“Around the Oval’’ R.I. TRACK & FIELD FOUNDATION
Feb. 15 - The La Salle girls and Hendricken - defending state champions - closed out the RIT&FF coaches polls as the dominant teams. The Hawks and Rams picked up first-place votes among all the coaches who participates in the three indoor track surveys. In the girls’ voting, the top four teams finished in the same place they did in the Feb. 3 survey: La Salle; Classical; Hope and Toll Gate. The Mt. St. Charles girls’ team jumped up three notches: from 10th to 7th place in this latest poll. The Hawks and Chariho repeated the 1-2 finish of the Feb. 2 boys’ poll. The Chargers received five first-place ballots of the 11 coaches voting. OVAL NOTE: This Saturday’s State Championships begins at 12 noon at the PCTA track, Providence. GIRLS Team Pts. Prev. poll 1. La Salle (11) 110 1 2. Classical 93 2 3. Hope 88 3 4. Toll Gate 70 4 5. E. Greenwich 54 9 6. S. Kingstown 50 7 7. Mt. St. Charles 48 10 8. Barrington 33 6 9. N. Kingstown 26 5 10. Pilgrim 11 8
Other teams - Woonsocket 9; Bay View 4; Portsmouth 3; Smithfield, Cumberland and Coventry 2.
BOYS Team Pts. Prev. poll 1. Hendricken (6) 104 1 2. Chariho (5) 90 2 3. N. Kingstown 79 4 4. S. Kingstown 63 4 5. Classical 60 3 6. Central 50 6 7. La Salle 40 9 8. Coventry 23 7 9. Cumberland 19 8 10. Barrington 16 - -
Other teams - Westerly 13; E. Greenwich 7; Hope 6; W. Warwick 3; Lincoln and E. Providence 2.
