La Salle Academy's Grace Connolly and Central High took the spotlight for Rhode Islanders on Saturday at the Yale Track Classic.
Connolly, the Rams' distance ace, captured the 3,000-meter run with a state-leading and personal best of 10 minutes, 1.32 seconds, a time that ranks No. 8 nationally. Connolly, who was among the lead pack throughout the 16-lap race, took the lead for good with a few laps remaining. She improved on her best (indoor and outdoor) by four seconds!
Afterwards, Connolly talked with MileSplit's Billy Cvecho.
Central earned five titles during the final day of the two-day event, held inside the Coxe Cage. The Knights' Donatien Djero edged Connecticut's Mark Doyley of Weaver in the 55m dash. Both were timed in 6.41 with Djero just .002 ahead of Doyley. La Salle's Sam Coleman was third in 6.49.
Central's Austin Wolo captured the 400m dash, just dipping under 50 seconds with a 49.99 clocking.
Wolo, Djero, Dametrius O'Connor and Jones Malley combined their efforts to take the 4x200m relay at 1:30.34. Wolo, O'Connor, Djero and Anthony Vega took the meet's final event, the 4x400m relay, with a time of 3:27.88.
Central also got a win from Augustus Karweh in the high jump where he leaped a state-leading and PB of 6-4.
Portsmouth collected two runner-up finishes in the girls' events. Sophomore Nikki Merrill clocked the nation's eighth fastest time in the 800m with a PB of 2:14.69.Fellow classmate Elizabeth Sullivan was second in the mile where she was timed in 5:07.06.
In other events, South Kingstown's Anthony Shepard was second in the long jump (20-11), North Providence's Nathan Coogan (1:57.02) and Barrington's Mars Bishop (1:57.57) were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 800m. North Kingstown''s Tereza Bolibruch placed fourth in the 55m hurdles (8.44)and the Central girls were third overall in the 4x200m (1:48.40).
On Saturday, Rhode Islanders swept the weight throw events. Ponaganset's Gianna Rao won the girls' crown with a personal best of 59-6.25, the second best in the country. Jared Briere of Woonsocket took the boys' title with a distance of 68-5.25.
In the championship DMR, La Salle's quartet of Emily Kane, Alyson Walsh, Sydney Boulanger and Connolly combined for a fourth-place time of 12:11.61 (US #6). Portsmouth was seventh at 12:18.29 (US #11).
Yale Track Classic
Elite Performances
Girls (31) | |||||
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400m | F 6 4th | 59.14 | Isabella Gentil | East Greenwich High School | |
800m | F 1 2nd | 2:14.69 | Nikki Merrill | Portsmouth High School | |
800m | F 1 9th | 2:20.63 | Leinni Valdez | Hope High School | |
800m | F 1 13th | 2:21.62 | Lisbeth Valdez | Hope High School | |
800m | F 3 14th | 2:21.98 | Meghann Maguire | North Kingstown High School | |
Mile | F 1 2nd | 5:07.06 | Elizabeth Sullivan | Portsmouth High School | |
Mile | F 1 6th | 5:14.52 | Kate Zitzmann | Barrington High School | |
Mile | F 1 8th | 5:18.18 | Randi Burr | Westerly High School | |
3000m | F 1 1st | 10:01.32 | Grace Connolly | La Salle Academy | |
3000m | F 1 4th | 10:07.14 | Eleanor Lawler | South Kingstown High School | |
3000m | F 3 21st | 10:32.12 | Lily Nunnery | North Kingstown High School | |
3000m | F 3 24th | 10:37.60 | Olive Allen | Portsmouth High School | |
3000m | F 2 35th | 10:47.57 | Claire Hanlon | St Mary Academy-Bay View High School | |
55H | F 1 4th | 8.44 | Tereza Bolibruch | North Kingstown High School | |
