KVAC XC Championship Preview

The KVAC cross-country championship will take place at Messalonskee High School on Saturday. The meet was previously scheduled to take place at Cony High School as it traditionally has in the past but the course suffered damage this fall, and it couldn't be taken care of in time, so in stepped Messalonskee.

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While the girls will all race together they will be scored separately based on Class. In the Class A girls' race, Jenna VanRyn a senior from Camden Hills is the top seed, she has a best of 19:28.28 this fall and currently ranks sixth in Class A. The Class B girls' are led by statewide #8 runner Shealyn Brochu of Morse. Brochu in her first cross-country season has excelled and is also the #2 ranked Class B this fall.

Camden Hills is the top-ranked girls team in the meet. The Windjammers are ranked #3 in the state and are the favorites in the Class A race. In the Class B race, Lincoln Academy is the heavy favorite, they enter the meet ranked sixth statewide, and are the second-ranked B team in the state.

On the boys' side, Brunswick senior Ben Klingle is the #7 in the state, he'll be pushed by another senior Harrison Shain of Hampden Academy who ranks #10. Watch for Enzo Giampaolo (Lewiston) and Asher Valentine (Hampden Academy) to be in the mix as well. Gabe Durazo of Leavitt is the top Class B runner in the meet, he could be pushed by Lincoln Academy's Eliot O'Mahoney and Levi Riggs of Morse.


Class A Girls

RankNameTeamFastest 5k Time
Chase Pack & A#6

Jenna VanRyn

Camden Hills19:28.28
Chase Pack & A#7

Marguerite Worner

Camden Hills20:40.31
Not Ranked

Maeve Woodruff

Brunswick19:33.00
Not Ranked

Gretchen Plant

Hampden Academy19:57.87
Not Ranked

Addison Elliott

Hampden Academy20:06.26
Not Ranked

Nora McCourt

Mt. Blue20:18.81
Not Ranked

Katie McCarthy

Bangor20:18.88


Class B/C Girls

RankNameTeamFastest 5k Time
#8 & B#2

Shealyn Brochu

Morse19:12.85
Chase Pack & B#5

Dylan Burmeister

Lincoln Academy19:54.24
Not Ranked

Audrey Hufnagel

Lincoln Academy19:26.36
Not Ranked

Haley Marston

Leavitt20:16.92
Not Ranked

Madeline Kallin

Lincoln Academy20:19.74


Team Ranks

RankTeam
#3 & A#3Camden Hills
#6 & B#2Lincoln Academy
#10 & A#6Hampden Academy
Chase Pack & A#7Bangor



Class A Boys

RankNameTeamFastest 5k Time
#7 & A#5

Ben Klingle

Brunswick16:12.24
#10 & A#7

Harrison Shain

Hampden Academy16:21.76
Not Ranked

Enzo Giampaolo

Lewiston16:12.36
Not Ranked

Henri McCourt

Mt. Blue16:28.94
Not Ranked

Pierce Coughlin

Messalonskee16:30.04
Not Ranked

Asher Valentine

Hampden Academy16:38.80
Not Ranked

Lucas Hutchinson

Oxford Hills16:50.03


Class B Boys

RankNameTeamFastest 5k Time
Not Ranked

Gabe Durazo

Leavitt16:46.64
Not Ranked

Eliot O'Mahoney

Lincoln Academy16:47.89
Not Ranked

Levi Riggs

Morse17:01.60
Not Ranked

Braden Rioux

Winslow17:12.29
Not Ranked

Noah Morris

Medomak Valley17:16.83


Team Ranks

RanksTeam
#5 & A#4Hampden Academy
#7 & A#5Brunswick
#8 & A#6Camden Hills
Not RankedLincoln Academy