was tough to repeat. “This year
I had harder heats, a lot more girls this year. I usually don’t do so well at
Hookipa, but I finally found where to line up and how to get around.”
The other boy winners were
Lahainaluna senior Kaimana Kinimaka (shortboard) and Kamehameha freshman Imai
Devault (longboard).
Team results
Baldwin 187
Lahainaluna 160
King Kekaulike 134
Kamehameha Maui 88
Maui High 36
Seabury Hall 13
Maui Prep 9
Individual Results
Boys
Shortboard
1. Kaimana
Kinimaka, Lahainaluna
2. Chantz
Beatty-Saffery, Baldwin
3. Miles
Serafica, King Kekaulike
4. Justice
Patao, Baldwin
5. Tyler
Larronde, King Kekaulike
6. Imai
Devault, Kamehameha
Kaimana
Kinimaka
Longboard
1. Imai
Devault, Kamehameha
2. Noah
Yap, Baldwin
3. Justice
Patao, Baldwin
4. Mack
Crilley, Maui
5. Miles
Serafica, King Kekaulike
6. Kawika
Kinimaka, Lahainaluna
Bodyboard
1. Tevin
Roth, Baldwin
2. Keanu
Gregory, Kamehameha
3. Noah
Plaza-Forsythe, King Kekaulike
4. Koa
Takeo, Kamehameha
5. Pheril
Amarillo, Maui
6. Noah
Yap, Baldwin
Tevin Roth
Girls
Shortboard
1. Sierra
Lerback, Lahainaluna
2. Serene
Gunnison, King Kekaulike
3. Candace
Hanneman, Lahainaluna
4. Tasha
Jahrmarkt, King Kekaulike
5. Leilani
Miranda, Lahainaluna
6. Kawaiola
Wendt-Vogele, Maui Prep
Longboard
1. Sierra
Lerback, Lahainaluna
2. Leilani
Miranda, Lahainaluna
3. Sophie
Boggs, Baldwin
4. Zoe
Miller, Lahainaluna
5. Hanna
Cole, Baldwin
6. Darcie
Morondos, Baldwin
Sierra
Lerback
Bodyboard
1. Ciarra
Boggs, Baldwin
2. Miranda
Mazariegos, Baldwin
3. Verna
Luchuen, Baldwin
4. Casey
Egan, Lahainaluna
5. Tasha
Jahrmarkt, King Kekaulike
6. Serene
Gunnison, King Kekaulike
