Natalie Hill of the Houlton High School track and field squad is the only athlete on the team who has earned two automatic bids to state competition. She will compete in the 800 meter and 400 meter. There are another six athletes — three girls and three boys — who qualified for the States in 11 events (five girls and six boys), but they are provisional only and do not have a guaranteed spot in the final seeding, said Houlton coach Chris Rines.
Houlton has also qualified seven for the Penobscot Valley Conference (PVC) championships in 16 events. There are four girls and three boys competing in nine girls’ and seven boys’ events.
Last Thursday, the Houlton track and field team competed in a meet in Presque Isle. The results of the day are as follows:
Girls: 100-meter — 5, Emily Mooers, 14.32; 6, Natalie Hill, 14.34; 11, Emma Drew, 15.41 and 14, Chloe Davis, 16.08; 200 meter – 2, Hill, 29.48; 5, Mooers, 32.35; 7, Olivia White, 33.94; 8, Drew, 34.25; 13, Davis, 35.78; and 18, Emily Dickison, 40.68; 400 meter – 1, Hill 1:06.94; 2, Mooers, 1:08.43; 6, White, 1:15.75; 8, Davis, 1:18.18; 9, Taylor Reed, 1:19.50; 10, Madelene Anderson, 1:24.58; 12, Olivia Winslow, 1:27.20; and 13, Dickison 1:32.02.
For the 800 meter — 1, Reed, 2:46.16; 4, Rylee Warman, 2:52.81; 5, Anderson, 2:54.98; 6, Winslow, 2:57.98; and 7, Mooers, 2:58.59; 1,600 meter – 2, Reed, 6:33.32 and 6, Winslow, 17:18.89.
Javelin – 7, Hannah Foley, 66 feet; 9, Drew, 60 feet, 6 inches; and 11. White, 55 feet, 3 inches; Discus – 12, Foley, 43 feet, 11 inches and 14, Anderson, 39 feet, 5 inches; Shot put – 6, Foley, 21 feet, 7.5 inches; 10, Anderson, 20 feet, 3.5 inches; and 11, Drew, 20 feet, 1.5 inches.
The girls as a team accumulated 59 points.
Boys: 100 meter: 1, Austin Brown, 11.98; 9, Josh Upton, 12.81; 12, Tré Whitney, 12.99; 13, Caleb Dube, 13.02; 20, Nathan Bouchard, 13.73; and 28, Isaac Lufkin, 15.85; 200 meter — 2, A. Brown, 25.66; 12, Whitney, 28.02; 13, Bouchard, 28.19; and 23, Lufkin, 35.42; 400 meter: 4, Bouchard, 1:03.41; 5. Whitney, 1:03.95; 6, Dube, 1:04.01; and 12, Lufkin, 1:20.69.
In the 800 meter — 6, Isaiah Brown, 2:51.37 and 8, Adam Casillas, 3:24.71; and the 3,200 meter — 2, I. Brown, 11:43.35 and 4, Casillas, 13:47.83.
Long Jump — 4, A. Brown, 16 feet, 9.5 inches; 4, 4, Dube, 16 feet, 9.5 inches; and 10, Lufkin, 11 feet, 9 inches; Javelin — 7, Tim Glatter, 98 feet, 1 inch and 24, Casillas, 68 feet, 4 inches; Discus — 1, Josh Upton, 100 feet, 5 inches; 11, Glatter, 75 feet, 5inches; and 19, Damon Reynolds, 63 feet, 11 inches; Shot put — 3, Upton, 39 feet, 4 inches; 8, Reynolds, 29 feet, 9 inches; and 17, Glatter, 25 feet, 11 inches.
The Houlton boys team as a whole accumulated 60 points.
The Houlton team will compete in the Aroostook County Championships on Friday in Presque Isle at 3:30 p.m.
