Bapst girls, Orono boys win titles Fort Kent’s Hartman, Penquis’ Beasley named top meet performers

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DOVER-FOXCROFT – Saturday’s Penobscot Valley Conference Class C championship at Oakes Field was not a competition. It was more a coronation for the John Bapst of Bangor girls.

The Crusaders got it started in championship fashion by breaking the PVC record in the 4-by-800-meter relay they set last year, as the team of Maddy Glover, Nicole Lavertu, Evelyn Sharkey and Courtney Martin blazed to a time of 9 minutes, 51 seconds – 8 seconds faster then the 9:59.39 they set last year.

Bapst would cruise to their fourth consecutive title by a whopping 185-96 margin over runner-up Orono. Mattanawcook of Lincoln and Greenville were tied for third out of 19 teams with 44 points apiece while Central of Corinth’s 36 rounded out the top 5.

The boys meet, which was seeded to be a close battle between many teams, was won by Orono by a 112-90 margin over runner-up and defending Class C state champ Bucksport. Bapst was third with 88, followed by Fort Kent with 81 and George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill with 43.

In the boys meet, Fort Kent’s Carson Hartman and Bucksport senior Nick Tymozcko turned in strong performances with Carson winning the meet’s Don Dow/Dale Curry Most Outstanding Performer award.

Tymozcko won both hurdle events and was second in the 200 to Hartman. Tynozcko’s times were 41.13 seconds in the 300 hurdles and 16.05 in the 110 hurdles.

“The weather’s heated up a little bit and I felt loose,” Tymozcko said after the 110 hurdles. In the last 100 yards of the 300 hurdles, the Bucks’ senior put on a serious charge over the final two hurdles to put some distance on the rest of the field.

“I was trying to speed up to get over that last hurdle,” he said.

Tymozcko and the Warriors’ Hartman ran stride for stride in the 200.

“We helped pull each other along and ended up running a good race all the way around,” said Tymozcko.

The Bucks suffered a big blow to their PVC hopes in the 4-by-100 when anchor man John Harvey hurt his hamstring and went down in the final 75 yards.

Outstanding performer Hartman would finish second in the 100 (11.58), won both the long and triple jumps (21 feet, 2.25 inches and 40-8.25), and the 200 in 23.58.

“I came in here being ranked second in both the long jump and 200, so to get victories in those felt pretty good,” said Hartman.

In the team competition, the Red Riots had too much for the Bucks, particularly in the distance races.

Micah Mishio and Lexi Wakeling went 2-3 in the 1600 and Mishio earned third in the 800 to help pace Orono, which spread their points throughout their events, a key formula in winning championship meets. The 4-by-100 team of Marty Simon, Jeff Normand, James Berry and David Silk took first with a time of 45.78 seconds.

“The kids did a really nice job of not letting other things distract them from a really positive situation,” said Riots coach Chris Libby. “Our training really paid off. The kids have worked really hard for this. The fact that they came out on top is something they definitely deserve.”

Normand and Simon would go 2-4 in the 200, helping Orono put some distance on Bucksport. Simon was also second in the javelin with a throw of 145 feet, 1 inch while James Berry, Hosain Aghamoosa and Billy Nichols went 1-2-4 in the pole vault.

Devin Eaton of Bucksport won the javelin with a heave of 172 feet, 2 inches.

In the girls meet, the heavily favored Crusaders scored big points early and often. Among the big point scorers was distance runner Martin, who captured both the 1600 and 3200 with marks of 5:21.07 and 11:28.57, respectively.

Martin is one of many JB seniors who have been on four PVC championship teams.

“It’s been kind of depressing with all the rain but everyone’s been working so hard towards better times, yeah [its great to win],” she said.

Martin worked off teammates Evelyn Sharkey and Nicole Lavertu in the first half of the 1600 before pulling away to win in the last 600 meters, and winning convincingly in the 3200, an event Bapst went 1-2-3-4-5 in, with Glover taking second and Robin Bosse fifth.

Sharkey and Lavertu would go 1-3 in the 800 while they finished 3-4 in the 3200,

“Yeah I feel fairly good. I think it went well, the best I could expect,” Martin said.

Fellow seniors and hurdlers Elaine Colwell and Katie Andrle dominated their events, with Colwell winning the 100 hurdles (16.40) and Andrle the 300 hurdles (47.10). Andrle was second in the 100 hurdles while Colwell took third in the 300 hurdles. They teamed up with Erica Dougherty and Megan Pritham to take the 4-by-400 relay.

Colwell also took the triple jump (32-6).

“It really didn’t matter to me if I came in first or second [to Colwell], as long as Bapst is 1-2 on the board,” said Andrle, who will attend the University of Maine in the fall. “Hopefully this is a good omen for the state meet.”

“I’m really proud of the team, because we worked hard together,” added Colwell.

Penquis of Milo sensation Erin Beasley won both her events (100, 200) to capture the girls’ outstanding performer award, with strong times of 13.06 and 26.85 seconds, with Elizabeth Dauphinee of Central was second in both races. The 100 was the closer of the races, but Beasley pulled away in the final 50 meters to win.

Beasley said that it helped having Dauphinee to push her in both races, as the Central sprinter was next to her in the 100.

“Competition is a big thing for me,” Beasley said. “If you’ve got someone on your shoulder, you’re definitely going to run faster.”

Greenville’s Hannah Breton won the long jump with a leap of 15-10.5.

In Friday’s A-B championship meet in Brewer, the Bangor boys’ 4-by-100 relay team of Cameron Cormier, Sidney Melidones, Kole McBreairty and Ryan Curless set a conference record of 44.96 seconds.