Maine Jr. High Champs

Track-and-field championships start, then postponed by rain
By Ken Waltz
 News/Sports Director
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ROCKPORT (May 31): Mother Nature refused to cooperate and rained on the parade of young Midcoast student-athletes Saturday morning as the Busline League track-and-field championships were started and then postponed to next week.
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Only seven events from Saturday's junior high track championships were completed before the rains came and forced the postponement of the meet at Camden Hills Regional High School.

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A.D. Gray's Julie Ennamorati sails through a long jump attempt during Saturday's weather shortened Busline League track-and-field championships at Camden Hills Regional High School. The meet will resume Tuesday, June 3 at 3 p.m. at the same site. (Photo by Daniel O'Connell)

The meet, which lasted less than an hour Saturday, will continue on Tuesday, June 3 at 3 p.m. at Camden Hills.

Young student-athletes from A.D. Gray in Waldoboro, Rockland District Middle School, Camden-Rockport Middle School, Wiscasset Middle School and Great Salt Bay in Damriscotta competed.

The top-five individual results from the completed events were:

Girls

100 meters -- 1, Julie Ennamorati, ADG, 13.50; 2, MacKenzie Tucker, Rock, 14.05; 3, Emma Mason, Rock, 14.20; 4, Julie Beauchesne, CR, 14.25; and 5, Sarah Scott, CR, 14.56.

1,600-meter racewalk -- 1, Kerry Cummings, Wis, 8:43; 2, Kristina Alex, CR, 9:52; 3, Sarah Daly, CR, 10:00; 4, Alice Flint, CR, 10:01; and 5, Maxine Buretta, Rock, 10:36.

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Camden-Rockport's Alden Parker tries to clear the high jump bar. (Photo by Daniel O'Connell)

Discus -- 1, Rebecca Picard, Rock, 66-4; 2, Kelsie Grady, ADG, 54-4; 3, Courtney Mank, CR, 47-5; 4, Haley Williams, CR, 47-3; and 5, Alex Curtis, Rock, 43-5.

Boys

Shot put -- 1, Rhett Chase, CR, 33-5; 2, Brandon Graffam, CR, 31-3.5; 3, Codi Farrin, GSB, 29-10; 4, Jacob Butman, Rock, 28-1; and 5, Aaron Filderman, CR, 27-9.

Long jump -- 1, Joe Chapman, Wis, 14-9; 2, Isaac Filderman, CR, 12-8.75; 3, Mark Sweet, CR, 12-8; 4, Evan Hannibal, CR, 12-4.75; and 5, Yanni Stancioff, CR, 12-1.

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Camden-Rockport's Truman Moore clears a hurdle during 55-meter competition. (Photo by Daniel O'Connell)

1,600 racewalk -- 1, Jason Berry, Wis, 10:01.5; 2, Alden Parker, CR, 10:15; 3, Eddie McCluskey, CR, 10:18; 4, Nick Smelcer, Wis, 10:20; and 5, Tyler Abbotoni, GSB, 10:21.

100 -- 1, Zach Rankin, Wis, 13.16; 2, Joe Chapman, Wis, 13:18; 3, Devon Sproul, ADG, 13.31; 4, Matt Heath, CR, 14.22; and 5, Mark Sweet, CR, 14.37.

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Rockland's Nikolai Wotton gets set for a discus attempt. (Photo by Daniel O'Connell)

Talent-laden meet

There are 145 student-athletes -- 56 from Camden-Rockport, 36 from Rockland, 22 from Wiscasset, 26 from Great Salt Bay and five from A.D. Gray -- registered for the meet from the five schools.

A list of registered athletes and the events they are scheduled to participate in includes:

A.D. Gray -- Brittany Alexander (100, 1,600, 400, 800), Julie Ennamorati (100, 200, long jump, triple jump), Kelsey Grady (400, 800, shot put, discus), Devon Sproul (100, 400, 200, discus) and Kazu Tibbetts (long jump). Raider athletes are entered in 17 individual events.

