Sophomore Max Spaulding of Winslow is the top seed at 52.16, while senior Griffin Maristany of Mt Desert Island is the second seed at 52.98. A week ago Spaulding won the 400m at the KVAC Class B Championship while Maristany didn't run at the EMITL meet due to illness. While Spaulding & Maristany are the top seed no one is running better than Ben Cotton of John Bapst. Cotton ran a personal best 53.04 as he won the EMITL title last weekend. Max Kummer of Fryeburg Academy won the WMC title with his 53.77 effort last Friday.
A year ago Maristany was the state runner-up when he clocked 52.35, while Cotton nabbed the last scoring place with his 55.23.
Event 10 Boys 400 Meter Dash =============================================================================== State Record: 50.65 2005 James Sawyer, Gorham '17 Champion: 50.83 Michaiah Robinson, Washington Acad 55.90 AUTO Automatic 56.50 PROV provisional Name Year School Seed =============================================================================== 1 Maximus Spaulding SO Winslow 52.16 AUTO 2 Griffin Maristany SR Mount Desert 52.98 AUTO 3 Ben Cotton SR John Bapst 53.04 AUTO 4 Max Kummer SR Fryeburg 53.77 AUTO 5 Nick Mitch JR Freeport 53.85 AUTO 6 Brian Niznik JR Wells 53.89 AUTO 7 Josh Burris SR Mattanawcook 55.00 AUTO 8 Jack Miller FR Central 55.27 AUTO 9 Chance Graves JR Nokomis 55.41 AUTO 10 Devin Smith FR Hermon 55.48 AUTO 11 Colby Pinette SR Nokomis 55.89 AUTO 12 Tyler Carpenter SO Wells 56.04 PROV