WMC Championship
The defending champion York boys & Greely girls are once again the favorites to win the WMC Conference titles on Monday at USM. The meet originally scheduled for Friday afternoon had to be moved to the huge snow storm "Nemo" that dumped inch after inch of snow. MaineTrackXC will have live on-site coverage, and will have race videos as well.
WMC Conference Records | Boys & Girls Seeds
Records could fall
Kelsey Barnes (Traip) Barnes has already broken the league record this year with her 10-10 clearance, and had some great attempts at 11-0 last week. Her 10-10 mark has her atop Class B and ranked #2 in the state.
Kate Hall (Lake Region) Hall a sophomore has broken league in the senior 200m (25.87), and open long jump (18-0 1/2) this winter already. Kate has a chance to improve on those marks, and take a shot at the 55m record of 7.25. Currently Hall ranks #1 in the state in the 55m, 200m, & long jump. Her mark in the long jump broke the all-time state best as well. Last year as a freshman Hall won the same 3 events, with the 55m & 200m races being jr division.
Jocelyn Lorrey (Traip) Lorrey smashed her triple jump league record last week with a huge leap of 36-0 1/4, the mark has Lorrey ranked #2 in Class B this winter. She is also the defending champion in the event.
Denzel Tomaszewski (Wells) Tomaszewski broke the Sr 55m record earlier this winter with his 6.59 clocking. Now that's it's championship season let's see if he can get back to his season opening 6.53 he ran at USM Relays
Boys Athletes to Watch
James Ferrar (Greely) Ferrar is currently the top shot putter in the WMC, his best throw this season is 47-3, which has him over 6ft better than the next best thrower. James a junior, won the junior division shot put title last year. He currently ranks as the #2 shot putter in Class B
Joe Vogel (York) Vogel is seeded #1 in the long jump (20-4 1/4), #2 in thr triple jump (41-5 1/4) & #3 in the 800m (2:06.59). Vogel will be one of the keys to the success of York repeating as champions. A year ago his best finish was a 3rd in the LJ at the conference championship. Joe currently ranks as the top long jumper in Class B, as well as #3 in the triple jump
Tom Reid (York) Reid is the top seed in the 55m hurdles, 8.31. Reid is also the top seed in thr triple jump with a best jump of 41-10 1/2, a mark that ranks him #2 in Class B. Also he is seeded #2 in the long jump. Last year Tom won the triple jump.
Jacob Buhelt (Falmouth) Buhelt is the top seed in the 200m dash with his 23.35, the time has him atop the Class ranks. Buhelt is also the #2 seed in the 55m dash, he will also run a leg on Falmouth senior 4x200m. He is the defending champion in the 200m.
Ben Decker (Yarmouth) Decker is the top distance runner in the league who has the top times in the Mile (4:31.21) & 2 Mile (10:01.85). Decker currently has the fastest time in the state in the 2 Mile (9:41.55) that he ran at the Dartmouth Relays. His mile time is currently the #2 time in Class B.
Josh Brooks (York) Brooks is the top seed in the 400m with a Class B leading 51.90. He is also the defending champion in the event. Brooks is also ranked #3 in the 200m, and that mark has him 4th overall in Class B. Brooks is also expected to run a leg on the Class B leading 4x200 relay for the Wildcats
Girls Athletes to Watch
Gwen Sawyer (Greely) Sawyer is the top seed in the senior girls shot with a best throw of 36-5 1/4, her throw is the best in the entire state this year.
Ashleigh Roberts (Traip) Roberts has the top time in the 55m hurdles 9.23, which has her ranked #2 in Class B. She also is seeded #2 in the 55m, and #2 in the long jump for the WMC.
Kirstin Sandreuter (Greely) Sandreuter is the top seed in mile & 2 mile, her time in the 2 mile (11:19.28) has her ranked #2 in Class B. Kirstin is also the defedning champion in both events.
Events to Watch
Boy's Pole Vault- Traip Academy's Ralph Humiston cleared 12-0 last week to nab the #1 seed, he'll be challenged by Cole Miller of Sacopee Valley who has cleared a best of 11-9 this winter
Girl's Triple Jump- The depth in this event is outstanding this winter. With Class B #2 Jocelyn Lorrey leading the way, the field also includes Kaley Swayer (35-2 1/2) who is class B #4. There are also 3 more entered who have jumped over 32-5 this season. Lorrey & Sawyer finished 1-2 last year.
Boys 200m- This race has a lot speed with Class B #1 Jacob Buhelt, Class B #2 Denzel Tomaszewski, & Class B #4 Josh Brooks. Buhelt has the top time of 23.35, but Tomaszewski and Brooks should push him to the line. The chance that the winner of the state title will be the winner of this race is high.
Girls mile- Defending champion Kirstin Sandreuter of greely will have her hands full with York's Heather Evans. Evans took the better of Sandreuter in the mile last week. Kirstin seed time is 5:26.98 while Evans is seeded at 5:29.14
Boys 400m- Class B leader & defedning champion Josh Brooks leds the field but look from a strong challenge from Freeport's Harrison Stivers, who clocked a fast 52.76 early on and has been working on his strength by running the mile & 800m ever since. Stivers should have the strength to challenge for the win. He is currently ranked Class B #3.
Boys Senior 4x200m- The top 3 teams in Class B are in this race. York leads the way with the Class B leading 1:36.89, while #2 Falmouth is seeded with a 1:37.32, with #3 Wells just off that with a 1:37.86. Should make for an exciting end to the meet.
Girls Senior 4x200m- The Freeport girls lead the way with the Class B #2 1:54.61, behind them the #4 Greely , #5 York & #6 Falmouth will share off as well as they look to finish off the girls meet with a big win.