In a dual meet at the beginning of the month, North Kingstown had three of its runners break two minutes with a fourth team member less than a second from doing the same. The potential was certainly there for the quartet to do something special when they were all together as one.
Saturday was that day.
The 4x800-meter relay of Joe Craven, Ian Connors, Dallin Smith and Zachery Emrich smashed the meet record by nearly 19 seconds and came a mere second from a state mark at the 50th annual Bishop Hendricken Invitational with a scintillating time of 7:47.70.
“We knew that the state record was 7:46 (7:46.26 by Chariho in 2012). Our big thing was to get a national qualifier for the championship race, which is 7:53,” said Emrich, making reference to the New Balance Nationals June 14-16. “We all ran pretty well.”
Craven and Connors, the two juniors on the squad, each ran 1:59 for their legs. Smith, a senior, ran a best by three seconds with a 1:55 leg and Emrich, another senior, scorched his anchor at 1:53, running his opening 400m in 51 seconds! He was named the meet’s outstanding runner based on his two-lapper.
The usual suspects occupied the top three positions in the team standings with the host Hawks taking the crown with 110.5 points. La Salle Academy was second with 61, just ahead of third-place North Kingstown with 60 points.
While the 4x800m was no contest – Cumberland took second in 8:24.50 – there were several events that came down to the last few meters to determine the winner in the final qualifier for next Saturday’s state championship.
Narragansett senior Vinny Santos, last week’s Class C titlist, won the 110m hurdles in a tight race with Mount St. Charles senior Chris Miele with both runners timed in 14.9. Moses Brown senior Amos Cariati claimed the 400m title with a fast 49.5 clocking, just .40 ahead of Mount Pleasant junior Trevane Clarke.
In a tactical race, La Salle sophomore Matt Bouthillette out-kicked the competition in the 1,500m en route to a winning time of 4:07.60. Hendricken senior Colin Tierney earned the runner-up spot at 4:09.20 and La Salle junior James Placco was third in 4:10. The lead pack opened up with a conservative 2:17 at the 800m mark.
The 800m featured five runners under two minutes with La Salle sophomore Jack Salisbury demonstrating his finishing speed the last straightway to snare the crown at 1:56.6. Junior teammate Dan Paiva was second with a time of 1:57.90 and placing third was another underclassmen, Moses Brown freshman Cris Argys, with an impressive 1:58.90 clocking, a time that ranks No. 1 among all ninth-graders in New England.
Smithfield junior Carlton Eaton won a heated battle in the pole vault by clearing a height of 13-0. He took the event on fewer misses with North Kingstown junior Robert Cassidy and Portsmouth senior Seth Oliveira taking the next two positions, also at 13 feet.
“We are all very competitive by nature,” Eaton said. “We all root for each other, but we are also trying to achieve our best for ourselves, of course.”
The Sentinel vaulter was just three inches from his personal best, set at last year’s New England meet. He feels confident going into next weekend’s states.
“My last jumps that I missed were the ones I learned the most,” he said. “I learned I need a stiffer pole and I have to put the standards further back. If I would have done that I probably would have gotten a height like 13-6.”
Hendricken’s Lee Moses won the 100m dash at 11.0. In the 200, it was Central’s Moses Fafano with a time of 22.60. Moses Brown junior Nick Snow, competing with an injured right foot, was second in 23.0.
North Kingstown had a 1-2-3 finish in the 300m hurdles with defending state titlist Ben Stewart taking first in 39.30. Junior Graham Pellegrino was second (40.10) and junior Ethan Bone placed third (41.90).
Stewart has been consistently under 40 seconds in his specialty this spring. He credits increased time in the weight room and a season away from the trails this past fall as keys to his success the last few months.
“I did cross country at the beginning of the year last year and I pushed myself,” he said. “I ran a good time, 17:06 for 5K, but I really got rid of my fast-twitch muscles.”
Barrington junior Adam Kelly was named the meet’s outstanding field event athlete based on his first-place heave of 222-04 in the hammer. Eagle teammate Bobby Colantonio was second with a distance of 211-0 and Woonsocket senior Connor Fugere secured third at 196-11.
“It’s just a lot of good hard work paid off,” said Barrington weight coach Bob Gourley. “Technically, it’s little bit of improvement all the way along. We are shooting for next weekend.”
Hendricken senior Alex Cerbo was a convincing victor in the shot put with a heave of 51-0.5. La Salle freshman Avian Peah was second at 45-7.25.