Camden-Rockport -- Kristina Alex (1,600 racewalk, long jump), Julie Beauchesne (100, 200), Marc Belley (1,600 racewalk), Isabella Benzie (55 hurdles, 400, long jump), Abbey Blakely (55 hurdles, 1,600, shot put, triple jump), Alex Blohm (55 hurdles, 400, triple), Rachel Borch (1,600 racewalk, 800), Kierra Bunting (1,600 racewalk, 1,600, 800, long jump), Micah Carle (55 hurdles, 100, long jump, triple jump), Rhett Chase (100, 200, shot put), Sam Converse (discus, long jump), Autumn Coyle (100, 200), Sarah Daly (1,600 racewalk), Teo Davis (long jump), Gabe Doble (400, 800), Lexi Doudera (long jump), Addie Drinkwater (55 hurdles, 400, 200, long jump), Cole Ellison (800, 1,600), Mike Fagan (1,600 racewalk, 1,600), Aaron Filderman (shot put), Isaac Filderman (400 800, long jump), Alice Flint (1,600 racewalk, 400, high jump, long jump), Christine Forcillo (100, 200, triple jump), Kaitlyn French (55 hurdles, shot put), Aiden Gordon (1,600 racewalk), Brandon Graffam (shot put, discus), Ryan Graffam (discus), Rebecca Gray (1,600 racewalk, long jump, triple jump), Steve Hand (1,600, 800, long jump, triple jump), Evan Hannibal (high jump, long jump, triple jump), Krista Hazelett (1,600 racewalk, 400, 800), Matt Heath (100,200, discus, triple jump), Dakota Henke (1,600, 800), Ben Hodgson (100, high jump, long jump), Noah Holt (1,600), Macy Jones (long jump, triple jump), Lilly Kassen (1,600, 400, 800), Margaret Keefe (1,600 racewalk, discus), Orion Krause (1,600, 800, long jump), Paige Kuplinski (1,600 racewalk), Conner Lane (800, triple jump), Dakota Ledwith (1,600 racewalk), Courtney Mank (400, shot put, discus), Eddie McCluskey (1,600 racewalk), Bryanna McWilliams (800), Francie Merrill (discus, triple jump), Truman Moore (55 hurdles, 100, 200, high jump), Lila Ohland (400), Alden Parker (1,600 racewalk, high jump, triple jump), Craig Payson (1,600 racewalk, 800), Lindsey Puls (1,600 racewalk), Kyle Ruger (100, long jump), Margeaux Scott (400), Sarah Scott (55 hurdles, 100, 200, long jump), Yanni Stancioff (400, 200, long jump), Mark Sweet (100, 200, long jump, triple jump), Ben Trapani (100, 400), Jamie Trites (1,600 racewalk), Melanie Vangel (55 hurdles, 100, 800, 200, long jump), Camilla Walker (100, 1,600, 400, 200, high jump, long jump) and Haley Williams (shot put, discus). Schooner athletes are entered in 147 individual events.

Rockland -- Makayla Batty (55 hurdles, 100, high jump), Tamika Brown (100, 200, 400), Maxine Buretta (1,600 racewalk), Jacob Butman (shot put), Vieno Carter (1,600, 800, triple jump), Christina Carver (55 hurdles, 100), D. Carver (200), Liv Carver (1,600 racewalk), Brighde Curtin (55 hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, triple jump), Alex Curtis (shot put, discus, long jump), Bryce Farnham (shot put, discus), Chelsea Fish (triple jump), Isabella Garver (triple jump), Hunter Grindle (100, 1,600, 400), Naomi Holzhauer (400), Renee Landry (triple jump), Jason Lund (1,600 racewalk), Laura Mank (1,600 racewalk, shot put), Chelsea Manning (1,600 racewalk), Emma Mason (55 hurdles, 100, 200, 400), Taylor Mazurek (100, long jump), Caitlin McMahon (55 hurdles, 100, high jump, long jump), Emma Peabody (100, long jump), Rebecca Picard (shot put, discus), Devin Sewall (55 hurdles, 400, high jump, long jump), Devon Sewall (discus), Hannah Sirois (shot put, high jump, triple jump), Mackenzie Sirois (55 hurdles, high jump, long jump), Emma Spencer (1,600 racewalk, 55 hurdles, high jump, long jump), Madison Sturks (100), Laura Swanson (100, 800, long jump), Mackenzie Tucker (100, shot put, long jump), Aaron Weiss (100, 1,600, 800, shot put, high jump), Nikolai Wotton (discus), Kim Young (55 hurdles, 100, shot put, high jump, long jump) and Matt Zable (100, 200). Eagle athletes are entered in 85 individual events.

Great Salt Bay -- Sal Azzaretti (100, 400, 800), Sarah Balch (1,600, high jump), Hannah Cash (long jump), Hanna Fake (1,600, 800, high jump), Codi Farrin (shot put, discus), Tess Fields (800), Julian Frink (800), Tim Gormley (discus), Amelia Hemingway (400, 800), Camille Lazzari (400), Teiga Martin (400, 800), Jake Millett (high jump, triple jump), Hanna Nevens (400), Zach Orenstein (55 hurdles, triple jump), Megan Peavey (100, 400, 200), Danielle Pierce (100), Johnathan Riley (200), Jon Riley (high jump), Katie Riley (shot put), Kevin Sandefur (1,600), Leslie Sandefur (800), Travis Simmons (high jump), Elisabeth Simmons (1,600), Ben Stone (high jump), Josh Sullivan (400) and Alex Tomasello (1,600, 400, 800). Great Salt Bay athletes are entered in 41 individual events.

Wiscasset -- James Andretta (55 hurdles, 1,600, 400, high jump), Jason Berry (1,600 racewalk), Avery Bintliff (55 hurdles, 100, 400, long jump), Caleb Bryant (1,600, 800, high jump), Joe Chapman (55 hurdles, 100, 200, triple jump), Matt Churchill (400, shot put, long jump), Kayla Conners (55 hurdles, shot put), Kasey Cromwell (400), Kerry Cummings (1,600 racewalk, 800, high jump), Kelsey Hammond (shot put), Ryan Hanley (400, 800, Elegance Hartnick (400, shot put), Walker Mallory (1,600 racewalk, 400, 200, discus), David Marcus (1,600 racewalk, 800), Curtis McGuffee (1,600 racewalk), Matthew Mills (400, discus), Zach Rankin (100, 400, high jump, long jump), Kyle Shute (1,600 racewalk, 800, triple jump), Nick Smelcer (1,600 racewalk, 1,600, 800), Alyssa Urquhart (high jump, triple jump), Madeline Wehrle (100, 400, shot put, long jump) and Jonathan West (1,600 racewalk). Wiscasset athletes are entered in 56 individual events.