Hard work and a lot of practice paid off for junior Matt Chapman who returned to Wiscasset Middle High School a state champion following Saturday’s State C meet hosted by Massabesic High School in Waterboro.

On May 24, Chapman became the reigning Mountain Valley Conference hurdling champion when he won both 110 and 300-meter hurdling events at Lisbon. At the state meet, he shaved two tenths of a second from his MVC time in the 110 hurdles, finishing the race in 16.15 seconds. Traip High School’s Seth Simonds finished in second place, 16.69, while Sacopee’s Conner Meggison came in third, 17.10.

Later in the afternoon, Chapman ran second in the 300-meter hurdle race finishing a close second behind Traip’s Jacob Gagner. Gagner’s winning time was 42.15 seconds; Chapman crossed the finish line at 43.08 with Orono’s Tony Manev placing third in 43.30. At the MVC meet, Chapman ran the 300 hurdles in 43.16.

Chapman ran ninth, in 24.88, in the 200-meter dash. Greenville’s Ben Baldwin’s winning time was 23.68.

Team points went to the top seven finishers, 10 points for first place, 8 for second, 6 for third, 4 for fourth, three for fifth, 2 for sixth and 1 point for seventh place. Chapman picked up 18 of the Wolverines’ 30-point total.

Max Sampson placed third in the long jump, 20-8.5; Mountain Valley’s Chris Glover was second, 20-11. Mattanawcook’s Cayden Spencer-Thompson’' winning jump measured 23-01.75.  WMHS’s Cedrick Loyola placed 17th in the long jump, 18-7.

Spencer-Thompson also won the triple jump event with a leap of 46-05; Max Matson of George Stevens Academy placed second, 42-4.5, Sampson was third, 41-7. Josh Gabriele was eight, 39-5, Cedrick Loyola came in 12th  37-7 and Sam Strozier was 19th, 35-01.

Junior Josh Gabriele placed 14th in the high jump, clearing 5-4. Hall-Dale’s Ash Abbott’s winning height was 6-4. Sophomore Cedrick Loyola came in tied for 20th, clearing 5-2.

Senior Ayanna Stover capped off a fine track season capturing second place in 100-meter hurdles recording a time of 16.51 seconds among 19 competitors. Mountain Valley’s Lauren Sterling’s winning time was 16.35. Mya Sirois of Monmouth Academy was in the hunt as well but settled for third with a time of 16.81.

Stover and Sterling ran neck-and-neck in the 100-meter hurdles at the MVC championship meet at Lisbon; Sterling won the race finishing in 15.9 seconds, Stover  finished second and posted a time of 16.54.

The WMHS girls’ 4x100 relay team of Gwen Webber, Stover, Vanessa Dunn and Grace Webber placed fourth, 52.11. Wells won the race, 51.31, Central High was second, 51.77 and Orono third, 52.01.

Grace Webber finished fifth in the high jump, clearing 4-10. Fort Kent’s Lucy Pelletier’s winning jump was 5-0.

Senior Vanessa Dunn placed sixth in the 300-meter hurdles, 51.19. Orono’s Isabel Henderson’s winning time was 48.67.

Freshman Gwen Webber ran 19th in the 100-meter dash, 14.33.

Overall, Wolverine Coach Josiah Winchenbach saw his boys team finish tied for eighth place with Sacopee Valley each totaling 30 team points. Caribou won the meet with 57 points. Thirty-two high schools competed and 19 events were scored.

Maranacook won the girls’ meet with 103 points. WMHS finished 12th with 17 points. Thity high schools competed, with 19 events scored.