Class B State Championship
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Silas Eastman repeated as champion as he sped out to the lead early hitting the mile in 5:03 with Dan Curts of Ellsworth right on his tail. Falmouth's Tim Follo was 3rd at the mile, crossing at 5:09. These trio would run away from the rest of the field. At 2 mile Eastman continued to lead but Follo was stalking him within 2-3 seconds with Curts hanging on for 3rd. In the final miel, Eastman's strength took over as he dispatched the competition on his way to the title. Silas would run 16:14.15 his best time on the twin brook course depsite the tough conditions. The fact that he put 15-16 seconds on Follo in the last mile shows what kind of strength he really has.
Follo would finish a strong 2nd, running a course personal best, and impressively 23 seconds faster than a week ago. Curts the EM regional champion from Ellsworth made a gutsy run at Eastman & Follo, finished 3rd in 16:38.43.
The Greely duo of Stefan Sandreuter & Nate Maderia came up big for the Rangers as they placed 4th & 5th respectively. Presque Isle's Matt Eager ran 17:24.59 for 6th, while Mitchell Finitz of York was 7th 17:28.21 holding off a strong effort from sophomore Peter Doane of Cape Elizabeth (17:28.46). Alex Beals of John Bapst ran strong for 9th (17:28.77), while Ron Lund of Caribou had his best of the season to finish 10th (17:31.40), Lund was 7th at the EM regional.
Boys Race Video
Top 20 Boys
1 Silas Eastman JR Fryeburg Academy 16:14.15 1 2 Timothy Follo SR Falmouth 16:32.20 2 3 Dan Curts SO Ellsworth 16:38.43 3 4 Stefan Sandreuter SR Greely High School 17:09.08 4 5 Nathan Madeira JR Greely High School 17:10.53 5 6 Matt Eager SR Presque Isle 17:24.59 6 7 Mitchell Finitz SR York High School 17:28.21 7 8 Peter Doane SO Cape Elizabeth 17:28.46 8 9 Alex Beals SR John Bapst 17:28.77 9 10 Ron Lund JR Caribou High School 17:31.40 10 11 Caleb Chapman SR Caribou High School 17:36.47 11 12 Thomas Edmonds SR Falmouth 17:38.80 12 13 Jay Lesser JR Falmouth 17:39.57 13 14 Ryan Washington SO Caribou High School 17:43.98 14 15 Nick Eaton JR York High School 17:46.80 15 16 Nickolas Shuckrow JR Winslow High School 17:47.89 16 17 Thomas Bottomley SR Cape Elizabeth 17:49.39 17 18 Henry Briggs SR Falmouth 17:50.17 18 19 Colby Howland SR Falmouth 17:51.08 19 20 Will Shafer SO Gray New Gloucester 17:53.24
Top 6 Teams
Falmouth dominated the team race scoring just 64 all 7 runners in the top 26 Greely edged out Caribou by 1 point for the runner-up trophy
The Falmouth Yacthsmen won their first state title since 2002 in dominating fashion as they placed all 7 runners in the top 26. The Yachtsmen scored 64 the only team under 100 on the day. Falmouth had all 7 runners at 18:00.74, as they had 7 runners in before any other team had 4 runners finish. After Tim Follo who finished 2nd the pack time for 2-7 was just 22 seconds, amazing quality and depth. Falmouth easily was the best team in the state after all 3 classes times were combined.
The battle for 2nd was great as expected, it ended up a 1 point difference with host team Greely rebounding from last week's 4th place finish in the WM regional to earn the runner-trophy over Carobou 102-103, York was 4th just 2 points back with 105. For the Rangers the front running duo of Sanreuter & Maderia led the way, but it was a strong race from #3 Isaac Emery, 22nd with his first sub 18 minute clockin on his home course,17:56. Nestor Taylor rebounded from last week's race to run 37 seconds faster. Caribou the EM champ, and defending state champion showed a lot of heart, they ran by far the best race of the season. The Vikings got big races from Ron Lund (10th) & Ryan Washington (14th).
Cape Elizabeth rounded out the top 5 team with a score of 158.
1 Falmouth High School 64 2 12 13 18 19 23 24
Total Time: 1:27:31.82
Average: 17:30.37
2 Greely High School 102 4 5 21 31 41 75 80
Total Time: 1:28:58.55
Average: 17:47.71
3 Caribou High School 103 10 11 14 32 36 50 62
Total Time: 1:29:30.68
Average: 17:54.14
4 York High School 105 7 15 22 27 34 40 46
Total Time: 1:29:35.91
Average: 17:55.19
5 Cape Elizabeth School Hig 158 8 17 20 53 60 64 65
Total Time: 1:31:05.88
Average: 18:13.18
6 Freeport High School 165 25 26 30 35 49 57 86
Total Time: 1:31:22.85
Average: 18:16.57
Girls
The front of the girls race had Bethanie Brown of Waterville leading the way with Brittany Bowman of Camden Hills right on her heels, the duo would stay close together for most of race until Bowman made a late race surge after "the pain cave". Bowman would surprise the field crossing the finish line first in a fine 19:12.19, this was Bowman's first race win of the season. The sophomore from Camden Hills who placed 3rd last year as a freshman took her running to anothe level today.
