The Scarborough boys continued their winning tradition on Monday at the University of Southern Maine's Costello Athletic Complex as the Red Storm who entered the meet as the favorites won their seventh consecutive team title, and their twelfth in the last fourteen years.
COMPLETE RESULTS
Scarborough got off to a strong start as sophomore Nate Murray moved from the third position to the top in the shot put on his final throw. Murray who had a best of 46-1 entering the competition spun the shot out to 47-11 on his sixth throw.
The Red Storm went through a rough patch as they didn't score as high as they were seeded in the 55m hurdles, 55m dash and one mile races but that didn't derail Scarborough as they finished the meet very strong.
Senior Parker Killiard roared to a personal best 22.58 to win the 200m race for ten important points to pull Scarborough within two points. Sophomore Wyatt Martin came up with a one foot personal best in the pole vault to earn a runner-up finish with his 12-0 clearance.
The two mile sealed the meet for Scarborough as distance standout Adam Bendetson set an early fast pace and was never challenged winning by twenty plus seconds with his 9:31.52. Teammates Ethan Keller moved up from the eighth seed to fourth with a personal best 10:21.03, while senior Nate Driscoll moved from ninth to sixth with a personal best 10:25.36.
MEET PHOTOS
Brunswick took the runner-up honors behind senior Thomas McCormack's 13-0 clearance in the pole vault. Sprinter Spencer Stadnicki added a runner-up finish in the 400m (51.5) plus added a fourth in the 200m (23.21), both races yielded personal bests for the senior. Another senior Miles Logan was third in the 800m (2:00.89).
Noble junior Maddox Jordan put his blazing kick to work twice. In the mile Jordan stormed to a personal best 4:20.65 with a 60.82 last 400m that included a 29.95 last lap. In the 800m it looked like Jordan might run out of room but with fifty meters to go he hit the afterburners to take it in 2:00.57. His last two last in the race where 29.81, and then 27.97 for his final 200m.
Skowhegan junior Billy Albertson was also a double winner on the day making up for missing last year's meet due to COVID. Albertson took the long jump with his fifth round personal best leap of 21-11 3/4. In triple jump he bounded his way out to another personal best this time in round four with his winning jump of 45-5. The mark moves Albertson to seventh best in state history.
Sophomore Andre Clark of Marshwood set another personal best to win the 55m dash in 6.58. Bonny Eagle's Ethan Kane avenged his fall at the Southwesterns last week with a huge personal best 7.81 to take the 55m hurdles. Falmouth's Miles Gay ran a great second half to grab the 400m title in a time of 50.85. In the high jump Gorham sophomore Griffin Gammon set a personal best to win with a 6-3 clearance. Hampden Academy won the opening 4x800m relay (8:26.75) behind a sub 2 minute leg from Charlie Collins. Falmouth closed the meet out just missing the state meet record in the 4x200m relay (1:32.90) by .01.