In the process, Isaiah Harris helped give Lewiston mildly surprising bragging rights at the Class A state championship over Ben Fletcher’s alma mater, rival Edward Little.

Harris’ shattering of the 800-meter standard and an identically blistering run on the anchor leg of Lewiston’s second-place 4×800 directed the Devils to a third-place finish behind champion Scarborough (89 points) and runner-up Cheverus (80) at Brewer Community School.

EL was seeded to finish third in the competition, but Lewiston stole the spot by a 53-48 margin.

The Scarborough boys and Bangor girls each won the team title by a narrow margin. The Red Storm once dominated Class B, winning 10 state trophies, the last in 2001, but this was their first outdoor crown in ‘A.’ Bangor won its only previous championship in 1986.

Harris’ time of 1 minute, 54. 17 seconds in the 800 topped Fletcher’s meet record, set in 1998, by nearly four-tenths.

“It was amazing. The only record I was thinking about was the school record, 1:56.57,” Harris said. “That was Faisal (Abdillahi, now at Saint Joseph’s College). I talked to him yesterday. I told him, ‘Your record has less than 24 hours.'”

But Harris wasn’t only competing against the past. For the second time in six days, top-seeded Jamie Ross of Brunswick was a huge obstacle in the present.

Just as he did at the KVAC championship, Harris stayed in Ross’ footsteps for a lap-and-a-half before taking the lead and then hitting the afterburners in the final straightaway.

“I did the same thing. My coach (T.J. Niles) told me not to take the lead on the first lap,” Harris said. “I knew Jamie was going to try to go a really fast first lap and try to burn me out.”

Harris anchored Lewiston to second-place finishes in the 4×400 and 4×800.

In the longer relay event, he followed Mohamed Mohamed, Mohamed Awil and Mohamed Barre in the progression, chasing down Cheverus’ Brady Foshay to create some late-race drama.

“When I first got he baton, there was a huge gap,” Harris said. “Eighty meters, my coach told me. We lost by (a little over) one second.”

The time of 8:07.93 broke a Lewiston school record that had been on the books since 2006. Leading that team was George Foster, who later starred at the University of Southern Maine.

Impressive stuff for a sophomore who sat out the 2012 season after dabbling with the sport in middle school and through the local youth program.

In addition to joining Harris in the 4×400, Hassan Mohamed finished second in the 200 meters to bolster the Blue Devils.

Connor Harris highlighted the day for EL, winning the high and triple jumps and riding a personal record to second in the long jump.

It ran his career total of indoor and outdoor individual state championships to eight.

“All my events I felt like I did really good in. Long jump, PR. Triple jump, consistently 44-10. High jump, almost 6-6 (cleared 6-2), so I’m well satisfied with how I did,” he said. “Doing three jumping events, especially in today’s weather, it just kills you.”

The high temperature hit 89, or roughly double the reading on the thermometer when the season started in April. Several runners were seen either vomiting or sprawled out on the ground in exhaustion while awaiting presentations at the awards tent.

One apparent victim of the conditions was EL distance standout Lucas Bourget, who led both the 1,600 and 3,200 before fading down the stretch and placing outside the top seven in each event.

Freshman Spencer Dunn rebounded from a disqualification in the final 100 meters of the KVAC race walk to claim the state title. He follows the path of sister Abby, who was a four-time champion and is now an NAIA college All-American.

Dunn chased down teammate Adam Robinson and Zack Veayo of Mt. Blue and grabbed the lead at around the halfway point.

“I usually try to go out at a steady pace,” Dunn said. “The early pace was way too fast for me. Then as it eased back I just kept my pace and slowly got by them.”

Justin Tracy of Mt. Blue won the 3,200 in 9:58.45 after finishing second to Robert Hall of Scarborough in the 1,600.

“That was the biggest goal, to go sub-10. I hadn’t done it yet in high school,” Tracy said. “I went into the race really relaxed. I knew with how I did in the mile I was probably going to New Englands, which was my goal coming into the day. I think that probably helped, because I was just in a really good mood. I was relaxed. I took water every (lap). That made the biggest difference, just enjoying the race and enjoying my time on the track more than just hammering every lap and destroying myself.”

Highlighting the local effort on the girls’ side was the EL 4×100 relay’s  successful title defense.

Avery Chisholm and Ayumi Ranucci are the veterans. Senior jumper Lexi Clavet and freshman hudler Ashley Joyner stepped in this season for graduated twin sisters MaryKate and Jaclyn Masters.

The winning time of 50.66 seconds put the foursome within just over two-tenths of qualifying for New Balance Nationals for the second straight year, a margin it will try to make up at the New England meet next Saturday.

“Last year we went (to nationals) with 49.68, which was a school record, and we’re right there again,” Chisholm said.

Eraleena Hairston was a runner-up in discus for the Eddies, who finished fifth with 41 points. Bangor topped Bonny Eagle, 84-78.

Clavet snagged second in triple jump and sixth in pole vault.

“I only took one jump in triple jump trials because I was already so dead, and it (ended up being) my best, 35-2,” said Clavet, who left the meet about an hour before the conclusion in order to get back in time for her graduation ceremonies. “At that point I was bouncing between pole vault and triple. Energy is very lost today.”

Still, records fell with surprising frequency.

Teal Jackson of Brewer smashed the marks in the girls’ 200 (25.58) and 400 (57 seconds, flat) en route to a 40-point day. Additionally, she won the 100 and the long jump.

Lindsey Folsom of Cony (girls’ pole vault) and Jared Bell of Deering (boys’ discus) also established new milestones. Alex Nichols of Brunswick tied the state record in the boys’ 400.

Other multiple event winners: Lawrence’s Erzsebet Nagy (girls’ 800, 1,600 and 3,200); Ryan Jamison of Scarborough (boys 100 and 200); Foshay and James Campbell (all three relays) and Jake Dixon (4×100 and 4×400) of Cheverus; and Bell (discus, shot put).