Many top throwers opened their season at the Knights of Columbus Relays on Saturday, the first major Rhode Island meet of the year. Garrett Doyle (Lincoln, RI) won the boy’s competition in a close competition with indoor state champion Jacob Furland (Classical, Providence, RI). Doyle took the lead in the fifth round with a throw that added 10 feet to his best from last season and comes within inches of the national lead. Gianna Rao (Ponaganset, North Scituate, RI) won the girls competition and led four girls over 150 feet. Read more

Gianna Rao (Ponaganset, North Scituate, RI) easily won the women’s competition, but fell just short of the state meet record she set last year. A strong first round attempt was enough to secure the win for the national leader, with all of her legal attempts farther than the competition. Annika Kelly (Barrington, RI) added more than a foot to her best to take second and Joangely Mata (Mt. Pleasant, Providence, RI) was just a quarter inch off of her best in third. Read more

Gianna Rao (Ponaganset, North Scituate, RI) unleashed a monster of a throw at the Rhode Island Class Championships to take the national lead. Her fifth round attempt of 63’2″ added more than three feet to her season’s best and a foot to her personal best from last March. It easily secured the victory in the Medium Class, and also counted as a facility record, meet record, state record, and New England record. Joangely Mata (Mt. Pleasant, Providence, RI) and Jianna Peno (Rogers, Newport, RI) both also threw personal bests to win the Large and Small Class championships respectively. Read more

The Rhode Island Boy’s Division Championships took place earlier this week. All of the state’s top throwers were competing across four division. State leader Garrett Doyle (Lincoln, RI) led the way with the top mark en route to winning the Northern Division title. Jacob Furland (Classical, Providence, RI) was not far off with a win at the in the Metropolitan Division. Ryan Morel (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) added more than three feet to his best to win the Suburban Division, while Brian Neal (Rogers, Newport, RI) captured the Southern Division. Read more

State leaders Jacob Furland (Classical, Providence, RI) and Gianna Rao (Ponaganset, North Scituate, RI) both improved their bests as Saturday’s RITCA Invitational in Rhode Island. Rao opened up with a season’s best in the first found and held on to win the competition by more than ten feet. Furland faced a closer competition, but still led from start to finish. After a personal best in the first round he improved again in round three. Overall he added more than two feet to his best. Garrett Doyle (Lincoln, RI) placed second and also added four feet to his best. Read more