Morrison & Pan Capture WM A titles

Massabesic Boys impress, Bonny Eagle girls captures team titles. Morrison & Pan best individuals

Massabesic Boys put on a dominating performance for the ages to capture the Western Class A title. George Morrison of Massabesic was the surprise winner on the boys side in 17:29. Nyajock Pan of South Portland took the girls race in 19:52. The Bonny Eagle girls took home first while Massabesic ran well for 2nd. Relive the races and find out who qualified for the state meet

 

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Results

Class A Boys

Class A girls

Photos  Moosechili

Race Videos  Girls | Boys

Interviews   Nyajock Pan | George Morrison & Michael Aboud | Cam Nadeau

 

Missed the Boys race? Here you go

 

 

 

The Massabesic Mustangs have been one of the top teams in the state this fall. On Saturday at the Western Maine Regional at Twinbrook they made a statement to the rest of the state that they maybe the best! The Mustangs ran with purpose right from the gun as they had all 5 guys in the top 10 at the mile, and would finish the race with 5 of the first 11 runners across the line leaving no doubt as to what team had won the race.

The pace of the race went out conservative as the first mile was in the 5:30's, this meant there was a large pack of runners all together at the mile.

Leading the way for Massabesic was the duo of George Morrison & Michael Aboud who would finish a surprising 1-2 in the race. Morrison often the Mustangs #2 runner and Aboud the #3 took there running to another level. "I told Michael before the race that if we were in near the lead at 2 miles we were in trouble"- Morrison would say post race. Well Morrison & Aboud found themseleves in the lead at 2 miles with Biddeford's Cam Nadeau in tow. Morrison & Aboud would pull away in the final mile with Morrison holding off Aboud 17:29.66 to 17:29.93.

Nadeau would finish 3 seconds back in 17:32 while Scarborough's Robby Hall was 4th overall (17:42).

Marshwood's Jack Lettelier had a big day finishing 5th, next was Scarborough's Jack Sullivan in 6th (17:51).

Ben Allen of Portland was 7th followed by the Massabesic duo of Cody Vachon (18:00) & Andrew Mongiat (18:01).

Rounding out the top ten was Biddeford senior Tom Laverierre (18:02)

 

This sets up an interesting team race next week, Massabesic has surged as the favorite with their performance this weekend. Scarborough has been in this position before losing a regional meet only to come back the next week to win the state meet, don't count the Red Storm out. Also they had runner Ian Morris fall in a ditch and he was unable to finish, he would have been the #4 and possibly #3 runner for them.

Marshwood had a fine day to finish 3rd while a young Gorham team showed some potential with a 4th place finish.

Good news for South Portland senior Max Knutsen who finished 31st, he would have missed the state meet but his teammates came through with a 7th place finish so he'll run at the state meet.

Bad news for Cheverus who finished 9th as a team, one of their top runners Brady Foshay couldn't finish the race. He was treated for a cut on his leg post race.

3 Freshman in the top 16 led by Jesse Southard of Gorham

 

Boys State Qualifiers Individuals

  1 George Morrison           SR Massabesic            17:29.66  
  2 Michael Aboud             SO Massabesic            17:29.93  
  3 Cam Nadeau                SR Biddeford             17:32.10  
  4 Robby Hall                SR Scarboro              17:42.63  
  5 Jack Letellier            JR Marshwood             17:47.33  
  6 Jack Sullivan             SR Scarboro              17:51.67  
  7 Ben Allen                 JR Portland              17:55.70  
  8 Cody Vachon               SR Massabesic            18:00.45  
  9 Andrew Mongiat            SO Massabesic            18:01.81  
 10 Tom Laverriere            SR Biddeford             18:02.27  
 11 Remington Gaetjens        SO Massabesic            18:08.02  
 12 Jesse Southard            FR Gorham                18:12.77  
 13 Tyler Jack                JR Wedtbrook             18:14.89  
 14 Jacob Terry               SO Scarboro              18:16.05  
 15 Gavin Damian-Loring       FR South Portland        18:17.71  
 16 Colin Tardiff             FR Scarboro              18:20.13  
 17 Yahye Hussein             SO Rams                  18:25.88  
 18 Nathan Skvorak            JR Windham               18:29.40  
 19 Parker Montano            SO Cheverus              18:35.14  
 20 Zeb Tarasevich            SR Cheverus              18:36.45  
 21 Branden Pratt             JR Massabesic            18:42.67  
 22 Buck Nichols              SR Marshwood             18:43.34  
 23 Cameron Mondor            SO Thornton              18:43.35  
 24 Sean McGovern             SO Scarboro              18:43.76  
 25 Cody Furbish              SR Marshwood             18:47.06  
 26 Cole Hallee               SO Kennebunk             18:52.87  
 27 Jeremy Collett            JR Gorham                18:54.18  
 28 Jake Goodwin              JR Marshwood             18:54.67  
 29 Andrew Davis              SR Windham               18:55.32  
 30 Thomas Bradshaw           JR Gorham                18:56.40  

 

Team Qualifiers

Top 8 Teams Qualify for State Meet
   1 Massabesic High School       31    1    2    8    9   11   21   53
      Total Time:  1:29:09.87
         Average:    17:49.98
   2 Scarborough High School      64    4    6   14   16   24   36
      Total Time:  1:30:54.24
         Average:    18:10.85
   3 Marshwood High School       115    5   22   25   28   35   41   59
      Total Time:  1:33:12.07
         Average:    18:38.42
   4 Gorham High School          152   12   27   30   38   45   46   67
      Total Time:  1:34:23.83
         Average:    18:52.77
   5 Windham High School         168   18   29   34   37   50   52   68
      Total Time:  1:35:06.93
         Average:    19:01.39
   6 Biddeford High School       173    3   10   39   49   72   75   84
      Total Time:  1:34:58.07
         Average:    18:59.62
   7 South Portland High Schoo   207   15   31   47   56   58   66   85
      Total Time:  1:36:34.49
         Average:    19:18.90
   8 Deering High School         217   17   33   44   61   62   65  103
      Total Time:  1:36:58.83
         Average:    19:23.77

 

 

Missed the girls race? We got your back

 

 

Thornton Academy senior Charlotte Pierce set the early pace in the Class A girls race but was closely followed by fellow senior Nyajock Pan of South Portland. While these two set the pace a surprise face was right behind them, freshman Katie Leblanc of Thornton ACademy.

