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Track teams close out the regular season

The area’s track and field teams all had final meets before this coming weekend’s postseason competitions.

On May 16 at the University of Maine the Penquis Valley High School girls scored 24 points to finish fourth among a field of nine teams recording points.

Patriot junior Cymeria Robshaw picked up all 24 of her team’s points. Robshaw won the triple jump at a distance of 33 feet, 6.5 inches, came in second in the 100 at 13.62 seconds and she was third in the long jump at 16-04.25.

The Dexter Regional High School girls came in sixth at Orono with 22 points.

Junior Danielle Cummings was the meet winner in the 100 at 13.61 seconds. She also came in second in the 200 at 28.03 seconds and placed sixth in the high jump at 4-02.

The Tigers had three other sixth-place finishes. Senior Rebecca Batron came in sixth in both the javelin and shot put with respective throws of 62-01 and 26-02 and junior Autumn Irwin placed sixth in the 100 in 14.51 seconds.

In the boys’ meet, Dexter finished seventh among nine schools with 11.5 points.

Sophomore Cameron Paige placed fourth in the 200 at 25.42 seconds and he was sixth in the 100 at 12.46 seconds and tied for sixth in the high jump at 5-00.

Junior David Kirshkaln’s throw of exactly 37 feet put him in fourth place in the shot. Junior Chris Roderka came in fifth in the 3,200 in 11:04.22

Senior Adam Stetson scored all six points for Penquis as the Patriots tied Searsport District High School for eighth place. Stetson came in third in the shot put at 37-00.5.

On May 19 the Foxcroft Academy boys came in second in a meet at Old Town High School. The Ponies scored 107 points, trailing only the 208.33 for the host school and besting four other programs.

Junior Hyatt Smith was the day’s pole vault winner by clearing the bar at a height of 10 feet. Smith also came in second in the triple jump at 39-08 and he tied for second in the high jump at 5-04.

Sophomore Daniel Rihtnesberg had the top javelin throw at 153-04. He also was the 100 runner-up in a time of 11.97 seconds.

The Pony 4×100 relay team came in second in 49.57 seconds. Squad members were juniors Sekton Wandikbo and Jon Feix, sophomore Hunter Clarke and junior Dustin Simmons.

Senior Jonathan Labree placed third in both the shot put and discus with respective throws of 35-10.5 and 93-01. Labree was also fourth in the javelin at 107-06.

Junior Noah Contreras came in third in the pole vault at 7-00, and he also was sixth in the 400 at 59.29 seconds.

Freshman Corey had the third-place time in the 1,600 at 5:22.33. He also finished fifth in the 800 at 2:25.61.

Freshman Lucas Ronco was third in the 300 hurdles at 53.18 seconds, and right behind was freshman Khrystofor Downing in fourth place at 56.27 seconds.

Freshman Isaac Drury and Downing were fourth and fifth in the 110 hurdles at 19.93 and 21.21 seconds respectively.

Sophomore Jacob Raynes came in fourth in the 1,600 at 5:29.35.

Simmons was fifth in the 200 at 26.07 seconds and sixth in the triple jump at 34-06.75. Wandikbo came in sixth in the 200 at 26.16 seconds, and junior Yuming Chen placed sixth in the long jump at 17-06.

The Greenville High School boys came in fifth at Old Town with a score of 32 points.

Sophomore Ben Baldwin swept the 100 and 200. His respective winning times were 11.82 and 24.39 seconds.

Sophomore Jack Morehouse finished as the meet javelin runner-up with a throw of 125-04. Morehouse also came in fifth in the high jump at 5-00.

Sophomore Noah Bilodeau placed fifth in the 400 at 59.07 seconds.

The Greenville girls picked up nine points to place fifth among seven schools.

Sophomore Abby McDonough came in third in the high jump at 4-02. McDonough also was fifth in the discus at 70-11. Freshman Jessica Cobb came in sixth in the discus at 56-02.

The girls from Foxcroft finished sixth in the team standings with seven points, all coming in the racewalk.

Freshman Sabrina Hamele was third in the event at 11:30.41, and classmate Kelli Black came in sixth at 11:47.90.

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