Way Back Wednesday: Morris Anchors Scarborough to 2012 Indoor Title
The 2012 Class A State Championship came down to the final event, the boys 4x200m relay. Deering entered the final event with a nine-point lead over Scarborough and was a strong candidate to score in the relay. The Rams competing in section three had trouble with the third exchange that resulted in a disqualification. This set the stage for section four of the 4x200m relay.
Scarborough led off with senior Ryan Jamison who had finished sixth in the open 200m running 23.61 earlier in the meet. Jamison got the stick around first to senior Greg Viola and after a slight juggle of the baton, Viola sped around the track holding a slight the lead for the Red Storm over Gorham, with Cheverus closing in. Junior Austin Doody had the stick on the third leg he led heading into the final turn and swung out wide which allowed an opening on the inside of lane one, Gorham moved into lane one but with the anchor legs already set, they had to slow down and move back to lane two to make the pass. On anchor for Scarborough was Nick Morris who won the Class A cross-country title in the fall. Additionally, to add drama to race, Morris was competing in his first meet since mid-December because of injury. Morris held the lead down the final straight with Gorham's anchor Nathan Bucknell nipping at his heels, while Cheverus was closing fast. It was a photo finish at the line, and when the clock flashed Scarborough 1:34.99 first the Red Storm not only won the race but erased the nine-point deficit to win the team title.
Results
Event 18 Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
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Class A: R 1:33.77 1986 Brunswick
Noveria, McIntyre, Jacobs, Droney
'11 Champion: 1:35.89 South Portland, South Portland
D Medici, B Campbell, D Grazewski, A Reid
School Finals H# Points
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1 Scarborough High School 1:34.99 4 10
1) Austin Doody SO 2) Greg Viola JR
3) Ryan Jamison JR 4) Nick Morris SR
2 Thornton Academy 1:36.25 3 8
1) Cody Forbes SR 2) Kyle Forbes SR
3) Andrew Smith FR 4) Chris Walker SR
3 South Portland High School 1:38.20 3 6
1) Daniel Medici SR 2) Nicholas Genesio SR
3) Benjamin Michaud SO 4) Wamokanzi Alognon SR
4 Hampden Academy 1:38.24 4 4
1) Sam Donnelly SO 2) Roy Donnelly JR
3) Cam Blood SR 4) Josh Hoch SO
5 Bonny Eagle High School 1:38.61 2 3
1) Jeremy Collins SR 2) James Patchell SO
3) Kyle Bailey SR 4) Shane Corbett SR
6 Bangor High School 1:38.65 4 2
1) Joseph Belanger JR 2) David Correale SR
3) Damian Lambert FR 4) Peter Manuel SO
7 Brunswick High School 1:38.69 1 1
1) Donald Benbow SR 2) Pablo Maderal SR
3) Connor Monette SR 4) Alex Nichols JR
8 Lewiston High School 1:39.15 3
1) Kwabena Akuffo-Anoff SO 2) Dahir Muhtar SR
3) Nasir Abdiraham JR 4) Mostafa Elfaham SR
9 Edward Little High School 1:40.50 3
1) Roger Charest JR 2) Gage Clavet SR
3) Bryan Ring SR 4) Darnell Hairston SR
10 Lawrence High School 1:40.74 1
1) Anthony Sementelli JR 2) Dakota White SO
3) Anthony LeVasseur SR 4) Drew Bois JR
11 Brewer High School 1:41.39 2
1) Anthony Jackson SR 2) Trey Williams SR
3) Joe Hayden JR 4) John Rivers SR
12 Windham High School 1:42.71 2
1) Travis Harkins SR 2) Calvin Field JR
3) Aaron Graves FR 4) Hawar Haddadi FR
13 Massabesic High School 1:44.36 1
1) Seamus Lynch 10 2) Brandon Coulombe 12
3) Ben Polcaro 12 4) Dan Allaire 11
14 Messalonskee High School 1:48.65 1
1) Josh Allarie SO 2) Thomas Frasca SR
3) Kyle Howard SO 4) Tyler Jones SR
15 Cony High School 1:49.67 1
1) Sam Birch JR 2) Luke Dang JR
3) Branden Emerson FR 4) Patrick Hassen JR
-- Gorham High School DQ 4
1) Ryan Baillargeon SR 2) Brandon Cushman SR
3) Austin Bell SO 4) Nathan Bucknell SR
-- Mt. Ararat High School DQ 2
1) Colton Burne JR 2) Darine (Houdji) Gnidehoue SR
3) Will Hirnak JR 4) Ryan Smith JR
-- Deering High School DQ 3
1) Matt Kimball SR 2) Anthony Miller SR
3) Tony Sen SR 4) Tom Hart SR
-- Noble High School DQ 2
1) Ethan Beaulier JR 2) Derek Shute JR
3) David Thibault JR 4) Brandon Richard SO
-- Cheverus High School DQ 4
1) James Campbell JR 2) Jackson McMann JR
3) Andrew Rose JR 4) Joe Slattery SO