16 May 2010 – It was only a matter of time before Cranston West pole vaulter extraordinaire James Strawderman would break the state record in that event - his state record, that is.
Yesterday at the annual Classical Classic meet for boys, held at Conley Stadium in Providence, Strawderman, a senior, made it happen. The University of Rhode Island-bound Strawderman cleared the bar at 4.67 meters (15 feet, 4 inches) surpassing his previous state standard by one inch. (Strawderman broke Brad Holtz’ state pole vault record last year at the Hendricken Invitational).
The Classical meet traditionally breaks events into Large and Small categories. Hendricken took the Large School team title, and the host Purple handily won the Small School championship.
Strawderman’s achievement highlighted a day in which other notable performances took place. In the Large School portion of the meet, Chariho junior Innocent Jacob won gold in the high jump (1.98 meters/6 feet, 6 inches) and the long jump (6.93/22-9). Central’s Craig Amado went 13.63 meters (44-9) in winning the Large bracket triple jump, and beat out teammate Jose Ortiz for the win in the 400. Amado posted a 50.4 to Ortiz’ 50.7. Amado also ran a leg on the Knights’ winning 4x100 relay; a meet-record 3;24.7. Kadeem Kushimo, the La Salle senior, clocked 10.3 to win the 100 meters.
In the Large Schools 1500, Cranston West’s Bob Allen waged a back-and-forth with Hendricken’s Brian Doyle and Jake Sienko. But it was the Falcon junior hitting the tape in 4 minutes, 2.4 seconds. Doyle finished second (4:03.0) and Sienko third in 4:03.5. Ram junior Zach Fraielli posted a 1:58.1 to take the 800.
Central Falls sophomore Steve Vazquez won the Small Schools high jump at 1.93 (6-4), while Ponaganset’s Nick Keeling improved on his javelin marks this season, winning the Classic Small Schools competition with a throw of 59.53 meters (195-4).
The Purple’s Allen Moise was a double winner in both horizontal jumps. Moise, a junior, won the long jump at 6.03 meters (19-9.50), and the triple with a distance of 12.16 (39-11). Westerly sophomore Jeremy Octeau dominated the discus competition with a winning toss of 44.70 (146-8). His teammate John DiGangi ran 53.0 to win the 400.
Oval Notes: It had come to our attention - through RITFF chief Rick Marshall - that the boys’ state outdoor shot put record does not, after all, belong to Classical’s Charles Ajootian. A letter Marshall received from Ajootian “clearly states that he does not own the outdoor record.’’ It was listed at 18.97 meters (62 feet, 3 inches), and was credited to Ajootian from a Hendricken Invitational meet in 1964. Ajootian “affirms that he never threw 62-3 at the Hendricken Invitational . . . and that in fact his best put outdoors was 18.72 meters (61-5) at the State Championships of 1965.’’
•This new information now establishes the R.I. state boys’ outdoor shot record at 18.91 meters (62 feet, ½ inch), set by La Salle’s Len Rao at the 1971 State Meet. •It’s also been officially reaffirmed, according to Moses Brown School records, that the Quakers’ Don Blount indeed owns the state boys’ outdoor long jump mark of 7.32 meters (24 feet, ½ inch), which he set at the Brown Invitational in May of 1936. •Former Lincoln High All-Stater Shayna Daugherty won the ECAC heptathlon in a two-day competition at Princeton. Daugherty, a 2006 Lincoln grad, gathered 5,157 points. She clocked 14.72 in the 100; 2:22.82 for 800 meters, and ran the 200 in 25.61. Daugherty also high jumped 1.79 meters (5-10.50); put the shot 10.56 (34-7.75); did the long jump in 5.39 (17-8.25 and threw the javelin 29.11 (95-6). Classical Classic Large School team scores 1, Hendricken 151; 2, Central 57; 3, N. Kingstown 44; 4, S. Kingstown 43; 5, Chariho 38; 6, (tie) Barrington and La Salle 37; 8, (tie) Woonsocket and Cr. West 36; 10, E. Providence 31; 11, Cumberland 28; 12, Hope 21; 13, Pilgrim 10; 14, Coventry 8; 15, Mt. Pleasant 5; 16, Warwick 4; 17, Mt. Hope 3.
