The Wolverines girls track team edged out Mountain Valley High School by one point, 92-91, to win the season’s first track and field meet April 25. It was the track program’s first team win since before Wiscasset High School became Wiscasset Middle High School. Josiah Winchenbach coaches both the boys and girls teams. 

The Wolverines had six first place finishes in the five-team meet that also included Boothbay Region, Dirigo and Richmond high schools.

First place finishers included Grace Webber in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.76 seconds and Gabby Chapman in the 400, 1:09.98. Lilly Souza won the discus with a distance of 58-9 by edging out her teammate Keara Hunter 57-1 who placed second. The team’s 100-meter relay team also placed first with a time of 56.14.

Webber also won the long jump leaping 15-0, an event the Wolverines swept, with Ayanna Stover placing second, 14-8, and Chapman third, 14-3.  Stover also had a good performance in the hurdles, placing second in the 100-meter, 18.26 and second in the 300, 57.63. Stover was less than a second behind the winner in both races. Other Wolverine scorers included: Souza, third in both the triple jump, 20-0, and shot put, 21-1. Keisha Small, third in the 1600, 11:39.70, and fourth in the shot, 20-5; Vanessa Dunn, fifth in the 100, 15.39; and Hunter, fifth in the 100 hurdles, 20.48.

The final girls’ scores were Wiscasset 92, Mountain Valley 91, Boothbay Region 60, Richmond 58, and Dirigo 42.

The Wolverine boys finished the day with a third place finish behind Boothbay Region and Mountain Valley. Matt Chapman led the Wolverines by winning both hurdling events. His time in the 110-meter was 18.06 and in the 300-meter, 46.17.

Brandon Goud won the high jump, clearing a height of 5-6 in fewer attempts than Mountain Valley’s Taylor Pelletier, who cleared the same height.

WMHS won both relay races, the 4x400 in 3:57.34 and 4x800, 9:57.17.

Goud ran neck and neck with Boothbay’s Kyle Ames in the 1600 but finished second crossing the finish line in 5:02.97. Ames’ winning time was 5:00.29. Wiscasset’s Gage Varian was fourth in the race finishing at 5:44.19.

Sam Whitney took third place in the 100, 12.75. The winning time by Boothbay’s Draco Peaslee was 11.88. Whitney was fifth in the 200, 26.98.

Sam Strozier was third in the triple jump with a distance of 35-4; Haiden Dunning, third in the discus, 90-1; Caleb Gabriele placed fifth, 2:28.82 in the 800; and Ethan James placed fifth in the shot put, 33-3.

The final boys’ scores were Mountain Valley 130, Boothbay 96, Wiscasset 68, Dirigo 46, and Richmond, 24.

The next meet is scheduled for Tuesday, May 2 and will be hosted by WMHS. The Wolverines will compete against Carrabec, Dirigo and Winthrop high schools. The meet will get underway at 4 p.m.