BRUNSWICK

Brunswick High School track athlete Keenan Welzel had a goal — run the 400- meter run at Saturday’s State Class A Championships under 50 seconds.

And, of course, win the event.

Welzel made good on one of his two goals, winning the 400 in 50.19 seconds in helping the Dragons to an 11th-place finish in the meet.

Scarborough captured the boys title, collecting 84.50 points to out-distance runner up Falmouth, which finished with 55. South Portland (54), Messalonskee (51.50) and Brewer (48.50) rounded out the top five at Hampden Academy.

“It was a good win,” said Brunswick coach Dave DeLois of Welzel. “He wanted to go under 50 seconds, but still set a personal-best. He has a third gear. He used that to pull away from a kid next to him during the last 250. He just turned it on.”

Welzel helped the Dragons to a third-place finish in the 4 x 400 relay along with teammates Isak Carney, Jaznel Burns and Donald Bromiley in 3:34.95.

Another busy Brunswick athlete on the day was Seth White, who competed in four events and placed in two. He took fourth in the 100 dash (11.56) and was fourth in the long jump (20-06.75). Jumper Shane Lyons was sixth in the triple jump (41-02.75) to get on the podium.

Mt. Ararat long-distance runner Cameron Meier found himself on the podium twice, scoring all the Eagles’ points with a fifth- place performance in the two-mile (9:44.14) and seventh in the one-mile run (4:30.18).

The lone record on the boys Class A side came from South Portland’s Daniel Guiliani, who launched the shot put 67-03.25 to break the previous mark by nearly five inches.

Mt. Ararat’s Katherine Leckbee missed the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference championships two weekends ago, but she more than made up for that in the state meet, finishing second in both the one-mile and two-mile. In the mile, it came down to Bonny Eagle’s Kayla Raymond and Ami Beaumier, and Leckbee in a mad dash for the finish line. Raymond edged Leckbee by a mere .24-seconds (5:17.41 to 5:17.65), with Beaumier close behind.

The two-mile wasn’t as close, with Bethany Sholl of Scarborough winning by five seconds over Leckbee, who managed to hold off Brunswick’s Tessa Cassidy for second. Leckbee ran the event in 11:41.07, with Cassidy crossing in 11:41.84.

Brunswick’s Emily Black ran a personal-best 2:26.93 in the 800 for sixth, while Black, Adrianna White, Lena Martin and Tessa Cassidy teamed up to place fifth in the 4 x 800 relay. Shotputter Lexi Bernier captured sixth for Brunswick (36- 01.50).

Falmouth took home the Class A girls state title with 75 points, with Lewiston (62), Cheverus (60), Bonny Eagle (53) and Edward Little (50) rounding out the top five. Mt. Ararat finished 13th with 16 points, with Brunswick in 17th with 13 points.

Cheverus runner Emily Turner set a Class A mark in the 400 (56.57), while Adela Kalilwa of Lewiston jumped an amazing 18-03.75 to break the previous record by nearly three inches in the long jump.

Class B

Long distance running was the name of the game for area teams in the State Class B meet at Mount Desert Island on Saturday.

In a battle between Freeport teammates, Chandler Vincent held off Henry Jaques in the 3,200, with Vincent winning in 9:36.98 and Jaques right behind in 9:43.75, giving the Falcons a big 1-2 finish.

Vincent wasn’t done, challenging Yarmouth’s Luke Laverdiere in the 1,600, with Laverdiere holding on for the win. Vincent’s runner-up time was 4:27.33.

Freeport also earned points in the 4 x 800,with the team of Max Greenwood, Ben Cushman, Erik Brobst and Joe Ashby finishing fourth in 8:42.39.

Two athletes scored for Morse on the day. Christopher Walfield claimed second in the 800 in 2:02.62, with Juwan Moore taking third in the shot put (47-11).

Foxcroft Academy won the Class B boys title, edging York 71-64. Waterville (58), Belfast (44) and Leavitt (40) rounded out the top five, with Freeport in 12th and Morse in 16th.

