Sleeper and Lewis win County Championships
By Jon Gulliver
Staff Writer
CARIBOU — A Viking and a Tiger have claimed top honors at the County Track and Field Championships held last Wedenesday in Caribou.
Caribou’s Olivia Sleeper, for the third consecutive year, won the Howard Ludlow Award for scoring the most points (36) at the County meet. Morgan Swan (30.5) of Caribou was second, followed by teammate Sarae Sager (28.5), Presque Isle’s Erica Hemphill (26) and Katie Plourde (23) of Caribou.
Fort Fairfield’s Andrew Lewis totaled the most points for the boys (38) two win the Emery Plourde Award. Matt Eager (34) of Presque Isle was second, followed by Caribou’s Brendan Wood (28) and Caleb Chapman (26.5). Logan Good (26) was fifth.
The Caribou boy’s team won the meet with 225 points. Presque Isle (218), Fort Fairfield (93), Fort Kent (23) and Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics (13) followed.
Local boys in the top three in each event are:
100-meter dash — 1, Derik Michaud, CAR, 11.4 seconds; 2, Cody Charette, CAR, 11.7; and Good, PI, 11.7.
200-meter dash — 1, Nick Pucci, CAR, 24.3; and 2 (tie), Michaud, CAR, 24.5 and Good, PI, 24.7.
400-meter dash — 1, Devin Schinhofen, PI, 54.7; 2 (tie), Pucci, CAR, and Clukey, PI, 55.8.
800-meter run — 1, Eager, PI, 2:07.5; 2, Chapman, CAR, 2:12.6; and 3, Taylor Thibodeau, CAR, 2:13.9.
1,600-meter run — 1, Eager, PI, 4:43.7; 2, Chapman, CAR, 4:50.8; and 3, Lund, CAR, 5:02.1.
3,200-meter run — 1, Eager, PI, 10:24; 2, Chapman, CAR, 10:28.6; and 3, Lund, CAR, 10:48.2
110-meter hurdles — 1, Wood, CAR, 17.1; 2, Gabe Player, PI, 18.1; and 3, Johnny Theriault, FF, 19.7.
300-meter hurdles — 1, Wood, CAR, 45.6; 2, Grier Osterman, LCS/MSSM, 47; and 3, Player PI, 48.
4×100-meter relay — 1, Presque Isle, 47.4 and 2, Caribou, 47.7.
4×400-meter relay — 1, Caribou, 3:45 and 2, Presque Isle, 3:45.9.
4×800-meter relay — 1, Caribou, 9:20.5; 2, Presque Isle 9:23.5; and 3, PIHS “B”, 10:00.1.
High jump — 1, Lewis, FF, 5 feet, 8 inches; 2, Scott Delong, PI, 5 feet, 6 inches; and 3, Mitchell Ayotte, PI, 5 feet, 4 inches.
Pole vault — 1, Andrew Michaud, PI, 10 feet, 6 inches; 2, Sean Barbosa, CAR, 9 feet, 6 inches; and Lund, CAR, 9 feet.
Long jump —1, Good, PI, 19 feet, .25 inches; 2, Ayottte, PI, 19 feet, .25 inches; and 3, Jacob Wortman, FF, 18 feet, .25 inches.
Triple jump — 1, Legeorge Williams, FF, 38 feet, 8.75 inches; 2, Wortman, FF, 36 feet, 3.25 inches; and 3, Wood, CAR, 35 feet, 11.5 inches.
Shot put — 1, Trey Stewart, PI, 40 feet, 11 inches; 2, Lewis, FF, 37 feet, 5.5 inches; and Lucas Cyr, CAR, 35 feet, 8.5 inches.
Discus — 1, Lewis, FF, 123 feet, 11 inches; 2, Stewart, PI, 108 feet, 9 inches; and 3, Caleb Daigle, FF, 101 feet, 10 inches.
Javelin — 1, Lewis, FF, 123 feet, 11 inches; 2, Delong, PI, 120 feet, 6 inches; and 3, Keeghan Lowe, PI 115 feet.
1,600-meter race walk — 1, Josh Kovach, CAR, 8:38.7; 2, Austin Griffeth, CAR, 9:01.4; and 3, Mitchell St. Peter, CAR, 9:02.8.
Caribou won the girls’ meet with 304 points. Fort Fairfield (101.50) was second, followed by Presque Isle (85), Fort Kent (49.50), Washburn (29) and LCS/MSSM (3).
Local girls in the top three in each event are:
100-meter dash — 1, O. Sleeper, CAR, 13.5; 2, Hemphill, PI, 13.6; and 3, Reanna Plourde, CAR, 13.7.
200-meter dash — 1, O. Sleeper, CAR, 28.3; 2, Hemphill, PI, 29.2; and 3, Nicole Giberson, FF, 29.4.
400-meter dash — 1, O. Sleeper, CAR, 1:04.3; 2, Nicole Giberson, FF, 1:07; and 3, Mackenzie Deveau, CAR, 1:07.8.
800-meter run — 1, Carsyn Koch, WASH, 2:31.3; 2, Plourde, CAR, 2:33.4; and 3, Sarah Doak, CAR, 2:38.7.
1,600-meter run — 1, Koch, WASH, 5:27.3; 2, Doak, CAR, 5:37.9; and 3, Nerissa Larrabee, CAR, 5:49.
3,200-meter run — 1, Belyea, CAR, 12:21.9; 2, Robyn Larrabee, CAR, 13:28; and 3, N. Larrabee, CAR, 12:43.5.
100-meter hurdles — 1, Sager, CAR, 16.7; and 2, Samantha Simonds, PI, 16.7.
300-meter hurdles — 1, Sager, CAR, 51.1; 2, Janae Libby, FF, 55.1; and 3, Kelly Kashian, CAR, 57.7.
4×100-meter relay — 1, Caribou, 56.2 and 2, Presque Isle, 56.7.
4×400-meter relay — 1, Caribou, 4:41.5 and 3, Presque Isle, 5:00.2.
4×800-meter relay — 1, Caribou, 11:10.3 and 2, Presque Isle, (11:45.3).
High jump — 1, Kelly Kashian, CAR, 4 feet, 8 inches and 3, Doak, 4 feet, 4 inches.
Pole vault — 1, Belyea, CAR, 7 feet; 2, Hemphill, PI, 6 feet, 6 inches; and 3 (tie), Libby, FF, and Meredith Sleeper, 6 feet, 6 inches. (In some instances ties can be broken by fewest misses)
Long jump — 2, Hannah Hebert, CAR, 14 feet, 4.75 inches and 3, O. Sleeper, CAR, 13 feet, 11.5 inches.
Triple jump — 1, Plourde, CAR, 31 feet, 10.25 inches; 2, Hebert, CAR, 30 feet, 3 inches; and 3, Kayla Richards, PI, 30 feet, 1 inch.
Shot put — 1, Swan, CAR, 33 feet, 4 inches; 2, Whitney McNamee, FF, 28 feet, 1 inch; and 3, Sager, CAR, 27 feet, 5 inches.
Discus — 1, Katy Donovan, FF, 98 feet, 11 inches; 2, Swan, CAR, 88 feet, 2 inches; and 3, Logan Bubar, FF, 77 feet, 8 inches.
Javelin — 1, Swan, CAR, 96 feet, 5 inches; 2, Donovan, FF, 93 feet, 6 inches; and 3, Bubar, FF, 90 feet, 10 inches.
1,600-meter race walk — 1, Paige Small, CAR, 8:39.2; 2, Amanda Bennett, PI, 9:06.9; and 3, Bonnie Corey, PI, 9:37.4.
