Kohala High
builds a winner

By Rosemarie Bernardo
Star-Bulletin

Students at Kohala High School won the sixth annual Hawaiian Electric Electron Marathon of student-built electric vehicles Saturday before a crowd of 3,000 spectators at Ford Island.

Kohala's bullet-shaped car completed 53 laps in a 60-minute race. Kohala also took "Best of Show" by posting the highest cumulative score in the categories of documentation, oral presentation and construction and safety.

Officials of the HECO Electron Marathon gave entering teams identical kits made up of electric motors and parts.

Students did the designing, engineering and building.

Other top 10 winners were Seabury Hall of Maui, Onipaa O Ke Akua Homeschool, West Hawaii Explorations Academy of the Big Island, Castle High School, Kalaheo High School, Sacred Hearts Academy, Farrington High School, Kauai High School and Maui High School.