Konawaena sprinters Schaut, Sokham shine at HHSAA state meet
Violet Schaut swept the girls 100 and 200, and Paxton Sokham won the boys 400 in a personal best as BIIF athletes tested themselves against Oahu’s best.
Violet Schaut and Paxton Sokham turned the HHSAA state meet into a Big Island showcase at the Kamehameha-Kapālama campus, with Schaut sweeping the girls 100 and 200 meters and Sokham winning the boys 400 in a personal-best 49.05 seconds. Their results stood out in a championship field that crowned Moanalua boys, Punahou girls and Mid-Pacific girls, a reminder of how steep the climb remains for BIIF athletes on Oahu.
After early weather delays, dozens of BIIF competitors still reached the podium and gave the county a strong statewide showing. Schaut won the 100 in 12.03 seconds and the 200 in 24.45, then helped Konawaena’s 4x100 relay finish second in 48.34 seconds. For a Big Island program that has spent the season building speed across sprints and relays, those marks mattered as much as the medals.
Schaut’s senior year ended with 16 total wins across the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes, a stat line that frames her as one of the island’s premier sprint talents. Earlier in the spring, she had already raised the bar with a BIIF record of 11.88 seconds in the 100, a standard that gave her state titles added weight and showed just how far Konawaena’s sprint program has come.
Sokham’s 400-meter victory carried similar significance. He had already been named the outstanding male athlete at the BIIF championship meet in Keaau, where he won the 400, the 4x100 relay and the 4x400 relay. At BIIFs, Kamehameha-Hawaii swept the team titles, winning the boys division with 165 points and the girls with 137, while Konawaena finished third in the boys standings with 73 points.
That local depth is why the state meet mattered beyond one weekend on Oahu. Kamehameha-Hawaii’s resurfaced track, after delays caused by constant rain, was described as a fast surface that produced quick times at BIIFs, and that kind of facility upgrade helps explain the county’s rising sprint standard. With Schaut closing out a decorated career and Sokham carrying his form onto the state stage, Konawaena and Kamehameha-Hawaii left clear markers for next season: the Big Island can produce contenders, not just qualifiers.
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