Staff Writer
PRESQUE ISLE – Caribou track and field claimed the County crown for their swiftness, agility and strength at the 2008 Aroostook County Championship meet on Tuesday, May 20. The Vikings continued to dominate both short- and long-distance races as well as the throwing and jumping contests for the title. Presque Isle took second place followed by Fort Kent and Fort Fairfield. Limestone ended in fifth in the boys’ meet.
Chris Toothaker, senior at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, competes in the long jump.
First-place in the girls’ events follow: 4×800: Caribou A (Lily Sund, Mary Jo Sheehan, Megan Bossie, Dayna Michaud) 10:57.3. 1,600 Race Walk: Hannah Saunders (C) 8:10. 100 Hurdles: Karyn King (C) 18.7. 100: Jamie Pelletier (FK) 12.9. 1,600: 1, Saunders (C) 5:49. 4×100: Caribou A (Betty Kalnova, Victoria Dorman, Christine Savage, Emily Collins) 55.0. 400: Pelletier (FK) 1:04.8. 300 Hurdles: Katrina Whittier (PI) 51.1. 800: Michaud (C) 2:38. 200: Pelletier (FK) 27.7. 3,200: Saunders (C) 13:10. 4×400: Caribou A (Kalnova, Dorman, King, Michaud) 4:34.8. Long Jump: Pelletier (FK) 14-07. High Jump: Kaitlyn Kinsey (FF) 4-04. Javelin: Keisha Ward (PI) 91-04.5. Discus: Ashley Williamson (PI) 100-04. Triple Jump: Whittier (PI) 31-10. Pole Vault: Savage (C) 8-00. Shot Put: Whittier (PI) 29-11.
First-place in the boys’ events follow: 4×800: Caribou A (Christian Sleeper, Tim Freme, Steve Melbourne, Spencer McElwain) 8:58.1. 1,600 Race Walk: Noah Rush-Mabry (FF) 7:45. 110 Hurdles: Elizan McLean (PI) 16.9. 100: Tyler Theriault (C) 11.6. 1,600: McElwain (C) 4:47. 4×100: Caribou A (Carlin Dubay, Theriault, Nate Swan, Robby Blaisdell) 46.5. 400: Theriault (C) 53.3. 300 Hurdles: Dubay (C) 47.1. 800: McElwain (C) 2:07. 200: Theriault (C) 24.2. 3,200: McElwain (C) 10:30. 4×400: Caribou A (Steve Branscom, Matt Till, Dubay, Rob Schuster) 3:53.9. Long Jump: Steven Selander (C) 17-10.5. Pole Vault: Dubay (C) 11-06. Shot Put: Ryan Winslow (PI) 42-05.5. Triple Jump: Gerard Desjardins (PI) 40-01.5. High Jump: Kyle St. Peter (C) 5-06. Discus: Jason Johnson (PI) 117-05. Javelin: Franz Zehentner (C) 144-04.
Individual girls’ standings: 1,600 Race Walk: 3, Nicole Cyr (C) 10:08; 5, Ally Pizzuti (C) 11:00; 6, Genevieve Camy (C) 11:23; 7, Kellene O’Hara (C) 11:36. 100 Hurdles: 2, Amber Forsman (FF) 19.7; 3, Tori Wong (C) 21.3; 4, Meg Bosse (C) 21.3; 5, Kinsey (FF) 22.1. 100: 2, Collins (C) 13.3; 3, Savage (C) 14; 5, Danielle MacDonald (C) 14.4; 9, Janell St. Peter (C) 14.6; 13, Elainee Norris (C) 15.5; 14, Abby Small (C) 16; 15, Jessica Maher (C) 16.2. 1,600: 3, Bossie (C) 5:57; 4, Sheehan (C) 5:58. 400: 2, Michaud 1:05.9; 3, Kalnova (C) 1:07.7; 4, Sund (C) 1:09; 6, Dorman (C) 1:09.4; 10, Cyr (C) 1:18.6. 300 Hurdles: 2, King (C) 52.3; 3, Forsman (FF) 58.8; 4, Erin Buck (C) 59.5; 5, Bosse (C) 1:01.8; 7, Wong (C) 1:07. 800: 2, Bossie (C) 2:39; 4, Saunders (C) 2:42; 6, Sund (C) 2:46; 12, Ally Hessert (C) 3:07; 13, Maher (C) 3:26. 200: 2, Collins (C) 28.7; 5, Kalnova (C) 30.3; 12, St. Peter (C) 32.6; 13, Kinsey (FF) 32.7; 14, Norris (C) 32.7; 15, PIzzuti (C) 34.9; 16, Small (C) 35.1; 17, O’Hara (C) 38.