For Brown the runner-up finish was a solid performance in her first state xc championship meet, the junior has made a successful transition from the soccer field to trials this fall. Brown has established a front running style, and that was evident in this race.
Abby Mace of Maranacook the WM regional champ, and 2x state champ ended up 3rd overall, Aleta Looker who was 4th at the EM regional matched that place today (20:08.40).
The top freshman was Camden Hills Willow Parker in 5th (20:18.45), while WM regional runner-up Heather Evans placed 6th (20:21.86). Caribou's Mackenzie Belyea had a big race to finish 7th, she was 8th a week at the EM regional. Adrienne Carmack of John Bapst finished 8th (20:44.66) with MDI's Nora Hubbell in 9th (20:46.87) edging Eva Bates (Greely) 20:47.08
Top 20 Girls
1 Brittany Bowman SO Camden Hills 19:12.19 1 2 Bethanie Brown JR Waterville 19:29.70 2 3 Abby Mace SR Maranacook 19:42.56 3 4 Aleta Looker SO Ellsworth 20:08.40 4 5 Willow Parker FR Camden Hills 20:18.45 5 6 Heather Evans SO York High School 20:21.86 6 7 Mackenzie Belyea JR Caribou High School 20:31.34 7 8 Adrienne Carmack JR John Bapst 20:44.66 8 9 Nora Hubbell SO MDI 20:46.87 9 10 Eva Bates FR Greely High School 20:47.08 10 11 Isabel Erickson SO MDI 20:49.60 11 12 Olivia Erickson SO MDI 20:51.83 12 13 Maddie Wiegman JR Leavitt 20:52.17 14 Maggie Painter SO MDI 20:56.56 13 15 Kristina Smith FR Poland 20:57.01 16 Caroline Driscoll FR MDI 21:00.84 14 17 Caroline Colan JR Maranacook 21:14.04 15 18 Emily Lopez JR Camden Hills 21:20.31 16 19 Mallory Evans SR York High School 21:20.87 17 20 Tori Brigham SR Cape Elizabeth 21:23.43 18
Top 6 Teams
MDI dominated the Class B girls race to win the state title Camden Hills didn't make the state meet last year but took 2nd in 2011
Camden Hills sprung the upset over MDI at the EM regional last week, that served as a wake-up call for the Trojans. MDI was on a mission in the Class B girls race, one that left many coaches talking about the dominance of the Trojans post-race. MDI had all 5 scorers running within a few seconds of eachother as they hit the first mile which set the tone for the rest of the race. Despite only having one finishers in the top 10 (Nora Hubbell -9th), MDI posted a score of 59 to take down Camden Hills by 16 points for the state title. The Trojans would place all 5 scorers between placed 9-16, with a spread of 14 seconds!! MDI last won the state title in 2006.
Camden Hills who didn't even qualify for the state meet a year ago, made an immediate impact in 2011, as the Windjammers earned the runner-up trophy with 75 points behind the 1-2 punch of Brittany Bowman (1st) & Willow Parker (5th). For the Windjammers they had 5 girls in before every other teams 4th runner with the exception of MDI.
Caribou ran well to take the 3rd spot (145 points) while Cape Elizabeth who was 4th at the WM regional matched that finish at the state meet. Greely rounded out the top 5 teams with 166, a great effort considering they had to run without Kirsten Sandreuter who was diagnosed with mono this week as well as anemia.
MDI returns their entire squad as does Camden Hills next year, should make for another exciting race.
1 Mount Desert Island HS 59 9 11 12 13 14 21 53
Total Time: 1:44:25.70
Average: 20:53.14
2 Camden Hills High School 75 1 5 16 26 27 29 83
Total Time: 1:44:40.43
Average: 20:56.09
3 Caribou High School 145 7 22 24 44 48 69 70
Total Time: 1:48:49.22
Average: 21:45.85
4 Cape Elizabeth School Hig 159 18 30 35 37 39 43 47
Total Time: 1:50:10.93
Average: 22:02.19
5 Greely High School 166 10 34 36 40 46 50 64
Total Time: 1:49:59.90
Average: 21:59.98
6 York High School 183 6 17 38 60 62 73 87
Total Time: 1:49:37.44
Average: 21:55.49
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Class B State Championship
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