BRUNSWICK

The Western and Eastern Maine cross country titles were decided in Classes A, B and C with several Mid-coast region squads and runners faring well in both Belfast and Cumberland.

Fifty percent of teams competing in each regional class advance to the state meets, along with the top 30 individuals.

Eastern Regional

In one of the day’s tightest races at Troy Middle School in Belfast, the Class A Hampden Academy girls edged Mt. Ararat and Brunswick with the Broncos, led by thirdplace finisher Kylee Parker, notching 63 points, two better than both the Eagles and Dragons. By virtue of the sixth runner, Mt. Ararat was officially second and Brunswick third.

Mt. Ararat was paced by Kelly Lynch (21:10) and Olivia Swan (21:22) in sixth and seventh, respectively, with Brunswick led by runner-up Tessa Cassidy, a freshman who ran a 20:23 to finish behind Lawrence senior and overall winner Erzabet Nagy (20:10). Also, Brunswick’s Teresa Murphy was fifth in 21:07.

“We lost by the tie-breaker,” said Brunswick coach Dave DeLois. “It’s funny because we beat them last year in the KVACs the same way, so they got back at us.

“The course was pretty muddy … when the kids came in they were just covered. But, we also got our boys in (states) and they did just what they had to do.”

In Eastern A boys, Mt. Ararat’s Sam Wood (17:00) won the individual title as he edged Mohamed Awil of Lewiston by four seconds with teammate Nathan MacKenzie in 12th (17:40).

Lewiston won over Bangor 59-83 with Mt. Ararat third (89) and Brunswick taking the seventh and final slot (162).

Brunswick’s top runner was Jamie Ross in 21st (18:05).

Western Regional

In girls Class B at Twin Brook in Cumberland, Kirstin Sandreuter of Greely won in 19:57 and Falmouth won the team championship 66-93 over Yarmouth.

The Freeport girls finished a strong third (107), led by Nina Davenport (15, 22;33), Elly Bengtsson (17, 22:41) and Ciera Wentworth (20, 22:46).

The Morse girls wound up ninth and out of the running with 230 points. The Shipbuilders’ top runners were Charlotte Recknagel (26, 23:10) and Danica Moore (43, 24:02).

“It was pretty much a repeat of last year,” said Morse coach Dane Dwyer. “Amy Franklin is nursing a bad back and she tried to run, but couldn’t finish. And, I felt bad for Nate Stover (32nd overall). He had to run a perfect race, but went out just a little too fast and I think it cost him at the end.”

In Class B boys, Silas Eastman of Fryeburg Academy won in 16:47 to beat out Nathan Madeira of Greely (17:10), while Cape Elizabeth took the team title, 64-100 over York.

The Freeport boys took sixth (148) and were led by Abrin Berkemeyer (16, 18:28) and Mark Donahue (17, 18:30).

The Morse boys finished 12th (324) and were led by Stover (32, 19:00) and Chris Walfield (66, 20:27).

In Class C girls, the Merriconeag Waldoff girls of Freeport edged Waynflete 79- 85 and were paced by Samantha Pierce’s fourth-place finish (22:34). Sophia Thayer of Boothbay won the individual title in 21:12.

Lisbon finished sixth and out of the running, but Bree Sautter (ninth, 22:58) and Caitlyn Bundy (19, 23:51) are state-bound.

Hall-Dale won the boys championship, 92-106, over Waynflete with the Lisbon boys (180) garnering the eighth and final spot, led by Nick Harriman (ninth, 18:33) and Cote Brauneis (23, 19:46) .

Merriconeag took ninth (186) despite the efforts of Jack Pierce who won with a time of 16:38, eight seconds faster than runner-up Josef Holt-Andrews of Telstar.

Richmond runner Travis Robbins is state-bound thanks to his 24th-place finish in 19:52.

The state meets will be held at Troy Howard with Class A boys at 11 a.m., girls at 11:45 a.m.; Class B boys at 12:30 p.m., girls at 1:15 p.m.,; Class C boys at 2 p.m., girls at 2:45 p.m.