MA’s Spencer-Thompson: Maine’s Gatorade Award Winner
Mattanawcook Academy's Cayden Spencer-Thompson is Maine's Gatorade Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Westbrook's Nyagoa Bayak wins the girls Maine Gatorade Award.
Spencer-Thompson just finished his junior year at MA and set two state records at the New England Championships. In the Long Jump, his distance was 24-feet 1.75-inches. In the Triple Jump, Spencer-Thompson jumped 48 -3.75.
He is the state Class C high school champ in both events.
Spencer-Thompson also plays football and basketball for the Lynx.
Past Maine Gatorade T&F Award winners include...
2016-17 Jake Koffman (Orono)
2015-16 Sam Rusak (Lewiston)
2014-15 Isaiah Harris (Lewiston)
2013-14 Dan Curtis (Ellsworth)
NOTE: Westbrook High School jumper Nyagoa Bayak is the girls Gatorade winner. She won the Class A High Jump and was second in the Triple Jump at the state meet. Bayak also won the High Jump competition at the New England Championships.