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PROVIDENCE — LaSalle Academy continued its run of dominance in the Large Class Girls’ Indoor Track and Field Championship Meet, winning the competition for the sixth winter in a row after the Rams bettered the rest Wednesday night, Feb. 8, at the Providence Career & Tech Academy Fieldhouse.

LaSalle posted 138 points well ahead of second-place Classical with 95. Barrington, participating in the Large Class for the first time, finished third with 38 points, one ahead of Woonsocket. East Providence finished ninth in the 11-team competition with eight points.

“It was another good day,” BHS head coach Steve Turgeon said. “It’s hard to score a lot of points with LaSalle and Classical in the meet. We ended up third, which is pretty good considering this is our first year in (Large Class) and we’re the smallest school in the meet.”

Barrington’s all came almost exclusively from either third or fourth-place finishes in events. The Eagles’ 4x200-meter relay team of Gabby Palko, Danielle Butts, Teondra Silva and Shennelle Teixiera opened the meet with a third-place run of 1 minute, 49.5 seconds.

Megan Verner-Crist next opened the individual events with a personal-best time of 10:57.2 to place third in the 3,000. Teixiera later was third in the 55-meter hurdles with a 9.0. Madison Smith was fifth in the event with a time of 9.4.

Alice Burgess (11:08.9) ran fourth right behind Verner-Crist in the 3,000. Mary Kate Coogan chipped in a solo fourth in the 1,500 with her time of 4:47.9, which was the fourth fastest clocking to date this winter in the state as well.

Also finishing fourth was the 4x8 relay team of Sophie Burgess, Kelsey Maxwell, Bella Gagliano and Kelly Dolan with a time of 10:31.7 as well as the 4x4 team Julianna Portelli, Fiona Paine, Teixiera and Silva, who closed the meet with a time of 4:25.1.

Darian Dailey scored four of East Providence’s points with her fourth-place distance of 16 feet, 8 inches in the long jump. Kaitlyn Bellamy was sixth in the event with a 15’9.5.” Other scorers for the Townies were Sierra Cunningham with a fifth-place run (7.6) in the 55-dash and Deonna DaSilva, sixth in the event with a 7.7.

"I was a little disappointed, thought we would do a little better, was hoping for top 3 finish in the (4x2) relay," said E.P. head coach Bob Duarte. "I know it was a tall order. Thought we would have been top 3 in the dash and Dailey top 3 in the long jump. And I was little disappointed with the total team finish."

Some more results of note from the Large Class competition included the setting of two meet records once held alone by local athletes. The 55-hurdles mark of 8.7 set by former East Providence standout Nichole Haar was broken Wednesday by the winning time of 8.4 by North Kingstown’s Maria Bolibruch.

In addition, the 3,000-meter mark of former LaSalle standout and East Providence resident Jean Christensen was actually matched by a fellow Ram as LaSalle senior Molly Keating ran a 10:16.6.

For the 14 events total, nine meet records were either matched or bettered Wednesday. And one state mark fell. LaSalle’s Dakota Dailey-Harris bettered her won Large Class record in the high jump and also set a new state indoor standard by clearing 5’8.5.”

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2012 Girls’ Large Class Championship Meet

