Seahawks-Wolverines cross country lights up MVC’s
The Boothbay Region High School Seahawks and Wiscasset Middle High School Wolverines combined cross country teams dominated the Mountain Valley Conference Championship Oct. 16. The teams traveled to Augusta to face Mt. Abram, Spruce Mountain, Oak Hill, Winthrop, Lisbon, Richmond, Telstar Regional, Madison Memorial, Dirigo and Hall-Dale high schools and Monmouth Academy.
The boys’ team placed first in points just ahead of Monmouth with Lucas Hardwick leading the Seahawks-Wolverines in seventh in 19:25. Dominick Dow, Ryan Clark and Gryffin Kristan crossed the finish line back to back taking 10th, 11th and 12th in 19:46, 19:51 and 19:54. Austin Trask placed 21st in 21:08; Bryan Gagnon, 26th, 21:41; Marlowe Recoing-Tallen, 30th, 22:15; Rodion Mayne, 33rd, 22:24; and Henry Putnam, 35th, 22:48.
The girls ran in a pack with Laura Chapman at the front in seventh, and Ava Schlosser and Emerson Harris in eighth and ninth. Their times were 23:45, 24:14 and 26:06. Maddie Orchard took 11th in 26:25; Emily Gilliam, 15th, 27:32; and Grace Campbell, 19th, 29:15. The girls took second place only three points behind Monmouth.
The Seahawks-Wiscasset teams will travel to Cumberland Oct. 23 for the Southern Maine Class C Regional Championship.