Maine runners beat heat, sweep Festival of Champions

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Purchase this image Portland’s Nora Schmidt, leads the girls seeded race at the Festival of Champions on Saturday in Belfast. Schmidt won the girls race with a time of 17:47.78 at the 24th Festival of Champions at Troy Howard Middle School. “She’s been waiting to run in high school meets since she was in sixth or seventh grade. Lucy Huggett (18:46.13), who finished seventh, placed highest among girls runners for the Falcons. The boys course and meet record is held by Sean Gray of Portsmouth (N.H.) High School, who ran a time of 14:55.56 last year.