The Wolverine boys and girls track teams both placed second in a five-school meet Wiscasset Middle High School hosted Tuesday, May 9. Ayanna Stover, Grace Webber and Gabby Chapman all recorded personal bests.

Stover led her team by winning three events, starting with the 100-meter hurdles when she crossed the finish line in 17.9, her fastest time of the season. She edged out Monmouth Academy’s Emily Grandahl by six-tenths of a second. Later, Stover ran neck-and-neck against Hall-Dale High School’s Sabrina Freeman and won the 300-meter hurdles in 57.55. Stover finished the afternoon by winning the triple jump, leaping 30-7 and once again besting Freeman, who jumped 29-4.

Webber won two events, the 100-meter dash in 13.73 and long jump, 16-0; both were new personal bests. Webber’s previous fastest time in the 100 was 13.76; she topped her long jump record by a foot. Gabby Chapman posted her best time of the season in the 400-meter dash, 1:09.12, edging out Monmouth’s Audrey Fletcher, 1:09.71. Chapman placed second in the long jump, 14-9, her best distance of this season.

Wiscasset’s 4x100 relay team of Chapman, Vanessa Dunn, Keara Hunter and Webber placed first in 55.57. The Mount Abram Roadrunners were second. Other Wolverines placing included Dunn and Hunter in the 100, finishing fourth, 15.4 and fifth, 15.7 respectively. Hunter was fourth in the 100-meter hurdles, 20.26, a personal best.

Lily Souza just missed placing in the shot put with a toss of 23-5, finishing sixth. Souza recorded her best season throw in the javelin, 47-2 and placed 11th. Monmouth’s Abby Allen recorded a winning javelin throw of 89-9.

Monmouth won the girl’s meet with 86.5 points, followed by WMHS 57, Mount Abram, 45.5, and Hall-Dale and Richmond with 34 points each.

Many Wolverine boys also set new personal bests. Max Sampson lead the team, winning two events and recording his best distance in the triple jump 40-3, edging Hall-Dale’s Alec Roberts-Poulin who leaped 40-0. Sampson won the long jump that measured 19-8. Hall-Dale’s Jon Whitcomb was second at 19-3.

Matt Chapman recorded his best times winning both the 110 (18.46) and 300 hurdles (45.13) and Brandon Goud posted his best time winning the 1600-meter race, 4:57. The Wolverines won all three relay races, the 4x100 in 49.47; the 4x400, 3:59.88; and the 4x800, 9:25.63. Gage Varian placed second in the 3,200-meter race, crossing the finish line with his best time, 12:11.8.

Other Wolverines who placed were Quinn Ranta, third in the 100-meter hurdles at 21.56, a personal best; Caleb Gabriel,  fourth in the 800-meter race, 2:24.82, a personal best; and Cedric Loyola, fourth in the triple jump with 36-1. Colin Ranta was fourth in the javelin, 117-8 and his best distance of the season. Haiden Dunning placed fourth in the shot put at 34-0, another personal best.

Goud was tied with three others for fifth place in the high jump, clearing a height of 5-2. Aidan Carlson placed fifth in the discus, 90-7, and Chris Loyola tied for fifth in the 100-meter dash, 12.81. Ranta was sixth in the shot put with a throw measuring 33-4, his best distance yet.

Hall-Dale won the meet with 90 points. WMHS had 64.8; Mount Abram 60.3; Monmouth, 44.3; and Richmond 9.5.

Josiah Winchenbach coaches both the WMHS boys and girls track teams. The remainder of the Wolverine meets are away beginning with Lisbon, May 16.