Comment on ‘Honest setup mistake’ transferring data led to incorrect finish in championship race

A swap of plaques took place at Ellsworth High School on Tuesday morning to recognize the Eagles’ girls cross-country team as the 2018 Class B North champion. The brief exchange involving athletic administrators Josh Frost of Ellsworth and Bunky Dow of Mount Desert Island High School of Bar Harbor came three days after the race, which originally concluded with MDI being crowned a one-point (51-52) winner over its Hancock County rival for the regional title. But when race officials began organizing results from the North and South regional meets later in the weekend in order to seed qualifying runners for the upcoming state championship meet set for Saturday at the Troy A.