Austin finishes first; Wiscasset strong again
For a day that couldn't decide whether it wanted to rain or shine, several local athletes shined through on their own.
During the May 6 track and field meet at Wiscasset High School, there were several standout performances and several personal records bested.
In the girls 100-meter dash, Kristen Cavanaugh finished sixth with a time of 15.67 seconds, while teammates Amanda Johnson (16.67 seconds) and Keara Hunter (17.15 seconds) finished 10th and 14th, respectively.
In the boys 100-meter sprint, Sam Storer finished fifth with a time of 12.93 seconds, Colin Viele was 10th with 13.85 seconds and Josh Kramley (14.12 seconds) was 15th.
Freshman Brandon Goud again hanged tough in the 1600-meter run as he was able to complete the course in five minutes and 22.35 seconds, which was a five second improvement from last week and good enough for seventh place. In the 3200-meter run Goud finished fifth in 13 minutes, 11.57 seconds.
Viele finished in seventh place in the 400-meter dash with a time of one minute, 1.29 seconds.
In the 200-meter dash, Amanda Johnson was eighth with a time of 36.56.
Storer was seventh in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.19 seconds and Viele (28.41 seconds) was 12th.
Cavanaugh again jumped four feet, two inches in the long jump, which placed her sixth.
Freshman Gabby Chapman, long-jumping in her first meet of the season, finished second with a 13-foot, 8.5-inch leap. Fellow freshman Hunter was 11th with a 10-foot 11.25-inch jump.
Hunter would also throw the discus 46 feet and eight inches, which placed her ninth overall.
In the boys long jump, Storer was fifth with a 16-foot, two-inch jump and Viele was 10th after jumping 13 feet and half-an-inch.
Michaela Trudeau chucked her javelin 54 feet, seven inches which was the tenth-longest distance in the girls throw.
For the boys javelin throw it was Nate Austin (68 feet, four inches) in 13th place and Josh Delong (66 feet, 11 inches) in 14th place.
Austin threw the discus 81 feet, one inch to place seventh in the event and again stood out with the shot put; he threw it 38 feet, eight inches which was best on the day. Andrew Lincoln threw for 22 feet, 10 inches, which placed him 17th.
Samantha Arsenault improved in the shot put, as the sophomore was able to send it 15 feet, seven inches, which placed her 11th.
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