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05/31/2009
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Staff photo by Joe Phelanfrom the Kennebec Journal
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BATH -- Luke Fontaine went 1 for 2 in his bid to break meet records Saturday at the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A track and field championships at McMann Field.
Fontaine, a junior at Cony High School, set a KVAC Class A boys record in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4 minutes, 21.28 seconds. He fell just short, however, of breaking the conference record in the 800, missing it by .25 hundredths of a second.
He still won the event in 1:58.99.
"I saw (the meet record) in the 800 and I wanted to get that," Fontaine said. "Hopefully, next week at states I can get the state record. It was still a good day."
It was a great day for Waterville and Edward Little.
The Red Eddies and Purple Panthers wore out the awards podium and the competition to sweep the KVAC A and B meets, respectively.
The Waterville girls overcame a rare disqualification from standout Shelby Tuttle and the absence of injured senior thrower Danielle Fossa to bury the B field for their third consecutive conference title. The Purple Panthers finished with 165 points to easily turn back Winslow (100).
The Waterville boys, meanwhile, used strong performances from Alex Rowe, Isaiah Spofford and JD Gurski to finish with 198 points, which was more than enough to defeat Belfast (111) and 12 other schools for their fourth straight title.
"We've been trying hard all year," said Rowe, a sophomore who won the triple jump and 300-meter hurdles. "We expected to do well."
So did the Red Eddies. The Edward Little boys won their sixth consecutive KVAC A title, finishing with 183.75 points. Dylan Therien won two events -- shot put, discus -- to lead the Red Eddies. Cony finished fifth with 37.75 points.
The EL girls scored 64 points in the three throwing events and a whopping 282 overall to successfully defend their league title. Kristin Slotnick won three events -- 100, 200 and 400 -- to lead the Red Eddies.
Cony was fourth with 71.
Elsewhere in KVAC A action, Cony junior Rick Orio won the 300-meter hurdles in 41.94 and Messalonskee senior Erik Anderson won a pair of events, the 100 and 200.
"I was a little nervous because of last season," said Anderson, who suffered a hamstring injury in the KVAC A meet last spring. "But I gave it my all."
Added Orio, who trailed Brunswick's Kenzell Crawford early before pulling away in the final 100 meters: "I was a lot more nervous because I was the top seed. I realized Kenzell was a step ahead of me and I really had to go."
In KVAC B action, Erskine senior Sam Seekins and Maranacook freshman Abby Mace each earned victories in the 1,600 and 3,200. Maranacook sophomore Evan Vincent won the racewalk (7:22.16).
"Overall, it was good," Mace said. "I haven't raced the Waterville girls this year, so that was good."
Added Seekins: "I've been working on my speed work. Just trying to kick it into high gear."
It was a great day for both Waterville teams.
Tuttle won the 100 hurdles (14.93) and triple jump (36-1.25), but was disqualified in the 300-meter hurdles when she jumped the gun.
"I guess I got a little over excited," Tuttle said. "I thought I had it timed right. That was disappointing."
Added Waterville coach Ian Wilson: "In her four years I have never seen her false start. She got caught, but better it happen (Saturday) than at states."
Waterville's Katie Massey won the 100 after entering the event seeded third, and Taylor Frame won the 800.
On the boys side, Gurski won the javelin (161-3) and the 110 hurdles (16.03). Spofford won the 100 (11.48) and Nolan MacDonnell won the 400 (51.80). Nate Theriault cleared 6-2 to take the high jump and Brad Loomis soared 13 feet to win the pole vault.
Bill Stewart -- 623-3811, ext. 515
bstewart@centralmaine.com
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