Home of Mt. Blue Relays, the Mt. Blue High School course is a legend, known throughout the state as one of the most challenging (and usually muddy) race venues in Maine. This year the orchard where the start and finish are looked quite charming; a wedding had taken place there during the weekend of Irene. The bases of the old, gnarly apple trees had been circled in mulch, and pots spilling with flowers had been scattered hither-dither atop the rings of mulch. As we learned in elementary school to never judge a book by its cover, Maine athletes have realized to take the same caution with our course. Pretty in the field, hilly in the woods. The team did not do a course walk because we'd previewed the following day in practice, and I was quite surprised during the race when things started to get messy. They were not conditions to PR in. That being said, I will now contradict that statement by announcing that Ersie Nagy of Lawrence set a new course record. The previous one had been set by my close friend, Melody Lam in 2009. On the boy's side, Harlow Ladd (Mess) just barely missed the boy's course record held by my brother, Kelton Cullenberg. As for team scores, both the boys and the girls managed victories. What more can I say other than the fact that after the race, we had an awesome team-sleepover and had a shirt swap, where we made a team shirt for another person on the team.
KKNW, Addie
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