Cedrick Loyola won the triple jump and Matt Chapman was first in the 110-meter hurdles at the  Capital City Classic hosted by Cony High School in Augusta. Fourteen high schools were represented at the meet held under the lights Friday night, May 17.

The Wolverines held their own at the annual track and field meet featuring boy and girl athletes from the Mountain Valley and Kennebec Valley conferences. Josiah Winchenbach, coach of Wiscasset Middle High School’s track program, said the meet got under way at 7 p.m. and ran until almost to 11.

Loyola’s winning leap in the triple jump measured 41’7” outdistancing Erskine Academy’s Alex Mahon who jumped 39’3.5”. Dirigo’s Cam Kidder placed third, 38’6”. Boothbay’s Quinn Ranta was seventh, 36’11”. WMHS’s Muhammad Khalique came in 12th, 33’4”. Loyola cleared five feet and placed seventh in the high jump; Hall-Dale’s Ashtyn Abbott had the winning jump, 6’2”. Loyola was also seventh in the long jump, 17’3”. Hall-Dale’s Matt Albert won with a jump measuring 19’11”.

Chapman’s winning time in the 110 hurdles was 16.32 seconds; Seth Leeman representing the combined high school team of Lisbon/Oak Hill ran second, 17.53. Erskine’s Alex Mahon was third, 17.98. Dirigo’s Cam Kidder edged out Chapman and won the 300-meter hurdles. Kidder crossed the finish line in 43.20 seconds, Chapman’s time was 43.98. Gardiner’s Isaac Dostie finished third, 45.40. Chapman placed sixth in the 200-meter dash in 25.29 seconds.

Wiscasset’s Haiden Dunning finished seventh in the shot put with a throw measuring 34’3”. Josh Gabriele was seventh in the javelin with a throw of 112’2”. The Wolverines’ 4x800 relay team of Nate Gilliam, Tristan Pepe, John Hodson and Chance Blagdon placed seventh in its event in 11:14.32. The Boothbay Region High School team of Fox Elder, Graham Harris, Blake Erhard and Nate Chatterton won the race in 9:16.67.

Overall, Hall-Dale won the meet tallying up 128.5 points and edging out host Cony High School. WMHS was seventh with 42 points. Lily Souza had the best showing for the Wolverines girls. She placed fourth in the shot put with a toss measuring 25’9”. Souza finished 13th in the javelin, 62’8”.

WMHS’ Gwen Webber came in seventh in the 100, in 14.14 seconds. Winthrop’s Jill Schmelzer was the fastest girl on the track with a winning time of 12.93 seconds. Wolverine Cara Viele was tied for 11th in 14.40. Webber placed seventh in the 300-meter hurdles in 54.21. Webber and Viele were ninth and 11th in the 100-meter hurdles in 19.28 and 20.21, respectively.

Chop Point’s Josie Harrington who trains with WMHS under Coach Winchenbach won the high jump clearing five feet. Webber cleared 4’4” and finished eighth. Viele was eighth in the triple jump leaping 27’8”. Harrington was ninth in the 100-meter dash, 14.36 and 10th in the 100-meter hurdles, 19.30.

Cony High won the meet with 231 points. WMHS finished 10th. BRHS was ninth. Chop Point with Harrington as its only representative was 11th.