Rhode Island Girls Class Championships Results

Large, medium, and small schools in Rhode Island gathered to compete across three class championships. National leader Gianna Rao (Ponaganset, North Scituate, RI) produced the best result across all classes. While she was also the only thrower over 50 feet, Annika Kelly (Barrington, RI) was just an inch under the barrier as two sophomores led the way in the medium class. Molly Botts (Cranston East, RI) also took home the large class title.

RI Class Championships
Feb 4, 2017
Providence Career and Technical Academy
Providence, RI

Girls Weight Throw Large
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State Record: #    62-02  3/3/2008    Victoria Flowers, Classical             
 Meet Record: @ 55-02.50  2/7/2015    Alva Hicks, classical                   
  2016 Champ:   54-08.50  2/13/2016   Lysah Russell, Classical                
    Facility: * 57-06.50  2/21/2015   Alva Hicks, La Salle                    
    Name                    Year School                  Finals   
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  1 Molly Botts           SR Cranston East      49-08.50     15.15m  
  2 Ani Armenakyan        SR Toll Gate          47-04.00     14.42m  
  3 Jasmine Gallo-Fusco   SR Toll Gate          46-08.75     14.24m  
  4 Takiyah Lewis         SR Central            45-10.50     13.98m  
  5 Chelsea Yang          SR Pilgrim            43-01.00     13.13m  
  6 Voski Armenakyan      SO Toll Gate          43-00.00     13.10m  
  7 Lea Fusco             SR Coventry           42-07.00     12.97m
  8 Melissa Mejia         SR Classical          41-09.00     12.72m
  9 Marissa Henley        SO Woonsocket         40-02.75     12.26m
 10 Katrina Kurowski      JR Woonsocket         40-01.00     12.21m
 11 Ashley O'Loughlin     SR Coventry           39-07.25     12.07m
 12 Katherine Santiago    SO Classical          37-02.00     11.32m
 13 Sabrina Montanez      JR Central            35-02.50     10.73m
 14 Gabriela Ribeiro      SO Woonsocket         34-08.50     10.57m
 15 Caileigh Blackmer     JR Toll Gate          34-07.75     10.56m
 16 Erynn Field           SO North Kingstown    32-03.25      9.83m
 17 Sara Barker           SR North Kingstown    31-10.75      9.72m
 18 Sarah Bouthillier     SO North Kingstown    31-04.50      9.56m
 19 Amber Nunez           SO Classical          31-00.50      9.46m
 20 Elicia Akerman        SR Cumberland         30-00.50      9.15m
 -- Keyarsa Harris        JR Central                FOUL
 
Winning series: 46-11.50  Foul  45-10.50  49-08.50  47-09.25  Foul
          
Girls Weight Throw Medium
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State Record: #    62-02  3/3/2008  Victoria Flowers, Classical         
 Meet Record: @ 57-03.50  2/7/2002  Kristen Michalski, West Warwick     
  2016 Champ:   54-00.50  2/13/2016 Courtney Jacobsen, Toll Gate
    Facility: * 57-06.50  2/21/2015 Alva Hicks, Classical              
    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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  1 Annika Kelly          SO Barrington         49-11.00     15.21m
  2 Sydney Polando        SO Barrington         49-10.25     15.19m
  3 Joangely Mata         JR Mt. Pleasant       49-09.25     15.17m
  4 Samantha Andrews      SR Lincoln            47-07.50     14.51m
  5 Faith Polando         JR Barrington         47-00.00     14.32m
  6 Nicole Valdez         JR Hope               46-08.00     14.22m
  7 Maggie Tarmey         SR Lincoln            46-04.00     14.12m
  8 Morgan Cruz           JR West Warwick       43-06.50     13.27m 
  9 Tenin Traore          SR Mt. Pleasant       41-08.00     12.70m 
 10 Brianna Shablom       JR Portsmouth         40-05.25     12.32m 
 11 April Younkin         SR Portsmouth         39-02.00     11.93m 
 12 Ariel Hall            JR Hope               38-07.75     11.77m 
 13 Megan Sieben          JR Portsmouth         38-06.00     11.73m 
 14 Jackie Andrews        FR Lincoln            37-06.00     11.43m 
 15 Olivia Santucci       SO South Kingstown    37-04.00     11.37m 
 16 Tori Tallo            SO Lincoln            36-02.75     11.04m 
 17 Emely Hidalgo         JR West Warwick       34-08.25     10.57m 
 18 Ashleigh Tapia        SR West Warwick       33-03.75     10.15m 
 19 Rachel Taraian        SR Bay View Academy   32-00.00      9.75m 
 20 Diana Biano-Riley     SR Bay View Academy   31-04.75      9.56m
 
Winning series: 48-03.00  49-08.25  SFR  49-11.00  SFR  Foul
 
Girls Weight Throw Small
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State Record: #    62-02  3/3/2008  Victoria Flowers, Classical              
 Meet Record: @ 56-02.25  2/12/2011 Aleide Fernandes, Central Falls          
  2016 Champ:   52-05.75  2/13/2016 Meagan Malloy, Smithfield                      
    Facility: * 57-06.50  2/21/2015 Alva Hicks, La Salle                     
    Name                    Year School                  Finals    
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  1 Gianna Rao            JR Ponaganset         58-07.25*    17.86m   
  2 Megan Cook            JR Ponaganset         44-02.50     13.47m   
  3 Ajahnea Greene        JR Rogers             44-01.25     13.44m   
  4 Kate Viera            JR Moses Brown        39-09.75     12.13m   
  5 Jianna Peno           JR Rogers             39-07.00     12.06m   
  6 Anna Orticerio        SO Smithfield         37-04.50     11.39m   
  7 Daphane Mulford-Evangeli  JR Central Falls  34-07.75     10.56m 
  8 Grace Robataille      SO Smithfield         29-11.25      9.12m 
  9 Sarah Mitchell        SO Prout              29-04.75      8.95m 
 10 Olivia Cooley         SO Moses Brown        28-07.00      8.71m 
 11 Kendra Ezeama         FR Smithfield         27-10.00      8.48m 
 12 shannon vanner        SR Scituate           26-01.25      7.95m 
 13 Hannah Trottier       SO Mt. St. Charles    25-09.50      7.86m 
 14 Sophie Alienello      SO Mt. St. Charles    22-05.00      6.83m 
 15 Maggie Lambert        SO Juanita Sanchez    20-09.50      6.33m 
 16 Alexandra Annantuonio SO Mt. St. Charles    19-10.00      6.04m 
 17 Shyan Ouch            FR Juanita Sanchez    19-03.50      5.88m 
 
Winning series: SFL  58-07.25  58-05.50  SFR  SFR  56-07.25
 
Note: Sector fouls identified as “SFL” “SFR” for left and right.
      Circle fouls and unknown fouls identified as “Foul”.