Kamehameha’s Tanner Moku earns track athlete of the year

Kamehameha’s Tanner Moku was announced as the 2018-19 Gatorade Hawaii boys track & field athlete of the year on Monday.

The 6-foot-2 junior became the fifth athlete from Kamehameha to earn the award. Moku set a state meet record of 38.07 seconds in the preliminaries of the 300-meter hurdles and won the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 14.54.

Moku also maintained a 3.13 grade-point average and volunteered locally with Special Olympics and youth track programs.

He is now eligible for the Gatorade national boys track & field athlete of the year award announced later this month.