Ross Gaffney wins Capital City Classic 1600M race walk
Boothbay/Wiscasset racewalker Ross Gaffney won the 1600M event during the May 17 Capital City Classic Track & Field event in Augusta. The boys’ team had seven Top-6 finishes in the 13-team event which had participants from the Mountain Valley and Kennebec Valley conferences.
In the 400M dash, Austin Trask finished fifth with a 58.12 second time. Cony’s Patrick Sergent won with 53.33. In the 3200M run, AJ Crocker finished third with a 10-minute, 48.33 mark. Winthrop’s Christopher Pottle won with 9:43.98. In the 110M hurdles, Alton King finished third with an 18.41 second time. Cony’s Ethan Vose won with 17.87. In the 300M hurdles, Tucker Davenport finished fifth with a 48.06 second mark. Mt. View’s Wyatt Evenson won with 42.79.
In the 4X100M relay, Boothbay/Wiscasset’s team of King, Finnegan Gaffney, Lysander Lefevre, and Davenport finished sixth with a 51.45 second mark. Winthrop won with 46.67. In the long jump, King finished second with a 17-foot, 9.25-inch leap. Mt. View’s Wyatt Evensen won with 18-10.25.
The team’s next meet is on Thursday, May 23 during the Mountain Valley Conference championships in Lisbon.