Wiscasset Middle High School boys finished seventh overall in the Mountain Valley Conference Championship track and field meet Lisbon hosted on Thursday, May 23. The Wolverines had two individual champions.

The Roadrunners of Mt. Abram won the championship, edging Hall-Dale by six points. All 14 MVC high schools took part.

Senior Matt Chapman successfully defended his MVC championship title in the 110-meter hurdles. He was clocked at 16.26 seconds, his best time of the season. Seth Leeman on the combined team of Lisbon/Oak Hill finished second in 16.98.

Dirigo’s Cam Kidder bested Chapman in the 300-meter hurdles event. Kiddler won in 41.98. Chapman was right on his heels, crossing the finish line in 42.04. Both posted their best times of the season. The pair will face each other again at the State C meet hosted by Mt. Blue High School in Farmington on Saturday, June 1. 

Cedrick Loyola was the Wolverines' other MVC champion. He topped a field of over a dozen competitors to win the triple jump with a leap measuring 40’4”. Kidder placed second, 38’11”.  WMHS’ Muhammad Khalique leaped 35’4”, finishing 11th.

Loyola was seventh in the high jump, clearing 5’4”. Spruce Mountain’s Carson Gross and Hall-Dale's Ashtyn Abbott both cleared 6’2’. WMHS’ Josh Gabriele cleared 5’2” and was 10th. Loyola finished eighth overall in the long jump, 18’.5”; his older brother Chris Loyola was 18th, leaping 16’.65”.

In the 100-meter dash, Khalique placed seventh in 12.20 seconds. His teammate Chris Loyola fininshed 12th, 12.44. Mt. Abram’s Jon Jordan was the fastest sprinter on the track. Jordan won both the 100, 11.69 and 200, 24.05.  In the 400 sprint, Joshua Gabriele came in ninth overall, 58.76.

WMHS’ 4x100 relay team of Khalique, Caleb Gabriele, Chapman and Chris Loyola placed fifth, 48.46. The 4x800 relay team of Caleb Gabriele, Chance Blagdon, Nate Gilliam and John Hodson came seventh, 10:37.14.

In the 4x400, the Wolverines were eighth overall, in 4:22.36. The team consisted of John Hodson, Caleb and Josh Gabriele and Tristan Pepe. Dustin Manson came in 14th in the 110-meter hurdles, 25.29.

Senior Haiden Dunning, who had qualified for the shot put, javelin and discus, chose to play baseball instead of competing at the MVC meet. The Wolverines were hosting a doubleheader with Dirigo High School. Dunning is the team’s starting pitcher.

Final MVC Championship scoring: Mt Abram, 139; Hall-Dale, 133, Lisbon/Oak Hill, 98.5; Boothbay Region, 55; Spruce Mountain, 4; Monmouth, 47; Wiscasset, 36.3333; Dirigo High, 24; Mountain Valley, 23.3333; Winthrop,17;  Telstar, 9.5; Madison 9.33333; and Richmond, N/S

Webber, Souza, Viele shine

The lady Wolverines had a good showing placing ninth overall topping Boothbay Region, Richmond, Mountain Valley and Dirigo at the MVC championship meet. Monmouth Academy won the meet with the combined team of Lisbon/Oak Hill coming in second followed by Winthrop, Spruce Mountain, Telstar, Mt. Abram, Carrabec and Hall-Dale.

Wiscasset’s top finisher was Grace Webber who placed second in the 300-meter hurdles. She was clocked at 50.85 seconds, a personal best. Monmouth’s Libby Clement won the event in 48.88. Webber was seventh in the 100-meter hurdles, 18.99 seconds.

Lily Souza placed fourth in the shot put with a hurl measuring 26’6”.  Souza placed sixth in the javelin, 72’, her personal best for the season. She was 13th in the discus, 64.2.

WMHS’ Cara Viele placed fifth in the 200-meter dash, 29.60. Webber and Viele finished seventh and eighth in the 100-meter dash in 13.95 and 14.18, respectively. Viele was ninth overall in the triple jump with a leap measuring 27’7.5”.

The 4x100 relay team of Webber, Lily Souza, Lily Cooper and Viele placed sixth, 1:00.36.