Ten Events To Watch At The R.I. State Meet

This is certainly one of those races where you might see two or three running side-by-side the final straightaway. East Greenwich junior Laura Murphy is your top seed and has gone under 59 seconds in three meets this season with victories at the Class C Meet, Cumberland Invitational and the Rick Schomp Invitational. Her best of 58.20 came at Cumberland a few weeks ago. Bay View's Aliya Barrows finished second twice to Murphy (Cumberland, Schomp) this season and has gone under a minute four times, including her win at Mount Pleasant last week where she matched Murphy's state-leader of 58.20. There's also Westerly's Helena Hall-Thomsen (58.70), Central's Rachel Mews (59.0) and Mount St. Charles' Eileen Whalen (59.20), a few more members of the sub-minute club, that could make this one a nail-biter.