The Red Storm clashed with Gorham, Cheverus and Thornton at the University of Southern Maine on Saturday, Jan. 2, emerging victorious on the boys’ side and taking second on the girls’.

“Middle-season meets, it’s not all about winning,” said Scarborough girls head coach Ron Kelly. “It’s a matter of finding out where you want to put kids. Some there tried new events.”

Kelly pointed out that, often, sure-fire States qualifiers will achieve that distinction early in the regular season. Then, other kids will work on improving through the middle or end of the regular season, in that time hopefully earning their own slots at the championship.

“There was improvement by a lot of kids,” Kelly said. “Ultimately, as we get further along in the regular season, that’ll get more kids to the state meet. Regular season meets get us ready for the end of the year.”

Kelly applauded a number of his girls, including shot putter Brady Stolz, new to that event.

“She started off the year not having qualified,” he said. “She started off around 24 feet, and not last week, but the week before, she threw it 31-and-change.”

Kelly likewise praised a number of his other athletes.

“Ellen (Shaw) was consistent,” he said. “My distance runners ran very well. Three of them, (Laura) Volan, Marisa Carbone and (Bethany) Sholl all had good races.”

Boys team scores

1. Scarborough, 150; 2. TA, 141; 3. Gorham, 101; 4. Cheverus, 6?Senior boys individual top threes

55 – 1. Alex Arnold, TA, 6.80; 2. Griffin Madden, Scarborough, 6.93; 3. Chris Dionne, Scarborough, 7.00

200 – 1. Eric Clum Russell, TA, 24.44; 2. Chris Dionne, Scarborough, 24.59; 3. Edwin Kayumba, TA, 25.20

400 – 1. Daniel Marsh, TA, 53.42; 2. Ben Batoosingh, Scarborough, 54.30; 3. Nathaniel Nadeau, Gorham, 54.86

600 – 1. Sam Rusak, Scarborough, 1:17.56; 2. Colin Tardiff, Scarborough, 1:20.27; 3. Branden Kuusela, Gorham, 1:22.27

800 – 1. Colin Tardiff, Scarborough, 2:01.96; 2. Ethan Orach, Gorham, 2:03.57; 3. Andrew Sholl, Scarborough, 2:07.25

One Mile – 1. Andrew Sholl, Scarborough, 4:41.37; 2. Connor Doherty, Scarborough, 4:41.49; 3. Jessie Southard, Gorham, 4:50.03

Two Mile – 1. Connor Doherty, Scarborough, 10:17.58; 2. Jesse Southard, Gorham, 10:26.01; 3. Collin Jones, Gorham, 10:44.26

55 Hurdles – 1. Griffin Madden, Scarborough, 8.06; 2. Branden Kuusela, Gorham, 8:59; 3. Connor Langlois, Scarborough, 9.33

4×200 – 1. Scarborough “A,” 1:36.37; 2. TA “A,” 1:39.10; 3. Gorham “A,” 1:41.23

4×800 – 1. Scarborough “A,” 9:27.26; 2. Gorham “A,” 9:43.89; 3. TA “A,” 9:59.54

1600 Medley – 1. Scarborough “A,” 3:50.27; 2. Gorham “A,” 3:55.70; 3. TA “A,” 4:10.57

High Jump – 1. Griffin Madden, Scarborough, 5-10.00; 2. Sam Rusak, Scarborough, 5-08.00; 3. Ethan Orach, Gorham, 5-06.00

Long Jump – 1. Alex Arnold, TA, 19-05.75; 2. Kyle Holbrook, TA, 17-08.50; 3. Sawyer Hebert, Scarborough, 17-07.50

Triple Jump – 1. James Benson, Gorham, 39-04.50; 2. Alex Arnold, TA, 39-03.25; 3. Matt Blaisdell, Scarborough, 37-09.75

Shot Put – 1. Sebastian Osborne, Scarborough, 42-09.75; 2. Kyle Holman, TA, 42-00.50; 3. Connor Hayward, TA, 39-02.50

Pole Vault – 1. Sam Rusak, Scarborough, 13-00.00; 2. Travis Snyder, TA, 12-00.00; 3. Alex Dionne, Scarborough, 11-00.00

Girls team scores

1. TA, 142; 2. Scarborough, 124; 3. Gorham, 66; 4. Cheverus, 47?Senior girls individual top threes

55 – 1. Samantha Dow, TA, 8.20; 2. Kelsey Daniels, TA, 8.50; 3. Desiree Bracamonte, TA, 8.52

200 – 1. Ellen Shaw, Scarborough, 28.73; 2. Sydney Rusak, Scarborough, 29.93; 3. Kelsey Daniels, TA, 30.49

400 – 1. Sarah Mount, Cheverus, 1:04.95; 2. Desiree Bracamonte, TA, 1:09.05; 3. Elizabeth Callahan, Scarborough, 1:11.80

600 – 1. Emily Turner, Cheverus, 1:33.85; 2. Maegan Neelon, Scarborough, 1:49.78; 3. Emma Lynch, Scarborough, 1:50.95

800 – 1. Marisa Carbone, Scarborough, 2:36.31; 2. Morgan McKeown, Scarborough, 2:41.81; 3. Katie LeBlanc, TA, 2:45.30

One Mile – 1. Bethany Sholl, 5:32.91; 2. Marisa Carbone, Scarborough, 5:42.43; 3. Annie Duong, 5:53.85

Two Mile – 1. Anna Slager, Gorham, 11:20.00; 2. Laura Volan, Scarborough, 12:06.64; 3. Ashley Turner, Cheverus, 13:25.84

55 Hurdles – 1. Ellen Shaw, Scarborough, 9.18; 2. Olivia Libby, TA, 9.56; 3. Sydney Rusak, Scarborough, 9.64

4×200 – 1. Scarborough “A,” 1:55.08; 2. Gorham “A,” 1:57.42; 3. Cheverus “A,” 1:57.77

4×800 – 1. Scarborough “A,” 11:24.41; 2. TA “A,” 12:33.89

1600 Medley – 1. Scarborough “A,” 4:42.08; 2. TA “A,” 4:48.31

High Jump – 1. Ellen Shaw, Scarborough, 5-00.00; 2. Erin Esty, Gorham, 4-08.00; 3. Elizabeth Callahan, Scarborough, 4-04.00

Long Jump – 1. Emily Turner, Cheverus, 15-02.50; 2. Olivia Libby, TA, 14-07.00; 3. Samantha Dow, TA, 14-03.50

Triple Jump – 1. Olivia Libby, TA, 32-01.50; 2. Erin Esty, Gorham, 29-05.25; 3. Amanda Cyr, TA, 28-06.75

Shot Put – 1. Samantha Curran, TA, 36-11.75; 2. Abigail Cook, TA, 31-04.50; 3. Isabella Capozzi, TA, 31.03-50

Pole Vault – 1. Bridget Rossignol, Gorham, 9-00.00; 2. Edie Christian, Scarborough, 8-00.00; 3. Maria Seneres, TA, 8-00.00

Red Stormer Jonah Averill unwinds into his shot put at Saturday’s meet with Gorham, Cheverus and TA.Scarborough’s Laura Powell leaps a hurdle in the Jr. 55-meter race on Saturday.Garrett Doody lofts the shot for Scarborough on Saturday evening.Scarborough’s Gaby Panagakos leads the first heat of the Jr. Division 55-meter Dash.Gorham’s Rob Pellerin unwinds into a throw on Saturday evening.