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Dirigo's Beach to Beacon weekend had range: Georgia Moon won the Girls High School Mile, then the women's squad put seven runners in the Maine top ten over 10K. Clíodhna O'Malley led the group in 35:10, with Heather Gallant, Bethanie Brown, Veronica Graziano, Alexis Wilbert, Aly Ursiny, and Karley Piers all close behind.
Dirigo youth athletes had a big day at the Maine Class A Outdoor Track State Championships. Georgia Moon won the 3200 and placed second in the 1600, Laurel Driscoll scored across the distance triple for Scarborough, Sara Tennent ran on Falmouth's winning 4x800, and Allie Schmitt was fifth in the 2-mile while also contributing to a runner-up 4x800. Harper Borden, Sam Bergmark, Enzo Giampaolo, Freddie Brill, Grace Alexander, and Annabell Kimball were also part of a deep Dirigo presence across the state meet.
March opened with Alexis Wilbert winning the women's race at Irish Road Rover in 17:27, while Nate Madeira and Jon Clement both cracked 18 minutes and Pete Bottomley won M60-64. On the youth side, Georgia Moon and Laurel Driscoll raced at New Balance Indoor Nationals after going 1-2 in the Class A state mile, and Freddie Brill added a Class A state-meet scoring finish.
Irish Road Rover results New Balance Nationals results Irish Road Rover Instagram recap Winter racing Instagram recap
Dirigo closed May and June with wins, podiums, and a youth state-title relay. Eliza Kerschner was third at the Vermont City Marathon in 2:54:03, Sheri Piers won the Memorial Day 5K in Cumberland, Taylor Bickford won the Market Square Day 10K, Michelle Lilienthal won the Trail to Ale 10K, and Karley Piers returned to Maine with a 23:33 win at the Gorham 4 Miler. Justin Freeman ran 15:29 at Battle Road, Daniel Bannon placed at both Memorial Day and Coconut Chase, Seth Crockett was seventh at Old Port, and Dirigo kept showing up at the Weekly Back Cove Series.
Taylor Bickford won the Boots & Brews 5K in 19:13; Peter Burke was third at the Cape Challenge 5K. Dirigo high-school athletes posted strong finishes at the Marathon Sports Elite Invite.