WMHS track and field

Wolverine boys settle for second behind Monmouth

Wed, 05/16/2018 - 4:30pm

Wiscasset Middle High School hosted athletes from Monmouth, Winthrop and Richmond Tuesday in the final home track meet of the season. It rained for most of the meet but the Wolverines held their own with some fine individual performances.

Matthew Chapman remained undefeated on his home track winning the 110-meter hurdles in 16.43 seconds and the 300-meter hurdles in 42.92 seconds.

Joshua Gabriele cleared a height of 5-8 and won the high jump. Richmond’s Ben Young placed second with WMHS’s Cedrick Loyola finishing third. Both Loyola and Young cleared a height of 5-2 but Young did it in fewer attempts.

Chris Loyola won the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.46 seconds. Richmond’s Nick Adams was second, 26.31, followed by Winthrop’s Keegan Choate who ran a close third at 26.48.

The Wolverines once again swept the triple jump. Max Sampson placed first leaping 39-4, Sam Strozier was next at 36-8 and Cedrick Loyola was third, 36-1. Joshua Gabriele finished fifth. His jump measured 33-9.5.

Max Sampson was also first in the long jump, 18-10.5, Cedrick Loyola placed second, 17-7, Winthrop’s Gabe Martin was third 17-6 and Chris Loyola fourth at 17-3.

Chris and Cedrick Loyola placed second and fourth in the 100-meter dash with times of 12.01 and 12.85 seconds respectively. Richmond’s Jordan Perry won the 100 in 11.98 seconds.

The Wolverine 4x100 relay team of Chapman, Sampson, Strozier and Chris Loyola placed first; their winning time was 48.18. Winthrop High School was next, 50.01, followed by Richmond, 52.75.

Josh Jones was sixth in the 400; he crossed the finish line in 1:06.6. Jones was also sixth in the 200 with a time of 28.98 seconds.

Monmouth Academy won the meet scoring 94.5 points, Wiscasset was second with 73, Winthrop High School next, 54.5, and Richmond last, tallying 36 points.

Girls results

Grace Webber won the 200 posting a time of 27.26 seconds, Winthrop’s Jilian Schmelzer and Aaliyah Wilson-Falcone ran second and third with times of 27.86 and 29.71.

Vanessa Dunn placed first in the 300 hurdles; her winning time was 54.03 – that’s a tenth of a second faster than she ran a week earlier at the Lisbon meet.

Grace Webber won the high jump clearing 4-10. Monmouth’s Libby Clement was second at 4-8. Webber also won the long jump, leaping 15-11. Aaliyah Wilson-Falcone of Winthrop was second; her jump measured 15-6.5.

Wiscasset’s 4x100 relay team of Gwen Webber, Vanessa Dunn, Grace Webber and Cara Viele (filling in for the injured Ayanna Stover) finished first with a time of 53.79. Winthrop was second, 54.19, and Monmouth Academy third, 56.08.                           

Other Wolverines who placed included Gwen Webber in the 100 with a time of 14.60. Winthrop’s Jilian Schmelzer winning the 100, 13.5, Monmouth’s Alicen Burnham finished second,14.54. 

Lily Souza came in fifth in the shot put, 23-4. The winning toss was thrown by Destiny Clough of Monmouth 29-6. Souza finished seventh in the javelin; her throw measured 53-6. Monmouth Academy swept the shot put, javelin and discus.

Monmouth Academy won the meet scoring 142.50 points followed by Winthrop High School 58.5, WMHS 36 and Richmond 25.

The Wolverines will compete in the Mountain Valley Conference Meet Thursday, May 24 hosted by Lisbon High School.