Joey Richards couldn’t have had a much better end to his high school track and field career. Richards won four events, set two state records and earned 40 points to lead the Winslow boys to the Class C state title on June 1 at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish. The title is the program’s second in three seasons.
Richards set a new mark in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.96 seconds in the preliminary round, besting the record of 10.99 set by Dominic Kane of Bucksport in 2009.
He won the event in the finals with a time of 11.08. He next broke a 40-year record in the 200 with a winning time of 22.
48, passing the previous time of John Thomas of Traip Academy. Thomas ran his 200 in 22.3 seconds in 1984, but his event was hand-timed, and 0.
24 seconds were added to hand-timed numbers in the record books. Richards also won the 400 (50.38) and the long jump (22-0 1/2 feet).
“We put a lot of pressure on him. He carries a very big part of our workload,” Winslow head coach Ken Nadeau said. “Winning four state titles is quite an accomplishment.
He’s just business. It’s really fun to watch him train and mentally lock in. He knew what he had to do (at states) and his focus was just there.
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He’s a good teammate, kind of a quiet and humble kid. He did what we expected him to do and it put us in a good spot to get our second (title) in the past three years.” Winslow sophomore Hassan Hobbi won the 100 hurdles (15.
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