Staff Writer
At Mount Desert Island on June 6, high school track and field athletes met to compete in the Maine State Championship track meet.
Representing Aroostook County’s Eastern Maine Class B were the Presque Isle and Caribou track teams.
Highlighting the Presque Isle team was Lucas Richards, who had a 106-05 throw in the javelin to take second place, trailing just behind Caribou’s Nate Swan, whose first throw was 165-04 to give the Viking an early and personal best first place finish.
Team results for the girls are as follows: 1, Waterville 119; 2, York 109; 3, Greely 62; 4, MDI 56; 5, Falmouth 43; 6, Cape Elizabeth 42; 7, Poland 32; 8, Winslow 31; 9, Maranacook 25; 10, Leavitt 24; 11, Catherine McAuley 14; 12, Nokomis 12; 12, Caribou 12; 14, Yarmouth 10; 14, Gardiner 10; 16, Old Town 9; 17, Gray-New Gloucester 8; 18, Ellsworth 4; 18, Belfast 4; 18, Camden Hills 4; 18, Lake Region 4; 22, Erskine 3; 22, Presque Isle 3; 24, MCI 2; 25, Medomak Valley 1; 25, Fryeburg 1; 25, Mt. Valley 1; 25, Hampden 1.
Individual results for the Viking and Wildcat girls are as follows. 4×800: 7, Caribou (Hannah Saunders, Dayna Michaud, Megan Bossie, Katie Plourde) 10:30.95. 100 Dash: 13, Emily Collins 13.5. 1,600 Race Walk: 1, Saunders 7:36.32. 1,600 Run: 13, Mackenzie Pinette 5:43; 16, Bossie 5:50.16; 19, Michaud 5:53.54. 4×100: 8, Presque Isle (Shae Adler, Brooke Long-Postell, Erica Hemphill, Katrina Whittier) 54.28; 15, Caribou (Sarae Sager, Annie Collins, Christine Savage, E. Collins) 55.61. 400 Dash: 21, Katie Plourde 1:07.2. 300 Hurdles: 5, Whittier 49.12; 15, Sager 55.07. 800 Run: 21, Michaud 2:41.39.
Also, 3,200 Run: 10, Saunders 12:12.5. 4×400: 12, Caribou (Sager, E. Collins, Plourde, Michaud) 4:39.23. High Jump: 10, Kelly Kashian 4-06. Triple Jump: 11, Whittier 31-10.5; 17, Plourde 30-07.5; 19, E. Collins 30-02. Javelin: 19, Danielle MacDonald 76-00. Discus: 21, Emily Anderson 79-08. Shot Put: 12, Whittier 30-11; 16, Hallie Bartlett 29-08.5. Pole Vault: 7, Savage 8-00.
Team results for the boys are as follows: 1, Falmouth 112; 2, Waterville 94.5; 3, Hampden 62; 4, Greely 49; 5, Belfast 34; 6, Maranacook 29; 6, Caribou 29; 8, MDI 27; 8, York 27; 10, Erskine 26; 10, Poland 26; 12, Gray-New Gloucester 24; 13, Wells 19; 13, Camden Hills 19; 15, Presque Isle 14; 16, Hermon 9; 17, Old Town 7; 17, Leavitt 7; 17, Winslow 7; 20, Medomak Valley 5; 21, Ellsworth 4; 21, Fryeburg 4; 21, Lake Region 4; 24, Cape Elizabeth 3.5; 25, MCI 2; 25, Nokomis 2.
Individual results for the Viking and Wildcat boys are as follows: 4×800: Caribou (Jesse Stephens, Christian Sleeper, Steve Melbourne, Tim Freme) 8:40.06. 100 Dash: 9, Nate Swan 11.81; 22, Logan Good 12.3. 1,600 Race Walk: 2, D.J. Flynn 7:37.93; 5, Jake Michaud 8:21.25. 1,600 Run: 18, C. Sleeper 4:52.56. 4×100: 20, Presque Isle (Sam Clukey, Justin Good, Ben Sipe, Logan Good) 48.93. 400 Dash: 6, Swan 51.89; 13, Matt Till 53.71. 800 Run: 10, Melbourne 2:05.96; 11, Stephens 2:05.98; 19, C. Sleeper 2:09.04. 4×400: 3, Caribou (Stephens, Melbourne, Till, Swan) 3:32.43. Javelin: 1, Swan 165-04; 2, Lucas Richards 160-05. Discus: 3, Jason Johnson 128-05; 16, Richards 108-09.
