Ladd repeat, Nagy impressive in debut

 

 

Ladd repeats, Nagy impressive in debut  

results | photos (Courtesy of Dave Flewelling)

 

Messalonskee’s  Harlow Ladd dominated the rest of the boy’s field at the Scott Laliberte Invitational cranking the 2.4 mile course in 13:25 to finish 44 seconds in front of runner-up, and last year’s Class A runner-up Andy Reifman-Packett of Mt Ararat (14:09). The Brunswick duo of Jamie Ross & Benson Worthington took the next two spots (14:15 & 14:16) respectively, with Thomas Salamone (South Portland) rounding out the top 5 (14:23).

 

In the girl’s race with 3-time race winner Abby Mace opting not to run this season, a newcomer to XC this fall, Ezsberet Nagy of Lawrence showed she’ll be one to keep an eye on. Nagy  didn't run like a rookie as she covered the 2.4 mile course in 15:30, good for 26th place overall with boys & girls combined, her time was 1:27 faster than the girls runner-up. The girls runner-up was Teresa Murphy (Brunswick) who placed 70th overall (16:57).

 

The trip up to Augusta was well worth it for Andrew Lupien’s South Portland Red Riots boy’s team as they were impressive, placing 5 runners in the top 24 overall.  In the boys race they scored an impressive 63 points, 53 points in front of Brunswick (116), with Lewiston in 3rd (138). On the girls side the Dragons of Brunswick were the top squad with 3 of the top 10 girls overall scoring 545. Mt. Ararat was the runner-up with 597 with Mt. Blue in 3rd 631.

 

Teamwise in the unique format of the Laliberte Invitational where the boys & girls results are tabulated together to have one team winner, the Brunswick Dragons took to top spot with a combined score of 661. Fellow KVAC rivals Mt. Ararat was 2nd (798) with Mt. Blue in 3rd (809).

 

 

 

 

Top 10 Boys

Event 1  Boys 2.4 Mile Run CC
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points          
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  1 Ladd, Harlow                 Messalonskee Boys     13:25.61    1             
  2 Reifman-Packett, Andy        Mt. Ararat Boys       14:09.24    2             
  3 Ross, Jamie                  Brunswick Boys        14:15.77    3             
  4 Worthington, Benson          Brunswick Boys        14:16.43    4             
  5 Salamone, Thomas             South Portland Boys   14:23.36    5             
  6 Lavertu, Kevin               Lewiston Boys         14:34.04    6             
  7 Nickolas, Shuckrow           Winslow Boys          14:34.87    7             
  8 Wilkinson, Darryl            South Portland Boys   14:37.54    8             
  9 Barre, Mohamed               Lewiston Boys         14:39.11    9             
 10 Souza, Kameron               Winthrop Boys         14:41.08   10     

 

Top 10 Girls

26 Nagy, Elizabeth              Lawrence Girls        15:30.02   26       
70 Murphy, Teresa               Brunswick Girls       16:57.15   70 
80 Schassberger, Molly          Winslow Girls         17:09.20   80  
88 Cullenberg, Addie            Mt. Blue Girls        17:26.56   88   
92 Pan, Nyajock                 South Portland G      17:34.66   92    
93 Franklin, Amy                Morse Girls           17:40.37   93             
94 Knowlton, Lucy               Leavitt Girls         17:40.78   94    
96 McNett, Lauren               Mt. Ararat Girls      17:45.96   96       
99 McMahon, Kathleen            Brunswick Girls       17:55.42   99 
104 Schneider, Madsy             Brunswick Girls       18:08.10  104           

 

Other Media Coverage

Kennebec Journal: Ladd, Nagy cruise

 

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