RITCA Invitational (RI) Results
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.
RITCA INVITATIONAL Providence Career and Technical Academy Providence, RI December 23, 2017 Boys Weight Throw (Top 25 – 31 threw) ======================================================================== Name Year School Finals ======================================================================== 1 Furland, Jacob JR Classical 67-11.00 20.70m 2 Doyle, Garrett SR Lincoln 66-05.00 20.24m 3 Neal, Brian JR Rogers 61-04.00 18.69m 4 Dunn, Jack SR Barrington 60-01.00 18.31m 5 Grivers, Evan JR Lincoln 59-08.50 18.19m 6 Morel, Ryan JR Bishop Hendricken 59-06.50 18.14m 7 Croce, Cameron SR La Salle 58-07.00 17.85m 8 Thibaudeau, Matt SR Lincoln 56-09.00 17.29m 9 Balestra, Michael SR Lincoln 55-05.00 16.89m 10 Hooper, Cole JR Cumberland 54-05.00 16.58m 11 Paskanik, Derin JR Woonsocket 54-02.25 16.51m 12 Schroeter, Kegan SR Narragansett 53-06.00 16.30m 13 Desplaines, Nathan JR Woonsocket 52-11.00 16.12m 14 Picard, Jake SO Bishop Hendricken 52-10.25 16.10m 14 Almeida, Rondie SR Bishop Hendricken 52-10.25 16.10m 16 Burda, Logan JR Woonsocket 52-06.00 16.00m 17 Lisi, Robert SR Toll Gate 51-01.00 15.57m 18 Alvarez, Leonard SR Hope 50-11.00 15.51m 19 Coles, Logan FR Woonsocket 50-08.00 15.44m 20 Pham, Steven SR Toll Gate 48-05.00 14.75m 21 Shepard, Isaiah JR Central 48-01.00 14.65m 22 Lonergan, Trevor SR North Kingstown 47-10.50 14.59m 23 Britto, Francisco SR Central 47-09.00 14.55m 24 Strain, Tyler SR Rogers 46-11.00 14.30m 25 Montanez, Ethan SO Central 45-08.50 13.93m Winning series – Jacob Furland: 67-05.00 66-10.00 67-11.00 Foul 67-07.00 66-08.00 Girls Weight Throw (Top 25 – 40 threw) ======================================================================== Name Year School Finals ======================================================================== 1 Rao, Gianna JR Ponaganset 59-07.00 18.16m 2 Kelly, Annika JR Barrington 49-01.00 14.96m 3 Figueroa, Cheyenne SO Classical 48-10.50 14.89m 4 Valdez, Nicole SR Hope 48-02.00 14.68m 5 Harris-Dixon, Keyarsa SR Central 48-00.00 14.63m 6 Mata, Joangely SR Mt. Pleasant 47-02.50 14.38m 7 Henley, Marissa SO Woonsocket 46-01.25 14.05m 8 Armenakyan, Voski JR Toll Gate 45-02.00 13.76m 9 Polando, Faith SR Barrington 44-04.00 13.51m 10 Polando, Sydney JR Barrington 43-07.50 13.29m 11 Nunez, Amber JR Classical 43-06.50 13.27m 12 Shablom, Brianna SR Portsmouth 42-08.75 13.02m 13 Kurowski, Katrina JR Woonsocket 42-06.00 12.95m 14 Burns, Avrie SR Hope 42-02.00 12.85m 15 Orticerio, Anna JR Smithfield 41-10.50 12.76m 16 Field, Erynn JR North Kingstown 40-08.00 12.39m 17 Hall, Ariel SR Hope 40-07.00 12.36m 18 Farley, Georgerinna SR Classical 40-04.50 12.30m 19 Sieben, Megan SR Portsmouth 40-03.50 12.28m 20 Delacruz, Noelya SR Bay View Academy 40-01.50 12.23m 21 Greene, Ajahnea SR Rogers 39-09.00 12.11m 22 Ezeama, Kendra SO Smithfield 39-05.50 12.02m 23 Andrews, Jackie SO Lincoln 38-09.50 11.82m 24 Peno, Jianna SR Rogers 38-08.00 11.78m 25 Capanni, Michelle JR Classical 37-09.00 11.50m 25 Tallo, Tori JR Lincoln 37-09.00 11.50m Winning series – Gianna Rao: 59-07.00 57-06.00 54-05.50 58-07.00 57-04.75 SFL