White takes boys race, Koch wins for 3rd time. Orono boys & Washburn girls take home team titles
Tyler White used his patented last race surge to take home top honors in 17:27, while Casryn Koch won her 3rd straight tile on the girls side. The Orono boys were dominate in taking the team title, while Washburn took top honors in the girls race. Check out our meet coverage & see who is moving on to the state meet next week.
Results
Orono's Tyler White found himself in an unlikely position about half way through the Eastern Maine Regional race. "I was in 3rd and I got a little nervous" White would say. Tyler woke up in plenty of time as he would go on to win the race by 31 seconds, finishing in 17:27.
George Stevens senior Sam Stanhke ran well to finish as the runner-up to White. Stanhke stopped the clock at 17:58.
Behind him came the Bangor Christian duo of Dylan Merchant & Samuel Proctor in 3rd & 4th place
Mattanawcook's Josh Wheeler came across the line in 5th (18:49)
Orono's Brian Westhoven led a 6-8-9 finish for the Riots. Westhoven ran 19:04, Schuyler Collett 19:12 & Josh Marquis 19:18
Bangor Christian's Zac Palmeter broke up the Orono pack with his 7th place finish.
Hodgdon senior Nicholas Lunn rounded out the top 10 finisher (19:31)
Orono with 4 in the top 9 dominated the team competition as they tallied just 30 points. Bangor Christian the defending champions were the runner-up's
with 60 points.
Also advancing to the state meet next were George Stevens Academy, Fort Kent & Bucksport
Boys Individual State Qualifiers
1 Tyler White SR Orono High School 17:27.97 1 2 Sam Stahnke SR George Stevens 17:58.03 2 3 Dylan Merchant SR Bangor Christian 18:22.74 3 4 Samuel Proctor SR Bangor Christian 18:25.69 4 5 Josh Wheeler SR Mattanawcook 18:49.65 6 Brian Westhoven JR Orono High School 19:04.76 5 7 Zack Palmeter JR Bangor Christian 19:12.25 6 8 Schuyler Collett SR Orono High School 19:12.32 7 9 Josh Marquis JR Orono High School 19:18.93 8 10 Nicholas Lunn SR Hodgdon High School 19:31.06 11 Ridge Osgood JR Narraguagus 19:31.88 12 James O'Neil JR Orono High School 19:33.17 9 13 Conall Molloy JR Orono High School 19:38.70 10 14 Kamran Husain FR Fort Kent 19:40.05 11 15 Matthew Toussaint SO Fort Kent 19:50.66 12 16 Samuel Ouellette SO Fort Kent 20:06.53 13 17 Noah Caron FR Washburn 20:18.35 14 18 Brandon Bourgoin JR Lee Academy 20:21.16 15 19 Liam Kenefic JR Orono High School 20:33.67 16 20 Oliver Broughton FR George Stevens 20:40.94 17 21 Skyler Fraga FR Bucksport 20:43.88 18 22 Collin Hill SR Central High School 20:47.74 19 23 Kyle Jordan SR Sumner High School 20:53.04 20 24 Jace Schmidt SR Bangor Christian 20:54.84 21 25 Adam Oko SR Central High School 20:55.65 22 26 Isaac Ocana SR Mattanawcook 21:04.52 27 Brandon Wade SR Sumner High School 21:08.44 23 28 Robin Doyle JR Bucksport 21:13.33 24 29 Devlin Valle FR George Stevens 21:14.92 25 30 Brian Parent SR Bangor Christian 21:18.32 26
Team Qualifiers
1 Orono High School 30 1 5 7 8 9 10 16
Total Time: 1:34:37.15
Average: 18:55.43
2 Bangor Christian Schools 60 3 4 6 21 26 33
Total Time: 1:38:13.84
Average: 19:38.77
3 George Stevens Academy 107 2 17 25 31 32 35 56
Total Time: 1:44:45.57
Average: 20:57.12
4 Fort Kent Community High 127 11 12 13 42 49 54
Total Time: 1:47:46.91
Average: 21:33.39
5 Bucksport High School 157 18 24 36 39 40
Total Time: 1:50:57.27
Average: 22:11.46
Carsyn Koch has been the top runner in Eastern Class C since she was a freshman two year ago. Koch added to her legacy as she captured her 3rd straight Eastern Maine regional title on Saturday. Koch, a junior from Washburn, covered the sloppy course in 20:57. Her winning margin was 26 seconds.
The PVC small school champion Lily Koffman of Orono was the runner-up (21:23) while Koch's teammate Carmen Bragg finished 3rd 22:11
Calais's Madison McVicar had a strong run for 4th while Mackenzie Worcester of Washburn crossed in 5th (22:28)
Orono's Jordan Richards came in 6th with Clara Beal of Machias finishing in 7th (23:02)
Then came the run of freshman led by Bucksport's Natalie Coleman in 8th, then caame Kate Whitney of Machias in 9th, followed by Emilie Churchill of Washburn to round out the top 10.
Washburn's strength up front 1-3-5 finish was more than enough to capture the team title, as they finished with 28 points. Orono who also had 3 in the top 10 finished as the runner-ups with 41 points
George Stevens & Lee Academy also advanced to the state meet
Girls Individual State Qualifiers
1 Carsyn Koch JR Washburn 20:57.14 1 2 Lily Koffman SO Orono High School 21:23.14 2 3 Carmen Bragg JR Washburn 22:11.70 3 4 Madison McVicar SO Calais High School 22:14.39 5 Mackenzie Worcester SO Washburn 22:28.51 4 6 Jordan Richards JR Orono High School 22:36.62 5 7 Clara Beal SO Machias 23:02.54 6 8 Natalie Coleman FR Bucksport 23:10.18 9 Kate Whitney FR Machias 23:38.24 7 10 Emilia Churchill FR Washburn 24:03.17 8 11 Glenda Francis FR Calais High School 24:22.37 12 Emilie Seavey JR Orono High School 24:29.45 9 13 Libby Spencer JR Orono High School 24:39.19 10 14 Venessa Twombly FR Mattanawcook 24:43.35 15 Destinee Neureuther SR Greater Houlton 24:48.14 11 16 Hannah Heald SO Washburn 25:11.98 12 17 Sierra Waite JR Lee Academy 25:14.91 13 18 Rachel DesFosses FR George Stevens 25:26.50 14 19 Anna Ellis SO Orono High School 25:28.21 15 20 Kelsey Pelletier JR Fort Kent 25:31.41 21 Annika Gallandt SO Orono High School 25:37.57 16 22 Gentle Prescott FR Fort Kent 25:45.40 23 Laina Mette FR Washburn 25:51.21 17 24 Rachel Kerr SR Lee Academy 25:52.71 18 25 Kelsey Jones SR Jonsport-Beals 26:00.54 26 Madison Cole SO George Stevens 26:09.63 19 27 Lauren Robertson SR Greater Houlton 26:11.19 20 28 Felicia Moholland FR Calais High School 26:16.45 29 Cedar Slagle SO George Stevens 26:17.19 21 30 Amber Hall JR Bucksport 26:18.64
Team Qualifiers
1 Washburn District High Sc 28 1 3 4 8 12 17 22
Total Time: 1:54:52.50
Average: 22:58.50
2 Orono High School 41 2 5 9 10 15 16 25
Total Time: 1:58:36.61
Average: 23:43.33
3 George Stevens Academy 109 14 19 21 27 28 30 32
Total Time: 2:14:25.00
Average: 26:53.00
4 Lee Academy 118 13 18 23 29 35 36 38
Total Time: 2:19:11.74
Average: 27:50.35