It was a chilly day at Troy A. Howard Middle School for the Maine State Class C Boys Championship race. Slated to be one of the top races this year Class C did not disappoint with 5 boys under 17 minutes. The major hype coming into the race was the battle between Chase Brown (Boothbay) and Matt McClintock (Madison). The two had split their two previous championship races with Brown bringing home MVC gold and McClintock winning the Western Maine Regional. Off the gun several runners went off fast with Steven Morrill (Greenville) in the lead after 100 meters. McClintock passed Morrill shortly after that and was followed by Brown. Brown surged past McClintock just around the 3/4 mile mark and the two swapped spots several times with Brown winning the race to the mile going out in a fast 4:48 followed closely by McClintock in 4:49. McClintock regained the lead shortly after that and surged to a lead going up the long hill. From there McClintock spaced out his lead on Brown coming through the 2 mile in 10:11 with Brown about 10 seconds behind. Brown worked hard to try to reclose the gap but it was McClintock taking the state title with a time of 16:00.91 seconds. Brown followed with a 16:14.97. Rounding out the top ten were Josef Holt-Andrews of Telstar (16:33.04) Jack Pierce of Merriconeag (16:45.27) Alex Bulteel of Orono (16:57.29) Matt Guiod of Mattanawcook (17:04.52) Charlie Jones of North Haven (17:06.18) Cam Regan of NYA (17:11.94) Nate Schwem of Boothbay (17:12.62) and Abshir Horor of Waynflete (17:20.38).
Top 20 Individuals McClintock Interview
1 Matthew McClintock JR Madison High School 16:00.91 2 Chase Brown JR Boothbay 16:14.97 1 3 Josef Holt-Andrews FR Telstar 16:33.04 2 4 Jack Pierce SO Merriconeag 16:45.27 3 5 Alex Bulteel JR Orono High School 16:57.29 4 6 Matt Guiod JR Mattanawcook 17:04.52 7 Charlie Jones SR North Haven 17:06.18 8 Cam Regan JR North Yarmouth 17:11.94 5 9 Nate Schwehm SR Boothbay 17:12.62 6 10 Abshir Horor JR Waynflete 17:20.38 7 11 Evan Kendall JR North Yarmouth 17:20.84 8 12 Patrick McInnis SR Monmouth Academy 17:28.21 9 13 Forrest Carle SO Calais High School 17:33.70 14 Rudy Guliani JR North Yarmouth 17:36.22 10 15 Kevin Desmond SR Monmouth Academy 17:37.84 11 16 Abukar Adan SO Waynflete 17:40.47 12 17 Matt McInnis JR Monmouth Academy 17:41.57 13 18 Josh Espy SO Waynflete 17:42.71 14 19 Griffin Day SR Freeport 17:45.74 15 20 Bennett Wade SR Freeport 17:51.00 16
In the team race it was NYA picking up the state title with a commanding victory of runners up Freeport 60-99. NYA was led by junior Cam Regan and had all 5 boys finish in the top 25. As well as all 5 runners being under 18 minute. NYA adavnces to the New England meet
Top 5 Teams
Results - Men 1 North Yarmouth Academy 60 5 8 10 17 20 34 49 Total Time: 1:28:03.14 Average: 17:36.63 2 Freeport High School 99 15 16 19 23 26 29 31 Total Time: 1:30:09.37 Average: 18:01.88 3 Waynflete 105 7 12 14 35 37 48 67 Total Time: 1:30:08.68 Average: 18:01.74 4 Monmouth Academy 112 9 11 13 38 41 44 50 Total Time: 1:30:30.58 Average: 18:06.12 5 Boothbay Region High Scho 115 1 6 27 30 51 55 66 Total Time: 1:29:55.05 Average: 17:59.01
Girls Recap Carsyn Koch & Carmen Bragg Interview
Top 20 Individuals
1 Carsyn Koch FR Washburn 19:36.50 2 Martha Veroneau SO Waynflete 20:48.93 1 3 Carmen Bragg FR Washburn 20:53.97 4 Anna Doyle SR Winthrop 20:58.99 5 Zoe Chace SO Merriconeag 21:02.38 2 6 Hillary Detert JR North Yarmouth 21:09.43 3 7 Meagan Thomas JR Lisbon High School 21:28.07 8 Emily Trafton JR Waynflete 21:29.56 4 9 Teagan Wu FR Merriconeag 21:36.19 5 10 Morgan Lee SR Telstar 21:38.98 11 Nicole Bakeman JR George Stevens 21:44.65 12 Lauren Easler SR Freeport 21:52.81 6 13 Maggie Meixell JR North Yarmouth 21:56.36 7 14 Carlin Tindall FR Merriconeag 21:57.03 8 15 Tiffany Pease FR Monmouth Academy 21:58.80 16 Nelly Winship SO Bucksport 22:03.56 9 17 Ellie Soule JR Freeport 22:13.24 10 18 Sikwani Dana JR Carrabec 22:14.82 19 Sarah Jordan JR North Yarmouth 22:14.98 11 20 Brandy Carle Calais High School 22:17.20
Top 5 Teams
Results - Women 1 Merriconeag - Waldorf HS 46 2 5 8 14 17 25 32 Total Time: 1:49:56.09 Average: 21:59.22 2 Waynflete 52 1 4 12 13 22 29 37 Total Time: 1:50:27.46 Average: 22:05.50 3 North Yarmouth Academy 81 3 7 11 24 36 43 45 Total Time: 1:53:10.94 Average: 22:38.19 4 Freeport High School 88 6 10 19 23 30 41 42 Total Time: 1:54:27.45 Average: 22:53.49 5 Lee Academy 145 20 26 27 33 39 47 50 Total Time: 1:59:43.93 Average: 23:56.79
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