“Around the Oval’’ Hawks; Suburban Champions; La Salle Takes Metro Title

R.I. Track & Field Foundation

     4 Feb. – –  Hendricken’s track forces dominated Suburban Division teams on Wednesday night at PCTA. In the Metropolitan Division, it was La Salle, 115-96 over a strong Central squad.

      In the Metropolitan meet, La Salle’s “Ram Charger’’ trio of distance men were impressive as always. The 1500 meters was won by senior Jack Salisbury in 4:00.49, with teammates Matt Bouthillette and David “DJ’’ Principe finishing second and third respectively. Thirty-nine 1/100ths of a second separated the three runners. Salisbury also aced the 1000 in 2:31.48, with Principe winning the 3000 in 9:06.04. Barrington’s talented junior Mars Bishop took the gold medal in the 600 meters (1:26.69.)

     Hendricken senior Dom Parlato was double gold. He clocked 4:15.03 in the 1500 and ran the 3000 meters in 9:01.99. Top U/S.-ranked Bobby Colantonio, of Barrington, easily won the Metro weight throw; his mark was 77-5 (23.59). Ivan Goretoy, a junior from West Warwick, won the weight and shot events in the Suburban bracket.

     Oval Notes: The Freshman State Championships will be held on Friday (5 Feb.) as a co-ed, scoring meet, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at PCTA . . . The so-called “Last Chance’’ qualifiers will be held this Saturday (6 Feb.), also as a co-ed event, beginning at 2 p.m. . . . The JV States will be held on Monday, 15 Feb., with the girls’ portion going off at 10 a.m., and the boys’ meet set for a 2 o’clock start . . . This weekend a number of local weight throwers will compete at the Armory Track Invitational in Manhattan . . . The New Balance “Grand Prix’’ meet will be staged at Boston’s Reggie Lewis track on Sunday, 14 Feb. La Salle distance runners will compete in the junior mile events for boys and girls.

METROPOLITAN DIVISION

Team scores

     1. La Salle 115; 2, Central 96; 3, Barrington 70; 4, E. Providence 65.50; 5, Classical 63; 6, Moses Brown 10.50; 7, Mt. Pleasant 10; 8, Hope 2.

Individual results

     WT (25-lb./11.36 kilo) – 1, Bobby Colantonio, Barr.77-5 (23.59 meters); 2, Adrian Matos, Cent. 59-8 (18.18); 3, Jody Harris, Cent. 57-5 (17.50); 4, Kevin Fofana, Class. 57-3 (17.44); 5, Joe Palazzo, Class. L53-6.50 (16.31); 6, Zeke Cohen, Class. 52-6 (16.00).

     SP – 1, Jim Sacke, MP 44-0.75 (13.43); 2, Tommy Mil. Cent. 43-2.50 (13.16); 3, Jon Buchanan, Class. 41-1.50 (12.83); 4, Harris 40-10.50 (12.45); 5, Manny Rivera, Cent. 39-5.50 (12.02); 6, Cam Croce, LS 39-1.25 (11.49).

     HJ – 1, Vasilios Meltsakos, Barr. 5-10 (1.77); 2, Kevin Coogan, LS 5-8 (1.72); 3, John Vargas, Class. 5-6 (1.67); 4, (tie) Ade Abujade and Austin Clark, Class. 5-4 (1.62); 6, (tie) Matt Crisafulli, MB and Clint Ogunronbi, EP 5-4.

     LJ – 1, Al Duarte, EP 20-8.50 (6.31); 2, Paulo Pereira, EP 20-7 (6.27); 3, Meltsakos 19-10.50 (6.05); 4, Ethan Ennis, LS 19-10 (6.04); 5, Quentin Boothman, Barr. 19-2 (5.84); 6, Aaron Tutu, Class. 19-1.50 (5.82).

     3000 – 1, DJ Principe, LS 9:06.04; 2, Matt Bouthillette, LS 9:06.09; 3, Al Campagna, LS 9:16.14; 4, Harrison Dewitt, LS 9:33.40; 5, Al Gorman, EP 9:45.77; 6, Dom Portelli, Barr. 9:54.98.

     1500 – 1, Jack Salisbury, LS 4:00.49; 2, Bouthillette 4:00.69; 3, Principe 4:00.88; 4, Mars Bishop, Barr. 4:01.63; 5, Joe Murphy, Class. 4:04.65; 6, Hayden Ivatts, Barr. 4:23.22.

     1000 – 1, Salisbury 2:31.48; 2, Principe 2:32.19; 3, Bouthillette 2:32.63; 4, Bishop 2:40.62; 5, Campagna  2:45.06; 6, Murphy 2:47.15.

     600 – 1, Bishop 1:26.69; 2, Charles Kolie, Cent. 1:27.98; 3, Dan DeLuca, EP 1:28.73; 4, John Vagasm Class. 1:29.75; 5, Grant Auber, Barr. 1:30.10; 6, Ivatts 1:30.68.

     300 – 1, Don Djero, Cent. 35.86; 2, Al Duarte, EP 35.98; 3, Austin Wolo, Cent. 36.05; 4, Sam Coleman, LS 36.50; 5, Dametrius O’Connor, Cent. 37.26; 6, Nate Narcisse, Class. 37.63.

     55m – 1, Djero 6.61; 2, Coleman 6.68; 3, Wolo 6.69; 4, Jayden Chase, EP 6.75; 5, Jones Mallay, Hope 6.82; 6, Narcisse 6.83.

