DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Track athletes from Houlton, Hodgdon and Greater Houlton Christian Academy endured a more than five-hour long meet Saturday at Foxcroft Academy.
“We had a great day down in Foxcroft, despite a few technical problems on their (Foxcroft Academy’s) side,” Houlton coach Chris Rines said. “Halfway through the meet the PA system quit and we were without direction momentarily. They were able to get it back working after awhile, but the meet had extended into its 5th hour by the time it started working again and you could see the athletes and everyone really just kind of wearing down. The meet was moving along rather slow to begin with but that really complicated the issue.”
Girls team scores were: Brewer 216, Old Town 143, Caribou 136, Houlton 33, GHCA 23, Fort Fairfield 14, Washburn 11 and Greenville 2.
Boys team scores were: Brewer 172, Caribou 165, Old Town, 95, Foxcroft Academy 41, Fort Fairfield 38, Greenville 26, Hodgdon 16, Washburn 14, GHCA 10 and Houlton 8.
“(Houlton’s) Mia Hanning pulled off back to back individual victories in the 100 and 200 meter against some of the toughest competition she will see this season in Brewer, Caribou, and Old Town athletes,” Rines said. “The senior captain is running some of the best times of her career and is also the anchor of the Houlton girls 4×100 meter which also scored at the meet.”
Tessa Solomon joins Hanning as the only other automatic state qualifying Houlton girl thus far, while GHCA’s Graham and Bridget Hill have automatic bids to states as well. The GHCA girls 4×800 relay team also pulled off the victory against three other teams.
“To date we have these individuals qualified for the two postseason championship meets,” Rines said. “Only Houlton students are eligible for the PVC meet while all are able to qualify for the state championship.”
Competitors on a provisional list are considered for qualification after all automatic bids are entered if there is still room in the particular fields.
The following students all hit personal bests at the meet: Joel Bond (1600, long jump), Cameron Callnan (high jump, javelin), Justin Cook (javelin), Tristan Cosby (discus), Jarret Fournier (110 hurdles, 300 hurdles), Wesley Ganglfinger (3200), Daniel McNally (javelin), Donald Ouellette (800), Isaac Potter (1600, 800), Damon Reynolds (shot put, discus, javelin), Brandon Roshto (100, 200), Jeremy Stone (1600, 3200), Cole Winslow (110), Emma Ardell (200, 300 hurdles), Delaney Despres (200), Emmalyne Drake (400, 800), Chloe Fekete (800), Grace Graham (800, 1600), Hanning (shotput), Bridget Hill (800, 1600), Solomon (100 hurdles, javelin) and Lauren Swimm (100, 200).
The individual boys results for local athletes were:
4×800 Meter Relay — 4,GHCA (names not listed), 10:21.92.
110 Meter Hurdles — 7, Cole Winslow, GHCA, 19.79; and 12, Jarret Fournier, Hou, 23.69.
100 — 15, Miguel Jimenez, Hou, 13.14; 17, Justin Cook, Hou, 13.26; 18, Daniel
McNally, Hou, 13.38; 25, Brandon Roshto, Hou, 13.51; and 30, Drew Foley, Hou, 13.77.
3200 — 2, Joel Bond, Hodg, 11:00.
1600 — 2, Bond, 5:03.41; 13, Jeremy Stone, GHCA, 5:35.58; 18, Isaac Potter, GHCA, 5:42.82; 19, Joel Carmichael, GHCA, 5:51.74; and 23, Donald Ouellette, Hou, 6:16.06.
400 — 5, Wesley Ganglfinger, GHCA, 59.21; and 15, Jimenez, 1:03.77.
300 hurdles — 4, Winslow, 49.18; and 7, Fournier, 55.40.
800 — 8, Bond, 2:21.27; 15, Potter, 2:37.37; 16, Cameron Callnan, Hou, 2:37.43; 19, Carmichael, 2:42.55; and 22, Ouellette, 2:51.38.
200 — 12, Justin Cook, Hou, 26.82; 15, McNally, 27.08; 17, Roshto, 27.27; 21, Jimenez, 27.45; and 42, Fournier, 31.87.
4×400 — 5, Houlton (Cosby, Callnan, Ouellette, Roshto), 4:25.26.
High jump — 7, Winslow, 5 feet; and 9, Callnan, 4-10.
Long jump — 12, Cole Winslow, GHCA, 16-02; 22, Bond, 14-3.25; and 26, Roshto, 12-11.75.
Javelin — 4, McNally, 127-3; 5, Callnan, 121-7; 11, Cook, 91-7; 27, Damon Reynolds, Hou, 61-2.
Discus — 9, Reynolds, 95-5; and 14, Cosby, 87-6.
Shot put — 10, Reynolds, 33-11.50.
The individual girls results for local athletes were:
100 hurdles — 15, Emmalyne Drake, Hou, 22.13. 16, Solomon, 22.19. 17, Emma Ardell, Hou, 22.42.
100 — 1, Hanning, 13.68; 21, Isabelle Cosby, Hou, 15.42; 25, Delaney Despres, Hou, 15.60; 39, Jillian Ross, Hod, 16.53; 38, Naemi Supper, GHCA, 16.50; 41, Chloe Fekete, GHCA, 16.63; and 49, Lauren Swimm, Hou, 17.36.
1600 — 4, Grace Graham, GHCA, 5:58.96; 6, Bridget Hill, GHCA, 6:06.26; 7, Teagan Ewings, GHCA, 6:16.8711; and Jeannelle Ross, Hodg, 7:01.65.
4×100 relay — 5, Houlton (Emma Ardell, Amelia Hanning, Isabelle Cosby, Delaney Despres), 58.28.
400 — 6, Emmalyne Drake, Hou, 1:13.76; and 10, Jillian Ross, Hod, 1:21.86.
300 hurdles — 5, Ardell, 55.53; 11, Solomon, 1:03.92.
800 — 2, Graham, 2:41.04; 7, Ewings, 2:56.72; 8, Hill, 2:57.86; 11, Drake, 3:10.28; 16, Fekete, 3:22.35; 17, Je. Ross, 3:24.93; and 18, Ji. Ross, 3:25.89.
200 — 1, Hanning, 28.35; 8, Ardell, 30.84; 21, Cosby, 33.11; 25, Despres, 33.48; 29, Naemi Supper, GHCA, 34.85; and 32, Swimm, 37.29.
Long jump — 30, Je. Ross, 8-3.
High jump — 10, Cosby, 4-2.
Javelin — 3, Solomon, 95-3.
Discus — 19, Solomon, 60-7; 27, Swimm, 54-8; 28, Ji. Ross, 48-9; 34, Supper, 29-9.
Shot put — 8, Hanning, 27-0.
