MaineTrackXC: Top Freshman Boys 2010

MaineTrackXC Freshman Boys 2010 Rewind

 The freshman class in 2010 had a big impact especially in Class B. Ellsworth's Dan Curts led the way for all freshman in 2010. Curts won the Eastern Maine Class B Regional championship and then went on to place 3rd in the Class B state meet. Dan ran a seasonal best of 16:26, which was good for the 6th fastest time overall in the state. Freshman  Ryan Washington (Caribou) was a major reason why Caribou won the Class B state meet. Washington placed 33rd, and improved steadily over the last month of the season, without his improvement and performance the Vikings might not have won the title. Another standout was Josef Holt-Andrews (Telstar) who placed 3rd in the Class C state meet, notching the 8th fastest time of the day. Holt-Andrews ran 16:47 at Twin Brook, then lowered his personal best to 16:33 at the state meet.. Another Class B standout was GNG's Will Schafer who placed 9th at the Class B state meet running a personal best 17:08. Schafer is known for his track prowess but had a solid year ending it with his best performance. Sticking with Class B, Belfast's Luis Mauser had a strong year as well finishing 18th in the state meet with a personal best 17:22. Additionally Curts & Holt-Andrews qualified for the New England meet, they were the top two freshman in the meet. There is a lot of top end talent in the freshman class, check out the top 20 runners below, looks like Maine boys HS running has a bright future ahead

 

MaineTrackXC caught up with Dan Curts & Josef Holt-Andrews after the NE Meet

 

Dan Curts Ellsworth HS Freshman of the Year

Dan Curts (Ellsworth HS) pictured above had a great freshman campaign. Curts clocked the 9th fastest 5k in the state during the 2010 season, 16:26. Along the way he added wins at the Caribou Invitational, an 8th place finish at the festival of champions in the seeded race,  a PVC championship, a Eastern Maine Regional title, a 3rd place finish at the Class B state meet, & 41st place finish at the New England Championship meet. Dan clocked sub 17 in all of his 5k's this year, he was under 16:30 twice on the Belfast course. At the New England meet Dab was the top freshman in the race. If his freshman season is any indication of what the future holds we are in for a treat, and the limits are endless for Curts.

2. Josef Holt-Andrews-Telstar HS

Josef Holt-Andrews (#677) pictured above had a strong freshman season, Holt-Andrews really turned in on in the postseason to post some impressive times and results. Josef started the season running in the low 18's, then his times started to drop starting with his win in the freshman race at the festival of champions where he clocked 17:16. After that he finished 3rd in the MVC Championship, 4th in the Western Maine Regional running 16:47 at Twinbrook, followed that up with a 3rd place run at the Class C state meet where he ran 16:33, a seasonal best. His time at the state meet was the 8th fastest overall. Holt-Andrews closed out his season with a 84th place finish at the New England meet.

 

3. Will Schafer- Gray New Gloucester HS

 Will Schafer (GNG) pictured above had a strong freshman year culminating with his best performance of the year at the Class B state meet where he finished 9th. Will ran under 18 minutes in all but one of his 5k's this season. Schafer finished 9th at the WMC Conference Championship meet, 14th at the Western Maine Regional meet, and then ran his personal best at the state meet 17:08 for a top 10 finish. 

 

Top 20 Freshman Performances 2010

Rank Time Athlete Name Team C/O Date Meet
1. 16:26.45 Dan Curts ME Ellsworth High School 2014 10/23/2010 Eastern Maine Class B Regional
*** MILESPLIT US SECOND TEAM ELITE 16:30.00 ***
  2. 16:33.04 Joe Holt-andrews ME Telstar Regional High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class C State XC Championship
  3. 17:08.07 Will Schafer ME Gray New Gloucester High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  4. 17:22.04 Luis Mauser ME Belfast Area High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  5. 17:27.65 Ryan Washington ME Caribou High School Viking Pack 2014 10/23/2010 Eastern Maine Class B Regional
  6. 17:45.24 Peter Doane ME Cape Elizabeth High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  7. 17:49.34 Kelby Mace ME Maranacook Community High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  8. 18:04.50 Ian Morris ME Scarborough High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class A State XC Championship
  9. 18:05.80 Ben Allen ME Portland High School 2014 10/23/2010 Western Maine Class A Regional XC Championship
  10. 18:06.87 Jon Stanhope ME Bangor High School 2014 10/02/2010 Maine XC Festival of Champions
  11. 18:14.00 Eric Scipone ME Massabesic High School 2014 09/17/2010 SMAA: Cheverus, Massabesic, Thornton @ Gorham
  12. 18:17.00 Zac Palmeter ME Bangor Christian 2014 09/28/2010 Lynx Invitational
  13. 18:17.00 Jake Morrow-spitzer ME Portland High School 2014 10/08/2010 SMAA: Noble, Portland, Westbrook @ Thornton Academy
  14. 18:17.34 Liam Simpson ME Cape Elizabeth High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  15. 18:19.32 Nathan Mackenzie ME Mt. Ararat High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class A State XC Championship
  16. 18:27.69 Jack Letellier ME Marshwood High School 2014 10/02/2010 Maine XC Festival of Champions
  17. 18:28.40 Connor Wagner ME John Bapst Memorial High School 2014 10/16/2010 PVC XC Championship
  18. 18:34.38 Julian Pelzar ME Cape Elizabeth High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  19. 18:38.42 Dustin Ramsay ME Hampden Academy 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  20. 18:39.12 Robby Blair ME Windham High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class A State XC Championship

