OLD TOWN, Maine — Track season began with a flurry Saturday as athletes from Houlton, Hodgdon and Greater Houlton Christian Academy competed for the first time this spring.
“It was a great first meet for the Houlton program as several of our students got their first steps on the track,” said coach Chris Rines. “We have 19 freshman and first-year students in the program and only two of them have any previous history with either the Rec track program or middle school competition. The new kids struggled as they got into the flow of how track meets operate but we did have several highlights throughout the day.”
Grace Graham was the only individual winner on the day, as she took top honors in the 800 meter.
Qualifying for states were senior three-year athletes Amelia Hanning (Houlton) in the 100 meter and Bridget Hill (GHCA) in the 3200 meter. Provisional marks were put up by first-year athlete Tessa Solomon in the javelin and freshman Emma Ardell in the 300 hurdle.
“For a vacation week meet, I thought we did very well,” Rines said. “This was certainly our largest group of kids that we have been able to take to a meet on vacation week. We usually lose about half the team because of family or school trips. We also had a very nice fanbase make the trip downl. I was happy to see a lot of familiar faces in the crowd cheer us along the day.”
The boys team scores were: Old Town 154, Orono 144, George Stevens 101, Bangor Christian 49, Bucksport 27, Greater Houlton Christian 24, Deer Isle-Stonington 20, Houlton 14, Hodgdon 8, Madawaska 3, Fort Kent 2, and Penquis no score
The individual boys results for local athletes are as follows:
4×800 Meter Relay — 4, GHCA (Cole Winslow, Joel Carmichael, Jeremy Stone, Wesley Ganglfinger), 9:53.00; and 5, Houlton (Drew Foley, Donald Ouellette, Cameron Callnan, Tristan Cosby), 11:08.84.
110 Meter Hurdles — 3, Cole Winslow, GHCA, 20.25; and 5, Jarret Fournier, Houlton, 24.31.
1600 — 4, Ganglfinger, 5:04.93; 5, Joel Bond, Hodgdon, 5:04.97.
300 hurdles — 3, Cole Winslow, 50.54; 4, Fournier, 1:00.01.
3200 — 3, Bond, 10:46.29; 4, Ganglfinger, 11:12.32.
High jump — 6, Cameron Callnan, Houlton, 4-feet, 8-inches.
Javelin — 4, Callnan, 115-3.
Discus — 6, Dylan Swimm, Houlton, 98-1.
The girls team scores were: Old Town 190, Orono 155, George Stevens Academy 76, Greater Houlton Christian Academy 36, Houlton 29, Bucksport 26, Penquis 17, Bangor Christian 17, Fort Kent 12, and Hodgdon, no score.
4×800 relay — 3 GHCA (Bridget Hill, Chloe Fekete, Teagan Ewings, Grace Graham), 11:34.
100 hurdles — 9, Solomon, Houlton, 22.54.
100 — 3, Amelia Hanning, Houlton, 13.62; 15, Isabelle Cosby, Houlton, 15.18; 16, Ardell, Houlton, 15.30; and 17, Delaney Despres, Houlton, 15.42.
1,600 — 3, Graham, 6:05.44; 5, Ewings, 6:27.39; and 10, Jeannelle Ross, Hodgdon, 7:01.46.
4×100 relay — 4, Houlton (Delaney Despres, Solomon, Ardell, Hanning) 57.94.
400 — 5, Hill, 1:15.12; 6, Emmalyne Drake, Houlton, 1:16.53; and 8, Fekete, 1:24.10.
300 hurdles — 4, Ardell, 56.14.
800 — 1, Graham, 2:43.40; 5, Ewings, 3:06.42; 8, Drake, 3:18.80; 10, Ross, 3:19.06; 11, Fekete, 3:31.46.
200 — 4, Hanning, 28.73; 10, Ardell, 31.37; 13, Cosby, 32.43; 17, Delaney Despres, Houlton, 33.62; 20, Jillian Ross, Hodgdon, 34.59; 21, Naomi Supper, GHCA, 34.76; and 26, Lauren Swimm, Houlton, 39.66.
3200 — 2, Hill, 13:06.24.
Long jump — 12, Cosby, 12-0.25.
Javelin — 2, Solomon, 84-8; 20, Cosby, 30-10.
Discus — 5, Solomon, 71-10; 12 Ji. Ross, 54-11; and 16, Swimm, 48-7.
