“Around the Oval’’ RAMS’ ERNSTER: 3 GOLDS
R.I. TRACK & FIELD FOUNDATION
22 May - - The La Salle freshman girls’ track squad scored 86 points to win the 2012 freshman State Championship yesterday. Smithfield placed second (58) and Westerly third with 45 points.
La Salle’s Mary Ernster brought home three gold medals. She went 15-3 (4.64 meters) to win the long jump; did 33-2 (10.10) to take the triple, and cleared 4-10 (1.47) to capture the high jump event. Hope High’s Quashira Mc Intosh won a pair of events. She clocked 12.5 to take the 100 dash, and 25.6 to win the 200. Jessica Bellows, of Coventry, also was double gold. Bellows clocked 4:54.1 to win the 1500, and 2:24.8 for 800 meters. Portsmouth’s Abby Cousens unloaded the 4-kilo hammer a winning 119-4 (36.37). Burrillville’s Betsy Dumais clocked 11:20.6 in winning the 3000.
Team scores 1, La Salle 86; 2, Smithfield 61; 3, E. Greenwich 58; 4, Westerly 45; 5, Barrington 42.5; 6, Toll Gate 39.5; 7, Coventry 36; 8, Portsmouth 35; 9, (tie) Burrillville and Classical 25.5; 11, Hope 25; 12, S. Kingstown 21.5; 13, Pilgrim 20; 14, Rogers 16; 15, E. Providence 10; 16, (tie) Woonsocket, N. Kingstown and Prout 8; 19, Bay View 6; 20, Mt. Hope 4; 21, (tie) Chariho, Cr. West and Cumberland 2; 24, Narragansett 1.5; 25, Central Falls 1.
Individual results HT - 1, Abby Cousens, Ports. 119-4 (36.37 meters); 2, Lauren Swanson, EG 116-3 (35.43); 3, Tata Rochefort, Woons. 104-2 (31.75); 4, Grace Restituyo, Barr. 98-10 (30.12); 5, Lauren Hindley, Smith. 90-0 (27.43); 6, Kailynn Figueroa, Class. 69-6 (21.18). SP - 1, Mirasia Cassese, Rog. 31-1 (9.447); 2, Jess Cordeiro, EP 29-0 (8.83); 3, Sarah Mahoney, LS 28-6 (8.68); 4, Hindley, Smith. 27-7 (8.40); 5, Hicks, Class. 26-9.50 (8.16); 6, Restituyo, Barr. 26-6.50 (8.08). DT - 1, Restituyo, Barr. 98-8 (30.07); 2, Hicks, Class. 84-6 (25.75); 3, Hindley, Smith. 80-1 (24.40); 4, Cousens, Ports. 79-8 (24.28); 5, Rochefort, Woons. 75-9 (23.08); 6, Rachel Balcom, Smith. 70-11 (21.61). JT - 1, Monica Drimbarean, Barr. 86-2 (26.26); 2, Cate Keable, Burr. 73-0 (22.250; 3, Thalia Serrano, Rog. 70-11 (21.61); 4, MacKenzie Caron, Pil. 70-10 (21.59); 5, Eriana Patrick, Class. 70-2 (21.38); 6, Cousens, Ports. 64-6 (19.65). HJ - 1, Mary Ernster, LS 4-10 (1.47); 2, Melanie Brunelle, Pil. 4-10; 3, Erika Pena, TG 4-8 (1.42); 4, Sophia Culpo, BV 4-6 (1.37); 5, Madison Saliba, Smith. 4-6; 6, (tie) Hicks, Class. and Brit Laraway, SK 4-4 (1.32). LJ - 1, Ernster, LS 15-3 (4.64); 2, Sarah Middleton, Barr. 14-7 (4.44); 3, Olivia Hirst, Prout 14-4 (4.36); 4, Hicks, Class. 