Staff Writer
In Bangor on Saturday, schools met for the 2009 PVC track and field championship. Caribou and Presque Isle teams represented the county and, for the girls, Caribou placed fifth out of nine with 43 points.
Contributed photo/Laurie Sheehan
Leading the girls race walk in Bangor on Saturday is Lady Viking Hannah Saunders. Not only did Saunders finish in first, but she set a new record, finishing the event nearly 19 seconds earlier than the previous record holder, Mahal Stewart.
Hannah Saunders led her team in the 1,600 Race Walk, destroying the previous record of 7:59.39 set in 2003 by Mahal Stewart of Narraguagus. Saunders finished the event in a shocking 7:40.67, taking first in that event. The Wildcat girls track team finished sxith with 34 points. Individual results for the girls are as follows: 4×800: 4, Caribou (Hannah Saunders, Megan Bossie, Mary Jo Sheehan, Dayna Michaud) 10:53.19. 100 Hurdles: 16, Demarre Corriveau-Doody 20.08; 19, Jocelyn Davis 22.56. 100 Dash: 12, Amber Griffin 13.92; 14, Brooke Long-Postell 14.01; 18, Shae Adler 14.13. 22, Erica Hemphill 14.37; 26, Jerica Fox 14.87; 27, Annie Collins 15.17. 1,600 Rack Walk: 1, Saunders 7:40.67. 3, Paige Small 9:02; 4, Nicole Cyr 9:12.35; 8, Marigan Doody 10:16.53; 9, Kelly Kashian 10:18.56; 1,600 Run: 8, Mackenzie Pinette 5:45.09; 9, Michaud 5:48.22; 13, Bossie 5:52.98. 4×100: 5, Presque Isle (Griffin, Long-Postell, Hemphill, Katrina Whittier) 54.37; 7, Caribou (Sarae Sager, A. Collins, Corriveau-Doody, Christine Savage) 57.30. 400 Dash: 12, Katie Plourde 1:06.23. 300 Hurdles: 2, Whittier 49.68; 6, Sager 53.92. 800 Run: 8, Michaud 2:36.26; 16, Bossie 2:45.01; 17, Hallie Bartlett 2:48.12. 200 Dash: 7, E. Collins 28.65; 12, Griffin 29.51; 18, Hemphill 30.20; 19, Adler 30.72. 3,200 Run: 2, Saunders 12:31.4; 7, Sheehan 12:51.18; 11, Elizabeth Wright 13:21.6. 4×400: 5, Caribou (Sager, E. Collins, Plourde, Michaud) 4:36.58; 7, Presque Isle (J. Fox, Brittany Caron, Adler, Pinette) 4:52.29. High Jump: 3, Griffin 4-08; 13, Kashian 4-04. Long Jump: 6, Laura Collins 14-09; 7, Long-Postell 14-04.75; 11, Adler 13-03.75. Triple Jump: 3, Whittier 33-02; 6, E. Collins 30-09.5; 7, Plourde 30-09; 9, L. Collins 29-11.25. Javelin: 7, Danielle MacDonald 72-11. Discus: 4, Paige Bradstreet 84-11.5; 6, Emily Anderson 82-06; MacDonald 69-08. Shot Put: 1, Whittier 32-04.5; 5, Bartlett 30-03.5; 10, Bradstreet 277-03.5; 12, Anderson 26-03.25. Pole Vault: 6, Savage 8-00.
The Caribou boys took fourth out of nine schools with 78 points while Presque Isle’s team finished ninth with 16 points. Individual results for the boys are as follows: 4×800: 3, Caribou (Tim Freme, Steve Melbourne, Christian Sleeper, Jesse Stephens) 8:50.2; 7, Presque Isle (Brandon Hafford, Jesse Rochester, Matt Eager, Logan Thibeau) 9:26.99. 110 Hurdles: 13, Nick Dobson 20.11. 100 Dash: 2, Nate Swan 11.71; 1,600 Race Walk: 1, Finn Bondeson 7:11.11; 2, J. Sleeper 7:17.99; 4, D.J. Flynn 7:43.87; 7, Josh Kovach 9:19.01. 1,600 Run: 6, Melbourne 4:48.37; 8, C. Sleeper 4:57.6; 12, Hafford 5:05.89; 13, Bondeson 5:12.92. 4×100: 8, Presque Isle (Clukey, Sipe, Graham, Good) 48.73. 400 Dash: 1, Swan 51.82; 4, Matt Till 53.7. 800 Run: 2, Melbourne 2:07.64; 6, Stephens 2:10.9; 12, Hafford 2:16.73. 200 Dash: 11, Till 25.11; 21, Good 25.97. 3,200 Run: 2, Freme 10:47.5; 6, Eager 11:18.2; 7, C. Sleeper 11:29.4. 4×400: 8, Presque Isle (Hafford, Nathaniel Postell, Drew Long-Postell, Thibeau) 4;09.59. High Jump: 6, Josh Allen 5-06; 8, Jason Johnson 5-02. Long Jump: 12, Dylan Plissey 16-07; 13, Good 16-03.25. Triple Jump: 8, Plissey 37-01.75; 13, Stephens 35-07. Javelin: 1, Swan 163-01; 3, Lucas Richards 146-00; 9, Good 121-05. Discus: 2, Johnson 135-02; 9, Matt Belanger 104-11; 11, Richards 100-10; 13, Stephen Goulet 86-11. Shot Put: 11, Johnson 34-11. Pole Vault: 7, C. Sleeper 10-00.
Contributed photo/Laurie Sheehan
Leading the 1,600 race walk and representing Caribou are Finn Bondeson in front and Jared Sleeper. Bondeson finished in first and won his third straight PVC title. Sleeper was right behind him, finishing the event in second.
