Johnson, Roberts capture medals at States

It was a strong showing by the Lakers at Monday’s Class B State Indoor Track & Field championships held at Bates College in Lewiston.

Two LR girls and four boys competed in the meet and the entire team was awarded the sportsmanship awards for the regular season.

“We have a small team and getting the award

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Indoor Track & Field shows me how extraordinary our team’s sportsmanship must be. I thank the team for their sportsmanship. It makes me proud,” Coach Mark Snow said.

Campbell Johnson was Lake Region’s highest finisher with her second-place finish in the high jump. She was clean through 5-2, tying her school record. Only Freeport’s Avery Baker-Schlendering bettered Campbell with her 5-4 clearance.

“Campbell was having extremely high blood sugar early in the meet before and during the long jump. Then came crashing down (300 points) to fight off low blood sugar mid-meet during the high jump. It makes it difficult to perform and I was very impressed with how Campbell battled through it,” Coach Snow noted.

She finished sixth in the long jump with her fifth-round effort of 15-4 (Natasha Monreal of Bucksport won with a 17-1 jump).

She triple-jumped a personal record (PR) by 2 feet, finishing sixth at 33-feet (Monreal of Bucksport won the event at 34-7.25). She was seeded 11th in that event.

Abigail Roberts was Lake Region’s other multiple medalist, placing third in the 800 meters in 2:29.39 (Cary Drake of York won in 2:18.03) and fifth in the 2-mile in 12:38.05 (Drake won in 11:35.06). Abigail had consistent splits in both races and was able to move up from 7th to 5th in the 2-mile over the last five laps.

“We will find out later in the week if Abigail qualified for New Englands in the 800 meters. Campbell is already confirmed in the high jump. Both girls are longer shots in their other event,” Coach Snow reported.

With 24 points, the Laker girls were ninth out of 28 schools. Grady Kemp had the highest finish for the Laker boys, placing 5th in the 800 meters in 2:07.91 (James Cognata of St. Dom’s won the event in 1:58.96).

Grady was seeded 10th and ran off the strong early pace set by teammate Ezra Gronlund. Ezra and Grady were in section 1 of the event. Grady passed Ezra at the bell and went on to win the section just off his PR. Ezra finished 11th overall in 2:09.82, also just off his PR.

Grady also ran in the 2-mile where he was seeded 12th. He moved up from 12th to 10th (10:49.82) during the late stages of the race, finishing about 6 seconds out of the medals. William Hileman of Bucksport won the event in 10:17.77.

Alec Freitas was only 0.09 seconds away from making the finals and medaling in the 55-meter hurdles (he was ninth in the prelims at 8.69). Nolan Garey of Poland won the event in 7.62, a new state record eclipsing Donald Boyer of Foxcroft, who set the fastest time in 2013 at 7.68. “It hurts that he came so close, but Alex improved so much during the season in the hurdles and the 200 meters that I think it was

REACHES THE PODIUM — Fryeburg Academy’s Joey Fusco reached the medal podium by placing fourth at the Class B State Wrestling championships in the 138-pound weight class. (Photo courtesy of Amanda Fusco)

RAIDER REPS at the Class B State Indoor Track & Field championships held at Bates College in Lewiston on Monday were Jacob Adams (left) and Zack Emery.

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Jacob Adams closed out his Fryeburg Academy indoor track & field career in record fashion.

At the State Class B championships on Monday at Bates College in Lewiston, Jacob placed second in the long jump with a mark of 21-7.50 — a new personal record and a new Fryeburg Academy mark. Jacob likely qualifies to attend the New England Championships to be held on March 4 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston.

Senior Corbin Flewelling of Old Town won the long jump in 21-8.

Jacob also competed in the 55-meter dash, turning in a time of 6.94 in the prelim for 10th overall out of a field of 21. Miles Burr of Mt. Desert Island won the event in 6.51, a new state record, topping the mark set in 2013 by Denzel Tomaszewski of Wells at 6.53.

Junior Zack Emery, in his first state meet, posted a 9.54 in the prelims of the 55-meter hurdles for 17th place. Nolan Garey of Poland won the event in state record time of 7.62, breaking the mark of 7.68 set in 2013 by Donald Boyer.

Those finishes by Jacob and Zack landed Fryeburg Academy in 18th place out of 26 schools.