Mansfield, Higgins win 2 MVC meet races

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 2:00pm

The Boothbay/Wiscasset girls’ track and field team had 23 athletes finish in the Top-6, May 7, in 18 Mountain Valley Conference events held in Wiscasset. The team also recorded five individual meet wins. Karen Higgins won the 1600M and 3200M runs. Sophia Mansfield won the 100M hurdles and 300M hurdles. Rose Campbell won the discus. 

In the 100M dash, Olivia Rittall finished second with a 14.8 second mark. Hyde’s Koda Hall won with 13.5. In the 200M dash,  Rose Campbell finished second with a 29.73 second time. Winthrop’s Isabel Folsom won with 31.48. 

In the 400M dash, Rose Campbell and Emily Gilliam finished second and third. Campbell ran a one-minute, 8.73 second time and Gilliam ran in 1:11.68. Lisbon’s Addy Burkhardt won with 1:04.97. In the 800M run, Boothbay/Wiscasset placed in four of the top five spots. Maddie Orchard finished second with a two-minute, 43.05 second mark. Karen Higgins finished third at 2:47.72. Abbie Clark was fourth at 2:52.61. Rittal place fifth with a 2:56.01 mark. Winthrop’s Haley Williams won with 2:36.47.

In the 1600M, Boothbay/Wiscasset placed three runners in the Top-4. Higgins and Truesdell finished first and second. Higgins ran a five-minute, 50.96 second time. Truesdell followed with 5:59.41. Meredith Ames finished fourth with 6:51.57. In the 3200M run, Boothbay/Wiscasset took the top two spots. Higgins won with a 13-minute, 16.63 second mark. Truesdell finished second with a 13:55.39 time. 

In the 100M hurdles, Sophia Mansfield finished third and Gilliam finished fourth. Mansfield ran a 20.37 second time. Gilliam ran in 20.54. Monmouth’s Annabelle Carlton won with 19.23. In the 300M, Mansfield won with a 57.65 second mark. In the 4X100 relay, Boothbay/Wiscasset’s team of Gilliam, Bailey Lewis, Tatum French and Campbell finished second with a 56.74 time. Winthrop won with 55.13.

In the 400M relay, Boothbay/Wiscasset’s team of Gilliam, Clark, Orchard and Rittall finished second with a 4:50.3 mark. Lisbon won with 4:45.01. In the high jump, French placed fifth with a three-foot, 10-inch jump. Carrabec’s Alexandria McDonough won with 4-06. In the long jump, Lewis finished second with a 13-foot, five-inch leap. Winthrop’s Isabel Folsom won with a 15-08 leap.

In the javelin, Orchard finished fifth with a 68-foot, eight-inch throw. Hall of Hyde Academy won with a 83-00.5 mark. In the 1600M racewalk, Linnea Andersson finished second with a 13-minute, 8.57 time. Lisbon’s Rachel Morse won with 11:05.75. In the discus, Campbell won with an 83-foot, eight inch throw.

The team’s next meet is Tuesday, May 14 at Maranacook Community High School in Readfield.