WMC Championship Preview

WMC XC Championship Preview

It is time for the WMC Championship! St Joesph's College will be the site for this 5k event which will serve as the final meet for these teams before the Regional Championship. Let’s preview the Div. 1 and 2 boys and girls contests


Division 1


The Cape Elizabeth boys have been a force to be reckoned with all season long. Led by senior Liam Simpson, this team has dominated all of the varsity contests they have competed in. The statewide #2 Capers rested their top runners last week but performed well at FOC 2 weeks ago putting 3 boys under 17 minutes. If they can perform at the high level they have been performing at all year, then they could come away with a victory on Friday.

If they are going to get a challenge from anyone, Falmouth is the team to do it. Bryce Murdick and company have been improving all year long and had a great showing at FOC a few weeks ago. We will see if the Yachtsmen can give the Capers a run for their money.

On the individual side Liam Simpson and Will Shafer are the two front-runners coming into Friday. They were separated by 7 seconds at FOC when they last faced each other with Simpson getting the better of Shafer (16:00 and 16:07).

Bryce Murdick of Falmouth is another top runner to keep an eye on, he has a season best effort of 16:22. Cape's Peter Doane is another runner to watch, Doane is known for running well on tough courses, and is having another strong season.


    On the Girls side Falmouth is probably the favorite coming in. The early word on the street is that Kirstin Sandreuter will be sitting for the Rangers which is a big blow to their championship chances. Falmouth on the other hand, had a fantastic showing at FOC where they were the 2nd place team overall to MDI.

Maddie Roberts led the charge with a sub 20 performance and could go for the individual win as well on Friday especially if Sandreuter is sidelined. Falmouth has been steadily improving with a young top 5 (runners 2-5 are FR and SO) and have become one of the top teams in Class A.

Cape Elizabeth is another team that has quietly started to put it together. They finished 4th in Belfast a few weeks back thanks to strong performances out of their number 1 and 2 runners, Rhoen Fiutak and Emma Shedd. If they are going to challenge Falmouth, they will need to have big days out of those two.

York senior Heather Evans is having a strong year, she's has 4 first place finishes this fall. Evans will contend for the individual title.

Don't sleep on Freeport as a team contender, the Falcons have quietly flown under the radar this fall. They have a tight pack of 50 seconds, which bodes well for them in a championship meet.

Division 2


    The Fryeburg boys have been putting together another solid season a year removed from losing the great Silas Eastman. Patrick Carty has put an outstanding campaign together and will lead the Raiders into Conferences Friday. The sophomore was the #4 runner for the Raiders a year ago, but has made a huge jump to #1 and could go for the individual title as well.

Yarmouths chances for a DII title will be dealt a serious blow with the loss of Becker and Decker who reportedly will not race.

NYA's Matt Malcolm has been solid all year, inlcuding a win over Carty at a regular season meet at NYA a month. Malcolm had one of his best races of the season last week at Merriconeag, where he ran 17:03.

Merriconeag will be a factor in the team race, they have quietly put together a very strong year to date. Leading the way has been Zach Neveu who will challenge for a top spot individually as well.


    On the girls side the Yarmouth girls should be the favorite. The duo of Caitlin and Ellie Teare will lead a strong team into this contest and should be able to win the DII title easily. The Teare girls will try to give their team a solid start to their scoring, as they are ranked among the top 5 in DII.

On the individual side, NYA's Hannah Austin has had a tremendous season so far in 2013. Austin's best time of 19:27 puts her 1 minute in front of the field. In fact Austin will challenge for the overall win as well. 

Others expected to be near the front of the pack are  Fryeburg’s Anna Lastra along with Caitlin and Ellie . Lastra has been impressive in her first season of XC after running to a few victories including one last week at Poland.

Sophia Canning of Waynflete is another name to watch, she made an impressive debut last week with a  20:27 clocking at Twinbrook, she leads an fast improving Flyers team.
 

 

Girls DI Top 25 (Based on 5k times run in 2013)

Championship Meet - 9 Teams

Greely's Kirstin Sandreuter is the defending conference championship, but might not compete due to an injury.

 

  Place Athlete Yr Team Time Points
  1 Kirstin Sandreuter 12 Greely High School 18:46.0 1
  2 Madeline Roberts 12 Falmouth High School 19:30.1 2
  3 Rhoen Fiutak 11 Cape Elizabeth High School 20:02.5 3
  4 Emma Shedd 9 Cape Elizabeth High School 20:15.8 4
  5 Vishva Nalamalapu 10 Falmouth High School 20:21.5 5
  6 Mira Wyman 9 Falmouth High School 20:36.0 6
  7 Antoinette Lambert 9 Falmouth High School 20:37.1 7
  8 Alexa Hoffman 10 Falmouth High School 20:46.4 8
  9 Kristina Smith 11 Greely High School 20:47 9
  10 Samantha Feenstra 10 Cape Elizabeth High School 20:51 10
  11 Elly Bengtsson 12 Freeport High School 20:53.0 11
  12 Heather Evans 12 York High School 20:54.0 12
  13 Sydney Ambrose 12 Freeport High School 21:10.0 13
  14 Ania Wright 11 Falmouth High School 21:11.8 14
  15 Dana Hatton 12 Cape Elizabeth High School 21:18.5 15
  16 Bethanie Knighton 12 Freeport High School 21:20.0 16
  17 Laura Broderick 12 Kennebunk High School 21:29.0 17
  18 Chloe Hight 10 Freeport High School 21:31 18
  19 Eva Brydson 11 Cape Elizabeth High School 21:38.6 19
  20 Emily Jennings 12 Freeport High School 21:43.9 20
  21 Malia Cryan 9 York High School 21:45.0 21
  22 Sophia Stickney 10 Greely High School 21:47.0 22
  23 Audrey Blais 10 Lake Region High School 21:52 --
  24 Hayley Steckler 12 Freeport High School 21:52.7 23
  25 Kaileigh Wimert 10 Falmouth High School 21:53.5 24

