BANGOR, Maine — The Houlton High School track and field squad is making its mark in its first-ever season of team competition. Last Tuesday in Bangor, the girls’ team placed fourth out of eight teams, while the boys were led by the Browns, who are making strides in track events.
Austin Brown qualified provisionally for the 100 meters and for the Penobscot Valley Conference in the 200 meter, while brother, Isaiah, “lit up the track with his personal best time in the 1,600 meter of 5:01.29 for a provisional entry into the States,” said Houlton coach Chris Rines.
For the second straight competition, Natalie Hill has qualified provisionally for the 100 meter, while grabbing the program’s first automatic bid to the States in the 800 meter. Emily Mooers joins Hill in qualifying for the States, as well as PVC, in the 400 and 100 meters.
Rylee Warman posted a provisional qualifying time in the 800 meter and Emma Drew will be going to the PVC in the javelin, coming five-feet short of a State-qualifying throw.
The Houlton girls finished with 20 points for a fourth-place finish out of eight teams.
“Other than meet winner and powerhouse Orono, we were the next highest Class C team, beating out Greenville, Penquis, Foxcroft Academy and Sumner,” Rines said.
Results for the girls’ team are as follows: 4×400 meter relay, Hill, Drew, Warman and Mooers, 5:04:69 for fifth out of seven teams to score four points.
Hill, 10th, 100 meter, 14.08, followed by Mooers, 15, 14.37; and Drew, 29, 14.99. In the 200 meter, Mooers, ninth, 30.83 and Drew, 21, 32.81. For the 400 meter, Mooers, fourth, 1:08.76; Olivia Winslow, 13, 1:27.43 and Emily Dickison, 15, 1:30.12.
In the 800 meter, Hill, fourth, 2:39.94; Warman, eighth, 2:43.06; Winslow, 25, 3:35.75 and Dickison, 28, 3:43.65. Winslow took 17th in the 1,600 meter race with a time of 7:48.65, while Dickison finished the 1,600 meter walk in second with a time of 10:41.80.
In the girls’ field events, Drew threw the javelin 75 feet for eighth place, while Hannah Foley was 14th with a distance of 54 feet, 9 inches.
The Houlton boys 4x 400 meter relay team of Josh Upton, Tre Whitney, Adam Casillas and Austin Brown finished seventh with a time of 49.87.
“This was the first time the four boys ran the event,” said Rines. “They did well enough to come away with a point for us. They would out pace six other teams.”
The remaining boys’ results are as follows: 100 meter, Austin Brown, eighth, 12.03; Upton, 25, 12.93; Whitney, 26, 12.96; Nathan Bouchard, 34, 13.33; and Tim Glatter, 44, 14.59. In the 200 meters, Austin Brown, sixth, 24.65 and Whitney, 19, 27.35. In the 400 meters, Isaiah Brown, 10, 1:01.46; Seth Bond, Hodgdon, 13, 1:03.09; Whitney, 15, 1:05.36 and Bouchard, 16,,1:06.18.
In the 800 meters, Isaiah Brown, fourth, 2:20.74; Casillas, ninth, 2:28.53; Bouchard, 14, 2:36.19 and Bond, 19, 2:47.11. In the 1,600 meters, Isaiah Brown, second, 5:01.29; Casillas, 12, 5:43.22 and Caleb Dube, Hodgdon, 25, 6:33.75. In the 3,200 meter run, Casillas, seventh, 13:38.38 and Dube, 10, 16:04.23.
In the field events, high jump, Bond, ninth, 4 foot, eight inches; long jump, Austin Brown, ninth, 17 feet, 3 inches; Bond, 15, 15 feet, 10.5 inches and Dube, 18, 14 feet, 11.5 inches. Glatter threw the javelin 96 feet, 9 inches for seventh. Upton hurled the discus 98 feet, 3 inches for fifth, while Glatter was 10th with a throw of 75 feet, 5 inches and Damon Reynolds, 18, 63 feet, 6 inches. Upton was fifth in the shot put with a distance of 36 feet, 9.5 inches and Reynolds, 13, 26 feet, 9 inches.
