29 May 2010 – The two final major meets before the June 5 State Championships were held today. In “Hawk Country’’ the annual Hendricken Invitational for boys had a number of good performances. Meanwhile, at Conley Stadium in Providence, the girls were competing at the Mount Pleasant Invitational; a non-scoring meet that replaced the old “Performance’’ meets.
The Hawks easily won the team title over 29 other teams. At the pole vault pit, Cranston West senior James Strawderman sought to better yet again his state record in that event. (He broke his own standard last week by vaulting 4.75 meters (15 feet, 7 inches). At the Hendricken meet, Strawderman opened up at 4.27 (14 feet), and cleared that height. The bar was raised another foot, and the Falcon star made good on that. He hit the bar each time on three attempts to clear 4.80 meters (15-9).
“I tried to do too much, instead of letting the pole do the work,’’ Strawderman said. “I wasn’t being patient on top (apex of his vault).’’
In other Hendricken highlights, La Salle senior Kadeem Kushimo clocked a hand-held 10.6 seconds to win the 100. Kushimo has already posted a hand-held 10.5 in that dash. (The state record is 10.62 - on fully-automatic time - held by East Providence’s Eric Osei). Hawk senior Max Milder won the hammer event with a throw of 62.71 (205-9). Milder is currently ranked ninth in the United States with a distance of 63.86 (209-6).
The 1500 meters was a dogfight between eventual winner Brian Doyle and Alex Gallo, of North Providence. Doyle, a senior, hit the tape in 3:59.5, to Gallo’s 4:00.4.
“He’s a good runner,’’ Doyle said of the Cougar junior. “I ran conservatively, and worked with [teammates Jake Sienko and Ryan Meehan].’’ Dan Appenfeller, arguably the most successful distance runner to come out of Mount St. Charles, won the Hendricken 3000 with a time of 9:12.4.
The Hawks’ Dan Freeman threw the javelin a winning 56.31 meters (184-9), while Westerly sophomore Jeremy Octeau went 48.79 (160-1) to win the discus throw.
At the Mount Pleasant meet, South Kingstown senior Molly Reilly won the 100 hurdles in a time of 14.4 (hand-held). Numbers-wise that betters the state record time of 14.68 (FAT). But the 100-meter hurdles is one of the events that for record purposes require a wind gauge reading (either a headwind or a tailwind reading of 2.0 meters per second) before it can be certified as a state mark. Reilly also won the 300 hurdles (44.1).
La Salle’s Molly Keating clocked 2:16.0 to take the 800, and the Rebels’ Amanda Graham cleared 3.04 meters (10 feet) to win the pole vault. Daria Braboy, of Bay View, went 10.89 (35-9) to capture the triple jump, while teammate Stephanie Beaudette won the 1500 in 4:46.7.
Oval Notes: Next Saturday’s State Championships, held at Brown Stadium, Providence, get under way with field events beginning at 12:30 p.m. . . . Running events commence at 2 p.m. . . . Veteran track official Clarke Lowery unearthed a 1906 Police Gazette Sporting Annual booklet. Among the track & field events listed is the hammer throw, where one John J. Flanagan, of Newport, threw the 12-pound ball 175 feet - one handed! In the 56-pound weight throw championship of 1905, Mr. Flanagan again prevailed with a 42-foot effort. A gentleman named Hugo Friend held the 1905 U.S. record in the running broad jump. Mr. Friend went 22 feet, 10 1/8 inches. (The R.I. prep mark in the long jump has been on the books for 74 years; 7.32 meters, or 24 feet, ½ inch, held by Moses Brown’s Don Blount.
Hendricken Invitational Team scores 1, Hendricken 121; 2, N. Kingstown 44; 3, Westerly 42; 4, Classical 40; 5, La Salle 37; 6, Barrington 25; 7, Cr. West 24; 8, (tie) Chariho and Cumberland 21; 10, (tie) Central and E. Greenwich 18; 14, Woonsocket 16; 15, Tolman 15; 16, S. Kingstown 13; 17, (tie) Ponaganset and Pilgrim 12; 19, Mt. St. Charles and Portsmouth10; 21, (tie) E. Providence, N. Providence, Middletown and W. Warwick 8; 25, (tie) Lincoln, Shea and Mt. Pleasant 6; 28, Mt. Hope 3; 29, Warwick 2; 30, Smithfield 1.
