05-08-24

E kāʻili paha nā Wāhine Pāʻani Polo Wai o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi i ka inoa moho.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 8 o Mei, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Aia nō ke Keʻena ʻĀina a Waiwai Pili ʻĀina ke noiʻi akula i kekahi mau moku hoʻonanea no ka manaʻo, ua kū paha ma kahi e kokoke loa ana i ke kapa kai o Nā Pali ma Kauaʻi. ʻO kekahi o ia mau moku, ʻo ia ka Celebrity Edge. Na kekahi mau kānaka o ke kaiāulu i kāhea aku i ke Keʻena ʻĀina a Waiwai Pili ʻĀina me ka hōʻike ʻana aku, aia kahi moku nui e kū ana ma kahi kokoke loa i ke kapa kai o Nā Pali. E pāpā ana ke kānāwai, ʻaʻole e holo aku ma ke kai o Nā Pali ka moku ʻimi kālā nona nā ʻōhua he 50 a ʻoi.

E hoʻomaha loa ana ʻo Maureen Cole, ke kumu aʻo polo wai, mai ka hana aku i ka hopena o kēia kikina nei. He keu ʻo ia a ke kumu poʻo lanakila. He 13 ona makahiki i hana ai ma ia kūlana, a he 225 lanakila, a he 95 hāʻule. A i kēlā pule aku nei, koho ʻia ʻo Cole, ʻo ia ke Kumu Aʻo Polowai ʻOi o ka ʻAhahui Komohana Nui o ka Makahiki. ʻO ka lima ia o kona kau ʻana aʻe ma ia hano hāweo. A e lana ana ka manaʻo o nā Wāhine Ānuenue Pāʻani Polo Wai, e ʻāhaʻi aku i ka inoa moho ma mua o kona haʻalele ʻana mai. ʻO Hawaiʻi ka hui helu ʻelua o ka Hoʻokūkū Inoa Moho o ka ʻAhahui ʻĀlapa o nā Kulanui Aupuni. ʻO ia ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa i komo ai nā Wāhine i loko o ia Hoʻokūkū Inoa Moho ma ka moʻolelo o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi. ʻO ka helu ʻehā ke kiʻekiʻe loa ma mua, he ʻehā manawa, i nā makahiki 2005, 2006, 2009 a me 2013. E kūʻē aku ana ʻo Hawaiʻi iā Princeton ma ka puni ʻelua o ka hoʻokūkū. E ulele ana i ka hola 1:00 o ke awakea Pōʻalima ma Berekelē i Kaleponi.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Ka ulua kāpapa o ke kai loa.

He ʻōlelo kēia no ke koa ikaika.

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