KEA‘AU — The 2026 BIIF track and field season continued over the weekend, with Kamehameha-Hawaii hosting the meet for the second straight week.

Konawaena senior star Violet Schaut made her return to the track after missing last week’s meet, making her mark with wins in the girls 100 (12.37s) and girls 200-meter dash (25.19s). Schaut was also part of the 4×100 relay team with Kaella Masters, Jazmin Fillmore and Dasha Kala — winning the race in 50.19 seconds, which was a stadium record.

Schaut, who continued her dominant runner career by establishing herself as one of the best in the state in 2025, is picking up right where she left off in the new season — collecting seven total wins through two meets.

Schaut’s teammates, siblings Paxton Sokham and Aden Sokham, had a nice day on the track — with Paxton Sokham finishing first in the boys 400-meter with a personal-best 49.94-second finish and placing second behind Aden Sokham in the 100.

The Sokhams were also part of the winning 4×400 relay team with Kareem Walker and Lucas Carvalho. who broke a venue record with a time of 3:29.95.

While Konawaena looked strong in the short-distance races, Kealakehe made its mark in the long-distance ones — as sophomore Zadie Bolton took victories in the girls 800 (2:27.62) and girls 3,000-meter race by over 20 seconds (11:13.01). Bolton has had a strong season already, earning six individual wins through three meets in long-distance running.

Fellow Waverider Elisa Childers, one of Kealakehe’s strongest long-distance runners, won the 1,500-meter run in just over five minutes, 26 seconds. The senior also placed second behind Bolton in the 3,000 race (11:35.54). Teammate Lily Marhsall won the girls 400-meter dash with a personal-best time of 1:04.65.

In the boys long-distance bouts, Hawaii Prep junior Jack Soon-Ludes claimed victories in the 800 (2:08.48) and 1,500-meter race with a season-best time of 4:22.24. Through three meets, Soon-Ludes has won five long-distance runs.

Leading the hurdles once again was Kamehameha-Hawaii junior Judah Kanoa, who won the boys 110-meter hudles for the third time this season with a time of 14.54 seconds. In the 300 hurdles, Kanoa won for the second straight week, crossing the finish line at the 39.89-second mark.

Kanoa was also part of the Warriors’ 4×100 relay team that won in 43.93 seconds. His fellow teammates on the squad were Iopa Quintana, Hawaii Iokepa and Tanoatoa Muskat.

Kanoa has been outright dominant in the boys hurdles since last season, and has already collected six individual race wins thus far.

In the field events, Kohala junior Mari Ontiveros broke a venue record in the girls shot put — throwing for a distance of 12.57 meters (41-03.00).

In the discus throw, both the boys and girls winner notched personal bests — Kamehameha’s Chanse Kaaua-Long throwing 47.44 meters (155-08) and Hilo’s Wai Krismunando launching 31.19 meters (102-04). Saturday marked Kaaua-Long’s second straight week winning the event, while it was Krismunando’s first win of the year in any event.

Leading the high jump was Kohala sophomore stud Na‘i Rivera, who won the boys contest with a leap of 1.75 meters (5-09.00) — equaling his personal best that he set last season. Rivera has won the high jump twice in 2026.

In the pole vault, both winners matched their personal-best launches — Kaimanamaikalani Bowman of Kamehameha leaping 3.96 meters (13-00.00) in the boys field and teammate Taliya Nishida clinching the girls contest with a vault of 3.04 meters (10-00.00).

Bowman has won the boys pole vault thrice this season, while Nishida has won the girls portion twice.

Konawaena senior Trenton Wong Yuen earned his second long jump win this season after matching his personal-best leap of 6.64 meters (21-09.50). Kealakehe’s Ia Pabre won the girls triple jump after launching a season-best 9.70 meters (31-10.25).

The season will continue this weekend in North Hawaii, as Hawaii Prep is set to host this upcoming Saturday’s meet.

Visit https://live.athletic.net/meets/58847 to view the full results from this past weekend’s contest.

The following is a news release from Brigham Young University-Idaho.

REXBURG — Elder José A. Teixeira, general authority seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will address 3,989 graduates at Brigham Young University-Idaho’s 2026 Winter Semester Commencement on Friday, April 10, 2026. The event will be held at 12:45 p.m. in the BYU-Idaho Center and streamed live at byui.edu/live/video.

The university will award 2,313 bachelor’s degrees and 1,676 associate degrees. Campus-based students make up 2,097 of this semester’s graduates, while 1,892 of the graduates are online students.

Elder Teixeira was sustained as a general authority seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 5, 2008. He is currently serving as the area president of the United States Central Area. Prior to this assignment, he served in the Presidency of the Seventy. Elder Teixeira has also served as the president of the Europe Area and the South America South Area.

Elder Teixeira has served in a number of church callings, including full-time missionary in the Portugal Lisbon Mission, elders quorum president, district president, counselor in a bishopric, national public affairs director, stake president, area seventy and mission president in the Brazil São Paulo South Mission.

Elder Teixeira’s education is in finance, accounting, auditing and business management. He was an international controller for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with responsibility for Europe and Africa.

José Augusto Teixeira da Silva was born in Vila Real, Portugal, on Feb. 24, 1961. He married Filomena Teles Grilo in June 1984. They are the parents of three children.

No tickets are needed to attend commencement. Graduates, parents and guests can find more information about the 2026 Winter Semester graduation events at byui.edu/graduation/.