Small School team scores 1, Classical 173; 2, Westerly 92; 3, Ponaganset 76.5; 4, E. Greenwich 69; 5, Lincoln 49; 6, Central Falls 34; 7, Rogers 22.5; 8, (tie) N. Providence and Smithfield 19; 10, Middletown 16; 11, Toll Gate 10; 12, Prout 5; 13, N. Smithfield 2.
Large School individual results •HT - 1, Max Milder, BH 206-2 (62.83 meters); 2, Mike Maloof, BH 194-4 (59.23); 3, Nate Irwin, Char. 188-9 (57.53); 4, Mark Caprio, BH 178-0 (54.25); 5, Luis Alvarez, MP 176-4 (53.74); 6, Kevin Barrett, LS 169-6 (51.66). •SP - 1, Shane McLoughlin, SK 49-3 (15.01); 2, Nolan Kiernan, BH 46-7.50 (14.21); 3, Dan Freeman, BH 46-4.50 (14.13); 4, Brian Gouveia, WV 45-2.50 (13.77); 5, Justin Farveau, SK 43-8 (13.30); 6, Francesco Nocera, LS 42-10.25 (13.06). •DT - 1, Mike Yanish, BH 138-8 (42.26); 2, Kiernan, BH 135-6 (41.30); 3, Wilson Adams, Barr. 133-5 (40.66); 4, Maloof, BH 130-4 (39.72); 5, McLoughlin, SK 128-11 (39.29); 6, Milder, BH 128-0 (39.01). •JT - 1, Freeman, BH 179-10 (54.81); 2, Jon Stevens, Pil. 161-1 (49.09); 3, Maloof, BH 158-6 (48.31); 4, Chris Murphy, SK 141-8 (43.18); 5, Chris Ricci, BH 141-7 (43.15); 6, Mike Spearen, Cumb. 141-7. •HJ - 1, Innocent Jacob, Char. 6-6 (1.98); 2, Mike Thweatt, Char.5-8 (1.72); 3, (tie) Brett Murphy, SK, Clyde Hilliard, LS and Trent Depina, EP 5-6 (1.67); 6, Ryan Thomas, SK 5-6. •LJ - 1, Jacob, Char. 22-9 (6.93); 2, Wes DeChristofaro, Woon. 22-4 (6.80); 3, Ben Shaw SK 21-2.50 (6.46); 4, Depina, EP 21-0 (6.40); 5, Keith Freeman, Hope 20-9.50 (6.33); 6, Troy Johnson, Hope 20-8 (6.29). •TJ - 1, Craig Amado, Cent. 44-9 (13.63); 2, DeChristofaro, Woon. 44-4 (13.51); 3, Depina, EP 43-2 (13.15); 4, Ben Mitchell, Barr. 40-10 (12.44); 5, Harry Pickering, BH 40-8 (12.39); 6, Bob Pompey, MH 40-7 (12.36). •PV - 1, James Strawderman, CW 15-4 (4.67. SR. OR: 15-3/4.64m, 2009); 2, Murray, SK 13-0 (3.96); 3, Tyler Duhamel, Cumb. 13-0; 4, Kane Terilli, CW 12-6 (3.81); 5, Ian LaPlume, Char. 12-0 (3.65); 6, Jon Craik, NK 11-0 (3.35). •100 - 1, Kadeem Kushimo, LS 10.3; 2, Mike Read, Barr. 10.5; 3, Marc DeSisto, Barr. 10.9; 4, Manny Gomes, EP 11.0; 5, Joe Cooper, Cent. 11.0; 6, Chris Raiola, MH 11.3. •200 - 1, Gomes, EP 22.3; 2, Jarell James, Hope 22.3; 3, Sheldon James, N 22.9; 4, Andre Collins, BH 23.0; 5, Cooper, Cent. 26.0; 6, Troy Crawford, NK 26.1. •400 - 1, Amado, Cent. 50.4; 2, Jose Ortiz, Cent. 50.7; 3, Brandon Aikens, Cumb. 50.9; 4, Dave Revens, BH 51.2; 5, John Ferris, BH 52.1; 6, Ed Mercer, Barr. 52.3. •800 - 1, Zach Fraielli, LS 1:58.1; 2, Andy Sakovits, BH 1:59.8; 3, Jimmy