FROM FRESHMAN TO SENIOR YEAR, DIAMI DUKES MADE IT TO THE STATE COMPETITION EXCEPT FOR HER JUNIOR YEAR.  DIAMI HAD A NAGGING KNEE STRAIN DURING THAT SEASON. BASED ON HER ATHLETIC ABILITY WITH HER LONG JUMP, HAWAII WOULD ADJUST THE DISTANCE BASED ON THE PRIOR YEARS DISTANCE THAT SHE HAD JUMPED.  IT HAD TO BE READJUSTED CLOSE TO THE END OF THE SEASON BECAUSE ATHLETES WEREN'T MEETING THAT STATE QUALIFYING MARK. DIAMI'S JUMPS WERE QUESTIONED IN DIFFERENT MEETS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ENOUGH OFFICIALS CONDUCTING THE EVENTS AND USING STUDENTS AND BIASED COACHES IN THERE PLACE, CAUSED ISSUES; IT'S CALLED SUBTRACTING INCHES TO ELIMINATE DISTANCE.  AS A FRESHMAN, DIAMI WAS MISSING A "S" AT THE END OF HER NAME FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, WHICH WOULD HURT HER RECRUITING POSSIBILITIES BECAUSE RECRUITING IS NOW MAJORITY INTERNET BASED. DIAMI HAD NEVER RAN CROSS COUNTRY UNTIL HER SENIOR YEAR.  SHE ALMOST MADE STATE FINALS, MISSING THE CUT BY TWO PEOPLE.  SENIOR YEAR WAS DIAMI'S FIRST YEAR TO COMPETE IN HURDLES. HER COACH DID HIS BEST AS A POSITION COACH. FOR FOUR YEARS, DIAMI WAS AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE SHE HAD TO PRACTICE ON A DIRT TRACK.  BUT BECAUSE SHE HAS RAW TALENT, SHE STILL MADE IT TO STATES FOR HURDLES, LONG JUMP AND TEAM RELAY.