OLD TOWN, Maine — Cross-country runners from seven Aroostook County schools were part of a massive 15-team race over the weekend at the annual Sectional Invitational hosted by Old Town High School.
Saturday’s 68th running of this race continued its stretch as the longest continually running cross country contest in the state. Held under very hot and humid temperatures for this time of year, the conditions impacted a number of runners.
The Caribou girls placed second and the boys were third. In their fourth meet of the season, it was the first time both were out of the No. 1 position.
Girls team scores were: Orono 43, Caribou 59, Brewer 109, GHCA 123, MDI 125, Ellsworth 141, Presque Isle 184, Old Town 202, John Bapst 210, Washburn 249 and Hermon 259. Katahdin, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Bangor Christian, Houlton and Hodgdon did not have enough runners to score as a team.
Individual runners, who did not have enough members to qualify as a team, did not accumulate points toward team totals. Therefore, the final placement of some runners may not be characteristic of the points they received toward their team’s score.
For the Caribou girls, Abigail Wimmer (seventh, 21:54.24) and Ashley Violette (10th, 22:13.39) led the Vikings on the 3.1-mile course. Sarae Greenier took 11th in 22:14.52, while the other scoring runners were Maren Moir (15th in 22:39.49) and Emily Austin (16th in 22:44.41). The other Caribou competitors were Kacie Haney, who came in 25th in 23:32.74, and Katrina Salch, 35th in 24:14.54.
Isabelle Jackson was tops for Presque Isle in 22:35.55, good for 13th overall. Teammate Madison Jandreau placed 17th in 22:52.82. PI placed seventh as a team.
Madison Miller led Washburn by placing 37th in 24:19.16 and Kassandra Farley was 42nd in 24:44.6. Washburn was 10th in the standings.
Boys results
The Caribou boys came in third with 83 points. The Vikes’ Dylan Marrero was the third finisher in 17:39.14 and teammate Evan Desmond was sixth in 18:05.82. Kyle Boucher was 14th in 18:52.22, Aaron Macek 29th in 19:43.69 as the other Caribou scorer.
Boys team scores were: Orono 46, MDI 43, Caribou 83, Brewer 101, Hermon 127, John Bapst 136, Ellsworth 169, Presque Isle 181, GHCA 266, Old Town 299, Mattanawcook 301, and Washburn 322. Bangor Christian, Foxcroft, Houlton, Hodgdon did not have enough runners to score as a team.
Max Bartley of Presque Isle took 17th in 19:15.65. Also for the Wildcats, Jonah Clark was 21st in 19:29.74 and Trace Cyr 45th in 20:36.35. Carter Jackson (48th) and Owen McQuarrie (56th) were PI’s other scorers.
Aidan Churchill of Washburn was 54th in 21:05.3 and teammate Devon Maynard took the 67th position.
Caribou’s John O’Meara was the winner of the JV boys’ race in 19:39.64. Teammate Calvin Mokler came in second place in 20:10.4.
The next cross country event is the Festival of Champions in Belfast Saturday.
