Track and field championships at UM to feature high school stars

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The Bangor area will field some top high school athletes when the state Classes A, B and C track and field championships are held Saturday at the University of Maine in Orono.

Athletes from Bangor, Brewer, John Bapst of Bangor, Hermon, Hampden Academy, Old Town, Bangor Christian, Orono and Central of Corinth will vie for individual and team titles against the state’s best.

The meets begin at 10 a.m.

Class A

Bangor’s Emily Capehart and Brewer’s Heather Clark are two local athletes who have good shots at individual state championships in Orono.

Capehart scored 34 points in her four events at the Eastern Maine Class A Championship meet, winning the long jump, triple jump and 300 hurdles, and finishing fourth in the 200.

Capehart, who will attend Brown University in the fall, has won three individual state titles and two relay titles in her career. She has finished second in the state on four other occasions.

Clark is one of the state’s top distance runners, though she struggled a bit last weekend in Bath. Clark finished second in the 1,600 and third in the 800, but is a bona fide threat to win either – or both – at the state meet.

Local athletes who will compete in the Class A state championships:

BANGOR: Amanda Mooers (3,200 relay, 1,600 relay), Aimee Patterson (3,200 relay), Brianne Steele (3,200 relay), Sara Thomson (3,200 relay), Isobel Herbold (3,200 relay), Zach Canders (3,200 relay), Matt Forshee (3,200 relay), David Kelley (3,200 relay, 1,600 relay), Eric Lenz (3,200 relay, 1,600 relay), John Merriam (3,200 relay, 1,600 relay, 400 relay, 300 hurdles), Justin Thompson (3,200 relay), Jessye Hand (1,600 racewalk, 1,600 relay, 400 relay, 400), David Kelley (1,600 racewalk), Treavor Beers (1,600 racewalk), Dan Carson (110 hurdles, high jump, 400 relay), Kristen Bogan (1,600 relay), Elizabeth Gratwick (1,600 relay, 400 relay), Nick Achorn (1,600 relay, long jump, 400 relay), Dan Carson (1,600 relay), Shawn McCrum (discus), Conor Stephens (javelin), Ben Bush (javelin), Emily Capehart (long jump, triple jump, 300 hurdles, 200), Lindsay Bigda (long jump, 400 relay), Emelie Bronson (400 relay), Kaitlin Dirrig (1,600 relay, 400 relay), Lauren Quaglia (400 relay), Brian Frazell (400 relay), Daron Johnson (400 relay), Mike Prentiss (400 relay, 200).

BREWER: David Haluska (3,200 relay, 3,200), Ryan McLaughlin (3,200 relay), Chris Sighinolfi (3,200 relay), Dana Pelletier (3,200 relay), Peter McGuire (3,200 relay), Mike Evancheck (3,200 relay), Dan Peterson (110 hurdles), Heather Clark (1,600, 800, 1,600 relay), Laura Rosa (1,600 relay, pole vault, 400 relay), Leslie Rosa (1,600 relay, 400 relay), Joslynn Pelletier (1,600 relay, 400 relay, 400), Tricia Hamm (1,600 relay), Melissa Jacobs (1,600 relay, 400 relay), Natasha Strout (shot put), Andrew Boyles (shot put), Lon Drillen (shot put), Tony Schwarze (long jump, 400 relay, 300 hurdles), Robbie Gray (triple jump, 400 relay), Danielle Lainez (high jump, pole vault, triple jump), Andrea Economy (pole vault, 400 relay), Mike Parker (pole vault, 400 relay), Chip Haskell (pole vault), Ian Fraser (1,600, 800), Jamie England (400 relay), Court Rancourt (400 relay), David Patrick (400 relay), Matt Quimby (400 relay).

Class B

Hermon’s Chantelle Haggerty and Hampden Academy’s Oriana Farley are two of the top medal favorites going into Saturday’s Class B state championship meet.

Haggerty, who pole-vaulted to a height of 11 feet during the winter (indoor) season, smashed the spring state record by 6 inches with a vault of 10 feet, 9 inches. She’s also a top contender in both the 100- and 400-meter dashes.

Farley, who won the 800-meter run last week going away and was second in the 1,600, will be rested and ready this week after attending the senior prom this past weekend the night before the Eastern regional championship meet.

“Actually, I’ve been trying to come up with a good strategy for me in the mile and I just haven’t figured it out yet. I know it’s sad because I’ve been doing it for so long, but it still confuses me how to run the mile,” Farley said. ” I think I was a little too conservative and it got to the point where my legs were really heavy and I didn’t have much the last lap.”

