MDI Girls Win Northern Maine Class B X-C Championship, VanDongen Wins Individual Event

The MDI Girls Cross Country Team won the Northern Maine Class B Cross Country Championship on Saturday, October 22nd at the Troy C. Howard Middle School in Belfast. Sophomore Amelia VanDongen from MDI won the individual championship with a time of 18:28.74.

6 Teams from Northern Maine qualified for the Class B State Championships on Saturday, October 29 at Twin Brooks in Cumberland.

Teams qualifying included

MDI 56
Cony 105
Hermon 130
Medomak Valley 136
Caribou 136
Ellsworth 140

In addition, the Top 30 runners qualified for the State Class B individual championship. They include

1 Amelia Vandongen 10 Mt. Desert 18:28.74 1
2 Abby Williams 12 Waterville 19:19.92 2
3 Kayley Bell 12 Caribou High School 20:36.78 3
4 Maggie Bell 9 Caribou High School 21:02.70 4
5 Ava Collamore 9 Medomak 21:07.00 5
6 Addison Nelson 12 Ellsworth 21:11.18 6
7 Kaylee Collamore 9 Medomak 21:18.32 7
8 Anna Jandreau 12 Presque Isle 21:25.54 8
9 Paige Goodwin 10 Lawrence 21:29.89 9
10 Beatrice Beale-Tate 11 Waterville 21:34.97 10
11 Loralie Grady 10 Cony High School 21:43.02 11
12 Piper Soares 12 Mt. Desert 21:54.03 12
13 Carolina Graham 12 Mt. Desert 22:03.33 13
14 Ella Joyce 12 Mt. Desert 22:10.70 14
15 Emma Brown 12 Cony High School 22:20.49 15
16 Addison Pellerin 10 Winslow High School 22:31.85
17 Sophia Taylor 12 Mt. Desert 22:33.97 16
18 Lida Kanoti 10 Old Town 22:37.65 17
19 Annie Roach 12 Old Town 22:39.41 18
20 Sage Fortin 12 Cony High School 22:44.24 19
21 Isabelle Rounds 11 Hermon High School 22:48.45 20
22 Meara Mcveary 11 Belfast 22:48.60
23 Meri Rainford 10 Mt. Desert 22:51.39 21
24 Fiona St. Germain 10 Mt. Desert 23:05.78 22
25 Hannah Lovley 9 Hermon High School 23:15.94 23
26 Julia Szewc 12 Hermon High School 23:15.96 24
27 Orla Murphy 10 Nokomis High School 23:18.55
28 Caroline Hendrickson 10 Cony High School 23:20.56 25
29 Madison Thibault 9 Caribou High School 23:52.84 26
30 Natacia Lankist 12 Ellsworth 24:27.55 27

To see all the results click HERE

You can nominate someone for the Week 8 High School Athlete of the Week by emailing HERE. Please put High School Athlete of the Week in the subject. Nominations for games October 17th to October 22nd need to be received by October 24th. Then tell us why your nominee is deserving! Let us know specifics! How many goals did she/he score? How many yards did they run for? How many yards did they pass for? How fast did they run in the cross country race? What did they shoot in the golf match? We also want to know what school they go to! Please send them by Monday night!

Tuesday we will then compile the nominees and it will be your turn to choose the winner! You can then cast your votes, and voting will close Thursday night at 11:59 p.m. We will then announce the winner online and on air on Friday each week!