KVAC Class A: Lewiston sweeps titles
The Lewiston Blue Devil girls were 30 points better than runner-up
Edward Little as they tallied 125 points to capture the KVAC Class A
title.
Senior sprinter Heather Kendall did the heavy lifting
for Lewiston as she took the 100m dash in a time of 12.76, she added
another victory in the 200m as she clocked a speedy 26.39. She also ran a
key leg on the 4x100m relay which lowered its state leading time to
50.54 with their victory.
Fellow senior Adela Kalilwa took the long jump title with a leap of 16-4 1/2, then added a runner-up finish in the triple jump with a leap of 35-3 1/2, plus ran a leg on the 4x100m relay
Kayla Allen broke the KVAC meet record in
the 1600m race walk as she won by 1:22 seconds with her 7:30.95 effort,
the former record was 7:33.14.
Lewiston got huge points in
the high jump as Jazlyn Dumas won with a 4-10 clearance while teammate
Taylor Chamberlain added eight more point with a 4-6 6 effort. Dumas
added eight more points in the 400m with her runner-up finish.
Nokomis's Erin Martin won the 100m hurdles in a fast 15.80, that effort is the Class A #3 time.
Lawrence's Abigial Weigang set a new state leading mark in the 300m hurdles as she was under 46 seconds with her 45.99 effort, she also finished as the runner in the 100m hurdles with a strong 16.05 performance.
Brunswick's
Tessa Cassidy took the 1600m as she ran a seasonal best 5:29.40.
Cassidy doubled back to win the 3200 in 11:47.47 winning by 54 seconds.
Oxford
Hills produced a pair of winners in the throws as Mairead Laliberte won
the shot put with a heave of 34-6 while Jette Vogel took the discus
with a personal best 104-11
Skowhegan's Maddy Price won the triple jump with a seasonal best 35-5 3/4. Price was also the runner-up in the 100m
clearance teammate Lucy Guarnieri cleared 8-6 too.
The Lewiston boys had to overcome adversity to win the KVAC Class A title on Saturday at Morse HS. The Blue Devils top sprinter Hassan “Speedy" Mohamed went down in the 400m with cramps and was unable to finish the meet. That didn't stop the rest of Lewiston squad for stepping up to the challenge as they pulled away from rival Edward Little to win the title by 14.5 points.
Senior Isaiah Harris did his part as he provided a scintillating anchor leg to bring home the Blue Devils in first place in the 4x800, as they clocked state #2 8:13.95. In his speciality the 800m Harris broke Will Geoghegan's 5 year old league record with his state leading 1:54.37. Harris wasn't done as he came back to run a personal best 22.65 to win the 200m. He closed out his day anchoring the Blue Devils 4x400m relay to a state leading 3:30.69
In one of the best race of the day junior Osman Dorrow of Lewiston held off a fast closing Aaron Willingham in the 3200m. Doorow took the win in a state leading and personal best 9:38.07, just .02 ahead of Willingham.
Mt Ararat's Andrew McCracken won the pole vault with a 13-0 clearance. While Brunswick's Keenan Welzel won the 400m in 50.87, with teammate Chris Tanner right behind with a 51.20. Welzel and Tanner returned to finish 2-3 in the 800m.
Mt Blue's Aaron Willingham had a great day in the heat, as the former Texan, won the 1600m in a state leading and personal best time of 4:24.13, before hooking up in a duel with Doorow in the 3200m, he clocked state #2 and personal best 9:38.09
Triple jumper Nate Pratt-Holt the defending Class A Champion jumped out to 43-6, a new seasonal best and moving him to #4 in Class A. Pratt-Holt added a second win with a 20-5 effort in the long jump.
Messalonskee's Tanner Burton was the best hurdler in the meet as he took the 110m hurdle race with a 16.10, he also took the 300m hurdles in a personal best 42.75.
Edward Little's Brandon Henry won the javelin with a chuck of 155-2, while teammate Spencer Dunn provided another 10 points with his 7:02.36 effort in the 1600m race walk, the time is state #2.
