Around the Oval’’
R.I. Track & Field Foundation
4 Feb. - - Team titles in the four girls’ divisional championships went to Toll Gate in the Bayha bracket; Hope in Sullivan; La Salle in Headley and in the Dwyer Division it was Portsmouth scoring in all events.
Of significance was Royal Cheatham’s performance in the Sullivan Division 55-meter dash. The Blue Wave senior clocked 6.9 seconds (hand-held) in winning the event. The longstanding R.I. indoor girls’ dash mark is 7.15 (FAT), held by Hope’s Pam Hughes since 1985. However, Track & Field News, which maintains the records, requires that all performances under 400 meters be timed electronically to qualify as a new mark. Even so, since Cheatam’s hand-held clocking, when converted to FAT, is an unofficial 7.14, it’s clear that the Hope senior is on the bubble to break Hughes’ record.
This season, Cheatham has already flirted with Hughes’ standard. She clocked 7.17 (FAT) at last month’s Rhody Invitational on URI‘s new Mondo surface track. At the Sullivan meet on Saturday, Cheatham clocked a hand-held 7.2 in both the preliminary round and in the semi-finals.
Meet highlights Cheatham also had the best long jump mark of the day (four divisional meets) with a winning distance of 18 feet, 0.75 inches (5.50 meters) . . . A barnburner in the 1500 meters came in the Headley Division meet, where Classical’s Maddy Berkson and La Salle’s Madison Meehan battled for the finish tape; it was Berkson in a time of 4:39.4 to Meehan’s 4:42.4. Except for a marked improvement in their times over the past year, the Headley Division race was a rematch of the 2011 State Indoor Championship 1500, which pitted freshman Berkson against Meehan, a junior at the time. Berkson’s 4:52.69 bested Meehan’s 4:53.61. In the Headley run, the two champions were, through most of the race, no more than a half-stride apart, until Berkson opened it up at the bell . . . Portsmouth senior Becky Cousens helped the Patriots’ team cause by winning the Dwyer Division 20-pound weight throw. Cousens’ mark was 39-2.75 (11.96 meters) . . . Westerly High’s Jackie Burr looked strong in taking the Bayha Division 1500. The Bulldog sophomore won handily in 5:01.1. Burr placed second in the Bayha 1000 (3:17.2.
