The Wolverines had another a strong showing in track and field competition May 17. Wiscasset Middle High School hosted three other Mountain Valley Conference high schools, Winthrop, Monmouth Academy and St. Dom’s.

Coach Josiah Winchenbach’s Wolverines finished in third place in the boys meet, fourth in the girls. When you have a small team like Wiscasset, scoring isn’t as important as individual performances. Taking that into consideration, WMHS had another great afternoon.

Wolverine girls results

Natalie Corson had a meet to remember, winning three events for the Wolverines starting with the high jump where she set the bar. After clearing a height of 4’4” with room to spare, she left a field of five other jumpers to watch as she continued on. She eventually bowed out at a height of 4’8” and now has her sights set on clearing 5’.

Corson then edged out her teammate Gabby Chapman in the long jump, leaping a distance of 14’10”. Chapman, who broke the 15-foot mark at the May 10 meet, finished second at 14’8”.

Corson rounded out the day with a first place finish in the triple jump at 31’7”, three inches better than the second place finisher but not her personal best.

Running into the wind, Chapman placed third in the 100 meter dash, crossing the finish line in 14.86 (the winning time was 14.48). Her teammate, Keara Hunter, was sixth (15.66). Chapman also placed third in the 200 meter dash 31.33.

Ayanna Main placed third in 100 meter hurdles (20:12) and Hunter was fifth (20.13).

In the weights competition, Gabby Penney was fourth in the shot put with a distance of 16’8” and Hunter 10th in the discus (49’5”).

In distance running, Amanda Marcus placed fourth in the 1600 meter race (7:23.48) and sixth in the 3200 meter race (17:22.75).

WMHS’ 4 x 100 meter relay team placed second (1:00.55).

Final scoring: Monmouth 113.50, Winthrop 71.50, St. Dom’s 40, and WMHS 40.

WMHS boys results

Matthew Chapman and Sam Storer led the Wolverine boys team in first place finishes.

Chapman won the 300 meter hurdles at 46.31. Earlier, he had a tough race in the 110-meter hurdles, losing his footing and falling twice but still finishing in second place (23.88) just three seconds behind the winner.

The speedy Storer nosed out the competition and won the 200 meter dash in 25.38. Chapman was third (25.75), Jake Traylor fifth (26.27) and Sam Whitney eighth (27.37).

Storer also placed third in the 100 meter dash (12.36) and Whitney was eighth (13.03).

Brandon Goud finished second in the 1600 meter race, close on the heels of  Monmouth’s Luke Thombs. Goud’s time was 4:52.55 and the winning time was 4:51.93.

Max Sampson was second in the long jump (18’1”), Whitney seventh (15’) and Joshua Gabriele ninth at 14’4”.

Traylor and Sam Strozier placed second and third in the triple jump, 37’11” and 35’5” respectively. Caleb Gabriel was sixth (31’4”).

Ethan James had another fine afternoon in the weights competition. He placed second in both the shot put (35’9”) and javelin 114’5”. He was fourth in the discus (92’2”).

Colin Viele placed fifth (2:30.35) and Caleb Gabriele sixth (2:30.38) in the 800 meter race. Strozier and Goud were eighth and ninth in the 400 meter dash.

Joshua Gabriele and Sampson both cleared 4’10” in the high jump. The winning leap was 5’10”.

WMHS’ 4 x 800 meter relay team placed third (9:57).

The final scoring was very close: Winthrop 82, Monmouth 81, WMHS 60 and St. Dom’s 26.

The MVC Championship meet is set for 2 p.m. Thursday, May 26 at Lisbon High School.