Elite Performances
| Girls (120) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600RW | F 1 1st | 7:30.95 | Kayla Allen | Lewiston High School | |
| 1600RW | F 1 2nd | 8:52.02 | Elizabeth Larsen | Messalonskee High School | |
| 1600RW | F 1 3rd | 9:21.55 | Becca Marcia | Nokomis High School | |
| 1600RW | F 1 4th | 9:22.00 | Kaylee Brann | Lawrence High School | |
| 1600RW | F 1 5th | 9:23.16 | Magdelena Elwell | Lewiston High School | |
| 1600RW | F 1 6th | 9:25.61 | Olivia Smith | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| 1600RW | F 1 7th | 9:33.96 | Anna Glass | Mt. Blue High School | |
| 100m | F 3 1st | 12.76 | Heather Kendall | Lewiston High School | |
| 100m | F 3 2nd | 13.15 | Maddy Price | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| 100m | F 3 3rd | 13.28 | Selena Gauthier | Edward Little High School | |
| 100m | F 3 4th | 13.43 | Jaycee Cushman | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| 100m | F 3 5th | 13.46 | Anna Beaudet | Edward Little High School | |
| 100m | F 3 6th | 13.48 | Isha Kasai | Lewiston High School | |
| 100m | F 2 7th | 13.52 | Katie Ferrara | Edward Little High School | |
| 100m | F 2 8th | 13.59 | Austin Taylor | Nokomis High School | |
| 100m | F 2 9th | 13.63 | Mairead Laliberte | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| 100m | F 3 10th | 13.66 | Summer Gray | Mt. Ararat High School | |
| 100m | F 2 11th | 13.85 | Madeline Suhr | Brunswick High School | |
| 200m | F 3 1st | 26.39 | Heather Kendall | Lewiston High School | |
| 200m | F 3 2nd | 27.03 | Adela Kalilwa | Lewiston High School | |
| 200m | F 3 3rd | 27.22 | Selena Gauthier | Edward Little High School | |
| 200m | F 3 4th | 27.38 | Alexis Chamberlain | Lawrence High School | |
| 200m | F 3 5th | 27.39 | Maddy Price | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| 200m | F 3 6th | 27.56 | Anna Beaudet | Edward Little High School | |
| 200m | F 2 7th | 27.61 | Isha Kasai | Lewiston High School | |
| 200m | F 3 8th | 27.97 | Austin Taylor | Nokomis High School | |
| 200m | F 3 9th | 28.01 | Jaycee Cushman | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| 200m | F 2 10th | 28.03 | Summer Gray | Mt. Ararat High School | |
| 200m | F 1 11th | 28.26 | Jetta Vogel | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| 200m | F 2 12th | 28.31 | Madeline Suhr | Brunswick High School | |
| 200m | F 2 13th | 28.51 | Courtney King | Cony High School | |
| 200m | F 2 14th | 28.89 | Harley Grover | Lawrence High School | |
| 400m | F 2 1st | 1:02.60 | Austin Taylor | Nokomis High School | |
| 400m | F 2 2nd | 1:03.02 | Jazlyn Dumas | Lewiston High School | |
| 400m | F 1 3rd | 1:04.10 | Mairead Laliberte | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| 400m | F 2 4th | 1:04.28 | Kiana Letourneau | Lawrence High School | |
| 400m | F 2 5th | 1:04.55 | Taylor Chamberlain | Lewiston High School | |
| 400m | F 2 6th | 1:04.63 | Kyra Teboe | Brunswick High School | |
| 400m | F 2 7th | 1:05.03 | Lily Munro | Brunswick High School | |
| 400m | F 2 8th | 1:05.55 | Kailey Norcross | Edward Little High School | |
| 400m | F 1 9th | 1:05.86 | Courtney King | Cony High School | |
| 800m | F 1 1st | 2:28.44 | Avery Brennan | Messalonskee High School | |
| 800m | F 1 2nd | 2:31.72 | Kiana Letourneau | Lawrence High School | |
| 800m | F 1 3rd | 2:34.95 | Colette Kinkade | Mt. Ararat High School | |
| 800m | F 1 4th | 2:35.78 | Emily Warren | Messalonskee High School | |
| 1600m | F 1 1st | 5:29.40 | Tessa Cassidy | Brunswick High School | |
| 1600m | F 1 2nd | 5:36.73 | Avery Brennan | Messalonskee High School | |
| 1600m | F 1 3rd | 5:42.21 | Jaden Gray | Lawrence High School | |
