All eyes will be on Yarmouth senior Luke Laverdiere as he has chosen to just run the 2 mile at states this year. The defending Mile & 2 mile champion will be looking to chase the 9:15.5h state meet record of Bruce Bickford which was set way back in 1975. Laverdiere has run 45 seconds faster than second seed Luke Marsanskis of Greely. Luke is coming off a mile pr at the New Balance Indoor grand Prix where he clocked 4:17.55.
This could be a big point grab for the Rangers of Greely as they are seeded 2nd, 3rd & 8th.
A year ago Laverdiere took the top spot in 9:49.73, while Marsanskis earned a podium spot with his 5th place 10:55.33 effort.
Event 16 Boys 2 Mile Run
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State Record: 9:15.5h 1975 Bruce Bickford, Lawrence
'17 Champion: 9:49.73 Luke Laverdiere, Yarmouth
10:40.00 AUTO Automatic
11:10.00 PROV provisional
Name Year School Seed
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1 Luke Laverdiere SR Yarmouth 9:25.09 AUTO
2 Luke Marsanskis JR Greely 10:10.51 AUTO
3 Caleb Thurston SR Greely 10:21.63 AUTO
4 Joe Ashby SR Freeport 10:33.53 AUTO
5 Patrick Tyne SO Orono 10:34.20 AUTO
6 Matt Shea SO Ellsworth 10:35.10 AUTO
7 Ethan Ray SR GNG 10:39.03 AUTO
8 Sam Wilson FR Greely 10:39.99 AUTO
9 Mark D'Alessandro SO St. Dominic 10:44.44 PROV
10 Ben Zapsky SO Hermon 10:53.94 PROV
11 Liam Levasseur FR St. Dominic 11:03.26 PROV
12 Nicholas Cormier FR Ellsworth 11:04.56 PROV
13 Ricky Perruzzi FR Cape Elizabeth 11:04.59 PROV
14 Beau Briggs SO Nokomis 11:09.94 PROV