Seawolves take 400m win at first regular meet

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 8:30am

The combined Boothbay-Wiscasset indoor track team took a handful of top-five placements at its first regular season meet of this season, including winning the boys 400m dash. The Seawolves competed against seven other schools at University of Southern Maine in Gorham Jan 5.

For the girls, Rose Campbell and Abbie Clark took third and 11th place, in the 200m dash in 30.09 and 33.69; Clark took fifth in the 400m in 1:14.94; Karen Higgins took eighth in the 800m run in 2:50.50 and fourth in the two-mile run in 13:33.27. Higgins provisionally qualified for states in the two-mile run.

For the boys, Austin Trask, Alton King, Josani Farmer, Finn Gaffney, Ross Gaffney, Chase Mansfield, Neal Baldwin and Edward Carpenter took third, 16th, 23rd, 24th, 21st, 29th, 30th and 31st in the 55m dash in 7.30, 7.61 8.00, 8.17, 8.67, 8.83, 8.94 and 10.59; Trask, King, F. Gaffney, Farmer, R. Gaffney and Mansfield took seventh, 16th, 19th, 21st, 28th and 26th in the 200m dash in 26.38, 28.15, 29.40, 29.65, 31.40 and 33.36; Aidric Canada and Jacob Charlton took first and seventh, in the 400m dash in 57.87 and 1:30.78; Ronan Drage took 25th in the 800m run in 3:25.10; AJ Crocker took 12th in the one mile run in 5:22.20; Crocker and Cleyton Splaine took third and fourth in the two-mile run in 11:33.87 and 11:43.32; Trask and King took fourth and fifth in the long jump with 17-5 and 17-4; and Mansfield, Baldwin and Carpenter took 22nd, 23rd, and 24th in shot put with 23-4.25, 22-5.5 and 20-8.

According to Coach Nick Scott, several athletes also set personal records: Clark for the 200m dash, Splaine for the two-mile run, Gaffney for the 55m dash and Carpenter for both the 55m dash and shot put.