“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” — Steve Prefontaine Whenever she felt she wasn’t focused enough for training or competition, Jillian Richardson would repeat Prefontaine’s quote to herself. Passed down to her by her coach and older brother, Justin Richardson, the legendary runner’s words inspired the Edward Little sophomore […]
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Girls’ State Cross Country: St. Dom’s run to third-place state finish
It wasn’t quite the finish the Saints were aiming for, but 2016 was still a high-water mark for the program. “At the end of the day, it’s probably the best season St. Dom’s cross country team’s ever had. So we’re proud of that,” Saints co-coach Josh Brown said. “We thought we would come in a compete […]
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Cross Country: State meet a family affair Leavitt’s Labbe twins
TURNER — Julia Labbe was finally passed by her twin brother, Jason, and she couldn’t have been more thrilled. “I remember just wanting to beat her so bad, and she was always like a couple minutes ahead of me,” Jason said. “He’s pushed me. He used to be slower than me, but now he’s way […]
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Cross Country: Winthrop’s Hickey, St. Dom’s girls win South regional titles
Winthrop senior Jacob Hickey had watched someone else win the Class C Boys’ individual race the previous two years — he finished second in 2015 — but wanted the title for himself in his final attempt. His time of 16:40 was more than 40 seconds faster than his next-closest competitor. In other words, more than […]
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H.S. Cross Country: Barber leads Mt. Blue boys to regional title
The Cougars, sparked by individual winner Tucker Barber, who recorded the fastest time of the day (15:57.44), tallied 76 points to Hampden’s 93. Also qualifying for the state meet were Mount Ararat of Topsham (99), Brunswick (120), Bangor (125) and Lewiston (145). Given the strong performance that Mt. Blue showcased, Hampden coach Dick Balentine got […]
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Cross country: Winthrop’s Hickey, Monmouth girls win at MVC championships
AUGUSTA — Winthrop’s Jacob Hickey brought along an accessory to push himself at the MVC cross country championships. A pair of sisters paced each other and paced the Monmouth girls to the conference title, and an Oak Hill sophomore came out of essentially nowhere to finish second in the girls’ race. “I started running with […]
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KVAC cross country: Barber, Cougars take conference titles
AUGUSTA — Mt. Blue’s Tucker Barber wasn’t sure at first when it would happen. He just knew to trust his gut when it told him to make his move with about a mile left in the KVAC cross country championships at Cony High School. “I had no idea how the race was going to go,” […]
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WMC Cross Country: St. Dom’s wins Division II girls’ team and individual championships
STANDISH — The St. Dom’s girls’ team stuck together Friday during the Western Maine Cross Country Championships at St. Joseph’s College. Alexandra (Bugsy) Hammerton paced the Saints to the WMC Division II girl’ cross country championship, winning the individual Division II race with a time of 21:13, two seconds ahead of Poland’s Samantha Halmos. A […]
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Bobcat Beat: Women’s cross country leaps into national rankings with runner-up finish at Pre-Nationals
Bates women’s cross country came up big in its biggest meet of the season so far last Saturday, finishing second out of 39 teams at the Division III Pre-Nationals in Louisville, Ky. The Bobcats placed five runners within the top 42 of the race to finish just four points behind winner Hope College of Holland, […]
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Girls’ Cross Country: St. Dom’s Saints running together
AUBURN — The St. Dominic Academy girls’ cross country team didn’t have its best showing at last weekend’s Festival of Champions in Belfast. Prior to the meet, co-coach Josh Brown said he was looking forward to seeing how the Saints stacked up against other elite Class C teams. The verdict: Despite an overall substandard showing, […]