Orono’s Ruth White breaks her own course record to repeat as Festival of Champions winner

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Orono’s Ruth White breaks her own course record to repeat as Festival of Champions winner

BELFAST, Maine — Ruth White broke the Festival of Champions meet and course record last year at Troy Howard Middle School, and stood on the starting line of Saturday’s competition with the goal of breaking it again. As fans and coaches yelled White’s time to her while she came up the final hill before the downhill straightaway into the finish, the Orono junior knew how hard she had to kick to break the record again. White broke her record with a…