| 1600m | F 1 4th | 5:42.78 | Katherine Gunther | Mt. Blue High School | |
| 3200m | F 1 1st | 11:47.47 | Tessa Cassidy | Brunswick High School | |
| 3200m | F 1 2nd | 12:41.81 | Jaden Gray | Lawrence High School | |
| 3200m | F 1 3rd | 12:50.35 | Katherine Gunther | Mt. Blue High School | |
| 100H | F 3 1st | 15.80 | Erin Martin | Nokomis High School | |
| 100H | F 3 2nd | 16.05 | Abigail Weigang | Lawrence High School | |
| 100H | F 3 3rd | 16.42 | Madeline Reny | Cony High School | |
| 100H | F 3 4th | 17.14 | Jenny Martin | Lewiston High School | |
| 100H | F 3 5th | 17.28 | Taylor Lenentine | Messalonskee High School | |
| 100H | F 3 6th | 17.34 | Katie Ferrara | Edward Little High School | |
| 100H | F 3 7th | 17.37 | Kaylie Vallee | Edward Little High School | |
| 100H | F 2 8th | 17.57 | Jetta Vogel | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| 100H | F 2 9th | 17.83 | Ashleigh Jackson | Edward Little High School | |
| 100H | F 2 10th | 18.13 | Ariana Bacon | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| 300H | F 3 1st | 45.99 | Abigail Weigang | Lawrence High School | |
| 300H | F 3 2nd | 47.11 | Madeline Reny | Cony High School | |
| 300H | F 3 3rd | 48.20 | Erin Martin | Nokomis High School | |
| 300H | F 3 4th | 48.28 | Katie Ferrara | Edward Little High School | |
| 300H | F 3 5th | 49.66 | Jenny Martin | Lewiston High School | |
| 300H | F 3 6th | 51.30 | Taylor Lenentine | Messalonskee High School | |
| 300H | F 2 7th | 53.11 | Lilly Linscott | Edward Little High School | |
| 4x100m | F 1 1st | 50.54 | Lewiston High School | ||
| 4x100m | F 1 2nd | 52.23 | Skowhegan Area High School | ||
| 4x100m | F 1 3rd | 52.48 | Edward Little High School | ||
| 4x100m | F 1 4th | 53.13 | Cony High School | ||
| 4x100m | F 1 5th | 53.27 | Lawrence High School | ||
| 4x100m | F 1 6th | 53.29 | Mt. Ararat High School | ||
| 4x100m | F 1 7th | 53.43 | Brunswick High School | ||
| 4x400m | F 2 1st | 4:21.91 | Lawrence High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 1 1st | 10:24.71 | Brunswick High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 1 2nd | 10:24.82 | Lawrence High School | ||
| HJ | F 1 1st | 4-10 | Jazlyn Dumas | Lewiston High School | |
| LJ | F 1 1st | 16-4.5 | Adela Kalilwa | Lewiston High School | |
| LJ | F 1 2nd | 15-8.25 | Jetta Vogel | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| LJ | F 1 3rd | 15-1.5 | Lauren Labbay | Mt. Ararat High School | |
| TJ | F 1 1st | 35-5.75 | Maddy Price | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| TJ | F 1 2nd | 35-3.5 | Adela Kalilwa | Lewiston High School | |
| TJ | F 1 3rd | 34-1.5 | Lucy Guarnieri | Messalonskee High School | |
| TJ | F 1 4th | 33-5.5 | Makayla Norcross | Edward Little High School | |
| TJ | F 1 5th | 32-4.25 | Alexis Chamberlain | Lawrence High School | |
| TJ | F 1 6th | 32-2 | Anna Beaudet | Edward Little High School | |
| TJ | F 1 7th | 31-10.75 | Jaycee Cushman | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| TJ | F 1 8th | 31-10.5 | Leah Savage | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| TJ | F 1 9th | 31-5.5 | Jazlyn Dumas | Lewiston High School | |
| TJ | F 1 10th | 31-5.25 | Ashleigh Jackson | Edward Little High School | |
| TJ | F 1 11th | 30-7.25 | Lauren Grant | Mt. Ararat High School | |
| PV | F 1 1st | 8-6 | Taylor Lenentine | Messalonskee High School | |
| PV | F 1 2nd | 8-6 | Lucy Guarnieri | Messalonskee High School | |
| PV | F 1 3rd | 8-0 | Katie Ferrara | Edward Little High School | |
| PV | F 1 4th | 8-0 | Lauren Labbay | Mt. Ararat High School | |
| PV | F 1 5th | 7-6 | Julia Dillon | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| PV | F 1 5th | 7-6 | Abigail Weigang | Lawrence High School | |
