XC Countdown 2022: #11 Mt. Desert Island Boys



Maine MileSplit 2022 XC Team Countdown


With the calendar switching to August soon we wanted to switch gears from the track to the trails to get ready for the upcoming cross-country season. Athletes around the state are hitting the roads and trails building up a strong base in hopes of a successful cross-country in 2022, with the hopes of lifting the state championship as a team in November the ultimate goal. Our plan is to highlight who we think are the top 25 returning girls and boys xc teams over the next three weeks. Thanks to Cheverus XC/track coach Nick Denari for volunteering his time and efforts to put this countdown together.


Liam McKernan is one of the top returners for the Trojans this fall.


#11- Mt. Desert Island Trojans

Class B #3

Class B North #2

PVC #3


2021 Results:

Class B North Regional: 1st (81 points)

Class B State Championships: 7th (191 points)


Top Returning Runners: (Based on Personal Bests)

NameGradeTime

Sam York

1216:22.19

Liam McKernan

1118:16.70

Sam Craighead

1218:35.25

Jay Haney

1119:04.80

Ryan Davis

1220:02.36

Feleke Lynch

1120:19.17

Simon Zhang

1022:47.54


2022 Outlook:  MDI returns four of seven runners from a squad that won the Class B North title last year. Senior Sam York will be a force to be reckoned with and is a major contender for the Class B individual title. He has the fastest personal best out of all athletes in Class B and is coming off a 4th place finish as a junior. The Trojans have a number of solid runners behind York, but most intriguing is an incoming crop of freshmen headlined by JJ Cistone, who ran 4:57 over 1600m as an 8th grader at MDI Middle School. He led the way for a program that had 4 8th graders under the 6-minute barrier, so he may not be the only freshman to contribute this year to this program. MDI should place very highly in all of the championship meets this season. 


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