PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Caribou boys fell short by just two points in their effort to defeat Hermon for the Penobscot Valley Conference Class B championship.
The Vikings scored 42 points, with the Hawks taking the top spot with 40. Still, Caribou finished as runners-up while defeating seven other similar-sized schools in the meet held at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Saturday afternoon.
“We competed extremely well,” said Caribou coach Roy Alden. “The athletes rose to the occasion, making it a very close meet.
“A difference of just one spot, by three or four seconds, in a couple places would have made it a tie, and we would’ve won the tiebreaker,” he added.
The Vikings featured the second, third and fifth place finishers. Dylan Marrero crossed the line on the five-kilometer course with a time of 17:18.4 to earn runner-up honors. Kyle Boucher was third in 17:33.6 and Jordan Duplessie two slots back in 17:42.3.
Caribou’s Ashley Violette came in 14th place overall to lead her team at the Class B PVC cross country championship meet held Saturday at UMPI. (Kevin Sjoberg)
Caribou’s Ethan Holmquist came in 13th overall, while Aaron Macek and Malachai Willey slipped into the top 20 in the field of 62 Class B competitors.
Presque Isle placed sixth with 160 points and was led by Trace Cyr, who was 23rd in 18:57.9, and Owen McQuarrie, 26th in 19:13.8. Jaren and Evan Leach were the next Wildcat runners to finish, with Jacob Devine the team’s other scorer.
In Class B girls, Caribou placed second despite being without the services of two of the team’s top three runners. Abigail Wimmer and Hailey Holmquist both missed the meet due to injuries, but others filled in and allowed the Vikings to score 75 points. That total was well behind MDI’s 32, but ahead of six other teams.
Dylan Marrero gives it his all as he crosses the finish line at the PVC cross country championship meet held Saturday at UMPI. The Caribou senior was the runner-up in the Class B competition. (Kevin Sjoberg)
Caribou’s Ashley Violette was 14th in 22:17.7, while Maren Moir (17th, 23:00.9), Kacie Haney, 18th, 23:06.1) and Emily Austin (19th, 23:13.9) all finished among the overall top 20.
“Once again, the girls ran together and everyone ran a season personal record on the course,” said Viking coach Thomas Beckum.
Madison Jandreau was the fastest from the region. The Presque Isle senior crossed the finish line in 21:33.3 to take sixth place overall out of 55 Class B runners.
Ellie Smith was 15th in 22:25 and Maddie Jackson and Amanda Winslow came in 23rd and 25th, respectively, for the Wildcats. The team came in fourth overall.
In the Class C meet, Daniel Ross led the Houlton boys with a 19th place finish in 20:08.7. Brandon Roshto was second for the Shiretowners and 27th overall. For girls, Emmalyne Drake placed eighth in 23:00.6, with Ellie Grant 12th in 23:35.8. The Houlton boys placed fourth out of nine teams and the girls were third out of eight.
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- Owen McQuarrie of the Wildcats takes a quick glance to his left as he crosses the finish line at the PVC cross country championships Saturday at UMPI. (Kevin Sjoberg)
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- Presque Isle’s Trace Cyr, front left, was first for his team and 23rd overall in the Class B PVC cross country championship meet held Saturday at UMPI. (Kevin Sjoberg)
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- Emmalyne Drake of Houlton, left, gives it her all as she beats Caribou’s Maren Moir and Orono’s Heather Van Dolman across the finish line at the PVC cross country championship meet held in Presque Isle. Drake came in eighth overall in the Class C competition. (Kevin Sjoberg)
