KVAC XC Championship meet preview

KVAC Championship
Derek Veilleux

 

 

Girls Class A Top Teams


Brewer (#10 ranked) The Witches are the defending champions; they have been steadily improving this fall. They were 3rd in the Mt. Blue relays last week, while they finished 6th at the FOC. The Witches have been led by sophomore Sara Chavarie. They will be chasing Mt. Blue & Mt. Ararat, both of whom have finished ahead of Brewer this fall.

Top 5 runners

1) Chavarie, Sara 2012 20:23.40
2) Haluska, Michelle 2011 21:07.30
3) Sund, Lily 2010 21:42.80
4) Clark, Bekah 2010 21:52.90
5) King, Makayla 2012 21:58.10

 

Mt. Ararat (#8 ranked) The Eagles will be hungry for this one, coming off a narrow defeat by 3 seconds at the Mt. Blue Relays at the hands of Mt. Blue. Mt. Ararat has the best depth of any team in the league. They have been led this fall by Katie Spies & Emma Wood. The Eagles took down Mt. Blue in a regular season matchup on 9/24, although Mt. Blue wasn’t at full strength that day.

Top 5 runners

1) Spies, Kate 2011 19:50.00
2) Wood, Emma 2012 20:06.00
3) Mcnett, Ariel 2010 20:16.00
4) Emerson, Chloe 2011 21:48.00
5) Mcnett, Lauren 2013 23:00.00

Mt. Blue (#7 ranked) The Cougars will have confidence coming into this one having just eeked out a win over Mt. Ararat at the Mt. Blue Relays last week. Mt. Blue has been running well lately and seems to be peaking at the right time. They finished 5th at the Festival of Champions. They have been led by defending individual champion, Melody Lam.

 Top 5 runners

1) Lam, Melody 2010 19:54.10
2) Cullenberg, Addie 2012 20:30.70
3) Beacham, Gwen 2011 20:33.80
4) Aseltine, Shelby 2011 21:42.30
5) Stancioff, Louisa 2012 22:30.00

 

Top 15 Individual Rankings

  1 Spies, Kate               11 Mt. Ararat High Scho  19:50.00    1
  2 McMahon, Katie            10 Brunswick High Schoo  19:52.30    2
  3 Lam, Melody               12 Mt. Blue High School  19:54.10    3
  4 Wood, Emma                10 Mt. Ararat High Scho  20:06.00    4
  5 Mcnett, Ariel             12 Mt. Ararat High Scho  20:16.00    5
  6 Chavarie, Sara            10 Brewer High School    20:23.40    6
  7 Cullenberg, Addie         10 Mt. Blue High School  20:30.70    7
  8 Collier, Meaghan          11 Messalonskee High Sc  20:32.00    8
  9 Beacham, Gwen             11 Mt. Blue High School  20:33.80    9
 10 McDonough, Meghan         11 Brunswick High Schoo  20:58.40   10
 11 Haluska, Michelle         11 Brewer High School    21:07.30   11
 12 Hart, Abby                11 Edward Little High S  21:08.00   12
 13 Beede, Morgan             12 Cony High School      21:13.00   13
 14 Reading, Mariah           10 Bangor High School    21:35.10   14
 15 Aseltine, Shelby          11 Mt. Blue High School  21:42.30   15

Girls Class B Top Teams

 

Maranacook (Unranked) The Black Bears will look to challenge Medomak behind individual favorite Abby Mace. Maranacook. They will need solid races out of Taylor Burr and Caroline Colan if they are to compete with Medomak

Top 5 runners

1) Mace, Abby 2012 18:36.40
2) Burr, Taylor 2010 20:28.10
3) Colan, Caroline 2013 22:07.30
4) Adams, Sarah 0 22:45.90
5) Koester, Svenja 0 24:45.50

 

Medomak Valley (#12 ranked) The Panthers have been running very strong in 2009; most recently they won the Camden Hills Invitational.  They are the defending Class B KVAC champions, and will be looking to make it two in a row. Medomak has been led by Gwen Moiles & Kiana Ocean this fall.

 Top 5 runners

1) Moiles, Gwen 20:11 20:39.00
2) Ocean, Kiana 2010 20:46.00
3) Wyllie, Megan 2011 21:29.30
4) Weaver, Nicole 2011 21:30.40
5) Griggs, Alyssa 2012 22:16.40

Hampden Academy (Unranked) The Broncos are coming off their strongest meet of the season a narrow 4 point loss to #3 ranked John Bapst at the Pendale Invitational. Leading the way for Hampden is Alley Becker.

