December 23, 2024
Sports

Forgues earn Heppner Memorial racewalk wins

LEWISTON – Boothbay High School senior Lauren Forgues and her brother, eighth-grader Matthew Forgues, walked away with the 3,000-meter and 1,600-meter open racewalk titles, respectively, at Bates College on Sunday.

The mixed gender races saw Lauren Forgues capture the 3,000-meter in a time of 15 minutes, 52 seconds, followed by Dave Burns of Scarborough (16:13) and University of Maine-Farmington junior Kate Dickinson (17:04).

In the 1,600, Matthew Forgues (8:08) nipped Scarborough junior Taylor Burns (8:10), followed by Lisbon’s Tyler Campbell (8:21) and Bonny Eagle of Standish junior Allen Cox, competing in his first racewalk since last year’s outdoor track season, in 8:27.

Lewiston eighth-grader Christie Bernier was the first female finisher (8:45), followed by Lisbon’s Sarah Adams (9:23), Kelley Baickley (11:10), and Scarborough’s Kaitlyn Burns (11:52).


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