Koch sets course mark at Old Town
OLD TOWN — The 64th Old Town Sectional Cross Country Meet took place Saturday, with Carsyn Koch of Washburn establishing a course record by completing the three-mile course in 19 minutes and 55.24 seconds.
Koch led the Beavers to second place in the nine-team meet. The four other Washburn scorers were all between the 18th and 23rd positions in the final standings.
Tori Koch (18th, 22:20.59), Emilia Churchill (19th, 22:21.48), Carmen Bragg (22nd, 22:35.15) and Mackenzie Worcester (23rd, 22:45.93) were all in a tight pack and helped the Beavers score 83 points. Mount Desert Island won with 28 points. Orono was third, just five behind Washburn.
The Caribou girls claimed the fifth spot with 124 points. They were led by Nerissa Larrabee, who was 13th in 21:56.2, and Robyn Larrabee, 16th in 22:11.13.
Presque Isle came in seventh place, posting 178 points. Emily Colligan was the Wildcats’ lead runner, coming in 15th place in 22:05.84. Mandy Graham took 24th in 22:49.88, while Hilary Boucher was 44th in 25:03.96. Amanda Palmer (47th, 25:27.51) and Matteah Michaud (54th, 27:34.44) rounded out PI’s top five.
John Bapst won the boys’ meet, tallying 53 points compared to 69 for runner-up Orono. Presque Isle was fourth with 88 points and Caribou fifth with 94, while Washburn ended up eighth with 207.
The only local runner to make the top 10 was Wildcat senior Saul Nunez, who crossed the finish line in 18:12.8, good for ninth place. Teammates Trevor Levesque and Dustin Drabek were within .13 seconds of each other, with Levesque taking 12th in 18:25.92 and Drabek 13th in 18:26.05.
Also figuring in the scoring for Presque Isle were Jason Bartley, 21st in 18:46.12, and Jacob O’Berry, 38th in 20:15.83.
Caribou’s top runners were Lucas Kinney and Tsion McLeod, who were 14th and 15th, respectively.
For Washburn, Derek Baker came in 32nd in 19:42.26. Cameron Preston (40th, 21:23.18) and Alex Pelletier (41st, 20:26.05) were the next Beavers to finish.
The next meet is the Festival of Champions, slated for Saturday. Washburn, Caribou and Presque Isle are all set to make the trip to Belfast, which is also the site of this year’s Eastern Maine Championship meet Oct. 26.
