Looker sets course record @ PVC Championship
Aleta Looker had to set a new course record to get the win over Maggie Painter of MDI. Dan Curts made it a sweep in the Large School race for Ellsworth. Tyler White & Lily Koffman won the small school races. Orono swept the Small School races, while MDI dominated the Large School girls race & Ellsworth took the boys race.
Girls Large School
Aleta Looker (Ellsworth) & Maggie Painter (MDI) had a good old fashion duel as the two harriers shattered the course record held by Looker (19:29). Painter deserves a lot of credit though as she set the fast pace, and had to stay at the front, as Looker played the hunter. With a mile to go Aleta took over and continued to push the pace. Looker would retain her course record but it took a big effort to get it done. She won the duel 19:06.34 to 19:07.78 for Painter, good for a 23 second course record.
Running her best race of the year Waylon Henggeler of MDI finished 3rd (19:36), she was followed by her teammate Olivia Erickson in 4th. John Bapst's Adrienne Carmack had a strong for 5th, while Isabel Erickson (MDI) was 6th. Next came the Larrabee sisters of Caribou, Robyn (7th) & Nerissa (8th). MDI rounded out its scoring 5 with Caroline Driscoll's 9th place finish. Chelsea Bard of Caribou finished 10th.
Top 10
1 Aleta Looker JR Ellsworth 6:22.2 19:06.34C 1 2 Maggie Painter JR MDI 6:22.6 19:07.78 2 3 Waylon Henggeler SO MDI 6:32.3 19:36.67 3 4 Olivia Erickson JR MDI 6:38.2 19:54.62 4 5 Adrienne Carmack SR John Bapst 6:42.0 20:05.99 5 6 Isabel Erickson JR MDI 6:42.2 20:06.55 6 7 Robyn Larrabee SO Caribou High School 6:45.9 20:17.72 7 8 Nerissa Larrabee SO Caribou High School 6:51.1 20:33.14 8 9 Caroline Driscoll SO MDI 6:58.4 20:55.21 9 10 Chelsea Bard SR Caribou High School 7:05.4 21:16.18 10
Its Championship season, our should it be renamed MDI dominates again. The Trojans showed they are primed to make a run at postseason glory as they repeated as the Large School Champions, placing as they had 5 of the top 10 in the combined results. They tallied just 24 points, and average under 20 minutes for the 3 mile course. John Bapst & Caribou tied for 2nd, but Bapst had the better 6th runner. The Vikings ran without their #1 McKenzie Belyea.
Girls Small School
While the duel between Looker & Painter was going on up front, Lily Koffman of Orono continued her strong year as she ripped a 19:30.07 to win the race, just 1 second off the previous record. Koffman's teammate Jordan Richards was the runner-up clocking 20:57. Natalie Coleman of Bucksport ran well for 3rd 21:25. Venessa Twombly of Mattanawcook crossd the line in 4th while Emilie Seavey of Orono was 5th (22:25)
Orono the heavy favorite pre-meet lived up to expectations as they placed all 7 runners in the top 11! The Riots just missed a perfect score with 16. George Stevens Academy finished as the runner-up with Lee Academy in 3rd
Top 10
1 Lily Koffman SO Orono High School 6:30.1 19:30.07 1 2 Jordan Richards JR Orono High School 6:59.3 20:57.66 2 3 Natalie Coleman FR Bucksport 7:08.6 21:25.78 4 Venessa Twombly FR Mattanawcook 7:22.0 22:05.96 5 Emilie Seavey JR Orono High School 7:28.7 22:25.97 3 6 Libby Spencer JR Orono High School 7:41.1 23:03.08 4 7 Sierra Waite JR Lee Academy 7:43.0 23:08.82 5 8 Anna Ellis SO Orono High School 7:53.4 23:40.04 6 9 Madison Cole SO GSA 8:02.9 24:08.44 7 10 Aiesha Sargent SO Orono High School 8:12.5 24:37.46 8
Boys Large School
Coming into the meet Dan Curts of Ellsworth was the individual favorite, Curts was able to defend his title again as he was the first to finish in 16:15. The mark was off his course record of 16:05, but a win is a win. The Eagles went 1-2 as Robert Looker had a strong day running 16:30 over the 3 mile course. Ron Lund of Caribou was the only other runner in the field to break 17 as he clocked 16:58 for 3rd overall. Ellsworth Brayden Beardsley continued his strong fall as he finished 4th (17:19), while John Bapst's Connor Wagner (17:25) rounded out the top 5.
#5 ranked Ellsworth Eagles had 4 of the first 7 runners as they scored 33 points to take home the large school trophy. MDI had a good day to earn the runner-up trophy as they tallied 66. Caribou finished 3rd with 72, they didn't have the services of Lucas Kenney. John Bapst was 4th with 75.
Top 10
1 Dan Curts JR Ellsworth 5:25.1 16:15.17 1 2 Robert Looker JR Ellsworth 5:30.3 16:30.93 2 3 Ron Lund SR Caribou High School 5:39.7 16:58.95 3 4 Brayden Beardsley JR Ellsworth 5:46.6 17:19.82 4 5 Connor Wagner JR John Bapst 5:48.5 17:25.25 5 6 Jordan Harris SO MDI 5:49.2 17:27.47 6 7 Frank King JR Ellsworth 5:49.7 17:28.98 7 8 Brendan Cyr SO Caribou High School 5:53.0 17:38.93 8 9 Matt Spear JR John Bapst 5:55.3 17:45.93 9 10 Alexander Petersen SR Hermon High School 5:57.9 17:53.65 10
Boys Small School
Orono's Tyler White stepped up to the plate as he took the small school individual race by 52 seconds. White who ran in 3rd behind the large school 1-2 (Curts & Looker) used a quick 5:04 last mile to pull away. White's time of 16:22 was good for 2nd in the overall. Dylan Merchant of Bangor Christian finished 2nd with a 17:15. Senior Josh Wheeler (Mat) ran to a 3rd place finish (17:27), Sam Proctor (Bangor Christian) was 3 second back in 17:30. Rounding out the top 5 was Schulyer Collett who broke 18 minutes (17:56)
Coming into the meet it was expected to be a close race between Orono & Bangor Christian. Orono however had other thoughts, the Riots has a great day as they placed their scoring 5 in the top 8 to score just 23 points. Bangor Christian finished as the runner-up with 67, Bucksport finished 3rd with 97.
Top 10
1 Tyler White SR Orono High School 5:27.6 16:22.73 1 2 Dylan Merchant SR Bangor Christian 5:45.2 17:15.50 2 3 Josh Wheeler SR Mattanawcook 5:49.1 17:27.18 4 Samuel Proctor SR Bangor Christian 5:50.1 17:30.04 3 5 Schuyler Collett SR Orono High School 5:59.0 17:56.81 4 6 Brian Westhoven JR Orono High School 6:01.2 18:03.58 5 7 Josh Marquis JR Orono High School 6:01.8 18:05.19 6 8 James O'Neil JR Orono High School 6:04.3 18:12.80 7 9 Brandon Wade SR Sumner Memorial HS 6:07.3 18:21.73 8 10 Skyler Fraga FR Bucksport 6:09.8 18:29.23 9