MECTA Track & Field

The Maine Corporate Track Association organizes team track & field events each summer. Over 300 athletes from 11 companies competed in 2023.

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Over 300 athletes aged 18-91 from 11 teams and those competing “unattached” participated in the Maine Corporate Track Association’s 2023 season this summer. Look forward to you joining us in 2024 - start talking to your coworkers and put together a team for next year.

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Congratulations to BIW assistant general counsel Matt Gildart, who won the Cheryl Gilbert Award for Outstanding Team Captain at the @MECTAtrackfield State Championship last week! Matt is the captain of the BIW team and the current MECTA president.

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2023 MECTA award winners:
Outstanding -
- Captain = Matt Gildart (Bath Iron Works)
- Team Contributor = Jon Forbes (MaineHealth)
- Thrower = Rachael Bourget (Abbott)
- Sprinter/Jumper = Kela Fetters (IDEXX)
- Distance Runner = Sean Fitzgerald (Unum) https://t.co/wDtrKaunmE

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Fun fact: The Bath Iron Works and Unum corporate track teams actually predate MECTA’s creation in 1987. Those two companies have competed in every season. Who has the 3rd most seasons? That would L.L.Bean which just completed its 24th season. Members of the 2023 team pictured.

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13 records set at the MECTA state championship last Saturday. Website has been updated. https://t.co/EliIWTlxtr

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2023 MECTA State Track Meet « Maine Running Photos

Pictures and video of the awards ceremony from the 2023 MECTA Maine State Championship Track Meet courtesy of David Colby Young of Maine Running Photos (and member of the L.L. Bean team.) https://t.co/RRf4gPCK6G

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Members of the Bath Iron Works corporate track team at MECTA’s state championship this past Saturday.

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The IDEXX corporate track team piled up over 600 pts. at the MECTA state championship, placing third in Division 1 for companies with over 1000 employees.

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The City of South Portland employee track team with the Blake-Brennan-Olson Corporate Cup presented to the top scoring team at MECTA’s Maine State Championship. The team is made up of teachers, school dept staff, members of the SP Fire Dept, other City depts. & family members.

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MECTA State Meet results are posted. Great turnout from around the league. Great races, lots of relays, top notch field performances, and many records to report. Start planning for 2024!

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MECTA Maine State Championship
SAT July 22 @ South Portland HS

8:00 5K Road Race

9:00 field events
Shot Put (M/W)
Discus (W/M)
Turbo Jav
Long Jump
High Jump

9:30 Running Events
55 hurdles
100
800
4x200
400
Kids’ races
Awards
4x100
1600
200
Pyramid relay
Throwers' relay
4x400

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The nominees for the 2023 MECTA individual awards have been announced. At Saturday’s state championship awards will be presented to the outstanding:
Thrower,
Distance runner,
Sprinter/jumper,
Team captain, and
Team contributor.

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Good luck to everyone at Maine Tri For A Cure taking place this morning at SMCC!

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MECTA’s newest team, Abbott, broke a couple of old records. Rachael Bourget broke a 24 year old mark in the W18-29 discus, and was soon joined in the record books by teammate Jamie Ruginski who leapt past the 22 year old record in the M30-39 long jump. Congratulations to all!

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Mary Pardi of Unum took 33 seconds off the MECTA record in the 3200, but Sheri Piers, competing unattached, had claimed the overall record just 9 seconds earlier with a time of 11:54.6. Fast running on hot & humid night.

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Did you know that those competing “unattached” to a team can set records in MECTA? MECTA will keep a record for MECTA team members, but also list an overall record. Thieve are numerous examples on our record page, but rarely have two people broken the record in the same race.

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Kela Fetters of IDEXX smashed the W18-29 record in the 300 hurdles taking 8 seconds off the old mark to make her the fastest female at that distance in league history.

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The mother/son combo from MaineHealth did it again as Barbara LaVallee and Elijah Yeboah each lowered their own league records in the 300m hurdles. Teammate Art Cunningham established a new mark in the event for M70-79.

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7 records fell at MECTA meet #3 in Biddeford this week. MECTA track & field records page has been updated. https://t.co/EliIWTkZDT