Wiscasset Middle High School track and field athletes competed against 12 other high schools at the Taylor Harmon Capital City Classic hosted by Cony High School on Friday, May 18, in Augusta. 

Coach Josiah Winchenbach saw his Wolverine girls finish seventh overall while the boys placed eighth. Cony won both meets.

Team points were divided among the top seven finishers, 10 points going to the victor, eight for second place, six for third, four for fourth, three for fifth, two for sixth and one for seventh. 

The Wolverines’ Matt Chapman had an impressive afternoon picking up 21 team points. He bested 14 other competitors and won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.5 seconds. Later he beat 22 other entries and won the 300-meter hurdles in 43.65. 

Chapman placed seventh in the 200-meter dash in 25.51. Mountain Valley’s Chris Glover’s winning time in the event was 24.29. There were 53 runners. 

The Wolverines' other individual scorer was Max Sampson. He picked up eight points by placing second in the triple jump, 40’6”. Boothbay Region’s Jay Hasch won, leaping 42’3”.

Sampson added six more points with a third place finish in the long jump, 18’11.5. Matt Albert of Hall-Dale had a winning jump that measured 21’1.5,” Boothbay’s Hasch was second at 19’4. The Wolverines’ 4x100 relay team of Chapman, Sampson, Caleb Gabriel and Chris Loyola placed sixth, crossing the finish line in 49.39. Erskine Academy won in 46.37. 

Final scoring in the boys’ meet: Cony 184.5, Lisbon 84, Erskine Academy 77, Mountain Valley 59, Monmouth Academy 51, Boothbay Region 48.5, Hall-Dale 48, Wiscasset 37, Maranacook 34, Gardiner 8, Dirigo 7, Winthrop 4 and Richmond 1.

Girls results

The Wolverine girls won one event,  the 4x100 relay race. The team of Gwen Webber, Cara Viele, Grace Webber and Avanna Stover won in 53.09 seconds. Cony was second in 54.59, and Winthrop placed third in 55.24. 

Grace Webber picked up a dozen team points by placing second in the long jump, 15’ and fourth in the 200-meter dash, 27.56. Ayanna Stover added eight points finishing third in the 100-meter hurdles, 16.74 and sixth in the 300-hurdles, 53.73.  Gwen Webber tied for fourth in the high jump, clearing 4’6”.

Final scoring in the girls’ meet: Cony 157, Monmouth Academy 136, Lisbon 65, Maranacook 60, Winthrop 60, Erskine Academy 50, Wiscasset 33, Mountain Valley 31,Hall-Dale 15, Gardiner 13, Richmond 13, Oak Hill 13 and Dirigo 1.

The Mountain Valley Conference meet is at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 24 at Lisbon High School.