Bayha Division Team scores 1, Toll Gate 115.333; 2, N. Kingstown 62.333; 3, Mt. St. Charles 58.333; 4, Smithfield 55; 5, Westerly 52; 6, E. Greenwich 26; 7, Lincoln 25; 8, Woonsocket 23; 9, Cr. West 17. Individual results WT - 1, Kate Hughes, Smith. 40-9.25 (12.42 meters); 2, Liz Boyle, West. 37-8.75 (12.42); 3, Kate St. Amand, TG 37-5.75 (11.42); 4, Sarah Elgar, Smith. 35-0 (10.66); 5, Vicky Cooper, Woons. 34-7.50 (10.55); 6, Amanda Paradis, Linc. 33-11.50 (10.35). SP - 1, St. Amand, TG 34-2 (10.41); 2, Hughes, Smith. 31-2.25 (9.50); 3, Boyle, West. 30-9 (9.37); 4, Meghan McNulty, TG 29-6.75 (9.01); 5, Leanna Ly, CW 28-7.25 (8.71); 6, Marie Ryan, MSC 28-5.50 (8.67). HJ - 1, Rylee Candon, TG 5-0 (1.52); 2, Ali Sayles, MSC 5-0; 3, Angela Ragosta, Smith. 4-10 (1.47); 4, (tie) Becky Sherwood, NK and Erika Pena, TG 4-10; 6, (tie) Madison Frechette, TG, Kate Platek, MSC and Kelsay Maymon, NK 4-6 (1.37). LJ - 1, Cassie Roberge, MSC 16-8 (5.08); 2, Candon, TG 16-5.75 (5.02); 3, Latoya Dythe, Woons. 16-4 (4.97); 4, Ragosta, Smith. 16-2.25 (4.93); 5, Jazmine White, Woons. 15-7.75 (4.76); 6, Kate Morlock, TG 14-9.75 (4.51). 3000 - 1, Alex Hackett, CW 10:55.9; 2, Aisha Mc Adams, NK 11:05.8; 3, Rachel Orlando, West. 11:12.5; 4, Emily Meinertz, Smith. 11:20.0; 5, Michaela Hackett, CW 11:48.8; 6, Becky Meinertz, Smith. 11:51.8. 1500 - 1, Jackir Burr, West. 5:01.1; 2, Allison Lomas, NK 5:13.7; 3, Erika Pena, TG 5:15.8; 4, Genesse Daley, Smith. 5:19.4; 5, Carlie Sisco, West. 5:21.2; 6, Jaxine Wolfe, NK 5:22.6. 1000 - 1, Kate Sloat, EG 3:15.2; 2, Burr, West. 3:17.2; 3, Lomas, NK 3:18.5; 4, Tess Russo, TG 3:22.6; 5, Jess Cawley, TG 3:23.0; 6, Jordan Silva, NK 3:23.6. 600 - 1, Jenna Moen, TG 1:45.4; 2, Nora Hall, TG 1:45.5; 3, Allie Davis, EG 1:45.6; 4, Shannon Garvey, TG 1:46.2; 5, Jordan Lopes, Woons. 1:46.6; 6, A. Hackett, CW 1:46.9. 300 - 1, Jordan Gray, TG 42.0; 2, Rita Donohue, MSC 42.2; 3, Kris Giarrusso, Linc. 44.0; 4, Maria Bolibruch, NK 44.4; 5, Carolyn Cruise, EG 44.6; 6, Savannah Jones, NK 45.1. 55m - 1, Donohue, MSC 7.2; 2, Dythe, Woons.7.4; 3, Giarrusso, Linc. 7.5; 4, Ragosta, Smith. 7.6; 5, JWhite, Woons. 7.6; 6, Gray, TG 7.6. 55mH - 1, Bolibruch, NK 8.3; 2, Ragosta, Smith. 8.6; 3, Sayles, MSC 9.0; 4, Cassie Roberge, MSC 9.0; 5, Kate Morlock, TG 9.2; 6, Marrisa Gelinas, Woons. 9.4. 4x200 - 1, Toll Gate (NNR) 1:49.6; 2, N. Kingstown 1:50.9; 3, Lincoln 1:51.6; 4, E. Greenwich 1:53.7; 5, Mt. St. Charles 1:54.1; 6, Cr. West 1:55.3. 4x400 - 1,Toll Gate (NNR) 4:15.0; 2, Mt. St. Charles 4:21.3; 3, Lincoln 4:21.7; 4, N. Kingstown 4:25.5; 5, Westerly 4:26.3; 6, Cr. West 4:32.2. 4x800 - 1, Westerly (NNR) 10:17.8; 2, N. Kingstown 10:21.6; 3, Toll Gate 10:28.5; 4, E. Greenwich 10:31.6; 5, Smithfield 10:49.1; 6, Mt. St. Charles 11:10.1.
