Wolverine track program continues to improve
Cedrick Loyola cleared 5-8 in the high jump, a new personal best, and Wiscasset won both the 4 x 100 and 4 x 800 relay races at Tuesday’s four-school meet Wiscasset Middle High School hosted.
Loyola was second in the event behind Madison’s Reid Campbell, who cleared 5-8 in fewer attempts. Josh Gabriel cleared a height of 5-6 and placed third.
Matt Chapman led the Wolverines in team scoring with 12 points. He won the 110-meter hurdles, crossing the finish line in 17.84 seconds and the 300-meter hurdles, 42.72 – his best time this season.
Madison won the meet with 88 points, followed WMHS with 76, Winthrop 70 and Dirigo 17. It was the second qualifying meet of the season.
The Wolverine 4 x 800 relay team of Sam Strozier, Nate Gilliam and Gabriele brothers Josh and Caleb bested the team from Winthrop in a winning time of 10:17.96.
The 4 x 100 relay of Chapman, Caleb Gabriele, Cedrick Loyola and Chris Loyola won in 48:54, edging out the Madison team, which finished second, 49.07 followed by Winthrop, 50.18.
Chris Loyola placed second in the 100-meter, 12.5 seconds behind Madison’s Darin Libby whose winning time was 11.81.
Caleb Gabriele placed second in the 800-meter in 2:30.17 and right on the heels of winner Madison’s Nate McGray, 2:30.09.
Gilliam came in second behind Madison’s Jack Babin in the 3,200. Babin’s winning time was 11:57, Gilliam’s time was 13:02.
The Wolverines ruled the triple jump, sweeping four of the top five spots and picking up 15 points. Strozier’s winning jump measured 38-5, Josh Gabriele was second at 37-9, Cedrick Loyola third, 37-7 and Max Sampson fourth, 37-3.
WMHS finished second, third and fourth in the long jump won by Madison’s Darin Libby, who jumped 20-1. Sampson’s second place jump measured 19-8. The Loyola brothers followed Chris at 17-9 and Cedrick, 17-6.
Chris Loyola also placed third in the 200-meter in 26.02. Darin Libby’s winning time for Madison was 24.54. Beu Schmelzier was second at 25.95.
Girls results
Ayanna Stover won two individual events and ran the final leg of the 4 x 100 relay the Wolverines won.
Overall, Wiscasset finished third behind Winthrop which won the meet handily, scoring 96 points, followed by Madison 45, WMHS 43 and Dirigo 16. Seventeen events were scored.
Stover won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.17 seconds picking up six team points for the Wolverines. Stover got out of the blocks smoothly and sprinted ahead of Winthrop’s Sierra Huff and Gia Francis who placed second and third respectively at 19.12 and 22.27.
Stover added six more points by winning the long jump, leaping 15-10. Just one inch separated the second and third place finishers. Wiscasset’s Grace Webber's jump measured 15-9 and Winthrop’s Aaliyah Wilson-Falcone's measured 15-8.
Vanessa Dunn won the 300-meter hurdles, crossing the finish line in 54.91 – her best time of the season. Winthrop’s Huff was a distant second. Dunn placed fifth in the 100-meter, 14.7, won by Jill Schmelzer of Winthrop, 13.29.
The Wolverines’ 4 x100 relay team of Gwen Webber, Dunn, Grace Webber and Stover defeated teams from Winthrop and Madison in a winning time of 53.94.
Freshman Gwen Webber won her second high jumping event of the season, clearing 4-8 – her personal best. She also placed third in the 100-meter, 14.39.
Lily Souza had a strong afternoon in the weights competition. She placed in three field events, picking up five team points. Souza was third in the shot put, 26-5 and took fifth place in both the javelin 56-9 and discus, 58-2.
Coach Josh Winchenbach and the Wolverines will be in Lisbon at 3:45 p.m. next Wednesday when they’ll compete again against Madison, along with athletes from Spruce Mountain and Mt. Abram.
Lisbon will also host this season’s Mountain Valley Conference meet set for Thursday, May 24.
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