Eliza Broughton, Zeya Lorio and Mary Richardson all finished in the top five on Saturday, spearheading George Stevens Academy’s charge to the Class C girls cross country state championship at the Troy Howard Middle School course.
Broughton finished second to race winner Kassidy Dill of Orono (19:29.97), posting a time of 19:44.07 to set the tone for the first state cross country title for the Eagles from Blue Hill.
Lorio (19:53.80) claimed third place and Richardson (20:05.05) was fifth, while Mary Brenna Catus and Tess Williamson placed 22nd and 24th, respectively, as GSA scored 52 points.
Orono was second with 61 points, followed by St. Dominic of Auburn (96), Waynflete of Portland (98) and Maine Coast Waldorf (114).
GSA had edged Orono by a single point at the North regional championship.
Among the individuals, Dill took home her first state championship after having previously posted three top-five finishes.
Olivia Skills of Maine Coast Waldorf was fourth in 20:08.27.
In Class B, Greely of Cumberland Center won the state championship for the second time in three years.
The Rangers tallied 71 points to edge Yarmouth (82) and York (84), with Cape Elizabeth (118) and Mount Desert Island of Bar Harbor (149) rounding out the top five teams.
Katherine Leggat-Barr paced Greely by taking third place overall in 18:14.61. Caroline Todd was fourth, Kate Curran took 12th, Chloe Waldrep came in 25th and Chloe Smith wound up 30th.
Abby Hamilton of Yarmouth took home the individual crown, running the 3.1 miles in 18:05.31. Her time was the fastest among the three girls races on the day. She was sixth at states a year ago.
MDI’s Tia Tardy was the runner-up i 18:14.48. Anneka Murrin of Yarmouth (18:46.09) placed fifth.
Bonny Eagle of Standish held off a determined challenge from Falmouth to capture the Class A team title for the second year in a row.
The Scots scored 77 points, six better than the Yachtsmen, Falmouth had won the South regional meet a week earlier. Massabesic of Waterboro was third with 143 points, followed by Brunswick (147) and Marshwood of Eliot (167).
Ami Beaumier’s ninth-place run and an 11th-place finish by Christine Toy helped lead the way for Bonny Eagle. The Scots’ other scorers were Kayla Raymond (15th), Abigail Nelson (27th) and Emma Abbot (37th).
Malaika Pasch of Falmouth took home individual honors in 18:22.02, outleaning Kennebunk’s Louise Holway, who crossed the finish line in 18:22.50. Katherine Leckbee of Mt. Ararat in Topsham was third, with Natalie DuBois of Marshwood and Anne Guadalupi of Cony High in Augusta also among the top five finishers.
This story was corrected on Nov. 7 to reflect the correct school affiliation for Olivia Skills of Maine Coast Waldorf School.