Iid Sheikh-Yusef of Deering win boys, Anna Slager of Gorham takes girls WM Class A titles

Iid Sheikh-Yusef of Deering win boys, Anna Slager of Gorham takes girls WM Class A titles

Falmouth boys & Massabesic girls claim team titles

Boys Results | Girls Results

Photos: Boys | Girls

Race Videos  Girls | Boys

Race Interviews   Iid Sheikh-Yusef | Anna Slager | Jacob Terry | Maddy Doyle

 

It was upset city in the Class A boys individual race as Iid Sheikh-Yusef of Deering was able to kick past Jacob Terry of Scarborough over the final stages of the race. Sheik-Yusef who has finished behind his own teammate Yahya Hussein for most of the season wasn't the one talked about pre-race. Certainly after the race there was plenty of talk about Iid.

Gorham junior Jesse Southard led the pack off the line ensuring the pace of the first 800m was going to be fast. As the group made there way along the outder fields, it was Falmouth's Bryce  Murdick who led the way at 800m, crossed in a very quick 2:34. Behind Murdick, in a single file line was Southard, Terry, Sheikh-Yusef, Yahya Hussein of Deerng & Andrew Mongiat of Massabesic.

At the mile hit in 5:13, Murdick continued to be the pace setter, with Sheikh-Yusef, Terry & Hussein. There was a small gap back to Michael Aboud of Massabesic & Mongiat.

Coming back into the B loop, Murdick & Terry had 5m of seperation from the Deering duo but nothing was decided at this point with the tough last mile laying ahead including a trip up the pain cave.

The clock read 10:43 at 2 miles as Murdick & Terry continued to run stride for stride, Sheikh-Yusef had moved past his teammate Hussein into third and was in hot pursuit of the leaders. Aboud started to pull away from his teammate Mongiat, while Spencer Brown of Falmouth & Colin Tardiff where running stride for stride about 10m back.

No one would have answer for Sheikh-Yusef of Deering in the final mile, as he caught the lead pack, and used the downhills to his advantage before dropping Terry of Scarborough on the pain cave

"Once I got the lead, I was confident in my kick " Sheikh-Yusef said

His 16:43 effort ended up being the fastest of the day, and vaults him into the conservation for individual Class A state champion.

Terry held off all other challengers to finish as the runner-up, his 16:46 was the third fastest performance on the day out of all the classes. Murdick finished third, while Hussein held off a hard charging Brown & Tardiff for fourth place.

The team race was intense as expected as #1 Scarborough was up against #2 Falmouth, & #4 Massabesic. At two miles it was a virtual dead heat between Scarborough & Falmouth with Massabesic right on their heels. Each team had 5 runners all together as they hit the final mile. Scarborough got their low stick with Terry finishing 2nd, Falmouth countered with Murdick's 3rd. Spencer Brown (Falmouth) was able to outkick Colin Tardiff (Scarborough) for 5th place. Scarborough's Connor Doherty came up big with his 9th place finish. But it was kick of Scott Lambert & Sean Soucy that gave the Yachtsmen 12th & 13th spot, right in front of Andrew Sholl (Scarborough) in 14th. Josh Simensky sealed the deal for Falmouth as he finished 16th giving Falmouth all 5 scorers. Scarborough's Jacob Bloom finished 21st to round out the scoring for the Red Storm.

Massabesic fought hard, and showed they aren't afraid to push the pace with these two juggernauts. The Mustangs were led by a Michael Abound (7th) & Andrew Mongiat (8th), and they also got an outstanding performance from freshman Alexander Swett in 10th. Remington Gaetjens like he did at FOC struggled to the finish line losing numerous spots when he fell more than once in the finishing straight. That'll be a wilcard for Massabesic headed into next week.
 

What is clear is there isn't much that seperates these two teams, just 3 points today. This sets up for an epic state meet battle at Belfast next weekend.

 

 

Coming into the Class A girls race the individual title was up for grabs with a handful of ladies capable of crossing the finish line first.

