Orono sweeps Lee Academy Invitational


Orono sweeps Lee Academy Invitational

Butterfield & Tardy take individual titles

Results: Boys | Girls

Interview: Orono girls top 5

The #1 ranked Orono Red Riot girls swept the top 5 en route to a perfect score of 15. Tia Tardy claimed her second victory in as many tries and she crossed the finish line first in 16:00, she was followed closely by Hannah Steelman (16:04) & Kassidy Dill (16:09).

Camille Kohtala(17:26) & Olivia Fandel (17:44) rounded out the top 5. Rylee Warman of Houlton was the first non-maroon jersey to cross the finish, she finished with a 18:03 effort. She was followed Liza Gallandt of Orono (18:29). Taylor Reed of Houlton finished in 8th, followed by Vanessa Twombly & Kyleigh Oliver of Mattanawcook Academy.

Top 10 Girls

  1 Tia Tardy                Orono                16:00.00      1 
  2 Hannah Steelman          Orono                16:04.00      2 
  3 Kassidy Dill             Orono                16:09.00      3 
  4 Camille Kohtala          Orono                17:26.00      4 
  5 Olivia Fandel            Orono                17:44.00      5 
  6 Rylee Warman             Houlton              18:03.00        
  7 Liza Gallandt            Orono                18:29.00      6 
  8 Taylor Reed              Houlton              18:36.00        
  9 Vanessa Twombly          MA                   18:45.00      7 
 10 Kyleigh Oliver           MA                   19:03.00      8 


On the boys side it was a neck and neck battle for the individual title between Tristan Butterfield of Orono and Isaiah Brown of Houlton that came down to 300 meter sprint. Butterfield, used his 1:59 800m speed from the track to get the edge as he took the win in 14:15 with Brown one second back in 14:16 for the 2.5 mile course.

Orono who is currently ranked #4 in the state had the next 4 spots with Matt Kersey (14:41), Lowell Ruck (14:42), Jonny Spencer (14:46) & Will O'Neal (14:50). The pack time of 35 seconds for runners 1-5 makes the Red Riots dangerous.

Top 10 Boys

  1 Tristan Butterfield      Orono                14:15.00      1 
  2 Isaiah Brown             Houlton              14:16.00        
  3 Matt Kersey              Orono                14:41.00      2 
  4 Lowell Ruck              Orono                14:42.00      3 
  5 Jonny Spencer            Orono                14:46.00      4 
  6 Will O'Neal              Orono                14:50.00      5 
  7 Addison Coty             Calais               15:07.00        
  8 Stephen Nelson           Orono                15:19.00      6 
  9 Jonathan Steelman        Orono                15:25.00      7 
 10 Howie Francis            Lee                  15:41.00      8 


Pictures from the article were provided by Paul Nantkes