Once again, La Salle Academy has one of the best girls’ varsity teams in the state this year.
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As evident by their performance on Monday, the Rams also have some pretty talented ninth-graders.
With four of its runners among the first nine placements, La Salle easily captured the Freshmen State Meet, defeating runner-up South Kingstown, 33-73, at Burrillville Middle School. North Kingstown was third with 78 points.
Jamie Hazel of N.K., took individual honors on the 2.5 mile layout, holding off La Salle’s Michelle Renzi with a time of 16 minutes, 26.30 seconds. Renzi was second at 16:28.36. Smithfield’s Sydney Bagus was third in the field of 116 with a time of 16:34.34.
Comprising the winning team for La Salle was Renzi, Kelly Giffault (fifth, 16:56.46), Sydney Decesare (eighth, 17:14.81), Alyson Walsh (ninth, 17:20.45) and Leigh Giffault (15th, 18:07.98).
South Kingstown’s Abigail Cobb was fourth at 16:36.56 and teammate Kylie Blechman was sixth in 17:09.01. Bay View’s Claire Hanlon (seventh, 17:09.54) and North Kingstown’s Lila Suranarayan (tenth, 17:21.53) rounded out the top 10.
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