 

Top 20 Freshman Boys at State Meet in 2010

  1 Dan Curts                 FR Ellsworth                  16:28.60    --
  2 Josef Holt-Andrews        FR Telstar                    16:33.00    --
  3 Will Shafer               FR Gray-NG                    17:08.10    --
  4 Luis Mauser               FR Belfast                    17:22.00    --
  5 Ryan Washington           FR Caribou High School        17:44.50    --
  6 Peter Doane               FR Cape Elizabeth             17:45.20    --
  7 Kelby Mace                FR Maranacook                 17:49.30    --
  8 Ian Morris                FR Scarborough                18:04.50    --
  9 Liam Simpson              FR Cape Elizabeth             18:17.30    --
 10 Ben Allen                 FR South Portland             18:18.30    --
 11 Nathan MacKenzie          FR Mt. Ararat                 18:19.30    --
 12 Zac Palmeter              FR Bangor Christian           18:28.30    --
 13 Julian Pelzer             FR Cape Elizabeth             18:34.40    --
 14 Dustin Ramsay             FR Hampden Academy            18:38.40    --
 15 Robbie Blair              FR Windham High School        18:39.10    --
 16 Stewart Buzzell           FR Monmouth Academy           18:45.60    --
 17 Robet Graff               FR South Portland             18:46.70    --
 18 Braden Becker             FR Yarmouth                   18:49.20    --
 19 Izaac White               FR Edward Little              18:53.20    --
 20 Connor Wagner             FR John Bapst                 18:55.10    --

 

 

Top 10 Class A Freshman

Rank Time Athlete Name Team C/O Date Meet
  1. 18:04.50 Ian Morris ME Scarborough High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class A State XC Championship
  2. 18:05.80 Ben Allen ME Portland High School 2014 10/23/2010 Western Maine Class A Regional XC Championship
  3. 18:06.87 Jon Stanhope ME Bangor High School 2014 10/02/2010 Maine XC Festival of Champions
  4. 18:14.00 Eric Scipone ME Massabesic High School 2014 09/17/2010 SMAA: Cheverus, Massabesic, Thornton @ Gorham
  5. 18:17.00 Jake Morrow-spitzer ME Portland High School 2014 10/08/2010 SMAA: Noble, Portland, Westbrook @ Thornton Academy
  6. 18:19.32 Nathan Mackenzie ME Mt. Ararat High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class A State XC Championship
  7. 18:27.69 Jack Letellier ME Marshwood High School 2014 10/02/2010 Maine XC Festival of Champions
  8. 18:39.12 Robby Blair ME Windham High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class A State XC Championship
  9. 18:42.00 Izaac White ME Edward Little High School 2014 09/17/2010 KVAC: Skowhegan, Gardiner, Lewiston, Wtv, MCI @ Messalonskee
  10. 18:46.19 Tristan Walden ME Brewer High School 2014 10/23/2010 Eastern Maine Class A Regional

 

 

Top 10 Class B Freshman

Rank Time Athlete Name Team C/O Date Meet
1. 16:26.45 Dan Curts ME Ellsworth High School 2014 10/23/2010 Eastern Maine Class B Regional
*** MILESPLIT US SECOND TEAM ELITE 16:30.00 ***
  2. 17:08.07 Will Schafer ME Gray New Gloucester High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  3. 17:22.04 Luis Mauser ME Belfast Area High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  4. 17:27.65 Ryan Washington ME Caribou High School Viking Pack 2014 10/23/2010 Eastern Maine Class B Regional
  5. 17:45.24 Peter Doane ME Cape Elizabeth High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  6. 17:49.34 Kelby Mace ME Maranacook Community High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  7. 18:17.34 Liam Simpson ME Cape Elizabeth High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  8. 18:28.40 Connor Wagner ME John Bapst Memorial High School 2014 10/16/2010 PVC XC Championship
  9. 18:34.38 Julian Pelzar ME Cape Elizabeth High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship
  10. 18:38.42 Dustin Ramsay ME Hampden Academy 2014 10/30/2010 Class B State XC Championship

 

Top 10 Class C Freshman

 

Rank Time Athlete Name Team C/O Date Meet
  1. 16:33.04 Joe Holt-andrews ME Telstar Regional High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class C State XC Championship
  2. 18:17.00 Zac Palmeter ME Bangor Christian 2014 09/28/2010 Lynx Invitational
  3. 18:45.57 Stewart Buzzell ME Monmouth Academy 2014 10/30/2010 Class C State XC Championship
  4. 18:57.39 Marques Houston ME Monmouth Academy 2014 10/30/2010 Class C State XC Championship
  5. 19:22.13 Ian Moore ME North Yarmouth Academy 2014 10/02/2010 Maine XC Festival of Champions
  6. 19:39.76 Ben Bailey ME Monmouth Academy 2014 10/02/2010 Maine XC Festival of Champions
  7. 19:44.51 Robin Doyle ME Bucksport High School 2014 10/30/2010 Class C State XC Championship
  8. 19:51.61 Dylan Thombs ME Monmouth Academy 2014 09/10/2010 KVAC: Skowhegan, Mt. Ararat, Leavitt, Lewiston @ EL
  9. 20:11.10 Nick Mcnamarra ME Lisbon High School 2014 10/23/2010 Western Maine Class C Regional XC Championship
  10. 20:11.72 Jonas Damion ME North Yarmouth Academy 2014 10/02/2010 Maine XC Festival of Champions