     55mH – 1, Narcisse 7.84; 2, Pereira 8.02; 3, Charles Hazzard, EP 8.03; 4, Gbatoh Browne, Class. 8.07; 5, Enwongo Okon, Class. 8.50; 6, Josh Meranda, Barr. 8.80.

     4×200 – 1, Central (Djero, Mercado, O’Connor, Wolo) 1:30.49; 2, E. Providence 1:35.87; 3, Moses Brown 1:37.63; 4, Barrington 1:38.65; 5, Classical 1:40.86.

     4×400 – 1, Central (Djero, O’Connor, Mercado, Wolo_ 3:35.62; 2, Classical 3:41.03; 3, Barrington 3:41.54; 4, Moses Brown 3:43.96; 5, La Salle 3:48.02; 6, E. Providence 3:55.69.

     4×800 – 1, La Salle (dosReis, Salisbury, Carlisle, O’Mara) 8:27.35; 2, Barrington 8:47.05; 3, Central 8:56.11; 4, E. Providence 9:09.42; 5, Classical 9:16.37.

SUBURBAN DIVISION

Team scores

     1. Hendricken 213; 2, W. Warwick 109; 3, E. Greenwich 29; 4, Cr. West 25; 5, Toll Gate 21; 6, Pilgrim 16; 7, Smithfield 9; 8, Cr. East 8.

Individual results

     WT – 1, Ivan Goretoy, WW 58-0.25 (17.68 meters); 2, Abe Salako, BH 55-6.25 (16.92); 3, Alex Cabral, WW 50-9.50 (15.48); 4, Eunki Seonwoo, BH 48-6.50 (14.79); 5, Jon Lejeune, Pil. 47-2 (14.37); 6, Aidan Corcoran, BH 46-10 (14.27).

     SP – 1, Goretoy 46-11 (14.30); 2, Chris Storti, BH 45-11.50 (14.00); 3, Chris Marino, BH 37-10.25 (11.53); 4, Greg DiIorio, CW 37-9.25 (11.51); 5, Dom Volpe, BH 36-10.75 (11.24); 6, Tyler Vierra, Pil. 36-4.75 (11.09).

     HJ – 1, Quindel Wilson, WW 6-2 (1.87); 2, Mike Bittner, BH 6-0 (1.82); 3, Caleb Wurster, BH 5-10 (1.77); 4, Sam Walmsley, CW 5-8 (1.72); 5, Bob Merlino, BH 5-4 (1.62).

     LJ – 1, Avery Williamson, WW 21-7.75 (6.59); 2, Wurster 20-8.50 (6.31); 3, Joe Santos, BH 20-0 (6.09); 4, Wilson 19-9.50 (6.03); 5, Connor Sheridan, BH 19-7 (5.96); 6, Austin Asoroona, Pil. 19-4.50 (5.90).

     3000 – 1, Dom Parlato, BH 9:01.99; 2, Tom McMahon, BH 9:03.01; 3, Mike Kiernan, BH 9:07.86; 4, Jackson Cronin, EG 9:08.75; 5, Oliver Hazard, NS 9:25.85; 6, Adrian Pierce, BH 9:28.02.

     1500 – 1, Parlato, 4:15.03; 2, John Pagliaro, Smith. 4:16.83; 3, Kiernan 4:17.79; 4, Jeff Venter, BH 4:18.43; 5, Nick Reyades, TG 4:18.70; 6, Hank Perretta, EG 4:19.24.

     1000 – 1, Avery Ingegneri, BH 2:40.79; 2, Jake Cardello, BH 2:41.45; 3, Reygadas 2:43.34; 4, Jordan Dagrin, BH 2:44.87; 5, Nick Cehelsky, TG 2:46.89; 6, Evan Alves, WW 2:48.74.

     600 – 1, Nate Coogan, NP 1:24.11; 2, Nick Williams, BH 1:24.33; 3, Merlino 1:27.26; 4, Cebastian Gentil, EG 1:27.64; 5, Kyle Martinez, EG 1:27.28; 6, Wilson 1:30.90.

     300 – 1, Amir Spriggs, WW 37.37; 2, Jared Grossi, BH 37.74; 3, Justin Lucier, WW 37.81; 4, Zach Padula, WW 38.20; 5, Asoroona 38.30; 6, Devin Collard, WW 38.36.

     55m – 1, Asoroona 6.79; 2, Williamson 6.98; 3, Desmond Bernal, BH 6.98; 4, Walmsley 7.08; 5, Ethan Pezzullo, BH 7.09; 6, Collard 7.10.

     55mH – 1, Sheridan 8.29; 2, Wurster 8.33; 3, Ethan Famiano, BH 8.36; 4, Santos 8.49; 5, Evan Drake, WW 8.62; 6, Mitch Bluestein, CW 8.63.

     4×200 – 1, W. Warwick (Williamson, Spriggs, Padula, Lucier) 1:35.23; 2, Cr. West 1:42.81; 3, Toll Gate 1:44.08; 4, E. Greenwich 1:44.89.

     4×400 – 1, Hendricken (Antone, Grossi, Merlino, Williams) 3:30.83; 2, W. Warwick 3:32.69; 3, E. Greenwich 3:50.85; 4, Toll Gate 3:50.96; 5, Cr. East 3:51.56; 6, Cr. West 4:04.42.

     4×800 – 1, Hendricken (Ingegneri, Dagrin, antone, Williams) 8:19.99; 2, E. Greenwich 8:35.02; 3, Cr. East 8:55.72; 4, W. Warwick 8:56.21; 5, Cr. West 9:21.47; 6, Toll Gate 9:51.04.

          All times FAT.