Harrison Knowlton had a solid race Saturday at the Class B state championship in Belfast, and placed fifth in the boys’ race. But he was also eyeing a bigger race. Knowlton will be among four local runners — Aaron Willingham and Dan Lesko of Mt. Blue and Osman Doorow of Lewiston are the others — […]
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Runs like Clockwork: Stone sets sights on states
Now the senior has led the team of six runners to the Class C State Championships in Belfast this upcoming Saturday after her 10th-place finish in Cumberland at the Western Class C regional championships Saturday. “It always has been one or two girls every year,” Stone said. “To see it grow, to have an actual […]
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Cross country notebook: Wet weather doesn’t dampen teams’ spirits
With all the rain this past week, the runners changed tires — sort of speak. “We came prepared for awful conditions. I put in half inch (spikes) in (my cleats). Yesterday, we found muddy conditions and practiced turns,” Ben Allen of Winthrop said. “It was a little wet. Nothing wrong with that. It was definitely […]
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Cross country: Winthrop’ Allen wins Western C regional; Boothbay, Waynflete, Yarmouth, York capture crowns
CUMBERLAND — Even Mother Nature is no match for Winthrop’s Ben Allen. With rain drenching much of the state this week, wet and muddy conditions were expected at Twin Brook in Cumberland on Saturday morning. The course, while muddy in some parts, was pretty dry as the Ramblers’ senior won the Western Class C boys’ […]
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Cross Country Notebook: League meets a learning experience
Cross country coaches and athletes used the conference championships this past weekend as a learning experience and as a confidence boost heading into the regional championships next Saturday. “It’s great, because it might be one of the hardest conferences in the state,” Mt. Blue runner Aaron Willingham said of the KVAC. “For Dan (Lesko) and […]
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H.S. Cross Country: Harriman is a Greyhound in pursuit
LISBON — Lisbon High School’s Nick Harriman is taking a page out of Josef Holt-Andrews’ playbook on how to conduct himself. Holt-Andrews, who graduated from Telstar in June, was the Class C state champion in cross country last year. He’s currently at Iowa State, where he’s on the cross country and track and field teams. […]
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KVAC championship: Willingham runs away with it
AUGUSTA — Aaron Willingham left the competition in the dust. The Mt. Blue senior broke the course record at Cony with a time 16:56.5, beating his teammate Dan Lesko, who ran a time of 17:12.9 in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Championships. “They were both able to play to their strengths today,” Mt. Blue coach […]
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Cross country running: Falmouth boys, Yarmouth girls snag WMC team titles
Bryce Murdick won the boys’ race with a time of 16:49, ten seconds ahead of Mitch Morris of Cape Elizabeth. Luke Laverdiere of Yarmouth finished in the third while Spencer Brown of Falmouth and Kyle Kennedy of Cape Elizabeth rounded out the top five. “I felt good, I thought it was a good day so […]
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Cross country notebook: Leavitt runners go the distance
Three Leavitt High School cross country runners added a marathon to their schedule this season. In May, Corinne Rabon, Carter Veilleux, and Ashley Pratt accepted a challenge by a local Army National Guard Col. Jack Mosher to run a marathon. Mosher spoke to a group of students in a health class. They are also apart of […]
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Cross country: Allen making room at the top
Ben Allen of Winthrop has been running cross country since the sixth grade. The senior has been with Winthrop coach Ed Van Tassel for six of the seven years. This year, their hard work together has paid off. Allen has won three of his four races this season. Van Tassel learned about Allen through another […]