BRUNSWICK – Some track and field athletes are a little bit like their grandparents who summer in Maine and winter in Florida or Arizona. They’re seasonal.

“We’ve got a heck of a track team playing basketball right now,” quipped Edward Little High School boys’ coach Ryan LaRoche.

Turns out the opposite is true for the EL girls.

Led by Danielle Paul, a former varsity basketball and softball player turned four-event winter and spring track star, the Red Eddies rolled to victory in an eight-team Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference indoor meet at Bowdoin College.

Paul was responsible for 38 of the Red Eddies’ 156 team points at Farley Field House. The junior dominated the 800 meters, outkicked Lewiston’s Toby Crispin to capture the mile and ran the anchor leg for the victorious 4×800 relay team. Oh, and Paul finished a strong second in the pole vault, where she’s essentially a rookie.

“Yeah, it was just a little busy,” Paul said, “but it was really exciting.”

Those rebuilding EL boys? They weren’t so bad, either, nipping at the heels of victorious Lewiston and second-place Waterville. Three-and-a-half points separated the three schools.

EL stormed to the girls’ triumph over Waterville (114 points), with Lewiston a distant third at 47.

Emily Dodge was the only other individual girls’ event winner for the Eddies, taking the triple jump with a distance of 33 feet, 6 inches. But a storm of seconds and thirds demonstrated the depth that will make EL a threat in next month’s KVAC championships.

“We’ve gone from 15 girls two years ago to 28 last year to 42 this year. This isn’t even half of what our outdoor team is, so that’s really exciting,” said EL girls’ coach Rebecca Hefty. “We haven’t been competitive in the KVACs since 2005. We’ve had some major additions this year that have made a difference not only on the track but in their work ethic, dedication and teamwork.”

Paul, for one. With Crispin applying the heat on her way to a Lewiston school record, Paul shaved two seconds off her best previous winter time, posting the fifth-fastest mile in the state this season at 5:36.72.

“It’s definitely in my grasp,” Paul said of a potential conference or state individual title. “It’s going to be a challenge, but that’s what I’m looking forward to.”

Lea Morin of Lewiston and Muriel Schwinn of EL ran one-two in the 55 meters. Schwinn also shared in an 800 relay win and snagged second in the 200 and long jump.

Schwinn went out first and Dodge delivered the finishing kick for a new-look 800 relay quartet that edged Waterville by three-tenths of a second.

“We made some major changes in our relays, and it paid off. I changed some order in there,” Hefty said. “They were a little nervous about trusting me.”

Devils go the distance

Whenever Mohamed Noor puts on his Lewiston running togs, he’s probably making history. He’s usually making his teammates better, too.

Noor shattered the school record and padded the state’s best time in the mile this winter to 4:28.39.

“I’m very happy,” Noor said. “Two weeks ago I ran a 4:31.”

The two-mile belonged to Noor, also, but this time teammate Matt Driscoll was only a few strides behind. Driscoll’s run of 10:01.52 was good for No. 2 in the state this season. Sadam Abdi made it a sweep of the top three.

Driscoll topped Abdi and Josh Titus of EL in the 800.

“It was a good day. Mohamed is way faster than I am,” Driscoll said. “He definitely pushes me.”

Lewiston also picked up wins in the 3,200 relay, the junior 55 (Brendan McGinley-Tara) and junior 400 (Shobow Saban).

First-year senior thrower Ryan Coleman posted a personal record by four feet in the shot put, trailing only Winslow’s Don Clark and EL’s Jacob Dubois. Coleman dedicated the performance to LHS assistant coach Dick Leavitt, who has been away from the team due to illness.

“We’ve all been working harder for him,” Coleman said. “He’s pretty much taught me everything I know.”

Josh Clark matched his EL school record in the pole vault (12-6) to top teammate Brandon Gruver. Garrett Wyman (high jump), John Ford (junior shot put) and Brandon Vye (junior high jump) were individual winners for the Red Eddies.

“This is a rebuilding year for the boys,” LaRoche said. “Considering what we’ve graduated the last two years, I’m happy just to be competitive.”