Matson Breaks Course Record, Greely Sweeps B titles


Matson Breaks Course Record, Falmouth Surprises on Boys Side

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Sofie Matson of Falmouth shattered the course record at Twin Brook, and in the process became the only school girl in history to break 18 minutes on the storied course. Matson's record breaking run of 17:51.74 broke the 18:05.59 record set in 2011 by Kennebunk's Abbey Leonardi, and lowered her own best on the course by 50 seconds.

Behind her Kate Tugman of Gorham became just the 15 school girl to run under 19 minutes at Twin Brook with her excellent 18:55.81. Tugman battled with Falmouth junior Karley Piers for much of the race before putting a gap on her in the final mile of the race,

Piers wound up third in a strong 19:1.14 effort.

The surprise of the meet might have come from Emmaline Pendleton of Bonny Eagle who finished fourth running 19:35.48, which was her second fastest time of the year and huge Twin Brook personal best. Behind her teammate Delaney Hesler was strong also running under 20 minutes with her 19:47.39 effort.

Kayla Werner & Megan Randall of Scarborough were next, while freshman Addie Fuller of Marshwood continued her strong first year placing eighth.

Estella Inman of Windham came across ninth, and was followed by another green Bonny Eagle jersey as sophomore Hannah Stevens finished in 20:45.27.

Bonny Eagle the defending regional champion and top ranked team in the state easily won with 59 points as they placed three in the top 10 led by Emmaline Pendleton's fourth place finish.

Falmouth was the runner-up with 83 points behind the 1-3 finish from Matson and Piers while Gorham nabbed third place with 100 points.



Individuals Qualifying for States

  1 Sofie Matson              JR Falmouth              17:51.74    1
  2 Kate Tugman               SR Gorham High School    18:55.81    2
  3 Karley Piers              JR Falmouth              19:11.14    3
  4 Emmaline Pendleton        SO Bonny Eagle           19:35.48    4
  5 Delaney Hesler            SO Bonny Eagle           19:47.39    5
  6 Kayla Werner              SO Scarborough           20:03.10    6
  7 Megan Randall             SO Scarborough           20:23.52    7
  8 Addie Fuller              FR Marshwood             20:37.24    8
  9 Estella Inman             SO Windham High School   20:38.04    9
 10 Hannah Stevens            SO Bonny Eagle           20:45.27   10
 11 Maggie Chamberlain        FR Marshwood             20:46.06   11
 12 Iris Kitchen              SR Gorham High School    20:54.14   12
 13 Megan Cunningham          SO Deering High School   20:56.86
 14 Hannah Langstaff          SR Windham High School   21:04.33   13
 15 Emma Abbott               SR Bonny Eagle           21:18.29   14
 16 Grace Turner              SO Cheverus              21:19.15   15
 17 Tenley Flint              FR Portland              21:21.95   16
 18 Melissa Pass              SO Noble High school     21:23.66   17
 19 Annabelle Brooks          FR Portland              21:34.26   18
 20 Viviana Griffin           SO Falmouth              21:36.95   19
 21 Maya Judice               FR Thornton Academy      21:37.41   20
 22 greta Holmes              FR Portland              21:38.69   21
 23 Mackenzie Turner          JR Cheverus              21:38.70   22
 24 Rachel Cummings           FR Gorham High School    21:40.85   23
 25 Elisabeth Loranger        SO Gorham High School    21:40.94   24
 26 Maeve Walsh               JR Falmouth              21:41.26   25
 27 Ella Dunne                JR Bonny Eagle           21:41.93   26
 28 Misty Adams               FR Sanford High School   21:43.55   27
 29 Emma Noonan               SR Bonny Eagle           21:44.49   28
 30 Leska Whitmarsh           SO Cheverus              21:45.02   29

Team Qualifying for States

  1 Bonny Eagle High School      59    4    5   10   14   26   28   30
      Total Time:  1:43:08.36
         Average:    20:37.68
   2 Falmouth High School         83    1    3   19   25   35   40   84
      Total Time:  1:42:45.28
         Average:    20:33.06
   3 Gorham High School          100    2   12   23   24   39   52   53
      Total Time:  1:45:52.43
         Average:    21:10.49
   4 Marshwood High School       124    8   11   31   36   38   55   62
      Total Time:  1:48:14.28
         Average:    21:38.86
   5 Portland High School        126   16   18   21   34   37   65
      Total Time:  1:49:20.52
         Average:    21:52.11
   6 Windham High School         128    9   13   32   33   41   42   45
      Total Time:  1:48:59.03
         Average:    21:47.81
   7 Scarborough High School     187    6    7   46   59   69   77   88
      Total Time:  1:51:04.61
         Average:    22:12.93
   8 Cheverus High School        205   15   22   29   56   83   92   93
      Total Time:  1:53:54.26
         Average:    22:46.86



The Class A boys individual race was exciting as five boys exited the pain cave with a chance to win. In the end it was junior Ben Greene of Falmouth using his superior kick to pull away from a talented field to earn his first individual regional title in his first ever xc season. Grenne's winning effort was 16:32.20, while teammate Ben Potter was close behind in 16:34.43. 

