Throughout the spring there have been many noteworthy performances achieved by our track & field athletes..
During the next 10 days, MileSplit RI will countdown what it considers the Top 10 Memorable Moments of the outdoor season. In order, will give you the performances that we felt stood out the most this spring. Keep in mind, this is our opinion. What do you consider the top best moments this season? We want to know. Just email us your choices (smazzone5@gmail.com) or list them in the comment section below. After this series has been complete, we'll reveal what you, our readers, have listed as the best of the best.
No. 6 - La Salle trio part of historical race in New York
On May 9, one of the fastest collective 3200-meter races in history was run at the prestigious Loucks Games in New York. In all, 10 runners cracked nine minutes with the host state's Mikey Brannigan of Northport clocking a nation No. l of 8:42.92.
We had two of our athletes among that list and a third nearly went under the mark, too. La Salle was responsible for all those times with junior Jack Salisbury establishing a state record with his eighth-place time of 8:56.55. Junior teammate Matt Bouthillette was tenth in 8:59.71 and sophomore D.J. Principe was 11th at 9:00.31.