Track
Track team wins Governors Cup
By Kevin Higgins
YORK - The track team gets to hold on to the Governor's Cup for another year.
The cup is awarded to the winner of the annual track meet between York, Traip and Wells. Similar to the Winnacunnet Coed Invitational of a week earlier, the combined score from the boys' and girls' teams determines who keeps the cup.
The York boys won individually with a score of 110.5 points. Wells placed second with 51.5 points and Traip scored 37 points for third.
The girls' team scored 150 points, overpowering Traip (28) and Wells (19).
The York girls keep knocking down those records. Lacey Cartier broke her own record in the 200, becoming the first York girl to dip below 27 seconds with a time of 26.9 seconds. Sibley Blum also broke her own record in the pole vault, clearing 10 feet, 6 inches. Chelsey Tewell tied Lani Boardman's 100 hurdles record with a hand-held time of 15.5 seconds.
York athletes took three of the four scoring places in over 15 events. On the field, Michelle Gearin, Ally Johnson and Jess Calnan took first through third in the javelin. In the boys' javelin, Andrew Hirst, Jake Young and Brent Johnson did the same.
In the boys' shot put, Hirst, Timmy Jones, Matt Day and Jared Prugar swept all four places. In the girls' discus, Rachel Lee, Erika Boorman and Anna-Claire Pierce took second through fourth, respectively.
Both the boys' and the girls' race-walk crews swept all the scoring places. Walkers for the girls include Brooke Simpson, Kristen Gearin, Katie Prouty and Layla Ferland. Guys' walkers include Tom Ciampa, Nate Hirst, Brian Farrell and Hayden Brown. Hirst walked the race of his life, qualifying for the state meet.
The girls' team also completely swept the mile. Lacey Cartier won, followed by teammates Lindsay Weigel, Annie Boardman and Monique Boutin. In the boys' mile, Alex Moser, Tristan Palhof and Matt Wagner took second through fourth.
In the boys' two mile, Mike Lapointe won, breaking 12 minutes for the first time ever. Farrell and Dan Herbein took third and fourth. In the girls' race, Boardman, Boutin and Reaha Goyetche took first through third.
Hana Carey won the girls' high jump. Kaitlyn Dow took second and Kaitlin Carson and Kirsten Dean tied for fourth. Matt Maertens won the boys' high jump. Andrew Potter and Herbein jumped 5 feet 2 inches in a four way tie for second.
Potter won the triple jump by almost four feet. Teammates Jayce Insko and Dave Cannata took third and fourth, respectively.
The girls' team took first through third in the 200, 400 and 300 hurdles. Cartier won the 200. Danielle Clements and Marina Swietek took second and third. Kelsey St. Germain won the 400, while teammates Morgan Taylor and Carey took second and third. In the girls' 300 hurdles, Molly Carl took the win, with teammates Katie Rasche and Emma Clark taking second and third.
Jillian Means took third in the pole vault, clearing seven feet for the first time ever. Ciampa and Stuart Mason took second and fourth, respectively.
Evan Wallace won the discus, and Andrew Hirst took second. Rob Cook took second in the 100 and fourth in the 200. Mark Vogel placed third in the 200. In the 110 hurdles, Tim Gelinas took second and Carlos Sanchez took third.
Kevin Higgins won the boys' 800 with a time of 2 minutes, 6.8 seconds. Nick McMahon took second.
As usual, all the relays were extremely competitive. The boys' and girls' 4x800 relays both won. Running for the boys were Nat Freeman, Tristan Palhof, Luke Graziano and Dom Ferrande.
The extremely successful girls 4x100 relay ran to another victory. Jenna Hosmer, Clements, Carl and Tewell all ran. The boys' team Cook, Vogel, Andrew Hirst and Zach Prugar placed second.
The meet ended in fine style as both the boys and girls 4x400 relays ran to victory. Higgins, Vogel, Prugar, and McMahon ran for the guys, while Taylor, Clark, Rasche and St. Germain ran for the girls.
York ends the regular season with records of 9-0 for both the girls and boys. This Saturday, May 26, in Yarmouth is the Western Maine Conference Championship meet. York, the defending boys' and girls' champions, will run against schools from across Western Class B Maine.
