KEAAU – The cross-country course at Kamehameha starts in the open in full view, but it doesn’t stay that way for long.
Runners quickly reach the trees and become hidden, and fans who want to catch a glimpse of who is winning have to make a short stroll to the first of two turnbacks before the field disappears again.
Following the leaders hasn’t’ meant much this BIIF season anyway. Only the end game matters for Waiakea’s Saya Yabe and Konawaena’s Cody Ranfranz.
So for those fans who simply went to the finish line Saturday and waited to find out who was ahead, in the end they weren’t blind to the knowledge that patterns are emerging after two meets and one preseason run:
Saya’s surge, Cody’s kick
Neither Yabe or Ranfranz are front-runners, and that’s by design for both seniors.