CUMBERLAND

The state cross country championships were decided Saturday at Twin Brook under near-ideal conditions.

In Class A girls, pre-meet favorite Bonny Eagle edged Massabesic 82-100, followed by Falmouth (107), Brunswick (129) and Hampden Academy (129).

Kialeigh Marston won the individual race in 19:34 to beat out South Portland’s Shannon Conley (19:40) and Cheverus’ Kiera Murray (19:49).

Brunswick’s top runner was Tessa Cassidy (13th, 20:59), followed by Teresa Murphy (20:59), Tiffany Tanner (28, 21:41), Ruth Van Kampen (22:19.45) Anna Turner (43, 22:19.49), Brooke Escoe (62, 23:07) and Allie Burns (76, 23:43).

Mt. Ararat’s Kelly Lynch (38, 22:08) and Amy Segars (47, 22:30) also competed.

In Class A boys, Lewiston earned a second championship, 51-94, over Scarborough, followed by Bangor (113), Falmouth (160) and Gorham (165).

Josh Horne of Mt. Blue won in 16:43 with Isaiah Harris of Lewiston second (17:01).

Mt. Ararat’s Sam Wood finished in 15th (17:25) and joined teammates Matt Gott (27, 17:50) and Nathan MacKenzie (48, 18:20).

For Brunswick, Christopher Tanner was 41st (1:15.14) and teammate Jason Higginbotham 43rd (18:15.54).

Falcons shine

The Freeport girls shined in the Class B meet, losing only to Mt. Desert Island, 49-90, followed by Greely ( 93), Yarmouth ( 155) and Cape Elizabeth (165) with Lisbon 13th (308).

Kirstin Sandreuter of Greely won in 18:37 over Aleta Looker of Ellsworth (19:49).

Sydney Ambrose paced the Falcons with her seventh place (20:55) and was followed by Elly Bengtsson (13, 21:11), Nina Davenport (17, 21:16), Bethanie Knighton (23, 21:43), Hayley Steckler (42, 22:20), Chloe Hight (76, 23:34) and Emily Jennings (84, 23:50).

Morse was represented by Amy Franklin (36, 22:13) and Kelsea Albertson (40, 22:15).

Competing for Lisbon were Bree Sautter (65, 23:19), Caitlyn Bundy (68, 23:23), Bailey Eveson (75, 23:34), Kaylin Le (23:39), Adrianna White (86, 23:55) and Allie Lycette (94, 24:48).

The Cape Elizabeth boys won, 49-61, over Ellsworth, followed by York (128), Freeport (152) and Gray-New Gloucester (166).

Dan Curtis of Ellsworth won in 16:09, 10 seconds faster than Liam Simpson of Cape.

Morse’s Christopher Walfield was the top Mid-coast runner, finishing 21st in 17:55.

Freeport runners included Chandler Vincent (10th, 17:03), Nick Harriman (22, 17:55), Tyler Frey (29, 18:10), Austin Williams (18:29), Eric Brobst (46, 18:53), Mark Donahue (58, 19:09), Henry Jaques (67, 19:18) and AJ Daniel (93, 20:19).

In Class C girls, Carsyn Koch of Washburn won in 20:24 to beat out Hannah Austin of North Yarmouth Academy (20:41),

Orono nipped Washburn, 48-50, followed by Waynflete (107), Monmouth Academy (131) and Boothbay Region (150) with Merriconeag Waldorf of Freeport seventh (165),

Merriconeag runners included Samantha Pierce (24th, 22:43), Fiona Ahearne (32, 23:06), Carlin Tindall (51, 24:07), Lily Tupper (57, 24:26), Sylvie Fenderson (63, 25:04), Fiona Libby (68, 25:14) and Emma Dolan (85, 27:08).

In the Class C boys meet, as expected, Josef Holt of Telstar ran away in 17:00 to beat out Matthew Toussaint of Ft. Kent (17:15).

Boothbay captured the team title, 68-70, over Orono, followed by George Stevens (113), Winthrop (130) and Monmouth (130) with Merriconeag eighth (159).

Merriconeag runners included Tucker Pierce (12, 18:24), Lars Gunderson (44, 19:39), Zach Neveu (46. 19:4), John Burgess (68, 21:04), Graham Roeber (72, 21:20) and Lincoln Samuelson (84, 23:38).

Also, Wiscasset runner David Pearson competed (31, 19:25).

On to NE’s

Up next is the 79th Council of New England Secondary School Principals’ Association Boys’ and Girls’ Cross-Country Championships set for this upcoming Saturday, at Derryfield Park, Manchester, N.H.

The top 25 individuals and top five teams qualify.

From the Mid-coast region, on the girls side are Brunswick’s Cassidy and the Freeport girls, while on theboys side, Freeport’s Vincent qualified.