Class B State XC Championship Preview
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Class B Boys
Individual: Defending champion Silas Eastman of Fryeburg had a close call at the WMC championship, he had to kick past Falmouth's Tim Follo for the win, at the WM regional a week later Eastman put his foot on the accelator early, and never was challenged. Eastman clocked the #2 time on the day with his 16:18.11, a fine performance in any conditions. He was 37 seconds better than runner-up Follo. The EM regional champion Dan Curts of Ellsworth figures to be in the mix as well, he is coming off a 37 second win. Others who figure to contend for a top 5 spot are Nathan Maderia & Stefan Sandreuter of Greely, Matt Eager of Presque Isle, Mitchell Finitz of York & Peter Doane of Cape Elizabeth
Check out the Eastern & Western Maine Regional results combined (Please note this is all the times combined, no course adjustments have been made)
Top 10 Western Maine Regional 2011
1 Silas Eastman JR Fryeburg Academy 16:18.11 1 2 Timothy Follo SR Falmouth 16:55.71 2 3 Nathan Madeira JR Greely High School 17:16.24 3 4 Stefan Sandreuter SR Greely High School 17:21.17 4 5 Mitchell Finitz SR York High School 17:27.91 5 6 Peter Doane SO Cape Elizabeth 17:31.82 6 7 Jay Lesser JR Falmouth 17:35.31 7 8 Nick Eaton JR York High School 17:35.55 8 9 Thomas Edmonds SR Falmouth 17:35.87 9 10 Kelby Mace SO Maranacook 17:36.17 10
Top 10 Eastern Maine Regional 2011
1 Dan Curts SO Ellsworth 16:41.90 1 2 Matt Eager SR Presque Isle 17:18.05 2 3 Alex Beals SR John Bapst 17:29.92 3 4 Caleb Chapman SR Caribou High School 17:36.01 4 5 Nickolas Shuckrow JR Winslow High School 17:37.07 5 6 William Fletcher FR MDI 17:41.20 6 7 Ron Lund JR Caribou High School 17:44.47 7 8 Connor Wagner SO John Bapst 17:50.58 8 9 Mason Vermilion SR Medomak Valley 17:56.26 9 10 Samuel Gachagua SR Maine Central In 18:03.60 10
Top 10 returners from 2010
1 Silas Eastman SO Fryeburg Academy 16:02.44 1 2 Timothy Follo JR Falmouth 16:21.30 2 3 Dan Curts FR Ellsworth 16:28.60 3 4 Christian Sleeper SR Caribou High School 16:36.94 4 5 Eben Hodgkins JR Erskine Academy 16:41.15 5 6 Evan Piccirillo SR Hampden Academy 16:57.43 6 7 Mitchell Finitz JR York High School 16:59.10 7 8 Thomas Bottomley JR Cape Elizabeth 17:06.82 8 9 Will Shafer FR Gray-NG 17:08.07 10 Stefan Sandreuter JR Greely High School 17:12.01 9
Team
Last year's state runner-up Falmouth has been on mission all season, they have dominated all Class B compeititon throughout the year. The took the WM regional title last week with a score of 50, 38 points in front of surprise runner-up Cape Elizabeth. While Falmouth is the heavy favorite, the race for 2nd should be an intense one with 5-6 team with a legit shot at some hardware. York who finished 3rd in the WM regional was missing one of their top runner in Josh Brooks, with him back in the lineup the Wildcats should get a big boost. Cape had its best run of the season last week, they finished 5th in the WMC, but nabbed the runner-up spot in the WM regional. Also Greely will be right in the middle of it all too, teh Rangers were 4th in the WM regional but just 6 points back of 2nd, they have the best 1-2 punch in the meet. EM regional champion & defending state champion, Caribou can't be counted out, the Vikings have been the best in EM all season, and will be hungry to prove it against the West on Saturday. EM runner-up Ellsworth was just 4 points back of Caribou. Freeport is another team to watch out for they had an off day at the WM regional but don't expect top runner Taylor Saucier to run over 19 minutes again, he's been the Falcons top runner all fall.
