In the girls competition, Mt. Ararat needed a solid showing in the 4 x 200-meter relay to capture the KVAC title. A second-place finish behind Messalonskee was good enough as Mt. Ararat ended the day with 130 points, a 3.5-point difference on runner-up Messalonskee.
The boys side was even closer. Brunswick and Mt. Ararat battled it out all day, leading to the exciting 4 x 200 finale to decide it. Mt. Ararat won the race in 1:37.17, with Edward Little in second and Brunswick in third in 1:39.05. Just as it seemed that the Dragons were going to have to settle for second place, the Red Eddies were disqualified for an illegal hand-off, moving Brunswick to second in the race.
After the scores were tallied, the Dragons ended up with 114.50 points, with Mt. Ararat picking up 114.
Mt. Ararat athletes swept the “Athlete of the Meet” awards, with Katherine Leckbee in the girls and Lisandro Berry-Gaviria in the boys taking home top awards. Leckbee won three individual events — 800, one mile and two mile — while Berry-Gaviria captured KVAC titles in the mile and two mile. He took second in the 800.
Girls
Edward Little picked up 68 points to take third, with Lewiston (54) in fourth and Brunswick (32) in fifth.
Mt. Ararat had several strong showings. Wyley Fitzpatrick won both the long jump and triple jump competitions, while Sara York was tops in the high jump and second in both the 400 and 800. Katie Lynch (third, 55 hurdles; third, 200), Rebecca French (fourth, two mile; fifth, mile), Josie Miller (sixth, 800), Cassandra Kane (fourth, high jump), Hope Langworthy (second, pole vault) and Emily Smith (third, pole vault) each scored points for Mt. Ararat.
For the Dragons, Isabelle Pols was third in the mile and sixth in the two mile, while Micaela Ashby earned fifth in the two mile and sixth in the mile.
Desiree Tanner (fifth, 400), Maddie Wayne (fourth, 800; fifth, pole vault), Tea Kepler (third, pole vault) and Rayne Schinhofen (fifth, pole vault) earned points.
Boys
Brunswick featured strong showings across the board.
Hunter Parker won the KVAC title in the 400, while Mitchell Leinart was first in the 200 and second in the 55. Samuel Cenescar continued his strong showing in the high jump, clearing 6-02 for first and adding a top finish in the long jump. Parker was also third in both the 55 and 200.
Other Dragons to score on the day were Tyler Trebilock (sixth, 55 hurdles), Will Shaughnessy (third, mile; third, two mile), Kian Murray (seventh, 400), Andrew Chingos (fifth, 800; fourth, two mile), Elijah Gagnon (sixth, shot put), Ryan Olson (third, high jump; seventh, pole vault) and Caleb Rand (fourth, pole vault).
For Mt. Ararat, Jason Halliday won the 55 dash and claimed second in the 200, while Dalton Streeter racked up points in three events — second in the triple jump, third in the high jump and third in the 55 hurdles.
Other Eagles with strong showings were Holden Brannon (fourth, 55; sixth, 200), Nate Cohen (fifth, mile; fifth, two mile), Tyler Bernier (second, 400; sixth, high jump; sixth, 200), Ethan Rac (fourth, 400), Caden Pond (third, shot put), Maximo Varela (seventh, triple jump) and Hunter Lohr (seventh, high jump).
The State Class A Championships will be held on Feb. 19 at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham.
KVAC Class B
Winslow won the girls title, while Belfast rolled to the boys KVAC championship.
The Morse girls had a solid day, taking sixth with 37 points. Sydney McCarren earned second in the one mile with a time of 5:51.28. McCarren was fourth in the 800.
The 4 x 200 relay team took fifth for the Shipbuilders.
In the long jump, Emily Martin was fifth and Abigail Minott seventh, while Minott matched McCarren’s runner-up finish, claiming second in the triple jump. Mae Winglass finished fourth the event, while Martin was third in the pole vault.
The State Class B Championships are slated for this upcoming Saturday at Bates College in Lewiston.
WMC
The Western Maine Conference Championships were contested at USM, with Greely winning the girls title and York pulling away to win the boys championship.
The Freeport boys had a strong showing, taking third with 67 points, with Greely finishing second.
In the junior division, Brett Holden sprinted away with the 55 dash title, crossing in 7.20 seconds. Fellow Falcon Jacob Gormely claimed the WMC title in the junior 200 in 25.40, with teammates Holden (third) and Boden Abbott (fourth) scoring points as Freeport racked up 20 points in the event.
Holden, Abbott, Gormely and Carter Cummings combined to help Freeport, winning the 4 x 200 relay, while Holden added points with a fifth-place finish in the shot put.
In the open 800, Freeport’s Joe Ashby was fifth in 2:07.30.
Nick Mitch was second in the senior 400, while Jarred Burns was sixth in the senior high jump.
The Freeport girls were sixth after accumulating 45 points.
Earning points for the Falcons were Emma Abbott (fourth, junior 200), Shaina Curry (first, junior high jump; fifth, junior 55 hurdles), the junior 4 x 200 relay team (fifth), Sarah Gray (sixth, junior shot put), Tara Migliaccio (first, senior 400; third senior 55), Katie Morrissey (sixth, senior 200) and Maya Bradbury (sixth, 800; fourth, mile).
Freeport joins Morse at the State Class B Championships in Lewiston on Saturday.
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