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Laurel Driscoll, Scarborough senior

Driscoll played a key role in Scarborough’s Class A state championship, finishing second in both the mile (behind Falmouth’s Georgia Moon, who set the state record) and 800 (2:20.93). She placed third in the mile (5:06.99) at the New England championships.

Addison Elliott, Hampden Academy junior

Elliott was brilliant at the Class A state meet, winning the 800 in 2:17.65 and helping Hampden’s 800 relay team set a meet record of 1:46.73. She also claimed 800 (2:15.84) and mile (5:33.29) titles at the Eastern Maine Indoor Track League championships.

Gabrielle Finelli, Maine Central Institute senior

MCI’s all-time leading scorer, Finelli excelled on the track and in the field at Class B states, winning the 55-meter hurdles in 8.66 seconds and placing third in the triple jump with a distance of 35 feet, 2 3/4 inches. She won both events at the KVAC Class B championships (8.73 seconds and 36-1).

Seneca Haney, Mount Desert Island senior

Haney won the Class B 200 meters in 25.47 — the fastest time of any Maine girl this indoor season — and finished second in the 55 in 7.41. She claimed Eastern Maine Indoor Track League crowns in both events, winning the 200 in 26.15 and the 55 in 7.38.

Isabella Harmon, Scarborough senior

Harmon won Class A and SMAA titles in the 55-meter hurdles (8.61 at states; 8.77 at SMAAs), high jump (5-6 at states; 5-8 at SMAAs) and pole vault (11 feet at states; 10-6 at SMAAs). She also took third in the high jump (5-7) at New Englands. Harmon is the Varsity Maine Girls Indoor Track Athlete of the Year.

Miah Jacobs, Yarmouth junior

Jacobs won the Class B 55-meter crown in 7.28 seconds and ran the first leg of the Clippers’ state title-winning 800 relay team (1:49.70). She also won the Western Maine Conference 55 title in 7.31 and placed 16th in the event at New Englands in 7.38, second-fastest among six Mainers.

Anna Jennings, Marshwood junior

Jennings won the Class A title in the 55 meters (7.22) and placed second in the 200 (26.10). She was also one of the state’s top jumpers, winning SMAA (17-0 1/2) and state (17-8) long jump titles before recording her best mark of the season at New Englands (18-7 3/4) to place fourth.

Georgia Moon, Falmouth junior

Moon spent the indoor season focusing on the mile, a move that paid dividends. She broke a 40-year-old Class A championship meet record in the event, winning in 4:58.35 to eclipse the old mark by more than two full seconds. She also won the SMAA 800 in 2:20.09.

Macey Weisberg, Cheverus junior

Weisberg won the Class A 200 title in 25.77. Her winning time of 25.93 in that event one week earlier at the SMAA championships set a meet record. Weisberg also won the SMAA 55 title in 7.32 and placed second at states in 7.29.

Victoria Zandan, Greely junior

Zandan won the Class B long jump title with a leap of 17-7 3/4 and finished 0.01 behind Gabrielle Finelli in the 55 hurdles in 8.67. She also claimed long jump (17-5 3/4), triple jump (35-3) and 55 hurdles (8.67) titles at the WMC championships, where she placed second to Miah Jacobs in the 55 (7.49).

COACH OF THE YEAR

Ginger Ivanov, Freeport: After falling to Greely by a point at last year’s Class B championship meet, Ivanov’s Falcons broke through to claim the first state title in program history. Ivanov built a deep Freeport team that got points from 10 athletes at states to beat Yarmouth by 13 1/4 points. The Falcons and Clippers split the WMC title.

Mike Mandell came to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel in April 2022 after spending five and a half years with The Ellsworth American in Hancock County, Maine. He came to Maine out of college after...

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