The Wiscasset Middle High School boys track team won its first Mountain Valley Conference track and field meet of the season April 30. The host Wolverines finished the afternoon by winning five events. Spruce Mountain, Richmond, Dirigo and Winthrop high schools took part.

Senior Matt Chapman captured two events setting the pace in the 110-meter hurdles in 17 seconds, and the 300-meter hurdles, 43.18. Chapman shaved a little over two seconds from his winning time in the 300-meter hurdles at the April 22 meet.

Other winners included Cedrick Loyola who bested all comers in the triple jump, 42’ 5.75” – his best distance of the season. Josh Gabriele placed second, 37’9.5”.

Haiden Dunning won the shot put with his longest throw of the season which measured 37’9” edging past Winthrop’s Shane Tweedie by just half an inch. Tweedie bested Dunning in the shot put at the first MVC meet.

The 4x400 relay team of Gabriele, Chris Loyola, Josh Jones and Chapman won their race edging out Richmond by almost seven seconds. Their winning time was 4:16.46.

Nate Gilliam had a good day in the distance events. He took second in the 1600-meter event running his best race of the season, 5:37.55. Dirigo’s Blaine Wilkins passed Gilliam at the final lap, to win in 5:34.83.

Blaine and Gilliam ran one, two in the 3200 finishing with times of 12:16.50 and 13:26.96 respectively.

Freshman Chance Blagdon picked up a valuable point for the Wolverines placing sixth in the 1600 in 6:07.83, his best time of the season.

Cedrick Loyola was second in the high jump. He cleared 5’8” – his best jump of the season. Spruce Mountain’s Carson Gross won by clearing a height of 6’5”.

Loyola finished third in a very competitive long jump leaping 18’3”. Spruce Mountain’s Zak Toothacker and Dirigo’s Cam Kidder finished one, two with jumps of 18’10.5” and 18’8.5” respectively. Chris Loyola picked up a point by placing sixth in the event by jumping 16’7.5.

Dunning had his best throws in the discus, 90’1” where he placed third. He then broke 100 feet for the first time in the javelin toss placing third, 107’.9” After completing his events, Dunning quickly changed uniforms and joined the Wolverine baseball team hosting Monmouth Academy on the lower field.

Gabriele placed third in the 400-meter dash, 1:00.18. Chris Loyola finished tied with Dirigo’s Cam Kidder in the 100, 12.96 and Muhammad Khalique won his heat and finished fifth in the 100 in 13.9.

Josh Jones took fourth in the 200-meter dash. Mason Dustin was fourth in the 110-meter hurdles, 23.37.

The Wolverine 4x100 relay team of Chapman, the Loyola brothers and Khalique placed second, 48.86, behind Spruce Mountain, 47.93.

The host Wolverines finished with 140 points with Spruce Mountain a close second, with 132; Dirigo High School was third, 119; followed by Richmond, 80 and Winthrop, 26.

Another strong showing by Wolverine girls

The Wolverines girls had another strong afternoon at Tuesday’s meet with six individual winners.

Lily Souza led her team sweeping the weight events and picking up 30 team points. Souza won the javelin throw with her best throw of the season, 62’2”; the discus 64’8.5” and shot put 26’.

Also winning two events was Gwenn Webber who placed first in the 100-meter hurdles, 19.09 and won the 100-meter dash crossing the finish line in 13.6 seconds. Lily Cooper placed sixth in the 100 picking up a valuable point for WMHS.

Cara Viele got a great jump out of the blocks and captured first place in the 200, in 29.14. She surged past second place finisher Averi Wallace from Richmond, 32.09. Viele was second in the long jump, 13 feet. Spruce Mountain’s Avery Williams won with a jump measuring 15’. Viele was third in the triple jump, 29’; William’s winning jump measured 31’, her sister Ashley Avery was second leaping 30’2”.

Chop Point’s lone entry freshman Josie Harrington cleared five feet and won the high jump for the second time this season. Webber and Paris Howes tied for second both clearing 4’8”. Harrington, who trains with the Wolverines, placed third in the 100-meter hurdles, 19.29, and fourth in the 100, 14.30.

The Wolverine 4x100 relay team of Webber, Souza, Cooper and Viele placed second, in 1:03.31, behind Spruce Mountain, 57.06, with Richmond taking third, 1:06.22.

Spruce Mountain won the meet with 182 points. Richmond was second, 105; WMHS third, 90; followed by Winthrop 26, Dirigo, 22 and Chop Point 20.

This Saturday, May 4, Coach Josiah Winchenbach and the Wolverines will take part in the boys’ and girls’ Brewer Invitational Meet hosted by Brewer High School. The meet starts at noon.

Two regular MVC meets remain, one on May 7 hosted by Lisbon with St. Dom’s, Oak Hill and Mt. Valley; and a final home meet at WMHS featuring Richmond and Mt. Valley on May 14.