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Kamehameha cross country coach Joel Truesdell believes that champions are built on the twin blue-collar traits of work ethic and determination.
“It’s the willingness to train, and more importantly the mental toughness and focus,” he said. “In a race, you have to be able to continue to focus when you’re tired. If you do that at practice, you should do that at the race.”
In BIIF girls competition, Hawaii Prep has a long history of dominance, collecting titles pretty much every year with occasional interruptions.
Truesdell’s Warriors captured championships in 2005 and ’07, the last year the powerhouse Ka Makani didn’t win.