Boothbay Region High School track teams participated in two meets last week in the lead up to the championship season.

On May 16 at Lisbon, BRHS faced Lisbon, Cony, Wiscasset, Mt. Abram, Carrabec, Richmond and Madison. Cony High School won the men’s event with 168.5 points, followed by Lisbon, 154, BRHS, 78.5, Wiscasset, 78.5; Monmouth, 57, Mt. Abram, 49.5, Carrabec, 22, Richmond, 20 and Madison, 19. Monmouth won the women’s competition with 171.5 points, followed by Cony, 141, Lisbon, 95.5, Wiscasset, 79, Mt. Abram, 64, BRHS, 49, Richmond, 13, Madison, 2 and Carrabec, 1.

Outstanding performances for the Seahawks included a 1st place finish in the 4 x 800m relay and a second place in the 4 x 400m. Draco Peaslee placed 1st in the 100m dash, 2nd in the 200m dash, and 2nd in the long jump. Connor Demmons placed second in the discus and shotput events and Jay Hasch, 2nd in javelin and high jump. Kyle Ames placed 5th in the 1600m run. For the Lady Seahawks, Reagan Cola placed 1st in the 400m dash, and 3rd in the 100m and 200m races. Hannah Cola placed 4th in the 400m and 5th in the 200m. Olivia Paolillo finished 5th in the 100m hurdles. The 4 x400m relay team placed 3rd.

Under the lights at Cony on Friday, May 19, BRHS faced Cony, Hall-Dale, Lisbon, Erskine, Wiscasset, Maranacook, Dirigo, Monmouth, Mountain Valley, Gardiner and Winthrop.  Hall-Dale won the men’s competition with 109.5 points, followed by Cony 107, Lisbon 70, Erskine 58, Wiscasset 55, Boothbay 49.50, Maranacook 34, Dirigo 34, Monmouth 32, Mountain Valley 25, Gardiner 21, Winthrop 20.  In the women’s events, Monmouth was the high scorer with 142.5 points, followed by Maranacook 92, Erskine 70.5, Cony 66, Winthrop 63, Lisbon 59, Wiscasset 44, Mountain Valley 34, Boothbay 25, Richmond 15, Hall-Dale 10, Dirigo 6, and Gardiner 3.

Top performances by BRHS included 1st place finishes by Peaslee in the 100m and 200m dashes, by Cloe Arsenault in the triple jump, and by the men’s 4x800m relay team. Peaslee also took  5th place in the long jump. Hasch placed 3rd in high jump. Loren Genrich placed 3rd in the long jump and Hannah Cola 4th in the 400m run. Will Perkins finished 5th in the 3200m run and Demmons 5th in discus.

“BRHS school records were broken and set at Cony on Friday night,” Coach Nick Scott wrote in an email,  “A REALLY big congratulations are in store for Draco Peaslee who broke the school record in the 100m run in a time of 11.28.  His time bested Steve Callahan whose old record of 11.34 was set back in 1984.” Peaslee’s second place finish is the second fastest in BRHS history.

“ Nick Morley is the first BRHS athlete to compete in pole vault and as a result his mark of 8 feet becomes our school record as well.  As an interesting side note, Nick now joins his sister Hannah Morley (3200m) and his mom, Sarah (Brewer) Morley (high jump & triple jump) as a school record holder.”

“Hannah Cola had an impressive night as well, her performances placed her 7th on the 200m list and 9th on both the 400m and 100m lists.  Her sister Reagan, earned the 8th spot on 400m top ten list earlier in the week at Lisbon.  Jay Hasch jumped 5'10" in the high jump which ties him for the 3rd best jump among BRHS athletes.”

The outdoor track and field Mountain Valley Conference Championship meet takes place this Thursday in Lisbon at 1 p.m.