KS Kapālama High School Principal Julian Ako passes along his advice to the freshmen to strive to do their best and to give encouragement to their classmates. This is the last PE event that Ako will attend as the school’s principal as he will be retiring this summer.

Vice Principal Hailama Farden chats with Po’o Kula (Head of School) Earl Kim before Kim joined the freshman in their 10-kilometer run.

PE teacher Patti Hanson points the way to the starting line.

Freshmen boys break out fast as the signal is given to start the 2015 freshmen 10-kilometer run.

Freshmen girls find their rhythm and settle into a comfortable pace.

Along the beach, volunteer student lifeguards head out to their appointed stations.

Sophomores wait on the beach for the start of their biathlon event.

They emerge from the ocean after swimming 800 meters.

Sophomores record their swim times as the electronic chips on their ankles are read by sensors in the mat that they run over. A quick rinse and change into running shoes and they start a 4-mile run.

Volunteers pass out water.

Tired students cross the finish line.

First finishers L-R: Freshmen 10K Run winners Clay Ah Soon and Gabrielle Smythe; Sophomore Biathalon winners Kekoa Ulansky and Hiʻilani Hopkins; Freshmen 3K swim winners Ethan Ho and Laʻa Dedrick.