End of the Year Awards Announcement Schedule

Today
The Erin Hannon Award (Top Female Freshmen)

The Henry Rowengartner Award (Top Male Freshmen)


Tuesday
The Tyra Collette Award (Most Improved Female)

The Matt Saracen Award (Most Improved Male)


Wednesday
The Summer and Marissa Award (Best Female Duo)

The Cory and Shawn Award ( Best Male Duo)


Thursday
The Big Three Award (Top Trios in the state, male and female)


Friday
The Alex Russo Award (Female Runner of the Year)

The Jack Kelly Award (Male Runner of the Year)

The Jack Kelly Award

The Jack Kelly Award is given annually to the top boys runner in the state

 

Got no brains. Why we starting to fight each other? It's just what the big shots wanna see. That we're street trash, street rats with no brains. No respect for nothin' including ourselves. So here's how it is if we don't act together then we nothin'. If we don't stick together we nothin'. And if we can't even trust each other, then we nothin'. So whats it gonna be?

Previous Winners

2011: Matt McClintock Madison

2010: Silas Eastman Fryeburg

 

And the winner is…

 

Dan Curts Ellsworth

.04 seconds. That was the difference in deciding the state champion, and it was also the difference in deciding the runner of the year. Curts narrowly edged Eastman at the Manchester Invitational running a blazing time of 15:42, then out leaned Eastman at the line at the state meet running a time of 15:47.52. Curts was on fire all year, as he finished his season undefeated in Maine. His only blemish came last week at the New England Championships where he placed 17^th which was still good enough to earn All New England honors for the second straight year. Curts is the heavy favorite to repeat and next fall. After that, who knows? He could very well make a trip to Footlocker Nationals next fall if he decides to race.

 

2. Silas Eastman Fryeburg 2^nd Class B SB: 15:42

3. Jack Pierce Merriconeag 1^st Class C SB: 15:57.41

4. Josef Holt-Andrews Telstar 2^nd Class C SB: 15:59.89

5. Cam Nadeau Biddeford 1^st Class A SB: 16:30.48

Award Announcement Schedule

Monday
The Erin Hannon Award (Best Female Freshmen)
The Henry Rowngartner Award (Best Male Freshmen)

Tuesday
The Tyra Collette Award (Most Improved Female Runner)
The Matt Saracen Award (Most Improved Male Runner)

Wednesday
The Big Three Award (Best Female Trio)
The Big Three Award (Best Male Trio)
Thursday
The Summer and Marissa Award (Best Female Duo)
The Cory and Shawn Award (Best Male Duo)

Friday
The Alex Russo Award (Female Runner of the Year)
The Jack Kelly Award (Male Runner of the Year)

The Jack Kelly Award

The Jack Kelly Award is given to the top boys runner in the state

Previous Winner

2010: Silas Eastman Fryeburg

Christian Bale starred as lead Newsie Jack Kelly in the Disney film The Newsies. The film follows the life of the Newsies as they make a living selling news papers in New York in the year of 1899. Jack Kelly is the main vocal leader of the group. His dream has always been to run away from the refuge and live in Santa Fe where he can reunite with his parents. He and the Newsies form a strike against Joseph Pulitzer and William Hearst because they raised the distribution price of the papers, and the Newsies make a living off of selling papers. Jack Kelly gets every Newsie in New York to turn against Pulitzer and Hearst to try to make a stop with this. With the help of his friends, and his singing voice, Jack Kelly beats Pulitzer and Hearst and they lower the distribution price. Kelly has the option to go to Santa Fe at the end of the movie, but chooses to stay in New York because he felt like he was a part of a family there. Jack Kelly is the true definition of a leader.

And the winner is......

Matt McClintock Madison

SB: 15:38.00

Matt McClintock of Madison was flat out the most dominant runner in the state this year. His season was highlighted at the Class C state meet as he became only the seventh athlete to tun under 16 minutes on the Twinbrook course running a time of 15:52. McClintock rolled through the competition this year. At the Festival of Champions, McClintock pulled out a twenty second victory running a time of 16:08.07 on a day where the conditions were horrible. Last week at the New England Championships, McClintock placed third running a very fast time of 15:39. If McClintock plans to run at the Footlocker North East Regional, he may have an outside shot at a top ten finish.

2. Silas Eastman Fryeburg

   SB: 15:57

3. Nick Morris Scarborough

   SB: 16:29.73

4. Harlow Ladd Messalonskee

   SB: 16:01.00

5. Tim Follo Falmouth

   SB: 16:11.00

6. Chase Brown Boothbay

   SB: 16:17.00

The Jack Kelly Award

The Jack Kelly Award is given to the top runner in the state regardless of class. Christian Bale starred as lead Newsie Jack Kelly in the Disney film Newsies. The film follows the life of the newsies as they make a living selling news papers in New York in the year of 1899. Jack Kelly is the main vocal leader of the group. His dream has always been to run away from the refuge and live in Santa Fe where he can reunite with his parents. He and the newsies form a strike against Joseph Pulitzer and William Hearst because they raised the distribution price of the papers, and the newsies make a living off of selling papers. Jack Kelly gets every newsie in New York to turn against Pulitzer and Hearst to try to make a stop with this. With the help of his friends, and his singing voice, Jack Kelly beats Pulitzer and Hearst and they lower the distribution price. Kelly has the option to go to Santa Fe at the end of the movie, but chooses to stay in New York because he felt like he was a part of a family there.



And the winner is………




Silas Eastman Fryeburg
The kid is an absolute stud. He won his first state championships last Saturday running the second fastest time of all classes (16:02.44). The thing that is amazing about Eastman is that he was never challenged in any of his races. He simply dominated the state of Maine this year as evidence to his first place at the Southwest Classic where he ran a time of 16:40 in the heat, and was nearly 40 seconds ahead of the second place finisher. He won the Western Regional title running a time of 16:20 which was good for the second fastest time of all classes. He was slightly pushed the Western Maine Conference Championship where Abshir Horor and Tim Follo slowly started to close the gap on him, but that’s been it as far as competition. Eastman is only a sophomore so expect to improve over the course of his career. He has already received comparisons to Greely legend Ben True which is truly remarkable. Expect him to challenge for a top ten finish at the New England Championships on Saturday. I can’t wait to see what kind of times he will run over the course of his high school career.

Rest of the Top Five:

2. Matt McClintock Madison
Season Best: 16:00.91

3. Nick Morris Scarborough
Season Best: 16:25.80

4. Chase Brown Boothbay
Season Best: 16:12.4

5. Harlow Ladd Messalonskee
Season Best: 16:08