10 Maine Athletes Earn ALL-NE Honors led by Sands & Hamilton
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Falmouth senior Jeremiah Sands ran to a lifetime best 15:51.76 to lead the Maine contingent at the New England Championship. Sands effort landed him a 7th place finish, the highest ever performance from a Falmouth Hugh School athlete.
With nothing to lose after a third place finish at the Class A State Championship a week, the senior from Falmouth came to the the New England meet with one thing in mind, "PR, that's all I wanted to do" Sands said after the race.
Class A State Champion Tucker Barber continued his amazing postseason run with a 12th place finish. Barber was clocked in 15:56.54, the third straight race he been under 16 minutes.
Barber came into the season with no expectations of being ALL-NE, "I didn't start thinking about until regionals", Barber said after the race.
Class B State runner-up Henry Jaques thought he had his best race of the season as he earned ALL-NE honors with his 19th place effort, Jaques was timed in 15:59.40.
Class C State runner-up Jacob Hickey had his finest race of the season as the senior from Winthrop ran a lifetime best 16:01.15 to finish 19th overall.
Falmouth was the top Maine team as the Yachstmen finished 14th overall with a 16:52 team average. They were 109 points better than Deering who placed 20th overall.
Boys Top 25 All-New England
1 David Principe Jr. 12 La Salle Academy 15:13.39 1 2 Patrick O'brien 12 Oyster River High School 15:20.93 2 3 Zakeer Ahmad 12 Staples High School 15:30.81 3 4 Tyler Marshall 12 Champlain Valley Union High School 15:40.97 4 5 Max Dimuccio 9 La Salle Academy 15:50.36 5 6 Cameron Starr 11 Pelham High School 15:50.93 -- 7 Jeremiah Sands 12 Falmouth High School 15:51.76 6 8 Jonathan Allard 12 Keene High School 15:52.11 7 9 Stephen Looke 11 U-32 High School (Uhsd #32) 15:52.51 8 10 William Brisman 12 Fairfield Warde 15:53.82 9 11 Jackson Cronin 12 East Greenwich High School 15:55.87 10 12 Tucker Barber 12 Mt. Blue High School 15:56.54 -- 13 Matt Hynes 12 Montpelier High School 15:56.91 -- 14 Sam Toolin 10 North Kingstown High School 15:57.22 11 15 Kyle Beaudette 12 Amity High School 15:57.54 12 16 Eli Nahom 10 New Milford High School 15:58.00 13 17 Benjamin Seiple 11 Staples High School 15:58.37 14 18 Mars Bishop 12 Barrington High School 15:58.85 15 19 Henry Jaques 12 Freeport High School 15:59.40 -- 20 Jacob Hickey 12 Winthrop High School 16:01.15 -- 21 Benjamin Drezek 12 Cumberland 16:02.52 -- 22 Riley Fenoff 11 Danville High School 16:03.75 -- 23 Christopher Reeves 12 Glastonbury High School 16:04.05 -- 24 Chris Zaino 12 Londonderry High School 16:04.47 -- 25 Jackson Brannen 12 Goffstown High School 16:04.83 --
Maine Boys Team Results
14 Falmouth ME 391 6 41 93 104 147 157 194
Total Time: 1:24:23.48
Average: 16:52.70
20 Deering ME 500 55 73 99 111 162 163 174
Total Time: 1:25:42.88
Average: 17:08.58
26 Greely ME 647 98 107 134 136 172 183 188
Total Time: 1:27:09.75
Average: 17:25.95
28 Wells ME 733 84 120 150 186 193 203 205
Total Time: 1:28:18.41
Average: 17:39.69
29 Orono ME 741 137 144 145 155 160 191 201
Total Time: 1:27:56.79
Average: 17:35.36
30 Windham ME 753 78 132 161 185 197 204 206
Total Time: 1:28:30.28
Average: 17:42.06 
Jeremiah Sands of Falmouth was the top Maine finisher at the NE Championship meet with a 7th place finish
Tucker Barber of Mt Blue finished 12th to earn ALL-NE honors.
Henry Jaques of Freeport was the top Class B finisher at the NE's with his 19th place finish.
Jacob Hickey of Winthrop finished off his HS XC career with a 20th place effort to earn ALL-NE honors.