Maine was the second state to hold their Eastern State Champs event. Mainers raced at Quarry Road Trails over the weekend of February 27th and 28th with boys competing Saturday and girls on Sunday. To ensure the event met state gathering size limits, the field was split each day by region.
The Maine event consisted of a 5k individual start skate race followed by some XCX racing action! We’ve highlighted the top three finishers in each category of the 5k race below with full results (including the XCX event) available here. A big congratulations to all the racers and to the coaches supporting them! Once each state has competed, we will announce and celebrate all those who made their respective state U16 and Eastern High School teams.
U16 Boys Region 1
1. Aksel Yeo, Yarmouth
2. Daniel Niles, Portland
3. Owen Redfield, Yarmouth
U16 Boys Region 2
1. Luke Streinz, Quarry Road Ski Club
2. Ellis Slover, Quarry Road Ski Club
3. Benjamin Condit, Quarry Road Ski Club
U16 Girls Region 1
1. Elise Creagan, Maine School of Mathematics and Science
2. Annie Bergeron, Yarmouth
3. Katherine Garcia, Edward Little
U16 Girls Region 2
1. Kayley Bell, Caribou
2. Ruth White, Orono
3. Nyla Scott, Telstar
High School Boys (U18 and U20) Region 1
1. Joey Rouhana, Falmouth
2. Leif Harvey, Greely
3. Ryan Gray, Falmouth
High School Boys (U18 and U20) Region 2
1. Caden Cote, Quarry Road Ski Club
2. Miguel Sanclemente, Fort Kent
3. Nate Livingood, Gould
High School Girls (U18 and U20) Region 1
1. Eva Celment, Falmouth
2. Avalaine Dreis, Falmouth
3. Leska Whitmarsh, Cheverus
High School Girls (U18 and U20) Region 2
1. Emma Charles, Mt. Blue
2. Eliza Skillings, Gould
3. Kamryn Joyce, Mt. Blue
Last but note least… a huge shoutout to the staff and volunteers who made this event a success! A lot more work goes into hosting an event during a pandemic to keep everyone involved as safe as possible and everyone at Quarry Road was more than up for the task.
Photos from Steve Fuller of Flying Point Road.
