Girls Race Recap
The girls race was lead out by Gorham's duo of Mia Rapolla and Rachel Wilkinson along with Melissa Dellatore of Scarborough. As they hit the trail the lead group formed with Wilkinson pacing out along with Rapolla,Dellatore,and Talia McKay(Windham).
At the first mile Wilkinson lead through with 6:02 with Rapolla following coming through at 6:04 and Dellatore(6:06),Mckay (6:08)staying in pace.
By Mile 2 things started to thin out. Wilkinson still was leading with Rapolla in her draft hitting the second mile at 12:40. Dellatore holding 3rd at 12:50 and McKay at 12:56.
The first runner out of the woods making the kick to the finish was Mia Rapolla clocking 19:56 while Wilkinson glided in for second at 19:59 .Dellatore took 3rd (20:09) while McKay held out for a 4th place finish (20:25) and Samantha C
ox (Bonny Eagle) ran a strong race for 5th (20:32). Gorham's front runners and depth (#3 & #4 runners Kelsey Rex and Jackson Marshall also finishing in the top ten) lead them to the win over Scarborough 34-46. The same teams will run against eachother at the Western Maine Regional meet next weekend at Twin Brook Recreation Park in Cumberland.
Boys Race Recap
The question of the day was - "Is Nate going to get another one?". The Answer-"Yep!". Hathaway gets himself another SMAA course record .The old course record of 16:18 held by Bartlett of Lake Region was overtaken by Nate Hathaway's 16:08 , and he made it look easy.
The race was taken out by Jeremy Earl and Logan Marshall as they headed into the trail. Hathaway was not in obvious view but by the mile Hathaway (5:01) moved out in front to be the leader of a large pack .Logan Marshall(Gor), Jeremy Earl(Gor),Tim Belanger(BE),Nick Morris(Scar),Adam Hawkes(Gor),Julian Gazzeloni(Win) and Garret Clemmer (Win) were among the lead group packed tightly behind Hathaway.
Hathaway made separation at mile two with Marshall holding second and keeping Nate in his sights .Earl and Belanger were having a battle for third, but Morris was on their heels along with Hawkes and Clemmer.
Emerging from the woods it was Hathaway, looking like he may go sub 16. He came to the finish with a smooth 16:08 putting him at the top on a course that has had very few break 17 minutes, let alone 16:30. The next runner to come through was Logan Marshall, he was looking to break 16:30 but still finished strong at 16:39, giving him a seasons best. The battle for third was between Earl,Belanger,and Morris. Morris(16:57) took the inside coming down to the finish to edge out Earl(16:57). Belanger(17:01) takes 4th followed by Gorham's #3 Hawkes(17:10).
Teamwise Gorham gave Scarborough everything they could handle, putting their #3 & #4 runners ahead of Scarborough's. But it the end Scarborough behind Hathaway's course record and the depth of their 4-8 runners gave the Red Storm enough for victory (35-37). The two teams will battle once again next weekend at the Western Maine Regional.