LEWISTON

The State Class B Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at Bates College on Saturday.

In the girls meet, Orono cruised to the win with 87 points, with Greely in second with 65. York (50), Yarmouth (36) and Old Town (24.50) rounded out the top five.

The Freeport girls grabbed 10th, earning 16 points.

In the boys meet, York took home the title with 56 points, edging past Foxcroft Academy, which scored 44. Mt. Desert Island (38), Old Town (34) and Traip Academy (30) claimed spots 3-5, respectively.

Like the girls, Freeport claimed 10th with 18 points. Behind a first-place showing from Chris Walfield in the two-mile run (9:50.88), Morse finished in 18th with 10 points, while Lisbon picked up four points when Nick Harriman crossed the line in fourth place in the mile (4:42.45).

Girls

Things started well for Freeport, which finished second in the 4×800-meter relay behind York. The Falcons foursome of Sophia Hight, Hannah Schnyder, Laura Pierce and Maddie Squibb came from behind, finishing in 10:25.41. York completed the run in 10:12.84.

Orono showed things to come in the sprints as Laura Stoops won the 55-hurdles and finished second to Yarmouth’s Emma Egan in the 55. Stoops also claimed first place in the 200.

Tia Tardy of Orono stepped up and won the one-mile, and claimed victories in the 800 and two-mile for 30 points.

Squibb picked up points for Freeport in the 400, finishing in 1:03.26 for fourth, while Schnyder was fifth in the 800 (2:32.85). The Falcons completed their scoring in the 4×200 relay, taking seventh in 1:56.54 behind the efforts of Mikaela Fleenor, Squibb, Jemayla Nelsonwood and Emily Latulippe.

Other winners on the day were Tahlia Mullen of Lincoln Academy(400),the4x200 team from Fryeburg Academy (1:51.95), Greely’s Alyssa Coyne (shot put), York’s Katherine Bullock (long jump), Old Town’s Olivia Damboise (triple jump) Allison Pickering of Orono (pole vault) and a record-setting performance from Egan in the high jump (5-06).

Boys

Dave DeLois, who coaches the Brunswick track teams along with Morse athletes, made a tactical decision to keep Shipbuilders long-distance runner Walfield out of the one mile and 4×800 relay, putting all of his eggs into the two-mile.

Walfield delivered, cruising to a four-second win over Freeport’s Henry Jaques, who finished in 9:54.70.

“He ran a great race,” said DeLois of Walfield. “Chris, Jaques and (Yarmouth’s) Luke Laverdiere ran together the whole way, and on that last lap with about 250 to go, Chris picked it up and just out-kicked everybody. I am proud of him. Nothing better than winning a state championship!”

The second-place finish by Jaques gave the Falcons eight of their points. Other point-getters for Freeport were the 4×800 relay team (Max Greenwood, Ben Cushman, Joe Ashby, Erik Brobst, fifth, 8:52.39), Chandler Vincent (third, one-mile, 4:38.39) and Brobst (seventh, one-mile, 4:51.22).

York received wins in the long jump (Jack Bouchard) and triple jump (Matt Arsenault) to claim the overall title. Other winners were Greely’s 4×800 relay and Poland’s 4×200 relay, Traip’s Evan Porter (55 hurdles, 55 dash), Laverdiere (one-mile), MDI’s Ryan Bender (200, 400), North Yarmouth Academy’s Henry Quesada (800), Trever Gray of Waterville (shot put), Foxcroft’s Hunter Smith (high jump) and Bucksport’s Johann Bradley (pole vault).

Alexander Lumenello had a solid run in the 400, taking second in 52.77 to account for eight points for Wells. Shot-putter Kent Kellar picked up the final point for the Warriors with a seventh-place throw of 41 feet.