Seahawks-Wolverines second MVC meet Jan. 20
The Seahawks-Wolverines combined indoor track teams traveled to University of Southern Maine in Gorham for their second Mountain Valley Conference meet Jan. 20. The boys team competed alone and the girls faced Madison Memorial and Winthrop High schools.
For the girls, Savannah Compare and Danielle Warren took third and fourth in the 55m dash in 9.08 and 9.54; Compare, Warren and Emily Gosselin took third, fifth and sixth in the 200m dash in 33.43, 36.3 and 39.67; Abbie Clark and Grace Campbell took first and second in the 800m run in 2:56 and 3:02.67; Gosselin took first by default in the 55m hurdles in 15.89; Warren, Marissa Davison and Campbell took third through fifth in the long jump with 7’6”, 6’5” and 6’5”; and Davison took first in shot put with 22’3.5”. The 4x200m relay team – Warren, Clark, Campbell and Compare – took first in 2:23.24.
For the boys, Austin Trask, Bryan Gagnon, Henry Putnam, Nate Benoit, Caden Royal and Edward Carpenter placed first through sixth in the 55m dash in 7.33, 7.72, 7.74, 8.16, 9.07 and 10.59; Gagnon, Trask and Putnam took first through third in the 200m dash in 25.99, 26.17 and 27.8; Benoit and Rodion Mayne took first and second in the 400m dash in 1:12.47 and 1:13.24; Ryan Clark and Benoit took first by default in the one-mile run and 55m hurdles respectively in 5:24.07 and 11.28; Trask and Mayne took first and second in the long jump with 16’11” and 13’6”; Royal, Putnam, Mayne and Carpenter took first through fourth in shot put with 25’10”, 24’7.5”, 22’10” and 17’7”. The 4x200m relay team – Trask, Ryan Clark, Putnam and Gagnon – took first by default in 1:52.84.
Several Seahawks and Wolverines posted personal bests and ascended the Boothcasset All-Time Top 10 list. For the boys, Putnam went from from sixth to fifth best in the 55m dash and Gagnon jumped two spots to second in the 200m dash. Putnam also shaved a tenth of a second off his personal best in the 200m dash. Benoit and Mayne joined the 400m dash top 10 at ninth and 10th and Ryan Clark moved from seventh to fourth in the one-mile run. In his indoor long jump debut, Trask took first place on the top 10 and Mayne and Benoit claimed seventh and eighth. For the girls, Compare placed on the 55m dash and 200m dash top 10 lists at ninth for both events. Abbie Clark and Campbell claimed fifth and seventh for the 800m run and Gosselin fourth for the 55m hurdles. Davison outperformed her shot put best-throw by five inches remaining fourth on the top 10 list.
The girls and boys 4x200m relay teams took third and fourth on the top 10 list.