Joyce Chagan Joyce Chagan proudly displays the first-place individual trophy she won at the Busline League Championships (Photo Kevin Burnham)

Seventh grader Joyce Chagan sprinted the last 50 or so yards to nip Camden's Rebecca Twaddel at the finish to win the 2001 Busline League girls individual cross country title at Medomak Valley High School on Thursday, October 4.

Chagan had never beaten Twaddel in the two years she has competed against her and Twaddel was undefeated this season--until October 4. Chagan's time was 10:37 over the two-mile course, Twaddel finished at 10:38. Third place went to Megan Nealey of Belfast (10:50). Last year, Twaddel finished third and Chagan took fourth place.

Chagan helped the Boothbay girls finish third overall, with Belfast winning the league championship and Lincolnville finishing second. Fifty-seven girls competed in the girls race.

In the boys race, seventh grader Matt Sceviour took ninth out of 56 runners. The Wildcat boys finished seventh out of 10 teams. Lincolnville won the meet and Belfast finished second.

Sceviour's time was 11:11, less than a minute behind the winner, Tyler Cox of Belfast (10:35).

The remaining runners and their times for Boothbay were:

Girls: Stephanie Earle, 12:31; Tori Curtis, 12:31; Ali Hartley, 13:41; Lauren Forgues, 13:49; Brittany Dickinson, 15:47.

Boys: Walter Hezik, 11:59; Adam Reinecke, 12:02; Sam Witt, 12:05; Jack Arsenault, 13:04; Luke Monroe, 14:22;