PIMS teams second at County meet

    PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Caribou swept middle school track and field titles in the Aroostook League during the May 27 championship meet held at the Gehrig Johnson Athletic Complex.
The Viking boys had the meet’s four top individual scorers in posting 95 points, which bested Presque Isle (82.5), Fort Fairfield (44), Valley Rivers of Fort Kent (23.5) and Union 122 (5) to grab the championship.
Caribou’s Dylan Paddleford was the high scorer with 22 points. Randon Mortland of Presque Isle, who set an Aroostook League record in the 1,600 with a time of 4:58.62, scored 18.5 points for fifth.
The Caribou girls scored 149.5 points, with PI the runner-up with 84. Fort Fairfield was third (49.5), followed by Valley Rivers (30), Wisdom (26) and Union 122 (25).
Bailey Bellefleur of Wisdom scored a meet-high 26 points in the girls’ meet. Jo Jo Fields of Caribou was next with 23 and Elizabeth Findlen of Presque Isle was third with 22.5.
First-place winners in individual events were as follows:
Girls: 4×100 relay, Presque Isle (Findlen, Kasey Haley, Madison Michaud and Eleanor St. Peter), 58.8; high jump, Marissa Brouette, Fort Fairfield, 4 feet, 7 inches; and long jump, Jaydyn Fox, Fort Fairfield, 13-1.
Boys: 400, Dustin Alward, Presque Isle, 59.93; 800, Mortland, 2:35.03; 1,600, Mortland, 4:58.62; 100 hurdles, Trevor Graves, Fort Fairfield, 17.05; 4×100 relay, Presque Isle (Alex Tilley, Jonah Clark, Cameron Lahey and Kyler Caron), 54.76; 4×200 relay, Presque Isle (Mortland, Brody Gallagher, Caleb Wheaton and Tilley), 2:07.72; and high jump, Jonah Daigle, Fort Fairfield, 5-2.