BUCKSPORT — Led by a trio of two-time winners, the Mount Desert Island Trojans captured the boys’ and girls’ Hancock County Outdoor Track Championships on Friday at Carmichael Field.
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BUCKSPORT — Led by a trio of two-time winners, the Mount Desert Island Trojans captured the boys’ and girls’ Hancock County Outdoor Track Championships on Friday at Carmichael Field.
The Trojan girls got double wins from Cecilia Thomas and Bailey Burr as they piled up 152.5 points, more than double the score (74) of the runner-up Golden Bucks of Bucksport.
Following were the Ellsworth Eagles with 72.5, the George Stevens Academy Eagles with 44 and the Sumner Tigers with 12.
On the boys’ side, MDI got a pair of wins from Chris Clemens en route to a winning score of 143.5.
Following were Ellsworth with 103, GSA with 65, Sumner with 47 and Bucksport with 21.5.
Girls’ Championships
In the girls’ meet for MDI, Thomas bested Jacqueline Cormier of Sumner in both the hurdle events with times of 17.85 seconds in 100 meters and 53.61 seconds in 300 meters.
Burr took first in the long jump with a distance of 14 feet, 2.25 inches, and first in the triple jump with a distance of 32 feet.
Aleta Looker was a double winner for Ellsworth, placing first in the 800-meter run in 2:24.61 and first in the 1,600-meter run in 5:232.35.
The Golden Bucks got a pair of wins from Taylor Ziegler-Miller, who won the shot put with a throw of 32 feet, 9.25 inches and the javelin with a throw of 100 feet, 2 inches.
The remainder of the girls’ scoring:
100-meter dash: Britney Eberhardt, Bucksport, first in 14.29 seconds; Hannah Carroll, MDI, second in 15.09; Shannon Larkin, GSA, third in 15.68; Anna Ludlow, GSA, fourth in 16.34.
200-meter dash: Emily Lewis, MDI, first in 29.25 seconds; Emma Fernald, MDI, second in 29.91; Eberhardt, third in 30.29; Lainey Cohen, Ellsworth, fourth in 30.59; Carroll, fifth in 31.20.
400-meter dash: Malia Demers, MDI, first in 1:05.22; Isabel Erickson, MDI, second in 1:05.73; Fernald, third in 1:07.19; Olivia Ekeland, Bucksport, fourth in 1:07.56; Caroline Driscoll, MDI, fifth in 1:09.68.
800-meter run: Demers, second in 2:33.49; Nelly Winship, Bucksport, third in 2:35.44; Nora Hubbell, Bucks-port, fourth in 2:37.52; Alice Dillon, GSA, fifth in 2:38.64.
1,600-meter run: Isabel Erickson, second in 5:39.37; Driscoll, third in 5:50.63; Waylon Henggeler, MDI, fourth in 5:52.76; Winship, fifth in 5:54.16.
3,200- meter run: Hubbell, first in 12:39.31; Haley Lawrence, Ellsworth, second in 12:43.62; Rebecca Planchart, MDI, third in 13:34.42; Lilly Cousins, GSA, fourth in 15:53.38.
100-meter hurdles: Cormier, second in 19.34 seconds.
300-meter hurdles: Cormier, second in 58.53 seconds.
Four-by-100-meter relay: MDI (Carroll, Leila Johnston, Lewis, Thomas), first in 59.42 seconds; GSA (Ludlow, Abby Andrews, Emily Coleman, Larkin), second in 1:02.11.
Four-by-400-meter relay: MDI (Demers, Lewis, Kayla Ray, Fernald), first in 4:34.33; Ellsworth (Lauren Barkhouse, Brooke Dunn, Jamie Ford, Looker), second in 4:43.18; GSA (Amanda Moir, Madison Cole, Dillon, Nicole Bakeman), third in 4:46.95; Bucksport (Ekeland, Ingrid Dovland, Sam Boothby, Eberhardt), fourth in 4:56.59.
