MidWeek Windward - June 29, 2022

FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 29, 2022
WAVE GUARDIANS
A documentary highlights how Hawai‘i’s watermen save others.
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RUN FOR A REASON
The Freedom Run/Walk for epilepsy awareness is in Kailua on July 4. SEE PAGE 7
Castle Teen Soars To New Heights
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Castle High School incoming junior Luke Kaneshiro shows off his vaulting skills. PHOTO COURTESY LUKE KANESHIRO
ABY KYLE GALDEIRA
s most teenagers do, Castle High School junior-to-be Luke Kaneshi- ro looks forward to playing foot-
ball, soccer and video games, and enjoys studying history in school.
However, the 15-year-old spent part of his sophomore campaign learning to pole vault during the track and field season, and not only did the student-athlete develop a knack for the unorthodox competition, but he also became a champion in the process.
Kaneshiro joined the Castle track and field squad as a sprinter and eventually took up pole vaulting as well after Jordyn Yaha- ta — his head coach on the Knights soccer team, who also coaches the throwers on the track squad — suggested it at practice. The student-athlete credits his “amazing coaches Joe, Laina and Paul, because not only are they great and knowledgeable vaulters them- selves, but they know how to teach it to us with drills and analyzing film.”
At the O‘ahu Interscholastic Association Track and Field Championships held May SEE PAGE 3
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