At the mile Pierce continued to push the pace with Pan right on her back. Leblanc was 3rd with Massabesic Joecelyn Acheson in 4th. In the pack behind them was Shannon Conley (Cheverus) & the Bonny Eagle duo of Samantha Cox & Mary Szatkowski.

By the 2 Mile mark Pan with her short fast stride had pulled into the lead, but the freshman Leblanc was running with great poise a few strides back in 2nd. Conley & Szatkowski were running 3 & 4 followed by Pierce in 5th, Acheson 6th & Cox 7th.

Over the final Mile Pan would pull away for a comfortable victory. The senior had the fastest girls time of the day 19:52. 9 seconds back would be Leblanc who ran a fanstatic race showing a lot of poise for her first big championship meet.

Shannon Conley would move into 3rd over the mile just ahead of Szatkowski (20:07 to 20:09), Acheson would move up one spot in the final mile to finish 5th (20:11)

BE's Cox moved up to 6th while the early leader Pierce came home in 7th

Cheverus's Kiera Murray returned from injury to have a strong race as she moved well in the final mile for 8th (20:45)

Freshman Casey Loring had a strong showing in 9th while Bonny Eagle's Kristen Glennie rounded out the top ten

The team race was close between 3 teams. The Scots of Bonny Eagle the pre-meet favorite had enough to win the Western Class A title with a score 58, which was good enough for a 11 point win over regional runner-up Massabesic, while Cheverus the defending state champ showed it can't be counted out next week as they were 3rd with 72.

BE had 4 in the top 14 which bodes well for them at next week's state championship, Massabesic countered with 4 in the top 15. It's going to be a close an exciting race next week.

South Portland was 4th with TA, Marshwood, Windham & Sanford punching their tickets to the state meet next weekend

 

Girls Individual State Qualifiers

 1 Nyajock Pan               SR South Portland        19:52.15  
  2 Katie LeBlanc             FR Thornton              20:01.46  
  3 Shannon Conley            JR Cheverus              20:07.14  
  4 Mary Szatkowski           JR Bonny Eagle           20:09.98  
  5 Jocelyn Acheson           SR Massabesic            20:11.21  
  6 Samantha Cox              SR Bonny Eagle           20:27.23  
  7 Charlotte Pierce          SR Thornton              20:35.16  
  8 Kiera Murray              JR Cheverus              20:45.84  
  9 Casey Loring              FR South Portland        20:50.17  
 10 Kristen Glennie           JR Bonny Eagle           21:14.18  
 11 Emily Wasina              FR Massabesic            21:23.68  
 12 Laura Broderick           JR Kennebunk             21:32.88  
 13 Gabrielle Johnson         SO Massabesic            21:39.15  
 14 Alexandra Vayda           SR Bonny Eagle           21:47.04  
 15 Angel Waters              JR Massabesic            21:48.58  
 16 Piper Wilber              SO Marshwood             21:53.47  
 17 Mackenzie Joy             JR Windham               21:56.59  
 18 Catherine Ledue           SO Sanford               22:01.09  
 19 Emily Perry               SR Cheverus              22:01.54  
 20 Kaitlyn Dostie            SO Cheverus              22:05.34  
 21 Abby Runnells             FR Thornton              22:16.50  
 22 Georgia Caso              SO Cheverus              22:19.37  
 23 Julia Rand                SO Windham               22:26.51  
 24 Audrey Weyand             JR Bonny Eagle           22:29.40  
 25 Marie Harrington          SR Massabesic            22:29.45  
 26 Maddy Doyle               SO Marshwood             22:32.56  
 27 kyaunna Libby             SO Bonny Eagle           22:50.55  
 28 Adele Werner              SO McAuley               22:52.78  
 29 Angela Tirabassi          SR South Portland        22:56.08  
 30 Eleanor McClure-Chute     FR Rams                  22:57.73  

 

Team Qualifiers

Top 8 Teams Qualify for State Meet
   1 Bonny Eagle High School      58    4    6   10   14   24   27   69
      Total Time:  1:46:07.83
         Average:    21:13.57
   2 Massabesic High School       69    5   11   13   15   25   46
      Total Time:  1:47:32.07
         Average:    21:30.42
   3 Cheverus                     72    3    8   19   20   22   49   76
      Total Time:  1:47:19.23
         Average:    21:27.85
   4 South Portland High Schoo   133    1    9   29   37   57   62   86
      Total Time:  1:51:56.66
         Average:    22:23.34
   5 Thornton Academy            140    2    7   21   43   67   73   83
      Total Time:  1:52:19.50
         Average:    22:27.90
   6 Marshwood High School       156   16   26   35   39   40   44   77
      Total Time:  1:55:06.74
         Average:    23:01.35
   7 Windham High School         172   17   23   32   47   53   55   58
      Total Time:  1:55:46.82
         Average:    23:09.37
   8 Sanford High School         186   18   36   38   42   52   65   72
      Total Time:  1:57:10.08
         Average:    23:26.02