| PV | F 1 7th | 7-6 | Anna Rider | Brunswick High School | |
| PV | F 1 8th | 7-6 | Lily Hood | Brunswick High School | |
| D | F 1 1st | 104-11 | Jetta Vogel | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| D | F 1 2nd | 99-6 | R Stacey-outten | Edward Little High School | |
| D | F 1 3rd | 97-5 | Lexie Bernier | Brunswick High School | |
| D | F 1 4th | 89-8 | Emily Steinmeyer | Messalonskee High School | |
| D | F 1 5th | 89-6 | Eraleena Hairston | Edward Little High School | |
| D | F 1 6th | 85-10 | Mairead Laliberte | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| J | F 1 1st | 112-2 | Britan Nouchanthavong | Edward Little High School | |
| J | F 1 2nd | 101-10 | Emily Steinmeyer | Messalonskee High School | |
| J | F 1 3rd | 98-1.5 | Erin Childs | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| J | F 1 4th | 94-9.5 | Alex Hunt | Edward Little High School | |
| J | F 1 5th | 91-2.5 | R Stacey-outten | Edward Little High School | |
| J | F 1 6th | 91-0 | Mckayla Marois | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| J | F 1 7th | 87-9.5 | Taylor Poissonnier | Messalonskee High School | |
| S | F 1 1st | 34-6 | Mairead Laliberte | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| S | F 1 2nd | 34-2.5 | R Stacey-outten | Edward Little High School | |
| S | F 1 3rd | 32-3.25 | Ariana Bacon | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| S | F 1 4th | 32-1 | Eraleena Hairston | Edward Little High School | |
| S | F 1 5th | 31-1.25 | Emily Steinmeyer | Messalonskee High School | |
| Boys (82) | |||||
| 1600RW | F 1 1st | 7:02.36 | Spencer Dunn | Edward Little High School | |
| 1600RW | F 1 2nd | 7:50.15 | Ben Flanagan | Brunswick High School | |
| 1600RW | F 1 3rd | 7:52.11 | Steven Minns | Mt. Blue High School | |
| 100m | F 3 1st | 11.38 | Hassan Mohamed | Lewiston High School | |
| 100m | F 3 2nd | 11.60 | Hunter Martin | Edward Little High School | |
| 100m | F 3 3rd | 11.71 | Sheon James | Lewiston High School | |
| 200m | F 3 1st | 22.65 | Isaiah Harris | Lewiston High School | |
| 200m | F 3 2nd | 23.09 | Hunter Martin | Edward Little High School | |
| 200m | F 3 3rd | 23.27 | Sheon James | Lewiston High School | |
| 200m | F 3 4th | 23.98 | Hunter Garrett | Brunswick High School | |
| 200m | F 3 5th | 24.17 | Eli Holland | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| 200m | F 3 6th | 24.31 | Owen Mower | Edward Little High School | |
| 200m | F 3 7th | 24.52 | Brandon Emerson | Cony High School | |
| 200m | F 1 8th | 24.55 | Jaznel Burns | Brunswick High School | |
| 400m | F 3 1st | 50.87 | Keenan Welzel | Brunswick High School | |
| 400m | F 3 2nd | 51.20 | Christopher Tanner | Brunswick High School | |
| 400m | F 3 3rd | 52.00 | Mohamed Abukar | Lewiston High School | |
| 400m | F 3 4th | 52.62 | Eli Holland | Skowhegan Area High School | |
| 400m | F 3 5th | 53.72 | Mason Cooper | Lawrence High School | |
| 400m | F 3 6th | 54.48 | Ahmed Musse | Lewiston High School | |
| 400m | F 3 7th | 54.55 | Brandon Emerson | Cony High School | |
| 400m | F 2 8th | 54.91 | Mohamed Mohamed | Lewiston High School | |
| 400m | F 2 9th | 55.28 | Doug Kimball | Nokomis High School | |
| 400m | F 2 10th | 55.36 | Willia Frederic | Mt. Blue High School | |
| 800m | F 1 1st | 1:54.37 | Isaiah Harris | Lewiston High School | |
| 800m | F 1 2nd | 2:04.67 | Keenan Welzel | Brunswick High School | |
| 800m | F 1 3rd | 2:05.68 | Christopher Tanner | Brunswick High School | |
| 1600m | F 1 1st | 4:24.13 | Aaron Willingham | Mt. Blue High School | |
| 1600m | F 1 2nd | 4:28.17 | Owen Concaugh | Messalonskee High School | |
| 1600m | F 1 3rd | 4:40.71 | Yusuf Adow | Edward Little High School | |
