“Around the Oval’’
BERKSON SIXTH in USATF MILE
By BOB LEDDY R.I. Track & Field Foundation Correspondent
29 Jan. - - The Chariho High boys’ 4x800-meter relay Saturday obliterated the Rhode Island indoor record at the Charles Sweeney “Last Chance’’ meet at the PCTA oval. Charger senior Mike Marsella anchored his team’s relay, which clocked a winning time of 7 minutes, 54.3 seconds (hand-held). The performance knocked off the prevous R.I. standard of 8:04.05, held by South Kingstown since 2009. The time is also currently ranked second nationally.
Chariho’s foursome had their sights set on breaking the 4x800 record, and took no prisners once they took the track. Senior Drew Turner got things going with a 2:02.4 leadoff split. Then it was No. 2 runner - senior Dan Kilcoyne - who ran a smooth 1:58.7 before handing off to junior Bryce Kelley, whose leg was clocked in 1:58.6. That set the stage for Mike Marsella, who in two weeks will enterd the prestigious Millrose Mile field in New York seeded second. On Saturday, Marsella took the baton and lapped the field. He turned a 1:54.6 split.
“I haven’t run an 800 since outdoor,’’ Marsella said. “I didn’t want to die at the last lap.’’ Not that Marsella did, and not that the state mark wasn’t already in the bag, as the Chariho quartet were six seconds past the SR time going into the anchor leg. Berkson on the boards
At a USAT&F open track meet at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, Classical’s Maddy Berkson placed sixth in a 10-girls open mile event; her time was 5 minutes, 2.77 seconds (= 4:40.1 @ 1500 meters).
The race was staged on the Garden track, a four-lane banked oval, 11 laps to the mile. The field went off on a “California start’’, and the Classical sophomore handled it all well.
“The banks were extremely deep,’’ Berkson said. “I’ve run at Reggie Lewis [banked track], before’’ she said. “And they let us warm up about an hour before the race. I felt good. I went out fast at first because I didn’t want to get caught [in a jam-up]. It was an honor to be here.’’
The Garden mile was won by Samantha Nadel, of North Shore, N.Y. in 4:47.66. Notables, notables
Westerly senior Kevin Conway put the shot 51 feet, 3.50 inches (15.63) to win that event, and finished second in the 25-pound weight throw (67-9.75/20.66). It was a barn-burner over at the long jump pit, as Cumberland’s Ryan Rei out-leapt Coventry’s Larry Warwick by one inch. Rei, a senior finished off with a distance of 21-8 (6.60), to Warwick’s 21-7 (6.57).
In the Headley girls’ meet, La Salle’s Meehan twins - McKenzie and Madison - went 1-2 in the 1000 meters; McKenzie in 2:59.1, and Madison in 2:5.3. Their Ram teammate - senior Molly Keating - entered in the 600, and won it in 1:39.0. East Greenwich senior Jaimee Dorsey won two events: the 300 and the 55 dash. OVAL NOTES: Saturday’s two “last chance’’ qualifiers were officially called the Charley Sweeney Meet (boys) and the Jane Headley Meet (girls) . . . A number of Connecticut teams competed at Saturday’s meet.