 

Team Scores

Falmouth is the favorite to win the D1 Girls title, expect a fight out of Freeport & Cape.

 

# Team Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Falmouth High School 27 2 5 6 7 8 - -
2 Cape Elizabeth High School 48 3 4 10 15 19 - -
3 Freeport High School 76 11 13 16 18 20 - -
4 Greely High School 82 1 9 22 26 27 - -
5 York High School 137 12 21 35 36 37 - -
6 Kennebunk High School 150 17 25 30 38 44 - -
7 Gray New Gloucester High School 209 34 39 42 47 51 - -
8 Poland Regional High School 238 43 48 49 50 52 - -
-- Lake Region High School NTS

 

 

Boys DI Top 25 (Based on 5k times run in 2013)

 

Championship Meet - 9 Teams

Cape's Liam Simpson is one of the individual favorites in D1 & to win overall

 

  Place Athlete Yr Team Time Points
  1 Liam Simpson 12 Cape Elizabeth High School 16:00.1 1
  2 Will Shafer 12 Gray New Gloucester High School 16:07.9 2
  3 Bryce Murdick 11 Falmouth High School 16:22.3 3
  4 Peter Doane 12 Cape Elizabeth High School 16:30.0 4
  5 Chandler Vincent 10 Freeport High School 16:44.4 5
  6 Mitchell Morris 11 Cape Elizabeth High School 16:45.6 6
  7 Scott Lambert 11 Falmouth High School 16:48.1 7
  8 Kyle Kennedy 11 Cape Elizabeth High School 16:52.1 8
  9 Josh Simensky 10 Falmouth High School 17:08.7 9
  10 Sean Soucy 10 Falmouth High School 17:12.6 10
  11 Julian Pelzer 12 Cape Elizabeth High School 17:17.1 11
  12 Spencer Brown 11 Falmouth High School 17:25 12
  13 Troy Cochrane 11 Greely High School 17:27 13
  14 Iain Kurry 11 Falmouth High School 17:30.5 14
  15 Sage Tanner 12 Falmouth High School 17:36.9 15
  16 Matt Simmons 11 Falmouth High School 17:39.7 --
  17 Connor Rog 10 Greely High School 17:40 16
  18 Ben Garcia 10 Gray New Gloucester High School 17:40.5 17
  19 Ryan Morrison 10 Greely High School 17:42.0 18
  20 Liam Tucker 9 Falmouth High School 17:45.3 --
  21 Ben Wyman 9 Falmouth High School 17:49.7 --
  22 Rex Brockelman 10 York High School 17:50 19
  23 Hugh Beaton 11 York High School 17:51 20
  24 Tyler Frey 11 Freeport High School 17:59.6 21
  25 Trevor Ewald 12 Cape Elizabeth High School 18:00.4 22

 

Team Scores

The Cape Elizabeth boys are #2 ranked in the state, and are the favorites to win the D1 title, Falmouth will be right there though

 

# Team Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Cape Elizabeth High School 30 1 4 6 8 11 - -
2 Falmouth High School 41 3 7 9 10 12 - -
3 Freeport High School 111 5 21 23 30 32 - -
4 Greely High School 111 13 16 18 27 37 - -
5 York High School 116 19 20 24 25 28 - -
6 Gray New Gloucester High School 125 2 17 29 34 43 - -
7 Kennebunk High School 222 36 38 47 48 53 - -
8 Poland Regional High School 232 42 45 46 49 50 - -
9 Lake Region High School 295 57 58 59 60 61 - -

 

Girls D2 Top 25 (Based on 5k times run in 2013)

Hannah Austin of NYA has had a great junior year, she is the D2 individual title favorite, and will contend for the overll title as well

