Matt McClintock of Madison won his 3rd straight Class C title, running the fastest time of the day 15:52. Carsyn Koch of Washburn repeated as the girls champion. Teamwise the NYA boys repeated as did the Merriconeag girls. More to come later

Senior Matt McClintock won his 3rd straight boys Class C title in impressive fashion as he clocked 15:52.97, the fastest time on the day by 17 seconds. It was well known heading into the race Matt wanted to be under 16 minutes with eyes on chasing the 15:40 mark set by Will Geoghegan 2 years ago. The course conditions didn't cooperative as the fields were slick, and footing wasn't all that great. That didn;t stop Matt from trying as he hit the mile in 4:56 just like last week, at the 2 Mile he was 4 second up on his performance from a week ago. McClintock was able to dig deep in the final mile and push to the finish line, where he was eyeing the clock in his final strides. A huge fist pump after he crossed the finish line let everyone know he was pleased.

While no one could match McClintock's pace, Chase Brown of Boothbay made a strong effort and in the process finished at the state runner-up for the 3rd time in a row. Brown clocked 16:37.63, faster than his effort from last week, and one that was good for 4th fastest overall. Josef Holt of Telstar ran well for 3rd place (16:55.86) the sophomore will be one of the favorites to win the title next year with McClintock & Brown graduating. Holt when after Brown early, but didn;t have enough to have with him the whole way

Jack Pierce of Merriconeag repeated his 4th place finish at the state meet from a year ago, Pierce clocked 17:02.35 to hold off Abshir Horor (Waynflete) 17:06.36. Karmeron Souza of Winthrop used his strength to nab the 6th place (17:21.51), earning himself a spot in the New England meet as well. EM champion Matt Guoid  (Mattanawcook) was 7th 17:34.81, with Forrest Carle of Calais in 8th 17:40.56. Telstar's Ben Lewis crossed the line in 9th (17:43.48) while Alex Coffin (NYA) had a huge last mile to help NYA win the team title with his 10th place finish.

Top 20 Boys

  1 Matthew McClintock        SR Madison High School   15:52.97
  2 Chase Brown               SR Boothbay Region       16:37.63    1
  3 Josef Holt                SO Telstar               16:55.86    2
  4 Jack Pierce               JR Merriconeag           17:02.35    3
  5 Abshir Horor              SR Waynflete School      17:06.36    4
  6 Kameron Souza             SR Winthrop              17:21.51    5
  7 Matt Guiod                SR Mattanawcook          17:34.81    6
  8 Forrest Carle             JR Calais High School    17:40.56
  9 Ben Lewis                 SR Telstar               17:43.48    7
 10 Alex Coffin               SR North Yarmouth        17:43.85    8
 11 Evan Kendall              SR North Yarmouth        17:55.70    9
 12 Josh Espy                 JR Waynflete School      17:57.02   10
 13 River Vogel               SR George Stevens        17:58.12
 14 Tyler White               JR Orono High School     17:59.25   11
 15 Rudy Guliani              SR North Yarmouth        18:07.10   12
 16 Marc Hachey               JR Winthrop              18:09.37   13
 17 Tom Brown                 SR Boothbay Region       18:11.98   14
 18 Abukar Adan               JR Waynflete School      18:15.12   15
 19 Sam Proctor               JR Bangor Christian      18:16.24   16
 20 Schuyler Collett          JR Orono High School     18:18.58   17

Top 6 Boys Teams

The NYA Panthers cruised to their 2 straight state title behind the surprising 10th place finish of senior Alex Coffin. Coffin had been running as the #4 runner most of the season, had the best race of his season, as he moved up over the final 2 miles to lead the Panthers. His race was important as regular #1 runner Cam Regan pushed too hard early on and struggled to the finish line in 33rd position. Also placing in the top 15 for NYA was Evan Kendall (11th) & Rudy Guliani (15th).

Waynflete the WM regional runner-up claimed the runner-up trophy in a very tight battle, leading the way for the Flyers was Abshir Horir (5th). Waynflete also got a strong effort from Josh Espy (12th). The Flyers had 108 to edge Boothbay by just 3 (111).  Boothbay had strong days from Chase Brown (2nd) & Tom Brown (17th). Telstar was 4th with 115 points, they bounced back after a subpar day at the regional meet last week. Winthrop rounded out the top 5 teams with 133 points