Four-by-800-meter relay: Bucksport (Ekeland, Dovland, Amber Hall, Winship), first in 11:12.40; Ellsworth (Dunn, Mallory Nightingale, Lawrence, Ford), second in 11:49.81; MDI (Lucy Soucek, Ning Ye, Ray, Catie Smith), third in 12:06.88; GSA (Joan Liu, Charcy Ye, Claire Ciampa, Cousins), fourth in 13:10.11.
High jump: Lisa Tapley, Bucksport, first at 4 feet, 6 inches; Planchart, second ast 4 feet, 4 inches; Isabel Erickson, third at 4 feet, 4 inches; Gene Goebel, MDI, and Abby Homer, Ellsworth, fourth at 4 feet.
Pole vault: Barkhouse, first at 8 feet; Smith, second at 7 feet, 6 inches; Cohen, third at 7 feet.
Long jump: Fernald, second at 13 feet, 1.75 inches; Avalon Langevin, Bucksport, third at 12 feet, 7.25 inches; Liana Arquette, GSA, fourth at 11 feet, 6 inches; Kelsey Leighton, Ellsworth, fifth at 10 feet, 10.25 inches.
Triple jump: Langevin, second at 28 feet, 9 inches; Arquette, third at 26 feet, 9 inches.
Shot put: Arquette, second at 32 feet, 1.5 inches; Tori Huntley, Ellsworth, third at 29 feet, 8.75 inches; Tapley, fourth at 24 feet, 10.25 inches; Danica Brassbridge, Bucksport, fifth at 24 feet, 8.5 inches.
Discus: Huntley, first at 71 feet, 3 inches; Ziegler-Miller, second at 67 feet, 11 inches; Leighton, third at 63 feet, 4 inches; Brassbridge, fourth at 60 feet, 3 inches; Catherine Nevin, GSA, fifth at 59 feet, 1 inch.
Javelin: Huntley, second at 89 feet, 5 inches; Ray, third at 82 feet, 1 inch; Arquette, fourth at 75 feet, 9 inches; Goebel, fifth at 69 feet, 2 inches.
100-meter racewalk: In Ji Hwang, GSA, first in 11:13.71.
Boys’ Championships
In the boys’ meet, MDI’s Chris Clemens led the way for the Trojans, winning the long jump with a distance of 17 feet, 9 inches, and the triple jump with a distance of 36 feet, 9.5 inches.
John San Diego of the Sumner Tigers also was a double winner, placing first in the 110-meter hurdles in 18.58 seconds and first in the 300-meter hurdles in 44.20 seconds.
The remainder of the scoring:
100-meter dash: Baramee Janla, Sumner, first in 11.92 seconds; Max Grover, Ellsworth, second in 12.08; Brandon St. Germain, Ellsworth, third in 12.32; Tom Reilly, MDI, fourth in 12.44; Matt Hanna, MDI, fifth in 12:44.
200-meter dash: Ben Conners, Ellsworth, first in 24.45 seconds; Janla, second in 24.62; Brandon Murphy, MDI, third in 24.76; Grover, fourth in 25.21; Eric Davis, Bucksport, fifth in 25.60.
400-meter dash: Jack Weeks, Ellsworth, first in 54.68 seconds; Murphy, second in 55.33; Jeff Weeks, Ellsworth, third in 56.04; Davis, fourth in 56.06; Paul Ferreira, GSA, fifth in 57.07.
800-meter run: Richard Helmke, MDI, first in 2:05.58; River Plouffe Vogel, GSA, second in 2:08.23; Kody Holmes, Ellsworth, third in 2:12.15; Philip Shaheen, GSA, fourth in 2:13.67; Will Fletcher, MDI, fifth in 2:16.63.
1,600-meter run: Dan Curts, Ellsworth, first in 4:33.74; Plouffe Vogel, second in 4:44.49; Sam Stahnke, GSA, third in 4:46.49; Robert Looker, Ellsworth, fourth in 4:46.67; Taylor Lee, Sumner, fifth in 4:52.38.
