BATH — Once again, the race for the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B girls title was a tight one. And once again, Cony had the finishing touch to take home the title.

Cony, led by two wins and a runner-up finish from Anna Reny, repeated as conference champion Saturday at McMann Field in Bath, scoring 100 points to hold off Winslow (93), Belfast (85), Waterville (69) and Maranacook (50).

Cony trailed Belfast midway through the meet but went back in front in the latter half and then held off the Black Raiders, who got wins from Carly Warn in the long jump (16-11.25) and triple jump (32-11.25), down the stretch.

“It was a total team effort today for the girls,” co-coach Jon Millett said. “We had a couple of wins today, but it was definitely our thirds, fourths and fifths that brought us to the end of the meet.”

The Belfast boys rode four victories from Jack Hansen to 96 points and the title. Lincoln Academy (88), Nokomis (62), Leavitt and Cony (53 apiece) followed.

Leavitt’s Jonathan Schomaker won the wheelchair shot put, 400, 800 and 1,600 events.

Carrolton shines

Morse High School’s William Carrolton was a double winner on the day. He launched the discus 149-08 feet, exceeding his seed mark by more than nine inches to edge past Maranacook’s Ryan Worster (148-07). Carrolton also won the shot put with a heave of 45-03-7, slipping past Worster again.

Carrolton’s 20 points helped the Shipbuilders accumulate 46 in all, good for seventh place. 

Morse also claimed second in the 4 x 800 relay and fifth in the 4 x 400. Finn Thelan was seventh in the 1,600, Ben Brewer fifth in the 400, Thomas Trundy second in the 300 hurdles, and Thelan and Connor Freeman sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 800. 

The lone scorer for the Morse girls was Audrey Crews, who finished fifth in the pole vault (7-06). 

Class A

In Class A, the Edward Little girls rode a pair of first-place finishes from Jillian Richardson and Julia Berube to 169.50 points and its fourth straight KVAC title. Lewiston (142) was second, followed by Mt. Ararat (111), Messalonskee (96.17) and Oxford Hills (51). Brunswick (50) was sixth. 

“This was our fourth meet on the docket this year,” EL coach Rebecca Hefty said. “My kids were ready to

compete. The girls were hungry to get out here, do very well and go after the competition.”

Lewiston rode five individual victories, two from Kamundala Crispin, and wins in all three relay events to 181 points and a win over Brunswick (152), Mt. Ararat (129), Edward Little (85) and Messalonskee (65).

“Huge day. We got some times that were just amazing today,” Blue Devils coach Paul Soracco said. “Just guys stepping up left and right.”

Mt. Ararat’s Lisandro Berry-Gaviria took three victories in the A boys meet, winning the 800 (2:00.17), 1,600 (4:26.14) and 3,200 (9:40.81) after dealing with tendinitis this winter.

“I haven’t been able to train the way I wanted to,” he said. “Coming back and winning all three events and with faster times than I did last year, it was incredible. I couldn’t ask for a better day.”

Multiple wins also went to Brunswick’s Hunter Parker (300 hurdles, 42.00; 200, 23.37) in the A boys meet, and Skowhegan’s Hannah McKenney (400, 59.62; 800, 2:22.27) in the A girls meet.

The Mt. Ararat girls claimed second in the 4 x 800 and 4 x 400 relays, along with a third in the 4 x 100. Individually, Olena Cutko was sixth in the 1,600 race/walk, Camila Ciembroniewicz claimed third in the 1,600 run, second in the 800 and third in the 3,200, Wyley Fitzpatrick was second in the 400, long jump and triple jump, Sara York claimed sixth in the 400 and the 800 along with third in the high jump, Katie Lynch won the 300 hurdles in 48.72 with teammate Fay O’Donnell finishing in fifth, Mary Wheeler was fifth in the 3,200, Campbell Tankersley claimed seventh in the 3,200, and Emily Smith captured second in the pole vault. 