Top 5 runners

1) Becker, Alley 2011 21:38.00
2) Jordan, Blakelee 2011 21:44.00
3) Parker, Kylee 0 21:52.00
4) Holden, Hannah 2012 22:18.00
5) Doyon, Courtney 2012 22:41.90

 

Winslow (Unranked) The Black Raiders will look to continue their improvement in 2009, they placed 4th in 2008 and have a shot to do much better than that on Saturday. Winslow has beaten Hampden & Maranacook this season. They have been led Molly Schassberger.

 Top 5 runners

1) Schassberger, Molly 2013 20:42.00
2) Walsh, Adriana 2011 21:17.50
3) Jones, Riley 2012 21:28.70
4) Schassberger, Laura 2012 22:38.10
5) Bertolaccini, Erica 2013 24:21.82

 

Top 15 Individual Rankings

  1 Mace, Abby                10 Maranacook Community  18:36.40    1
  2 Burr, Taylor              12 Maranacook Community  20:28.10    2
  3 Leeman, Nikki             12 Lincoln Academy       20:28.50    3
  4 Fereshetian, Allison      12 Leavitt Area High Sc  20:38.00    4
  5 Moiles, Gwen              11 Medomak Valley High   20:39.00    5
  6 Schassberger, Molly        9 Winslow High School   20:42.00    6
  7 Ocean, Kiana              12 Medomak Valley High   20:46.00    7
  8 Walsh, Adriana            11 Winslow High School   21:17.50    8
  9 Jones, Riley              10 Winslow High School   21:28.70    9
 10 Wyllie, Megan             11 Medomak Valley High   21:29.30   10
 11 Weaver, Nicole            11 Medomak Valley High   21:30.40   11
 12 Lianne, McCluskey         12 Camden Hills Regiona  21:32.20   12
 13 Wessels, Abigail          10 Belfast Area High Sc  21:33.80   13
 14 Becker, Alley             11 Hampden Academy       21:38.00   14
 15 Jordan, Blakelee          11 Hampden Academy       21:44.00   15

 

Boys Class A Top Teams

 

Brunswick (#3 ranked) The Dragons have been the top team in the KVAC to date, and will be looking to capture that elusive conference championship. Brunswick is coming off a KVAC regular season win over #12 ranked Edward Little; they were also the top KVAC team at the FOC. The Dragons have the a powerful 1-2 punch headed by individual favorite Will Geoghegan, his teammate Liam Cassidy is one of the top runners in the conference as well.

 

Top 5 runners

 

1) Geoghegan, Will 2010 15:33.00
2) Cassidy, Liam 2010 16:17.70
3) Mills, George 2011 17:59.53
4) Purcell, Stephen 2010 18:12.90
5) Horan, Patrick 2011 18:13.90

 

 

Mt. Blue (Unranked) The Cougars have been one of the top teams in the KVAC this fall. They will look to improve on a 5th place finish from 2008. They edged rival Cony on a 6th man tie-breaker at the FOC. Leading the way for Mt. Blue is individual title threat Kelton Cullenberg.

 

Top 5 runners

  1) Cullenberg, Kelton 2010 15:44.00
  2) Hines, Brody 2011 17:35.00
  3) Luchini, Alex 2010 18:18.00
  4) Brooks, Richie 2010 18:20.20
  5) Nadeau, Kris 2011 18:22.00


Cony (Unranked) The Rams have been one of the most improved teams in the KVAC this fall. They have been in and out of the top 12 teams in the fan/athlete poll and have received votes every week. They are coming off a controversial win at the Mt. Blue Relays, and were the 3rd KVAC Class A at the FOC, narrowly losing out to Mt. Blue on the 6th man tie-breaker. Cony is lead by one of the individual favorites, Luke Fontaine.

 

Top 5 runners

1) Fontaine, Luke 2010 16:01.79
2) Lundquist, Will 2011 17:23.70
3) Smith, Alex 2011 17:39.20
4) Beede, Briar 2010 18:06.83
5) Boucher, Matt 2011 18:48.60

 

Edward Little (#12 ranked) The Red Eddies have been the team to watch in the last couple of weeks. They shocked everyone at the FOC, when they finished 3rd, the second team from Maine, but then it was ruled they had used an ineligible runner a week later. Despite that they are still one of the top teams in the KVAC, and will be battling for a top spot. They are coming off a defeat at the hands of Brunswick last week but defeated rival Lewiston. EL has been led by Sadam & Omar Abdi this fall.

