BATH — Max Lareau of Morse High School finished in second place in the long jump during the State Class B Track and Field Championships at the McMann Field Complex on Saturday.
Lareau’s jump of 20-05.50 was just behind the winning leap of Leavitt’s Billy Bedard (21-00.25).
The Morse senior also finished sixth in the 100-meter dash in 11.58.
Lareau’s 10 points allowed the Shipbuilders to finish in a tie for 16th with Hermon and Freeport.
York captured the Class B boys title with 96 points, slipping past Belfast (85). Waterville (58), Old Town (57) and Mt. Desert Island (56.50) rounded out the top five.
For Freeport, Chandler Vincent and Henry Jaques finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 3,200. Vincent’s time was 10:02.33, with Jaques just behind in 10:02.86.
There were four two-time individual champions in the boys meet. Nicolas Boutin of Old Town won the 100 and 200-meter dashes, with Chris Cote of Waterville winning the 1,600 and 3,200 distance runs. Fryeburg Academy’s Xiaoyu Victor Yang was tops in the high jump and long jump.
Waterville’s Trever Gray set a record in the discus with a throw of 200-06. He also won the shot put.
Girls
Lake Region’s Kate Hall was the story on this day. She established two records in winning the 100 (11.69) and long jump (20-04,75), and also captured the 200 title in 24.82.
Waterville cruised to the Class B title with 118.25 points, easily outdistancing runner-up York’s 87 points. Greely was third (52), Belfast fourth (47) and Lake Region (37) fifth.
Alyssa Coyne of Greely won the shot put and discus, with Waterville’s Sarah Shoulta tops in the 100 and 300 hurdles.
Freeport claimed 24th place with seven points. The 4 x 400 squad of Hannah Schnyder, Mikaela Fleenor, Johanna Bogue-Marlow and Maddie Squibb took fourth in 4:20.87, with Schnyder earning three points in the long jump (15-08.50).
The lone scorer for Morse was Emma Gould, who finished third in the 400 in 1:02.37. The six points placed the Shipbuilders in 25th.
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