Pony indoor track and field news

Foxcroft Academy athletes took part at several event-specific sites in Dover-Foxcroft as well as in Brewer during the most recent Eastern Maine Indoor Track and Field League competition — there are no team scores this season.

Junior Jacob Reed had the highest finish for the Ponies as he was fifth overall in the high jump among a field of 25 entrants. Reed came in fifth on jumps by clearing the bar at 5 feet, 6 inches. Pony freshman Jack Kingsbury was 11th in the high jump at 5-00.

Sophomore Aaden Lane placed 11th among 18 shot putters with a throw of 31-00.50.

Sophomore Joseph Nelson came in 14th, out of 18 running at several different locations, in the mile as he covered his laps in 6 minutes, 37.94 seconds. Junior Aidan Curry finished 16th in the mile at 6:48.84.

In the 800 Curry and Nelson were 28th and 29th — out of 30 — with respective times of 3:10.84 and 3:11.14.

In the girls’ mile, junior Kasey Howell ran to a 15th place finish — among 16 with the other 15 covering the distance outside of Dover-Foxcroft — in a time of 7:35.34. Howell was also 21st among 22 in the 800 in a time of 3:38.84.

Three Foxcroft girls were part of 25 shot putters. Junior Grace Carlson placed 18th in the event with a throw of 19-10.50, junior Makayla Landry came in 22nd at 17-06 and junior Ruby Rideout was 24th at 13-08.75.