Rhode Islanders Jacob Furland (Classical, Providence, RI) and Annika Kelly (Barrington, RI) both headed down to New York this weekend and captured wins at the New York Relays. Read more

After Friday’s Emerging Elite competitions, action continued on Sunday at the New Balance Nationals Indoor with both championship competitions. The girl’s took off first in the morning with a bang. Already on her first throw Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) improved her national lead, then jumped ahead even more in round two. Her winning throw of 64’7.25″ added nearly two feet to her best and shot her up to sixth all-time among high school throwers. Behind Hardy were Rhode Island’s top throwers, but not in the order you would expect. Annika Kelly (Barrington, RI) added more than a foot to her best to beat state champion Cheyenne Figueroa (Classical, Providence, RI) for the first time this year and claim silver in the process. Read more

The fields are set for this weekend’s New Balance Nationals Indoor in New York. More than 140 throwers are signed up across different categories. Action will start on Friday with the Emerging Elite competition, and conclude on Sunday with the Championship competition. As usual, the fields are deep. In the boy’s competition the nation’s top 18 throwers and 19 of the top 20 will all be in attendance, led by national leader Trey Knight (Ridgefield, WA) looking to defend his title and chase the national junior class record. In the girl’s competition 16 of the nation’s top 20 throwers are on the start list with favorite Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) looking to improve upon her fourth place finish from last season. Read more

The nation’s two top throwers faced off on Thursday at the 111th Millrose Games. National leader Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) took the early lead, but Cheyenne Figueroa (Classical, Providence, RI) responded in the third round with a personal best by more than a foot. That throw was also her first time over 60 feet and enough to secure her the win in the end. In the boy’s competition Kyle Moison (Lincoln, RI) also added to his personal best to win. Read more

Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) powered into the national lead at a meet in upstate New York on Saturday. The junior added more than three feet to win the Trent Jackson/Cedric Walker Invite. Natalia Surdej (Lancaster, NY), also among the nation’s top five, improved her personal best in the competition but still sat seven feet back. Her teammate Andy Pietrantoni (Lancaster, NY) won the boy’s competition with a personal best. Both Hardy and Pietrantoni also broke the meet records. Read more