Sullivan Division Team scores 1, Hope 113; 2, Mt. Hope 87; 3, Prout 66; 4, Moses Brown 54; 5, (tie) Central Falls and Narragansett 25; 7, Warwick Vets 22; 8, Rogers 20; 9, Cr. East 5. Individual results WT - 1, Grace Janes, Rog. 48-0 (14.63 meters); 2, Leia Mistowski, Narr. 39-11.50 (12.17); 3, Jenn Cabral, CF 36-8.25 (11.18); 4, Megan Merlino, WV 33-6 (10.21); 5, Aine Russell, MB 28-8.50 (8.75); 6, Kenysha Clear, Hope 27-3.25 (8.31). SP - 1, Katja Neves, Hope 33-6.75 (10.22); 2, Merlino, WV 31-4.75 (9.56); 3, Marasia Cassese, Rog. 28-10.50 (8.80); 4, Janes, Rog. 27-5.25 (8.36); 5, Hayley Cambrola, MH 27-0.75 (7.81); 6, Carly Timpson, Narr. 25-10.50 (7.88). HJ - 1, Jenkins, CF 4-10 (1.470; 2, Anjelique Cooley, CF 4-8 (1.42); 3, Arianna Cohen, MB 4-8; 4, (tie) Kylie McPherson and Nicole Rusin, Lucy Spence, MH 4-4 (1.32). LJ - 1, Royal Cheatham, Hope 18-0.75 (5.50); 2, Karly Gregory, Prout 17-4.25 (5.28); 3, Aisha Kuforiji, MB 15-7 (4.74); 4, Kate Kemieg, Prout 14-4.75 (4.38); 5, Megan Vento, MH 14-4 (4.26); 6, Ceili O’Connell, Narr. 12-7 (3.83). 3000 - 1, Meridith Brown, Hope 11:17.8; 2, Eily Sullivan, Narr. 11:42.6; 3, Maggie Azar, MH 12;39.7; 4, Angie Marcks, WV 12:44.5; 5, Jocelyn Alexandre, MH 13:29.2. 1500 - 1, Jess Elliott, Prout 5:15.0; 2, Gabby Silvestri, MB 5:44.0; 3, Jess Trautman, Narr. 5:51.6; 4, Emma McConnell, Prout 5:52.0; 5, Marissa Bamonte, MB 5:54.1; 6, Kate Heyden, MH 5:54.3. 1000 - 1, Brown, Hope 3:23.8; 2, Hazel Baldwin, MH 3:32.9; 3, Silvestri, MB 3:36.7; 4, Kala Harrington, Prout 3:37.2; 5, Azar, MH 3;37.3; 6, Andrea Fortune, MB 3:51.9. 600 - 1, McPherson, MH 1:43.9; 2, Gregory, Prout 1:44.4; 3, Meghan Rainville, MH 1:45.0; 4, Amelia Bradley, Prout 1:46.3; 5, Cheatham, Hope 1:49.1; 6, Viv Ramos, MH 1:50.1. 300 - 1, Quashira McIntosh, Hope 42.6; 2, Shyniece Sanders, Hope 44.2; 3, Jarnae Royster, Hope 45.5; 4, Hannah Meharg, CE 45.5; 5, Sarah Murphy, Prout 47.8; 6, Tiffany Jenkins, CF 47.8. 55m - 1, Cheatham, Hope 6.9; 2, Royster, Hope 7.2; 3, Megan Vento, MH 7.6; 4, Liz Tutu, MB 7.7; 5, Kate Meimeg, Prout 7.8; 6, Meharg, CE 8.0. 55mH - 1, McIntosh, Hope 9.3; 2, McPherson, MH 9.5; 3, Dominka Witecak, MH 10.1; 4, Arianna Cohen, MB 10.2; 5, McKenzie Reimer, MB 10.3; 6, Fortune, MB 10.8. 4x200 - 1, Hope (NNR) 1:50.2; 2, Mt. Hope 1:54.2; 3, Moses Brown 1:56.9; 4, Prout 1:59.4; 5, Warwick Vets 2:03.6; 6, Narragansett 2:04.3. 4x400 - 1, Mt. Hope (NNR) 4:20.4; 2, Hope 4:20.9; 3, Prout 4:54.5; 4, Warwick Vets 5:03.9. 4x800 - 1, Prout (NNR) 10:44.4; 2, Mt. Hope 11:44.3.
