Despite not feeling 100 percent, North Kingstown sophomore Sam Toolin still found a way to post the fastest time of the day for Rhode Islanders at Saturday's Ocean State Invitational. In the meet's Championship race, Toolin battled up front for most of the five-kilometer distance and eventually finished second overall with a time of 15 minutes, 44.81 seconds at Goddard Memorial State Park. Cumberland's Ben Drezek was eighth overall at 16:06.65. Finishing ninth was Westerly's Matt Walker at 16:09.98. New York's Noah Carey defended his title from last year with a near course record of 15:30.59.
In the girls' Championship Race, Westerly's Randi Burr matched the placement of Toolin, taking runner-up honors with a swift 18:28.27 clocking. Winning the individual title was Natick's Grace Connolly with a near sub 18-minute time of 18:00.06. Also cracking the top 10 for RI was North Kingstown's Lily Nunnery (seventh, 19:06.72) and Cranston East's Shayna Cousineau (ninth, 19:11).
Elite performances from this session
Meet Results
Boys Highlights
- 5,000 Meter Run - Noah Carey (Guilderland) 15:30.59; (St. John's Prep) 15:58.75; Jack Carleo (Newburyport High School) 16:07.26; Sam Toolin (North Kingstown High School) 15:44.81; William Brisman (Fairfield Warde) 16:06.90; Brandon Hall (Hopedale High School) 16:08.39; Noah Tindale (Guilderland) 15:46.38; David Seybert(Attleboro High School) 16:09.17; Ben Kovacs (Saint John's High School) 15:52.56; Cameron Davis (Bethlehem Central) 16:18.37; Kyle Beaudette (Amity High School) 15:53.02; Joe Stover (Boston College High School) 16:20.51; Joey DeFeo (Delbarton School) 15:53.46; Cameron Leonard (Central Catholic High School) 16:21.61;Thomas Lingard (Lexington High School) 15:55.68; Riley Grossman (Bethlehem Central) 16:22.34; Benjamin Drezek (Cumberland) 16:06.65; Evan Fagan (Central Catholic High School) 16:25.96; (Westerly High School) 16:09.98; (Toll Gate High School) 16:26.50; Matthew Payamps (Saint Anthony's) 16:12.68; Nick Mcnamee (Plymouth North High School) 16:26.86; Eli Gappelberg (Lexington High School) 16:15.28; (Saint John's High School) 16:18.58; Patrick Craemer (Saint John's High School) 16:19.11;Andrew Meredith (Haddam Killingworth High School) 16:20.73; Andrew Burford (Amity High School) 16:21.02; Daniel Schumann (Haddam Killingworth High School) 16:21.29; Brendan Dearie (Saint Anthony's) 16:21.63; Alex Hislop (Shenendehowa) 16:22.03; (Saint John's High School) 16:22.48; Amani Morrell (Saint Anthony's) 16:28.82; Daniel Allara (Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School) 16:29.27;
Girls Highlights
- 5,000 Meter Run - Grace Connolly (Natick High School) 18:00.06; Katherine Deloreto (Tolland High School) 18:19.43; Randi Burr (Westerly High School) 18:28.27;Hayley Collins (Tolland High School) 18:29.71; Brynne Wright (Greenwich Central) 18:38.28; Angela Saidman (Immaculate High School) 18:42.59; Rachel Sessa(Tewksbury Memorial High School) 18:52.31; Emma Cronin (Greenwich Central) 19:04.41; Emily Bini (Guilderland) 18:58.09; Rachael Johnson (Coyle & Cassidy High School) 19:37.40; Olivia Fanshawe (Guilderland) 19:02.22; Michaela Caron (Tolland High School) 19:39.14; Lily Nunnery (North Kingstown High School) 19:06.72; Emily Sessa (Tewksbury Memorial High School) 19:10.52; Shayna Cousineau (Cranston East High School) 19:11.00; Alexandra Wolf (Lexington High School) 19:11.28; Phoebe Von Conta (Parker Charter Essential School) 19:21.58; Ashley Warokomski (Ward Melville) 19:23.89; Gaelyn Kattman (Glastonbury High School) 19:27.22; Alexandra Ross(Glastonbury High School) 19:27.63; Camila Michaels (The Wheeler School) 19:29.28; Erin Mcgill (Glastonbury High School) 19:31.02; Olivia Horgan (Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School) 19:32.43; Samantha Sturgess (Ward Melville) 19:34.04; Wyndom Chase (North Kingstown High School) 19:35.56; Hannah Gallagher (Guilderland) 19:37.84; Grace Leightheiser (Lexington High School) 19:38.40; Barrett-tzannes Maya (Lexington High School) 19:38.90; Allyson Gaedje (Ward Melville) 19:39.50; Emma Sammartino (North Kingstown High School) 19:39.81; Erin Miceli (Guilderland) 19:42.17; Tara Peda (Guilderland) 19:43.68; (Tewksbury Memorial High School) 19:44.37;