ORONO — Nearly a year to the day after the Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island boys’ swim teams fought to the wire for the conference title, the two delivered another classic showing. The Ellsworth boys edged MDI in another back-and-forth battle at the Penobscot Valley Conference championships Friday at the University of Maine. The meet …
ELLSWORTH — The last home meet for the Ellsworth swim team this season didn’t feel like the end; instead, it felt like a sendoff. True, it was the final home meet for 12 Ellsworth seniors, and there was no shortage of emotions as those swimmers entered and left the Down East Family YMCA pool. Yet …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth swim team posted a strong result in its final road meet of the season Friday with a sweep of Foxcroft at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA. On the boys’ side, the Eagles won every individual and relay event to claim a 129-15 team win. The Ellsworth girls’ team topped Foxcroft 109-32, winning …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth swim team began the home stretch of the 2018-19 regular season Friday with a sweep of visiting Old Town at the Down East Family YMCA. The Eagles came away with a 97-73 win over the Coyotes on the girls’ side and a 105-48 victory on the boys’ side. It was the …
BAR HARBOR — The passion and intensity of the Ellsworth vs. Mount Desert Island rivalry filled the Bar Harbor air last week, and the warmth of the pool deck provided a welcome reprieve from the bitter cold. Ellsworth and MDI continued their successful 2018-19 swim seasons Friday with a dual meet at the MDI YMCA. …
ELLSWORTH — The Ellsworth swim team closed out the 2018 portion of its schedule in excellent fashion with a sweep of Washington Academy on Dec. 21 and a strong meet Friday at the Morse Invitational in Bath. Competing against Washington Academy at the Down East Family YMCA, Ellsworth scored a 128-31 win on the boys’ …
ELLSWORTH — Island vs. mainland; family vs. family; green vs. maroon; bragging rights on the line. Any way you slice it, there’s something exceptional about Mount Desert Island vs. Ellsworth. Showdowns between MDI, Hancock County’s largest high school, and Ellsworth, its second-largest, have been taking place across sports of all kinds since the former was …
ELLSWORTH — It didn’t take very long for this year’s Ellsworth swim team to rewrite the record books. Five members of the Ellsworth girls’ team made history Saturday with record-setting performances in the team’s dual meet against Bangor at Husson University. The team of Ellie Clarke, Miriam Nelson and Kristy Barry set school bests in …
ELLSWORTH — No matter who’s in the water, Ellie Clarke knows their name. Since she was just 3 years old, Clarke has been a staple at the Down East Family YMCA pool. After spending a decade and a half doing everything from taking swim lessons as a youth to competing for DEFY’s club team and …
MOUNT DESERT — Three miles is a matter of distance. Depending on the mode of travel, it can seem endless, instantaneous or anything in between. Between water conditions and the exhaustive nature that comes with any 3-mile swim, the stretch from Northeast Harbor to Great Cranberry Island is on the latter end of that spectrum. …
