Girls’ track & field finishes second at MVC championships
The Boothbay/Wiscasset girls’ track & field team finished second out of 14 teams May 23 in the Mountain Valley Conference Championship meet at Lisbon High School. The team scored 89 points which trailed only Maranacook’s 105. Winthrop finished third with 81 and Madison placed fourth with 77.
Olivia Rittall finished third, in the 200M; Maddie Orchard, in the 800M, was second; Karen Higgins, 3200M, first; Higgins, third, 1600M; and 4X800M relay team of Abbie Clark, Julia Truesdell, Higgins and Orchard, first.
In the 100M dash, Rose Campbell finished fourth with a 13.67 second time. Buckfield’s Mya Austin won with 12.92. In the 200M dash, Rittall finished third with a 28.54 second mark. Austin of Buckfield won with 26.96.
In the 400M dash, Campbell finished fourth with a one-minute, 5.11 second time. Rittall finished fifth with a 1:06 mark. Buckfield’s Brittany Carrier won with 1:02.31. In the 800M run, Orchard finished second with a two-minute, 36.23 second time. Higgins finished fifth with 2:39.93. Julia Truesdell finished sixth with 2:41.26. Winthrop’s Haley Williams won with 2:32.97.
In the 1600M run, Higgins finished third with a five-minute, 47.95 time. Truesdell finished fifth with 6:02.78. Williams of Winthrop won with 5:34.57. In the 3200M, Higgins won with a 12-minute, 50.48 mark. Truesdell finished fourth with 14:17.1 and Orchard finished sixth with 16:05.68.
In the 100M hurdles, Emily Gilliam finished fifth with a 19.23 second mark. Mountain Valley’s Brooke Chase won with 55.21. In the 4X400 relay, Boothbay/Wiscasset finished fifth with a four-minute, 48.55 second time. Lisbon won with 4:34.87. In the 4X800 relay, Boothbay/Wiscasset won with an 11-minute, 19.01 second mark.
In the discus, Campbell finished second with a 94-foot throw. Winthrop’s Madeline Wagner won with 97-06.
The next event is the Class C State Championships on Saturday, June 1 at St. Joseph’s College in Standish.