FA’s Donahue wins pair of events at season-opening meet

ORONO — The 2023-24 Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League season began on Saturday, Dec. 16 at the University of Maine’s New Balance Field House. The Foxcroft Academy boys scored 58 points to place fourth among 10 schools.

Pony sophomore Conner Donahue came in first in both the 200 and long jump and he was second in the 55-meter finals.

Donahue had the meet’s best time in the 200 at 24.75 seconds, more than a quarter of a second faster than the runner-up time of 25.03 seconds. He achieved a distance of 19 feet, 6 inches in the long jump, earning top honors by a foot. He came in second in the 55 at 7.01 seconds.

Senior Jack Kingsbury finished first in the high jump as he cleared a height of 5-04, best by six inches. Kingsbury was also third in the long jump at 18-04.75, and fifth in the 55-meter hurdle finals at 10.18 seconds.

Junior Runner Jarrett placed third at two miles in 11:16.13 and he was fifth in the mile at 5:10.08.

Freshman Pace Jarrett had a fourth-place run at two miles with his time of 11:53.86.

The boys from Dexter Regional High School and Piscataquis Community High School tied for ninth place with two apiece as an athlete from each school had a fifth-place performance.

Tiger sophomore Brady Jermone came in fifth in the shot put at 34-04.25

PCHS senior Parker Kelley was fifth in the high jump with his height of 4-04.

In the girls’ meet, PCHS came in fifth among eight point-scoring squads with a score of 23 points.

Sophomore Molly Goodwin had the meet’s top performance in the high jump at 3-08. She also was fifth in the mile in 6:59.26. Classmate Sadie Kelley was right behind in sixth place at 7:02.47.

Pirate sophomore Ava Goulette won the shot put with her throw of 33-07, 22 inches ahead of the second-place throw.

Full meet results are available at http://www.sub5.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/emitl1b2024.htm.