WESTBROOK – The title dreams for the Lisbon boys’ track team were literally dashed away moments into the final race of Saturday’s Class C Track and Field Championships in Westbrook.

In running just his third-ever 400-meter distance, North Yarmouth Academy’s Wyatt Peoples set a blistering pace in the opening leg of the 1,600 relay to help NYA win the team title by a 74.5 to 63 margin over Lisbon.

John Bapst won the girls title with 109 points with Hall-Dale finishing second with 84. The Lisbon girls were the top local team, placing fourth with 57.5 points.

Lisbon jousted back and forth throughout the day with defending champion NYA in pursuing the boys’ crown. The Greyhounds had picked up wins from their 3,200 relay team along with runner-up efforts from Tyler Campbell (1,600 race walk), Cam Bubar in the 800, Rob Patchell in the pole vault and the 400 relay unit. Late in the afternoon, a surprise third-place by Nate Blackwell in the javelin had the Greyhounds in striking position. They trailed the Panthers by 2.5 points heading into the 1,600 relay.

Peoples had competed in the long jump and sprints during the season for the Panthers. Two weeks ago he ran his first 400 and last week he tackled his second.

After 100 meters, Peoples had raced to the front and had already begun to pull away. In seventh place after the first leg sat Lisbon.

“We knew what we had to do and we did it,” said Peoples of the relay team. “We said we’d all give it 200 percent. I knew if I could get the team the lead, they’d hold it the rest of the way.”

The Panthers didn’t just hold the lead, they extended it to ice the team win.

“They ran away with it and hid,” said Lisbon coach Dean Hall, whose relay team finished seventh. “You can’t underestimate some of their kids. We just didn’t hold our seeds and that’s what it came down to. Sometimes the track gods giveth and sometimes they taketh away. This is our second year in a row as the runner-up. We’re making the steps, we’re just not there yet.”

The Winthrop boys came in seventh place behind wins by Larry Foster (6-feet, 2-inches) in the high jump and Danny Soltan in the 1,600 (4:28.35).

NYA’s Henry Sterling had attempted to keep Soltan boxed into the first lane at the outset of the 1,600, but Soltan slipped through.

“I had the lead on the first corner,” said Soltan, “but I didn’t want it. I let Sterling take the lead. It was my plan all along to hang back.”

Soltan overtook Sterling with about 250 meters remaining and never looked back.

Frankie DelDuca of Telstar won the triple jump and finished in second and third respectively in the 200 and 100 dashes.

John Bapst won four events on the girls’ side. Two relay wins and individual victories by Angel Nelligan in the pole vault (9-0) and Maggie Bryan in the 800 (2:28.79) helped the Crusaders get rolling. Local winners were Lisbon’s Rebekah Sullivan in the shot put (32-7) and Winthrop’s Anna Smithgall in the discus (87-11). Sullivan’s winning toss came on her last throw.

“I gave it pretty much everything,” said Sullivan. “I can’t really explain it. Everything went right and it felt smooth.”

Telstar’s Jen DeNormandie had a solid effort despite overcoming an early-season knee injury and a recent bout with bronchitis to place fourth in the 100 and third in both the 200 and 400 races.

“This hasn’t been my year,” said DeNormandie, who had been the defending state champion in the 400. “You can only hope for so much. At least I’m still getting medals.”

Chris Fogler of John Bapst set state records in the both hurdle events, capturing the 300 hurdles in a time of 39.59 seconds and the 110 in 15.08. He also won the 200 (22.75).

Multiple winners for the girls included Hall-Dale’s Magen Ellis in the 1,600 (5:25.23) and 3,200 (12:06.98) and teammate Laura Peterson who captured three wins by taking the high jump (4-10), long jump (17-7) and triple jump (35-1).