Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Boys Cross Country - Hawaii

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Hunter Shields

Distance Runner
MAUI HS
KAHULUI, HAWAII
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 16:15.60

State Championship

5 of 9

Races won
“I watched Hunter and his preparation for each race was very sound. Hunter was all business. Hunter’s passion for improvement and love for competition is what has made him a strong runner.”
Dave Kannewurk
Head Coach - Head coach of Kihei Charter School
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Runner of the Year, the 5-foot-10, 135-pound junior won the state meet this past season with a time of 16:15.60, breaking the tape 3.87 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor and leading the Sabers to a second-place finish as a team. The 2019 Maui Interscholastic League Runner of the Year, Shields won five of nine races and finished as runner-up three times in 2019.

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Academic Achievement

Shields has maintained a weighted 3.89 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Shields has volunteered locally with the Maui Humane Society and as a youth sports camp counselor.