HEADLEY GIRLS’ MEET (R.I. results) WT - 1, Martha Cooper, Classical 49-6 (15.08 meters); 2, Maggie Dufault, Pilgrim 47-0.50 (14.33); 3, Grace Janes, Rogers 46-7 (14.19); 4, Ann Dagrin, Class. 46-5 (14.14); 5, Cate Mahoney, La Salle 46-3.25 (14.10); 6, Manuela Vadis, Class. 41-0 (12.49). SP - 2, Vicky Ebert, Ex./W. Greenwich 35-0.50 (10.68); 3, Kendra Plant, Cumberland 34-6.50 (10.52); 4, Katja Neves, Hope 32-4.50 (9.86); 5, Dufault, Pil. 32-1.25 (9.78). HJ - 1, Ali Sayles, Mt. St. Charles 5-2 (1.57); 2, Cate Dominick, Ponaganset 5-2; 3, Sierra Smith, Pon. 5-0 (1.52); 4, Taylor Key, Cumb. 5-0; 6, (tie) Tiffany Jenkins, Central Falls and Dara Falaye, Class. 4-10 (1.47). LJ - 1, Cassie Roberge, MSC 17-5.25 (5.31); 2, Karly Gregory, Prout 17-2 (5.23); 3, Becky O’Donnell, Pil. 16-8.50 (5.09); 4, Teondra Silva, Barrington 16-7.25 (5.06); 5, Falaye, Class. 15-11.50 (4.86); 6, Autumn Wosencroft, Ros. 15-10 (4.82). 3000 - 2, Caroline Falvey, LS 10:55.4; 3, Jess Elliott, Prout 11:06.1; 4, Casey McGrath, Pon. 11:08.6; 5, Rachel Orlando, Westerly 11:21.9; 6, Meredith Brown, Hope 11:22.4. 1500 - 1, Mary Coogan, Barr. 4:50.9; 3, Jess Bellows, Coventry 4:56.5; 4, Kendall Feaster, S. Kingstown 4:59.4; 5, Alex Hackett, Cr. West 5:00.4; 6, Emily Papazian, LS 5:00.9. 1000 - 1, McKenzie Meehan, LS 2:59.1; 2, Madison Meehan, LS 2:59.3; 3, Fiona Paine, Barr. 3:10.0; 4, Maddie Byrnes, LS 3:10.5; 5, Haylee Kurkowski, LS 3;12.1; 6, Katie Sloat, E. Greenwich 3:12.3. 600 - 1, Molly Keating, LS 1:39.0; 3, Alicia DeCastro, LS 1:43.8; 5, Erika Pena, Toll Gate 1:45.0; 6, Haley Moen, TG 1:45.6. 300 - 1, Jamiee Dorsey, EG 40.5; 2, Jordan Gray, TG 41.0; 3, Falaye, Class. 42.0; 4, Amanda Joyal, LS 42.8; 5, Saskia Morgan, Shea 43.0; 6, Delaney Silvestri, Chariho 43.7. 55m - 1, Dorsey, EG 7.0; 2, Rita Donohue, MSC 7.3; 3, Kate Guilmette, Cov. 7.4; 5, Stephanie DiTraglia, LS 7.6; 6, Megan Vento, Mt. Hope 7.6. 55mH - 1, Maria Bolibruch, N. Kingstown 8.6; 2, Sayles, MSC 8.6; 3, Roberge, MSC 9.0; 4, Alicia Holloway, Class. 9.1; 5, Frances Vazquez, Class. 9.1; 6, Madison Smith, Barr. 9.4. 4x200 - 1, La Salle (Joyal, Mia Sardella, Veronica Hardy, Erin Kane) 1:49.4; 2, Classical 1:49.8; 3, E. Greenwich 1:50.1; 4, Toll Gate 1:50.3; 5, Barrington 1:50.6; 6, Lincoln 1:51.9. 4x400 - 1, Hope (Royal Cheatham, Shyniece Sanders, Jarnae Royster, Quashira Mc Intosh) 4:09.1; 2, E. Greenwich 4:12.1; 3, Toll Gate 4:12.7; 4, Portsmouth 4:13.0; 5, Coventry 4:19.3; 6, La Salle 4:19.7. 4x800 - 2, Westerly (Adeline Hansen, Jess Orr, Carlie Sisco, Jackie Burr) 10:13.3; 3, Bay View 10:21.9; 4, Toll Gate 10:23.2; 5, N. Kingstown 10:31.9; 6, Mt. Hope 10:33.5. All times hand-held.
