GAME ON: RI Athletes Perform Well at Yale Classic

GAME ON: RI Athletes Perform Well at Yale Classic

The 29th Yale Interscholastic Classic featured some of the best High School Track and Field talent from Connecticut and Rhode Island, and the Ocean State showed well. Out of 56 total events, there were 12 top-5 finishes in team events and 23 top-10 finishes in individual events coming from Rhode Island High Schools. The event was held 1/21-1/22 at Yale University in New Haven, CT

Best RI individual showing:
Boys 400m Dash Championship
1st place, Jalen Young – LaSalle Academy
2nd place, Tyler Oliviera – Portsmouth
9th place, Ryan Brannigan – Bishop Hendricken

Top Rhode Island Finishes:

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Event 6: Boys 4x200m Relay Over 600 (21 teams in final)
3rd Place, Bishop Hendricken
Alex Perreault
Billy L’Europa,
Ryan Brannigan
Ryan Moore

Event 23: Girls 4x400m Relay (23 teams in final)
2nd place, East Greenwich

Event 24: Boys 4x400m Relay 400-600 (13 teams in final)
3rd place, East Greenwich
Dillon Danforth
Kyle Carosotto
Dylan Manning
Nick Paolino

4th place, Portsmouth
RJ Wilkie
Tyler Rosenberg
Fulvio Bertoluzza
Tim Mello

Event 25: Boys 4x400m Relay Under 400 (10 teams in final)
2nd place, LaSalle Academy
Eamonn Coughlin
Josh Landy
Steve Martinelli
John Doran

Event 27: Boys 4x800m Relay Under 600 (13 teams in final)
4th place, East Greenwich
Chris Millman
Ben Fazio
Scott Kulm
Caleb Gladstone

5th place, Portsmouth
Joe Maiato
Joao Iliescu
Nick Tyler
Marcus Sandoval

Event 28: Girls 4x200m Relay Under 600 (20 team final)
4th place, East Greenwich

Event 31: Boys 3000m Run Championship (240 runners in final)
1st place, Liam Gillery – Smithfield
6th place, Ryan Meehan – Bishop Hendricken

Event 32: Boys High Jump Championship (16 jumpers in final)
9th place, Chris Lamson-Marrero – LaSalle Academy

Event 35: Boys Paul Vault Championship (18 vaulters in final)
10th place, Nick Tyler – Portsmouth

Event 36: Girls Long Jump Championship (38 jumpers in final)
9th place, Royal Cheatham – Hope

Event 37: Boys Long Jump Championship (36 jumpers in final)
8th place, Troy Johnson – Hope

Event 41: Girls 55m Dash Championship (185 runners in race, 8 in final)
3rd place, Royal Cheatham – Hope

Event 44: Boys Shot Put Championship (26 competitors in final)
10th place, Joe Calao – Westerly

Event 45: Boys 400m Dash Championship (156 runners)
1st place, Jalen Young – LaSalle Academy
2nd place, Tyler Oliviera – Portsmouth
9th place, Ryan Braddigan – Bishop Hendricken

Event 47: Boys 800m Dash Championship (65 runners in final)
2nd place, Dan Kilcoyne – Chariho
3rd place, Dan Digangi – Westerly
10th place, Dennis Ryan – Coventry

Event 48: Girls 1 Mile Run Championship (59 runners in final)
8th place, Madison Meehan – LaSalle Academy
10th place, MacKenzie Meehan – LaSalle Academy

Event 49: Boys 1 Mile Run Championship (74 runners in final)
5th place, Zachary Fraielli – LaSalle Academy
7th place, Mike Marsella – Chariho

Event 50: Girls 4x200m Relay Championship (15 teams in final)
2nd place, Hope
Royal Cheatham
Lakisha DaCruz
Ebonee Marrow
Shyneice Sanders

Event 52: Girls 4x800m Relay Championship (12 teams in final)
2nd place, LaSalle Academy
Caitlin Marino
Emily Papazian
Madison Meehan
MacKenzie Meehan

Event 55: Boys 4x400m Relay Championship (9 teams in final)
2nd place, Bishop Hendricken
Alex Perreault
Ryan Brannigan
John Ferris
Andy Sakovits
3rd place, Central
Jose Ortiz
Aleno Gomes
Napoleon Askie
Edward Pupoh

Event 56: Boys Weight Throw Championship (5 throwers in final)
1st place, Joe Velez – Classical
3rd place, Charlie Ionota- Barrington
4th place, Geoff Riley- Barrington

Event 57: Girls Weight Throw Championship (8 throwers in final)
2nd place, Robyn McFetters – Barrington
4th place, Becky Cousens – Portsmouth