BRUNSWICK — The weekend was full of New England interscholastic action with wrestling, swimming and indoor track on tap.
The 48th annual New England Interscholastic Wrestling Championships were held Friday and Saturday at the Providence Career and Technical Center, Providence, R.I.
Lisbon High School’s Zach Stevens ( 120 pounds) and Brunswick’s Jared Jensen (152) competed.
Stevens wrestled two matches on Friday and lost both.
The sophomore State Class C champion opened with Adam Marques of Lawrence, Mass., and fell via pin at 2:40. In consolation action, Stevens met up with Iain Whitis of Cheverus and lost, 8-2.
Jensen, a two-time defending state champion, had an opening round bye and also beat Luke Morrier of Timberlane, N.H. via fall (2:32) to the advance to the quarters where he met up with Stephan Jarrell of East Greenwich, R.I. on Saturday.
In that match, Jensen ended up winning, 11-3.
However, a shoulder injury suffered in the competition was too much too overcome and Jensen lost via injury default to Dalton Ahern of Hudson, Mass.
In the consolations, Jensen lost by injury default to Morrier. Ironically, Morrier and Jarrell wound up meeting for third place with the latter prevailing, 4-2.
“He got slammed on that shoulder and he just couldn’t continue,” said father Erick Jensen, the Mt. Ararat coach. “Fortunately, he was still able to place (sixth) and was able to get up to the podium and get an award.
“But, it was also a great experience,” said Erick Jensen. “He wrestled really well, and hopefully, he can make another run next year.”
Indoor track Held at Reggie Lewis Track & Athletics
Center in Roxbury, Mass., athletes from Brunswick and Mt. Ararat competed.
In the girls competition, Brunswick’s Katie McMahon had the highest finish, taking 11th in the two-mile run in 11:35.32 and helping the4x800- metersquad( Anna Cowan, Jasmine Boyle, McMahon, Teresa Murphy) to a 14th- place showing in 10:09.21.
Also for the Dragons, Alexis Dickinson was 15th in the 55 (7.45), Allison Hill 21st in the 55 hurdles (9.20) andthe4x200teamofBridget Horan, Anna Turner, Cassandra Murano and Dickinson came in 19th (1:50.90).
Mt. Ararat’s Kelly Lynch ran the one mile in 5:21.96, good for 13th, while fellow Eagles Nicole Ross (600, 1:45.19, 22nd) and Maddison Prescott (55, 7.77, 28th) competed.
Top Maine finishers among the girls were second-place showings from Waterville’s Bethanie Brown ( one mile, 4: 56.35) and Greely’s Kirstin Sandreuter ( two mile, 10:57.15), and a fourth-place finish by Emily Tolman of Scarborough (600, 1:35.65).
Mt. Ararat standout McKenzie Gary competed in the boys long jump, landing a jump of 20-11.75 for 11th, the top Maine finisher in the event.
Will Hirnak helped the Eagles to solid finishes, finishing 18th in the 1,000 (2:40.12) and helping the team of Seth Bryant, Nick Oram and RyanSmithto15thinthe4x800 (8:23.07). Andy Reifman-Packett finished his high school indoor track career by finishing 17th in the one mile (4:38.26).
For Brunswick, Alex Nichols was the top Maine finisher in the 600 in 1:25.56, good for 13th, while teammate Benson Worthington scored a 21st-place showing in the two mile (10:00.27).
Alex Coffin of Freeport and North Yarmouth Academy was 26th in the 1,000 (2:51.07).
In the two-mile run, Madison’s Matthew McClintock and Messalonskee’s Harlow Ladd finished third and fourth, respectively, with McClintock in at 9:20.02 and Ladd at 9:20.42, for Maine’s top finishers. Nick Margitza of Waterville took fifth in the shot put (53-01.25).
Swimming
Held at Bates College’s Tarbell Pool with Mt. Ararat and Brunswick among schools competing.
In the girls 200-yard medley relay, the Brunswick foursome of Taylor Godbout, Paige Tetu, Jessica Russell and Madeline Cowan took third in 2: 02.01, while Mt. Ararat’s Celia Ouellette, Hannah Kincaid, Abby Parker and Libby Ouellette was sixth in 2:03.34.
The Brunswick 400 freestyle relay of Russell, Godbout, Tetu and Cowan placed fourth in 3: 59.52, while Mt. Ararat’s Parker, Libby Ouellette, Kincaid and Celia Ouellette was sixth in 4:01.28.
Individually, Tetu was fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:27.00) and Parker fourth in the 100 butterfly (1:05.05).
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