Hendricken’s freshman capture boys’ Freshman Division event
By BOB LEDDY (TAFWA)
R.I. Track & Field Foundation
17 Oct. – – Mars Bishop, Barrington High’s talented “long ranger’’, made his debut at the Brown University Cross Country Invitational on Saturday doubly notable. After the season-opening Injury Fund Relay Carnival, the junior harrier came down with mononucleosis; it sidelined him for much of the 2015 campaign – until Saturday, that is.
Running in the Championship Division race at Goddard Park in perfect cross country conditions (cool and clear), a healthy Bishop crossed the finish line as the first Rhode Islander; in the No. 8 spot with a time of 15:22. (The boys’ top bracket champion was Josh Clark, of Highland Regional in 14:58.)
In the girls’ Championship 3.1-mile run, the Ocean State’s top placer was Narragansett High senior Marissa Mc Philips; 10th overall in 18:22. (Alyssa Aldridge, of Mainland, clocked 17:07 for the win.)
“I started off strong,’’ said Bishop, who last year finished just out of contention for a third-team coaches all-state spot at the State Meet (22nd place). “I was focused. I went out fast, did the first mile in 4:50. The top guys took it out. I was pretty much in the middle.’’
Mc Phillips, a successful track athlete for theMariners, was a second-team coaches all-state cross country selection last year off the State Championship. She placed 10th in 19:12 on the Ponaganset High course.
Also at Goddard Park on Saturday, Hendricken’s freshman corps took the team title with 51 points. Nick Braz clocked 13:45 over 4 kilometers to lead the Hawks. Cumberland’s Dan Collard was the top R.I. finisher in that race; fourth in 13:43.
Classical High’s Joe Murphy finished second in the boys’ Varsity I race, clocking in at 16:07. In the girls; Varsity I division, Westerly sophomore Randi Burr went 18:33 to finish seventh overall. Burr last year was a first-team RITCA all-stater on the strength of her seventh-place showing at the State Championships.
Course Notes: The Brown Invitational’s 13th annual “Service to Cross Country’’ Award was presented jointly to Woonsocket coaches George Briggs and Barbara (Raymond) Daluz. Briggs has piloted ‘Novan cross country and track for 35 years. His Class A Championship team of 1987 was led by all-stater Raymond. Raymond was also the state titlist that year . . . The Class and JV Championships will be held Oct. 31 at Ponaganset.
R.I. GIRLS’ RESULTS
Championship Division
R.I. team score
3, Cumberland 86.
Top R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (10) Marissa Mc Phillips, Narr. 18:22; 2 (12) Amy Laverty, Cumb. 18:30; 3 (19) Danika Wayss, Pil. 19:05; 4 (21) Ana O’Callaghan, Cumb. 19:15; 5 (23) Julia Dempsey, Cumb. 19:19; 6 (33) Ashley Foster, Cumb. 20:10; 7 (34) Grace Henson, Cumb. 20:18; 8 (39) Meghan Scullin, Cumb. 20:32; 9 (55) Emily Berard, Cumb. 22:18. Dist. 3.1.
Varsity I
R.I. team scores
23, Westerly 527; 26, Mt. St. Charles 639; 27, Prout 704; 30, N. Smithfield 877.
Top 10 R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (7) Randi Burr, West. 18:33; 2 (36) Abby Murdock, West. 20:03; 3 (60) Ana Psilos, Prout 20:39; 4 (116) Shannon O’Connor, MSC 21:31; 5 (126) Stella Noecker, MSC 21:47; 6 (141) Emily McNiece, Narr. 22:02; 7 (150) Sydney Clays, West. 22:13; 8 (157) Mira DiSilvestro, Prout 22:31; 9 (160) Maddie Charbonne, MSC 22:36; 10 (162) Juilia Dispirito, mSC 22:36.9. Dist. 3.1.
Varisty II
R.I. team scores
16, Coventry 442; 22, Barrington 552.
Top 10 R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (7) Kate Zitzmann, Barr. 18:39; 2 (70) Lauren Jacobs, Cov. 20:30; 3 (74) Jade Wilcox, Cov. 20:34; 4 (93) Kaci Perry, Cov. 21:04; 5 (102) Ashley Duchame, Cov. 21:14; 6 (116) Riley Kloc, Barr. 21:32; 7 (129) Cassie Capezza, Cov. 22:00; 8 (134) Lilly Gazeryan, Barr. 22:06; 9 (148) Kate Breard, Cov. 22:23; 10 (161) Sam Noonan, Cov. 22:56. Dist. 3.1.
JV I
R.I. team scores
14, Prout 42; 15, N. Smithfield 465.
Top R.I. 5 R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (81) Meghan O’Brien, MSC 24:55; 2 (109) Natalie Haskell, Prout 22;52; 3 (129) Skyla Stirckland, West. 26:49; 4 (130) Megan Dubois, MSC 26:52; 5 (138) Caeless Garvey, West. 27:05. Dist. 3.1.