14-1 (4.29); 5, Jen Sarazen, EG 13-6.75 (4.13); 6, Nathalie Rosado, Hope 13-5.50 (4.10). TJ - 1, Ernster, LS 33-2 (10.10); 2, Brunelle, Pil. 32-3.75 (9.84); 3, Rachel Chavous, Ports. 30-10.50 (9.41); 4, Natalie Yaw, Ports. 30-3 (9.22); 5, Taylor Carnavale, EP 28-10.75 (8.80); 6, Lara antonelli, LS 28-8 (8.73). PV - 1, Morgan Mc Donald, Smith. 7-6 (2.28); 2, Michaela Mc Namara, LS 7-6; 3, Chavous, Ports. 7-0 (2.13); 4, Caitlin Parades, Smith. 7-0; 5, (tie) Middleton, Barr. and Jordan Inkley, TG 6-6 (1.98). 100 - 1, Quashira Mc Intosh, Hope 12.5; 2, Stephaie Di Traglia, LS 12.9; 3, Sydney Blais, Burr. 13.2; 4, Sarazen, EG 13.4; 5, Oceana Williams, CW 13.6; 6, Meghan Blessing, SK 13.6. 200 - 1, Mc Intosh, Hope 25.6; 2, DiTraglia, LS 28.2; 3, Sarazen, EG 28.5; 4, Molly Fied, NK 28.6; 5, Blais, Burr. 28.9; 6, Chelsea Sahagian, Narr. 28.9. 400 - 1, Michelle Hanssen, West. 1:02.4; 2, Julia Wicklund, West. 1:04.1; 3, Emily Ferguson, EG 1:04.2; 4, Yaw, Ports. 1:04.4; 5, Hirst, Prout 1:05.0; 6, Nora Hall, TG 1:05.1. 800 - 1, Jess Bellows, Cov. 2;24.8; 2, Madison Mc Laughlin, West. 2:26.2; 3, Allison Bellows, Cov. 2:28.8; 4, Britney Laraway, SK 2:29.3; 5, Abigail Burke, BV 2:31.7; 6, Hanssen, West. 2:32.1. 1500 - 1, J. Bellows, Cov. 4:54.1; 2, Mc Laughlin, West. 4:57.0; 3, A. Bellows, Cov. 4:58.6; 4, Sheridan Wilbur, LS 4:58.9; 5, Margaret Mc Caffrey, EG 5:04.0; 6, Laraway, SK 5:04.2. 3000 - 1, Betsy Dumais, Burr. 11:20.6; 2, Becky Meinertz, Smith. 11:35.4; 3, Tara Sidhu, EG 11:42.5; 4, Katarina Heyden, MH 11:44.9; 5, Jenn Croteau, NK 11:51.9; 6, Erin Macomber, LS 12:03.5. 100HH - 1, Parades, Smith. 17.5; 2, Pena, TG 17.7; 3, Kate Forrester, SK 18.1; 4, Kate Kerwin, LS 19.3; 5, Arin Demers, Char. 19.4; 6, Inkley, TG 19.5. 300IH - 1, Pena, TG 50.7; 2, Michelle Ricci, Class. 52.0; 3, Parades, Smith. 53.6; 4, Anna Sroczynski, LS 55.3; 5, Hailey Smith, Cumb. 56.1; 6, Forrester, SK 56.6. 4x100 - 1, La Salle (Di Traglia, Antonelli, Gisele, Ernster) 52.6; 2, S. Kingstown 55.4; 3, E. Greenwich 56.2; 4, Hope 56.4; 5, Barrington 56.9; 6, Central Falls 57.5. 4x400 - 1, Westerly (Hanssen, Sisco, Mc Laughlin, Wicklund) 4:16.6; 2, E. Greenwich 4:27.4; 3, Toll Gate 4:28.5; 4, Coventry 4:30.9; 5, Barrington 4:36.9; 6, La Salle 4:39.5. 4x800 - 1, E. Greenwich (Mc Caffrey, Mc Mullen, Browne, Sidhu) 10:23.3; 2, Smithfield 10:28.4; 3, Toll Gate 10:51.0; 4, Barrington 11:00.1; 5, N. Kingstown 11:02.9; 6, La Salle 11:03.0. All times hand-held.