55H | p 5 2nd | 8.50 | Tereza Bolibruch | North Kingstown High School | |
4x200m | F 2 3rd | 1:48.40 | Central High School | ||
4x800m | F 1 2nd | 9:51.82 | Portsmouth High School | ||
4x800m | F 1 3rd | 10:00.46 | Westerly High School | ||
WT | F 1 1st | 59-6.25 | Gianna Rao | Ponaganset High School | |
WT | F 1 4th | 46-11 | Joangely Mata | Mount Pleasant High School | |
WT | F 1 5th | 46-9.5 | Samantha Andrews | Lincoln High School | |
WT | F 1 6th | 46-6 | Annika Kelly | Barrington High School | |
WT | F 1 8th | 44-6.75 | Melissa Mejia | Classical High School | |
WT | F 1 9th | 42-11 | Sydney Polando | Barrington High School | |
WT | F 1 10th | 42-8.75 | Megan Cook | Ponaganset High School | |
WT | F 1 11th | 41-8.5 | Keyarsa Harris | Central High School | |
WT | F 1 12th | 41-5 | Faith Polando | Barrington High School | |
WT | F 1 13th | 41-2.25 | Takiyah Lewis | Central High School | |
WT | F 1 14th | 40-9.75 | Maggie Tarmey | Lincoln High School | |
WT | F 1 15th | 40-2.75 | Tenin Traore | Mount Pleasant High School | |
WT | F 1 16th | 40-2 | Katrin Kurowski | Woonsocket High School | |
Boys (34) | |||||
55m | F 1 1st | 6.41 | Donatien Djero | Central High School | |
55m | F 1 3rd | 6.49 | Sam Coleman | La Salle Academy | |
55m | p 13 1st | 6.54 | Sam Coleman | La Salle Academy | |
55m | p 12 2nd | 6.56 | Donatien Djero | Central High School | |
400m | F 1 1st | 49.99 | Austin Wolo | Central High School | |
800m | F 2 4th | 1:57.02 | Nathan Coogan | North Providence High School | |
800m | F 1 5th | 1:57.57 | Mars Bishop | Barrington High School | |
800m | F 1 10th | 1:59.08 | Jack Perreault | North Kingstown High School | |
800m | F 3 11th | 1:59.19 | Cebastian Gentil | East Greenwich High School | |
Mile | F 1 7th | 4:27.34 | Sam Toolin | North Kingstown High School | |
3000m | F 1 8th | 8:44.64 | Matthew Walker | Westerly High School | |
3000m | F 2 12th | 8:46.11 | Benjamin Drezek | Cumberland | |
3000m | F 2 18th | 8:49.98 | Joseph Dos Reis | La Salle Academy | |
3000m | F 2 24th | 8:53.91 | Jeffrey Venter | Bishop Hendricken High School | |
3000m | F 2 26th | 8:55.20 | Max Dimuccio | La Salle Academy | |
3000m | F 3 30th | 9:01.46 | Sean Meehan | Bishop Hendricken High School | |
3000m | F 3 31st | 9:02.74 | Domenic Campagna | La Salle Academy | |
3000m | F 4 33rd | 9:04.86 | Dylan Manning | Bishop Hendricken High School | |
3000m | F 3 35th | 9:07.30 | Jackson Cronin | East Greenwich High School | |
4x200m | F 1 1st | 1:33.62 | Bishop Hendricken High School | ||
4x200m | F 1 1st | 1:30.34 | Central High School | ||
4x200m | F 2 8th | 1:33.92 | La Salle Academy | ||
4x400m | F 1 1st | 3:27.88 | Central High School | ||
4x400m | F 1 2nd | 3:28.20 | Bishop Hendricken High School | ||
4x800m | F 1 6th | 8:17.40 | Bishop Hendricken High School | ||
WT | F 1 1st | 68-5.25 | Jared Briere | Woonsocket High School | |
WT | F 1 2nd | 65-7.5 | Jacob Greenless | Woonsocket High School | |
WT | F 1 3rd | 65-0.5 | Dilyn Cote | Woonsocket High School | |
WT | F 1 4th | 61-11.5 | Kevin Fofanah | Classical High School | |
WT | F 1 7th | 56-10.25 | Zeke Cohen | Classical High School | |
WT | F 1 8th | 56-4.75 | Garrett Doyle | Lincoln High School | |
WT | F 1 9th | 56-1 | Jacob Farland | Classical High School | |
WT | F 1 10th | 55-9 | Evan Grivers | Lincoln High School | |
WT | F 1 11th | 54-8.75 | Matthew Thibaudeau | Lincoln High School |