CUMBERLAND — Some ran in a light mist. Some ran in scattered beams of sunlight. All ran with and against a stiff breeze.

And all ran with the same purpose — earning the right to come back to Twin Brook next week to do it all over again.

Cheverus swept Class A, Freeport dominated Class C, and the Cape Elizabeth girls and Greely boys took home Class B titles in the Western Maine cross country regionals Saturday.

The main goal of the competitors was to qualify for a spot in the state championship meet, to be held next Saturday at the Cumberland recreation complex.

There were few suprises on the 3.1 mile course. Among local schools, three teams earned bids for states — the Monmouth and Lisbon boys and the Poland girls. Among local runners, 22 qualified individually.

“It turned out about how we were expecting,” Monmouth Academy coach Tom Menendez said. “We’re glad that the boys qualified and sad that the girls didn’t, but we knew going in it was going to be a dogfight.”

The Mustang boys, who will try to defend their Class C state title next week, finished fifth. They were paced by brothers Matt and Patrick McInnis, who finished 14th and 15th, respectively.

“Matt McInnis had an excellent race. He really, really stepped up,” Menendez said. “Elliott Kahl (28th) had a great race. Patrick Riley (33rd) had a good race. Those boys were solid. Our five and six need to get better, and I think the reality check is we’ve got four teams ahead of us this year, so we’ve got our work cut out for us this next week.”

Lisbon, led by Alex Branson (18th) and Lance Thomas (30th), just made the cut with a sixth-place showing.

“We didn’t do as well as we’d hoped,” Lisbon coach Hank Fuller said. “I told them that this would be a very closely contested race because there were a whole bunch of teams that were very evenly matched.”

Freeport (68 points), Merriconeag-Waldorf of Freeport (97), Boothbay (107) and North Yarmouth Academy (119) made up the top four. Matt McClintock of Madison was the top individual with a time of 17:03.97, besting Boothbay’s Chase Brown (17:14.62). Ben Lewis of Telstar finished sixth in 18:03.62.

“The wind was a factor. It was a brick wall at times,” Lewis said. “I went out a little too fast for what I wanted to. Adrenaline was a big factor.”

The top 30 finishers in Class C qualified for next week. Evan Fessenden of Telstar and Ben Garant and Zach Nichols of Winthrop were the other local individual runners to qualify.

Amy Allen of Waynflete won the girls’ race in 21:31.87, topping Laura McDonald of Hall-Dale (22:03.49). Meagan Thomas of Lisbon (22:23.81) took fifth.

“I thought it went well,” Thomas said. “I think I set my pace a lot better this time (compared to the Mountain Valley Conference meet).”

Local qualifiers were Anna Doyle of Winthrop, Morgan Lee, Taylor Maines and Melody Royer of Telstar, Alyse Carney, Naomi McGonagill and Felicia Stewart of St. Dom’s, and Kayla Minkowsky and Devon Ayer of Monmouth Academy. Only five teams had enough runners to compete, with Freeprt (46), Waynflete (49) and NYA (49) earning bids for next week. St. Dom’s (86) finished fourth and Monmouth (102) fifth.

In Class B, Greely ran its home course expertly to defend its boys’ title with 35 points, topping York (74), Falmouth (92), Cape Elizabeth (94) and Yarmouth (132). In the closest race of the day, York’s Alex Moser (16:19.94) edged Fryeburg Academy’s Alex Eastman (16:20.81) for individual honors. Abby Mace of Maranacook won the B girls’ race with the most lopsided result, finishing in 18:54.16. Emily Attwood of Cape Elizabeth (20:04.09) outkicked Poland’s Kendra Lobley (20:16.67) for second, but Lobley was ecstatic with the bronze medal.

“My coaches were hoping I’d get third or around there. I wasn’t expecting to win, but I’m just happy with how it went today,” Lobley said. “The last third-mile was definitely the hardest. Everything else was hard but that was the worst. I’m really happy with how our team did today.”

Lobley’s Knights qualified for states with their fifth-place finish. Cape Elizabeth (29 points) captured its seventh straight regional crown with five runners in the top 10. York (80), Maranacook (114), and Falmouth (124) rounded out the top five.

The top 20 runners in Class B qualified for states. Other local runners advancing to next week were Allison Fereshetian of Leavitt and Caroline Blake of Poland.

Not only did Cheverus sweep the team titles in Class A but they also took both individual golds, with Jack Terwilliger and Emily Durgin winning the boys’ and girls’ races. Meet officials awarded the boys’ race to Terwilliger after first place finisher Nick Hathaway of Scarborough was disqualified for a bracelet.