500 Fastest Maine Girls At Twin Brook

The 2019  Maine XC State Championship meet will be held at the Twin Brook Recreation course in Cumberland. The storied course has seen some of the top runners in the state navigate the best XC course in the state.

Kennebunk standout Abbey Leonardi won four Class A state titles during her four years, and added three trips to the Footlocker Nationals as well. Leonardi ran the fastest time for a Maine runner on the course at Twin Brook at the Western Maine Class A Regional Championship in 2011 when she clocked 18:05.59. Her performance is almost 16 seconds better than any other harrier on the course. She won the New England XC title as a freshman the only year she competed in the event. Leonardi finished 22nd as a sophomore, 16th as a junior and 4th as a senior at the Footlocker Nationals. Abbey went on to compete for the University of Oregon where she helped the Ducks to the 2012 NCAA XC Championship. Her running career was cut short due to injuries.

Emily Durgin who ran for Bonny Eagle her freshman year before transferring to Cheverus for her remaining three years had the tough task of trying to beat Leonardi during her High school career. While she never did win a state individual title, she certainly was pushed to a higher level while chasing Leonardi. Durgin finished second three times, and added a third in her state meet career. During her sophomore campaign she clocked her fastest time at Twin Brook of 18:21. She would go on to win the New England Championship that fall, and qualified for the Footlocker National Championship. She placed 7th in the Northeast Regional and then 37th at Nationals. Durgin continued her career at UCONN where she was the Huskies top runner. Currently Emily is running professionally for Under Armour and is based out of Arizona.

Greely's Kirstin Sandreuter had the benefit of training on Twin Brook during her high school career. Sandreuter ranks third on the all-time performance list with her 18:37.96 effort that resulted in a Class B individual state championship. Her senior year saw her run to a fourth place finish in New England Championship, followed up by a 20th place finish in the Footlocker National Championship later that December. Sandreuter went on to compete for Cornell, and most recently was an assistant XC coach at her alma mater.

Falmouth junior Sofie Matson comes into 2019 as the fourth fastest at Twin Brook, the two time Class A XC Champion ran 18:41.60 as a freshman. Matson who was 14th at the Footlocker National Championship a year ago could be poised depending on the weather at the end of the season to move up the all-time list.

Abby Mace of Maranacook rounds out the top five Maine athletes at Twin Brook. Mace was a two time Class B individual champion, and her 18:48 best at Twin Brook was run during her sophomore year. Mace finished sixth in the New England Championship as a freshman added a tenth place effort as a sophomore, and was seventh as a senior. Mace went on to run collegiate at UCONN, and was a teammate of Emily Durgin.