The Wednesday, Sept. 24 cross country meet at the University of Maine in Augusta was called the Mountain Valley Conference preview meet.

For Wiscasset, it could be a preview of good things to come.

Running against other high school teams from their conference, the Wiscasset Wolverines cross country teams put together several strong performances, including one from a soccer player.

Sophomore Brandon Goud, who on Tuesday was starting at forward for the Wolverines varsity soccer team, put in the top performance for Wiscasset's cross country team on Wednesday.

Goud is no stranger to long distance running: a year ago as a freshman, Goud was a standout performer in the 1600- and 3200-meter runs for the track and field team.

Running with the cross country team, he finished the course in Augusta in 19 minutes and 17 seconds, which placed him in 12thplace overall. Winthrop's Ben Allen was the top runner, as the senior finished the race in 17 minutes and 23 seconds.

Wiscasset's other runners including Ridge Barnes, who finished 61st with a time of 25 minutes and 51 seconds, then Kobe Carrier, who was 67thwith a time of 27:49 and Noah Jones, who completed the course in 31 minutes and 13 seconds, which placed him 71st.

The boys top ten was again dominated by Boothbay Region High School runners. Joey Paolillo (third, with a time of 18 minutes and 22 seconds), Kyle Ames (fifth, 18:39), Kyle Alamo (sixth, 18:53), Matt Burnham (seventh, 18:58) and Kyler Carty (ninth, 19:10) all finished in close proximity to again lift the Seahawks.

On the girls side, Wiscasset's Amanda Marcus was all alone.

Marcus was the only girl to record a time for the Wolverines, and she was again strong as she finished 54thin a crowded field with a time of 33 minutes and 23 seconds.

Occupying the top spot was Hall-Dale's Emma Wilson, who finished with a time of 21 minutes and 29 seconds. Boothbay Region's Hannah Morley (21 minutes, 42 seconds) was second, St. Dom's Ella Brown (22:00) was third, Telstar's Gabi Stone (22:30) was fourth and Madison's Olivia Demcheck (22:34) finished fifth.

Wiscasset will play host to Mountain Valley Conference runners Wednesday, Oct. 1 when the Wolverines have their lone home meet.