Saturday, May 9th was a great day for Houlton track down on the Island — Mt. Desert — despite cold and foggy weather.
“The meet was our third one in less than a matter of a week,” said Rines. “This really tested our endurance, but overall we did well despite conditions. This meet also features the first time we have had kids outright win in individual events.”
In the 4×100 meter girls’ relay: Mooers, Drew, Warman and Hill sprinted the 400 meter loop in a time of 58.84 for a fourth out of six teams finish. In the 100 meters, Mooers, fifth, 14.45; Hill, sixth, 14.46 and Drew, 15, 15.43.
Hill was third in the 200 meter with a time of 29.87; Mooers, fifth, 30.99; Drew, 11, 33.27 and Dickison, 16, 36.92. The 400 meter had Mooers taking first with a time of 1:08.54, followed by Winslow, third, 1:26.30 and Dickison, fourth, 1:31.29.
In the 800 meter, Warman was second, 2:47.74 and Winslow, seventh, 3:24.84. In the 1,600 meters, Winslow, eighth, 7:38.18 and 1,600 meter race walk, Dickison, first, 11:24.75.
In the shot put, Foley, 10, 23 feet, 2 inches. In the javelin, Drew, 10, 62 feet and Foley, 13, 55 feet, 3 inches.
The boys’ team of Isaiah Brown, Bouchard, Whitney and Austin Brown improved their time by one second from the Caribou meet in the 4×400 meter relay to capture fourth with a 4:08.55. That placement garnered four points for Houlton in the meet.
In the 100 meters, Austin Brown, 12, 12.32; Whitney, 29, 13.48; Bouchard, 32, 13.77; Glatter, 35, 14.60; and Isaac Lufkin, Hodgdon, 41, 15.83. For the 200 meters, Austin Brown, eighth, 25.19; Whitney, 21, 27.55; Bond, 22, 28.04; and Lufkin, 31, 34.6.
In the 400 meter run, Isaiah Brown, 12, 1:01.71; Whitney, 13, 1:02.42; Bond, 14, 1:03.88; Bouchard, 15, 1:04.53; and Lufkin, 18, 1:19.17.
Isaiah Brown was fourth in the 800 meter with a time of 2:20.08, followed by Casillas, seventh, 2:33.95; Bouchard, 10, 2:43.78; and Glatter, 12, 2:58.41. Brown was third in the 1,600 meter with a time of 5:02.21 and Casillas, 11, 5:36.8. In the 3,200 meters, Casillas, fourth, 13:16.86.
In the field events, high jump, Bond, High Jump 4 feet, 8 inches; long jump, Austin Brown, fourth, 17 feet, 5 inches; Bond, ninth, 15 feet, 3 inches and Lufkin, 15, 10 feet, 7.75 inches.
Glatter threw the discus a distance of 83 feet, 6 inches for seventh, while Reynolds was 13 with a hurl of 67 feet, 6 inches. Glatter pitched the javelin 106 feet, 1 inch for eighth place and Reynolds pushed the shot put 27 feet for 12th.
“The boys did really well to put up with some tough competition,” said Rines. “The southern part of the state is absolutely [full] with very talented sprinters and racing up against them gave us some valuable experience.”
Personal bests were had across the board in several events, most notably Glatter, who hit the century mark in the javelin, and hit his first finals appearance in discus. Reynolds has improved every meet so far and is really taking to shot put, Rines added.
All the girls’ and boys’ results can be found at http://me.milesplit.com/meets. Houlton High School and Hodgdon participants will travel to Presque Isle on Thursday, May 14 for a 3:30 meet against Fort Kent, Presque Isle, Fort Fairfield, Washburn and Limestone/MSSM.