As the pack hit the 800m mark right before entering the A loop there was no clear favorite. In the pack was Anna Slager of Gorham, Maddy Doyle of Marshwood, Casey Loring of South Portland, Halee Phelps & Gabbi Pabst of Westbrook, Mira Wyman of Falmouth, Abby Runnells of TA, Serena McKenzie of South Portland, & three Scarborough runners Laura Volan, Bethany Sholl & Marissa Carbone

At the mile the pack was still all together with the Westbrook duo of Phelps & Pabst pushing the pace.

Mile two saw things seperate as freshman Anna Slager & senior Maddy Doyle broke away and were running stride for stride, back about 10m was Pabst of Westbrook with Loring then a small gap back to Sholl & Phelps.

In the final mile, Doyle & Slager went toe to toe, but the youth prevailed as Slager pulled away over the final 600m of the race for a 3 second victory. The freshman will be one of the favorites to capture the Class A title next weekend in Belfast. Doyle will be a threat as well, she ran very well at Belfast at the Festival of Champions.

Finishing third was Pabst of Westbrook as she held off the fast closing Loring of South Portland. Rounding out the top 5 was Phelps of Westbrook giving the Blue Blazes the best top two in the field. Scarborough took 4 of the next 5 spots as they went 6-7-9-10, with Emily Wasina of Massabesic breaking them up at 8th. Leading the way for Scarborough was a pair of freshman in Bethany Sholl & Samantha Saraceno

Despite 4 in the top 10, Scarborough had to settle for the runner-up trophy as they were 11 points behind the Mustangs of Massabesic. Massabesic had only Wasina in the top 10 but packed in their remaining 4 scorers between spots 13-18th. With a pack time of just 33 seconds Massabesic will be the favorite to win the Class A title next weekend. Falmouth (101) finished third with Marshwood (129) in fourth. Rounding out the top 5 teams was South Portland with 143 points.

 

Boys Top 30 Individuals who qualify for states

  1 Iid Sheikh-Yusuf          SR Deering High School   16:43.58    1
  2 Jacob Terry               SR Scarborough           16:47.94    2
  3 Bryce Murdick             SR Falmouth              16:53.47    3
  4 Yahye Hussein             SR Deering High School   17:02.71    4
  5 Spencer Brown             SR Falmouth              17:03.16    5
  6 Colin Tardiff             JR Scarborough           17:03.56    6
  7 Michael Aboud             JR Massabesic            17:08.98    7
  8 Andrew Mongiat            SR Massabesic            17:19.60    8
  9 Connor Doherty            JR Scarborough           17:23.89    9
 10 Alexander Swett           FR Massabesic            17:26.47   10
 11 Jesse Southard            JR Gorham High School    17:29.60   11
 12 Scott Lambert             SR Falmouth              17:29.94   12
 13 Sean Soucy                JR Falmouth              17:29.99   13
 14 Andrew Sholl              JR Scarborough           17:30.68   14
 15 Ben Foster                SR Gorham High School    17:44.00   15
 16 Josh Simensky             JR Falmouth              17:44.82   16
 17 Donovan Duffy             SO Massabesic            17:46.46   17
 18 Iain Kurry                SR Falmouth              17:52.86   18
 19 Gavin Damian-Loring       JR South Portland        17:55.05   19
 20 Josh Veroneau             JR Cheverus              17:56.19   20
 21 Jacob Bloom               SR Scarborough           17:59.30   21
 22 Joshua Lombardo           SO Westbrook             18:01.27   22
 23 Biruk Moore               JR Marshwood             18:02.65   23
 24 Brody Bate                SO Marshwood             18:02.86   24
 25 Matt Pritchett            SO Marshwood             18:04.26   25
 26 Sean McGovern             SR Scarborough           18:10.02   26
 27 Jordan Cook               SO Biddeford             18:12.53   27
 28 Reese Preston             JR Windham High School   18:13.08   28
 29 Parker Montano            SR Cheverus              18:15.71   29
 30 Jonathan Bland            SR Windham High School   18:17.90   30

 

