Brunswick’s Lacey Dinsmore runs with the baton during the girls 3,200-meter relay at the KVAC large school track and field championships on Friday in Augusta. Brunswick won with a time of 10:17.30. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)

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AUGUSTA — It wasn’t ideal weather for the KVAC Large School track and field championships Friday at Fuller Field. But that didn’t stop records from falling.

Brunswick (169.5 points) won the girls championship, well ahead of Mt. Ararat (98) and Messalonskee (91). Lewiston (150) ran away with the boys championship, followed by rival Edward Little (99.5) and Brunswick (97).

Teams fought through steady rain that hit midway through the meet, making puddles on the track by the finish, roughly around 7:30 p.m.

“The weather is a little bit of a bummer,” said Brunswick junior Elliette Musica, who picked up wins in the 200 (26.57 seconds) and 400 meters (59.99) and finished second in the 100 (12.75). “You just have to keep smiling and realize you’re doing this for fun (as well as competition). It’s pretty great.”

Musica was chosen as the female track athlete of the meet.

Three conference records were broken, all on the boys side. Ian Britt of Mt. Ararat set a new mark in the 1,600 race walk with a time of 6:23.03. The previous record was 6:45.66, by Evan Vincent of Maranacook in 2011.

“My PR was a KVAC record coming in, and I beat that by 10 seconds (today),” Britt said. “The goal was just to come out here, go hard and see what happens.”

Nsungui Mankatu of Lewiston went 45-11 in the triple jump, topping the previous mark of 45-8 3/4 set by Will Rush of Medomak Valley in 2024. Mankatu was a bit surprised by his jump, considering he struggled in earlier attempts.

“The previous attempts weren’t great,” Mankatu said. “The weather is pretty bad, it’s raining, I didn’t expect to (break the record). I was glad and happy, and it gives me confidence for the hope of a (personal record) at the state meet.”

Mankatu also won the long jump at 20-9 1/2. He was named the boys field athlete of the meet.

The quartet of Jansen Weaver, Simon Stadnicki, Ethan Patterson and Sebastian Martini of Brunswick set a record in the 400 relay with a time of 43.47 seconds, besting the time of 43.88 by Lewiston in 2022.

Along with Makatu, the Blue Devils were led by senior Enzo Giampaolo, who won the 1,600 (4:37.46) and 3,200 (10:24.72). Giampaolo is still recovering from a gash to his left knee that required stitches weeks ago.

“I wasn’t too confident in my fitness going into this,” Giampaolo said. “I wasn’t able to do anything for a couple of weeks. I just started running last Sunday. But I kind of just put my head down and ran.”

Lewiston also got wins from junior Osman Mohamed (11.57) in the 100 and from senior Larson Stone (6-0) in the high jump. Mohamed had the tightest race of the meet, as he edged teammate Ndombasi Bile by .002 seconds.

“I know (Bile) is fast, but I didn’t think it would come that close,” Mohamed said. “But it was a good race.”

Edward Little junior Thomas LeBlanc was named the most outstanding boys athlete after he finished first in the 110 hurdles (15.65) and pole vault (15-6). He also placed third in the 300 hurdles (42.73).

“I was expecting to win (in hurdles), but I knew these guys were going to come out and challenge me,” LeBlanc said.

Other male winners included Joseph Knapp of Cony in the 400 (49.89), Brunswick’s Ethan Patterson in the 300 hurdles (40.78), Levi Riggs of Morse in the 800 (1:59.97), Simon Stadnicki of Brunswick in the 200 (23.28) and Keegan McKenna of Skowhegan in the javelin (153-0). Knapp was named the boys track athlete of the meet. Emmett Milliken of Camden Hills won the discus (140-9) and shot put (48-9).

On the girls side, Brunswick got first-place finishes from junior Lacey Dinsmore in the 800 (2:28.16) and 1,600 (5:24.52), from sophomore Fiona Hallett in the 3,200 (11:57.37), and from senior Liz Green in the discus (115-8) and senior Darby Brown in the pole vault (7-6). Brunswick also won the 3,200 relay (10:17.30) and 1,600 relay (4:29.50).

Nokomis senior Angelina Boisvert was named the most outstanding girls athlete, as she picked up victories in the 100 hurdles (15.68), triple jump (36-1) and shot put (37-9 1/4) and finished third in the long jump (16-7). She competed in the shot put with a spare set of shoes from one of her coaches, as she forgot to bring hers to Augusta.

“For my first three (warm-up) throws, I did it in my Crocs,” Boisvert said. “Instead of thinking that they were old, borrowed sneakers, I just thought in my head that these are a brand new pair of sneakers that were going to help me, and it worked.”

Other female winners included Karoline Gonzales of Mt. Blue in the 100 (12.70), Amia Kennedy of Mt. Ararat in the 1,600 race walk (9:22.79), Annabelle Gerow of Morse in the 300 hurdles (49.40), Grace Mayo of Skowhegan in the long jump (17-1 1/2), Alexandria McDonough of Messalonskee in the high jump (4-10) and Emma Berry of Mt. Ararat (97-2) in the javelin. Berry was named the girls field athlete of the meet. Edward Little (52.02) won the girls 400 relay.