Drew Nealey of Belfast set a Class C record in the pole vault, clearing the bar in 14-07.

In the girls meet, Freeport was 19th with 11 points, while the Shipbuilders were 27th.

The Falcons earned points in the 4 x 800 (Hannah Schnyder, Laura Pierce, Maya Bradbury, Maddie Squibb, fifth), Lucy Zachau a sixth-place performance in the 1,600 race/walk (9:18.21), Squibb in the 800 in fifth (2:25.38) and the 4 x 400 relay team (Mikaela Fleenor, Schnyder, Johanna Bogue-Marlow, Squibb, fifth).

Emma Gould claimed sixth in the triple jump for Morse with a leap of 32-09.25.

Class C

Orono once again swept the Class C titles, with the girls racking up 168.75 points to easily out-distance runner-up Sacopee Valley with 62. George Stevens Academy was third (43.75), Lisbon claimed fourth (38.75) and Monmouth Academy was fifth (33).

On the boys side, Orono picked up 78.60 points for the win, followed by Washington Academy (63), Lisbon (48), Traip Academy (40) and George Stevens Academy (38.50).

“We were a few points off from where I thought we would be,” said Lisbon coach Dean Hall. “Orono covered its events, and the Orono girls could compete with the boys. But, we were looking for top 4-5 for the girls, and we finished fourth.”

Lisbon’s Bree Sautter won the 400 in 1:01.30, holding off the challenge from Central’s Sydney Allen, who finished in 1:01.66, and Boothbay’s Angie Perkins (third, 1:01.91).

“It was another photo finish, and you just can never count Bree out,” said Halls. “She was a yard behind and she willed her way to a win.”

Chase Collier had a solid day for the Greyhounds, claiming third in the 300 hurdles (49.47) and 100 hurdles (17.17). Lisbon started the day with a fifth-place performance in the 4 x 800 relay, with the foursome of Sydney Douglas, Anna Willey, Kaylin Le and Sautter finishing in 11:01.09. Valerie Doucette earned a point for Lisbon in the 100 dash (13.88, seventh), and Douglas and Abby Gamache finished fourth and sixth, respectively in the race/walk.

Lisbon was fourth in the 4 x 100 (Collier, Sautter, Jordan Ott, Doucette) and sixth in the 4 x 400 (Ott,Le,Douglas, Sautter). Le secured sixth in the pole vault (6-09).

Wiscasset scored its points in the triple jump, with Natalie Corson (31- 08.50) and Ayanna Main (31- 06.50) taking sixth and seventh, respectively. The Wolverines were 30th with three points.

Orono set new Class C standards in the 4 x 100 (50.18) and 4 x 400 (4:05), while Orono’s Tia Tardy crossed the finish line in the 800 with a record time of 2:13.03.

The Lisbon boys claimed points in all three relays. In the 4 x 800, the foursome of Nicholas Harriman, Brett Carter, Jordan Cole and Nick Huston were third in 8:33.67. After a fifth-place showing in the 4 x 100 (ShawnGrover, Austin Bedford, Kurtis Bolton, Henry Adams), the Greyhounds finished second in the 4 x 400 (Bedford,Bryant Hall, Bolton, Huston).

Harriman earned Lisbon’s lone win on the boys side, finishing with the top spot in the 3,200 in 10:16.26.

Other podium appearances for the Greyhounds came from Mike Schlotterbeck (second, race/walk), Harriman (second, 1,600), Huston (fourth, 800) and Adams (seventh, long jump).

Richmond picked up its only points when Ben Young tied for sixth in the pole vault (5-04).

Orono broke the Class C mark in the 4 x 800 (8:17.36). Traip Academy’s Evan Porter ran the 300 hurdles in a blistering time of 39.57 to edge the previous record by .02-hundreths of a second, and Orono’s Jake Koffman shattered the discus mark by launching a throw of 189-09. The previous Class C mark was 169-01.

Qualified runners head to New Britain, Conn., this upcoming Saturday for the New England Track and Field Championships.