Top 8 Boys team qualifying for states

   1 Falmouth High School         49    3    5   12   13   16   18   34
      Total Time:  1:26:41.38
         Average:    17:20.28
   2 Scarborough High School      52    2    6    9   14   21   26   43
      Total Time:  1:26:45.37
         Average:    17:21.08
   3 Massabesic High School       75    7    8   10   17   33   37   49
      Total Time:  1:28:07.04
         Average:    17:37.41
   4 Gorham High School          146   11   15   39   40   41   58   87
      Total Time:  1:31:47.42
         Average:    18:21.49
   5 Windham High School         163   28   30   31   32   42   86  102
      Total Time:  1:32:12.83
         Average:    18:26.57
   6 Marshwood High School       175   23   24   25   36   67   71   72
      Total Time:  1:32:39.38
         Average:    18:31.88
   7 Deering High School         183    1    4   44   55   79  101  104
      Total Time:  1:32:03.09
         Average:    18:24.62
   8 Cheverus High School        195   20   29   47   48   51   52   66
      Total Time:  1:33:14.17
         Average:    18:38.84

 

Girls Top 30 Individuals who qualify for states

  1 Anna Slager               FR Gorham High School    20:04.00    1
  2 Maddy Doyle               SR Marshwood             20:07.78    2
  3 Gabriella Pabst           JR Westbrook             20:31.36    3
  4 Casey Loring              JR South Portland        20:32.81    4
  5 Halee Phelps              SR Westbrook             20:40.53    5
  6 Bethany Sholl             FR Scarborough           20:57.53    6
  7 Samantha Saraceno         FR Scarborough           21:02.83    7
  8 Emily Wasina              JR Massabesic            21:03.51    8
  9 Marisa Carbone            SO Scarborough           21:10.21    9
 10 Laura Volan               JR Scarborough           21:16.43   10
 11 Mira Wyman                SO Falmouth              21:16.69   11
 12 Katie LeBlanc             JR Thornton Academy      21:16.75   12
 13 Roshelle Morrison         JR Massabesic            21:20.01   13
 14 Gabrielle Johnson         SR Massabesic            21:21.97   14
 15 Serena McKenzie           SO South Portland        21:22.02   15
 16 Vishva Nalamalapu         JR Falmouth              21:24.37   16
 17 Maquila Dimastrantonio    JR Massabesic            21:33.40   17
 18 Brianna Drew              JR Massabesic            21:37.16   18
 19 Antoinette Lambert        SO Falmouth              21:48.53   19
 20 Gabby Fogg                SO Kennebunk             21:53.99   20
 21 Lucy Tumavicus            FR Deering High School   21:55.69   21
 22 Kaitlyn Dostie            SR Cheverus              22:00.17   22
 23 Hannah Berzinis           SO Falmouth              22:02.78   23
 24 Abby Runnells             JR Thornton Academy      22:03.67   24
 25 Jessica Bachry            SR Marshwood             22:04.77   25
 26 Olivia Ducharme           SO Massabesic            22:10.93   26
 27 Amanda Turner             SO Windham High School   22:11.93   27
 28 Delphi Bourassa           FR South Portland        22:12.21   28
 29 Julia Rand                SR Windham High School   22:12.39   29
 30 Piper Wilber              JR Marshwood             22:12.49   30

 

Massabaesic won the girls WM Girls title by 11 points over Scarborough (Photo by Sherri Johnson)

Top 9 Girls team qualifying for states

   1 Massabesic High School       70    8   13   14   17   18   26   55
      Total Time:  1:46:56.05
         Average:    21:23.21
   2 Scarborough High School      81    6    7    9   10   49   50   56
      Total Time:  1:47:44.13
         Average:    21:32.83
   3 Falmouth High School        101   11   16   19   23   32   42   48
      Total Time:  1:48:47.00
         Average:    21:45.40
   4 Marshwood High School       129    2   25   30   34   38   44   57
      Total Time:  1:49:46.50
         Average:    21:57.30
   5 South Portland High Schoo   143    4   15   28   35   61   83   89
      Total Time:  1:50:41.28
         Average:    22:08.26
   6 Westbrook High School       156    3    5   33   53   62   63
      Total Time:  1:51:03.19
         Average:    22:12.64
   7 Windham High School         191   27   29   37   40   58   59   75
      Total Time:  1:53:36.13
         Average:    22:43.23
   8 Thornton Academy            242   12   24   46   70   90   97  104
      Total Time:  1:56:46.55
         Average:    23:21.31
   9 Cheverus High School        251   22   31   54   66   78   80
      Total Time:  1:56:34.28
         Average:    23:18.86