2010 Top 6 Results
1 Caribou High School 92 2 Falmouth High School 100 3 Cape Elizabeth High Schoo 109 4 Hampden Academy 113 5 Greely High School 124 6 York High School 153
Eastern Maine State Qualifying Teams 2011 Regional Results
1 Caribou High School 55 2 Ellsworth High School 59 3 John Bapst High School 108 4 Mount Desert Island HS 131 5 Waterville High School 150 6 Winslow High School 173 7 Presque Isle High School 179 8 Medomak Valley High Schoo 197
Western Maine State Qualifying Teams 2011 Regional Results
1 Falmouth High School 50 2 Cape Elizabeth School Hig 88 3 York High School 90 4 Greely High School 94 5 Freeport High School 139 6 Fryeburg Academy 155 7 Maranacook High School 211 8 Lincoln Academy 220
Class B Girls
Individual This should be one of the best individual races on the day with 2x state champion Abby Mace of Maranacook back to top form against EM regional champion Bethanie Brown of Waterville. Mace brushed off a sub-par race at the KVAC championship last week to win the WM regional for the 4th straight time. Abby clocked 19:41, 35 seconds in front of the runner-up Heather Evans. Brown won the EM title breaking the 19 minute barrier (18:59.74), she was 24 seconds up on runner Brittany Bowman of Camden Hills. Brown scored a win over Mace at the KVAC meet so expect Mace to be motivated to turn the tables, & for Brown to shooting for her first xc state title. Others that figure to contend for a top 5 spot are the previously mentioned Evans & Bowman, along with freshman Willow Parker of Camden, Aleta Looker of Ellsworth & Kristina Smith of Poland.
Check out the Eastern & Western Maine Regional results combined (Please note this is all the times combined, no course adjustments have been made)
Top 10 Western Maine Regional 2011
1 Abby Mace SR Maranacook 19:41.49 1 2 Heather Evans SO York High School 20:16.86 2 3 Kristina Smith FR Poland 20:51.26 3 4 Madeline Roberts SO Falmouth 21:01.64 4 5 Maddie Wiegman JR Leavitt 21:12.57 5 6 Eva Bates FR Greely High School 21:15.21 6 7 Sarah Becker JR Yarmouth 21:23.22 7 8 Kirstin Sandreuter FR Greely High School 21:29.54 8 9 Caroline Colan JR Maranacook 21:30.19 9 10 Mallory Evans SR York High School 21:35.21 10
Top 10 Eastern Maine Regional 2011
1 Bethanie Brown JR Waterville 18:59.74 1 2 Brittany Bowman SO Camden Hills 19:23.69 2 3 Willow Parker FR Camden Hills 20:09.81 3 4 Aleta Looker SO Ellsworth 20:22.63 4 5 Adrienne Carmack JR John Bapst 20:28.67 5 6 Lara Bluhm JR Waterville 20:30.23 6 7 Caroline Driscoll FR MDI 20:36.11 7 8 Mackenzie Belyea JR Caribou High School 20:37.39 8 9 Nora Hubbell SO MDI 20:53.43 9 10 Emily Lopez JR Camden Hills 20:56.30 10
Top 10 returners from 2010
1 Dacie Manion SR Old Town 18:50.41 2 Abby Mace JR Maranacook 19:25.64 1 3 Brittany Bowman FR Camden Hills 19:31.73 4 Aleta Looker FR Ellsworth 19:36.91 5 Kirstin Sandreuter FR Greely High School 19:45.41 2 6 Adrienne Carmack SO John Bapst 19:51.88 3 7 Alecia Palmer SR Presque Isle 20:00.20 4 8 Rachel Nichols SR Cape Elizabeth 20:08.56 5 9 Abby Hersom FR Rockland 20:09.16 10 Kelsey Barton SR Cape Elizabeth 20:10.85 6
Team
If the EM regional was any indication of how good the team race will be on Saturday the fans are in for a treat. Last weekend upstart Camden Hills edged MDI by 1 point to win the EM regional title, expect these two teams to duke it out again. They'll have some competition from the West as surprise WM regional champion Greely is peaking at the right time, and has the home course advantage over the East. Don't count out Cape Elizabeth who beat Greely at the WMC two weeks ago, or a strong Falmouth & York teams. Last week Falmouth edged York by 2, 7 Cape by 3 for the WM regional runner-up trophy. Camden Hills has the best 1-2 punch out of any of the teams, MDI has a tight pack, they had just a 42 spread last weekend for runners 1-5. While it looks like East teams may have the edge don't coutn of the West who will have the experience factor.
2010 Top 6 Results
1 John Bapst Memorial HS 72 2 Cape Elizabeth High Schoo 78 3 Mount Desert Island High 112 4 Falmouth High School 141 5 Yarmouth High School 146 6 Hampden Academy 180
Eastern Maine State Qualifying Teams 2011 Regional Results
1 Camden Hills Cross Countr 51 2 Mount Desert Island HS 52 3 John Bapst High School 96 4 Caribou High School 110 5 Waterville High School 116 6 Ellsworth High School 137
Western Maine State Qualifying Teams 2011 Regional Results
1 Greely High School 79 2 Falmouth High School 98 3 York High School 100 4 Cape Elizabeth School Hig 101 5 Yarmouth High School 142 6 Maranacook High School 153 7 Freeport High School 170