Photos: Hendricken Invitational by mazz1
Meet Results
Boys Highlights
- 100 Meter Dash - Lee Moses (Bishop Hendricken High School) 11.00; Michael Silvestri (Narragansett High School) 11.20; Guei Zleh (Mount Pleasant High School) 11.20; Nick Stravato (Bishop Hendricken High School) 11.20; Hakeem Kushimi (La Salle Academy) 11.20; Ernest Umoh (Classical High School) 11.30; Arthur Baygboe (Hope High School) 11.40 SB; Tim Bowder (Coventry High School) 11.40; Matt Chilvers (Cranston West HS-RI) 11.50; Jayden Chase (East Providence High School) 11.60; Brandon Brown (La Salle Academy) 11.70; Trystan Casey (East Providence High School) 11.70; Clayton Minnich (Westerly High School) 11.70; Abdul Lawal (East Providence High School) 11.70 SB; Benveni Loua (La Salle Academy) 11.70; Anthony Shepherd (South Kingstown High School) 11.80; Joseph Putu (Mount Pleasant High School) 11.90; Ilan Rich (Classical High School) 10.90 SB; Guei Zleh (Mount Pleasant High School) 11.10 SB; Nick Stravato (Bishop Hendricken High School) 11.20; Ernest Umoh (Classical High School) 11.40; Michael Silvestri (Narragansett High School) 11.40; Hakeem Kushimi (La Salle Academy) 11.60; Matt Chilvers (Cranston West HS-RI) 11.60; Tim Bowder (Coventry High School) 11.60; Lee Moses (Bishop Hendricken High School) 11.80; Arthur Baygboe (Hope High School) 11.50; Benveni Loua (La Salle Academy) 11.60; Trystan Casey (East Providence High School) 11.70 SB; Clayton Minnich (Westerly High School) 11.80; Abdul Lawal (East Providence High School) 11.80; Jayden Chase (East Providence High School) 11.80; Joseph Putu(Mount Pleasant High School) 11.80; Joseph Cicchetti (North Kingstown High School) 11.60; Alec Totten (Cranston West HS-RI) 11.80; Kwity Paye (Bishop Hendricken High School) 11.90; Tom Libby(Burrillville High School) 11.90; Nathan Campbell (North Kingstown High School) 11.90; Aaron Weisberg (Barrington High School) 11.90;
- 110 Meter Hurdles - Vincent Santos (Narragansett High School) 14.90 SB; Chris Miele (Mount Saint Charles Academy) 14.90 SB; Max Leatham (Chariho Regional High School) 15.10; Abdul-lateff Orulebaja (Classical High School) 15.30; Piotr Linek (Woonsocket High School) 16.30; Connor Williamson (West Warwick High School) 16.30; Gage Powell (Bishop Hendricken High School) 17.10; Colin Simmons (Cumberland) 17.50; Nick Mead (Chariho Regional High School) 17.80; Max Leatham (Chariho Regional High School) 15.30; Vincent Santos (Narragansett High School) 15.40; Abdul-lateff Orulebaja (Classical High School) 16.30; Connor Williamson (West Warwick High School) 16.70; Chris Miele (Mount Saint Charles Academy) 16.80; Charles Hazzard (East Providence High School) 17.50;Gage Powell (Bishop Hendricken High School) 16.80; James Dibona (Mount Saint Charles Academy) 16.80; Piotr Linek (Woonsocket High School) 16.80; Evan Drake (West Warwick High School) 17.30 SB; Colin Simmons (Cumberland) 17.70; Nick Mead (Chariho Regional High School) 17.80 SB; Steven Fitzpatrick (Narragansett High School) 17.20; Ryan Kimmerlein (South Kingstown High School) 18.10; Ethan Famiano (Bishop Hendricken High School) 18.40; Paul Fitzgerald (Coventry High School) 18.60; Max Moniz (Barrington High School) 18.70;
