Gaudrault & Bassett Win Individual titles, Greely Sweeps Team Titles
As she has done in just about every race this year Cape Elizabeth junior Lila Gaudrault found herself running alone at the Southern Maine Class B Regional at Twin Brook on Saturday.
"I just wanted to go out hard and push myself the whole way." the junior told us after the race.
Gaudrault's approach worked as she has the ability to push herself out of her comfort level, and she really enjoys running at Twin Brook.
"It's my favorite course."
Gaudrault's winning time of 19:12.40 was a twenty second course personal best, and gives her confidence heading into the state meet next week on the same.
The defending Class B champion says "I'm looking forward to running faster." when asked about next week's state meet.
Behind Gaudrault there was a great race between freshman Charlotte DeGeorge of Cape Elizabeth and Marin Provencher of Greely as they two battled back and forth. In the end DeGeorge pulled away clocking 19:52.90, while Provencher secured the third stick for her team.
Wells junior Katie Pinette scored a fourth place finish and she was followed across the line by Fryeburg Academy sophomore Alana Nataluk. Next came senior Olivia Ouellette of Poland in sixth.
Freshman Abby Hollis and Charlotte Taylor of Greely ran great and came down the homstretch side by side and decided to grasp hands as they crossed the finish line. This caused a bit of controversy but thankful a rule that forbid the act (It cost the Massabesic girls a state title in 2007) is now a discretionary ruling. Since the athletes didn't impede any of runners, and didn't gain an advantage they were safe.
Sydney Fogg of York placed ninth, while Jane Dawson of Freeport rounded out the top ten finishers.
Greely behind three finishers in the top seven cruised to the regional team title with 62 points as the Rangers averaged 21:16.50.
The Wildcats of York earned the runner-plaque as they totaled 92 points to edge Cape Elizabeth by two points.
Girls Individuals Qualifying for States
1 Lila Gaudrault JR Cape Elisabeth 19:12.40 1 2 Charlotte DeGeorge FR Cape Elisabeth 19:52.90 2 3 Marin Provencher SR Greely High School 19:59.20 3 4 Kate Pinette JR Wells High School 20:34.00 4 5 Alana Nataluk SO Fryeburg Academy 20:41.20 5 6 Olivia Ouellette SR Poland 20:53.90 6 7 Abby Hollis FR Greely High School 20:59.20 8 7 Charlotte Taylor FR Greely High School 20:59.20 7 9 Sydney Fogg SR York High School 21:17.00 9 10 Jane Dawson JR Freeport 21:20.10 10 11 Jillian Wight FR Freeport 21:26.80 11 12 Mia Turkington SR Poland 21:27.30 12 13 Lydia Branson FR Cape Elisabeth 21:28.40 13 14 Bailey Coates SR Spruce Mountain 21:30.20 15 Mara Lamprey SR York High School 21:35.70 14 16 Sadie Cowles SR Yarmouth 21:43.10 15 17 Katie Hankinson FR Greely High School 21:43.30 16 18 Summer Sayward JR Wells High School 22:02.60 17 19 Maddie Marston JR Yarmouth 22:05.70 18 20 Elsa Blease JR Freeport 22:08.10 19 21 Ava Petrin SR Leavitt 22:11.50 20 22 Lucy Kocev FR York High School 22:17.50 21 23 Mary Psyhogeos JR Yarmouth 22:17.80 22 24 Grace Beecher SR York High School 22:29.80 23 25 Ashlyn Poulin FR Gardiner 22:33.50 24 26 Mary Kocev SR York High School 22:35.90 25 27 Addison Hounchell JR Yarmouth 22:37.10 26 28 LiSha Powell FR Poland 22:38.30 27 29 Elsa Dean-Muncie JR Greely High School 22:41.60 28 30 Margo Kenyon JR Leavitt 22:44.60 29
Qualifying Teams for States
1 Greely High School 62 3 8 7 16 28 53 56
Total Time: 1:46:22.50
Average: 21:16.50
2 York High School 92 9 14 21 23 25 31 32
Total Time: 1:50:15.90
Average: 22:03.18
3 Cape Elizabeth High Schoo 94 1 2 13 37 41 49 55
Total Time: 1:47:22.50
Average: 21:28.50
4 Freeport High School 103 10 11 19 30 33 34 60
Total Time: 1:50:31.20
Average: 22:06.24
5 Yarmouth High School 125 15 18 22 26 44 46 48
Total Time: 1:52:26.50
Average: 22:29.30
6 Poland Regional High Scho 162 6 12 27 54 63 69 70
Total Time: 1:54:27.90
Average: 22:53.58Cape Elizabeth senior Jack Bassett & Wells senior Griffin Allaire came into the Southern Maine Class B Regional championship having matched up two consecutive weeks, each time with Bassett pulling away in the end. This week KVAC Class B champion Jarrett Gulden joined the mix making it a great three way battle.
