Banner Day for Mainers @ Manchester: Curts 15:23 #2 AT, Sandreuter takes small school race

Curts 15:23 #2 AT, Holt-Andrews 15:27 #4 AT, Sandreuter win small school race 18:59, Cape Boys 5th in Elite race

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Interviews  Josef Holt & Dan Curts  | Kirstin Sandreuter | Aleta Looker | Colin Tierney

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Boys Small School

Defending champion Dan Curts of Ellsworth ran with the pack at the mile which was covered in 5:10, with fellow Mainers Josef Holt-Andrews, Ben Decker & Braden Becker all within a few strides of eachother as they headed to hills.

It was on the second big hill near the chair lifts that Curts & Holt-Andrews pulled away from the pack to battle over the mile plus of the race. The two seniors who have visions of chasing a Footlocker bid in late November showed they have the form to challenge anyone in NE. As the duo came down off the trails onto pavement they were stride for stride with about 1k to go. Holt-Andrews surged to lead on the pavement, and led Curts down the big incline. This was reminiscent of last years year that Curts had with Silas Eastman, where Eastman led Curts until the final 500m, it was a repeat this year as Curts took over the lead before the final switchback up to the finish line. The only question would be if he could get the course record of 15:17. He pushed hard to the line recording 15:23, good for #2 AT in meet history, Holt-Andrews fought to the line clocking #4 AT, 15:27. The duo had nothing but compliments for eacother after the race.

It would be a 35 seconds before Harwood, VT's Sam Nishi would finish in 3rd, behind him was a pair of Yarmouth Clipper teammates. Ben Decker, fresh off a big soccer game with Cape last night showed no ill effects as he clocked, 16:07, while teammate Braden Becker was 5th in 16:21.

Ellsworth senior Brayden Beardsley had a strong run as he finished 15th overall (16:59) with a sub 17 for the time in his career. The next Mainer across the line was Robert Looker in 22nd with a 17:11.

Teamwise East Greenwich, RI took the win with 54 points to 66 for Harwood, VT. Ellsworth was the top Maine team in 3rd with 111, while Greely got on the podium with a 5th place effort

 

We caught up with Dan & Josef post-race

 

Top 10 Overall

  1 #2297 Curts, Dan          12 Ellsworth                 4:57      15:23    1   
  2 #3049 Holt-Andrews, Jose  12 Telstar                   4:59      15:27        
  3 #2460 Nishi, Sam          11 Harwood                   5:10      16:02    2   
  4 #3193 Decker, Ben         12 Yarmouth                  5:12      16:07        
  5 #3192 Becker, Braden      12 Yarmouth                  5:16      16:21        
  6 #2519 Repucci, Dom        10 Hopkinton                 5:17      16:24    3   
  7 #2291 Chapski, Graham     12 East Greenwich            5:18      16:26    4   
  8 #2537 Fontaine, Josh      11 Lebanon                   5:19      16:29    5   
  9 #2293 Scanlon, Garrett    12 East Greenwich            5:20      16:33    6   
 10 #2098 Weckstein, Andrew   12 Bow                       5:21      16:37    7  

 

Top 10 Mainers

  1 #2297 Curts, Dan          12 Ellsworth                 4:57      15:23    1   
  2 #3049 Holt-Andrews, Jose  12 Telstar                   4:59      15:27       
  4 #3193 Decker, Ben         12 Yarmouth                  5:12      16:07        
  5 #3192 Becker, Braden      12 Yarmouth                  5:16      16:21       
 15 #2296 Beardsley, Brayden  12 Ellsworth                 5:28      16:59   12  
 22 #2302 Looker, Robert      12 Ellsworth                 5:32      17:11   19  
 24 #2352 Carty, Patrick      10 Fryeburg                  5:33      17:15   21  
 26 #2816 Malcom, Matt        11 North Yarmou              5:37      17:26   23   
 27 #2399 Cochran, Troy       11 Greely                    5:37      17:27   24   
 28 #2630 Letellier, Jack     12 Marshwood                 5:38      17:29   25   

Top 5 Teams
  1 East Greenwich               54    4    6    9   17   18   34  117           
      Total Time:  1:24:03.00                                                     
         Average:    16:48.60                                                     
   2 Harwood                      66    2   13   14   15   22   42   97           
      Total Time:  1:24:28.00                                                     
         Average:    16:53.60                                                     
   3 Ellsworth                   111    1   12   19   26   53  104  169           
      Total Time:  1:25:17.00                                                     
         Average:    17:03.40                                                     
   4 Coe-Brown                   178    8   20   33   57   60   70  106           
      Total Time:  1:28:31.00                                                     
         Average:    17:42.20                                                     
   5 Greely                      243   24   28   32   65   94   95  131           
      Total Time:  1:30:31.00                                                     
         Average:    18:06.20                                                    

