Marston & Horne cross line first, Bonny Eagle girls repeat, Lewiston boys on top in Class A

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In her first year of running xc Bonny Eagle sophomore Kialeigh Marston has shown the move from the soccer pitch to the trails was a good move

Satruday's state championship further cemented that idea as Marston ran to a 6 second victory in her first state xc meet.

Marston covered the 3.1 mile layout at Twin Brook in 19:34.16 to hold off a challenge from South Portland's Shannon Conley.

Freshman Anne Gaudalupi of Cony set the early pace and continued to led by a few seconds at the mile. Behind her there was a giant chase pack that included Marston, Elizabeth Labun (Hampden Academy), Shannon Conley (SP), Mary Szatkowski (BE) and a pair of Massabesic teammates Gabby Johnson & Angel Waters.

By the time the runners returned to the finger loop in the B loop, the lead pack had become 4, as Guadalupi continued to lead with Conley, Martson & Szatkowski breathing down her neck.

Conley moved to the front at 2 mile mark and the race was on. Only Marston would be able to match the increase in pace from Conley, the two would battle it out in the back hills.

In the end the sophomore had to much strength as she crossed the line first, followed by Conley. This was a big bounce back from the senior from South Portland, who dropped out of last weekend WM Regional due to high blood sugar, she wouldn't be able to compete today if her team hadn't qualified. She took full advantage of a second opportunity, and will get to run in the New England Championship next week,

Closing very well over the final mile was Cheverus senior Kiera Murray, who went from 9th at the 2 mile all the way to 3rd place, her time was 19:49. Szatkoswki finished 4th (19:54) with Gabby Johnson in 5th (20:02.03)

Maddy Doyle of Marshwood had a strong effort to finish 6th, 20:02.14 with Angel Waters in 7th (20:03), They were followed by sophomore Casey Loring (South Portland) in 8th, next was Elizabeth Labun (Hampden Academy) with early pace setter Guadalupi rounding out the top 10 (20:15).

Bonny Eagle the defending state champions, paceed by the 1-4 effort of Marston & Szatkowski earned a 18 point win over the runner-up Mustangs of Massabesic

Through 2 runners, The Scots had a 5-12 lead. Kristen Glennie of BE was the 3rd Scot across the line in 12th (20:37).  Massabesic countered with Emily Wasina (29th) & Maquila Dimasrantonio (30th), but Zoe Goodwin came up big for Bonny Eagle finishing 32nd. 

That gave Bonny Eagle a 46-67 advantage, Rochelle Morrison crossed in 35th completing the scoring for the Mustangs but 6 second later the Scots 5th runner, Kyaunna Libby finished to seal the deal

Falmouth rebounded from an off week at the Western Maine Regional to finish 3rd just 7 points back of Massabesic, while Brunswick the Eastern Maine champion was 4th (127) with Hampden Academy (!29) rounding out the top 5.

 

Boys Recap

Two years ago Josh Horne of Mt Blue ran a 18:58.47 in the Eastern Maine Regional to end his first xc season, last year he moved all the way to 4th best in Class A.

Horne capped off a remarkable two year ascent in the sport of xc with a Class A individual title on Saturday at Twin Brook. Josh took the lead early on and was never challenged as he clocked the only sub 17 performance in the Class A race with his winning 16:43.79.

Aspiring xc runners should take note of Horne's progress, it was nothing but hard work and a lot of miles. Also he had some great training partners the last two years with Justin Tracy last year, and Aaron Willingham this year.

As he has done all year long Horne pushed the pace right from the beginning, by 800m it was a three man race as only Logan Moses (Messalonskee) & Aaron Willingham (Mt Blue) decided to go with the pace

At the mile he had opened up his lead to 6 seconds over Moses & Western Maine champion Ryan Cadorette (Thornton Academy). They were followed by a chase of Jesse Southard (Gorham), Scott Lambert (Falmouth), & Dan Lesko (Mt Blue)

Horne continued to open up his lead extending it to 19 seconds by mile 2. Johnathan Stanhope (Bangor) had taken over at the front of the chase pack, with Celb Lord (Hampden Academy), Sam Wood (Mt Ararat), Cadorette, Lambert & the Lewiston duo of Isaiah Harris & Mohamed Awil

The gap would close slightly over the final mile but Horne could relax in the home stretch and enjoy the final sprint as he realized his goal of winning the state title, crossing the line in 16:43.79.

Isaish Harris closed well over the final mile, and then used his speed to finish as the state runner-up, 17:01.27. Right behind him was Caleb Lord who clocked 17:01.93 for 3rd. Mohamed Awil gave the Blue Devils another low stick with his 4th place finish, 17:03.78. Stanhope would hold on for 5th place, 17:08.44.

The next group saw Jesse Southard hold off the hard charging Colin Tardiff (Scarborough) 17:13.81 to 17:14.28, right behind them was Logan Moses in 8th then Ryan Cadorette in 9th. Deering's Yayha Hussein rounded out the top 10 with a 17:19.49 effort.

The Lewiston Blue Devils left no doubt as to who was the best team in Class A as they tallied 51 points, good for a 43 victory over Scarborough.

