BREWER — The State Class B Track and Field Championships were held at Brewer High School on Saturday, with Freeport and Morse high school athletes competing.
Waterville won both the boys and the girls meets.
In the boys meet, the Purple Panthers finished with 92.50 points to hold off Belfast, which accumulated 80.50 points. Rounding out the top five were Ellsworth (69 points), Old Town (68) and York (55).
Freeport picked up 22 points for 10th, with Morse finishing with five to finish in 20th.
Harrison Stivers led Freeport, winning the 400- meter run in 50.70. Chandler Vincent was second in the 3200 (10:00.92), while Austin Williams took sixth in the 800 (2:08.33).
Also, the Falcons’ 4 x 100 relay team of AJ Daniel, Demetrius Rodriguez, Nick Wilson and Eric Wentworth picked up two points by finishing sixth in 46.00.
For Morse, Max Lareau was sixth in the long jump (20-00.50), while Christopher Walfield (3200, 10:40.37), Juwan Moore (shot put, 43- 09.50) and Cody Marenius (pole vault, 10-09) each finished seventh.
Girls
Waterville rolled in the girls meet, picking up 108.25 points to outdistance runner-up Greely, which finished with 87. York (64) was third, Lake Region (40) fourth and Camden Hills (39) fifth.
The Freeport girls were 11th after earning 24 points, with Morse picking up 14th with 17 points.
Savannah Simmons-Grover earned all of Morse’s points. Her throw of 109-11 in the javelin was nearly six inches further than her nearest competitor, while the senior finished third in the high jump (5-00) and seventh in the triple jump (32-03.50).
Freeport earned points in tworelays.The4x400squad of Maddie Squibb, Lexi Dietrich, Hayley Steckler and Bethanie Knighton was second in4:14.49, whilethe4x800 team of Knighton, Chloe Hight, Steckler and Hanna Schnyder took third in 10:09.84.
Individually, Knighton was third in the 400 (59.79), while Dietrich was fourth in the 200 (26.58).
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