Individual results •HT - 1, Max Milder, BH 205-9 (62.71 meters); 2, Nate Irwin, Char. 200-7 (61.13); 3, Wilson Adams, Barr. 189-2 (57.65); 4, Remy Steele, Barr. 188-1 (57.32); 5, Kevin Barrett, LS 175-1 (53.36); 6, Matt Butler, Linc. 174-4 (51.13). •SP - 1, Gustavo Reynoso, Class. 50-3 (15.31); 2, Kevin Conway, West. 44-4 (13.51); 3, Kyle Carr, West. 44-3 (13.48); 4, Nikita Hazel., Rog. 44-2 (13.46); 5, Brian Gouveia, WV 42-9.50 (13.04); 6, Nico Danielson, CF 41-8 (13.00). •DT - 1, Jeremy Octeau, West. 160-1 (48.79); 2, Nola Kiernan, BH 151-8 (46.22); 3, Mike Yanish, BH 147-1 (44.83); 4, Luis DeCardenas, NK 142-8 (43.48); 5, Mike Maloof, BH 141-7 (43.15); 6, Scott Leech, Linc. 132-4 (40.33). •JT - 1, Dan Freeman, BH 184-9 (56.31); 2, Jon Stevens, Pil. 160-6 (48.92); 3, Borris Nosovsky, Class. 156-5 (47.67); 4, Matt Watts, Rog. 155-10 (47.49); 5, Josh Morgan, Pon. 150-8 (45.92); 6, Jeff Hills, Barr. 149-10 (45.66). •HJ - 1, Steve Vasquez, CF 6-2 (1.87); 2, Cam Murphy, Midd. 6-0 (1.82); 3, Jerrel Forbes, Class. 5-8 (1.72); 4, (tie) Nate Hurd, Rog. and Jordan Barboza, BH 5-6 (1.67); 6, Marcus Rand, MH 5-6. •LJ - 1, Innocent Jacob, Char. 22-1 (6.73); 2, Kadeem Kushimo, LS 22-0.50 (6.71); 3, Wes DeChristofaro, Woon. 21-10.50 (6.66); 4, Marcus Sandoval, Ports. 19-10.50 (6.05); 5, Tyler Caron, BH 19-4.25 (5.89); 6, Ben Mitchell, Barr. 19-3.50 (5.88). •TJ - 1, Craig Amado, Cent. 45-3 (13.79); 2, Trent Depina, EP 42-2.50 (12.86); 3, Divon Baily, Rog. 41-6 (12.64); 4, Pete Ogada, Cent. 40-11 (12.47); 5, Robert Pompey, MH 40-10.50 (12.45); 6, Mezo Cooper, Class. 40-3.50 (12.28). •PV - 1, James Strawderman, CW 15-0 (4.57); 2, Brett Murray, SK 13-0 (3.96); 3, Tyler Duhamel, Cumb. 13-0; 4, Kane Terilli, CW 13-0; 5, Dan Perry, SG 12-6 (3.81); 6, Luke Jaffa, Pon. 12-0 (3.65). •100 - 1, Kushimo, LS 10.6; 2, Brandon Aikens, Cumb. 11.0; 3, Manny Garcia, Shea 11.2; 4, Carl Sjogren, Pil. 11.4; 5, Roucaine Ramnaught, Tol. 11.4; 6, Jacob, Char. 11.6. •200 - 1, Jalen Young, LS 22.1; 2, Dave Tavares, Tol. 22.4; 3, Eddie Uthman, WW 22.6; 4, Jose Ortiz, Cent. 22.7; 5, Sheldon James, NK 22.8; 6, Dillon Danforth, EG 23.2. •400 - 1, Troy Crawford, NK 50.4; 2, Nick Ross, EG 50.5; 3, Forbes, Class. 50.8; 4, Ed Mercer, Barr. 51.1; 5, Ryan Brannigan, BH 51.2; 6, Andre Collins, BH 51.6. •800 - 1, John DiGangi, West. 1:56.1; 2, John Ferris, BH 1:58.6; 3, Mark Vuono, BH 1:59.2; 4, Andy Sakovits, BH 1:59.6; 5, Bob Allen, CW 1:59.8; 6, Sylvester Nyeswa, Tol. 2:00.9. •Freshman 1500 - 1, Caleb Gladstone, EG 4:25.9; 2, Tom Barry, Barr. 4:26.6; 3, Tyler Henesler, BH 4:28.1; 4, Ben Fazio, EG 4:36.0; 5, Connor Doyle, BH 4:37.8; 6, Scott Kulm, EG 4:43.2. •Sophomore 1500 - 1, Mike Marsella, Char. 4:24.6; 2, Chris Millman, EG 4:26.4; 3, John Parquet, WW 4:30.0; 4, John Connolly, Barr. 4:37.3; 5, Tom Fownes, Cumb. 4:38.0; 6, Chris Hook, BH 4:38.5. •1500 - 1, Brian Doyle, BH 3:59.5; 2, Alex Gallo, NP 4:00.4; 3, Jake Sienko, BH 4:02.9; 4, Ryan Meehan, BH 4:04.2; 5, Brian McLaughlin, Barr. 4:06.6; 6, Liam Hillery, Smith. 