Outdoor Track: Class A States unfold at Lewiston

LEWISTON—This year’s Class A Outdoor Track and Field State Meet took place at Lewiston High School on Saturday, June 1. On the boys’ side of things, Scarborough edged past Thornton by 12 points, and on the girls’ side, Cheverus bested Gorham by 29.

A number of local names bubbled to the surface at the competition. Unsurprisingly (but always pleasantly), Westbrooker Nyagoa Bayak won the High Jump. Bayak wasn’t especially delighted with her winning leap, 5-08.00, but nor did she get too down on herself.

“I’m not the happiest,” she said, “but I’ve been going through injuries this season, so I was happy to just get through and clear 5-08 at the first attempt. If I got 5-10, I would’ve went to 6-00 and just tried it.”

“I wasn’t really that confident today,” Bayak went on. “My knee hurts a little, so hopefully I could just go through and clear the heights I needed to clear in order to win. I did what I had to do. I’m not too upset…I’m pretty happy with my performance. Not too happy. You can always do better.”

Bayak has often competed, in the past, in the Triple Jump as well. That event is hard, though, on the body, and she opted to duck out of it for States.

“It’s just a lot on your legs after a while,” she said, “and High Jump, you need a lot of legs.”

Likewise unsurprisingly, Bayak’s fellow Blaze Mahamed Sharif won the 800. Meanwhile, in the girls’ relays, Gorham won the 4×100 and Bonny Eagle the 4×800.

Complete Boys Team Results
1. Scarborough, 110; 2. TA, 98; 3. Lewiston, 65; 4. Bangor, 52; 5. Mt. Ararat, 46; 5. Brunswick, 46; 7. Falmouth, 45; 8. Cheverus, 26; 9. South Portland, 21; 10. Biddeford, 20; 11. Windham, 18; 12. Westbrook, 17; 13. Edward Little, 14; 14. Bonny Eagle, 12; 15. Deering, 9; 15. Hampden, 9; 15. Kennebunk, 9; 18. Portland, 8; 19. Gorham, 6; 19. Messalonskee, 6; 21. Noble, 5; 22. Massabesic, 2; 22. Oxford Hills, 22

Selected Boys Individual Results
100 – 1. Jarett Flaker, Scarborough, 10.92; 5. Dante Lingley, Westbrook, 11.39; 6. Aidan Walcott, BE, 11.47
400 – 1. Jarett Flaker, Scarborough, 49.64; 4. Ethan Wert, Windham, 50.80
800 – 1. Mahamed Sharif, Westbrook, 1:54.33; 5. Anthony Sawyer, Windham, 1:59.85
1600 – 1. Lisandro Berry-Gaviria, Mt. A, 4:22.22; 2. Aiden Willey, BE, 4:29.25
3200 – 1. Lisandro Berry-Gaviria, Mt. A, 9:35.17; 6. Aiden Willey, BE, 9:53.67; 9. Justin Tomison, BE, 10:03.11
110 Hurdles – 1. Travis Snyder, TA, 15.15; 4. Cam Holloway, Westbrook, 15.68
300 Hurdles – 1. Travis Snyder, TA, 40.70; 9. Cam Holloway, Westbrook, 43.51
1600 Racewalk – 1. Lucas Judice, TA, 7:27.66; 8. Joshua Prescott, BE, 8:54.08; 9. Jordan Piechowski, Windham, 8:58.32
4×100 – 1. Bangor (Andrew Munroe, Cole Jordan, Lasse Keim, Landyn Francis), 43.66; 8. Windham (Connor Abbotoni, Colby Dionne, Boden Sebasteanski, Jacob Noonan), 45.70; 9. BE (Ian Reilly, Zach Oja, Aidan Walcott, Andrew Pendleton), 45.73
4×400 – 1. Scarborough (Jayden Flaker, Warren O’Shea, Noah Drapeau, Jarrett Flaker), 3:30.74; 3. Windham (Connor Abbotoni, Anthony Sawyer, Mason Rosborough, Ethan Wert), 3:31.02; 8. BE (Cody Plumley, Sam Kovacs, Ethan Pike, Aidan Walcott), 3:40.94
4×800 – 1. Scarborough (Harrison Osborne, Zach Barry, Tristram Coffin, Noah Drapeau), 8:08.84; 5. Windham (Anthony Sawyer, Sam Cole, Connor Abbotoni, Mason Rosborough), 8:23.36; 10. BE (Ethan Pike, Ken Beaumier, Matt Steeves, Anthony Mason), 8:51.89
High Jump – 1. Anthony Clavette, Scarborough, 6-06.00; 3. Ryan Gendron, Gorham, 6-02.00; 6. Matt Fox, Windham, 5-10.00