- 200 Meter Dash - Moses Fafana (Central High School) 22.60; Nick Snow (Moses Brown School) 23.00; Matthew Charles (North Providence High School) 23.20; Power Kanga (Bishop Hendricken High School) 23.30; John Cute (Bishop Hendricken High School) 23.80; Max Caro (Barrington High School) 24.30; Max Caro (Barrington High School) 22.60 SB; Nick Snow (Moses Brown School) 22.90;Matthew Charles (North Providence High School) 23.00 SB; Moses Fafana (Central High School) 23.30; Power Kanga (Bishop Hendricken High School) 23.10 SB; John Cute (Bishop Hendricken High School) 23.20 SB; John Nordin (Warwick Veterans Memorial High School) 23.30 SB; Michael Johns (Westerly High School) 23.30 SB; Austin Wolo (Central High School) 23.40 SB; Ronnie Gaynor(Bishop Hendricken High School) 23.50 SB; Fabio Gomes (Shea Senior High School) 23.80 SB; Anthony Pasquarelli (Mount Saint Charles Academy) 23.90; Zhen-ming Feng (Cumberland) 24.00; Chase Craven (Cumberland) 24.10; David Ogunronbi (East Providence High School) 24.40; Badejo Olu (Juanita Sanchez High School) 24.50;
- 300 Meter Hurdles - Benjamin Stewart (North Kingstown High School) 39.30; Graham Pellegrino (North Kingstown High School) 40.40 SB; Ethan Bowe (North Kingstown High School) 41.90; Harry Zartarian (South Kingstown High School) 42.10 SB; Andrew Lecampion (Coventry High School) 43.00; Nick Garrrett (Lincoln High School) 43.10 SB; Matthew Horton (East Providence High School) 43.70; Benjamin Schapira (North Kingstown High School) 43.80 SB; Amir Spriggs (West Warwick High School) 43.90 SB; Jared Talbert (Cumberland) 44.30; Pat Bowe (Chariho Regional High School) 44.50; Ben Weiss (Mount Saint Charles Academy) 44.80; Dan Medici (Bishop Hendricken High School) 45.30 SB; Robert Merlino (Bishop Hendricken High School) 45.50; Yaqoob Iqbal (Rogers) 45.60;Alex Eyster (Portsmouth High School) 46.00 SB;
- 400 Meter Dash - Amos Cariati (Moses Brown School) 49.50 SB; Travaine Clark (Mount Pleasant High School) 49.90 SB; Alejandro Duarte (East Providence High School) 50.40 SB; Jose Santos(Coventry High School) 50.80; Anderson Mota (Central High School) 51.30 SB; Destin Bibemi (Central High School) 51.60 SB; Josue Astacio (Central High School) 51.70 SB; Brady Greene (Smithfield Senior High School) 51.70; Shemar Vincent (Middletown High School) 51.90; Angelo Acker (East Greenwich High School) 51.90 SB; Ian Macleod (Bishop Hendricken High School) 52.10; Quinn Sullivan(East Greenwich High School) 52.30 SB; Greg Mederios (La Salle Academy) 52.50 SB; Jesse Woodbury (La Salle Academy) 52.50 SB; Steven Perez (Central High School) 52.60 SB; Tyler Hayes(Coventry High School) 52.80 SB; Allen Tat (Classical High School) 52.90 SB; John Futoma (Portsmouth High School) 53.00; Cam Rotstart (La Salle Academy) 53.10 SB; Jacob Reilly (Middletown High School) 53.20 SB; Justin Lucier (West Warwick High School) 53.50 SB; Randolph Zleh (Mount Pleasant High School) 53.60 SB; Austi Degregory (North Kingstown High School) 54.00 SB; Tom Richardson (Barrington High School) 54.10 SB; Chris Micale (Lincoln High School) 54.20; Nick Matroni (West Warwick High School) 54.20; Marcus Suggs (West Warwick High School) 54.60; Vincent Thela (North Kingstown High School) 54.80; Micheal Chamberlain (Middletown High School) 55.00 SB; Lemar Mcfadden (Central High School) 55.30; Matt Collucci (Bishop Hendricken High School) 55.50 SB; Tyler Gonsalves (Coventry High School) 55.70 SB; Donald Galloway (Exeter-West Greenwich Regional High School) 55.90 SB; Jeremy Bernard-sasges (East Greenwich High School) 55.90;
- 4x100 Meter Relay - Bishop Hendricken High School 43.10; Mount Pleasant High School 43.30; La Salle Academy 44.60; North Kingstown High School 45.00; Barrington High School 45.20; Classical High School 45.40; Cranston West HS-RI 45.50; Middletown High School 46.00;
- 4x400 Meter Relay - Central High School 3:29.00; Mount Saint Charles Academy 3:34.60; Bishop Hendricken High School 3:36.80; Central Falls Senior High School 3:37.20; Moses Brown School3:38.10;
- 4x800 Meter Relay - North Kingstown High School 7:47.70; Cumberland 8:24.50; Bishop Hendricken High School 8:26.50; Scituate High School 8:30.50; The Prout School 8:31.00; La Salle Academy8:37.90; Coventry High School 8:38.90;