And battle they did.
Gulden set the pace through the first mile with a short gap back to Bassett & Allaire. At the two mile mark the trio was dead even with Bassett setting the pace.
Bassett used his strong to pull away in the final meters from Gulden to secure the win in 16:39.77 to Gulden 16:42.04.
"I just like to sit and kick." Bassett said of his strategy. "I just went for the last .1 miles, and try to haul and it worked out."
Allaire faded a bit in the final mile but still finished a strong third in 16:51. The Greely duo of Sam Wilson & Riley Franklin were next as they secure two low sticks for the Rangers.
York's Eli Hultstrom finished sixth, he was followed across the line by Josiah Martin of Lincoln Academy. Next came junior Martin Horne of Freeport last year's regional champion, while Greely's Elias Leggat-Barr ran a great race for ninth. Rounding of the top ten was senior Odeh Rizkallah of Yarmouth.
Greely on its home course upset York 64-67 behind four runners in the top twelve despite the Wildcats placing seven runners in front of the Rangers 5th runner. The two teams will do battle again next week.
Lincoln Academy finished third with 94 while Cape Elizabeth was fourth with 107 points.
Boys Individuals Qualifying for States
1 Jack Bassett SR Cape Elisabeth 16:39.77 1 2 Jarrett Gulden SR Lincoln Academy 16:42.04 2 3 Griffin Allaire SR Wells High School 16:51.13 3 4 Sam Wilson JR Greely High School 16:54.34 4 5 Riley Franklin SR Greely High School 16:59.07 5 6 Eli Hultstrom SR York High School 17:13.22 6 7 Josiah Martin SR Lincoln Academy 17:23.04 7 8 Martin Horne JR Freeport 17:23.46 8 9 Elias Leggat-Barr JR Greely High School 17:28.70 9 10 Odeh Rizkallah SR Yarmouth 17:33.14 10 11 Joe Neal SO York High School 17:40.55 11 12 Leif Harvey JR Greely High School 17:43.21 12 13 Alex Hames JR York High School 17:52.89 13 14 Jake Twigg SO Poland 17:56.35 14 15 Covey Dufort SR Wells High School 18:00.26 15 16 Indie Brogan FR Wells High School 18:00.74 16 17 Owen Patry SO Cape Elisabeth 18:01.44 17 18 Austin Bennett SR York High School 18:02.06 18 19 Brady Harrod SR York High School 18:02.32 19 20 Aidan Pryor JR Morse High School 18:07.43 20 21 Cameron Nelson SR Lincoln Academy 18:10.68 21 22 Ricky Perruzzi JR Cape Elisabeth 18:11.33 22 23 Kaleb Brackley-Prouty SR Lincoln Academy 18:16.64 23 24 Cavin McNamara JR York High School 18:19.58 24 25 Gabe Sarno JR York High School 18:22.08 25 26 Henry Horne FR Freeport 18:22.53 26 27 Liam Scanlon JR Morse High School 18:24.97 27 28 Wyatt Fessler SO GNG 18:25.82 28 29 Vaughn Lindenau SO Cape Elisabeth 18:26.22 29 30 Finn Thelen SO Morse High School 18:28.22 30
Qualifying Teams for States
1 Greely High School 64 4 5 9 12 34 39 50
Total Time: 1:27:49.93
Average: 17:33.99
2 York High School 67 6 11 13 18 19 24 25
Total Time: 1:28:51.04
Average: 17:46.21
3 Lincoln Academy 94 2 7 21 23 41 44 49
Total Time: 1:29:28.61
Average: 17:53.73
4 Cape Elizabeth High Schoo 107 1 17 22 29 38 46 47
Total Time: 1:30:08.90
Average: 18:01.78
5 Freeport High School 143 8 26 32 35 42 55 63
Total Time: 1:32:09.99
Average: 18:26.00
6 Yarmouth High School 166 10 36 37 40 43 54 61
Total Time: 1:33:01.78
Average: 18:36.36
7 Wells High School 182 3 15 16 73 75 85 92
Total Time: 1:34:55.23
Average: 18:59.05