 

Girls Small School

Greely's Kirstin Sandreuter came into the race with the goal of crossing the finish line first. Sandreuter accomplished her goal although she had to deal with a small heal injury that popped up this week. Running in a close pack throughout the early parts of the race was Sandreuter,  Carmen Bango (Woodstock, VT), Aleta Looker the defending small school champion, & Anne McKee of Kents Hill.

Sandreuter would gain some seperation in the back hills, and had enough in the tank to pull away from Bango over the final mile. Kirstin's winning time was 18:59, a little off what she had hoped for but a sweet victory nonetheless. Bango would finish 14 seconds later, with Looker closing well to finish thirs (19:23). Sophomore Anne McKee who competes for Kents Hill had a strong effort as she challenged so of Maine's best in route to a 4th place finish, 19:31.

Hannah Austin of NYA had a strong performance as she finished 9th overall, clocking a 20:15. Kristina Smith of Greely was next across the finish line in 17th with a strong 20:47.

Greely earned a podium finish with a strong race that saw the scoring 5 all under 22:03, the Rangers efforts earned them a runner-up team finish. Marshwood was 10th while Ellsworth finished 12th

 

Check out our interview with Kirstin

Top 10 Overall

  1 #1299 Sandreuter, Kirsti  12 Greely                    6:07      18:59    1   
  2 #1961 Bango, Carmen       10 Woodstock                 6:11      19:13    2   
  3 #1210 Looker, Aleta       12 Ellsworth                 6:15      19:23    3   
  4 #1397 McKee, Anne         10 Kents Hill School         6:17      19:31    4   
  5 #1907 Keohane, Kerri      11 Tyngsborough              6:22      19:46    5   
  6 #1308 Doyle, Zola         12 Hanover                   6:26      19:59    6   
  7 #1902 Fraser-Mines, Jayl  09 Tyngsborough              6:28      20:06    7   
  8 #1206 McCaffrey, Margare  11 East Greenwich            6:30      20:11        
  9 #1644 Austin, Hannah      11 North Yarmou              6:32      20:15    8   
 10 #1317 Robbins, Liesel     12 Hanover                   6:32      20:17    9 

 

Top 10 Mainers

  1 #1299 Sandreuter, Kirsti  12 Greely                    6:07      18:59    1   
  3 #1210 Looker, Aleta       12 Ellsworth                 6:15      19:23    3   
  4 #1397 McKee, Anne         10 Kents Hill School         6:17      19:31    4   
  9 #1644 Austin, Hannah      11 North Yarmou              6:32      20:15    8   
 17 #1300 Smith, Kristina     11 Greely                    6:42      20:47   14   
 26 #1471 Doyle, Maddy        11 Marshwood                 6:48      21:07   23   
 28 #1248 Lastra, Anna        10 Fryeburg                  6:52      21:18   25   
 41 #1302 Stickney, Sophia    10 Greely                    7:01      21:47   36   
 47 #1294 Marbel, Krista      12 Greely                    7:05      21:58   42   
 50 #1295 Mason, Emma         11 Greely                    7:06      22:03   44   
 

Top 5 Teams

  1 Tyngsborough                 56    5    7   10   15   19   39   49           
      Total Time:  1:42:01.00                                                     
         Average:    20:24.20                                                     
   2 Greely                      137    1   14   36   42   44   68   80           
      Total Time:  1:45:34.00                                                     
         Average:    21:06.80                                                     
   3 Harwood                     138   21   22   27   31   37   48   85           
      Total Time:  1:46:50.00                                                     
         Average:    21:22.00                                                     
   4 South Kingstown             155   18   28   29   30   50   61   75           
      Total Time:  1:47:41.00                                                     
         Average:    21:32.20                                                     
   5 Hanover                     164    6    9   17   63   69   74                
      Total Time:  1:46:48.00     
                                              

Boys Elite

The #1 ranked Cape Elizabeth Capers competed against some of the top competiton in New England in the Boys Elite Race at Manchester Invitational.  The Elite race was won by Bishop Hendricken senior Colin Tierney (15:38) who pulled away from Darien, CT's Alex Ostberg (15:40) over the final home stretch.

