An outstanding race from Sam Wood (11th) and steady performances from the rest of the team enabled Mt. Ararat to pull off a surprise victory in KVAC Class A boys action today. The Eagles emerged with an 80-89 edge over Bangor. Lewiston placed 3rd.
On the girls side, Brunswick used a strong 1-5 pack to edge Mt. Ararat by single point 42-43. Mt. Blue took 3rd place. Individual races were won by Harlow Ladd of Messalonskee and Erzebet Nagy of Lawrence. Brunswick's Benson Worthington put on a late charge to overtake Andy Reifman-Packett of Mt. Ararat for 2nd place. On the girls side Teresa Murphy of Brunswick and Kelly Lynch Of Mt. Ararat took 2nd and 3rd.
Class A boys
Harlow Ladd (Mess) issued a statement with his win at the KVAC Championship, the statement that he's feeling good again. Ladd dominated the rest of the field covering the tough layout at Cony in 17:28.3, 25 seconds in front of the runner-up Benson Worthington of Brunswick 17:52.5 (Photo by Dave Flewelling)
1 Harlow Ladd SR Meesalonskee 17:28.3 1 2 Benson Worthington SR Brunswick 17:52.5 2 3 Andy Reifman-Packett SR Mt. Ararat 17:55.8 3 4 Jonathan Stanhope SO Bangor High School 18:10.9 4 5 Justin Tracy JR Mt. Blue 18:15.2 5 6 Mohamed Barre JR Lewiston 18:17.7 6 7 Sully Jackson JR Mt. Blue 18:34.5 7 8 Justin LeClair SR Edward Little 18:44.3 8 9 Caleb Lord FR Hampden Academy 18:46.7 9 10 Nathan MACKENZIE SO Mt. Ararat 18:48.4 10
Boys All-Conference Team (Photo by Dave Flewelling) Top 5 Teams
The defending champions Mt Ararat surprised the field by repeating as conference champions, they were led by Andy Reifman-Packett's 3rd place finish. (Photo by Dave Flewelling)
1 Mt. Ararat High School 80 3 10 11 23 33 41 45
Total Time: 1:34:52.70
Average: 18:58.54
2 Bangor High School 89 4 12 14 21 38 62 65
Total Time: 1:35:23.00
Average: 19:04.60
3 Lewiston High School 119 6 13 29 34 37 57 58
Total Time: 1:36:51.90
Average: 19:22.38
4 Hampden Academy 126 9 15 18 25 59 61 63
Total Time: 1:37:14.70
Average: 19:26.94
5 Brewer High School 153 17 26 27 39 44 46 51
Total Time: 1:38:27.00
Average: 19:41.40
Bangor Rams finished as the team runner-up just 9 points behind the winners (Photo by Dave Flewelling)
Class A girls
Lawrence's Erzsebet Nagy turned in a great performance on the tough course @ Cony, Nagy crossed the line first in 19:55.8 (Photo by Dave Flewelling)
Top 10
1 Erzsebet Nagy JR Lawrence 19:55.8 1 2 Teresa Murphy SO Brunswick 21:30.1 2 3 Kelly Lynch SO Mt. Ararat 21:43.7 3 4 Lauren McNett JR Mt. Ararat 21:58.1 4 5 Emma Wood SR Mt. Ararat 22:00.3 5 6 Elizabeth Labun FR Hampden Academy 22:04.8 6 7 Kathleen McMahon SR Brunswick 22:17.7 7 8 Addie Cullenberg SR Mt. Blue 22:24.4 8 9 Kylee Parker JR Hampden Academy 22:26.9 9 10 Madsy Schneider JR Brunswick 22:30.5 10
Top 5 Teams
The Brunswick Dragons edged the Mt Ararat Eagles by just 1 point to capture the conference championship, the Dragons had 3 runners in the top 10. (Photo by Dave Flewelling)
1 Brunswick High School 42 2 7 10 11 12 29 50
Total Time: 1:52:02.00
Average: 22:24.40
2 Mt. Ararat High School 43 3 4 5 14 17 35 48
Total Time: 1:51:43.50
Average: 22:20.70
3 Mt. Blue High School 88 8 13 21 22 24 31 55
Total Time: 1:56:20.20
Average: 23:16.04
4 Hampden Academy 108 6 9 19 23 51 60 61
Total Time: 1:57:22.70
Average: 23:28.54
5 Brewer High School 165 27 28 32 37 41 42 44
Total Time: 2:02:28.70
Mt. Ararat finished as the runner-ups just missing the conference title by 1 point, they had 3 of the top 5 finishers
Other Media Coverage
Nagy, Ladd, Shuckrow, Brown bring home titles (Morning Sentinel)
Camden Hills girls win KVAC Class B cross country title (BDN)
Devils run out of air, settle for third (Sun Journal)