Vikings bring home state track titles

5 years ago

FARMINGTON, Maine — The Caribou boys and girls track and field squads logged impressive showings at the state Class C Track and Field championships at Mt. Blue High School Saturday.

The Caribou girls placed third as a team, while the boys finished fifth. The Viking 4×800 relay team of Alexander Ezzy, Kyle Boucher, Tom Pinette and Dylan Marrero brought home top honors in their event, finishing with a time of 8 minutes, 25.36 seconds.

Monica McLaughlin also won a state title in the javelin, with her toss of 111-feet, 10-inches.

Other top Viking boys results were:

800 meter — 3, Ezzy, 2:04.68.

3200 — 3, Marrero, 10:26.61; 7, Kyle Boucher, 10:41.8.

400 — 4, Marrero, 54.01.

1600 — 4, Pinette, 4:39.05.

4×400 relay — 4, Issac Marker, Pinette, Angel Riopelle, Ezzy, 3:43.06.

Triple Jump — 4, Marrero, 39-04.25.

800 — 5, Pinette, 2:06.91.

High Jump, 5, Darian Hartley, 5-10.

Pole Vault — 7, Caleb Robbins, 11-0.

4×100 relay — 7, Chris Parent, Riopelle, Marker, Hartley, 47.19.

Other notable Viking girls results were:

300 Hurdles — 2, Willow Whitten, 49.56.

High Jump — 2, Paige Espling, 5-0; and 6, Afton Marker, 4-8.

1600 Race Walk — 3, Emily Austin, 8:35.0.

4×400 relay — 3, Alexis Rodriguez, Paige Espling, Monica McLaughlin, Whitten, 4:24.50.

400 — 4, Rodriguez, 1:02.57.

Shot Put — 4, Abigail Espling, 30-0.

100 Hurdles — 5, Whitten, 17.10.

Pole Vault — 5, Whitten, 7-6.

Discus 6, Brianna Reece, 90-1; and 7, Paige Espling, 88-5.