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Track

Trojans Are County’s Track Champs

Written by  Hugh Bowden Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 12:56 pm

Chrisshawn Fluker of the Ellsworth Eagles breaks from the starting line during competition at Friday’s Hancock County outdoor track championships at Mount Desert Island High School. Fluker was part of Ellsworth’s winning foursome in the four-by-400-meter relay.—JEFF WALLS

BAR HARBOR — When it comes to high school outdoor track and field in Hancock County, it’s the year of the Trojans.

The boys and girls from Mount Desert Island High School scored lopsided team victories in Friday’s annual Hancock County championships, outdistancing the runner-up Ellsworth Eagles by more the 100 points in both meets.

MDI senior Nat Hinckley had the kind of day most athletes only dream about, winning four individual championships — two in jumping and two in throwing.

Three others — junior Destiny Kanu and senior Ben Cummings of MDI and senior Vince Tymoczko of Bucksport — were triple winners.

On the girls’ side, the Trojans scored wins in 13 of the 19 events en route to a team score of 239 points. Following were Ellsworth 130.5, George Stevens Academy 81, Bucksport 59.5, Searsport (the Vikings compete annually in the Hancock County meet) 16 and Sumner 13.

MDI’s Kanu turned in winning times of 13.27 seconds in the 100-meter dash, 27.12 seconds in the 200-meter dash and 1:04.07 in the 400-meter dash.

Other individual champions for MDI were:

Amanda MacLeod with a time of 18.30 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles.

Malia Demers with a time of 5:50.39 in the 1,600-meter run.

Augusta Blanford with a time of 43.26 seconds in the 300-meter hurdles.

Katie Prestinari with a long jump of 13 feet, 9.75 inches.

Bailey Burr with a triple jump of 31 feet, 4.5 inches.

Rebecca O’Donnell with a distance of 27 feet, .25 inch in the shot put.

Chelsea Curran with a height of 8 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault.

The foursome of Olivia Jacobs, Curran, Bliss Weathers and Demers with a time of 11:33.30 in the four-by-800-meter relay.

The foursome of Emily Lewis, Burr, Blanford and Kanu with a time of 54.00 seconds in the four-by-100-meter relay.

The foursome of Lewis, Curran, Erin Connery and Weathers with a time of 4:42.14 in the four-by-400-meter relay.

Champions for the Ellsworth Eagles:

Chloe Taub with a time of 9:47.91 in the 1,600-meter racewalk.

Darien Lewis with a time of 2:30.47 in the 800-meter run.

Abby Homer with a height of 4 feet, 8 inches in the high jump.

Sabrina DeBeck with a throw of 64 feet, 6 inches in the discus.

Ben Plohr of the George Stevens Academy Eagles won a pair of Hancock County championships on Friday, placing first in the 110-meter hurdles and the 800-meter run.—JEFF WALLS

Other champions were Liana Arquette of the GSA Eagles with a throw of 76 feet, 9 inches in the javelin; and Faith Mackey of Searsport with a time of 12:51 in the 3,200 meter run.

On the boys’ side, MDI’s Trojans were winners of 10 of the 19 events and their depth, especially in the jumping and throwing events, helped them to a total score of 239 points.

Runner-up Ellsworth scored 109, followed by Bucksport 92, GSA 67, Sumner 36 and Searsport 5.

MDI’s big winner of the day was Hinckley, who placed first in the long jump with a distance of 20 feet, 1.5 inches; the triple jump with a distance of 39 feet, 8 inches; the javelin with a throw of 166 feet, 11 inches; and the shot put with a throw of 42 feet, 11.75 inches.

Also for MDI, Ben Cummings set a school and meet pole vault record when he cleared the bar at 14 feet, .5 inch.

He also won the high jump, clearing 6 feet, and the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 46.29 seconds.

Taylor Brown won the discus with a throw of 118 feet, 1 inch; and Carl Ferm was the 1,600-meter racewalk winner in 8:51.76.

The Trojan foursome of James Magnani, Caleb Roebuck, Tyler Farnsworth and Cummings won the four-by-100-meter relay in 48.18 seconds.

For Ellsworth, Ben Chapman won the 1,600-meter run in 4:34.22.

The Ellsworth foursome of Brandon Ouellette, Kody Holmes, Tyler O’Grady and Malcolm Toe won the four-by-800-meter relay in 9:24.08, and the foursome of Chrisshawn Fluker, Blake Pattengale, Chapman and Doe won the four-by-400-meter relay in 3:39.

Tymoczko, one of the region’s top sprinters, was Bucksport’s lone winner, placing first in the 100-meter dash in 11.64 seconds, the 200-meter dash in 23.69 seconds and the 400-meter dash.

For the GSA Eagles, Ben Plohr was a two-time winner, placing first in the 110-meter hurdles in 17.39 seconds and first in the 800-meter run in 2:07.24.

River Plouffe Vogel won the 3,200-meter run for GSA with a time of 10:51.60.

For more sports news, pick up a copy of the Mount Desert Islander.

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