Headley Division Team scores 1, La Salle 115; 2, Classical 102; 3, Barrington 58; 4, S. Kingstown 42; 5, Coventry 34; 6, Pilgrim 31.5; 7, Cumberland 21.5; 8, Bay View 19.5; 9, Chariho 10.5. Individual results WT - 1, Maggie Dufault, Pil. 47-10.50 (14.59 meters); 2, Ann Dagrin, Class. 47-5 (14.45); 3, Martha Cooper, Class. 46-10 (14.27); 4, Cate Maloney, LS 46-4.75 (14.14); 5, Destinee Barrette, Pil. 43-8.25 (13.31); 6, Brianna O’Grady, SK 40-10.50 (12.46). SP - 1, Kendra Plant, Cumb. 3304 (10.16); 2, Aysha Moreino, SK 31-11.50 (9.74); 3, Dagrin, Class. 31-4.75 (9.57); 4, Manuela Vadis, Class. 31-2.27 (9.52); 6, Dufault, Pil. 30-11.25 (9.43). HJ - 1, Dakota Dailey-Harris, LS 5-6 (1.68); 2, Dara Falaye, Class. 5-0 (1.52); 3, Mary Ernster, LS 4-10 (1.47); 4, Rachel Clair, BV 4-8 (1.42); 5, (tie) Melanie Brunelle, Pil. and Taylor Key, Cumb. 4-8. LJ - 1, Maddy Berkson, Class. 16-10 (5.13); 2, Becky O’Donnell, Pil. 16-8.75 (5.10); 3, Teondra Silva, Barr. 16-6.75 (5.05); 4, Stephanie Fitzgerald, Cov. 16-2 (4.93); 5, Emma Mascoli, Pil. 16-1.75 (4.92); 6, Shenelle Teixiera, Barr. 15-10.50 (4.84). 3000 - 1, Paige Ethier, SK 10:29.2; 2, Tiana Kibbe, LS 10:51.9; 3, Alice Burgess, Barr. 10:56.9; 4, Vicky Varone, LS 11:11.3; 5, Sydney Sweck, SK 11:11.6; 6, Rachael Renzi, LS 11:12.7. 1500 - 1, Berkson, Class. 4:39.4; 2, Madison Meehan, LS 4:42.4; 3, Jess Bellows, Cov. 4:55.0; 4, Caitlin Marino, LS5:07.1; 5, Madeline Byrnes, LS 5:07.1; 6, Tatianna Medina, BV 5:09.5. 1000 - 1, Berkson, Class. 3:05.0; 2, Ethier, SK 3:06.5; 3, Madison Meehan, LS 3:08.9; 4, McKenzie Meehan, LS 3:10.5; 5, Marino, LS 3:10.6; 6, Caroline Falvey, LS 3:11.6. 600 - 1, Erica Johnson, BV 1:33.3; 2, Meehan, LS 1:36.0; 3, Mary Coogan, Barr. 1:40.2; 4, Alicia DeCastro, LS 1:44.5; 5, Haylee Kurkowski, LS 1:45.1; 6, Kendall Feaster, SK 1:46.2. 300 - 1, Dara Falaye, Class. 41.4; 2, Amanda Joyal, LS 42.6; 3, Delany Silvestri, Char. 43.6; 4, Alicia Holloway, Class. 43.7; 5, Erin Kane, LS 44.1; 6, Veronica Hardy, LS 44.3. 55m - 1, Kate Guilmette, Cov. 7.1; 2, Falaye, Class. 7.3; 3, Gsabby Palko, Barr. 7.5; 4, Stephanie DiTraglia, LS 7.5; 5, Silvestri, Char. 7.5; 6, Cameron Macdonald, Barr. 7.6. 55mH - 1, Breigh Souliere, Cumb. 8.9; 2, Holloway, Class. 9.1; 3, Teixiera, Barr. 9.2; 4, Madison Smith, Barr. 9.2; 5, Nicole Smith, Barr. 9.4; 6, Mascoli, Pil. 9.5. 4x200 - 1, La Salle (NNR) 1:48.9; 2, Classical 1:48.9; 3, Barrington 1:49.6; 4, Coventry 1:53.1; 5, Bay View 1:56.6; 6, Chariho 1:46.6. 4x400 - 1, Barrington (NNR) 4:12.9; 2, La Salle 4:13.6; 3, Classical 4:21.5; 4, Coventry 4:22.0; 5, S. Kingstown 4:25.2; 6, Bay View 4:33.2. 4x800 - 1, S. Kingstown (NNR) 9:40.2; 2, La Salle 9:40.5; 3, Coventry 10:15.2; 4, Brrington 10:24.9; 5, Bay View 10:43.6; 6, Chariho 11:05.9.
