Sofie Matson (#125) crosses the finish line at B2B 10K on Saturday morning, she was the fastest Maine woman in 36:20 (photo by Jason Eggleston)
Patterson & Matson Lead Maine HS Runners At B2B
editor note: Casey Gallant wasn't included in original post, his result has been added to the article for accuracy.
Boys Top Ten
Tyler Patterson of Brunswick showed he's not just in mile shape as he led the Maine high school athletes running in the Beach to Beacon 10k on Saturday morning in Cape Elizabeth. On Friday night the rising junior clocked 4:37.6 to finish second in the 4th annual B2B High School Mile race, on Saturday morning he held a 5:29 pace for 6.2 mile to finish 69th overall in 34:03.
Right behind Patterson was Kennebunk senior Ethan Eickmann who ran 5:30 pace for the 10k distance running 34:10. Cape Elizabeth senior Jack Bassett ran a strong race finishing 91st in 34:37 with Lincoln Academy senior Jarrett Gulden was 126th in 35:32.
69 4/172 M1519 34:09 34:03 5:29 Tyler Patterson 16 M 4014 Brunswick ME 74 6/172 M1519 34:13 34:10 5:30 Ethan Eickmann 17 M 5067 Kennebunk ME 91 10/172 M1519 34:40 34:37 5:35 Jack Bassett 17 M 1454 Cape Elizabeth ME 126 14/172 M1519 35:37 35:32 5:44 Jarrett Gulden 17 M 3485 Walpole ME 140 17/172 M1519 36:13 36:08 5:49 Ricky Perruzzi 16 M 1810 Cape Elizabeth ME 147 19/172 M1519 36:21 36:16 5:51 Casey Gallant 16 M 5229 Augusta ME USA 153 20/172 M1519 39:26 36:25 5:52 Will Perkins 17 M 5751 Boothbay Harbor ME 169 23/172 M1519 37:01 36:54 5:57 Mark D'Alessandro 18 M 4646 Lewiston ME 212 25/172 M1519 38:13 37:51 6:06 Simon Dimatteo 15 M 4589 Saco ME 235 28/172 M1519 38:39 38:28 6:12 Isaac Tabb 17 M 1036 Portland ME
Girls Top Ten
Falmouth standout Sofie Matson was outstanding as she averaged 5:48 per mile over the 6.2 mile distance finishing 138th overall, and 18th amongst all women in the race with her 36:02 effort. Matson was the top Maine female in the race by 33 seconds.
Cape Elizabeth rising junior Lila Gaudrault was the next Maine high school runner with her 37:35, 6:03 mile average, she was followed by Grace Iltis of Camden Hills who clocked 41:06.
Kahryn Cullenberg of Mt Blue was next in 42:13 and then came the Beach to Beacon Mile champion Karley Piers in 42:58. Piers ran with her older brother Connor.
138 1/132 F1519 36:14* 36:02 5:48 Sofie Matson 16 F 125 Falmouth ME 198 2/132 F1519 37:39 37:35 6:03 Lila Gaudrault 16 F 128 Cape Elizabeth ME 389 6/132 F1519 41:16 41:06 6:37 Grace Iltis 17 F 6717 Rockport ME 468 11/132 F1519 42:34 42:13 6:48 Kahryn Cullenberg 17 F 5186 Chesterville ME 526 13/132 F1519 43:08 42:58 6:55 Karley Piers 16 F 3179 Falmouth ME 728 1/54 F0114 45:21 44:54 7:14 Annabelle Brooks 14 F 2329 Portland ME 1006 2/54 F0114 47:30 47:13 7:36 Penny Haydar 14 F 1751 Cape Elizabeth ME 1059 22/132 F1519 48:10 47:33 7:40 Madi McCarthy 15 F 1824 Cape Elizabeth ME 1061 23/132 F1519 48:03 47:33 7:40 Ava Dowling 15 F 6142 Newburgh ME 1162 26/132 F1519 49:30 48:11 7:46 Gretchen Biegel 16 F 4244 Standish ME