Cape Elizabeth was paced by senior Liam Simpson's personal best of 16:13, good for 9th overall. Simpson who ran with the race leaders early on even took the lead shortly after the mile but the early pace caught up to him midway through the race, but he was able to push through for a strong effort. Fellow classmate Peter Doane had his breakout race of the season as he finished 18th overall with a 14 second personal best clocking of 16:35. Doane who had been running #4 for the Capers in the early season meets has dropped 17 pounds since the beginning of pre-season, and is rounding into shape.

Rounding out the scoring for Cape was Will Britton (42nd 17:07), Kyle Kennedy (45th-17:09) & Mitch Morris (46th-17:09). Britton who missed a couple days this week with illness was clearly not at 100% but he gutted is way through. The pack time of 56 seconds is a good sign for Cape with Simpson running well at the front, and the 3-4-5 guys having an average day.

Darien, CT took the team win with 78 points edging defending champion Bishop Hendricken (84) by just 6 points. South Burlington (105) was 3rd, with Pinkerton Academy, NH (143) in 4th with Cape Elizabeth geting the final podium spot with 156 for 5th.

 

Top 10 Overall

  1 #2077 Tierney, Colin      12 Bishop Hendricken         5:02      15:38    1   
  2 #2260 Ostberg, Alex       11 Darien                    5:03      15:40    2   
  3 #2984 Moskowitz, Eli      11 Souhegan                  5:09      16:00    3   
  4 #3127 Magin, Zach         12 William Hall              5:10      16:02    4   
  5 #2991 Abdoulaya, Sidi     12 South Burlington          5:11      16:06    5   
  6 #3126 Klau, Ari           11 William Hall              5:12      16:08    6   
  7 #2422 Keneifck, Tim       12 Guilford                  5:13      16:10    7   
  8 #2881 Parent, Phil        12 Pinkerton                 5:13      16:11    8   
  9 #2157 Simpson, Liam       12 Cape Elizabeth            5:13      16:13    9   
 10 #2258 Noonan, Armstrong   10 Darien                    5:15      16:17   10 

 

Top 5 Teams

  1 Darien                       78    2   10   11   24   31   49   57           
      Total Time:  1:21:51.00                                                     
         Average:    16:22.20                                                     
   2 Bishop Hendricken            84    1   14   20   21   28   47   81           
      Total Time:  1:22:08.00                                                     
         Average:    16:25.60                                                     
   3 South Burlington            105    5   18   22   27   33   35   62           
      Total Time:  1:23:05.00                                                     
         Average:    16:37.00                                                     
   4 Pinkerton                   143    8   29   32   36   38   43   46           
      Total Time:  1:23:59.00                                                     
         Average:    16:47.80                                                     
   5 Cape Elizabeth              156    9   17   41   44   45   89   99           
      Total Time:  1:24:13.00                                                     
         Average:    16:50.60   

                                                

Girls Large School

#5 ranked Massabesic had a strong showing as they earned a podium finish with a 5th place finish. The Mustangs were paced by a 14th place finish from Angela Waters who ran 20:16. Also running well for Massabesic was Gabby Johnson who finished 21st (20:31) & Emily Wasina 36th (21:03). The Mustangs regular third runner Maquila Dimasrantonio was dealing with illness but still gutted it out to finish 71st.

 

Top 5 Teams

 1 Winnacunnet                 114   10   11   16   18   59   66                
      Total Time:  1:42:42.00                                                     
         Average:    20:32.40                                                     
   2 St. Johnsbury Academy       124    5    8   23   43   45   51   72           
      Total Time:  1:42:45.00                                                     
         Average:    20:33.00                                                     
   3 Concord                     129    6   28   30   31   34   46   49           
      Total Time:  1:43:15.00                                                     
         Average:    20:39.00                                                     
   4 Hollis/Brookline            164    1   13   22   48   80   82  127           
      Total Time:  1:43:15.00                                                     
         Average:    20:39.00                                                     
   5 Massabesic                  228   14   21   36   69   88   89  148           
      Total Time:  1:46:03.00                                                     
         Average:    21:12.60                                     

 

Boys Large School

#7 ranked Massabesic had their strongest outing of the 2013 season as they look for this meet to kickstart them for the upcoming championship meets. The Mustangs the defending Class A champions finished 8th in the large schools race. Leading the way was junior Michael Aboud in 17:14, good for a 23rd place finish, right behind him in 26th was Andrew Mongiat (17:19), with Remi Gaetjens (17:29) in 35th place.