The combined Boothbay-Wiscasset indoor track athletes hit their stride as they took 11 top-five spots at their Jan. 19 Class B meet in Gorham. Five of the placements were top-three performances including Karen Higgins’ wins in the one and two-mile run.  

The Boothbay girls team placed fourth out of eleven with only three athletes on the roster. Out of 13, the Wiscasset boys placed 10th and the Boothbay boys placed 13th.  

In addition, 10 athletes set personal records in a combined 15 events, according to coach Nick Scott. 

Complete results are as follows:  

For the girls Rose Campbell placed second in the junior division 55m and 200m dash in 8.10 and 29.55; Abbie Clark placed fourth in the senior division 400m dash in 1:15.98; Higgins placed first in both the one and two-mile run in 6:05.20 and 13:17.97; and Campbell and Higgins placed fourth and 12th in junior division shot put with 21-1.25 and 15-3.25.  

For the boys, Austin Trask, Alton King, Chase Mansfield and Neal Baldwin places seventh, 14th, 24th and 26 in the senior division 55m dash in 7.26, 7.46, 8.72 and 9.07; Ross Gaffney placed 16th and 17th in the junior division 55m and 200m dash in 8.75 and 31.15; Mansfield and Baldwin placed 24th and 25th in the senior division 200m dash in 32.88 and 34.16; Trask placed fifth in the senior division 400m dash in 59.52; Jacob Charlton placed fourth in the junior division 400m dash in 1:29.11; AJ Crocker and Cleyton Splaine placed fifth and sixth in the two-mile run in 11:33.61 and 12:02.61; King placed third in the 55m hurdles in 9.51; Baldwin, Rodi Mayne and Mansfield placed nineth in senior division shot put with 27-1.50, 25-1.25; and 21-4; and King and Trask placed fourth and sixth in the long jump with 18-2 and 17-7.  

So far, five athletes have provisionally qualified for the state meet according to Scott: Higgins for the one-mile, Canada for the 200m, Trask and Campbell for 55m, and King for the long jump and 55m hurdles. In addition, Higgins automatically qualified for the two-mile.