The Wiscasset Middle High School boys track and field team took third place in the Busline League Championship meet May 23 at Medomak High School. Wiscasset’s boys and girls teams posted several personal best and championship performances.

Eighth-grader Connor Robertson successfully defended his Busline League championship title in the 1600m with a time of 5:06.84, a personal best. He also took first in the high jump with a height of 4 feet, 8 inches. The boys 4x400m relay team of Robertson, Payton Blagdon, Austin Trask and Bryan Gagnon took first in 4:12.83. Those same athletes ran the 4x100m in 54.24 for fourth place.

Trask placed sixth in the 100m dash in 12.94 and fourth in the 200m dash in 27.32. Gagon also earned points in that race with a sixth place finish of 27.77. Payton Blagdon took fifth in the 800m run in 2:44.77.

Johnny Spies took fourth place in both the shot put and the discus with throws of 31 feet, 9.75 and 94 feet, five inches, respectively. Cecil Clifford’s 90 feet, 7 inches discus throw earned fifth. Nate Benoit and Cory Ricker placed fifth and sixth in the 800m racewalk.

“I couldn’t be happier with the performance of all these athletes today,” said Coach Jake McCarthy. “The boys gained a taste for victory after winning two meets earlier this season and it was great to watch everyone continue to excel today, even amongst the high level of competition at this championship meet.”

Overall, the boys team earned 55 points for third place. Camden-Rockport Middle School was first with 188 points and Troy Howard Middle School was second with 91 points.

The girls team tied with Searsport Middle School for 10th place with two points. Camden-Rockport Middle School won the meet with 192 points. Wiscasset’s two points were earned when the 4x400m relay team of Sadie Basset, Abby Blagdon, Julia Truesdell and Makayla Hodson finished in 5:40.18 for fifth place.

The girls 4x100m relay team of Basset, Emily Gilliam, Makenzie Neumann and Sadie Yeaton placed seventh in 1:01.69. Gilliam also tied for eighth in the high jump with 4 feet and Sienna Giles placed eighth in the 800m race walk in 5:09.45.