With temperatures hovering around 40 F and a light wind, last Friday’s track season opener was a chilly one. However, the Seahawks were not deterred by the weather conditions, the tough roster of B school teams they faced or the fact that several of their teammates had headed south to get a jump on spring vacation.

Veteran track athletes Robert Campbell, Hannah Brewer, Morgan Crocker, Jason Maddocks, Sinead Miller, Shane Johnson and Abel Bryer were among the day’s top performers, and newcomer freshman Angie Perkins showed she has the right stuff to be a standout as well.

Boys scoring

The Boothbay boys finished third overall. Belfast Area High School was the event’s high scorer with 185 points, followed by Camden Hills 99, BRHS, 93, Erskine Academy, 90, Medomak Valley, 72, Oceanside, 45, and North Haven Community School, 1.

Boothbay’s top male performances included the 100-meter and 200-meter dash: Jason Maddocks, 4th in both at 12:17 and 25.89, respectively; 400: Howie Carter, 3rd, 1:02.50; 800: Joey Paolillo 5th, 2:23.98 and Kyler Carty 8th, 2:27.58; 1600: Paolillo, 3rd, 5:16.53, Matt Burnham, 6th, 5:28.78; 3200: Robert Campbell 1st, 11:06.84 and Kyle Alamo, 5th, 12:17.43; and 300-meter hurdles: Dima Gosselin, 8th, 51.78.

Alamo placed second in the 1600-meter racewalk at 9:40.37.

The Seahawks also did well in the day’s relay events. In the 4x100, the team of Gosselin, Tony Hammond, Nick Kilgus and Maddocks took second place in a combined time of 50.33.The team of Burnham, Carty, Carter and Maddocks placed 5th at 4:16.80 in the 4x400 relay. In the 4x800 event, Burnham, Campbell, Carty and Paolillo finished second at 10.13.16.

In the shot put, Abel Bryer placed second (35-09.00) and Shane Johnson 9th (31-08.50). Johnson won the discus throw easily, with a 125-09 throw; his nearest competitor Josh Heanssler, Camden Hills, threw 106-01. Bryer also placed 6th in discus (86-06) and 3rd in javelin (116-04). Xavier Downing placed 6th in the long jump with a distance of 15-07.75 and 9th in triple jump (32-01.25)

Girls scoring

With Hannah Morley and Sophia Thayer off to Costa Rica and Nell Anthony in North Carolina, BRHS ceded the long distance races and javelin events in which they normally excel.

Top girls’ performances included, the 100: Sara Durgan placed 8th, 14.86; 200: Angie Perkins, 9th, 32.39; 100 hurdles: Morgan Crocker, 2nd, 17.7 and Sinead Miller, 3rd, 20.24; 300 hurdles: Crocker 1st, 55.36, Perkins 3rd, 56.63 and Miller 4th, 58.10.

In the 4x100 relay, the team of Durgan, Miller, Perkins and Taylor Walby placed 5th at 1.04.11.

In the high jump, Hannah Brewer placed 2nd (4-04.00), Lisa Pawlowski 3rd (4-04.00) and Perkins 4th (4.02.00). Crocker placed 3rd (14.04.5), Miller 6th (12-11.00) and Brewer 9th (12.01.5) in the long jump. Allie Simmons placed 9th in shot put (21-11.00) and 5th in discus (63-09). Samantha Carter placed 6th in javelin, with a 63-03 throw.

Camden girls won the meet with 126 points, followed by Belfast and Erskine, tied for second place with 113, BRHS, 74, Medomak, 59, Oceanside, 38 and North Haven, 17.

Coach Nick Scott said he was quite pleased with the season opener.

”I am really impressed with the results from Friday's meet,” Scott said. “We placed very well in a KVAC meet that featured nearly all Class B schools. Several standout performances were achieved by a handful of athletes.”

Scott said former coach Ed Tostevin has compiled an "All Seahawk" team, which consists of the top 10 performances by Boothbay athletes (dating back to the 1950s) in every track event. Scott said Johnson (discus), Alamo (racewalk) and Perkins, in her high school debut, joined their present and former teammates on that all-star team on Friday night.

“Then there was Jason who despite not feeling all that great placed in both the sprint events even though he wasn't seeded in the fast heats. He also led both the 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relays to strong finishes,” Scott said.

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