When Danielle Hutchins decided to go out for indoor track and field this winter, Mount Desert Island coach Ian Braun got an early Christmas present. “That was nice. I mean, it’s always good to have talented athletes, and she is [one],” said Braun. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
While the cross country season has just wrapped up for a lot of runners around the state, indoor track and field practices are just around the corner. Eastern Maine Indoor Track League teams will kick off preseason practices Monday, and this season’s schedule of meets… Read More
BREWER – This early in the track and field season, coaches tend to preach quality over quantity to their athletes. Sure, the Brewer girls and boys ran to victories in a multi-team Penobscot Valley Conference affair at Pendleton Street Field Friday, but many athletes clocked… Read More
When Jennie Lucy tore her anterior cruciate ligament playing soccer for Bangor High last September, her doctors told her it would be six months before she could start running again. Five months later, Lucy was standing on the awards podium at the Class A track… Read More
ORONO – The Bangor boys indoor track and field team found themselves in an unusual predicament during Friday night’s Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet at the University of Maine field house. The Rams, who breezed through the league last year, found themselves in a… Read More
Hilary Maxim has had a memorable senior year of running so far. The Old Town senior added a fifth-place finish at the New England Cross Country championships to an already-impressive resume, which she’ll be looking to add to this weekend. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
With two weeks of meets already in the books, Eastern Maine Indoor Track League teams are gearing up for this weekend’s Black Bear Relays. The Bangor boys and Brewer girls look to be the favorites for Saturday’s competition, slated to start at 3:45 p.m. at… Read More
Central High in Corinth has fielded competitive outdoor track and field teams in recent years. With the success the Red Devils have had in Class C competition in the spring, some of head coach Mike Viani’s athletes wondered why they couldn’t compete in the winter. Read More
Bangor High distance ace Riley Masters and the Brewer girls and boys teams have geared up for their respective Eastern Maine Indoor Track League openers tonight and Friday by competing in preseason meets. The Witches ran at the Bowdoin College Relays last weekend in Brunswick… Read More
No track and field coach is a big fan of cold and flu season, especially when it affects many of his athletes. That was the case facing the University of Maine’s Mark Lech last weekend as many of his athletes, including sophomore distance runner Brendan… Read More
ORONO – Casey Quaglia is confident this will be ‘the year’ for the Bangor boys indoor track and field team. And why not? The Rams have all the ingredients of a state championship-caliber team: Depth, talent and leadership. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
ORONO – Over the years, many different distance runners have laced up their spikes at Hampden Academy. They didn’t have to do it alone on this day at the UMaine Field House, however, as they got plenty of help from their young sprinting and jumping… Read More
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Cony High School in Augusta, Ellsworth High School, and Thornton Academy in Saco are the sites where state champions in track and field will be crowned in Classes C, B, and A, respectively, Saturday. In girls’ competition, Waterville, Greely of Cumberland Center, and John Bapst… Read More
Steady rain and wet field conditions failed to keep Hampden Academy from sweeping the Phi Mu Delta Relays boys and girls team titles as athletes from nine schools competed at the University of Maine’s Beckett Family Complex in Orono Saturday. Despite the inclement weather, only… Read More
ORONO – While Bangor’s boys were using a traditional method to steamroll the competition at Saturday’s Penobscot Valley Conference-Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet, Old Town’s girls – and the Hampden Academy boys and girls – were finding ways to fill some big gaps and gain some early… Read More
ORONO – Jill Ouellette had plenty of reasons to be nervous in Friday’s Eastern Maine Indoor Track meet at the University of Maine. The Old Town junior was running in just her second track meet since she participated in a summer track league as a… Read More
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Some of the results from the New England High School Track and Field Championships were incorrectly reported in a story in Friday’s editions. The following Maine athletes who finished among the top 10, along with their correct finishes, times and/or distances follow. BOYS – In… Read More
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LEWISTON – A year ago, the Waterville Purple Panthers walked away from the Class A indoor track championships with a girls title, a youthful roster and a plan for the future. “It was our goal to create a ‘dynasty,’ as we put it,” junior Nichole… Read More
GORHAM – Though she struggled a bit during the regular season, there’s something about state championship meets that brings out the very best in Orono pole vaulter Ellen Vollmers. The Red Riots’ senior, who hadn’t cleared 8 feet, 6 inches this winter, vaulted 10-2 Monday… Read More
ORONO – After grinding their way to an Eastern Maine Indoor Track League title on Saturday night, the Brewer boys milled around, trophy in their collective grasp, unsure of what to do next. “Take a lap,” coach Dave Jeffrey said, repeatedly, trying to spur his… Read More
ORONO – Two weeks ago, Hampden Academy track coach David King approached versatile sophomore MacKenzie Rawcliffe and told her she had just become a long jumper. Forget the fact that Rawcliffe hadn’t participated in the event since she arrived at HA. Forget the fact that… Read More
A year ago, the teams that make up the Eastern Maine Indoor League trained hard for three months, worked themselves into championship shape … and never got to find out who the top performers in the league really were. A snowstorm forced the cancellation of… Read More
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ORONO – In a sport that uses speed as its primary form of currency, Maynard Walton has a unique – and enviable – problem. Every time he takes inventory of his boys track team, the longtime Bangor High coach sees another sprinter. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