| 1600m | F 1 4th | 4:40.96 | Jacob Gamache | Edward Little High School | |
| 1600m | F 1 5th | 4:41.96 | Zachariah Hoyle | Messalonskee High School | |
| 1600m | F 1 6th | 4:43.84 | Dan Lesko | Mt. Blue High School | |
| 3200m | F 1 1st | 9:38.07 | Osman Doorow | Lewiston High School | |
| 3200m | F 1 2nd | 9:38.09 | Aaron Willingham | Mt. Blue High School | |
| 3200m | F 1 3rd | 10:07.89 | Jacob Gamache | Edward Little High School | |
| 3200m | F 1 4th | 10:13.84 | Matt Gott | Mt. Ararat High School | |
| 3200m | F 1 5th | 10:15.84 | Dan Lesko | Mt. Blue High School | |
| 110H | F 3 1st | 16.10 | Tanner Burton | Messalonskee High School | |
| 110H | F 3 2nd | 16.99 | Andrew Mccracken | Mt. Ararat High School | |
| 110H | F 3 3rd | 17.09 | Corey Martin | Lewiston High School | |
| 110H | F 3 4th | 17.45 | Seth White | Brunswick High School | |
| 110H | F 3 5th | 17.95 | Caleb Jewell | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| 300H | F 3 1st | 42.75 | Tanner Burton | Messalonskee High School | |
| 300H | F 3 2nd | 43.59 | Corey Martin | Lewiston High School | |
| 300H | F 3 3rd | 44.24 | Seth White | Brunswick High School | |
| 300H | F 3 4th | 44.39 | Abshir Abukar | Lewiston High School | |
| 300H | F 3 5th | 44.89 | Jeff Bilodeau | Cony High School | |
| 300H | F 2 6th | 45.21 | Justin Milne | Mt. Ararat High School | |
| 4x100m | F 2 1st | 45.09 | Brunswick High School | ||
| 4x100m | F 2 2nd | 45.36 | Lewiston High School | ||
| 4x400m | F 2 1st | 3:30.69 | Lewiston High School | ||
| 4x400m | F 2 2nd | 3:37.58 | Brunswick High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 1 1st | 8:13.95 | Lewiston High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 1 2nd | 8:15.09 | Brunswick High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 1 3rd | 8:29.73 | Messalonskee High School | ||
| HJ | F 1 1st | 5-8 | Yusuf Adow | Edward Little High School | |
| HJ | F 1 2nd | 5-8 | Dustin Simpson-bragg | Lawrence High School | |
| LJ | F 1 1st | 20-5 | Nate Pratt-holt | Mt. Blue High School | |
| LJ | F 1 2nd | 20-3.75 | Reed Foster | Brunswick High School | |
| LJ | F 1 3rd | 19-6.5 | Seth White | Brunswick High School | |
| LJ | F 1 4th | 19-3.75 | Dustin Simpson-bragg | Lawrence High School | |
| LJ | F 1 5th | 19-2.75 | Bradley Morisette | Edward Little High School | |
| LJ | F 1 6th | 19-0.5 | Sheon James | Lewiston High School | |
| TJ | F 1 1st | 43-6 | Nate Pratt-holt | Mt. Blue High School | |
| TJ | F 1 2nd | 40-6.75 | Bradley Morisette | Edward Little High School | |
| TJ | F 1 3rd | 38-10.25 | Reed Foster | Brunswick High School | |
| PV | F 1 1st | 13-0 | Andrew Mccracken | Mt. Ararat High School | |
| PV | F 1 2nd | 10-6 | Charles Frahn | Edward Little High School | |
| D | F 1 1st | 137-8 | Kyle Robinson | Lawrence High School | |
| D | F 1 2nd | 128-2.5 | Jacob Doyon | Messalonskee High School | |
| D | F 1 3rd | 125-10 | Lucas Rushton | Lewiston High School | |
| D | F 1 4th | 125-7 | Creighton Medeiros | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| D | F 1 5th | 123-7 | Klint Hall | Messalonskee High School | |
| J | F 1 1st | 155-2 | Brandon Henry | Edward Little High School | |
| J | F 1 2nd | 147-0 | Davis Turner | Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School | |
| J | F 1 3rd | 138-9.5 | Lucas Rushton | Lewiston High School | |
| J | F 1 4th | 138-8.5 | Kyle Stevens | Cony High School | |
| S | F 1 1st | 47-1.5 | Damen Bickford | Messalonskee High School | |
| S | F 1 2nd | 43-7.75 | Jacob Doyon | Messalonskee High School | |
| S | F 1 3rd | 43-2.25 | Klint Hall | Messalonskee High School | |
| S | F 1 4th | 41-0.5 | Julian Smedley | Lewiston High School | |