They were followed by a pair of Scarborough athletes as Tristram Coffin and Zach Barry ran 16:35.97, and 16:37.58 respectively.

800m specialist Mahamed Sharif performed very well in his first Twin Brook race as he was fifth in 16:40.62.

Gorham sophomore Calvin Cummings ran 16:49.50 to place sixth, he was followed by another sophomore Chris Walton of Biddeford. Kennebunk senior Ethan Eickmann who hasn't race in over a month showed a little rust as he placed eighth.

Reed Henderson of Gorham was next across in ninth, while senior Aiden Willey of Bonny Eagle rounded out the the top ten.

On the team side with the low sticks of Greene & Potter, the Yachtsmen of Falmouth pulled out a two point victory over defending champions and favored Scarborough 90-92.

Kennebunk finished third with 128 points, the Rams best finish in many years.



Individuals Qualifying for States
  1 Ben Greene                JR Falmouth              16:32.20    1
  2 Benjamin Potter           SR Falmouth              16:34.43    2
  3 Tristram Coffin           SR Scarborough           16:35.97    3
  4 Zachary Barry             SO Scarborough           16:37.58    4
  5 Mahamed Sharif            SR Westbrook             16:40.62    5
  6 Calvin Cummings           SO Gorham High School    16:49.50    6
  7 Chris Walton              SO Biddeford             16:52.11    7
  8 Ethan Eickmann            SR Kennebunk             16:58.41    8
  9 Reed Henderson            JR Gorham High School    17:08.73    9
 10 Aiden Willey              SR Bonny Eagle           17:13.55   10
 11 Erik LoSacco              JR Scarborough           17:18.14   11
 12 Garrett Erickson-Harris   JR Kennebunk             17:19.91   12
 13 Joseph Perreault          SR Sanford High School   17:25.61   13
 14 Nicolas Borelli           JR South Portland        17:28.03   14
 15 Jakob Saucier             SR Massabesic            17:30.36   15
 16 Justin Tomison            SR Bonny Eagle           17:33.02   16
 17 Jack Pecoraro             SR Westbrook             17:41.18   17
 18 Dawson Desrosiers         SR Thornton Academy      17:44.60   18
 19 Braden Butler             SO Marshwood             17:45.55   19
 20 Josh Werner               SO Sanford High School   17:46.09   20
 21 Michael Smoluk            SR Falmouth              17:51.54   21
 22 Josh Lehmann              JR Gorham High School    17:52.87   22
 23 Charlie Smith             SR Kennebunk             17:53.11   23
 24 Elijah Karecki            JR Massabesic            17:54.04   24
 25 Owen Pfaff                JR Deering High School   17:54.82   25
 26 Alexey Seredin            SO Deering High School   17:55.13   26
 27 Joey Lancia               SR Deering High School   18:01.14   27
 28 Liam Niles                SR Portland              18:03.82   28
 29 Jacob Ramos               SO South Portland        18:04.29   29
 30 Jesse Cadigan             SO Massabesic            18:04.92   30
Boys Qualifying Teams
 1 Falmouth High School         90    1    2   21   31   35   93  104
      Total Time:  1:27:27.72
         Average:    17:29.55
   2 Scarborough High School      92    3    4   11   36   38   57   69
      Total Time:  1:27:22.99
         Average:    17:28.60
   3 Kennebunk High School       128    8   12   23   42   43   52   72
      Total Time:  1:29:23.42
         Average:    17:52.69
   4 Bonny Eagle High School     141   10   16   34   40   41   58   63
      Total Time:  1:30:14.73
         Average:    18:02.95
   5 Gorham High School          167    6    9   22   55   75   90  116
      Total Time:  1:30:14.65
         Average:    18:02.93
   6 Westbrook High School       168    5   17   47   48   51   68  111
      Total Time:  1:30:42.72
         Average:    18:08.55
   7 Deering High School         196   25   26   27   32   86  100  105
      Total Time:  1:31:45.98
         Average:    18:21.20
   8 Sanford High School         199   13   20   44   60   62   96  110
      Total Time:  1:31:59.59
         Average:    18:23.92
   9 Massabesic High School      204   15   24   30   64   71   89   99
      Total Time:  1:31:59.95
         Average:    18:23.99