BREWER, Maine — Track athletes from Houlton, Greater Houlton Christian Academy and East Grand journeyed to Brewer last Thursday for their first meet of the season.
“Our squad of kids made up of students from Houlton High School, Greater Houlton Christian Academy and East Grand High School (32 in total) was severely undermanned in this first meet of the season,” said coach Chris Rines. “We certainly felt the effects of school vacation as only 16 kids were able to attend the meet, but nonetheless I was pleasantly surprised with the results that our kids were able to put up. We had a lot of good efforts to start the competitive part of the season and I think several students absolutely went beyond my expectations and most definitely surprised themselves.”
The girls team scores were: Brewer, 167.5; Old Town, 117.5; Hampden, 108; Belfast, 65; Mattanawcook, 29; Dexter, 26; Hermon, 23; Houlton, 16; Washington Academy, 11; Fort Fairfield, 9; and Greater Houlton Christian Academy, no score.
The boys team scores were: Brewer, 134; Hampden, 95; Belfast, 94; Old Town, 83; Fort Fairfield, 40; Houlton, 34; Mattanawcook, 30; Hermon, 23; Dexter, 19; Washington Academy, 4; East Grand, 1; and Greater Houlton Christian Academy, no score.
Houlton’s Rylee Warman was the only Shire girl to finish in the top six in any of the events. Warman won the 1,600 meter run with a time of 6 minutes, 2.64 seconds and was third in the 3,200 meter run with a time of 13:36.52.
Other girls results were:
100 meter — 10, Amelia Hanning, Hou, 14.13; 35, Chloe Davis, Hou, 16.04; 36, Bridget Hill, GHCA, 16.07; 44, Rothery Sullivan, Hou, 16.45; and 52, Jillian Ross, GHCA, 17.59.
200 — 7, Amelia Hanning, Hou, 30.28; 32, Hill, 34.57; 33, Chloe Davis, 34.64; and 38, Ross, 37.97.
400 — 9, Hill, 1:20.29; and 11, Sullivan, 1:20.97.
4 x 100 relay — 10, Houlton (Davis, Sullivan, Olivia White and Hanning), 1:03.57.
Shot Put — 14, Lexi Bartlett, Hou, 22-5.5; and 20, White, 21-5.5.
Discus — 23, Bartlett, 55-3; 26, Ross, 54-3; and 33, White, 47-1.
Javelin — 12, White, 58-8; and 19, Bartlett, 51-1.
“Our girls had some great efforts today despite being well undermanned,” Rines said. “We only had six girls compete for Houlton and only three of them have ever had previous meet experience. Amelia Hanning performed well in her first outing while the lone scorer, Rylee Warman, carried the team forward with a first place finish in the 1,600 and placing well in the 3,200.”
Rines added he was impressed with the field performances White and Bartlett.
“Our group of boys did amazing to score and place ahead several established programs,” Rines said. “Stand out performances came from Ethan Fletcher (100, 200, 400), Austin Brown (200, High Jump), Isaiah Brown (1600, 3200), and Timothy Glatter (Javelin, Discus).”
The coach said Fletcher paced the scoring for Houlton with a win in 400, as well as good places in the 100 and 200. He added Isaiah Brown showed great endurance to strong second places each in the 1600 and 3200.
East Grand’s Trevor Fronczak had a great debut in the 1600 scoring a point for the Vikings, while Cole Winslow was the lone GHCA Eagle to place.
For the boys, Houlton’s Fletcher won the 400 meter with a time of 55.53 seconds; was fourth in the 200 meter (24.35); and was sixth in the 100 meter (12.12).
Isaiah Brown was second in the 1,600 meter, 4:56.75, while East Grand’s Fronczak was sixth at 5:13.66. Brown was also second in the 3,200 meter (10:55.07)
Austin Brown was sixth in the 200 meter at 24.63 and fifth in the high jump at 5-feet, 6 inches.
Other boys’ results were:
100 — 26, Fronczak, 13.18; and 31, A. Brown, 13.62.
800 — 21, Cole Winslow, GHCA, 2:47.77; and 23, Tim Glatter, Hou, 3:01.8.
1600 — 11, Winslow, 5:40.52.
110 Hurdles — 8, Winslow, 20.25.
Long Jump — 27, Fronczak, 15- 0.5.
Shot Put — 24, Glatter, 29-11.25; 28, Dylan Swimm, Hou, 29-3; and 41, Josiah Sherwood, Hou, 23-7.25.
Discus — 10, Glatter, Hou, 91-6; 26, Swimm, 66-2; and 33, Sherwood, 61-7.
Javelin — 7, Glatter, 111-6; and 17, Swimm, 88-4.
“Several of our modern school records fell today as Ethan Fletcher took down the 200 (24.37 previously held by A. Brown) to 24.35 and the 400 (1:01.19 previously held by I. Brown) to 55.53,” Rines said. “Isaiah Brown smashed his own 3200 (previous 11:43.35) record by nearly a minute to 10:55.07 and Rylee Warman lowered the record times she previously held in the 1600m (6:08.14)and 3200m (13:36.52) to 6:02.64 and 13:36.52 respectfully.”
