Boothcasset track teams sent throwers and jumpers to Lisbon April 15 for a Mountain Valley Conference-wide season opener.

Teams did not use a point system, so athletes competed individually only. MVC teams are Carrabec, Hall-Dale, Buckfield, Dirigo, Lisbon, Madison, Mount Abram, Mountain Valley, Oak Hill, Spruce Mountain, Telstar and Winthrop high schools and Monmouth Academy.

Seahawk Kayden Ames qualified for MVC and State Championships for discus and shot put. He out-threw all competition in discus by nearly 40 feet with his best, 135’10”, and over 20 feet with his shortest, 118’4”. Zach Rollins was among the closest to Ames with his best throw, 93’3”, just inches behind Buckfield opponent Cameron Durgin’s 94’2” and three feet behind Winthrop opponent Jakob Barrows’ 96’6”. Caden Royal followed with 56’ and 68’9” throws; Brady Nichols, 60’9” and 55’11”; Thomas Babineau, 37’1”, 46’7” and 36’7”; and Finnegan Gaffney, 46’8”, 41’2” and 41’4”.

Ames’ shot put throws were 42’1.5”, 40’10” and 41’5.75”, with his best just five inches short of Lisbon opponent Ethayn Roberts; Rollins followed with throws of 35’11”, 35’11.75” and 31’7.25”; Bryan Gagnon, 19’4.25”, 22’7.5” and 21’9”; Nichols, 26’11.5, 26’2.5” and 25’1”; Henry Putnam, 22’9”, 23’9.75” and 24’5.25”; Royal, 23’6.25”, 27’2” and 27’11.25”; Austin Trask, 26’6.25, 27’2” and 27’8”; and Payton Blagdon, 26’1”, 26’11.25” and 26’4.25”.

Seahawk Jaelyn Crocker qualified for the MVC Championship in discus with 54’7”, 59’9” and 54’2” throws. Marissa Davison and Alivia Orr followed with throws of 44’6”, 43’6” and 46’7” and 44’2”, 37’ and 36’. Crocker also led in shot put with 25’8” and 26’2” throws. Davison threw 20’9.25”, 20’10.5” and 19’11.25”; Linnea Andersson, 14’4.5”, 17’0.25” and 17’4.25”; Josie Harrington, 17’7.25”, 18’7” and 23’5.5”; Maddie Orchard, 18’8.5”, 18’8.5” and 16’3”; and Orr, 19’2”, 18’2.25” and 21’1”.

Trask and Blagdon also qualified for MVC’s in the long jump with distances of 17’0.5”, 15’8” and 17’1” and 16’9”. Ryan Clark followed with 14’9.5” and 14’10” jumps; Gagnon, 13’9”, 14’1” and 13’4.5”; and Marshall Wall, 11’4.5”, 11’8.5” and 12’6.5”. For the girls, Harrington cleared the long jump in 11’11.5” and 12’5”; Andersson in 8’3”, 7’10” and 8’4.5”; and Emily Gosselin in 8’9.5”, 8’7.5” and 9’3”.

Harrington and Trask each qualified for high jump at MVC’s, Harrington clearing trials every two inches from 3’10” to 4’10” and Trask mastering 5’. For the girls, Orchard and Julia Truesdell cleared the 3’8” to 4’ range and Anna Gosselin, 3’8”. For the boys, Blagdon cleared the 4’6” range.

For girls javelin, Orr threw 45’11”, 46’7” and 45’2”; Anna Gosselin, 53’2”, 62’3” and 54’9”; Davison, 23’4”, 42’2” and 40’10”; and Emily Gosselin, 40’7”, 48’6” and 38’1”. For boys jav, Blagdon threw 102’4”, 101’1” and 52’2”; Putnam, 67’8”, 78’1” and 79’10”; and Gaffney, 60’, 57’8” and 67’3”.

Boothcasset’s first full meet will be April 19 at home on the WHMS fields against Monmouth, Winthrop and Hall-Dale.