It was a throw Kayden Ames anticipated for years. Since his days in middle school, Ames has wanted to break the Boothbay Region High School record in the discus. Entering his senior year, he had the third longest discus throw. Ames trailed Matt Brown’s 154-foot, 2-inch throw in 2001, and Shawn Gray’s 149-foot, 7-inch throw in 1990. 

But on May 25, all of that changed, as Ames threw the discus farther than any other Seahawk. During the Mountain Valley Conference championships, he unleashed a 157-foot, 3.5-inch throw. Ames is the defending discus state champion and had breaking the school record this spring as his top objective. Even though his personal best was nearly five feet off the school record, he believed it was possible. Ames had practice throws which exceeded Brown’s mark, but never in competition. “Matt Brown was a pretty big guy, but I think it’s attainable,” Ames said earlier this season.

Ames also set a personal best in the shot put. His 44-foot, nine-inch throw moved him from sixth to fourth on the school’s all-time list. He also won the MVC discus and shot-put individual championships with his new personal best throws.

Ames was joined by other Boothbay/Wiscasset track and field athletes who won their individual meet events: 4X800M and 4X100 relay teams, Boothbay/Wiscasset finished third in the boys’ championship with 85 points. Lisbon won with 135 points and Winthrop finished second with 100.

In the girls’ division, Boothbay/Wiscasset scored 40 and placed eighth. Lisbon won the girls’ championship with 128 points and Mountain Valley placed second with 78 points.

The following Boothbay/Wiscasset girls’ finished in the top six in their individual events: 4X800M relay: Boothbay/Wiscasset, 11:18.81, first; Lisbon, 11:22.75, second; 100M: Kayla Cooper, Lisbon, 13.31, first; Rose Campbell, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 13.93, fourth; 4X100M relay: Kents Hill, 55.62, first; Boothbay/Wiscasset, 55.68, fourth; 300M hurdles, Kiana Goldberg, Lisbon, 48.03, sixth; Emily Gilliam, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 57.36, sixth.

200M: Kayla Cooper, Lisbon, 28.05, first; Rose Campbell, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 29.34, third; 3,200M: Brooke Buottte, Mountain Valley, 12:31.0, first; Julia Truesdell, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 13.48.3, fifth; 400M relay: Hall-Dale, 4:38.76, first; Boothbay/Wiscasset, 4:58.01, fifth; Discus Joselyn Smith, Mt. Abram, 87-07, first; Rose Campbell, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 77-09, third; Qiana Hyman, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 72-10; sixth.

In the boys’ division, the following Boothbay/Wiscasset athletes finished in the top six of their individual events. 4X800M relay team, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 9:08.74, first; Winthrop, 9:12.25, second; 110M hurdles: Emmett Mooney, Lisbon, 17.02, first, Alton King, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 18.3, third; Nate Benoit, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 19.24, sixth; 100M: Emmett Mooney, Lisbon, 11.58, first; Aidric Canada, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 12.3, sixth; 1,600M race walk: Carter Butterfield, Mount Abram, 8:32.37, first; Ross Gaffney, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 12:33.08, fourth; 4X100M relay: Boothbay/Wiscasset, 47.26, first; Mountain Valley, 47.33, second; 300M hurdles: Emmett Mooney, Lisbon, 41.1, first; Alton King, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 46.7, fourth; 800M: James Cognata, Winthrop, 2:09.74, first; Bryan Gagnon, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 2:24.29, sixth; 200M: James Cognata, Winthrop, 23.38, first; Aidric Canada, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 25.01, sixth.

3,200M: Christopher Pottle, Winthrop, 10:55.98, first; Dominick Dow, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 11:44.7, fifth; 4X400M relay: Boothbay/Wiscasset, 3:48.69, first; Hall-Dale, 3:54.46, second. Discus: Kayden Ames, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 157-03.5, first; Demetrius Clark, Lisbon, 130-11, second; shot put: Kayden Ames, Boothbay/Wiscasset, 44-09, first; Alden Brann, Mt. Abram, 42-08, second.

The boys’ and girls’ team members who qualified for the state meet will compete at Cony High School in Augusta on Saturday, June 3.