Bowdoin College hosted the annual Central Maine freshmen championship meet Tuesday, which attracted teams from Portland to the Bangor area.

Skowhegan brought one of the largest teams to the meet.

“We had 15 come,” Skowhegan coach Dave Evans said. “That is very, very good for Skowhegan. We’re excited for our future.”

Skowhegan had 45 athletes come out this season, including 35 who were either freshmen or sophomores.

Evans, in his second year with the Indians, said his young athletes are making an impact and faired well at the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A championship meet.

“We had five freshmen at KVACs medal,” Evans said. “It’s why we wanted to get another meet in before states.”

Freshmen Jaycee Cushman (100-meter dash), Noah Stevens (high jump, pole vault), Andrea Gurney (discus), Macy Lee (shot put), Mickenzy Ronco (pole vault) all finished in the top seven in their respective events at McMann Field in Bath last Saturday.

“We’re hoping that they all stay together,” Evans said. “If they do, they will be able to compete with the Lawrences and Watervilles and the other teams in the KVAC.”

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The Lawrence girls enjoyed a record-breaking day at the KVAC A championships.

“We set three school records,” Lawrence coach Tim Alberts said. “We had a fantastic day.”

Junior Erzsie Nagy set school records in the 1,600 (4:58.23) and the 800 (2:16.27).

Meanwhile, Katie Dudley broke a 29-year school record in the 300 hurdles with a time of 49.23 seconds.

“I’ve never had anyone get under 50,” Alberts said.

The Lawrence girls finished third behind Brunswick and Edward Little. Alberts said the Bulldogs were hoping to finish second, but scored more points than they were seeded for.

“There’s no way we can be disappointed,” he said. “We scored more points than what we were supposed to. We had a great day.”

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The Waterville girls won their seventh consecutive KVAC B championship thanks to an abundance of impressive performances from Georgia Bolduc, Bethanie Brown, Olivia Thurston and Alex Jenson.

The Purple Panthers targeted a final score of 263 points. They finished with 237.5.

“We don’t just pick the number out of thin air,” Waterville coach Ian Wilson said. “We had set a goal and we tried to reach it. We knew it was going to be tough. Any time you can break 200 at a championship meet it’s pretty good.”

Jenson won the 100 hurdles (14.87), long jump (16-9) and triple jump (35-11.75). Bolduc also won three events: The 100 (12.50), 200 (26-6) and pole vault (9-0).

“They are next week people,” Wilson said. “They are already looking ahead to the next week.”

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Madison enjoyed strong performances at the Mountain Valley Conference championship meet last Friday at Alumni Field in Augusta.

Matt McClintock, who won the 1,600 and 3,200, helped the boys to a third-place finish behind Hall-Dale and seven-time defending conference champ Lisbon.

The girls finished second to Lisbon, which also won its seventh consecutive MVC title.

“We had a lot of surprises,” Madison coach Bob Hagopian said.

None were bigger than the 110 hurdles for the boys and the 100 hurdles for the girls.

Madison’s Monica Ouellette won the 100 hurdles with a time of 18.0. Kaleb Staples took the 110 hurdles in 16.89 seconds.

“Neither had won that event all year,” Hagopian said. “You don’t see that too often. I was surprised to see that.”

Hagopian added that he won’t be surprised to see McClintock enter the state record books next weekend.

McClintock has his sights set on the Class C state records in the 1,600 and 3,200.

The senior should easily eclipse the mark in the 3,200. He ran the event in 9:18.58 last weekend. The Class C record is 9:30.86, which Scott Roberts of Maranacook set in 1986.

McClintock ran the 1,600 in 4:21.24 last weekend. Brandon Bonsey of Falmouth set the record of 4:18.51 in 2003.

“He’s going to give it a shot,” Hagopian said.

Bill Stewart — 621-5640

bstewart@centralmaine.com

 

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