For the Eagle boys, the 4 x 800 relay was third, the 4 x 100 second and the 4 x 400 captured second. Travis Nadeau was third in the 100 dash, with teammate Holden Brannan claiming sixth, and Nadeau finished seventh in the 200. Jace Hollenbach and Grady Satterfield were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 1,600, with Satterfield finishing third in the 3,200, Andrew Chamberland fourth and Hollenbach sixth. Tyler Bernier was second in the 400 and sixth in the 200, Ethan Rac was sixth in the 400 and third in the triple jump, Max Spelke won the javelin with a throw of 162-04 and captured second in the 300 hurdles, with Owen Yabsira sixth. Maximo Varela claimed third in the long jump, with teammate Bane Slocum seventh, and Nathanial Smith tied for sixth in the high jump. 

The Brunswick boys received several solid finishes during its runner-up finish. The 4 x 800 relay was second, the 4 x 100 fourth and the 4 x 400 took third. 

In the 100 dash, Mitchell Leinert and Parker were second and third, respectively, with Leinert claiming third in the 400 and second in the 200. Matty Laforge was fifth in the 1,600 race/walk with fellow Dragon Nicolas Pizzarelli sixth, Will Shaughnessy took second in both the 1,600 and 3,200 runs, and Tyler Patterson claimed third in the 1,600 and second in the 800. Andrew Chingos was fourth in the 800. Joey Valliere was fifth in the 3,200. 

In the field events, Samuel Cenescar repeated as the high jump champ, clearing the bar at 6-04, and Michael McGrum won the pole vault with a vault of 12 feet. Owen Richardson finished second in the shot put and third in the discus, and Parker was second in the long jump.

For the Brunwick girls, the 4 x 800 was fifth, fourth in the 4 x 100 and third in the 4 x 400 relays.

Individually, Ophelia Ladner was fourth in the 100 hurdles and fifth in the 300 hurdles,

Maddie Wayne second in the 1,600 run and fourth in the 800, Kaeden Green fourth in the 400, sixth in the long jump and third in the triple jump, and Micaela Turgeon captured fourth in the pole vault. 

The State Class A meet will be held at Lewiston High School this upcoming Saturday, while the State Class B meet is slated for Brewer High School on Satuday. Both meets begin at 10 a.m. 

WMC Championships

York won both the boys and girls titles at Lake Region High School in Naples. 

The Wildcats scored 187 points in the boys meet, with Yarmouth (117.50), Cape Elizabeth (82), Greely (66.50) and Gray-New Gloucester (45) rounding out the top five in Division 1. Freeport finished sixth with 45 points. 

In the girls meet, York racked up 146.50 points to win Division 1, followed by Cape Elizabeth (95), Greely (87), Gray-New Gloucester (87) and Freeport (72.50). 

In the boys meet, Freeport’s 4 x 800 relay finished third. In the individual track events, the Falcons were paced by Adam Ulrickson (third, 100; fourth, 200), Alex Les (fourth, 100; sixth, 400), Martin Horne (second, 1,600 run) and Owen Patrick (second, 800). In the field events, Joey Driscoll was sixth in the triple jump and Alex Nelie claimed third in the shot put. 

The Freeport girls won three WMC titles — Catriona Gould in the 100 and 200, and the 4 x 100 relay of Emma Abbott, Emmie Riendeau, Tara Migliaccio and Gould. 

Other points-getters for the Falcons girls were the 4 x 800 relay (fifth), Gracie Morse (third, 100 dash), Abbott (fourth, 100 dash; fifth, 200), Lily Horne (fifth, 1,600; second, 3,200), Migliaccio (second, 400), Hannah Spaulding (fifth, 400), Jane Dawson (fifth, 3,200), the 4 x 400 relay (third) and Emily Pagnano (sixth, high jump). 

Freeport athletes next head to the State Class B championships at Brewer on Saturday. 

BOB CONN, the sports editor of The Times Record, contributed to this story

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