ORONO – Fast times are hard to come by at April track and field meets. And with the wind whipping around the Orono High School track Thursday, fast times and long distances were few and far between.

Not for Hannah Breton of Greenville, however.

The Lakers’ junior made an early statement that she’ll be one of the top 300-meter hurdlers in the state this spring by breezing around the track in 50.07 seconds, good for first place.

“That’s got to be one of the dominant times we’ll see this year,” Greenville coach Ron Pelletier said.

Breton had to deal with a nasty headwind in the homestretch.

“Oh yeah that was awful,” she admitted. “You’re tired [with] that wind in your face, and you’re just sucking it [up] down [the stretch].”

The Bangor girls and boys, both defending Penobscot Valley Conference champs, captured the team titles.

The Lakers had only four girls competing in Thursday’s meet but were still able to muster a very respectable 56 points, good for third place.

“It’s remarkable, especially with only four girls [here] today,” said Pelletier, who has been guiding the Greenville girls since 1979. “We don’t have indoor track so this is our season-opening meet. We have some real talent.”

Another Laker who had a decent opening meet was Beth Bartley, third in the 100 hurdles and second in the high jump.

Breton also won the long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 7.50 inches but feels there is room for improvement.

“I felt like I was off today, I was actually below my PR [personal record],” she said. “I knew I had to step it up a little bit today and have at least one good jump.”

Bartley also added that since the Lakers practice on a dirt track and on jumping pits with asphalt runways, she hasn’t had much of a preseason, yet knows how she can improve.

“Now I know what I have to work on: better marks, stronger jumps and a stronger takeoff,” she said.”

Breton added a second in the 100 hurdles (17.50) and a third in the girls’ pole vault (6-0).

The other Lakers who scored were Lauren Fling, third in the 300 hurdles and fifth in the javelin, and Lauren LaRoche, sixth in the 800.

In the team competitions, Bangor’s depth and ability to cover all events paid dividends on both sides.

Allison Clukey, a sophomore, won both the 100 in 13.37 seconds and 200 in 28.08 seconds and was third in the long jump in 15 feet, 3.5 inches to pace the girls. Jolene Belanger added seconds in the long and triple jumps in addition to winning the 800.

Junior distance runner Casey Quaglia netted 32.5 points for the boys, taking the 1600, 800 and 3200-meter races and anchoring the winning 4×800 team.

“These veterans are getting a mark early in the season to see where they are at and see where they need to go,” Rams coach Joe Quinn said.

The Bangor girls’ strength appears to be in the sprints and jumps, as the Rams took the first four slots in the 200 and the first three in the 100.

Senior Kelly Kraph notched a pair of thirds in those events for Bangor in 14.11 and 29.15 seconds, respectively.

The girls’ scores were led by Bangor’s 250, followed by Old Town (121), Greenville (56), Foxcroft Academy (41), Hermon (32), Sumner of East Sullivan (29), Narraguagus of Harrington (13) and Washington Academy of East Machias (12).

The Bangor boys racked up 241 points while Old Town was second with 113.5. Narraguagus was third with 56, followed by Foxcroft (43), Calvary Chapel of Orrington (29), Sumner (24), Hermon (8.5) and Greenville (3).

Other individual winners included Hilary Maxim and Eliza Tibbits from Old Town. Maxim won the 1600 (5:41.20) and Tibbits the 3200 (12:35.56) while Brad White of Bangor was first in the shot put (39-10) and teammate Ben Bambrick took the discus and javelin with distances of 110-06 and 141-09.