Hodgdon’s Lunn finishes fourth; GHCA’s Neureuther 12th
With a breeze under sunny skies, the high school Aroostook League Selection Meet was hosted by Greater Houlton Christian Academy in Houlton at Community Park last Friday.
Carsyn Koch of Washburn and Lucas Kinney of Caribou captured overall titles.
The girls race featured 49 runners, while 47 took part in the boys’ competition.
Koch, the two-time defending Class C state champion, made it look easy as she finished the 2.83-mile course in 18 minutes and 41 seconds, while Kinney came in first in 17:06.
The top 10 finishers in the girls’ division were Koch; second, Mackenzie Belyea, Caribou, 19.38; third, Kenzie Worcester, Washburn, 20.03; fourth, Robyn Larrabee, Caribou, 20.45; fifth, Nerissa Larrabee, Caribou, 20.47; sixth, Carmen Bragg, Washburn, 20.51; seventh, Emmy Churchill, Washburn, 21.33; eighth, Chelsea Bard, Caribou, 21.50; ninth, Kristen Macek, Caribou, 21.56 and 10th, Mackenzie Deveau, Caribou, 22.05.
Rounding out the middle of the pack for girl runners were: 11th, Chelsea Haney, Caribou, 22.09; 12th, Destinee Neureuther, GHCA, 22.25; 13th, Marianne Helton, Washburn, 22.44; 14th, Mandy Graham, Presque Isle, 22.46; 15th, Emily Colligan, Presque Isle, 23.38; 16th, Laine Mette, Washburn, 23.46; 17th, Hannah Heald, Washburn, 23.47; 18th, Ashley Richards, Caribou, 23.50; 19th, Samantha Simonds, Presque Isle, 24.22; 20th, Lauren Robertson, GHCA, 24.24.
Capping off the girl runners (21-49) were: Lauren Chapman, Caribou, 24.25; Sara Hemingway, GHCA, 24.30; Olivia Engstrom, 24.33; Mikayla Churchill, Washburn, 24.38; Allisa Irving, Caribou, 24.45; Lucy Wilcox, Limestone/MSSM, 25.18; Kayla Cushman, Central Aroostook, 25.19; Rudy Martin, Fort Kent, 25.39; Megen Goodall, Limestone/MSSM, 25.44; Anna Soderberg, Caribou, 25.59; Maggie Cyr, Caribou, 26.28; Sirena Cyr, Caribou, 26.36; Kaitlyn Ring, Caribou, 27.04; Meagan Fitzpatrick, Washburn, 27.17; Emma Brickman, Fort Kent, 27.18; Olivia Lord, GHCA, 27.26; Taylor Hartley, Caribou, 27.39; Alexis McCrossin, Caribou, 27.46; Elise Gudde, Caribou, 28.05; Rebecca Walker, Caribou, 28.06; Taylor Thompson, Washburn, 28.52; Bonnie Corey, Presque Isle, 29.01; Caitlyn Roix, Washburn, 29.05; Kayla Girardin, Presque Isle, 29.21; Whitney Cote, Central Aroostook, 29.23; Chantelle Garrison, Central Aroostook, 29.40; Amanda Bennett, Presque Isle, 30.39; Shannon Sweeney, Presque Isle, 31.30 and Rachel Potter, GHCA, 41.26.
Caribou collected first place in team scores with a 28, followed by Washburn, 30; Presque Isle, 92 and GHCA, 98. Fort Kent, Central Aroostook and Limestone/MSSM did not have enough participants for a team score.
On the boys’ side, Caribou was again the overall winner with a team score of 25, followed by Presque Isle, 51; Fort Kent, 75 and Washburn, 81. GHCA, Central Aroostook and Hodgdon recorded no team score. Runner-up to Caribou’s Kinney was teammate Ryan Washington, with a time of 17.15; third, Brendan Cyr, Caribou, 17.35; fourth, Nick Lunn, Hodgdon, 17.41; fifth, Kamran Hussain, Fort Kent, 18.03; Saul Nunez, Presque Isle, 18.08; seventh, Sam Ouellette, Fort Kent, 18.11; eighth, Matt Tilley, Presque Isle, 18.14; ninth, Ron Lund, Caribou, 18.15 and 10th, Noah Caron, Washburn, 18.27.
Male runners finishing 11th-25th were: Trevor Levesque, Presque Isle, 18.41; Alex Losieniecki, Caribou, 18.58; Tyler Strid, Caribou, 19.14; Frank Nunez, Presque Isle, 19.16; Jacob Canney, Central Aroostook, 19.39; Michael Ericson, Washburn, 19.40; Lukas Lagasse, Caribou, 19.44; Dustin Drabek, Presque Isle, 19.50; Caleb Hunter, Caribou, 19.51; Gabe Massey, Caribou, 19.54; Parker Thompson, Washburn, 20.12; Michael Marquis, Caribou, 20.15; Chathu Karunasiri, Caribou, 20.16; Matt Toussaint, Fort Kent, 20.20 and Tison MacLeod, Caribou, 20.37.
Capping off the field (26-47) were: Riley McDuffie, Caribou, 21.22; Russell Socoby, GHCA, 21.23; Keegan Page, Washburn, 21.47; Steven Decker, Central Aroostook, 21.48; Noah Rossignol, Presque Isle, 21.49; David Hunter, Caribou, 22.00; Brandon Mancos, Presque Isle, 22.03; Cristian Nunez, Presque Isle, 22.03; Caleb Willett, Caribou, 22.05; Alex Angotti, GHCA, 22.28; Brandon Farley, Washburn, 22.43; James Churchill, Presque Isle, 23.02; Charles Parham, Fort Kent, 23.19; Jacob Bither, Caribou, 23.35; Kip Stanley, Fort Kent, 23.40; Jared Michaud, Fort Kent, 24.08; Josh Winslow, GHCA, 24.18; Dustin Coty, Caribou, 25.00; Dylan Coty, Caribou, 25.03; Brandon Cropley, Washburn, 25.40; Chandler Dobson, Washburn, 28.05; and Chris Adams, Caribou, 33.39.
Washburn will host another meet for County schools on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 3:30 p.m.
