Hosted by Presque Isle High School, the race was held at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
“UMPI’s 5K course is a challenging one with a technical first mile, a long wide open and hilly second mile, and an unforgiving finish in the third,” Houlton coach Chris Rines said. “This was the first full 5k our runners have had this season and coupled with the wonderful weather that day it certainly made for some exciting finishes!”
Rylee Warman and Isaiah Brown ran away with the individual titles as each claimed their first victories of the season.
“Isaiah made his season debut two weeks ago at the Houlton Relays, but was absent for the following Caribou Invitational,” Rines said. “Rylee ran her first race of the season in Presque Isle after combating an ailing foot injury.”
Girls team scores were: 1, Caribou, 37; 2, Greater Houlton Christian, 81; 3, Limestone/MSSM, 82; 4, Washburn, 93; 5, Presque Isle, 109; and 6, Houlton, 111.
The individual girls results for local runners were: 1, Warman, Hou, 22:18.68; 2, Teagan Ewings, GHCA, 22:24.85; 4, Bridgett Hill, GHCA, 22:43.91; 6, Jordyn Ritchie, Katahdin, 22:52.13; 18, Olivia Nadeau, GHCA, 25:40.01; 21, Alyssa Abbotoni, Hou, 26:18.39; 26, Victoria Holmes, GHCA, 27:35.28; 37, Kathryn Nightingale, GHCA, 30:05.84; 38, Jeanelle Ross, GHCA, 30:10.53; 40, Jillian Ross, GHCA, 30:14.79; 45, Kate Newman, Hou, 33:21.05; 48, Mikayla Fitzpatrick, Hou, 38:35.13; and 51, Lauren Swimm, Hou, 42:03.22.
Boys team scores were: 1, Caribou, 30; 2, Presque Isle, 64; 3, Fort Kent, 88; 4, Washburn, 89; 5, Limestone/MSSM, 95; and 6, Houlton, 134.
The individual boys results for local runners were: 1, Brown, Hou, 18:11.57; 4, Joel Bond, Hodgdon, 19:33.16; 6, Wesley Ganglfinger, GHCA, 19:37.06; 12, Cole Winslow, GHCA, 20:39.76; 20, Alex Walker, GHCA, 22:01.79; 35, Isaac Potter, GHCA, 24:10.23; 37, Tim Glatter, Hou, 24:12.64; 39, Jeremy Cook, Hou, 25:01.51; 47, Isia Bouchard, Hou, 28:56.49; 48, Timothy Youngfellow, Hou, 29:00.24; and 49, Nolan Jacobs, Hou, 31:00.69.
