13 June 2010 – Molly Reilly, the South Kingstown senior who a week ago broke two R.I state relay records en route to victory at the State Championships, came away from New Britain, Conn. on Saturday as a New England champ in both events. The 43rd edition of the meet was held in a steady rain; occasionally it reached downpour proportions at Veterans’ Stadium, forcing a brief delay in the competition.
But inclemency didn’t stop Reilly from mining double gold. She won the 100-meter high hurdles in 14.57 seconds. She broke a 10-year-old Rhode Island mark in that event at the June 5 States when she went 14.44 in allowable wind (+1.8). And, as she did on the Brown Stadium track, Reilly came back and won the regional 300 intermediate hurdles title; her time in Connecticut was 44.14. (Reilly set a new state mark in the intermediates at Brown with a time of 43.91.
Reilly was among a half-dozen Rhode Islanders winning regional prizes. On the boys’ side of the non-scoring meet, Chariho’s Innocent Jacob took the gold in the long jump. The Charger junior leaped 7.08 meters (23 feet, 3 inches), an improvement of nearly a foot beyond what he jumped to win the State Championship (6.84m/22-5).
In the New England triple jump event, Central’s Craig Amado got out to a distance of 14.55 meters (47-9). In the boys’ pole, Cranston West senior Jim Strawderman cleared 4.64 (15-3) to claim the gold medal. And Jarrel James, of Hope, is the new regional champ in the boys’ 400 meters; he clocked 48.86.
Other highlights: Ponaganset’s Nick Keeling, this season’s R.I. javelin champ, finished third at New Britain. Keeling’s distance was 56.89 meters (186-8) . . . Mirroring their tough comptition at the States, Jacob and Central Falls’s Steve Vazquez went at it in the high jump. Vazquez placed third at a height of 2.00 meters (6-7), while Jacob placed sixth at 1.95 (6-5) . . . East Greenwich senior Nick Ross - a double gold medalist at the State Meet - finished second in the N.E. 800 meters; his time was 1:53.56, shaving nearly a second off his state-winning time . . . The Hendricken 4x400 relay placed third (3:21.99) behind the efforts of Dave Revens, Andre Collins, John Ferris and Ryan Brannigan . . . The Hope girls’ 4x100 team of Shyniece Sanders, Lakisha DaCruz, Royal Cheatham and Angie Quiah clocked 49.44 to a third-place finish . . . In a non-scoring hammer competition, Central Falls’s Aleide Fernendes won the girls’ 4-kilo event with a throw of 47.96 (157-4) . . . South Kingstown’s Jessica Graham, the state girls’ pole vault champ, improved on her State Meet performance with a vault of 3.27 (10-9), good for sixth place.
Oval Notes: The Nationals are scheduled for later this week - and over the weekend - in North Carolina.