Championship Meet - 7 Teams

  Place Athlete Yr Team Time Points
  1 Hannah Austin 11 North Yarmouth Academy 19:27.1 1
  2 Sophia Canning -- Waynflete School 20:27.0 2
  3 Caitlin Teare 11 Yarmouth High School 20:39.4 3
  4 Anna Lastra 10 Fryeburg Academy 20:46.7 4
  5 Ellie Teare 11 Yarmouth High School 20:50.5 5
  6 Abigail Hamilton 9 Yarmouth High School 21:10.4 6
  7 Juliet Fink 12 Fryeburg Academy 21:22.3 7
  8 Simone Laverdiere 11 Yarmouth High School 21:41.6 8
  9 Samantha Pierce 11 Merriconeag Waldorf 21:46.3 9
  10 Carlin Tindall 12 Merriconeag Waldorf 21:53.5 10
  11 Lydia Sullivan 10 Yarmouth High School 22:06.2 11
  12 Jocelyn Lorrey 12 Traip Academy 22:09.7 12
  13 Lucy Alexander 10 Yarmouth High School 22:13.1 13
  14 Madison Hynes 12 Yarmouth High School 22:13.3 14
  15 Phoebe Colvin Oehmig -- Waynflete School 22:21.0 15
  16 Fiona Ahearne -- Merriconeag Waldorf 22:24.0 16
  17 Gail Johnson 10 Waynflete School 22:34.0 17
  18 Sophia Mayone -- Waynflete School 22:38.0 18
  19 Claire Maurer 10 North Yarmouth Academy 22:47.4 19
  20 Molly Maguire 12 Yarmouth High School 23:09.3 --
  21 Campbell Dorsett 10 Yarmouth High School 23:09.8 --
  22 Meredith Hawkins 10 Yarmouth High School 23:10.3 --
  23 Ellie Chidsey -- Waynflete School 23:22.0 20
  24 Sarah Austin -- North Yarmouth Academy 23:27.6 21
  25 Kate Hilscher 10 North Yarmouth Academy 23:33.2 22

 

Team Scores

Yarmouth is the girls D2 team favorite

# Team Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Yarmouth High School 33 3 5 6 8 11 - -
2 Waynflete School 72 2 15 17 18 20 - -
3 Fryeburg Academy 84 4 7 23 25 26 - -
4 Merriconeag Waldorf 89 9 10 16 24 30 - -
5 North Yarmouth Academy 92 1 19 21 22 29 - -
6 Traip Academy 155 12 32 37 38 40 - -
-- Wells High School NTS

 

Boys D2 Top 25 (Based on 5k times run in 2013)

Ben Decker has only run 2 races this fall but has done very well, his soccer schedule should allow him to run this Friday

Championship Meet - 7 Teams

  Place Athlete Yr Team Time Points
  1 Ben Decker 12 Yarmouth High School 16:07.0 1
  2 Braden Becker 12 Yarmouth High School 16:21.0 2
  3 Matt Malcom 11 North Yarmouth Academy 16:52.3 3
  4 Patrick Carty 10 Fryeburg Academy 16:56.2 4
  5 Zachary Neveu 11 Merriconeag Waldorf 17:13.1 5
  6 Tucker Pierce -- Merriconeag Waldorf 17:14.6 6
  7 Thomas Rose 11 Fryeburg Academy 17:49.4 7
  8 Dylan Wu -- Merriconeag Waldorf 17:53.7 8
  9 Eric Hannes 12 Fryeburg Academy 18:08.9 9
  10 Tj Rose 11 Fryeburg Academy 18:09.3 10
  11 John Leblanc 11 North Yarmouth Academy 18:26.0 11
  12 Jonathan Burk 11 Fryeburg Academy 18:28.0 12
  13 Lars Gunderson 11 Merriconeag Waldorf 18:35.6 13
  14 Sam Gerken 10 Yarmouth High School 18:38.9 14
  15 Andrew Kolodgie 12 Yarmouth High School 18:40.6 15
  16 Liuke Yang 11 Fryeburg Academy 18:43.0 16
  17 Liam Leconey -- Fryeburg Academy 18:53.4 17
  18 Haley Cunningham 11 North Yarmouth Academy 18:54.3 18
  19 Tristan Brown -- Wells High School 18:54.7 19
  20 Wesley Moody -- Wells High School 19:12.5 20
  21 Sullivan Briggs 12 Fryeburg Academy 19:37.3 --
  22 Christian Bedell -- Fryeburg Academy 19:37.8 --
  23 Devin Shields-auble 10 Yarmouth High School 19:43.1 21
  24 Tyler O'keefe 12 Fryeburg Academy 19:44.9 --
  25 El Tayeb Dahia 12 North Yarmouth Academy 19:47 22

 

Team Scores

Fryeburg Academy is the favorite to win the boys D2 title, expect Yarmouth & Merriconeag to put up a fight

# Team Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Fryeburg Academy 42 4 7 9 10 12 - -
2 Yarmouth High School 53 1 2 14 15 21 - -
3 Merriconeag Waldorf 55 5 6 8 13 23 - -
4 North Yarmouth Academy 78 3 11 18 22 24 - -
5 Wells High School 148 19 20 33 34 42 - -
6 Waynflete School 163 29 31 32 35 36 - -
7 Traip Academy 215 40 41 43 44 47 - -

 

 

Additional Information

Schedule:

1:45pm Course Walk

3:00pm Girls Varsity (top 7) 

3:30pm Boys Varsity

4:00pm Girls JV

4:30pm Boys JV

5:15pm Results, Awards