Boothbay Region Girls Take Sixth at State Meet

The Boothbay Region High School/Wiscasset Middle High School girls cross-country team placed sixth and the boys placed ninth at the Maine State Meet.

Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Running

The Boothbay Region girls cross-country team took sixth and the boys placed ninth at the Maine State Meet at Cony High School in Augusta on Saturday. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

The Boothbay Region High School/Wiscasset Middle High School girls cross-country team placed sixth at the Maine State Meet, held Saturday, October 31, at Cony High School. The boys team placed ninth in the same meet.

Why it matters

The boys' result marks the first time a BRHS boy has placed in the top 10 at states since 2019. Several runners also set all-time personal records on the course.

The Class C boys race included 97 finishers and the girls race included 77 finishers at the State Meet. AJ Crocker placed 9th among boys and Polly Nadeau placed 11th among girls, while the extraction does not indicate any further qualifying competition.

The players

Boothbay Region High School

A public high school in the Boothbay Region of Maine whose girls and boys cross-country teams competed at the state meet.

Cony High School

The Augusta, Maine high school that hosted the 2026 Maine State Meet cross-country races.

The details

Runners competed on the State Meet course at Cony High School in Augusta. Miles Hyson, John Cooper, and AJ Crocker each ran all-time personal records, with Hyson improving by 19 seconds, Cooper by 8 seconds, and Crocker by 12 seconds compared with the previous year on the same course.

Saturday, October 31, 2026: Maine State Meet cross-country races held at Cony High School.

Season Trajectory

The boys' ninth-place finish is the first top-10 showing for a BRHS boy at states since 2019, returning the program to a level it last reached that year. The girls' sixth-place team finish adds to the program's state-meet standing this season.

The results determine team standing at the state level for the 2026 season. Fans following Maine high school cross-country can use the individual placings to track top runners such as Crocker and Nadeau.

The takeaway

Consistent improvement on the state course, shown by several runners setting personal records, signals the depth behind these team finishes. Tracking such progress season to season reveals how programs build toward the top of the rankings.