4 x 800m relay

The Falmouth team of Maeve Ginevan, Sara Tennent, Georgia Moon, and Bella Koepsell led from the gun and did not let up.  Each of their legs ran under 2:30 and they held on to win by about 10 seconds in a time of 9:50.83.  The next two team across the line were Hampden Academy and Scarborough, who both had their relays set up to run slow to fast.  After leg one, the Broncos were back in 12th and the Red Storm were in just 8th, but by the third leg, both teams had stormed into the top 5. Anchors Addison Elliott and Kyleigh Record both split 2:23, with Hampden taking second in 10:00.87 and Scarborough less than a second behind in 10:01.81.  Cheverus was as high as second at multiple parts of the race but ended up fourth, with Grace Alexander narrowly holding off a charging Katie McCarthy from Bangor, who finished just 0.05 seconds back of the Stags. Portland and Mt. Blue took sixth and seventh. As expected, Camden Hills won the first section thanks to a stellar anchor leg from Jenna Van Ryn.  As a result, the Windjammers snagged a single point, taking eighth overall.

1600m

Up front, the race was the expected duel between Samantha Moore and Laurel Driscoll.  The two ran side by side for a little over three laps until Moore finally dashed away, running 1:09.48 over the last lap en route to a PB of 4:55.69. Driscoll wasn’t far behind in a very strong 4:57.15.  Further back, Jenna Van Ryn got out in front of the chase pack and was able to maintain about a 3-4 second gap the whole way, taking third in 5:18.12.  The chase pack consisted of Gretchen Plant, Grace Alexander, Maya Sanzone, and Marina Violette. This gap ran very closely together the whole way and unfortunately Plant’s feet got tangled up with another athlete during the third lap and she tumbled to the track and did not finish.  Sanzone kicked the best of the rest of the group, taking fourth, followed by Alexander and Violette. Places seven and eight where nabbed by Nora McCourt and Bailey Shaw, who were the top two finishers in section 1.

800m

The big story here was Moore’s absence, as she seemed to be dealing with some type of foot injury and couldn’t make it to the start line after her 1600m win.  That opened up the race quite a bit, and Kyleigh Record took advantage, leading the race wire-to-wire and winning in 2:19.71 to take home her first individual state title in her final individual event of her career.  Her fast first lap led five more ladies to opening laps of 1:10 or under. Katie McCarthy held on for second, finding redemption after her controversial DQ in the indoor 800m. Woodruff was right behind in third, followed by Ashley Houde, Sara Tennett, and Lucy Olson.  Further back, Clara Oldenberg and Norah McLeod ran a bit more patiently in the early going, letting the pack go but closing well in the 2nd half to finish seventh and eighth.

3200m

Up front, this race didn’t have much suspense, with Laurel Driscoll, Margaret Tripp, and Addy Thibodeau getting out in that order and remaining in that order throughout the entirety of the race.   Further back, there was a lot of movement with many several athletes holding down fourth place at different parts of the race.  First it was Allie Schmitt, who got out hard with Thibodeau over the first few laps.  Then it was Hannah Keane who got out more conservatively and then ran very consistently throughout the race.  Then lastly, Maia Endicott kicked hard on the final lap, taking the fourth spot.  Keane held on for fifth, barely holding off Grace Alexander, who medaled for the third time on the day.  Freshman Mackenzie Shields took seventh in her first ever sub 12:00 clocking and Ella Vinkemulder grabbed the final scoring spot.