Bayak Repeats As New England High Jump Champion


Bayak Repeats As New England High Jump Champion

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Nyagoa Bayak of Westbrook repeated as the New England Champion in the high jump with a 5-9 clearance. Portland's Jaidyn Appel cleared 5-3 with no misses to place 6th and earn All-New England honors.

Finals                                                                    
  1 #  656 Nyagoa Bayak       SR Westbrook HS ME        5-09.00      1.75m
  2 #   83 Samantha Schoenbe  11 Bromfield - MA         5-07.00      1.70m
  3 #  616 Tianna St. Louis   11 Tolland HS - CT        5-05.00      1.65m
  3 #  409 Sarah Lavery       11 No. Andover- MA        5-05.00      1.65m
  5 #  637 Abigael Peterson   12 Watertown HS - MA     J5-05.00      1.65m
  6 #  274 Olaitan Olagundoy  SO Johnston HS - RI       5-03.00      1.60m
  6 #  470 Jaidyn Appel       SR Portland HS - ME       5-03.00      1.60m


Jason Montano of Thornton Academy threw a personal best 63-2 1/2 to finish as the runner-up, the mark was further than the previous meet record. His mark improves his national ranking to 3rd, and also on his Maine #2 & NE #6 all-time mark.

Falmouth's Josh Bradford continued his strong season with a personal best 51-7 3/4 to finish 10th overall.

Finals                                                                       
  1 # 1005 Aiden Felty        12 Innovation Ac MA      66-10.25#    20.37m  3
  2 # 1355 Jason Montano      SR Thornton - ME         63-02.50#    19.26m  3
  3 # 1223 Michael Browning   12 R H A M, CT           59-00.00     17.98m  3
  4 # 1033 Kyle Moison        JR Lincoln HS - RI       55-11.50     17.05m  3
  5 #  768 Aaron Williams     12 Bloomfield- CT        54-09.25     16.69m  3
  6 # 1060 Nathan Quaye       12 Manchester HS - CT    54-01.75     16.50m  3
  7 # 1421 Natanael Barbosa   12 Windham HS - CT       53-05.75     16.30m  3
  8 # 1445 Logan Coles        SO Woonsocket- RI        53-01.75     16.19m  3
  9 # 1129 Jack Conley        12 New Canaan HS - CT    51-09.50     15.78m  3
 10 #  925 Joshua Bradford    JR Falmouth HS - ME      51-07.75     15.74m  2



Cymeria Robshaw of Penquis set a new personal best with a jump of 18-8 1/4 to finish as the runner-up Robshaw's mark is the fourth best mark in indoor state history.

Joining her on the poduim was Camille Kohtala of Orono who jumped 18-3 to finish 5th. While Bangor's Alyssa Elliott placed 8th  with an 17-10 leap.


Finals                                                                       
  1 #  197 Tess Stapleton     10 Fairfld Lud.- CT      19-01.50      5.82m  3
  2 #  448 Cymeria Robshaw    SR Penquis V.- ME        18-08.25      5.69m  3
  3 #  104 Stephanie Simon    11 Chelsea HS - MA       18-04.50      5.60m  3
  4 #  541 Jada Johnson       11 Sharon HS - MA        18-04.00      5.58m  3
  5 #  432 Camille Kohtala    SR Orono HS - ME         18-03.00      5.56m  3
  6 #  212 Selina Soule       11 Glastonbury- CT       17-10.50      5.44m  2
  7 #  701 Brooklyn Manna     11 Woburn HS - MA        17-10.25      5.44m  3
  8 #  700 Olivia Bowes       12 Wm. Hall- CT          17-10.00      5.43m  2
  8 #   11 Alyssa Elliott     SO Bangor HS - ME        17-10.00      5.43m  3
 10 #  427 Megan Lawlor       12 No Reading-  MA       17-08.25      5.39m  3


Kate Tugman of Gorham broke 11 minutes for the first time as she finished third running 10:55.54, while Helen Shearer of Hampden Academy was 5th in a personal best 11:00.72. Tugman's time is the 6th fastest in state history while Shearer moved to 7th best in indoor history.

Finals                                                             
  1 #  310 Sarah Roffman      12 Littleton - MA        10:43.69   2
  2 #  223 Mari Noble         10 Greenwich HS - CT     10:55.26   2
  3 #  220 Kate Tugman        11 Gorham HS ME          10:55.54   2
  4 #  467 Emily Boutin       11 Pope Francis- MA      11:00.06   2
  5 #  229 Helen Shearer      JR Hampden Academy- ME   11:00.72   2
  6 #  143 Daniella Grullon-  10 Danbury- CT           11:01.21   2



Victoria Bossong shattered her state all-time best in the 300m with a 39.68 effort to place 5th.