4:08.4. •3000 - 1, Dan Appenfeller, MSC 9:12.4; 2, Drew Manning, BH 9:19.9; 3, Nick Chrones, BH 9:22.7; 4, Nick Senra, BH 9:23.4; 5, Jake Kilcoyne, Char. 9:27.3; 6, Sean Phayre, LS 9:28.6. •110HH - 1, Damian Petrus, Woon. 15.4; 2, Mackenzie Murphey, Class. 15.6; 3, Mike Minogue, MP 15.9; 4, Nyuanru Ben, LS 16.2; 5, Sean Rainey, WW 17.6; 6, Chris Fevry, Class. 18.1. •300IH - 1, Ken Cheston, NK 40.0; 2, Luis Rodriguez, CW 40.8; 3, Brian Doyle, EG 41.0; 4, Ryan Thomas, SK 41.4; 5, Justin Gaudette, Cumb. 41.4; 6, Ian Gose, BH 41.5. •Freshman/Soph. SMR (@ 1600m) - 1, Hendricken (Murphy, Bessette, Ricci, Doherty) 4:02.9; 2, E. Greenwich 4:21.8; 3, Lincoln 4:28.9; 4, Portsmouth 5:03.0. •4x100 - 1, N. Kingstown (James, Cheston, DiGuilio, Crawford) 43.9; 2, Ponaganset 44.5; 3, Central Falls 44.7; 4, Tolman 45.1; 5, Classical 45.7; 6, E. Greenwich 46.0. •4x400 - 1, Hendricken (Ferris, Sakovits, Revens, Brannigan) 3:27.4; 2, Westerly 3:28.9; 3, Portsmouth 3:32.9; 4, Cumberland 3:34.1; 5, Barrington 3:36.1. •4x800 - 1, Hendricken (Sienko, Doyle, Andraka, Meehan) 8:03.6; 2, N. Kingstown 8:05.8; 3, Barrington 8:24.0; 4, Lincoln 8:29.9; 5, La Salle 8:39.5; 6, S. Kingstown 8:48.2. Mt. Pleasant Invitational Individual results •HT - 1, Charlotte Mintzer, Barr. 152-3 (46.40 meters); 2, Angela Onye, Class. 152-0 (46.32); 3, Robyn McFetters, Barr. 151-3 (46.10); 4, Becky Cousens, Ports. 146-0 (44.50); 5, Maggie Dufault, Pil. 132-7 (40.41); 6, Amie Clark, Smith. 129-11 (39.59). •SP - 1, Aleide Fernandes, CF 39-9 (11.88); 2, Lydia Avila, WV 36-4 (11.07); 3, Amy St. Amand, TG 35-0.25 (10.67); 4, Aubrey Dowding, Pil. 33-5.75 (10.20); 5, Amy Falcao, Smith. 33-1 (10.08); 6, Alex Fowler, LS 32-8.25 (9.96). •DT - 1, Kadijhah Johnson, CF 109-6 (33.37); 2, Fernandes, CF 109-3 (33.29); 3, Georgia Elgar, Smith. 106-10 (32.56); 4, Dowding, Pil. 102-5 (31.21); 5, McFetters, Barr. 96-0 (29.26); 6, Emily Trudeau, Cumb. 95-5 (29.08). •JT - 1, Dowding, Pil. 118-3 (36.04); 2, Kelly Petranoff, CW 116-3 (35.43); 3, Samantha Kerr, NK 112-5 (34.26); 4, Elgar, Smith. 107-2 (32.66); 5, Britt Chace, Pon. 105-0 (32.00); 6, Mary Shields, Smith. 98-1 (29.89). •HJ - 1, Cate Dominick, Pin. 5-3 (1.60); 2, Dakota Dailey, LS 5-3; 3, Amy Roy, Char. 4-11 (1.49); 4, Olivia Chaves, Rog. 4-11; 5, (tie) Giovanna Cafaro and Sara Goes, LS 4-9 (1.44). •LJ - 1, Dailey, LS 16-8 (5.08); 2, Jenna Collins, SK 16-4.25 (4.98); 3, Karly Gregory, Prout 16-3 (4.95); 4, Autumn Wosencroft, Rog. 15-9 (4.80); 5, Kim Ezeama, Smith. 