Ellie Lawler has been running some amazing times this season.
Tuesday was no different.
South Kingstown's gifted ninth-grader dominated the field at the Freshmen State Meet, cruising the four-kilometer (2.4 miles) layout at Goddard State Park in a time of 14 minutes, 27.12 seconds. Finishing second was Barrington's Grace Connolly in 14:50.23 and taking third among the 88 finishers was Westerly's Randi Burr at 15:05.14. Highlighted by a 4-5 finish from Katy Brayman (15:23.29) and Emma Sammartino (15:38.97), North Kingstown captured the team title, defeating runner-up La Salle Academy, 32-49.
In a tight race, Westerly's Matthew Walker copped the boys' race with a time of 13:42. He was just 70 meters ahead of second-place finisher, Dante Prosseda of East Greenwich, who crossed the line at 13:52.35. La Salle's Matthew Carranza was third with a 13:57.88 clocking. East Greenwich bunched all its scoring runners among the first 14 placements to earn team honors with a 34-98 win over second-place Barrington.