SWEENEY BOYS’ MEET (R.I. results) WT - 1, Reuben Horace, Hendricken 67-9.75 (20.66 meters); 2, Kevin Conway, Westerly 64-2.75 (19.57); 3, Carlos Mangum, Central 61-11 (18.87); 4, Dylan Gardner, Pilgrim 61-0.75 (18.61); 5, John Celona, BH 60-4.25 (18.39); 6, Ndailor Sheriff, Classical 59-11 (18.26). SP - 1, Conway, West. 51-3.50 (15.63); 2, Nick De Ciantis, BH 48-5.25 (14.76); 3, Mangum, Cent. 46-11.50 (14.31); 4, Joe Colao, West. 46-3.75 (14.11); 5, Terry Sinnott, La Salle 45-11 (13.99); 6, Dom Rocchio, Coventry 45-1 (13.74). HJ - 1, Larry Warwick, Cov. 6-2 (1.87); 2, Ryan Rei, Cumberland 6-2; 3, Jordan Barboza, BH 5-10 (1.77); 5, (tie) Abdul Lateff, Class. and Neal Kundu, Cov. 5-8 (1.72). LJ - 1, Rei, Cumb. 21-8 (6.60); 2, Warwick, Cov. 21-7 (6.57); 3, Chris Moura, E. Providence 20-11 (6.37); 4, Cal Matthes, Barrington 20-11; 5, Alex Correia, Woonsocket 20-10 (6.35); 6, Eddy Uthman, W. Warwick 20-8 (6.29). 3000 - 1, Vic Ricci, Prout 9:23.2; 2, Matt Olea, Lincoln 9:35.6; 3, Jon Carney, N. Kingstown 9:44.5; 4, Will Casazza, Barr. 9:45.5; 5, Jacob Mageira, BH 9:54.3; 6, Nick Morin, Linc. 9:56.1. 1500 - 1, Trevor Crawley, Cumb. 4:10.0; 2, Andy Estrada, LS 4:12.8; 3, Mike Coleman, NK 4:14.3; 4, Mike Stephens, LS 4:14.8; 5, Adam Rego, LS 4:16.9; 6, Bob Wilkinson, NK 4:17.3. 1000 - 1, Dan Kilcoyne, Chariho 2:39.0; 2, Shane Watterson, LS 2:41.9; 3, Tom Fownes, Cumb. 2:42.3; 4, Tom Barry, Barr. 2:42.6; 5, Tom Tallo, Linc. 2:42.9; 6, John Connolly, Barr. 2:43.2. 600 - 2, Dylan Manning, E. Greenwich 1:26.4; 3, Steve Smith, Narr. 1:27.7; 4, Amos Caraiti, Moses Brown 1:28.4; 5, Montee Cawley, NK 1:28.9; 6, Jack Mortimer, Cr. East 1:29.5. 300 - 1, Jalen Evans, Woons. 36.5; 2, Derek Jackson, Class. 37.1; 6, Jack Collins, LS 38.0. 55m (Div. I) - 2, Aaron Roseman, Linc. 6.6; 3, Brandon Mc Donnell, Cr. West 6.6; 4, Evans, Woons. 6.6; 5, Uthman, WW 6.6; 6, Warwick, Cov. 6.7. 55m (Div. II) - 1, (tie) Tony Jackson, Cent. and Ryan Williams, EP 6.6; 3, Raniel Isaac, Cent. 6.7; 4, Tyrell Thomas, Hope 6.7; 5, Allen Tat, Class. 6.7. 55mH (Div. I) - 1, Nyuanru Ben, LS 7.6; 2, Angel Camilo, CE 7.6; 3, Kyle O’Connell, BH 7.7; 4, Dan Clarkin, Cov. 8.0; 5, Eddy Milcette, Class. 8.2; 6, Barboza, BH 8.4. 55mH (Div. II) - 3, Mal Peoples, NK 8.3; 6, Tyler Lelvesque, NK 8.6. 4x200 - 1, Central (Napoleon Askie, Isaac, Jose Ortiz, Steve Perez) 1:34.0; 3, N. Kingstown 1:36.1; 4, Hope 1:36.1; 5, Pilgrim 1:37.0; 6, E. Providence 1:39.2. 4x400 - 1, Central (Askie, Isaac, Ortiz, Perez) 3:31.4; 2, Narragansett 3:35.2; 3, Hendricken 3:38.9; 5, Toll Gate 3:45.9. 4x800 - 1, Chariho (Turner, D. Kilcoyne, Kelley, Marsella) 7:54.3 (No. 2 US. SR. OR: 8:04.05, S. Kingstown 2009); 2, Barrington 8:29.6; 4, Toll Gate 8:43.4; 5, N. Kingstown 8:44.0; 6, Hope 8:47.8. All times hand-held.