3,200: 2, Sheehan (C) 13:17; 3, Bossie (C) 13:51. Long Jump: 4, Buck (C) 12-05; 5, Kinsey (FF) 12-04; 6, Rose-Mary Williams (FF) 11-11; 10, Dorman (C) 10-00; 11, Allison Blaisdell (FF) 9-11; 12, Small (C) 9-03. High Jump: 3, Buck (C) 4-04; 4, Bosse (C) 4-02; 5, Williams (FF) 4-02. Javelin: 2, MacDonald (C) 89-04; 3, Williams (FF) 82-09; 5, Danielle Lane (C) 77-07; 7, Emily Anderson (C) 67-01; 9, Katie Bell (C) 59-04; 11, Paige Bradstreet (C) 52-10. Discus: 2, Williams (FF) 93-08; 3, Bradstreet (C) 89-05; 4, Anderson (C) 87-03.5; 5, Samantha Lewis (FF) 75-02; 6, MacDonald (C) 72-09.5; 7, Bell (C) 62-06.50; 8, Eileen Haffner (L) 62-02; 10, Lane (C) 60-10.5; 12, Small (C) 59-06; 14, Sarah Peterson (C) 57-05.5; 15, Forsman (FF) 49-05; 17, Alexandria Kidson (L) 45-08.5. Triple Jump: 2, King (C) 29-09; 3, Collins (C) 29-08; 4, Buck (C) 28-07.5; 5, Blaisdell (FF) 26-00; 7, Wong (C) 22-11. Pole Vault: 2, MacDonald (C) 5-06; 3, Blaisdell (FF) 5-00; 4, Hessert (C) 5-00; 5, Bosse (C) 5-00. Shot Put: 3, Anderson (C) 27-09; 6, Forsman (FF) 26-08; 8, Brandstreet (C) 24-01.5; 9, Lewis (FF) 23-06.5; 11, Lane (C) 21-11; 13, Haffner (L) 20-03.5; 15, Bell (C) 19-07; 17, Sarah Peterson (C) 17-11; 19, Kidson (L) 17-06.
Individual boys’ standings: 1,600 Race Walk: 2, Finn Bondeson (C) 7:46; 3, Jared Sleeper (C) 8:23; 4, DJ Flynn (C) 8:26; 5, Ian Connolly (C) 9:05; 6, Casey Lancaster (C) 9:46; 7, Kyle McEwen (C) 10:11; 8, Shawn Holmquist (C) 10:23; 9, Mitchell Reck (C) 10:24; 10, Ethan Stetson (C) 10:38.110 Hurdles: 3, Dan Saucier (C) 19; 4, Phil Smith (C) 19.9; 5, Graham Jenkins (FF) 21.5; 6, Codie Robbins (C) 21.6; 7, Till (C) 21.6; 8, Levi Bither (C) 23.8; 9, Cole Sirois (C) 23.8; 10, Kevin Strid (C) 24.1. 100: 2, Blaisdell (C) 11.9; 3, Schuster (C) 12.4; 5, Branscom (C) 12.5; 8, Chris Toothaker (L) 12.8; 10, Zach Tounzen (L) 13; 11, Robbins (C) 13; 12, Mike Bancroft (FF) 13.2; 14, Paul Kennedy (L) 13.3; 22, Robert Lalonde (L) 14; 23, Strid (C) 15.3; 24, Harry Mickalide (L) 15.8; 25, Reck (C) 16.4. 1,600: 2, C. Sleeper (C) 4:56; 4, Ryan Noyes (FF) 5:05; 6, Steve Melbourne (C) 5:18; 7, John Stubbs (C) 5:21; 9, Andrew Forsman (FF) 5:27; 10, Josh Stubbs (C) 5:40; 11, Brandon Plourde (C) 5:42; 12, Chris Gaskell (L) 6:40.
