R.I. Track & Field Foundation
7 Jan. – – La Salle’s DJ Principe keep adding notches in his state-record belt. Saturday at the 48th annual Dartmouth Relays in New Hampshire, the Stanford University-bound Principe captured the 1000 meters in R.I. record time of 2 minutes, 27.86 seconds on the Leverone Field House track. Noah Belomo, of Alvirno, N.H. High, placed second in 2:33.20.
DJ’s time – also a meet record – eclipsed the previous state standard of 2:28.40 set last February at the New England Championships by the Rams’ Jack Salisbury. At last year’s Dartmouth meet, Principe came in second to Salisbury in the mile (4:16.06). Adding to his day’s activities, Principe also anchored two winning Ram relays.
LaSalle took team honors in a close finish with Hendricken. It was the Rams 63-55 over the Hawks after 20 events were scored. Principe anchored the Rams’ winning 4×800, fronted by Joe Dos Reis, Max Dimuccio and Cam Hennessey.
La Salle also copped the gold medal in the girls’ 4×800 (9:44.13) behind juniors Grace Connolly, Emily Wilson, and Emily Kane, and senior Alyson Walsh. In girls’ team scoring, La Salle finished sixth with 29 points. The team from Rush-Henrietta, N.Y. claimed the team title (45).
The Rams’ 4×200 relay of Brandon Brown, Angel Morales, Tyler Lamonte and Sam Coleman clocked a winning 1:33.41 in a battle with second-place Hendricken (1:33.86). Coleman placed second in the dash; Lamonte second in the quarter.
On Friday night, La Salle’s distance medley relay copped the gold with a 10:24.45 performance, nearly 20 seconds ahead of a team from Marshfield, Mass. Principe anchored freshman Dimuccio, junior Lamonte and sophomore dos Reis.
The girls’ 20-pound (9-kilo) weight throw gold went to Ponaganset junior Gianna Rao on a meet-record distance of 58-10 (17.93). The Hawks’ Abe Salako won the boys’ 25-pound (11.36-kilo) event with a mark of 60-10.25 (18.54).
Nikki Merrill, a Portsmouth sophomore, clocked a winning 2:16.44 in the girls’ 800 meters. Merrill was three seconds in front of Collette O’Leary, of Milton, Mass, at the finish.
R.I. GIRLS’ RESULTS
Team scores
6, La Salle 29; 10, Portsmouth 17; 18, Ponaganset 10; 27, Barrington 8; 36, Toll Gate 6.
Top individual finishers
WT (9-kilo/20-lb.) – 1, Gianna Rao, Pon. 58-10 (17.93 meters); 4, Molly Botts, Cr. East 48-10.50 (14.89); 5, Annika Kelly, Barr. 48-5.50 (14.77); 6, Sydney Polando, Barr. 44-10.50 (13.67); 7, Ani Armanakyan, TG 44-7.50 (13.60); 9, Samantha Andrews, Linc. 44-6.25 (13.56).
SP – 3, Armenakyan 38-6.75 (11.75); 8, Andrews 36-1 (10.99).
LJ – 10, Virsavia Goretoy, WW 15-11.50 (4.86).
Two mile – 4, Grace Connolly, LS 11:11.51 (= 10:21.8 @ 3000m); 5,
Mile – 3, Emily Kane, LS 5:04.49 (= 4:41.9 @ 1500m); 5, Liz Sullivan, Ports. 11:16.60 (= 10:26.4 @ 3000); 10, Claire Hanlon, BV 11:44.85 (= 10:52.8 @ 3000).
1000 – 6, Sullivan 3:04.16.
800 – 1, Nikki Merrill, Ports. 2:16.44; 6, Kate Zitzmann, Barr. 2:23.62.
55mH – 7, Casey Gannon, TG 8.96.
4×200 – 9, La Salle 1:52.19.
4×400 – 6, La Salle 4:22.33; 7, Toll Gate 4:22.89.
4×800 – 1, La Salle (Connolly, Walsh, Wilson, Kane) 9:44.13.
SMR – 4, Barrington 4:23.97; 8, Toll Gate 4:29.65.
DMR – 2, La Salle 12:32.74; 4, Portsmouth 12:36.11; 16, Barrington 13:41.62; 19, Cumberland 13:51.13.
R.I. BOYS’ RESULTS
Team scores
1, LaSalle 63; 2, Hendricken 55; 9, W. Warwick 25; 16, Lincoln 10; 22, Toll Gate 8; 27. Barrington 6; 38, Chariho 2; 44, Cumberland 1.
Top individual finishers
WT (11.36-kilo/25-lb.) – 1, Abe Salako, BH 60-10.25 (18.54 meters); 2, Ivan Goretoy, WW 58-8.50 (17.89); 3, Evan Grivers, Linc. 57-7.75 (17.57); 4, Matt Thibaudeau, Linc. 57-6 (17.52); 7, Jack Dunn, Barr. 55-7 (16.94); 8, Garrett Doyle, Linc. 55-3.50 (16.85); 9, Ryan Morel, BH 54-6.25 (16.61); 10, Frank Ricci, BH 53-10.25 (16.41).
SP – 4, Goretoy 50-1.25 (15.27); 11, Evan Grivers, Linc.45-9.25 (13.95).
HJ – 2, Quindel Wilson, WW 6-0 (1.82).
Two mile – 5, Sean Meehan, BH 9:49.04 (= 9:05.8 @ 3000m); 6, Kyle Keefe, Char. 9:49.39; 7, Dom Campagna, LS 9:51.68 (= 9:07.7 @ 3000).
Mile – 3, Mars Bishop, Barr. 4:23.06 (= 4:03.5 @ 1500m); 6, Joe dos Reis, LS 4:29.52 (= 4:09.5 @ 1500); 8, Ben Drezek, Cumb. 4:30.30 (= 4:10.5 @ 1500); 10, Max Dimuccio, LS 4:33.42 (= 4:13.2 @ 1500).
1000 – 1, DJ Principe, LS 2:27.86 (SR. OR: 2:28.40, Jack Salisbury, LS 2016); 10, Nick Cehelsky, TG 2:40.51.
800 – 2, Nick Reygadas, TG 2:00.73; 6, Tim Champlin, Char. 2:01.87.
600 – 3, Harry Antone, BH 1:23.27.
400 – 2, Tyler Lamonte, LS 52.64; 5, Angel Morales, LS 53.61; 7, Zach Padula, WW 54.29; 10, Joe D’Antonio, BH 54.68.
300 – 4, Sam Coleman, LS 35.72.
55m – 2, Coleman 6.50.
55mH – 3, Ethan Famiano, BH 7.88; 4, Joe Santos. BH 8.18; 6, Chris Choquette, Cumb. 8.26.
4×200 – 1, La Salle (Brown, Morales, Lamonte, Coleman) 1:33.41; 2, Hendricken 1:33.86; 7, W. Warwick 1:36.07.
4×400 – 3, Hendricken 3:31.01; 4, W. Warwick 3:34.67; 7, Toll Gate 3:39.09; 8, La Salle 3:39.78.
4×800 – 1, La Salle (dos Reis, Dimuccio, Hennessey, Principe) 8:13.60; 2, Hendricken 8:18.76; 8, Chariho 8:42.98.
SMR – 6, Hendricken 3:39.17; 8, La Salle 3:44.25.
DMR – 1, La Salle (Dimuccio, Lamonte, dos Reis, Principe) 10:27.45; 4, Hendricken 10:50.37; 9, Chariho 11:06.66; 10, Toll Gate 11:07.56.