The 7th annual Jamba BananaMan Chase, held this morning at Ala Moana Beach Park, proved fruitful for participants, Muscular Dystrophy Association of Hawaii (MDA) and Hawaii Speed & Quickness, a skills training program for aspiring youth athletes. This a-peeling event raised approximately $24,000 for the two charities. In addition, FREE Jamba smoothies for a year were awarded to the top 3 finishers in each age group that passed the BananaMan!
“Hawaii’s Wackiest Race” drew over 800 people who walked, ran and strolled their way along the 3.1 mile course throughout Magic Island with the goal of catching the bunch of lead runners wearing Jamba banana costumes. Celebrity Bananas included news anchors Dan Meisenzahl from KITV, Stephanie Lum from KHNL and John Veneri from KHON participated in the race on a Segway!
First place honors in the male division went to Todd Iacovelli with a time of 15:13 and Kelly Calway took home the first place medal for the women with a time of 18:48. See below for other top place finishers.
As a new addition to the BananaMan Chase, a 500 meter Keiki Fun Run was held for kids ages 4-10. All the kids were winners and received a t-shirt and race medal for participating.
(Photo: Hawaii Sport Magazine)
Following the race, participants enjoyed free Jamba smoothies, Speed & Quickness drills, a bounce house, massages by JACO and prize giveaways.
Over the past six years, the Jamba Banana Man Chase has partnered up with MDA Hawaii, raising over $180,000 for children and adults with muscular dystrophy. This year, Jamba added a second charity, Hawaii Speed and Quickness, an organization founded by UH Warrior Football defensive coach (and former NFL player) Rich Miano, and UH trainer Mel DeLaura. They offer state of the art speed and agility conditioning training for kids ages 7 and up.
(Photo: Hawaii Sport Magazine) Back row: BananaMan Chad Mueller, Kelly Calway (1st place female), Dan Meisenzahl (KITV), Emma Palmer (2nd place female), Sandra Ferreira (3rd place female) and Chris Tang. Front Row: Todd Iacovelli (1st place male), Justin Harris (2nd place male) and Kensuke Taylor (3rd place male).
| OVERALL MALE OPEN WINNERS |
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| Place |
Name |
Time |
| 1 |
Todd Iacovelli |
15:13 |
| 2 |
Justin Harris |
15:33 |
| 3 |
Kensuke Taylor |
16:09 |
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|
| MALE 12 & UNDER |
|
| 1 |
Zachary Carvalho |
18:41 |
| 2 |
Kawena Akiona |
19:09 |
| 3 |
Gary Fanelli Jr. |
19:33 |
| |
|
|
| MALE 13 to 15 |
|
| 1 |
Borys Pleskacz |
17:08 |
| 2 |
Daniel Kaneko |
18:15 |
| 3 |
Ryan Hobson |
18:37 |
| |
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|
| MALE 16 to 19 |
|
| 1 |
Kevin Enriques |
16:50 |
| 2 |
Kawai Akiona |
17:34 |
| 3 |
Zack Sainz |
18:27 |
| |
|
|
| MALE 20 to 29 |
|
| 1 |
Matthew Stevens |
16:15 |
| 2 |
Vaughn Harber |
16:55 |
| 3 |
Raymond Kuderka |
17:21 |
| |
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|
| MALE 30 to 39 |
|
| 1 |
Pete Boksanski |
16:30 |
| 2 |
Christopher Miller |
17:29 |
| 3 |
Kevin Schlag |
17:42 |
| |
|
|
| MALE 40 to 49 |
|
| 1 |
Mike Ferreira |
16:50 |
| 2 |
Jonathon Lyau |
17:27 |
| 3 |
Bruce Jenkins |
18:06 |
| |
|
|
| MALE 50 to 59 |
|
| 1 |
Ash Dustow |
16:58 |
| 2 |
Michael Georgi |
18:54 |
| 3 |
Frank Pugliese |
19:48 |
| |
|
|
| MALE 60 to 69 |
|
| 1 |
Thom Iredale |
20:20 |
| 2 |
Dan Koenigsberger |
31:57 |
| |
|
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| MALE 70 to 79 |
|
| 1 |
Kit Smith |
25:11 |
| 2 |
Harry Siegmund |
31:38 |
| 3 |
Bob Olson |
36:25 |
| |
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| MALE 80 & over |
|
| 1 |
Bill Beauchamp |
1:09:48 |
| |
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| OVERALL FEMALE OPEN WINNERS |
|
| Place |
Name |
Time |
| 1 |
Kelly Calway |
18:48 |
| 2 |
Emma Palmer |
19:04.0 |
| 3 |
Sandra Ferreira |
19:04.9 |
| |
|
|
| FEMALE 12 & UNDER |
|
| 1 |
Elli Brady |
22:48 |
| 2 |
Anna Uhr |
25:43 |
| 3 |
Asami Kobayashi |
27:35 |
| |
|
|
| FEMALE 13 to 15 |
|
| 1 |
Gabi Jenkins |
21:25 |
| 2 |
Lauren Watanabi |
23:54 |
| 3 |
Lauren Uhr |
24:43 |
| |
|
|
| FEMALE 16 to 19 |
|
| 1 |
Quinn Horochuk |
20:02 |
| 2 |
Wendy Darling |
20:24 |
| 3 |
Keilani Wasson |
21:00 |
| |
|
|
| FEMALE 20 to 29 |
|
| 1 |
Amanda Whitford |
19:15 |
| 2 |
Laura Arensmeyer |
19:31 |
| 3 |
Abby Lisac |
20:21 |
| |
|
|
| FEMALE 30 to 39 |
|
| 1 |
Gita Kulkarni |
20:00 |
| 2 |
Elin Soto-Thompson |
20:05 |
| 3 |
Christina Hussain |
20:28 |
| |
|
|
| FEMALE 40 to 49 |
|
| 1 |
Denise Cuadrado |
21:58 |
| 2 |
Jeannie Wokasch |
22:02 |
| 3 |
Teresa Guiles |
23:50 |
| |
|
|
| FEMALE 50 to 59 |
|
| 1 |
Connie Comiso |
22:59 |
| 2 |
Jeannie Sullivan |
24:13 |
| 3 |
Jamie Hamada |
24:50 |
| |
|
|
| FEMALE 60 to 69 |
|
| 1 |
Wah Berman |
24:07 |
| 2 |
Jutta Olson |
36:45 |
| 3 |
Suzanne Kim |
45:43 |
| |
|
|
| FEMALE 70 to 79 |
|
| 1 |
Carlyn Dasinger |
45:22 |
| 2 |
Edcean Iwanaga |
53:08 |
| |
|
|
| FEMALE 80 & over |
|
| 1 |
BJ Dyhr |
54:40 |