Local athletes who will compete in the Class B state championships:

HAMPDEN: Oriana Farley (800, 1,600, 1,600 relay), Sarah Parsons (discus, shot put), MacKenzie Rawcliffe (triple jump, long jump, 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles), Molly Balentine (3,200 relay, 3,200), Sarah Peters (high jump, long jump, triple jump), Elizabeth Hassell (1,600 racewalk), Jani Bosse (triple jump), Megan Rancourt (shot put), Kim Stephenson (400 relay, 1,600 relay), Erin Campbell (400 relay, 1,600 relay), Jill Beal (3,200 relay), Shelly Estes (3,200 relay), Amy Dumont (3,200 relay), Laura Martin (400 relay), Emily O’Connell (400 relay), Amanda Shaw (1,600 relay), Jerod Shaw (javelin, triple jump), Brian Herasymchuck (800, 1,600), Trainer Kapler (400 relay, 1,600 relay), Chris Walker (400 relay, 1,600 relay), Jake Reynolds (400 relay, 1,600 relay), Ian Baker (400 relay), Jon Nelson (1,600 relay), Adam Standley (long jump), Brad Simms (pole vault)

HERMON: Chantelle Haggerty (pole vault, 400, 100, 400 relay), Angela Bull (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 400 relay), Esme Carlson (400 relay), Jessie Wiggin (400 relay), John King (high jump, long jump, triple jump), Dustin Cyr (pole vault), Adam Haggerty (pole vault), Wayne Shaw (800), Jason Ouellette (1,600 racewalk), Ben Haggerty (400),

OLD TOWN: Kristen Paul (discus, shot put), Hillary Greene (800, 3,200 relay), Jessica Dumont (200, 400 relay, 1,600 relay), Amanda Nadeau (400, 400 relay, 1,600 relay), Kasey Spencer (400 relay, 1,600 relay), Sharon Fuller (100 hurdles 3,200 relay), Hannah Marquis (200, 1,600 relay), Heather Lonko (400 relay), Alivia Moore (3,200 relay), Chelsea Nye (3,200 relay), Aaron Nichols (javelin, discus, shot put), Matthew Petrie (high jump, 400 relay), Bradford King (discus), Andrew Gallant (400 relay), John Garrity (400 relay), Dustin Honey (400 relay)

Class C

There’s no question the John Bapst of Bangor boys are eager for the Class C state track and field championships. The Crusaders came close to earning runner-up honors and even tying eventual winner Winthrop, but came in third.

“I’m really excited for states this year,” said John Bapst senior Ian Connole, who qualified for states in the 110-meter hurdles and should also run on Bapst’s relay teams. “Last year … we had a few slippages [in seeds] and Winthrop stepped up and got points in some events where we didn’t have anyone, and we slipped down to third. Western Maine was a bit stronger last year. This year I think eastern Maine can hold their own.”

The John Bapst girls will also try to win a state championship Saturday. The Crusaders won their Eastern Maine Class C title meet last Saturday. Bapst is sending 13 qualifiers to the state meet, including Logan Rich, who has a shot to score in four events.

Local athletes who will compete in the Class C state championships:

BANGOR CHRISTIAN: Jenna Crane (100)

CENTRAL: Casey Davis (800), Jason Partridge (200, 400), Brian Monahan (100), Craig Kozerow (shot put), Kirk Werren (800)

JOHN BAPST: Casey Ryder (1,600 racewalk, 3,200), Kara Gaston (3,200, 1,600, 3,200 relay), Lily Krichels (long jump, 200), Bailey Hill (1,600 racewalk), Emily Picard (discus), Katie Andrle (300 hurdles, 100), Logan Rich (long jump, 100 hurdles, triple jump, 300 hurdles), Elaine Colwell (400, 100 hurdles), Shannon Campbell (800, 3,200 relay), Suzie Zitaner (discus), Sara Miller (800, 3,200 relay), Maggie Jones (1,600, 3,200 relay), Kari Lynch (3,200), Brandon Ryder (1,600 racewalk), Troy Trejo (discus), Matt Jamerson (300 hurdles), Tim Husson (100, triple jump), Jake Antworth (300 hurdles), Sean Lena (3,200, 1,600), Bryan Adams (shot put), Ian Connole (110 hurdles), Eli Levenson-Falk (300 hurdles), David McCourt (3,200)

ORONO: Maria Millard (high jump, 300 hurdles, 400 relay, 1,600 relay), Erin Lynn (100 hurdles, 400 relay, 1,600 relay), Olivia Alford (400, 400 relay, 1,600 relay), Marie Lint (shot put), Michaelee Westhoven (300 hurdles, high jump, 400 relay, 1,600 relay), Alexandra Winter (javelin), Wesley Colbath (pole vault), Craig Jones (1,600)