Lewiston was paced by the 2-4 finish of Isaiah Harris & Mohamed Awil, also got a 14th place finish from Osman Mohamed, 17th place from Mohamed Mohamed & 19th place from Farhan Abdillahi.

Scarborough was lead by a 7th place finish of Colin Tardiff & a 12th place finish of Jacob Terry. They will be one of the favorites for 2014 with 3 underclassmen finishing in the top 16.

Bangor finished a solid 3rd with (113), while a depleted Falmouth team finished an impressive 4th (160) with Gorham (165) rounding out the top 5.

 

Boys Top 20 Individuals

Josh Horne of Mt Blue ran unchallenged to the Class A boys state title. Horne's winning time was 16:43.79 (photo by Sub5.com)

  1 Josh Horne                SR Mt Blue               16:43.79    1
  2 Isaiah Harris             JR Lewiston              17:01.27    2
  3 Caleb Lord                JR Hampden Academy       17:01.93    3
  4 Mohamed Awil              SR Lewiston              17:03.78    4
  5 Jonathan Stanhope         SR Bangor High School    17:08.44    5
  6 Jesse Southard            SO Gorham High School    17:13.81    6
  7 Colin Tardiff             SO Scarborough           17:14.28    7
  8 Logan Moses               SR Messalonskee          17:15.21    8
  9 Ryan Cadorette            SR Thornton Academy      17:16.00
 10 Yahye Hussein             JR Deering High School   17:19.49    9
 11 Dan Lesko                 JR Mt Blue               17:20.19   10
 12 Jacob Terry               JR Scarborough           17:20.97   11
 13 Scott Lambert             JR Falmouth              17:22.07   12
 14 Osman Mohamed             SO Lewiston              17:23.97   13
 15 Sam Wood                  SR Mt. Ararat            17:25.61
 16 Andrew Sholl              SO Scarborough           17:26.27   14
 17 Mohamed Mohamed           SR Lewiston              17:31.10   15
 18 Iid Sheikh-Yusuf          JR Deering High School   17:33.66   16
 19 Farhan Abdillahi          SR Lewiston              17:34.43   17
 20 Ben Salinas               SR Bangor High School    17:37.88   18

 

Boys Top 5 Teams

 

 1 Lewiston High School         51    2    4   13   15   17   90   91
      Total Time:  1:26:34.55
         Average:    17:18.91
   2 Scarborough High School      94    7   11   14   25   37   44   55
      Total Time:  1:28:09.76
         Average:    17:37.96
   3 Bangor High School          113    5   18   21   24   45   85   86
      Total Time:  1:28:47.02
         Average:    17:45.41
   4 Falmouth High School        160   12   23   32   46   47
      Total Time:  1:30:24.95
         Average:    18:04.99
   5 Gorham High School          165    6   27   31   33   68   76   84
      Total Time:  1:30:35.03
         Average:    18:07.01

 

Girls Top 20 Individuals

Kialeigh Marston of Bonny Eagle won the Class A state meet coming from 4th place in the final mile (Photo by 6cantara)

  1 Kialeigh Marston          SO Bonny Eagle           19:34.16    1
  2 Shannon Conley            SR South Portland        19:40.75    2
  3 Kiera Murray              SR Cheverus              19:49.80    3
  4 Mary Szatkowski           SR Bonny Eagle           19:54.44    4
  5 Gabrielle Johnson         JR Massabesic            20:02.03    5
  6 Maddy Doyle               JR Marshwood             20:02.14    6
  7 Angel Waters              SR Massabesic            20:03.44    7
  8 Casey Loring              SO South Portland        20:08.53    8
  9 Elizabeth Labun           JR Hampden Academy       20:08.96    9
 10 Anne Guadalupi            FR Cony High School      20:15.42
 11 Farhiyo Aden              JR Lewiston              20:21.97   10
 12 Kristen Glennie           SR Bonny Eagle           20:37.74   11
 13 Tessa Cassidy             SO Brunswick             20:47.04   12
 14 Madeline Roberts          SR Falmouth              20:56.56   13
 15 Teresa Murphy             SR Brunswick             20:59.16   14
 16 Vishva Nalamalapu         SO Falmouth              21:17.46   15
 17 Simone Withers            FR Hampden Academy       21:22.69   16
 18 Catherine Ledue           JR Sanford High School   21:23.65   17
 19 Lauren Linevitch          SR Windham High School   21:25.52   18
 20 Antoinette Lambert        FR Falmouth              21:31.59   19

Girls Top 5 Teams

The Bonny Eagle girls repeated as the Class A champion (Photo by Tim Goodwin)

 

  1 Bonny Eagle High School      82    1    4   11   30   36   44   67
      Total Time:  1:44:04.43
         Average:    20:48.89
   2 Massabesic High School      100    5    7   27   28   33   40
      Total Time:  1:45:33.84
         Average:    21:06.77
   3 Falmouth High School        107   13   15   19   29   31   41   52
      Total Time:  1:47:21.40
         Average:    21:28.28
   4 Brunswick High School       127   12   14   26   37   38   53   65
      Total Time:  1:48:07.07
         Average:    21:37.42
   5 Hampden Academy             129    9   16   22   39   43   61   72
      Total Time:  1:48:10.29
         Average:    21:38.06