Girl Seawolves take MVC trophy, boys claim close 2nd
The girls Seawolves cross country team poses with the Mountain Valley Conference trophy, BRHS’s second and Wiscasset’s first. Courtesy photo
Laura Chapman leads the Seawolves with Julia Truesdell close behind. Courtesy photo
The girls team convenes before its race. Courtesy photo
Boys take off from the gate. Courtesy photo
Boys get a pep talk before the race. Courtesy photo
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Bryan Gagnon leads the Seawolves. Courtesy photo
The girls Seawolves cross country team poses with the Mountain Valley Conference trophy, BRHS’s second and Wiscasset’s first. Courtesy photo
Laura Chapman leads the Seawolves with Julia Truesdell close behind. Courtesy photo
The girls team convenes before its race. Courtesy photo
Boys take off from the gate. Courtesy photo
Boys get a pep talk before the race. Courtesy photo
Courtesy photo
Bryan Gagnon leads the Seawolves. Courtesy photo
Boothbay and Wiscasset “Seawolves” cross country teams dominated at the Mountain Valley Conference Class C championship Oct. 15. The girls team took the championship for the second time in Seahawks history, the first being in 2015, and the first time for the Wolverines. The girls scored 12 points ahead of Winthrop and Dirigo high schools which tied for second place. The boys team fell 14 points short of first place, claimed by Winthrop, but came out 21 points ahead of third place Richmond High School.
“Congratulations to all for a strong performance (and) a special congratulations to the girls team for winning the MVC title,” said Coach Nick Scott. “It was a well-deserved, albeit hard fought victory. A victory that was truly attributed to an all around team effort.”
Bryan Gagnon placed on the All Conference First Team and Laura Chapman, Julia Truesdell, Emily Gilliam, Maddie Orchard, Payton Blagdon and Gryffin Kristan all placed on the Second Team. Rody Mayne, Ryan Clark and Austin Trask received honorable mentions.
Chapman, Truesdell, Gilliam and Orchard ran as a group placing eighth, ninth, 10th and 12th staying ahead of runner-up Dirigo’s second runner. Their times were 24:08.5, 24:28.1, 25:34.1 and 26:04.4. Sarah Harris, Maddie Andreasen and Ruth Burchstead helped seal the Seawolves’ win staying ahead of Dirigo’s fifth runner.
Gagnon led the Seawolves, placing seventh in 19:45. Blagdon, Kristan, Mayne, Clark and Trask also ran as a pack taking 13th, 14th, 17th, 18th and 19th in 20:27.9, 20:31.2, 20:47.9, 20:59.7 and 21:01.2. Cleyton Splaine placed 25th in 22:04.3; Finn Gaffney, 52nd, 28:19.6; Sawyer Blake, 55th, 28:47.1; Ross Gaffney, 59th, 30:14; and Chase Mansfield, 65th, 33:20.5. Mansfield broke his personal record by over 2:30.
The Seawolves’ next post-season meet is the Southern Maine Class C Regional Championship Oct. 22. Only seven athletes will be able to compete at the meet which serves as qualifier for the following week’s state championship and only the top half of teams at Regionals can qualify for states.
