WMHS hosts season’s first track meet

Wolverines dominate Mountain Valley Conference meet
PHIL DI VECE News Contributor
Tue, 05/04/2021 - 12:45pm
Nate Gilliam starts the final lap in the 4 x 800 relay at Monday’s track meet WMHS hosted and won. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Josie Harrington, a state champion in the high jump as a freshman in 2019, attends Chop Point School in Woolwich. She returned to compete with the Wolverines this season. Her winning time in the 100-meter hurdles was 19.11 seconds. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Cory Ricker high jumps. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Johnny Spies competed in the shot put. His best toss was 29’9”. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Running the 100-meter dash are, from left, Gwen Webber, Emily Gilliam and Reese Hesseltine. Hesseltine won the event. Webber was second, Gilliam third. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Austin Trask, second from left, and Bryan Gagnon, far right, run the 100-meter dash. Trask finished first, Gagnon third. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper

The Wolverine boys and girls track teams finished first among four high schools in a Mountain Valley Conference Class C track meet hosted by Wiscasset Middle High School. Boothbay Region, Mountain Valley and Winthrop high schools took part.

“The weather wasn’t perfect but the meet itself went on without any problems. Coach Josiah Winchenbach deserves the credit for that,” Warren Cossette, WMHS athletic director told Wiscasset Newspaper afterwards. “It was just nice to see the kids out there competing again and enjoying themselves. Our teams did very well and we’re very proud of them and of all the kids who participated and appreciate the volunteers who helped run the meet.”

The Wolverines will host four more MVC meets beginning Wednesday, May 5, weather permitting; the rain date is Thursday, May 6. Other meets are scheduled for May 10 and 25 leading up to the MVC Class C championship meet hosted by Lisbon High School on May 27. The meets generally start between 4 and 4:15. Here are some highlights from Monday.

Girls: Reese Hesseltine, Gwen Webber and Emily Gilliam swept the 100 finishing first, second and third. Hesseltine’s winning time was 15.44 seconds. Hesseltine placed second in the 200, 33.93. Gilliam was third in the 400, 1:23.16.

Julia Truesdell placed first in the 1600, 7:18.61. Josie Harrington from Chop Point School won the 100-meter hurdles 19.11; Webber was second. Webber crossed the finish line first in the 300-meter hurdles, 58.01.

The Wolverines’ 4x100 relay team of Webber, Gilliam, Hesseltine and Harrington won its race in 58.55.

Harrington won the high jump clearing a height of 4’10”. Gilliam placed second in the triple jump leaping 22’5”. Alivia Orr took third place in the shot put. Linnea Andersson was second in the 1600 race walk.

Boys: Austin Trask and Bryan Gagnon ran first and third in the 100. Trask’s winning time was 12.62. Robert Conner won the 800, 2:25.13. Nate Gilliam took second in the 1600 and won the 3200-meter race, 12:39.30.

The Wolverines’ 4x400 relay team of Tristan Pepe, Peyton Blagdon, Gagnon and Trask won in 51.43. Johnny Spies placed third in the long jump, 14’4”. Gilliam was third in the triple jump, 24’.8”. Spies placed fourth in the shot put and took third in the discus, 77’3”. John Hodson won the javelin with a hurl of 98’9” while Spies placed third.

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