It was a GREAT weekend for Rhode Islanders at New Balance Nationals!

A few of our talented ninth-grader made the trip to the NBN. In the freshmen two mile run, Barrington's Emily Connolly, above, finished 11th overall with a time of 11 minutes, 37.37 seconds. East Greenwich's Laura Murphy, below, had a busy weekend. She competed in the 100m dash (12.81), the long jump (15-5) and the 400m, where she was less than a second from breaking the 60-second barrier (1:00.90).