4×100: 5, Caribou B (Jeff Pucci, Zehentner, John Forbes, Andrew Adams) 56.1. 400: 2, St. Peter (C) 54.4; 3, Noyes (FF) 56.9; 6, Branscom (C) 58.9; 7, Till (C) 58.9; 9, Nathan McLaughlin (FF) 59.9; 13, Brandon Doughty (FF) 1:05; 14, Justin Thompson (L) 1:06.9. 300 Hurdles: 3, Parker Rossignol (L) 49.4; 5, Smith (C) 50.5; 7, Saucier (C) 51.4; 11, Jenkins (FF) 55.5; 13, Sirois (C) 1:00.9; 14, Bither (C) 1:03.6; 15, Stetson (C) 1:03.8. 800: 3, C. Sleeper (C) 2:17; 5, Jake Michaud (C) 2:22; 6, J. Sleeper (C) 2:23; 8, Josh Stubbs (C) 2:29; 10, Plourde (C) 2:33; 11, Robbie Kiehn (C) 2:36; 12, Joseph Sturzl (C) 2:39.
200: 2, Swan (C) 24.7; 6, Doughty (FF) 27.7; 10, Paul Kennedy (L) 28.9; 14, McEwen (C) 31; 15, Lalonde (L) 31.4; 16, Thompson (L) 31.5; 18, Michaud (C) 32.1; 20, Holmquist (C) 38.5. 3,200: 2, Freme (C) 10:54; 6, Melbourne (C) 11:33; 7, John Stubbs (C) 11:50; 10, Bondeson (C) 12:10; 11, Flynn (C) 12:19; 12, Sturzl (C) 14:29; 13, Gaskell (L) 15:32. 4×400: 3, Fort Fairfield A (McLaughlin, Forsman, Bancroft, Noyes) 4:07.5. Long Jump: 2, Blaisdell (C) 17-10; 4, Swan (C) 16-10; 5, Noyes (FF) 16-08; 11, Toothaker (L) 14-05; 13, Robbins (C) 13-07.5; 14, Rush-Mabry (FF) 13-07; 16, Z. Tounzen (L) 12-10; 18, Sirois (C) 11-03; 19, Strid (C) 10-02.5.
Pole Vault: 2, Selander (C) 9-00; 3, Will Freeman (C) 9-00; 5, McLaughlin (FF) 8-00; 8, Kiehn (C) 7-00. Shot Put: 3, Adams (C) 40-07; 6, Elijah Beavers (L) 37-06.5; 8, Zehentner (C) 34-00; 9, Addison Rossignol (L) 32-07; 10, John McNamee (FF) 31-11.5; 12, Adam Fox (FF) 30-06.5; 14, Matt Holmes (FF) 29-02.5; 15, Connolly (C) 27-03; 16, Forbes (C) 27-01.5; 17, Justin Wilcox (C) 26-10.5; 19, Bither (C) 25-08; 20, CJ Ketch (C) 25-06; 22, Pucci (C) 25-04.5; 23, Sam Violette (C) 22-03.
Triple Jump; 3, Blaisdell (C) 36-00; 5, St. Peter (C) 35-04; 7, Smith (C) 34-04; 9, Selander (C) 31-02; 10, Robbins (C) 30-03; 12, Michaud (C) 25-11; 13, Strid (C) 24-09. High Jump: 2, Schuster (C) 5-06; 6, Smith (C) 4-10; 7, Till (C) 4-10. Discus: 4, A. Rossignol (L) 105-09.5; 7, Beavers (L) 94-05; 9, Forbes (C) 88-08; 10, Adams (C) 87; 12, Matt Holmes (FF) 85-04; 13, Jenkins (FF) 80-05.5; 14, Zehentner (C) 79-00; 15, Ketch (C) 77-08.5; 17, Doughty (FF) 75-00; 18, Wilcox (C) 74-10; 20, Fox (FF) 71-11.5; 21, McNamee (FF) 66-08; 22, Michaud (C) 64-07; 23, Stetson (C) 63-08; 25, Violette (C) 59-09.5; 26, Pucci (C) 58-00; 27, Thompson (L) 56-08. Javelin: 2, Swan (C) 138-01; 3, St. Peter (C) 131-08; 6, A. Rossignol (L) 118-04; 7, Schuster (C) 114-11; 8, Forsman (FF) 114-06; 11, Selander (C) 108-08; 13, Bither (C) 103-04; 14, Branscom (C) 103-04; 15, Homes (FF) 102-01; 18, Freeman (C) 95-00; 21, Michaud (C) 84-00.
Staff photo/Meridith Paterson
Caribou’s Christian Sleeper (left) passes Richie Byrnes (right) during the 4×800 meter event at the Aroostook County Championship.