Complete Girls Team Results
1. Cheverus, 100; 2. Gorham, 71; 3. TA, 68.50; 4. Scarborough, 54; 5. Falmouth, 40; 6. South Portland, 35; 7. Bangor, 30; 8. EL, 23; 8. Lewiston, 23; 10. Marshwood, 22; 10. Hampden, 22; 12. BE, 21; 13. Windham, 19; 14. Portland, 13; 14. Oxford Hills, 13; 16. Mt. A, 12; 17. Massabesic, 11; 18. Noble, 10.50; 19. Skowhegan, 10; 19. Westbrook, 10; 19. Kennebunk, 10; 19. Sanford, 10; 23. Deering, 8; 24. Messalonskee, 5; 24. Biddeford, 5

Selected Girls Individual Results
100 – 1. Victoria Bossong, Cheverus, 12.31; 4. Sydney Connolly, Gorham, 12.85
200 – 1. Victoria Bossong, Cheverus, 24.80; 4. Sydney Connolly, Gorham, 26.46; 10. Nevaeh Moore, Gorham, 27.27
800 – 1. Mia-Claire Kezal, TA, 2:18.82; 5. Iris Kitchen, Gorham, 2:21.60; 6. Hannah Stevens, BE, 2:24.15; 9. Ami Beaumier, BE, 2:27.60
1600 – 1. Sofie Matson, Falmouth, 4:59.29; 3. Christine Toy, BE, 5:10.00; 7. Kate Tugman, Gorham, 5:18.20; 8. Delaney Hesler, BE, 5:20.07; 9. Emmaline Pendleton, BE, 5:33.87
3200 – 1. Sofie Matson, Falmouth, 10:33.05; 2. Kate Tugman, Gorham, 11:05.83; 5. Christine Toy, BE, 11:39.39; 8. Amelia Alexander, BE, 11:55.34
300 Hurdles – 1. Syeira New, Massabesic, 45.50; 5. Alyvia Caruso, Gorham, 47.42
1600 Racewalk – 1. Moxie Flanagan, 7:53.33; 2. Stef Meacham, Gorham, 8:35.80; 3. Caroline Bishop, Gorham, 8:56.12; 4. Lydia Valentine, Gorham, 9:17.53; 5. Breshia Flett, Gorham, 9:20.20; 6. Molly Cochrane, Windham, 9:23.13
4×100 – 1. Gorham (Maddie Michaud, Nevaeh Moore, Emma Green, Sydney Connolly), 50.20
4×400 – 1. Cheverus (Emma Gallant, Rosie Train, Evelyn Hanley, Victoria Bossong), 4:07.16; 6. Gorham (Alyvia Caruso, Sydney Connolly, Avery Germond, Iris Kitchen), 4:15.19; 9. Windham (Molly Skvorak, Camille Culpovich, Hannah Langstaff, Abigail Clinch), 4:20.59
4×800 – 1. BE (Emma Abbott, Amelia Alexander, Ami Beaumier, Hannah Stevens), 9:58.74
High Jump – 1. Nyagoa Bayak, Westbrook, 5-08.00; 8. Katherine Lewis, Windham, 4-10.00; 8. Sierra Guite, Windham, 4-10.00
Long Jump – 1. Alyssa Elliott, Bangor, 17-06.00; 3. Alyvia Caruso, Gorham, 17-00.50; 5. Katelyn Smith, Windham, 16-04.50
Triple Jump – 1. Emma White, Cheverus, 37-10.00; 2. Katelyn Smith, Windham, 35-07.00; 3. Evelyn Kitchen, Gorham, 35-00.25
Javelin – 1. Julia Allen, Sanford, 118-03; 3. Meghan Harmon, Windham, 109-00; 9. Evelyn Kitchen, Gorham, 98-08
Pole Vault – 1. Anna Gardner, Scarborough, 10-00.00; 5. Lauren Barden, Gorham, 9-00.00

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