Stewart, NK 2:00.3; 4, Brian McLaughlin, Barr. 2:00.9; 5, Dan Kilcoyne, Char. 2:01.5; 6, Brian Doyle, BH 2:02.3. •1500 - 1, Robert Allen, CW 4:02.4; 2, Doyle, BH 4:03.0; 3, Jake Sienko, BH 4:03.5; 4, Andy Andraka, BH 4:05.9; 5, Mark Vuono, BH 4:08.7; 6, Brian Sullivan, Cumb. 4:16.2. •3000 - 1, Ryan Meehan, BH 8:48.8; 2, Zach Seits, NK 9:18.5; 3, Trevor Crawley, Cumb. 9:25.3; 4, Matt Brunelle, NK 9:26.2; 5, Drew Manning, BH 9:35.2; 6, Adam Rego, LS 9:37.6. •110HH - 1, Damian Pietrus, Woon. 15.1; 2, Luis Rodriguez, CW 15.4; 3, Chris Duarte, Cumb. 15.6; 4, Ryan Thomas, SK 15.8; 5, Mike Minogue, MP 15.9; 6, Aleno Gomes, Cent. 16.7. •300IH - 1, Ken Cheston, NK 40.2; 2, Gomes, Cent. 40.6; 3, DeChristofaro, Woon. 41.1; 4, Rodriguez, CW 41.4; 5, Shaw, SK 41.9; 6, Kyle O’Connell, BH 42.3. •4x100 - 1, La Salle (Jalen Young, Kushimo, Dave Hansen, Luke Francis) 43.5; 2, Barrington 44.7; 3, Hope 44.8; 4, Hendricken 45.2; 5, E. Providence 45.9; 6, Mt. Hope 46.3. •4x400 - 1, Central (Amado, Ed Pupoh, Ortiz, Gomes) 3:24.7 (MR. OR: 3:28.0, 2009); 2, N. Kingstown 3:25.6; 3, Hendricken 3:29.3; 4, Hope 3:40.8; 5, Pilgrim 3:51.6; 6, E. Providence 3:53.4. •4x800 - 1, Hendricken (Mike Mackenzie, Alex DaPonte, Tom Pederzani, Joe Pasquarelli) 8:44.9; 2, Coventry 8:49.7; 3, Central 9:01.2; 4, Woonsocket 9:05.3; 5, Cumberland 9:18.7; 6, Mt. Pleasant 10:56.0. Small Schools individual results •HT - 1, Tim Phok, Class. 176-1 (53.67 meters); 2, Nico Danielson, CF 172-1 (52.45); 3, Matt Butler, Linc. 170-0 (51.81); 4, Kevin Conway, West. 169-10 (51.76); 5, Mile Mulligan, Rog. 151-4 (46.12); 6, Jorge Betencourt, CF 148-0 (45.11). •SP - 1, Gustsvo Reynoso, Class. 51-1 (15.57); 2, Jeremy Octeau, West. 47-5.50 (14.46); 3, Mikita Hazel, Rog. 46-2.50 (14.08); 4, John Greenhalgh, Pon. 46-1 (14.04); 5, Burler, Linc. 45-0 (13.71); 6, Kyle Carr, West. 44-0 (13.41). •DT - 1, Octeau, West. 146-8 (44.70); 2, Reynoso, Class. 140-8 (42.87); 3, Conway, West. 139-4 (42.46); 4, Joe Velez, Class. 126-9 (38.63); 5, Butler, Linc. 124-7 (37.97); 6, Greenhalgh, Pon. 116-5 (35.48). •JT - 1, Nick Keeling, Pon. 195-4 (59.53); 2, Matt Watts, Rog. 174-7 (53.21); 3, Pete Mathieu, Pon. 157-11 (48.13); 4, Borris Nosovsky, Class. 153-2 (46.68); 5, Josh Morgan, Pon. 152-4 (46.43); 6, Mike Paquin, Pon. 146-3 (44.57). •HJ - 1, Steve Vasquez, CF 6-4 (1.93); 2, Cam Murphy, Midd. 6-2 (1.87); 3, Frank Santos, Class. 6-0 (1.82); 4, Oladare Joseph, Class. 5-8 (1.72); 5, Jarrel Forbes, Class. 5-8; 6, (tie) Norm Diamante, Pon. and Christian Savage, Rog. 5-6 (1.67). •LJ - 1, Allen Moise, Class. 