The Boothbay/Wiscasset boys’ track & field team finished seventh May 23 at the Mountain Valley Conference Track & Field Championships at Lisbon High School. The host, Lisbon Greyhounds, won the meet with 164 points in the 15-team field. Winthrop finished second with 128 points and Mt. Abram placed third with 58. The team’s top performers were Ross Gaffney, who finished second in the 1600M racewalk, and AJ Crocker, who placed third in the 3200M run. 

Austin Trask finished sixth in the 100M dash with a 11.91 second mark. Lisbon’s Emmett Mooney won with 11.15. In the 200M dash, Trask finished fourth with a 24.31 second mark. Mooney of Lisbon won with 23.08. In the 400M dash, Trask finished fourth with a 58.18 second time. Winthrop’s Teddy Wagner won with 54.71.

In the 1600M run, Crocker finished fifth with a five-minute, 4.89 second time. Winthrop’s Christopher Pottle won with 4:47.31. In the 3200, Crocker finished third with a 10-minute, 42.9 second mark. Pottle of Winthrop won with 10:38.18. In the 110M hurdles, King finished fourth with a 17.91 second time. Mooney of Lisbon won with 16.34.

In the 1600M race walk, Gaffney finished second with an eight-minute, 56.81 second time. Mt. Abram’s Carter Butterfield won in 7:23.65. 

The next meet is the Class C State Championship on Saturday, June 1 at St. Joseph’s College in Standish.