BELFAST

Teams from Brunswick, Merriconeag of Freeport, Lisbon and Morse competed Saturday at the 11th annual Maine Cross Country Festival of Champions at Troy Howard Middle School.

The Brunswick girls impressed with a 13th place finish (421 points), while the Mt. Desert Island girls and the Cumberland, R.I., boys were team champions in the 5K event.

MDI edged Bonny Eagle 125-129 to win the girls title from among 50 scoring teams and 607 individual finishers.

The Morse girls were 29th (756), Merriconeag 34th (869) and Lisbon 40th (1,077).

“Actually, we didn’t have any rain,” said Brunswick coach Dave DeLois. “The girls ran well and we got Theresa Murphy back (illness) and she ran for the first time this year. She didn’t have a PB but ran well in 20:49 (52nd overall). Also, Tess Cassidy was the third freshman overall (18th, 19:54). She did a 5:45 first mile which was her fastest ever. I think she may have learned something from that race.”

Also running for Brunswick were Tiffany Tanner (41, 20:34), Brooke Escoe (131, 22:17), Amy Lyons (252, 23:22), Lily Sanders (255, 23:24), Brooke Trimmer (422, 25:31), Cleo Carrera (425, 25:35), Shannon Viola (449, 25:53) and Frances Wright (558, 29:28),

Merriconeag runners included Sam Pierce (84, 21:36), Teagan Wu (120, 22:07), Zoe Oswald (275, 23:40), Zoe Chace-Donahue (292, 23:45), Emelie Chace-Donahue (23:52), Carlin Tindall (324, 24:10), Emma Dolan (369, 24:47), Phoebe Dolan (528, 23:37),

Lisbon runners included Bree Sautter (119, 22:06), Adrianna White (234, 23:10), Caitlyn Bundy (238, 23:11), Abby Provencal (377, 24:52), Allie Lycette (380, 24:57), Hannah Berube (397, 25:09), Kristen Carter (407, 25:17),

Morse runners included Amy Franklin (72, 21:20), Charlotte Recknagel (115, 22:04), Danica Moore (195, 22:52), Lucy Rawson (227, 23:06), Amelia Franklin (280, 23:44), Clare Tolan (328, 24:12), Emily Belanger (349, 24:29.26) and Rachel Detwiler (350, 24:29.28).

Cumberland No. 1

The Cumberland boys edged Lewiston 195-196 with Falmouth third (203), Cape Elizabeth fourth (208) and Scarborough fifth (210).

Brunswick was 24th (726), Merriconeag 35th (939), Lisbon 40th (1,004) and Morse 45th (1,106) out of 60 teams and 779 finishers.

Mike Tates, a senior from Dr. J.H. Gillis High School (Nova Scotia) ran a 15:26.64 to better the old mark of 15:33 set by Brunswick’s Will Geoghegan in 2009.

Merriconeag’s Jack Pierce placed fourth overall in 16:14.

Brunswick finishers included Jason Higginbotham (105, 18:08), Jamie Ross (112, 18:13), Walter Martin (173, 18:38), Christopher Tanner (181, 18:41), Zach Miller (199, 18:49), Donovan Shea (219, 18:59), John Murphy (296, 19:31), McKinley Stinson (413, 20:18), Nathaniel Vilas (421, 20:22), Jacob Hunter (459, 20:45), Elias Henze (476, 20:52) and Andrew Bobker (631, 2:41).

Morse finishers were Noah Lapointe (269, 19:20), Balt von Huene (288, 19:28), Christopher Walfield (292, 19:29), Aidan McGowan (320, 19:41), Aaron Ouellette (567, 21;51) and Nathaniel Rines (689, 23:41).

Merriconeag finishers included Zach Neveu (91, 18:01), Ben Tindall (308, 19:35), Moritz Haldy (363, 19:59), Lars Gundersen (403, 20:14), John Burgess (516, 21:14), Cesar Beauche (522, 21:19), Lincoln Samuelson (589, 22:04) and Graham Roeber (638, 22:47),

Lisbon finishers were Nicholas Harriman (88, 17:58), Cote Brauneis (227, 19:00), Jeff Willey (260, 19:15), Ben Kates (261, 19:16), Jordan Cole (322, 19:41) and John Pettingil (565, 21:50).