Sports
Track & Field
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In his third year of organized sport, Sioho capped a record-setting season with a New England triple jump title.
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Record-setting sprinters and four-event state champions highlight this year's squad, which has been expanded to 12 selections.
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An outstanding group of distance runners dominate the selections, which increased from 10 to 12 this season.
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In a season loaded with top-tier talent among girls' distance runners, Ewings put herself at the top of Maine's list.
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Rowan McDonald won a 3,000-meter race walk at the Nike Outdoor Nationals, then the mile race walk the next day at the New Balance nationals.
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Gorham’s Griffin Gammon captures his second straight boys’ high jump crown.
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Emerson Flaker and Makenna Drouin talk about their tight finish in the 100-meter dash, and more sights and sounds from Thornton Academy.
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Richards, of Winslow, sets state-meet records in the 100 and 200, while Ewings, of Houlton/Greater Houlton Christian, lowers the 1,600 and 3,200 records.
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Arnaud Sioho wins four events to carry the Red Riots to their first boys' state championship in 22 years, and Emerson Flaker leads the Red Storm to the girls' crown by sweeping the sprints.
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Both squads clinch titles with strong showings in the 1,600-meter relay – the final event of the day.
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A boys' triple jump duel is set in Class A, and the battle for the Class B girls' title could be tight.
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Graca Bila and Sarah Moore duel in a record-setting triple jump and combine for 66 points for the Panthers.
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Marshwood's Andre Clark sets a Maine all-time record in the 100-meter dash, and Arnaud Sioho of South Portland turns in the top efforts in Maine this season in the long jump and both hurdle events.
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Scarborough and Portland are among the top teams in both boys and girls.
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Making the qualifying standard for the state championship meets is an accomplishment.
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A two-time New England champion, NYA's Sarah Moore, and the reigning Varsity Maine Boys' Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, Noble's Maddox Jordan, are among the top returning athletes in outdoor track.
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After winning three sprints and anchoring a relay team to help Bangor defend its Class A title, Connors won the New England 400-meter championship.
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Record setters and versatile performers define a group that includes four athletes who should be back in 2024.
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Four repeat All-State picks highlight a strong group that includes two racewalkers.
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The junior won two races at the Class B state meet, then finished second in three sprints at the New England championships.
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Sarah Moore of North Yarmouth Academy takes home two victories, and five others win titles on a banner day for Maine athletes.
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Ruth White breaks her own state record in the 3,200 meters as the Red Riots sweep the team titles.
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Rain forced the postponement of the boys' and girls' pole vault, as well as the boys' high jump, leaving team titles up in the air.
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The Dragons were unfazed by the rain and subsequent two-hour halt in the action, as was quadruple winner Anna Connors of Bangor, which won the girls' team title.
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State records could fall at meets in Topsham (Class A), Freeport (Class B) and Augusta (Class C).
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The Dragons hold off the Edward Little girls. Lewiston's Makenna Drouin and Ryker Paradis and Mt. Ararat's Aubrey Pelletier and Aidan Greenleaf earn athletes of the meet awards.
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Bonny Eagle's Ethan Kane took a pair of victories in the boys' hurdle events.
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Winthrop's James Cognata, Kents Hills' Rose Jenkins named meet's top athletes.
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Morin, the defending Class A champ in the javelin, also playing big role on softball team.
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With her pro career temporarily on hold as she recovers from another injury setback, the Maine native is helping track athletes at Bonny Eagle High attain success.
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Dragons coming off strong indoor season; Morse and Mt. Ararat also seek improvement.
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The Scarborough boys and girls should contend in Class A, while the York boys and girls again will be strong in Class B.
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Longtime state records in Maine high school track and field have fallen more often in recent years.
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This group of talented boys and girls includes several state-record holders.
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Senior making name for herself after turning in strong performances at New Balance nationals, other big events.
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Fournier, 75, who ran the 1970 Boston Marathon before women could officially enter, coached nearly 50 years at Mt. Ararat.
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This year's team is defined by a stellar senior class of sprinters and jumpers.
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The senior saved his best for last, winning the 200 meters at the New England championships and finishing second in two other sprints.
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Just a sophomore, Makenna Drouin won two hurdle events at the Class A state meet and the 300-meter hurdles at the New England Championships.
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Three sophomores make their way onto a team packed with senior talent.
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Gorham's Andrew Farr (200), Cheverus' Frank Morang (long jump), Thornton's Mia-Claire Kezal (1,600) and Edward Little's Makenna Drouin (300 hurdles) are victorious at the New England championships.
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The Lisbon/Oak Hill girls win the Class C title for a second straight season.
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Both squads were runners-up a year ago, but on Saturday the Wildcats win decisively in Bar Harbor.
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Sarah Moore's two individual wins pace the Greyhounds to their second straight title, while Joseph Richard's victory in the 400 boosts the Black Raiders.
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Andrew Farr of Gorham and Anna Connors of Bangor overcome tough competition, sweeping the 100, 200 and 400.
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The Class A meet will take place in Bangor, Class B in Bar Harbor and Class C in Lewiston.
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The Wildcat boys and girls cruise to victory in Division 1, while the North Yarmouth Academy girls and Poland boys win in Division 2.
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A historic boys' 100-meter dash highlights a day of fast times at Falmouth High.