Girls New England Championships at New Britain, Conn. R.I. finishers •HT (Non-scoring) - 1, Aleide Fernandes, Central Falls 157-4 (47.96 meters); 2, Angela Onye, Classical 152-0 (46.32); 3, Becky Cousens, Portsmouth 147-8 (45.00); 4, Robyn McFetters, Barrington 146-0 (44.50); 6, Maggie Dufault, Pilgrim 143-10 (43.84); 8, Nicole Johnson, CF 130-3 (39.70); 9, Grace Janes, Rogers 120-4 (36.68); 11 (tie) Kadijah Johnson, CF and Jennette Leo, Classical. •SP - 7, Fernandes, CF 39-1.50 (11.92). •DT - 6, Fernandes, CF 114-11 (35.02). •JT - 8, Aubrey Dowding, Pilgrim 117-7 (35.83). •LJ - 9, Dakota Dailey-Harris, La Salle 16.7.25 (5.06). •TJ - 9, Kim Ezeama, Smithfield 35-5 (10.79). •PV - 6, Jess Graham, S. Kingstown 10-9 (3.27); 8, (tie) Amanda Graham, SK 10-3 (3.12). •100 - 5, Royal Cheatham, Hope 12.51. •200 - 8, Angie Quiah, Hope 26.29. •400 - 10, Erica Johnson, Bay View 58.97; 12, Quiah, Hope 59.23. •800 - Molly Keating, La Salle 2:18.43. •1600 - 20, Emily Papazian, La Salle 5:21.18 (= 4:59.5 @ 1500m); 22, Jenna Moen, Toll Gate 5:22.35 (= 5:00.5 @ 1500m); 25, Danielle Renzi, LS 5:25.81 (= 5:03.7 @ 1500m). •3200 - 14, Abigail Jones, Barrington 10:59.40 (= 10:13.9 @ 3000m); 15, Stephanie Beaudette, Bay View 11:00.83 (= 10:15.3 @ 3000m). •100HH - 1, Molly Reilly, SK 14.57 (-0.8w). •300IH - 1, Reilly, SK 44.14. •4x100 - 3, Hope (Shyniece Sanders, Lakisha DaCruz, Cheatham, Quiah) 49.44; 9, E. Greenwich (Skylar LeBlanc, Jaimee Doesey, Cara Nunez, Renee Perelman) 50.82. •4x400 - 6, S. Kingstown (Maddie Brown, Marisa Albert, A. Graham, Reilly) 3:59.38; 8, E. Greenwich (Nunez, Perelman, Doesey, LeBlanc) 3:59.77. •4x800 - 6, La Salle (Keating, Breanna James, Melissa Chapman, Haylee Kurkowski) 9:27.66. *All times FAT Boys New England Championships at New Britain, Conn. R.I. finishers •HT (Non-scoring) - 2, Nate Irwin, Chariho 206-8 (62.99 meters); 3, Max Milder, Hendricken 203-10 (62.12); 4, Wilson Adams, Barrington 196-8 (59.94); 5, Nico Danielson, Central Falls 193-1 (58.85); 7, K.C. Barrett, La Salle 176-9 (53.87); 8, Matt Butler, Lincoln 169-4 (51.61); 9, Corey Confreda, Pilgri,, 165-0 (50.29). •DT - 8, Jeremy Octeau, Westerly 153-7 (46.8). •JT - 3, Nick Keeling, Ponaganset 186-8 (56.89); 6, Dan Freeman, Hendricken 184-7 (56.26); 8, Jon Stevens, Pilgrim 174-0 (53.03). •HJ - 3, Steve Vazquez, Central Falls 6-7 (2.00); 6, Innocent Jacob, Chariho 6-5 (1.95). •LJ - 1, Jacob, Chariho 23-3 (NWI. 7.08). •TJ - 1, Craig Amado, Central 47-9 (NWI. 14.55). •PV - 1, James Strawderman, Cr. West 15-3 (4.64). •200 - 4, Jarrel James, Hope 22.74 (-2.4w); 9, Brandon Aikens, Cumberland 23.10 (-1.9w); 10, Jalen Young, La Salle 23.16 (-2.4w); 14, Dave Tavares, Tolman 23.43 (-1.9w). •400 - 1, James, Hope 48.86. •800 - 2, Nick Ross, E. Greenwich 1:53.56; 9, Zach Fraielli, La Salle 1:55.89; 10, John DiGangi, Westerly 1:56.46; 24, Dillin Alexander, Pilgrim 2:02.06.. •1600 - 7, Bob Allen, Cr. West 4:17.20 (= 3:59.4 @ 1500m); 17, Brian McLaughlin, Barrington 4:25.23 (= 4:07.2 @ 1500m); 19, Dan Kilcoyne, Chariho 4:28.19 (= 4:10.5 @ 1500m). •3200 - 6, Jake Sienko, Hendricken 9:06.19 (= 8:28.8 @ 3000m); 8, Brian Doyle, BH 9:12.76 (= 8:34.8 @ 3000m); 19, Ryan Meehan, BH 9:31.89 (= 8:52.4 @ 3000m); 27, Mike MacKenzie, BH 9:51.49 (= 9:10.9 @ 3000m). •110HH - 8, Jerrel Forbes, Classical 15.31 (-1.1w). •300IH - 8, Justin Gaudette, Cumberland 40.44; 14, Jerrell Foebes, Classical 41.14. •4x400 - 3, Hendricken (Dave Revens, Andre Collins, John Ferris, Ryan Brannigan) 3:21.99; 5, Central (Amado, Jose Ortiz, Aleno Gomes, Ed Pupoh) 3:23.45. •4x800 - 5, Hendricken (Doyle, Andy Sakovits, Andy Andraka, Ferris) 7:55.84; 9, Westerly (Drew Castagna, Sam Kern, Pat Moran, DiGangi) 8:01.61. *All times FAT
