East Providence Townies

Hope sprinters run to glory at N.E. competition

01:46 PM EDT on Monday, June 11, 2007

By ROBERT LEE
Journal Sports Writer

Hope High teammates Matt Washington, left, and Kevin Morgan, in a race earlier this season, each won an individual event and a relay race yesterday.

The Providence Journal / Kris Craig

Several New England track and field champions were crowned this weekend at the New England Championships at Fitchburg State College.

Just as they did at the Rhode Island State Meet, the sprinters from Hope shined the brightest. Kevin Morgan won the 100-meter title, with a time of 10.90, and North Kingstown’s Chance Logan finished fourth (11.09). Morgan’s teammate Matt Washington cruised to the 200-meter regional title with a blistering time of 21.56.

Morgan and Washington teamed up with Revelino DaVeiga and Benjamin Tamba, who own the Rhode Island record in the 4x100 (42.20), to win the New England 4x100 title in 42.42.

Narragansett’s Andrew Staples won the New England long-jump title with a leap of 23 feet, 2 inches (7.06 meters), and he finished fourth in the high jump (6-2, 1.88).

East Providence junior Elton Duarte, meanwhile, clocked a 39.34 in the 300 hurdles to finish second. He also placed seventh in the long jump (21-04.25).

Bishop Hendricken’s Andrew Palumbo, the state champion in the 800 and 1500 who is headed for Duke University in the fall, finished second in the 1,600 in 4:16.45.

Ponaganset’s Jacob Keeling, who won the javelin and shot put, and finished third in the discus at the State Meet, won the silver medal at the New England Championships in the javelin with a heave of 178-2 (54.30).

Westerly sophomore Andrew Springer ran a solid race in the 1,600, finishing fifth (4:18.71), and his teammate Tim O’Loughlin placed sixth in the 3,200 (9:14.41).

No girls from Rhody won a New England title, but Westerly’s 4x800-meter relay team of Tori Lima, Michon Dinwoodie, Katie Mangano and Sophia Harrington placed second with a time of 9:14.97. La Salle’s 4x800 relay team of Nicole Cocozza, Jean Christensen, Sydney Lopes and Stephanie Vendetti (9:19.52), finished third.

Classical’s Micky Jusme, the state champion in the long jump, placed third at the New Englands with a leap of 17-8.75 (5.40), and third in the triple jump (37 feet, 11.27). Teammate Victoria Flowers, the state champion in the shot put, and hammer throw, finished fourth in the shot put at the New Englands with a toss of 40-4 (12.29).

Rhode Island 400-meter champion Jasmine Marrow, a sophomore from Hope, finished fifth in both the 200 (25.61) and 400 (57.56) at the New England Championships, and East Greenwich junior Alexa Monti sprinted to a fifth-place finish in the 100 (12.48).

North Kingstown senior Siobhan Breagy took three seconds off her fourth-place state championship time to finish third at the New Englands in the 800 in 2:14.14. Barrington’s Sarah Barry finished fifth (2:15.95).

La Salle’s Jeanne Mack placed sixth in the 1,600 (5:00.82).

Speaking of La Salle, its 4x100 relay team of Lilly Kissinger, Alyssa Limperis, Emily Barrett and Lauren Cardarelli, 49.90), and 4x400 team of Kessinger, Mack, Christina Marcaccio and Cardarelli (3:58.95) placed fourth in both events. Westerly placed sixth in the 4x400 (4:00.00).

South Kingstown’s Shannon Meehan finished fifth in the high jump (5-4, 1.63), and Rhode Island’s state-record holder in the javelin, Cranston West’s Leigh Petranoff, placed third in the javelin with a heave of 133-7 (40.42).

The pole vault finals will be held today.

Boys Results

HJ — 4, Andrew Staples, Narragansett 6-2 (1.88 meters); LJ — 1, Staples 23-2 (7.06); JT — 2, Jacob Keeling, Ponaganset 178-2 (54.30); 100 — 1, Kevin Morgan, Hope 10.90; 4, Chance Logan, N. Kingstown 11.09; 200 — 1, Matt Washington, Hope 21.56; 1600 — 2, Andrew Palumbo, Hendricken 4:16.45 (3:58.9 @ 1500m); 5, Andrew Springer, Westerly 4:18.71 (4:00.7 @ 1500m); 3200 — 6, Tim O’Loughlin, Westerly 9:14.41 (8:36.2 @3000m); 300IH — 2, Elton Duarte, E. Providence 39.34; 5, Kevin Alexander, N. Kingstown 39.75; 4x100 — 1, Hope (Benjamin Tamba, Washington, Revelino DaVeiga, Morgan) 42.42.

Girls Results

SP —4, Vicki Flowers, Class. 40-4 (12.29 meters); JT — 3, Leigh Petranoff, Cr. West 133-7 (40.42); HJ — 5, Shannon Meehan, S. Kingstown 5-4 (1.63); LJ — 3, Micky Jusme, Classical 17-8.75 (5.40); TJ — 3, Jusme 37-0 (11.27); 100 — 5, Alexa Monti, E. Greenwich 12.48; 200 — 5, Jasmine Marrow, Hope 25.62; 400 — 5, Marrow 57.56; 800 — 3, Siobhan Breagy, N. Kingstown 2:14.14; 5, Sarah Barry, Barrington 2:15.95; 1600 — 6, Jeanne Mack, La Salle 5:00.82 (4:40.1 @ 1500m); 4x100 — 4, La Salle 49.90; 4x400 — 4, La Salle 3:58.95; 6, Westerly 4:00.00; 4x800 — 2, Westerly 9:14.97; 3, La Salle 9:19.52.

High School Track

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