- 800 Meter Run - Jack Salisbury (La Salle Academy) 1:56.60 SB; Dan Paiva (La Salle Academy) 1:57.90 SB; Cris Argys (Moses Brown School) 1:58.90 SB; Jared Boulanger (Bishop Hendricken High School) 1:59.30 SB; David Agudelo (Cumberland) 1:59.70 SB; Graham Chapski (East Greenwich High School) 2:00.00 SB; Kaheekee Northup (Chariho Regional High School) 2:00.30 SB; Garrett Scanlon(East Greenwich High School) 2:00.70 SB; Alden Andrea (Chariho Regional High School) 2:00.90 SB; Chris Notarianni (La Salle Academy) 2:01.80; Noah Coogan (North Providence High School) 2:01.90 SB; Mitchell Carrier (Chariho Regional High School) 2:02.20 SB; Quintin Mulligan (North Kingstown High School) 2:02.60; Sam Somera (Barrington High School) 2:03.00 SB; Kody Sankey (Cumberland) 2:03.80 SB; Matt Wegrzyn (East Greenwich High School) 2:04.00 SB; Matt Constant (Bishop Hendricken High School) 2:05.40 SB; Nicolas Musumecki (North Kingstown High School) 2:05.70 SB;Andrew Sardelli (Chariho Regional High School) 2:06.20 SB; James Haupt (Cumberland) 2:06.40 SB; Jose Giboyeaux (North Kingstown High School) 2:07.00 SB; Patrick Hagerty (Bishop Hendricken High School) 2:07.20 SB; Sebastian Pezca-sir (West Warwick High School) 2:08.10; Justin Guglimetti (La Salle Academy) 2:08.60 SB; Evan Gaudreau (North Kingstown High School) 2:09.80 SB;
- Discus - Stefan Balestra (Lincoln High School) 151-6 SB; Jon Jacobs (Westerly High School) 144-11 SB; Nick Wignot (The Wheeler School) 144-2; Thomas Olusegun Vadis (Classical High School) 142-7; Connor Hurst (Bishop Hendricken High School) 130-4 SB; Thomas Culhane (North Kingstown High School) 128-8 SB; Nick Murgo (Mount Hope High School) 126-11; Shamar Spruill (Central High School) 123-5 SB; Gelson Silva (Central High School) 119-11 SB; Matthew O'neill (South Kingstown High School) 119-0; Jacob Yang (Pilgrim High School) 118-2 SB; Alexus Bonilla (Classical High School) 117-3 SB; David Decosta (West Warwick High School) 115-9; Kyle Nelson (Johnston High School) 115-9 SB; Evan Storti (Narragansett High School) 115-4 SB; Daniel Keane (Narragansett High School) 114-9;
- High Jump - Ben Murphy (Bishop Hendricken High School) 6-2; Sean Greene (La Salle Academy) 6-0; Jacob Reilly (Middletown High School) 5-10; Levi Martin (Warwick Veterans Memorial High School) 5-10; Ben Lee (North Kingstown High School) 5-10; David Ogunronbi (East Providence High School) 5-10; Caleb Wurster (Bishop Hendricken High School) 5-10; Esenov Dariy (Lincoln High School) 5-10; Devin Johnson (Rogers) 5-8; Kyle Sayre (North Kingstown High School) 5-8; Ryan Teng (Cranston West HS-RI) 5-8; Devin Northup (Classical High School) 5-8; Harry Zartarian (South Kingstown High School) 5-8; Ian Bridges (Lincoln High School) 5-6 SB; Cameron Morenzi (La Salle Academy) 5-6; Brian Campanelli (Johnston High School) 5-6;
- Javelin - Ethan Wright (Narragansett High School) 177-5; Jamie Heinl (Barrington High School) 164-2; Shane Olson (Bishop Hendricken High School) 157-1 SB; Derek Santos (Ponaganset High School) 148-0 SB; Cameron Richard (Chariho Regional High School) 142-9 SB;
- Long Jump - Dave Belony (Hope High School) 21-4.5 SB; Clayton Minnich (Westerly High School) 20-0.25; Rees Tillotson (North Kingstown High School) 19-11.75; Avery Williamson (West Warwick High School) 19-5.25; Connor Williamson (West Warwick High School) 19-4.25; Christ Pichardo (Classical High School) 18-11 SB; Paris Sofikitis (East Providence High School) 18-10; Shemar Vincent(Middletown High School) 18-9.5; Nick Stravato (Bishop Hendricken High School) 18-9.5 SB; Komotay Koffie (Juanita Sanchez High School) 18-9.25;
