They crowned a three-time individual champion and made their presence felt in the distance and throwing events. But after dominating the Division II track and field championships with four titles in four years, the Coe-Brown girls’ team had to settle for third Saturday at Portsmouth High School.

“It takes a complete track team,” Coe-Brown Coach Tim Cox said, “which we’ve been used to for four years. We just didn’t have any varsity level jumpers and sprinters this year.”

Milford claimed the girls title with 97 points and Lebanon was runner-up with 79.5. Coe-Brown (68) was followed by Oyster River (55) and Portsmouth (46) to round out the top five. The Merrimack Valley girls took eighth with 26 points and John Stark (four) was 16th.

Souhegan ran away with the boys’ title, scoring 82 points but after that, it was a tight group of four competing for second. Windham earned it with 53 points, while Portsmouth (50), Kennett (50) and Oyster River (48) followed right behind. Merrimack Valley and Milford tied for sixth with 35 points each. Coe-Brown (34.33) was eighth and John Stark (one) was 19th.

The three-time Coe-Brown champion was Elisabeth Danis, who won the 3,200 for the third straight year.

She finished with a time of 11:12.28 to 11:23.51 for runner-up Julia Robitaille of Manchester West.

“I’m incredibly blessed to win this three times,” Danis said. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me. I’m just beyond grateful for everything.”

Danis also finished third in the 1,600 with teammates Brooke Laskowsky and Alli Pratt fifth and sixth, respectively. Laskowski was third in the 800, just ahead of teammate Summer Barnes, who took fourth. And Pratt finished fourth in the 3,200.

“The best thing that happened to me today is that the heat affects everyone,” Danis said. “We knew it was going to be hot, so we prepared adequately. I think the worst thing was the track is black so our feet started burning.

“I’m going to Alabama,” she added about her college choice, “so I have to get used to it.”

The senior’s plan for the 3,200 was to sit for a mile and then kick.

“She executed it perfectly,” Cox said.

Coe-Brown’s Kathleen Collins was second in the discus and teammate Christen Gallant placed second in the javelin. Collins also took third in the shot put and sixth in the javelin. Gallant also finished fourth in the pole vault.

The MV girls were led by Kristie Schoffield, who took second in both the 800 and 1,600, finishing behind Oyster River powerhouse Maegan Doody in both events. Schoffield also anchored the 4×400 relay team.

“Kristie’s 800 was not the fastest, but it was a very effective race,” MV Coach Bob Mullen said. “She was on the leader’s tail the whole time.”

Along with Schoffield, Kaitlyn Covell finished third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 48.43.

“We set out to do well where we felt we could score points,” Mullen said. “Kristie and Kaitlyn were the strength of our meet, they did what they had to do and a little bit more.”

Brandon Wood had a big day for the MV boys, finishing first in the 300 hurdles and second in the 110 hurdles. In the 300, Portsmouth’s Drew Dickinson had a lead on Wood, but tripped over one of the hurdles. Falling into the Merrimack Valley lane, Wood had to avoid the fallen runner but continued his torrid pace, winning by more than a full second.

“Wood has been going back and forth with (Trinity’s Oliver Thomas) all year in the 110,” Mullen said. “Of the three times they’ve gone head-to-head, Brandon’s gotten the best of him twice.”

Joey Baylus finished fourth in the 110 hurdles behind Wood and Walker John had a fifth-place finish in the 1600.

Mullen said Wood’s biggest issue was the technical side of his running. “We need to work on him being more electric out of the block. He ran efficiently catching everyone but the winner (in the 110). He just needs to be a bit more square and upright,” Coach Mullen said.

The John Stark girls got their points from Hannah Nelson (fourth in javelin), while the boys’ point came from Patrick Kalob (sixth in the triple jump).

(Al Pike from Foster’s Daily Democrat contributed to this report.)