EMITL Championship 2012

The University of Maine fieldhourse will be busy with Saturday afternoon when the EMITL championship meet kicks off at 3:45. Several of the top athletes in the state will be competing with the hopes of running, jumping, throwing their way to a championship. The Bangor girls have been impressive all season, & afre the favorites to win their 3rd straight EMITL title. On the boys side it should be a good matchup between defending champion Hampden Academy & Bangor. Bangor will rely on their distance runners, while Hampden's stregnth is in the sprints/hurdles/jumps.

The Bangor girls dominated the EMITL Championship scoring 150 points, Old Town & Hermon tied for 2nd with 49. On the boys side the Rams tallied 122 with Hampden Academy the runner-up with 75.5. Two league records were broken, Teal Jackson of Brewer shattered the 200m record 25.87, while Tiffany Gray of Bangor broke her own Long jump mark by 1/4" with a jump of 17-5. Check out more action.