In their first meet of the season, shorthanded and against some stiff competition, the BRHS track teams did exceedingly well.

“I was really impressed with both the boys’ and girls’ teams. The meet was a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference competition and featured schools that were, for the most part, much larger. In addition, we had a couple of school trips and several of our students were traveling abroad. All told, it ended up being a very good night,” Coach Nick Scott said.

Senior Shane Johnson led all BRHS scorers with 18 points, racking up wins in the discus and shot put events and a second place finish in the 300m hurdles. Hannah Morley was the second highest BRHS scorer, with 15 points. Morley placed first in the 800m run and fourth in the 1600m. The team’s other double digit scorers were: Angie Perkins, who finished first in 300m hurdles and fourth in high jump, scored 14 points; Meghan Oakes, with a first place in the 100m hurdles and a third place in the 3200m run, scored 11 points; and Olivia Paolillo, who scored fourth in 100m hurdles and third in 300m hurdles, scored 11 points. All these top scorers also competed on relay teams.

Other girls’ team meet highlights included Colette Bertin’s second place finish in the 100m hurdles, Jaime Wheeler’s first place and Emma Hodgdon’s second place finish in the 1600m racewalk, Lisa Pawlowski’s first place finish in high jump, and Annielyn Mackusick’s third place finish in shot put and fourth place finish in discus. For the boys team, Blake Erhard finished second in the 1600m run, Morgen Wilson placed second in the 1600m racewalk, Bryan Otero finished fourth in the 300m hurdles, Connor Demmons placed second in discus and third in shot put, Jay Hasch placed third in triple jump and Stevie Reny placed sixth in the high jump, with a state-qualifying jump.

Track and field athletes work all season to qualify for the conference and state championship meets. In their first event of the season, several BRHS athletes have already made the cut.

“Sixteen athletes qualified for the Mountain Valley Conference championships and a handful of others already qualified for states. Notably, Hannah Morley qualified in the 1600m and the 800m, while Angie Perkins (300m hurdles) and Lisa Pawlowski (high jump) and Shane Johnson (discus) all qualified for the state meet in an event. Perhaps most impressive of all, Stevie Reny, a freshman competing in his very first high school meet ever, qualified for states in the high jump,” Scott said.

Girls Results

100m hurdles: Meghan Oakes (1st, 21:34), Colette Bertin (2nd, 21:47), Olivia Paolillo (4th, 22:45)  Riley Sullivan (6th, 25.00); 100m dash: Sydney Mercier (11th, 15:14), Lisa Pawlowski (14th, 15.44), Elizabeth Wright (15th, 15.46), Emma Hodgdon (29th, 16.46); 1600m run: Hannah Morley (4th, 5:46.78); 1600m racewalk: Jaime Wheeler (1st, 12:48.37), E. Hodgdon (2nd, 13.25.35); 200m dash: E. Wright (20th, 35.57), E. Hodgdon (22nd, 35.80); 300m hurdles: Angie Perkins (1st, 53.80), Olivia Paolillo (3rd, 58.25), Loren Genrich (5th, 1.00.20), C. Bertin (6th, 1:06.79), R. Sullivan (7th, 1:10.14); 3200m run: M. Oakes (3rd, 14:37.72); 4x100m relay: Perkins, Mercier, Sullivan, and Pawlowski, 3rd, 57.80, 4x400m relay: Morley, Paolillo, Genrich and Perkins, 2nd, 4:48.81; 4x800m relay: Morley, Paolillo, Genrich, and Oakes, 3rd, 11:56.48; 800m run: H. Morley (1st, 2:41.04); Discus: Annielyn Mackusick (4th, 58-08.00); High jump: L. Pawlowski (1st, 4-06.00), A. Perkins (4th, 3-10.00); Long jump: L. Genrich (8th, 11-08.50), C. Bertin (12th 11-03.25), E. Wright (21st, 9-08.50); Shot put. A. Mackusick (3rd, 21-07.00), R. Sullivan (11th, 19-03.00), S. Mercier (16th, 17-08.00);Triple jump: C. Bertin (5th, 23-09.50).

Leavitt led all girls teams with 103.5 points, followed by Mt. Ararat, 80.50, BRHS, 65, Gardiner, 13 and Buckfield, 2.

Boys Results

100m dash: Brandon Andrews (17th, 12.69), Alex Smith (20th, 13.02), Bryan Otero (32nd, 13.51); 1600m run: Blake Erhard (2nd, 5:18.77); 1600m racewalk: Morgen Wilson (2nd, 10:09.89); 300m hurdles: Shane Johnson (2nd, 51.43), B. Otero (4th, 53.83); 3200m run: Liam Conlin (5th, 11:46.97); 4x100m relay: Andrews, Reny, Smith and Otero, 4th, 50.53, 4x400m relay: Erhard, Johnson, Wilson and Conlin, 3rd, 4:14.64; 800m run: B. Erhard (5th, 2:27.96); Discus: S. Johnson (1st, 103-00.00), Connor Demmons (2nd, 99-09.00), Reed Beavis (7th, 62-00.00), Joey Lane (11th, 55-00.00), Alex Bryer (15th, 50-04.00), Kyle Alley (16th, 50-01.00) Jacob Brewer (17th, 44-10.00); High jump: Stevie Reny (6th, 5-04.00), Jay Hasch (8th, 5-02.00), A. Smith (15th, 4-06.00) ; Long jump: J. Hasch (7th, 16-01.25); Shot put. S. Johnson (1st, 34-03.00), C. Demmons (3rd, 32.06.00), R. Beavis (11th 24.10.00), J. Brewer (13th, 24-03.00), Joey Lane (14th, 23.10.00), A. Bryer (15th, 23-07.00), George Swope (20th, 20-03.00); Triple jump: J. Hasch (3rd, 34-06.75).

Leavitt also won the boys competition with 139 points, followed by Mt. Ararat, 69, BRHS, 43, and Gardiner, 6.

The Seahawks’ next track competition will be held in Wiscasset on Tuesday, April 26.