The Wolverines won five events in the Mountain Valley Conference track and field meet hosted by Lisbon High School Thursday afternoon, May 25. Qualifiers will move on to the State Class C meet hosted by Foxcroft Academy, starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 3.

Wolverine Coach Josiah Winchenbach saw Brandon Goud post his best times of the season in winning the 1600-meter and 3200-meter races. Goud’s winning time in the 1600 was 4:46 and Mt. Abram’s Xavier Romanoski was second at 4:47, while Boothbay Region High School’s Blake Erhard finished third, 4:54. The MVC record is 4:21.

Goud’s winning time in the 3200 was 10:17. He again bested Mt. Abram’s Romanoski who was second, 10:33 with Lisbon’s David Schlotterbeck third, 10:47.

In the girls competition, Ayanna Stover and Grace Webber won the triple jump and long jump. Stover’s triple jump of 32-3 was a personal best of the season. Webber’s jump of 15-2 measured an inch further than Boothbay’s Loren Genrich.

WMHS’s 4x100 relay team of Gabby Chapman, Vanessa Dunn, Webber and Stover won in 53.67, Winthrop finshed second, 53.76 and Lisbon, third 54.58. Webber finished second in the 200-meter, 27.42, behind Telstar’s Kaitlee Killam, 26.90. Telstar’s Calla Orino was third, 28.48.

Stover placed second in the 100-meter hurdles, 16.90, behind Mt. Valley’s Lauren Sterling 16:36. Lisbon’s Chase Collier was third, 17.25; Wiscasset’s Keara Hunter was 10th at 19.78. Stover was fourth in the 300-meter hurdles, 53.79 and Dunn fifth, 54.40 and Hunter 12th, 59.36.

The Wolverine girls 4x400 relay team of Chapman, Dunn, Hunter and Webber was fourth, finishing in 4:40. Chapman placed fifth in the 400-meter, 1:06, and sixth in the long jump, 14-3. Lily Souza placed 11th in the shot put with a throw of 24-4.

Overall, the Wolverines finished fourth among 12 competing high schools, with 62 team points. Monmouth Academy won the meet with 164.5 points, Lisbon finished second, 99, and Winthrop third, 73.

Wolverine Matthew Chapman placed second in the 300-meter hurdles, 43.39, a personal best. He was 10th in the 110-meter hurdles, 20.68. Max Sampson and Sam Strozier placed fifth and sixth in the triple jump at 39-3 and 37-0, respectively. Sampson also placed seventh in the long jump, 19-0. WMHS’s 4x800 relay team of Caleb Gabriele, Strozier, Aidan Carlson and Goud placed fifth in 9:11. The  4x400 relay team of Gabriele, Strozier, Goud and Chapman was fifth as well, recording a time of 4:01. Mt. Valley’s Kyle Farrar’s winning distance in the long jump was 21-10. Farrar also won the triple jump, leaping 43-1.

Gage Varian placed fifth in the 3200, in 11:20. Varian shaved 28 seconds from his previous best time this season.

Ethan James placed seventh in the javelin, 123-6 and Cedrick Loyola was among 10 participants who tied for eighth place in the high jump, clearing a height of 5-2. Gabriele placed 10th in the 800, 2:21. Chris Loyola placed 13th in the 100, 12.58; Mt Valley’s Elijah Turner recorded the fastest time, 11.33; Boothbay’s Draco Peaslee was second, 11,49.

Lisbon won the 13-school meet with 119 points followed by Hall-Dale, 105; Mountain Valley, 85; Boothbay Region, 77; and Dirigo, 55. WMHS was sixth, tallying 47 team points.