Crooker was speaking of senior Josef Holt-Andrews, who spent this fall breaking course records and winning high school championships all over Maine. And just this past Saturday he placed fifth in the Northeast qualifying Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships in New York City. That result earned him a spot in the National Foot Locker […]
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Cross Country: Holt-Andrews qualifies for Foot Locker Nationals
Josef Holt-Andrews of Telstar Regional High School qualified for the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships by virtue of his fifth-place finish Saturday in the Northeast qualifying race, held at Van Cordlandt Park in New York City. Holt-Andrews completed the 5-kilometer course in 15:37, 18 seconds off the winning pace set by Mickey Burke of […]
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Blue Devils finish 8th as team; Holt-Andrews placed 3rd at New England XC meet
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Lewiston coach TJ Niles admits he always wishes his team could run faster. So after Saturday’s 79th New England Cross Country Championships at Deeryfield Park, he couldn’t help but wonder what could have been. But, considering his Blue Devils endured a cold, windy day and a rocky and narrow course, he was […]
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Cross country running: Lewiston earns second state crown
CUMBERLAND — The Lewiston Blue Devils kept a running dialogue whenever they were in hearing distance of each other on the grueling 3.1-mile course at Twin Brook. The Devils know talk is beneficial, especially when they had set their sights on a state title. That open line of communication helped the Blue Devils place five […]
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H.S. Cross Country: Devils hope for date with destiny on Saturday
Last Saturday, Western Maine cross country runners had the rare opportunity to race on a dry Twin Brook Recreation Area course. Fast times and clean shoes were the order of the day. This Saturday, the top runners from Western Maine will be joined by their Eastern Maine peers at Twin Brook for the state cross […]
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Cross Country Regionals: Telstar’s Holt-Andrews cruises to Western championship
CUMBERLAND — Everyone else’s regional championship race was Josef Holt-Andrews’ workout. No offense intended to the MPA’s Western Maine regional or any of the participants in it. Holt-Andrews respects the event and loves the running community. But he has bigger fish to fry. In order: Next week’s state meet, then New Englands, and finally the […]
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H.S. Cross Country: With conferences settled, runners vie for regional titles Saturday
The regional cross country championships are taken for granted in some circles. Some teams and individual runners place more emphasis on winning their conference title and treat regionals as a measuring stick or training ground for the following week’s state meet. Some regions are aligned identically to the conferences, so there is some redundancy. But […]
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MVC Cross Country: Lisbon girls beat Boothbay by single point
Any difference between the girls’ cross country teams from Lisbon, Boothbay and Monmouth this season has been measured in small increments. One second or two here. A late-race pass there. Small wonder that Saturday’s MVC championship meet at the University of Maine at Augusta was a game of inches, too. Sophomore Adrianna White passed a […]
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Cross country: Boothbay sweeps at Beaver Park
Instead, Boothbay, paced by Sophia Thayer breaking her own course record, put itself back in the front-runner’s position with a two-point victory over Lisbon. The Boothbay boys made it a sweep, cruising to a 44-point victory over runner-up Edward Little. Thayer finished the 5K in 20:43, 15 seconds off her mark set last year and […]