BRUNSWICK – Joy Harrington felt a bit of fear, panic and adrenaline all at the same time.

As the Lewiston freshmen began her first try at the anchor leg in the 4-x-200 relay, she watched a Mt. Ararat runner pass her. The race appeared lost for the Blue Devils, but Harrington decided otherwise.

“That was my first 4-x-2,” said Harrington. “I was really nervous. I knew the other girls would get a lead, and I didn’t want to lose the lead at all.”

Harrington kept pace, closed the gap at the final turn and produced a fantastic finish that closed Friday’s meet in thrilling fashion. Harrington snuck by her challenger at the wire and gave the Blue Devils the win.

“That was really exciting,” said Harrington. “It was my first sprint this season. I usually do middle distances like the 800 or 400. It was really neat. I didn’t know what to expect. It’s definitely neat because indoor track lets you explore what you can do.”

Lewiston won the team competition at Bowdoin College quite easily. Facing primarily Class B schools like Rockland, Mt. View, Erskine and Belfast, Mt. Ararat was the lone Class A competition.

“Usually in the these smaller meets, we’re pretty sure we’ll get a team win with whatever we have,” said Matt Driscoll, who won the two-mile and took second in the 800. “So we’re going for seed times for KVACs and states.”

Lewiston had just 12 competitors in the girls’ meet but still won with 151 points. Mt. Ararat was second with 121.50. The Lewiston boys finished with 240 while Mt. Ararat was second with 126.50.

“We had to do a lot of different things,” said Lewiston coach Ray Putnam. “We had five key kids out today, a couple with the flu and a couple with bad ankles. We had to move things around and had to do the best we could with what we had.”

One of those moves was putting Harrington on the final relay team. She went through a quick refresher course on baton passing from Kate DeAngelis prior to the race. After Lea Morin put Lewiston ahead on the second leg, DeAngelis maintained it. The Eagles kept it close and were able to pass soon after Harrington got the baton. Harrington kept the lead within her sights and was in a mad dash for the finish.

“I felt it was pretty close and that final stretch would decide whether we won or not,” said Harrington.

Harrington won the race in 1:57.75 while the Mt. Ararat runner finished in 1:57.76.

“She’s a good little runner,” said Putnam. “We had two girls out in that relay. So we had to replace two legs. She ran a really good leg. We’re happy with what she did.”

Morin, DeAngelis and Toby Crispin aided the Lewiston win on the girls’ side. Morin won the 55-meter dash, the 400 and was second in the long jump. DeAngelis won the high jump, the triple jump and the 55-meter hurdles. Crispin claimed the mile and the two mile. In the latter, she had such a commanding lead, the only one pushing her was Putnam.

“I was trying to get her to go at a certain pace,” said Putnam. “It’s hard when you’re by yourself. It’s a hard race to run by yourself.”

The girls also got firsts from Maame Bunsu in the long jump and Carly Yeung in the shot. Harrington and Allie Butler added a second and third respectively in the 800. Kristen Therrien was second in the pole vault.

Josh Pelletier led the boys’ team with a win in the 55-meter dash and the 200 and a second in the long jump. Derick Roy won the long jump while Ricardo Juco was fourth in the long jump. Showbow Saban was second in the hurdles, and Cam Fillion took second in the 200. Ahmed Mohamed (mile, 800), Ibrahim Hussain (two mile, mile) and Abdinoor Hassan (triple jump, long jump) had second- and third-place finishes respectively.

After his second in the 800, Driscoll pulled away to claim the two mile.

“I was pretty exhausted by the 800,” said Driscoll. “So I didn’t want to lead it from the start. I ended up getting into the lead. I took off really slow, hoping Sam (Seekins of Erskine) would take it, which he ended up doing. I let him lead for the first mile. Then I took off. I wanted to better 10 (minutes), but I broke out too slow.”