By Kevin Sjoberg
Sports Reporter
CARIBOU – The Vikings hosted a unique running event Saturday, with every school’s No. 1 runner competing against each other in their own race, followed by No. 2s all the way down to the No. 7s.
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Mackenzie Belyea, center, of the Caribou varsity cross country team was a competitor in Saturday’s Caribou Invitational Meet. Belyea finished the three-mile course in 20:07.58 and her Viking team placed second in the competition.
In the Caribou Invitational, the Ellsworth boys and the John Bapst girls were the winners.
The Caribou boys and girls both placed second. Washburn finished in a tie for seventh on the boys side.
“We would have liked to run a little better,” said Caribou boys coach Roy Alden. “Ellsworth is a good team and some of our new athletes are improving very quickly. I think our 1-2-3 punch (Christian Sleeper, Caleb Chapman and D.J. Flynn) is going to be hard to beat as the season progresses.”
On the three-mile course at CHS, the No. 1 girls race was won by Dacie Manion of Old Town in 19:05.03. Mary Jo Sheehan of Caribou placed fifth in 20:39.69.
No. 2 girls: first, Adrienna Carmack, John Bapst, 19:33.68; third, Mackenzie Belyea, Caribou, 20:07.58; fourth, Carsyn Koch, Washburn.
No. 3 girls: first, Nora Hubbell, Mount Desert Island, 20:36.2; third, Dayna Michaud, Caribou, 2154.39.
No. 4 girls: first, Amanda Lalime, John Bapst, 20:18.5; second, Natasha Bishop, Caribou, 21:41.
No. 5 girls: first, Laura Donovan, John Bapst, 21:29.64; second, Katie Plourde, Caribou, 22:06.3.
No. 6 girls: first, Ashley Richards, Caribou, 22:07.25.
No. 7 girls: first, Kelly Kashian, Caribou, 21:57.13.
On the boys’ side, Dan Curts of Ellsworth was the winner in 16:18.95. The runner-up was Christian Sleeper of Caribou with a 16:33.68 clocking. Washburn’s Nick Bragg was sixth in 18:39.85.
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Jake Michuad of Caribou breaks to the front of the pack during a race which was part of the Caribou Invitational Meet held Saturday.
No. 2 boys: first, Caleb Chapman, Caribou, 16:44.69; ninth, Kyle Huston, Washburn, 21:33.31.
No. 3 boys: first, D.J. Flynn, Caribou, 16:35.38; ninth, Cameron Huston, Washburn, 25:07.72.
No. 4 boys: first, Blake Pattengale, Ellsworth, 18:28.47; second, Jesse Sandstrom, Caribou, 18:33.26; seventh, Kevin Carlson, Washburn, 21:07.64.
No. 5 boys: first, Lyle Stephenson, Ellsworth, 17:34.79; second, Ryan Washington, Caribou, 17:59.71.
No. 6 boys: first, Kody Holmes, Ellsworth, 18:15.31; second, Jake Michaud, Caribou, 18:39.77; fifth, Garth Kinney, Washburn, 23:23.59.
No. 7 boys: first, Derek Hawes, Ellsworth, 17:50.65; second, Kjetil Rossignol, Caribou, 18:01.44.
The next meet is the Presque Isle Invitational Friday at the University of Maine at Presque Isle beginning at 4 p.m.
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Mary Jo Sheehan, left, stays close to Old Town’s Dacie Manion, center, and PI’s Alecia Palmer in the early stages of Saturday’s race.
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Freshman Ryan Washington finished his race in 17:59.71.