3,200-meter run: Looker, first in 11:01.42; Stahnke, second in 11:06.95; Plouffe Vogel, third in 11:12.23; Aidan Robichaud-Ward, MDI, fourth in 11:16.58; Max Mason, MDI, fifth in 11:23.67.
110-meter hurdles: Nick Wright, Ellsworth, second in 21.43 seconds; Eric Cooper, Ellsworth, third in 22.19; Christian Kimball, Sumner, fourth in 22.85.
300-meter hurdles: Hanna, second in 45.55 seconds; Jeff Weeks, third in 48.73; Devon Oppedisano, GSA, fourth in 51.95; Wright, fifth in 52.51.
Four-by-100-meter relay: MDI (Murphy, Jayson Burke, Clemens, Helmke), first in 46.47 seconds; Ellsworth (St. Germain, Jack Weeks, Grover, Jacob Jordan), second in 47.24; Sumner (San Diego, Brandon Wade, Tyler Bae, Janla), third in 50.13; GSA (Corey An, Alexander Szwez, Victor Tang, Bigo Shen), fourth in 50.93.
Four-by-400-meter relay: MDI (Murphy, Will Richard, Clemens, Helmke), first in 3:45.60; Ellsworth (Jack Weeks, Grover, Holmes, Conners), second in 3:45.97; Sumner (Lee, San Diego, Wade, Janla), third in 3Z:48.14; GSA (Stahnke, Shaheen, Plouffe Vogel, Ferreira), fourth in 3:56.09.
Four-by-800-meter relay: Ellsworth (Frank King, Nate Rockwood, Adam Hitchcock, Holmes), first in 9:36.54; GSA (Nate Cole, Nolan Ellsworth, Johnson Chen, Oppedisano), second in 10:07.38; MDI (Dylan Lunt, Malcolm Clough, Henry Helmke, Will Fletcher), third in 11:05.91.
High jump: Richard, first at 5 feet, 4 inches; Aaron Miller, MDI, second at 5 feet, 2 inches; An, third at 5 feet, 2 inches; Wade, fourth at 5 feet, 2 inches; Szwez, fifth at 5 feet.
Pole vault: Jordan Harris, MDI, first at 10 feet; Reilly, second at 10 feet; Andy Gallup, MDI, third at 9 feet, 6 inches; Jack Weeks, fourth at 9 feet; Bailey Stillman, MDI, fifth at 8 feet, 6 inches.
Long jump: Miller, second at 17 feet, 5 inches; An, third at 17 feet, 4 inches; Jordan, fourth at 16 feet, 7.5 inches; Szwez, fifth at 15 feet, 11 inches.
Triple jump: An, second at 33 feet, 11.5 inches; Jordan, third at 33 feet, 6.5 inches; Levi Cunningham, Bucksport, fourth at 32 feet, 8 inches; Hanna, fifth at 32 feet, 6.5 inches.
Shot put: Burke, first at 47 feet, 3.25 inches; Chapin McFarland, MDI, second at 40 feet, 8.75 inches; Anthony Balsam, Sumner, third at 40 feet, 2.25 inches; Paul Fitzgerald, Bucksport, fourth at 39 feet, 11 inches; Ezra Hallet, MDI, fifth at 39 feet, 2 inches.
Discus: Hallet, first at 110 feet, 9 inches; Dan Cox, Ellsworth, second at 103 feet, 1 inch; Evan Seekins, Bucksport, third at 98 feet, 10 inches; Burke, fourth at 95 feet, 8 inches; Judson Pratt, Bucksport, and Sean Harding, MDI, fifth at 92 feet, 1 inch.
Javelin: Harding, first at 131 feet; Fitzgerald, second at 125 feet, 5 inches; Seekins, third at 120 feet, 3 inches; Richard Helmke, fourth at 117 feet, 7 inches; Aaron Jewett, MDI, fifth at 114 feet, 8 inches.
1,600-meter racewalk: Baxter Forrest, GSA, first at 10:52.81.
Hugh Bowden, executive editor of The Ellsworth American, is almost a Maine native. He writes editorials, covers Hancock County sports and helps out where needed in the editorial department.
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