Finals                                                             
  1 #   59 Terry Miller       11 Bloomfield- CT           39.27   6
  2 #  429 Alyssa Madden      12 Oakmont- MA              39.63   6
  3 #  105 Victoria Bossong   SO Cheverus- ME             39.68   6
  4 #  313 Kimesha Lewis      12 Lowell HS - MA           39.89   6
  5 #  339 Ava Vasile         12 Medway HS - MA           40.00   5
  6 #   24 Aliya Barrows      SR Bay View RI              40.32   5



Darcy Cochran of Cape Elizabeth has advanced to the 55m hurdle finals with a 8.61, then ran 8.52 to finish third in the final to earn All-New England honors.

 1 #  197 Tess Stapleton     10 Fairfld Lud.- CT          8.18q  5      
  2 #  244 Jayla Kitchings    12 Haverhill HS - MA         8.48q  3      
  3 #  426 Katelyn Gorgenyi   10 No Reading-  MA           8.54q  1      
  4 #  595 Kayla Clark        11 St.  Joseph- CT           8.57q  1      
  5 #  682 Shelby Dejana      10 Wilton HS - CT            8.58q  1      
  6 #  468 Alexandra Gonet    12 Pope Francis- MA          8.61q  3 8.608
  6 #   94 Darcy Cochran      JR Cape Eliz.- ME            8.61q  4 8.608
  8 #  370 Meghan Oliver      SR Mt. Hope - RI             8.63q  4      

Mahamed Sharif of Westbrook mixed it up with the top 1k runners in New England as he placed 3rd running 2:31.89 to earn All New England honors for the first time. Wyatt Lord of Hampden Academy made it on the podium in 6th place with a 2:33.94.

Sharif's time is the second fastest in state history only behind the 2:29.40, while Lord's time is 9th best.

Finals                                                             
  1 # 1431 Miller Anderson    12 Wm. Hall- CT           2:30.12   2
  2 #  845 Conor Murphy       JR Classical- RI          2:30.69   2
  3 # 1391 Mahamed Sharif     11 Westbrook HS ME        2:31.89   2
  4 # 1330 Rhys Hammond       11 Stonington CT          2:32.26   2
  5 #  777 Marzio Mastroiann  12 Branford HS - CT       2:33.46   2
  6 #  975 Wyatt Lord         SR Hampden Academy- ME    2:33.94   2


Jarett Flaker of Scarborough ran to a 5th place finish in the 300m with a time of 35.14.

Finals                                                                    
  1 # 1386 Mange Camara       12 Watertown HS - MA        34.47   5       
  2 # 1019 Steven Doss        JR La Salle- RI             34.87   4 34.864
  3 # 1004 Michael Blake      12 Hudson HS - MA           34.87   5 34.867
  4 #  994 Deshaune Poole     12 Hillhouse- CT            35.00   5       
  5 # 1243 Jarett Flaker      JR Scarborough HS - ME      35.14   4       
  6 # 1152 Trevor Nassar      12 No. Andover- MA          35.38   4 35.372


Zachary Beaton of Hermon ran a state leading 7.85 in the 55m boys prelims.

  1 # 1073 Ryan Eng           12 Medfield HS - MA          7.48q  1      
  2 #  712 Adam Yang          12 Acton-Boxboro MA          7.51q  2      
  3 # 1236 Edward Williams    12 Sacr Heart W- CT          7.52q  4      
  4 # 1165 William Lord       11 No Reading-  MA           7.53q  1      
  5 # 1287 Adrian Sutton      11 Spaulding NH              7.69q  4      
  6 # 1048 Samuel Mutiso      11 Lowell HS - MA            7.75q  2      
  7 # 1214 Adam Spencer       12 Pinkerton NH              7.77q  3 7.766
  8 # 1135 Otis Love          11 Newton North- MA          7.77q  3 7.768
  9 # 1197 John Elie          11 Pelham NH                 7.81   4      
 10 #  987 Zachary Beaton     SR Hermon HS - ME            7.85   1 7.841


Bonny Eagle Girls finish 10th in the 4x800 relay lowering their state leading time to 9:45.54

