The Hopkinton and Fall Mountain girls track teams weren’t in much of a mood for sharing during the Class M & S state championship meet. In the end, it was the Hawks who shared least and gained most, earning 148.5 points and a third consecutive title on Saturday, May 30.

The two teams ran away from the competition, but Fall Mountain’s 108 points weren’t enough to topple the Hawks. Third-place Somersworth managed 49 points.

Hopkinton entered the meet without its team captain, Quin Nichols, lost a week prior to the event with mononucleosis.

Carolyn Maynard helped make up for Nichols’ absence, winning three events, and the Hawks swept the three relay events to pull away after the two-team race was in a near dead heat midway through the meet.

“We have good depth for a school of our size,” said Hopkinton head coach Rick Welch. “Last year we had it won halfway through. This year when you have two teams who score over 100 points, there isn’t much left for everyone else.”

Amelia Paquette won the shot put, Jacqui Foti did the same in pole vault, Elise Ewing was second in the triple jump, and Libby Wetterer was third in the 100- and 300- meter hurdles, all qualifying for the Meet of Champions on Saturday, June 6, at the University of New Hampshire.

Emily Cousens joins her teammates after earning second place in the 800-meter run, third place in the 1,600 and fourth in the 3,200. Ali Grise was fourth in the 100- and 200-meter dashes to qualify for the MOC.

“We’re back practicing (immediately),” said Welch. “It seems like almost the entire team still has some season left.”

The boys team scored 20 points to place 13th among 27 teams.

Garlow Oakley represents the Hawks in an individual event at UNH after he came in third in the pole vault. Sam Helrich and Mike Klinker placed fifth and sixth, respectively, in the same event. Hopkinton’s 4x800 relay team earned first place, while the 4x400 team took sixth.