“Around the Oval’’

 

 TWO FROM BARRINGTON
AMONG HAMMER WINNERS;
HICKS ESTABLISHES RECORD

 

                                                    R.I. Track & Field Foundation
     Adam Kelly and Charlie Ionata, both of Barrington High, won a pair of boys’ hammer events as part of Saturday’s Knights of Columbus Relays at Conley Stadium. Classical High sophomore Alva Hicks, meanwhile, established a Rhode Island record for the girls’ 3-kilo (7-pound) hammer. Hicks threw the ball 169 feet/51.33 meters. (The girls use a 4-kilo (9-pound) implement in RIIL competition).
     Ionata, a senior, took the 6-kilo (13-pound) hammer event with a toss of 211-6 (64.46). Sophomore Kelly, meanwhile, won the 5-kilo (11-pound) hammer with a throw of 204-6 (62.33). In the boys’ 16-pound (international weight) hammer, it was Central High senior Clarence Gallop with a mark of 167-1 (50.93).

 

GIRLS’ 3-kilo
     1, Alva Hicks, Classical 169-0 (51.53 meters. Est. SR); 2, Leia Mistowski, Narragansett 166-6 (50.75); 3, Bianca Donadio, Class. 162-3 (49.46); 4, Abby Cousens, Portsmouth 151-1 (46.06); 5, Cheyenne Nalle, Woonsocket 123-10 (37.74).
BOYS’ 16-lb.
     1, Clarence Gallop, Central 167-1 (50.93 meters); 2, Adam Kelly, Barrington 161-7 (49.26); 3, Carlos Mangum, Cent. 148-2 (45.16); 4, Bob Colantonio, Barr. 141-1 (43.00); 5, Giovanni Gray, Lincoln 129-10 (39.58); 6, Jon Acevedo, Cent. 115-1 (35.08).
BOYS’ 6-kilo
     1, Charlie Ionata, Barr. 211-6 (64.46 meters); 2, Gallop 192-1 (58.54); 3, Mangum 184-9 (56.31); 4, Acevedo 143-4 (43.70).
BOYS’ 50-kilo
     1, Kelly 204-6 (62.33 meters); 2, Connor Fugere, Woonsocket 192-2 (58.57); 3, Gabe Arcaro, Burlington, Mass. 191-10 (58.49); 4, Tom Vadis, Class. 178-6 (54.42); 5, Colantonio 178-2 (54.32); 6, Gray 164-0