JV II
R.I. team scores
15, Coventry 438; 16, Cumberland 477.
Top 5 R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (94) Alex Pina, Cumb. 23:17; 2 (96) Becky Khimatian, Cumb. 23:22; 3 (99) AAliyah Moors, Cov. 23:27; 4 (104) Gabby Dias, Cov. 23:41; 5 (110) Alejandra Monge, Cov. 23:46. Dist. 3.1.
Freshman Division
R.I. teams
5, E. Greenwich 193; 10, Coventry 264; 11, Westerly 269.
Top 5 R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (4) Kata Cummings, West. 15:57; 2 (23) Kaitlyn Votta, Cumb. 16:65; 3 (27) Cate Wood, EG 17:09; 4 (30) Joanna Jerrell, EG 17:17; 5 (31) Olivia Saunders, EG 17:19. Dist. 4k.
R.I. BOYS’ RESULTS
Championship Division
R.I. teams
9, Cumberland 176; 10, Barrington 205.
Top R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (8) Mars Bishop, Barr. 15:22; 2 (13) CJ Berg, MSC 15:31; 3 (15) Ben Drezek, Cumb. 15:40; 4 (27) Adam Courtemanche, Smith. 16:10; 5 (31) Sean Laverty, Cumb. 16:15; 6 (42) Harry Travers, Cumb. 16:24; 7 (45) John Pagliaro, Smith. 16:26; 8 (50) Will Connolly, Barr. 16:29; 9 (52) Hayden Ivatts, Barr. 16:31; 10 (54) Jim Haupt, Cumb. 16:33; 11 (63) Grant Auber, Barr. 16:44; 12 (66) Will Mardo, Cumb. 16:50; 13 (67) Eli Mitnick, Barr. 16:53; 14 (71) Ryan Mardo, Cumb. 16:58; 15 (77) Dom Portelli, Barr. 17:06; 16 (78) George Wicker, Barr. 17:09; 17 (90) Kylie Creamer, Cumb. 17:57. Dist. 3.1.
Varsity I
R.I. team scores
17, Classical 486; 22, N. Smithfield 617; 23, Narragansett 638; 28, St. Raphael 765.
Top 10 R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (2) Joe Murphy, Class. 16:07; 2 (9) Oliver Hazard, NS 16:29; 3 (30) Nate Coogan, NP 17:00; 4 (45) Sam Adofo, CF 17:16; 5 (81) Andre Solomon, NP 17:46; 6 (86) John O’Rourke, Class. 17:51; 7 (97) Jacob Kahane, Class.; 8 (113) Jailson Verela, CF 18:14; 9 (133) Cole Hollis, NS 18:32; 10 (151) O. Seck, CF 19:04. Dist. 3.1.
Varsity II
R.I. team scores
14, Coventry 385; 25, Woonsocket 714.
Top 10 R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (66) Cam Frazier, Cov. 17:21; 2 (68) Trevor Campbell, Cov. 17:21.9; 3 (69) Keith Jillette, Woon. 17:24; 4 (77) JP Andourian, Cov. 17:33; 5 (86) Mike O’Connor, Cov. 17:40; 6 (88) Jared Wheeler, Cov. 17:43; 7 (112) Zach Najarian, Cov. 18:08; 8 (125) Joe Pelletier, Cov. 18:19; 9 (166) Evan Bartholomy, Woon. 19:55; 10 (168) Jared Rivard, Woon. 20:28. Dist. 3.1.
JV I
R.I. team
12, MSC 337.
Top 5 R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (5) Doug Dubosky, MSC 17:30; 2 (53) John Kohler, MSC 19:14; 3 (106) Alex Teguis, NS 20:38; 4 (109) Collin Scott, MSC 20:50; 5 (115) Sam Macaroni, MSC 21:01. Dist. 3.1.
JV II
R.I. team scores
7, Barrington 208; 8, Cumberland 219; 12, Coventry 385.
Top 5 R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (21) Max Augustin, Barr. 17:37; 2 (28) Brandon Mc Millen, Cumb. 17:42; 3 (31) Tony Oliveri, Cumb. 17:45; 4 (37) Shaye Anis, Barr. 17:56; 5 (46) John Agli, Cov. 18:11. Dist. 3.1.
Freshman Division
R.I. team scores
1, Hendricken 51; 4, Cumberland 180; 24, Coventry 558.
Top 5 R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (4) Dan Collard, Cumb. 13:43; 2 (5) Nick Braz, BH 13:45; 3 (6) Adam Tierney, BH 13:51; 4 (9) Kurt Dambek, EG 13:57; 5 (14) Matt Smaldone, BH 13:58. Dist. 4k