Wolverines shine at opening track and field meet

Wed, 04/25/2018 - 9:00am

Track and field competition returned to Wiscasset Middle High School Monday afternoon including boys and girls from Dirigo, Spruce Mountain, Monmouth Academy and Boothbay Region.

Wolverine Coach Josiah Winchenbach saw his charges win seven events in the girls meet and four in the boys.

Ayanna Stover placed first in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.17 and first in the long jump, leaping 16-1.

Grace Webber won the 200-meter in 27.83. Boothbay’s Reagan Cola placed second, 29.72, and Hannah Cola third, 29.80. Webber took second place in the long jump, 15-11. Vanessa Dunn won the 300-meter hurdles in 56.38. Gwen Webber placed first in the high jump clearing 4-6, besting a field of seven jumpers.

The most exciting race of the afternoon was the girl’s 4x100 relay won by Wiscasset. After falling behind in the second leg of the race, Grace Webber regained the lead handing off to Stover who crossed the finish line in 54.37 ahead of Spruce Mountain. The other members the Wolverine relay team were Gwen Webber and Dunn. The team of Dunn, Stover and the Webber sisters also won the 4x400 relay recording a time of 4.55:62; Boothbay was second in 4:59.69.

Lily Souza took second in the javelin, 64-2, while Boothbay’s Reagan Cola won with a toss of 72-2. Souza placed fourth in the shot put, 26-9. Monmouth’s Destiny Clough’s winning throw was 33-9. Gwen Webber placed fourth in the 100-meter crossing the finish line in 14.68 with Dunn running sixth, 15.05. Spruce Mountain’s Avery Williams’ recorded a winning time of 14.13.

Monmouth won the meet with 139 points followed by Spruce Mountain 97, WMHS 64, Boothbay 39 and Dirigo 2.

Boys results

Wiscasset’s Matt Chapman won the 110- and 300-meter hurdles recording times of 17:34 and 44.57, and Cedrick Loyola placed first in the triple jump, 36-6.5.

Chapman, Caleb Gabriele, Cedrick Loyola and Chris Loyola won the 4x100 relay, crossing the finish line in 48:54. The Loyola brothers ran the final leg, with Cedrick passing off to his older brother Chris who sprinted to the finish.

Chris Loyola placed third in the 100-meter in 12.48; the winning time was 12.22 ran by Zac Toothaker from Spruce Mountain. Cedrick Loyola cleared 5-6 in the high jump, a personal best, placing second in the event. Brandon Frey of Spruce Mountain won with a jump of 5-8, setting a new Spruce Mountain record.

Nate Gilliam placed fourth in the 1600-meter, 6:13.46 and Caleb Gabriele was sixth in the 800, 2:35.92. Gabriele was fifth in the high jump clearing 5-4.

Cedrick Loyola, Josh Gabriele and Chris Loyola placed third, fourth and fifth in the long jump with distances of 18, 17-1 and 16-4, respectively. Toothaker’s winning leap was 19-6. Chris Loyola placed fifth in the shot put, 31-7.5. Dirigo’s Dalton Berry had the winning throw, 44-10. Josh Jones placed seventh in the 200, 28.79.

Spruce Mountain won the event with 112 points followed by Monmouth 69, WMHS 58, Boothbay 56 and Dirigo 52.