Seawolves indoor track keeps stride
The combined Boothbay-Wiscasset team broke two team records during its Jan. 12 meet at Gorham. Karen Higgins beat the team two-mile run record by 13 seconds and automatically qualified for the Class B state championship. And Austin Trask beat the 55m dash team record, also set by him, by .01 seconds.
For the girls, Rose Campbell took third in both the junior division 55m dash and 200m dash in 8.15 and 30.04; Higgins took fourth in the two-mile run in 12:59.09; Campell and Higgins took fifth and ninth in junior division shot put with 20-2 and 15-6.
For the boys, Trask, Alton King, Josani Farmer, Finn Gaffney, Chase Mansfield, Neal Baldwin and Edward Carpenter took fourth, 10th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 29th and 30th in the senior division 55m dash in 7.25, 7.54, 7.88, 7.98, 8.82, 9.31 and 10.56; Ross Gaffney took 17th place in the junior division 55m dash in 8.73 and 31st in the junior division 200m dash in 31.81; Aidric Canada, Finn Gaffney, Neal Baldwin and Chase Mansfield took eighth, 20th, 25th and 26th in 26.18, 29.72, 32.64 and 32.81 in the senior division 200m dash; Canada and Trask took fourth and fifth in the senior division 400m dash in 59.20 and 1:00.14; Cleyton Splaine took 12th in the one-mile run in 5:36.93; King took seventh in the senior division 55 meter hurdles in 9.91; King and Trask took seventh and ninth in the long jump with 17-3.5 and 17-1.75; and Baldwin, Carpenter and Mansfield took 14th, 16th and 17th in senior division shot put with 23-11.5, 22-4.75 and 21-9.5.