The Boothbay Region High School and Wiscasset High School combined cross-country team had its first regular season meet of the year Sept. 1 at Brunswick. The girls team took third place against 56 competitors and the boys took fifth against 63.

The Boothbay Region boys team had 139 points and an average time of 22:43 minutes, and the girls had 78 points with a 24:15-minute average. Brunswick took first place in both races with 21 points and an average time of 17:08 minutes for the boys, and 54 points and an average of 22:57 minutes for the girls. Messalonskee High School, Morse High School, Mt. Ararat High School and Oceanside High School also competed.

Coach Nick Scott said Cleyton Splaine, Laura Chapman, Ross Gaffney, Maddie Andreason and Chase Mansfield set new personal records: Andreason and Mansfield were more than three and four minutes faster than their previous best. In addition, Scott said the race was the first high school 5k for some of his team members.

Chapman led the girls in fifth place in 22:02.60 minutes. Other results were: Julie Truesdell, 12th, 23:49.00; Maddie Orchard, 15th, 24:31.30; Emily Gilliam, 18th, 24:56.50; Sophia Mansfield, 28th, 26:00.40; Kate Campbell, 39th, 28:28.10; Andreasen, 40th, 28:29.20; and Makayla Hodson, 45th, 30:13.50.

Austin Trask placed 21st for the boys, finishing in 19:32.80 minutes. Other results were: Splaine, 22nd, 19:49.80; AJ Crocker, 28th, 20:17.60; Gaffney, 53rd, 24:57.60; Chase Mansfield, 57th, 29:01.70; and Neal Baldwin, 62nd, 31.01.60.

The team’s next scheduled race is Sept. 8 at Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast.