Boothcasset track teams traveled to Lisbon May 26 for the Mountain Valley Conference Championships. The girls team finished third behind a Lisbon and Oak Hill High School mashup and Winthrop High School. The boys finished fourth, separated from second place only by three points: Winthrop scored 94 points, Mountain Valley, 93, and Boothcasset, 92.

“Both of our teams did an excellent job and placed well,” said Coach Nick Scott. “Coaches were super impressed with (athletes’) abilities to stay positive and persevere throughout the meet.”

Grace Campbell, Maddie Orchard and Julia Truesdell took third, fifth and sixth in the 800m run in 2:53.63, 2:58.61 and 3:02.63. Orchard, Campbell, Ava Schlosser, Emerson Harris and Truesdell took fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth and 10th in the 1600m run. Their times: Orchard, 6:27.33; Campbell, 6:28.75; Schlosser, 6:31.44; Harris, 6:41.64; and Truesdell, 6:52.53.

Schlosser, Harris and Campbell took second, third and fourth in the 3200m run in 14:53.75, 15:07.24 and 15:25.58. Josie Harrington took second and third in the 100m and 300m hurdles in 17.24 and 53.69 and third in the high jump with 4’8”. Schlosser took third in the 1600m race walk in 10:09.24.

Jaelyn Crocker and Marissa Davison took eighth and 17th in discus with 71’ and 56’2”. Anna Gosselin took 15th in javelin with 61’8”. Harrington and Crocker took second and fifth in shot put with 28’10.5” and 27’10”.

The girls 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams both took eighth place, in 1:03.14 and 5:13.33. The 4x800m relay team took first in 12:10.54.

Austin Trask took third in the 100m dash and Tristan Pepe seventh in 11.72s and 12.65 respectively. Trask also took third in the 200m dash, Bryan Gagnon sixth and Pepe 10th. Their times were 24.93, 25.56 and 26.52.

Payton Blagdon and Henry Putnam took fourth and fifth in the 400m dash in 56.44 and 58.49. Ryan Clark took second in the 800m run in 2:19.16 and sixth in the 1600m in 5:21.38. Marshall Wall and Clark took fourth and sixth in the 3200m run in 11:03.26 and 11:58.18. Nate Benoit and Nase Lawless took seventh and eighth in the 110m hurdles in 21s and 22.46. Lawless took sixth in the high jump with 5’.

Kayden Ames, Zach Rollins and Mason Clark took first, third and 15th in discus with 142’10”, 111’ and 85’4”. Ames and Rollins took second and fourth in shot put with 41’2.5” and 39’3”.

The boys relay teams took third in the 4x100m, second in the 4x400m and second in the 4x800m in 48.3s, 3:46.99 and 9:29.62.

Everyone who took a first place makes the MVC all-star first team and second-place earners are named to the second team, said Scott. “Not surprisingly, in addition to strong team standings, we also had a bunch of individuals who did quite well. A special congratulations to Kayden Ames for being MVC champion in the discus and to the girls' 4x800m team winning their event as well.”

Those who made second team were Schlosser for the 3200m run; Harrington, 100m hurdles, shot put; and Ryan Clark, 800m run.

Seven boys and three girls have qualified for the June 4 State Championship in Lewiston. For the boys, Ames, discus, shot put; Trask, 100m dash and provisionally for 200m dash; Gagnon, provisionally for 200m and 400m dashes; Rollins, discus and provisionally for shot put; Blagdon, 400m dash provisionally; Clark, 800m run provisionally; and Wall, 3200m run provisionally.

For the girls: Harrington, high jump, 100m and 300m hurdles, and provisionally for shot put; Schlosser, 1600m race walk; Crocker, shot put and discus provisionally. The boys and girls 4x100m, 4x400m and 4x800m relay teams have also qualified.