15-6.50 (4.73); 6, Darian Dailey, EP 15-6 (4.72). •TJ - 1, Daria Braboy, BV 35-9 (10.89); 2, Marissa Page, Pil. 33-5.50 (10.19); 3, Molly Tortolani, Char. 33-4.50 (10.17); 4, Shayne Jones, Shea 33-4 (10.16); 5, Dara Falaye, Class. 33-4 (10.16); 6, Julia Casagtrande, SK 32-7 (9.93). •PV - 1, Amanda Graham, SK 10-0 (3.04); 2, Jess Graham, SK 9-6 (2.89); 3, Jackie Siatti, NK 9-0 (2.74); 4, Becky Pacheco, WW 8-0 (2.43); 5, Lauren Cranston, TG 7-6 (2.28); 6, Kate Barnes, TG 7-6. •100 - 1, Breyon Brown, Pil. 13.1; 2, Amanda Terry, LS 13.1; 3, Saskia Morgan, Shea 13.1; 4, Renee Dubuc, NK 13.1; 5, Gifty Askie, Hope 13.3. •200 - 1, Royal Cheatham, Hope 25.8; 2, Cara Nunez, EG 26.5; 3, Angie Cooley, CF 26.5; 4, Shyniece Sanders, Hope 26.9; 5, Amanda Mercandante, LS 28.0. •400 - 1, Erica Johnson, BV 57.7; 2, Renee Perelman, EG 58.8; 3, Gregory, Prout 59.0; 4, Kelsey Maymon, NK 1:00.5; 5, Kerstin Caesar, Barr. 1:00.7; 6, Rachel Valerio, Smith. 1:00.7. •800 - 1, Molly Keating, LS 2:16.0; 2, Arianna Colella, CW 2:19.0; 3, Jenna Moen, TG 2:22.4; 4, Breanna James, LS 2:22.9; 5, Haylee Kurkowski, LS 2:27.9; 6, (tie) Alex Hackett, CW and Danielle Renzi, LS 2:28.8. •Freshman 1500 - 1, Olivia August, Barr. 5:30.0; 2, Esther Kwara, Cumb. 5:32.7; 3, Katie Evans, WV 5:37.5; 4, Laura Marshall, Barr. 5:38.1; 5, Kait Morrone, West. 5:39.0; 6, Sara Ryan, Narr. 5:40.0. •Sophomore 1500 - 1, Jess Orr, West. 5;21.2; 2, Courtney Bricault, Cumb. 5:39.8; 3, Morgan Johnston, Barr. 5:42.5; 4, Megan Calitri, Cumb. 5:54.2; 5, Stephanie DeCarvalho, EP 6:11.4; 6, Becky Kayode, Shea 6:16.3. •1500 - 1, Stephanie Beaudatte, BV 4:46.7; 2, Emily Papazian, LS 4:51.4; 3, Aisha McAdams, NK 4;55.3; 4, Michaela Hackett, CW 4:59.0; 5, Molly Malinowski, Barr. 4:59.6; 6, Kate Lynch, NK 4:59.8. •3000 - 1, Tiana Kibbe, LS 11:03.9; 2, Nomi Takita, Burr. 11:16.2; 3, Kate DelGreco, NK 11:24.1; 4, Meghan Paquet, Cov. 11:25.2; 5, Siobhan Kelly, LS 11:26.0; 6, Liz Hanke, Pil. 11:34.9. •100HH - 1, Molly Reilly, SK 14.4; 2, Cedra Dalomba, Shea 15.4; 3, A. Graham, SK 15.7; 4, Nunez, EG 16.0; 5, Nichole Haar, EP 16.1; 6, Kelsey Mckenna, TG 16.2. •300IH - 1, Reilly, SK 44.1; 2, Amada Terry, LS 46.7; 3, Alyson Moreau, Barr. 48.0; 4, Caitlin Downing, NK 48.0; 5, Whitney Washburn, SK 49.1; 6, Jess Hamda, WW 50.0. •Freshman/Soph. SMR (@ 1600m) - 1, Mt. Pleasant 6:07.2. •4x100 - 1, La Salle (Mercandante, Terry, Goes, Lamboy) 51.5; 2, N. Kingstown 51.9; 3, Shea 52.0; 4, Pilgrim 52.8; 5, Bay View 52.8. •4x400 - 1, S. Kingstown (Brown, Albert, A. Graham, Reilly) 4:01.8; 2, Barrington 4:06.1; 3, Bay View 4:13.2; 4, (tie) Westerly and Toll Gate 4:15.9; 6, N. Kingstown 4:17.3. •4x800 - 1, Barrington (Barry, Caesar, Jones, Siskind) 9:32.4; 2, S. Kingstown 9:54.6; 3, Westerly 10:15.6; 4, Cumberland 10:38.3; 5, Chariho 10:58.9; 6, Woonsocket 11:11.5. *All times hand-held.
