Lewis, Rittall, 4X800 and 4x400 relay teams score MVC girls’ track wins
Boothbay/Wiscasset track and field teams scored four victories April 16 in a Mountain Valley Conference meet in Lisbon. Freshman Oliva Rittall won the 400M dash with a one-minute, 7.28 second mark. Sophomore Bailey Lewis won the long jump with a 12-foot, seven-inch mark. The 4X400M relay team won with a four-minute, 55.01 second time. The 4X800 relay team ran a 12-minute, 1.49 second time in defeating second place Lisbon, 13:42.52.
Overall, 14 Boothbay/Wiscasset athletes finished in the top four at the season’s first conference meet.
In the 100M dash, Boothbay/Wiscasset’s Tatum French finished third with a 15 second time. Madison Raegan Cowan won in 14.58. Monmouth’s Eva Poulin finished second at 14.72 and Madison’s Brooklyn Lenko place third at 14.73.
In the 200M dash, freshman Nerla Laventure finished fourth with a 31.96 second time. Hall-Dale’s Karlie Reith finished first in 30.52. Lisbon’s Addy Burkhardt finished second in 30.73 and Madison’s Raegan Cowan finished third in 31.86.
In the 800M, juniors Maddie Orchard and Abbie Clark finished second and third. Orchard’s time was two minutes, 50 seconds. Clark ran it in 3:01. Madison’s Bryanna Hagopian won with a 2:48.3 time.
In the 1600M, freshman Karen Higgins and senior Julia Truesdell finished second and third. Higgins ran a six-minute, 7.34 time. Truesdell had a 6:30.78 time. Bryanna Hagopian won with a 5:58.94 run.
Hagopian scored her third win in the 3200M run. She recorded a 13-minute, 23.26 second mark. Boothbay/Wiscasset freshman Karen Higgins finished second at 14:00.84.
In the high jump, French placed third with a four-foot leap. Hall-Dale’s Violet Clark won with 4-02. Monmouth’s Lily Carlton and Lisbon’s Avia Russo tied for second with four-foot marks.
In the 300M hurdles, Bailey Lewis finished fourth with a one-minute, 5.12 second mark. Monmouth Academy’s Annabelle Carlton won with 56.23. Teammate Eva Poulin finished second with 59.32. Lisbon’s Avia Russo finished third with 1:02.51.
In the 4x100 relay, Boothbay finished fourth with a 59.09 second time. Madison finished first with 57.11. Monmouth was second at 58 seconds. Lisbon was third at 59.01.
Boothbay/Wiscasset’s next Mountain Valley Conference meet is Tuesday, April 23 at Wiscasset Middle High School. Other participating schools are Lisbon, Kents Hill, Monmouth and Maranacook.