19-9.50 (6.03); 2, Joseph, Class. 19-5.75 (5.93); 3, Cory Speroni, Smith. 18-11 (5.76); 4, Alex Borges, Midd. 17-4.25 (5.28); 5, Nick Engle, Linc. 16-9.50 (5.11); 6, Taylor Vass, Linc. 16-1 (4.90). •TJ - 1, Moise, Class. 39-11 (12.16); 2, Mezo Cooper, Class. 39-9.75 (12.13); 3, Geoff McElroy, Linc. 39-7 (12.06); 4, Santos, Class. 39-4.50 (12.00); 5, Dave Gelsomino, Pon. 38-11.50 (11.87); 6, Speroni, Smith. 37-5 (11.40). •PV - 1, Jun Isaji, TG 12-0 (3.65); 2, Luke Jaffa, Pon. 11-6 (3.50); 3, Garth Taylor, Pon. 11-0 (3.35); 4, Tim Shields, Smith. 9-6 (2.89); 5, Tyler Minick, Rog. 9-0 (2.74); 6, Chris Fevry, Class. 9-0. •100 - 1, Keeling, Pon. 10.8; 2, Santos, Class. 11.0; 3, Mike Monti, EG 11.0; 4, M. Cooper, Class. 11.1; 5, Mike Swift, West. 11.5; 6, Kevin Perez, CF 11.6. •200 - 1, Bryan Barrios, CF 22.5; 2, Dillon Danforth, EG 22.6; 3, M. Cooper, Class. 22.9; 4, Pat Ruisi, West. 23.3; 5, Perez, CF 23.8. •400 - 1, John DiGangi, West. 53.0; 2, Dylan Buck, West. 55.0; 3, Spencer Gaye, Class. 55.1; 4, McElroy, Linc. 55.4; 5, Paul Bellafiore, Prout 56.5; 6, Zach Wall, West. 56.9. •800 - 1, Alex Gallo, NP 2:00.2; 2, Sam Kern, West. 2:01.1; 3, Andy Keene, EG 2:02.7; 4, Drew Castsagna, West. 2:03.2; 5, Mike Martin, NS 2:04.2; 6, Adam Coogan, NP 2:06.2. •1500 - 1, Cole Maguire, Pon. 4:18.0; 2, Aaron Brunelle, Linc. 4:23.4; 3, Caleb Gladstone, EG 4:29.2; 4, Bob Mey, Midd. 4:29.8; 5, Eric Sherman, West. 4:34.0; 6, Chris Millman, EG 4:35.4. •3000 - 1, Nick Ross, EG 8:50.3; 2, Matt Olean, Linc. 9:47.2; 3, Scott Kulm, EG 9:49.7; 4, Harry Feigen, EG 9:53.7; 5, Vic Ricci, Prout 9:54.4; 6, Mike Cooney, Class. 10:04.4. •110HH - 1, Forbes, Class. 15.0; 2, Mack Murphey, Class. 15.3; 3, Gdenue Grimes, Class. 16.6; 4, Luke Chaves, Rog. 18.0; 5, Ed Millcette, Class. 18.1; 6, Andy Cruz, CF 18.8. •300IH - 1, Forbes, Class. 41.0; 2, Brian Doyle, EG 42.0; 3, Murphey, Class. 43.3; 4, Dan Jannetti, Linc. 43.7; 5, Nate Iannuccillo, Smith. 44.3;6, John Boyle, Prout 44.6. •4x100 -1, Ponaganset (Chris Carchia, Butch Giguere, Keeling, Mathieu) 43.8; 2, Classical 44.3; 3, E. Greenwich 44.8; 4, Westerly 45.0; 5, Smithfield 47.0; 6, Central Falls 49.1. •4x400 - 1, Westerly (DiGangi, Kern, Buck, Swift) 3:31.4; 2, Classical 3:34.3; 3, Ponaganset 3:40.9; 4, Lincoln 3:48.8; 5, E. Greenwich 3:50.2. •4x800 - 1, Westerly (DiGangi, Kern, Castagna, Pat Moran) 8:12.7 (MR. OR: 8:13.1, Westerly 2009); 2, N. Providence 8:24.9; 3, E. Greenwich 8:27.0; 4, Smithfield 8:47.0; 5, Lincoln 8:51.3; 6, Classical 9:03.5. All times hand-held.
