BREWER — It was a matter of Purple Reign at the State Class B track meet Saturday.

Coach Ian Wilson’s Waterville High School girls and boys track teams continued their dominance of Class B track as the Waterville girls won their eighth straight state title and the boys won their third in four years and sixth in nine seasons under ideal conditions at the Brewer Community School Track.

Junior Sarah Shoulta paced the Waterville girls by winning the 100- and 300-meter hurdles as well as the pole vault. She also ran a leg for the 4-by-400 meter relay team that finished fourth.

The Waterville girls racked up 108 ¼ points to beat runner-up Greely of Cumberland Center by 21 ¼ points.

Rounding out the top 10 were York (64), Lake Region High of Bridgton (40), Camden Hills (39), Belfast and Hermon (32), Mount Desert Island (30), Erskine Academy of South China (27) and Ellsworth (25).

“Everything came together and we showed how good a team we really are. We don’t just have a strong class, we have a strong program,” said Shoulta. “Greely got close at times and it was tense for a few minutes. But I knew the pole vault would help us pull away and, when we did the math, we knew we would eventually have this (title).”

Shoulta’s teammates, junior Monicah Paquette and senior Gabby Bridger, finished second and third behind her and Amy Samson tied for seventh.

“We work hard. We help each other and we push each other,” said Waterville junior Brooke Ettinger, who ran on the sixth-place 4-by-800 relay team as well as on the 4-by-400 unit.

Shoulta turned in her sparkling performance despite a problematic left hip that requires physical therapy and has sidelined her at times this season.

Lake Region junior phenom Kate Hall won four events and set state Class B records in three of them: the 100-meter dash (11.83 seconds), the 200 (24.36) and the long jump (19-0 ½). She also won the triple jump (36-5 ½) in just her second meet participating in the event.

Hall’s margin of victory in the 100 was 1.07, it was 1.48 in the 200 and nearly three feet in the long jump.

Her time in the 200 was the fastest ever registered by a girl in the state as was Hermon senior Kaitlin Saulter’s time of 56.95 in the 400.

“I’m happy with how everything went,” said Casco native Hall, who admitted that she exceeded her expectations. “The weather has been bad all season and I was hoping for a really warm day with a good wind and it turned out that way.

“My time in the 200 was completely unexpected. I had been running in the mid-25s and I was hoping the break the state record. I told myself I needed to relax. If I push too hard in the first 100, I always hit the wall in the second 100. But I never hit the wall today. I felt really good.”

She added that she had struggled with her form in the long jump but has stayed relaxed the past couple of weeks and it has paid off.

Rod White, Old Town’s track coach for the past 32 years, said Hall is “the best girl (track athlete) I have ever seen, by far. She blows away records that had been set by really talented kids.”

Making her feat that much more remarkable is the fact she has Type 1 diabetes as well as celiac disease which is a digestive disease and autoimmune disorder.

Saulter was pleased to register the best time in state schoolgirl history in the 400.

“I like hearing that,” said Saulter, who will play soccer and run track at the University of Maine. “I went out harder than usual today. My goal was to start out hard and keep (the lead). When I try to pace myself, it doesn’t work. I mess up.”

In the boys meet, Waterville tallied 92 ½ points to outdistance Belfast by 12 points. Completing the top 10 were Ellsworth (69), Old Town (69), York (55) Mount Desert Island (46), Gray-New Gloucester (38), Fryeburg Academy (35), Cape Elizabeth (24) and Freeport (22).

Senior Jordhan Levine led the Purple Panthers to their title as he won both hurdles, the 110 (15.46) and 300 (40.54) and the triple jump (44-0 ¼) and placed second in the long jump (20-10).

Ellsworth High School senior Dan Curts won the 800 (1:56.41), the 1600 (4:09.88) and the 3200 (9:42.51). He broke his own state record in the 1600.

Old Town junior Nick Boutin captured the 100 (11:17) and 200 (22.85) and ran a leg for Old Town’s triumphant 4-by-100 meter relay team.