OLD TOWN, Maine — Cross country squads from Houlton High School and Greater Houlton Christian Academy journeyed to Old Town Saturday for one of the longest running races in Maine high school cross country history.
The 3.1-mile 67th Old Town Sectional Invitational featured runners from 18 schools competing in a precursor to cross-country league, regional and state meets. In fact, the Old Town course is the same location for this year’s Penobscot Valley Conference championship.
The next race for runners will be Saturday in Belfast for the massive Festival of Champions race.
Girls team scores were: 1, Orono, 68; 2, Caribou, 76; 3, MDI, 80; 4, Ellsworth, 134; 5, GHCA, 135; 6, John Bapst, 136; 7, Mattanawcook, 204; 8, Hermon, 210; 9, Old Town, 217; 10, Houlton, 237; and 11, Fort Kent, 237.
The individual girls results for local runners were: 8, Rylee Warman, Hou, 21:31.00; 9, Grace Graham, GHCA, 21:31.50; 10, Jordyn Ritchie, Katahdin, 21:40.80; 13, Bridgett Hill, GHCA, 21:54.80; 14, Teagan Ewings, GHCA, 21:59.10; 48, Olivia Nadeau, GHCA, 25:24.30; 49, Alyssa Abbotoni, Hou, 25:25.50; 57, Victoria Holmes, Hou, 26:55.40; 63, Jillian Ross, GHCA, 28:21.80; 65, Jeannelle Ross, GHCA, 28:36.90; 67, Kathryn Nightingale, GHCA, 29:10.30; 70, Kate Newman, Hou, 31:35.30; and 73, Mikayla Fitzpatrick, Hou, 38:27.60.
In the junior varsity race, Lauren Swimm of Houlton finished 39th at 38:52.51.
Boys team scores were: 1, Orono, 25; 2, Caribou, 74; 3, John Bapst, 99; 4, MDI, 130; 5, Old Town, 138; 6, Ellsworth, 153; 7, Hermon, 191; 8, Presque Isle, 196; 9, GHCA, 257; 10, Houlton 259; and 11, Foxcroft, 270.
The individual boys results for local runners were: 3, Isaiah Brown, Hou, 17:46.57; 23, Joel Bond, Hodgdon, 19:04.70; 26, Wesley Ganglfinger, GHCA, 19:12.86; 48, Cole Winslow, GHCA, 20:44.54; 66, Alex Walker, GHCA, 22:35.15; 68, Jeremy Cook, Hou, 22:54.76; 72, Isaac Potter, GHCA, 24:15.93; 74, Isia Bouchard, Hou, 25:32.92; 77, Timothy Youngfellow, Hou, 27:25.20; 79, Nolan Jacobs, Hou, 29:10.72; and 80, Brendan Curran, GHCA, 39:01.69.