 

Top 5 runners

1) Abdi, Sadam 2010 16:49.20
2) Abdi, Omar 2010 17:02.10
3) Noor, Faisal 2011 17:10.60
4) Mohamed, Hussein 0 18:24.30
5) Barbosa-Neto, John 2010 19:29.00

 

Top 15 Individuals

  1 Geoghegan, Will           12 Brunswick High Schoo  15:33.00    1
  2 Cullenberg, Kelton        12 Mt. Blue High School  15:44.00    2
  3 Fontaine, Luke            12 Cony High School      16:01.79    3
  4 Kaake, Jason              12 Morse High School     16:14.90    4
  5 Cassidy, Liam             12 Brunswick High Schoo  16:17.70    5
  6 Nisbett, Sam              12 Bangor High School    16:45.40    6
  7 Abdi, Sadam               12 Edward Little High S  16:49.20    7
  8 Abdi, Omar                12 Edward Little High S  17:02.10    8
  9 Ibrahim, Hussein          11 Lewiston High School  17:05.00    9
 10 Noor, Faisal              11 Edward Little High S  17:10.60   10
 11 Peters, Sebastian         12 Lawrence High School  17:11.00   11
 12 Abdillahi, Faisal         12 Lewiston High School  17:18.00   12
 13 Jones, Jaron              11 Lewiston High School  17:20.00   13
 14 Lundquist, Will           11 Cony High School      17:23.70   14
 15 Hines, Brody              11 Mt. Blue High School  17:35.00   15

Boys Class B Top Teams

 

Hampden (#11 ranked) The Broncos have moved down to Class B this fall and are the team to beat at the conference championship.  Hampden is coming off a strong win at the Pendale Invitational, and earlier this fall placed 9th in the FOC the top KVAC Class B school in the meet. They have been led by Darick Frye this fall who is one of the individual favorites.

Top 5 runners

1) Frye, Darik 2010 16:09.00
2) O'Donnell, Greg 2010 17:21.00
3) Piccirillo, Evan 2011 17:40.70
4) Burke, Ethan 2011 18:08.00
5) Closson, Andrew 2012 18:20.00

 

Maranacook (Unranked) The Black Bears are the defending champions, and return a strong squad in 2009. They will be looking for a top 2 finish. Maranacook is coming off a 6th place finish at the Mt. Blue Relays, earlier this year they finished 18th at the FOC, ahead of Class B rivals Winslow & Medomak. This fall Evan Vincent & Justin Greely have led the way.

 Top 5 runners

1) Greely, Justin 2010 18:14.82
2) Vincent, Evan 2011 18:31.80
3) Down, Artem 2010 18:32.40
4) Longfellow, Evan 2010 18:57.30
5) Chiapetta, Louis 2012 18:57.70

 

Winslow (Unranked) The Black Raiders continue to improve as a team. Most recently they finished just behind Maranacook in the Mt. Blue Relays. They have a chance for the best finish in recent history for Winslow at the KVAC Championship meet. The Black Raiders have been led by Colby Lévesque and Nick Shuckrow this season.

 Top 5 runners

1) Levesque, Colby 2011 18:30.57
2) McCann, Mike 2011 18:37.36
3) Shuckrow, Nick 2013 18:38.70
4) Wilelette, Shawn 2011 18:48.00
5) Cassidy, James 2011 18:54.10

 

Top 15 Individuals

  1 Frye, Darik               12 Hampden Academy       16:09.00    1
  2 Seekins, Sam              12 Erskine Academy       16:10.92    2
  3 James, Ryan               12 Belfast Area High Sc  16:31.30    3
  4 Frye, Darik               12 Hampden Academy       16:09.00    1
  5 Widzgowski, Ryan          12 Camden Hills Regiona  16:58.00    4
  6 Hale, Jeff                11 Waterville High Scho  17:02.00    5
  7 O'Donnell, Patrick        12 Medomak Valley High   17:19.00    6
  8 O'Donnell, Greg           12 Hampden Academy       17:21.00    7
  9 Ward, Gary                12 Lincoln Academy       17:22.00    8
 10 Hodgkins, Eben            10 Erskine Academy       17:31.00    9
 11 Piccirillo, Evan          11 Hampden Academy       17:40.70   10
 12 O'Donnell, Greg           12 Hampden Academy       17:21.00    7
 13 Burke, Ethan              11 Hampden Academy       18:08.00   11
 14 Williams, Jamie           11 Waterville High Scho  18:14.00   12
 15 Greely, Justin            12 Maranacook Community  18:14.82   13