- Pole Vault - Carlton Eaton (Smithfield Senior High School) 13-0; Robert Cassidy (North Kingstown High School) 13-0; Seth Oliveira (Portsmouth High School) 13-0; Jordan Zerva (Cumberland) 12-6;Ricky Cramer (North Kingstown High School) 12-0 SB; Jack Hiebner (North Kingstown High School) 12-0 SB; Octavio Teixeira (Classical High School) 11-6; John Cavanagh (Barrington High School) 11-6; Benjamin Rudman (North Kingstown High School) 11-0; Joseph Brosnahan (Toll Gate High School) 11-0; Newell Roberts (Classical High School) 11-0; Jon Celico (Bishop Hendricken High School) 11-0 SB; Marco Greco-byrne (North Kingstown High School) 10-6; Ben Duhaime (Ponaganset High School) 10-6; Patrick Canavan (Cumberland) 10-6 SB; Dustin Page (North Kingstown High School) 10-0;Lucas Peckham (Ponaganset High School) 10-0; Matt Laferrier (Ponaganset High School) 10-0 SB; Ronnie Gaynor (Bishop Hendricken High School) 10-0; Nick Kelling (Bishop Hendricken High School) 10-0 SB; Jeffrey Kantor (North Kingstown High School) 10-0 SB; Nathan Skawinski (Cumberland) 9-6 SB; Nathan Swift (Bishop Hendricken High School) 9-6; Andrew Frey (La Salle Academy) 9-6;Joseph Zingarelli (North Kingstown High School) 9-6 SB; Robert D'Amico (Bishop Hendricken High School) 9-6 SB; Noah Lutz (La Salle Academy) 9-6 SB;
- Shot Put - Alex Cerbo (Bishop Hendricken High School) 51-0.5; Avian Peah (La Salle Academy) 45-7.25; Richard Goodreau (Cumberland) 45-6.5; Chris Miele (Mount Saint Charles Academy) 44-5.5 SB; Noah Lemieux (Ponaganset High School) 42-9.5; Leon Edmonds (East Providence High School) 42-8; Evan Nelson (Bishop Hendricken High School) 42-3.5; Ben Nelson (Bishop Hendricken High School) 41-4.5; Nick Delsesto (Bishop Hendricken High School) 41-4; Chris Storti (Bishop Hendricken High School) 41-4 SB; Frank Merlino (Warwick Veterans Memorial High School) 40-8.5;
- Triple Jump - Abdul-lateff Orulebaja (Classical High School) 44-11; Kenechukwu Ezeama (Smithfield Senior High School) 42-4; Ernest Umoh (Classical High School) 41-2 SB; Trystan Casey (East Providence High School) 41-2; Jason Lambrou (Cumberland) 40-10.25; Paulo Pereira (East Providence High School) 40-8.75 SB; Amos Cariati (Moses Brown School) 40-0.25; Zin Chiulli (Barrington High School) 39-3.5; Riyan Lennon (Westerly High School) 39-1.5; Anthony Shepherd (South Kingstown High School) 39-0 SB; Piotr Linek (Woonsocket High School) 38-5.5; Sam Walmsley (Cranston West HS-RI) 38-3 SB;
- 1,500 Meter Run - Matthew Bouthillette (La Salle Academy) 4:07.60 SB; Colin Tierney (Bishop Hendricken High School) 4:09.20; James Placco (La Salle Academy) 4:10.00;
- 4x800 Meter Relay - North Kingstown High School 7:47.70;
- Hammer Throw - Adam Kelly (Barrington High School) 222-4; Bobby Colantonio (Barrington High School) 211-8; Connor Fugere (Woonsocket High School) 196-11; Giovanni Gray (Lincoln High School) 186-4 SB; Chris Celona (Bishop Hendricken High School) 184-4 SB; Francy Mata (Mount Pleasant High School) 180-8 SB; Jared Briere (Woonsocket High School) 178-9; Joe Mattson (Rogers) 177-5; Bryan Zapata (Hope High School) 176-5 SB; Eddie Barber (Bishop Hendricken High School) 172-10 SB; Michael Tarro (Bishop Hendricken High School) 167-1; Cullen Aubin (Bishop Hendricken High School) 165-6 SB; David Collins (North Kingstown High School) 162-8; Mike Alvernaz (Barrington High School) 159-4; Nick Neilson (South Kingstown High School) 156-0 SB; Patrick Silvia (Bishop Hendricken High School) 152-4 SB; Glen Vallee (North Kingstown High School) 151-8 SB; Lukas Fontaine (Pilgrim High School) 149-9; Adam Freiman (Cumberland) 147-11; Ben Garneau (Lincoln High School) 147-6; Ben Straka (Rogers) 145-7; Dan Johnson (Pilgrim High School) 145-7 SB; Austin Taft (Woonsocket High School) 143-7; Julien Pereyra (Mount Pleasant High School) 143-3 SB; Tyrone Silva (Central High School) 141-0 SB