(Photos by RAPHAEL BIEBER)
After more than nine hours of track and field, six schools earned team titles at the class championships on Saturday.
On the boys' side, Bishop Hendricken (Class A), Barrington (Class B) and Rogers (Class C) took home the hardware. La Salle Academy (Large Schools), Toll Gate (Medium Schools) and Smithfield (Small Schools) were the winners for girls.
Several top-level performances were achieved inside the Providence Career and Technical Academy field house. La Salle junior Eliza Rego moved up to No. 5 in the national rankings by breaking the tape in the 1,500-meter run with an indoor best of 4:38.33.Senior teammate Sheridan Wilbur is also at No. 5 with her first-place time of 10:07.37 in the 3,000m.
In the boys' 1,500, senior Abdullah Kaba of Cumberland now ranks sixth nationally with his victorious 4:07.99 effort in the Class A meet..
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Elite performances from this session
Boys Highlights
- 1,500 Meter Run - Abdullah Kaba (Cumberland) 4:07.99; Jake Grundy (La Salle Academy) 4:08.83;
- 3,000 Meter Run - Sean Laverty (Cumberland) 8:57.19; Tom Mcmahon (Bishop Hendricken High School) 9:07.83;
- 300 Meter Dash - Jose Santos (Coventry High School) 36.07; Alejandro Duarte (East Providence High School) 36.34; Donatien Djero (Central High School) 36.43;
- 4x200 Meter Relay - Central High School 1:33.52;
- 600 Meter Dash - Joe Craven (North Kingstown High School) 1:26.01; Mars Bishop (Barrington High School) 1:26.23;
- Weight Throw - Francy Mata (Mount Pleasant High School) 61-11.5; Owen Russell (Moses Brown School) 75-8.25; Adam Kelly(Barrington High School) 77-6.75; Jared Briere (Woonsocket High School) 60-1; Bobby Colantonio (Barrington High School) 76-2.5; Shane Olson (Bishop Hendricken High School) 54-4; Mike Alvernaz (Barrington High School) 65-1.75; Tyrone Silva (Central High School) 54-1.5; Jacob Yang (Pilgrim High School) 56-10; Adrian Matos (Central High School) 53-1.5; Thanadron Phenglee(Classical High School) 56-6.5; Dylan Cote (Woonsocket High School) 53-0; Jamie Heinl (Barrington High School) 55-9.75;Matthew O'neill (South Kingstown High School) 54-6.75; Joseph Taylor (Lincoln High School) 52-10.75;
Girls Highlights
- 1,000 Meter Run - Karina Tavares (La Salle Academy) 3:02.41; Audrey O'neill (La Salle Academy) 3:05.47;
- 1,500 Meter Run - Eliza Rego (La Salle Academy) 4:38.33; Randi Burr (Westerly High School) 4:53.02; Lily Foulkes (The Wheeler School) 5:04.01; Katarina Ho (North Kingstown High School) 4:52.73; Julia Zitzmann (Barrington High School) 5:05.32;Jessica Bellows (Coventry High School) 4:55.86; Cianna Lynch (La Salle Academy) 4:57.07; Michele Renzi (La Salle Academy) 5:03.88; Gabriella Celico (La Salle Academy) 5:07.89;
- 3,000 Meter Run - Sheridan Wilbur (La Salle Academy) 10:07.37; Bethany Nunnery (North Kingstown High School) 10:38.99;Amy Laverty (Cumberland) 10:54.84;
- 300 Meter Dash - Quashira Mcintosh (Hope High School) 42.28; Meaghan Scullin (Cumberland) 42.52; Laura Murphy (East Greenwich High School) 43.20; Chevell Burgess (Hope High School) 43.16;
- 4x200 Meter Relay - Hope High School 1:45.25; La Salle Academy 1:47.45; Pilgrim High School 1:48.87;
- 4x400 Meter Relay - Hope High School 4:10.83;
- 4x800 Meter Relay - La Salle Academy 9:51.15;
- 55 Meter Dash - Quashira Mcintosh (Hope High School) 7.17; Quashira Mcintosh (Hope High School) 7.36;
- 600 Meter Dash - Eliza Rego (La Salle Academy) 1:39.79; Isis Hack (Hope High School) 1:42.68; May Stern (Classical High School) 1:40.24; Katarina Ho (North Kingstown High School) 1:42.77;
- Long Jump - Meaghan Scullin (Cumberland) 18-3.5; Charleen Theroux (Coventry High School) 17-8;
- Weight Throw - Meagan Malloy (Smithfield Senior High School) 46-11; Courtney Jacobsen (Toll Gate High School) 50-0; Alva Hicks (Classical High School) 55-2.5; Abby Cousens (Portsmouth High School) 44-4; Carly Timpson (Narragansett High School) 46-5; Lysah Russell (Classical High School) 51-6; Tenin Traore (Mount Pleasant High School) 39-8.25; Faye Gauthier (West Warwick High School) 42-4.25; Lauren Swanson (East Greenwich High School) 45-8; Ashley Martinez (Woonsocket High School) 39-2.5; Paige Carmichael (Toll Gate High School) 39-8;