   1 North Yarmouth Academy       74    8    9   12   20   25   27   30
      Total Time:  1:31:03.53
         Average:    18:12.71
   2 Waynflete School            108    4   10   15   33   46   51   60
      Total Time:  1:32:17.69
         Average:    18:27.54
   3 Boothbay Region High Scho   111    1   14   19   38   39   52   56
      Total Time:  1:32:00.56
         Average:    18:24.12
   4 Telstar Regional High Sch   115    2    7   23   41   42   47   67
      Total Time:  1:32:19.03
         Average:    18:27.81
   5 Winthrop High School        133    5   13   21   32   62   63
      Total Time:  1:34:04.34
         Average:    18:48.87
   6 Bangor Christian Schools    147   16   18   28   40   45   49   61
      Total Time:  1:34:34.36
         Average:    18:54.88

Girls

The defending champion Carsyn Koch of Washburn is getting accustomed to playing a playoff soccer game on Friday and running the state championship xc race the following day. For the 2nd straight year, Koch has risen to the challenge crossing the finish line first to win the Class C title. Koch was never challenged on Saturday, as she got out to the early lead and never looked back. "I loved this course, it's all in the woods", Koch would comment after the race.  Carsyn gradually extended her lead throughout, she reached the 2 mile in 13:00, 25 seconds up on runner-up Meagan Thomas of Lisbon. Koch would enjoy the home stretch as she cruised across the line in 20:17.74, 30 seconds better than the runner-up

WM regional champion Meagan Thomas was pleased with her runner-up finish, she had her best race of the season, setting a new personal best. Thomas battled with Waynflete's Martha Veroneau for much of hte first two miles before pulling away over the final mile. Boothbay's Sophia Thayer ran in 4th much of the race before moving up to 3rd in the final mile (21:01.55), while Veroneau nabbed the 4th position (21:10.60).

WM regional runner-up Natalie Bolduc of Dirigo had a strong showing with a 5th place (21:17.69), while Bronte Elias of Madison was the top freshman in the race with her 6th place finish (21:25.33). Orono's Rowan Wilson took 7th (21:28.06), while Nelly Winship of Bucksport took 8th (21:38.63). Koch's teammate Carmen Bragg gave Washburn two runners in the top ten with her 9th place effort. Rounding out the top 10 was Hillary Detert of NYA who moved up a ton from the mile to the finish.

Top 20 Girls

  1 Carsyn Koch               SO Washburn              20:17.74    1
  2 Meagan Thomas             SR Lisbon High School    20:47.77
  3 Sophia Thayer             SO Boothbay Region       21:01.55
  4 Martha Veroneau           JR Waynflete School      21:10.60    2
  5 Natalie Bolduc            JR Dirigo High School    21:17.69    3
  6 Bronte Elias              FR Madison High School   21:25.33
  7 Rowan Wilson              SO Orono High School     21:28.06    4
  8 Nelly Winship             SR Bucksport             21:38.63    5
  9 Carmen Bragg              SO Washburn              21:46.49    6
 10 Hillary Detert            SR North Yarmouth        21:53.43    7
 11 Gabi Stone                FR Telstar               21:54.00
 12 Mackenzie Worcester       FR Washburn              22:01.68    8
 13 Allie McClintock          JR Madison High School   22:04.44
 14 Natalie Murphy            FR Islesboro             22:05.12
 15 Emma Wilson               FR Hall-Dale             22:05.26
 16 Chace-Donahue Zoe         JR Merriconeag           22:11.80    9
 17 Samantha Pierce           FR Merriconeag           22:12.60   10
 18 Angelica Bulgin           SR Lisbon High School    22:13.81
 19 Jordan Richards           SO Orono High School     22:21.54   11
 20 Wu Teagan                 JR Merriconeag           22:33.06   12

   1 Merriconeag Waldorf High     61    9   10   12   14   16   30   42
      Total Time:  1:53:05.05
         Average:    22:37.01
   2 Washburn District High Sc    69    1    6    8   26   28   34   37
      Total Time:  1:52:59.47
         Average:    22:35.90
   3 Waynflete School             96    2   17   18   27   32   43   51
      Total Time:  1:57:14.57
         Average:    23:26.92
   4 North Yarmouth Academy      104    7   19   21   22   35   36   50
      Total Time:  1:58:17.05
         Average:    23:39.41
   5 Dirigo High School          110    3   13   23   31   40   45   56
      Total Time:  1:58:29.58
         Average:    23:41.92
   6 Orono High School           116    4   11   25   29   47   54   55
      Total Time:  1:58:42.21
         Average:    23:44.45

Other Media Coverage

Girls XC: Perfect Finish for Leonardi (PPH)

Boys XC: He learned his lean won it (PPH)

Photo finish in Class A race (Morning Sentinel)

MDI girls win Class B state cross country title (BDN)

Scarborough boys win Class A state cross country crown; Bangor second (BDN)