Dwyer Division Team scores 1, Portsmouth 165; 2, E. Providence 97; 3, W. Warwick 55; 4, Ponaganset 53; 5, Wheeler 23; 6, Tolman 12; 7, St. Raphael 10; 8, Mt. Pleasant 2. Individual results WT - 1, Becky Cousens, Ports. 39-2.75 (11.96 meters); 2, Vicky Ebert, EWG 35-4 (10.77); 3, Abby Cousens, Ports. 33-1.75 (10.10); 4, Oksana Goretaya, WW 33-1 (10.08); 5, Leslie Alvarez, 32-11.25 (10.05); 6, Veronica Wiggins, Tol. 31-11 (10.03). SP - 1, Ebert, EWG 35-0.75 (10.68); 2, Wiggins, Tol. 33-11 (10.33); 3, Washington, Ports. 30-11.50 (9.43); 4, Ami Humphrey, Pon. 28-4.50 (8.65); 5, Lauren Cando, Pon. 27-0.75 (8.25); 6, Goretaya, WW 25-5.75 (8.07). HJ - 1, Cate Dominick, Pon. 5-0 (1.52); 2, Sierra Smith, Pon. 4-10 (1.47); 3, Natalie Yaw, Ports. 4-8 (1.42); 4, Mariah Kaiser, Ports. 4-6 (1.37); 5, Becky Pacheco, WW 4-6; 6, (tie) Alex Caniero and Dana Barclay, WW 4-4 (1.32). LJ - 1, Darian Dailey, EP 16-2.50 (4.94); 2, Kaiser, Ports. 15-7 (4.750; 3, Kait Bellamy, EP 15-4.75 (4.70); 4, Jess Kaufman, Ports. 14-9.50 (4.51); 5, Yaw, Ports. 14-5.75 (4.42); 6, Leah Hibbad, Ports. 14-5.75. 3000 - 1, Casey Mc Grath, Pon. 11:22.2; 2, Katie Lucier, Ports. 13:19.8; 3, Rowan Goss, Ports. 13:39.9; 4, Jess D’Agostino, Wheeler 13:50.4; 5, Eliza Petty, Ports. 14:47.8; 6, Hayley McClintock, Ports. 16:52.9. 1500 - 1, Ashley Jackson, SRA 5:19.1; 2, Yulaindra Henriquez, EP 5:31.0; 3, Jamie Proffitt, Ports. 5;40.5; 4, Cate Browning, EP 5:46.1; 5, Alondra Berrios, MP 6:02.3; 6, Lauren Borg, Ports. 6:07.5. 1000 - 1, Lily Foulkes, Wheeler 3:25.8; 2, Henriquez, EP 3:31.5; 3, Nicole Mc Adams, WW 3:36.5; 4, Raegan Holland, Ports. 3:38.6; 5, Makay Eyster, Ports. 3:39.6; 6, maria Cardone, Ports. 3:48.5. 600 - 1, Mc Adams, WW 1:49.9; 2, Taressa Jones, EP 1:50.0; 3, Ada Glazzard, Wheeler 1:55.6; 4, Rachel Perras, Ports. 1:56.9; 5, Silvia Yanez, PCD 1:57.9; 6, Yaw, Ports. 2:01.0. 300 - 1, Hibbad, Ports. 43.4; 2, Kaufman, Ports. 44.0; 3, Sierra Cunningham, EP 44.7; 4, Kaiser, Ports. 44.8; 5, Barclay, WW 46.0; 6, Amanda Horton, EP 46.6. 55m - 1, Cunningham, EP 7.3; 2, Deona DaSilva, EP 7.5; 3, Kaiser, Ports. 7.5; 4, Hibbad, Ports. 7.6; 5, Dailey, EP 7.6; 6, Yin Agbotean, Wheeler 8.1. 55mH - 1, Kaufman, Ports. 9.3; 2, Goretaya, WW 9.6; 3, Laurel McIntosh, Ports. 9.9;4, Gretchen Petrie, Ports. 10.0; 5, Bellamy, EP 10.5; 6, Lauren Vine, EP 11.1. 4x200 - 1, E. Providence (NNR) 1:51.9; 2, Portsmouth 1:54.5; 3, Ponaganset 1:59.2; 4, W. Warwick 2:04.5; 5, Wheeler 2:07.4. 4x400 - 1, Portsmouth (NNR) 4:34.3; 2, Ponaganset 4:39.1; 3, E. Providence 4:42.8. 4x800 - 1, W. Warwick (NNR) 10:55.1; 2, Portsmouth 11:08.6; 3, E. Providence 11:29.8. All times hand-held.