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Finals                                                                  
  1 Immaculate- Danbury- CT                             9:19.52   2     
     1) #271 Kayla Ondy 9               2) #267 Ailene Doherty 10       
     3) #266 Molly Coyle 11             4) #269 Taylor Mascetta 12      
  2 Boston Latin School- MA                             9:19.93   2     
     1) #72 Lucy Abdow 10               2) #73 Sophie Ahearn 9          
     3) #76 Julie Tassinari 12          4) #74 Annie Jackson 11         
  3 Billerica Mem HS - MA                               9:21.37   2     
     1) #41 Sam Maffeo 12               2) #40 Hannah Doherty 11        
     3) #38 Deidra Anderson 11          4) #39 Nicole Anderson 11       
  4 Walpole HS - MA                                     9:22.65   2     
     1) #633 Mia Costa 10               2) #634 Laine DiMartinis 9      
     3) #636 Sophie St. George 9        4) #635 Caroline McGrath 12     
  5 Ridgefield HS - CT                                  9:23.64   2     
     1) #520 Tess Pisanelli 11          2) #518 Rory McGrath 10         
     3) #521 Gabriella Viggiano 12      4) #519 Grace Michalowski 10    
  6 Natick HS - MA                                      9:27.44   2     
     1) #383 Paige Edwards 12           2) #384 Caroline Fleming 11     
     3) #385 Emma Forde 10              4) #386 Nicole Frail 10         
  7 North Andover HS - MA                               9:39.60   2     
     1) #406 Courtney Dalke 10          2) #408 Kelcey Dion 10          
     3) #407 Ainsley Dion 10            4) #405 Aisling Callahan 9      
  8 Trumbull HS - CT                                    9:39.73   2     
     1) #619 Kali Holden 9              2) #618 Carolyn Cardell 11      
     3) #622 Alessandra Zaffina 11      4) #617 Emily Alexandru 11      
  9 Glastonbury- CT                                     9:42.83   2     
     1) #199 Angela Braga 12            2) #211 Joelle Solecki 10       
     3) #209 Casey MacElhiney 10        4) #206 Kylie Hilliard 9        
 10 Bonny Eagle HS - Standish- ME                       9:45.54   2     
     1) #68 Kayla Raymond SR            2) #70 Hannah Stevens FR        
     3) #64 Delaney Hesler FR           4) #62 Ami Beaumier SR          


The Scarborough boys lowered their state leading time to 8:10.47 to place 12th overall.

 12 Scarborough HS - ME                                 8:10.47   2     
     1) #1247 Harrison Osborne SR       2) #1238 Zachary Barry FR       
     3) #1240 Tristram Coffin JR        4) #1242 Noah Drapeau SR     



Alec Troxell of Deering set a new state leading time in the mile with his 10th place 4:22.36 effort.

  1 # 1018 Joseph dosReis     SR La Salle- RI           4:14.27   2
  2 # 1012 Michael Griffin    11 King Philip - MA       4:14.72   2
  3 # 1388 Gabriel Medina     12 West Springf- MA       4:16.93   2
  4 # 1419 Travis Martin      12 Wilbur Cross- CT       4:17.02   2
  5 #  919 Jacob Winslow      12 Exeter NH              4:19.68   2
  6 #  880 Samuel Whittaker   12 East Lyme HS - CT      4:21.05   2
  7 #  752 Matt St. Jean      JR B.Hendricken- RI       4:21.28   2
  8 #  837 Timothy Champlin   SR Chariho- RI            4:21.88   2
  9 #  738 David DelBonis     JR B.Hendricken- RI       4:21.94   2
 10 #  872 Alec Troxell       SR Deering- ME            4:22.36   2



The Marshwood girls lowered their state leading time down to 1:47.36 to move to third fastest team in state history with their 13th place finish.

13 Marshwood- So. Berwick- ME                          1:47.36   5    
     1) #334 Cici Perodin SO            2) #330 Carmie Kriz SO         
     3) #332 Katherine Page SR          4) #329 Rori Coomey SO    


Class B shot put champion Emma Hargreaves of Old Town just missed the podium with a personal best 38-8 3/4 heave.

Finals                                                                       
  1 #  539 Cameron Garabian   12 Seekonk HS - MA       45-09.25     13.95m  3
  2 #   10 Natalie Rolon-Iss  11 Bacon Acad - CT       43-08.50     13.32m  3
  3 #  550 Kendra Ezeama      JR Smithfield- RI        41-11.00     12.77m  3
  4 #  572 Trinity Cardillo   11 Southington HS - CT   41-09.50     12.73m  3
  5 #   52 Alliyah Boothe     11 Bloomfield- CT        41-01.25     12.52m  3
  6 #  680 Susie Okoli        12 Wilbur Cross- CT      39-08.50     12.10m  3
  7 #  431 Emma Hargreaves    SR Old Town HS ME        38-08.75     11.80m  3


Scarborough's Anthony Clavette cleared 6-3 with no misses to finish 8th overall.

Finals                                                                    
  1 # 1320 Chet Ellis         12 Staples- CT            6-09.00      2.05m
  2 #  816 Peter Fuller       11 Canton HS - CT         6-07.00      2.00m
  3 #  881 Exondus Barnes     SR E.Providence- RI       6-05.00      1.95m
  3 # 1037 David Ajama        12 Lowell HS - MA         6-05.00      1.95m
  3 # 1143 Owen Nassaney      12 No. Attlboro- MA       6-05.00      1.95m
  3 # 1139 Danny Collins      11 Newton South- MA       6-05.00      1.95m
  7 #  873 Ja'kwan Hale       12 Derby- CT             J6-05.00      1.95m
  8 # 1239 Anthony Clavette   SR Scarborough HS - ME    6-03.00      1.90m
  9 #  769 Chaddane Williams  12 Bloomfield- CT        J6-03.00      1.90m