Feb. 8, Providence Career & Tech Academy Fieldhouse

Team Results

1) LaSalle 138

2) Classical 95

3) Barrington 38

4) Woonsocket 37

5) Coventry 33.5

6) Pilgrim I 29.5

7) North Kingstown 28

8) Cumberland 12

9) East Providence 8

9) Chariho 8

11) Cranston West 7

Individual Results

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay

1 LaSalle 9:47.70 $ 10

2 Coventry 10:14.20 8

3 North Kingstown 10:16.30 6

4 Barrington 10:31.70 4

5 Cumberland 10:34.80 2

6 Woonsocket 10:55.10 1

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay

1 LaSalle 1:48.10 $ 10

2 Classical 1:48.50 $ 8

3 Barrington 1:49.50 $ 6

4 North Kingstown 1:51.40 4

5 Cranston West 1:52.10 2

6 Woonsocket 1:52.50 0.5

6 Coventry 1:52.50 0.5

Girls 3000 Meter Run

1 Keating, Molly SR LaSalle 10:16.60 @ 10

2 Falvey, Caroline SO LaSalle 10:38.40 $ 8

3 Verner-Crist, Meghan SO Barr 10:57.20 6

4 Burgess, Alice JR Barr 11:08.90 4

5 hansen, elizabeth JR Chariho 11:19.40 2

6 Tocco, Natalie JR Pilgrim 11:22.00 1

Girls 1500 Meter Run

1 Berkson, Madeleine SO Classical 4:44.50 10

2 Keating, Molly SR LaSalle 4:45.30 8

3 Meehan, Madison SR LaSalle 4:45.90 6

4 Coogan, Mary Kate SO Barr 4:47.90 4

5 Bellows, Jessica FR Coventry 4:55.90 2

6 Hackett, Alexandria JR Cranston West 5:01.60 1

Girls 55 Meter Hurdles

1 Bolibruch, Maria SO North Kingstown 8.40 @ 10

2 Holloway, Alica SO Classical 8.70 @ 8

3 Teixeira, Shenelle JR Barr 9.00 6

4 Gelinas, Marrisa JR Woonsocket 9.30 4

5 Smith, Madison SO Barr 9.40 2

6 Vazquez, Frances SR Classical 9.50 1

Girls 55 Meter Dash

1 Guilmette, Katelyn SR Coventry 7.20 @ 10

2 Falaye, Dara JR Classical 7.30 @ 8

3 Dythe, Latoya SR Woonsocket 7.40 @ 6

4 DiTraglia, Stephanie FR LaSalle 7.50 $ 4

5 Cunningham, Sierra SO East Providence 7.60 $ 2

6 DaSilva, Deonna SR East Providence 7.70 1

Girls 600 Meter Run

1 Meehan, McKenzie SR LaSalle 1:38.00 $ 10

2 Berkson, Madeleine SO Classical 1:38.50 $ 8

3 Kane, Erin JR LaSalle 1:40.80 $ 6

4 DeCastro, Alicia SO LaSalle 1:42.10 4

5 Marino, Caitlin JR LaSalle 1:46.20 2

6 Paquet, Meghan SR Coventry 1:47.50 1

Girls 300 Meter Dash

1 Falaye, Dara JR Classical 41.60 @ 10

2 Joyal, Amanda SO LaSalle 41.90 @ 8

3 Silvestri, Delaney SO Chariho 42.80 $ 6

4 Chatelain, Marlie SR Classical 43.70 4

5 Rocchio, Gianna JR Coventry 43.90 2

6 Sardella, Mia FR LaSalle 44.30 1

Girls 1000 Meter Run

1 Meehan, McKenzie SR LaSalle 3:05.30 $ 10

2 Meehan, Madison SR LaSalle 3:05.50 $ 8

3 Berkson, Madeleine SO Classical 3:06.60 $ 6

4 Byrnes, Madeline SR LaSalle 3:10.40 4

5 Lomas, Allison JR North Kingstown 3:22.20 2

6 Papazian, Emily SR LaSalle 3:27.60 1

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay

1 LaSalle 4:11.50 @ 10

2 Coventry 4:17.70 8

3 North Kingstown 4:22.20 6

4 Barrington 4:25.10 4

5 Woonsocket 4:25.60 2

6 Classical 4:28.90 1

Girls High Jump

1 Dailey-Harris, Dakota SR LaSalle 5-08.50 * 10

2 Pitts, Kaylnn JR Woonsocket 5-00.00 8

3 Falaye, Dara JR Classical 4-10.00 6

4 Ernster, Mary FR LaSalle J4-10.00 4

5 Gelinas, Marrisa JR Woonsocket 4-08.00 1.5

5 Brunelle, Melanie FR Pilgrim 4-08.00 1.5

Girls Shot Put

1 Plant, Kendra JR Cumberland 34-08.00 $ 10

2 Barrette, Destinee JR Pilgrim 32-05.25 $ 8

3 Dufault, Maggie SR Pilgrim J32-05.25 $ 6

4 Ly, Leanna JR Cranston West 32-04.75 $ 4

5 Cruz-Perry, Tianna SR Coventry 31-07.00 2

6 Dagrin, Ann SR Classical 31-02.25 1

Girls Weight Throw

1 Dufault, Maggie SR Pilgrim 49-00.00 $ 10

2 Dagrin, Ann SR Classical 47-04.00 8

3 Cooper, Mathaline JR Classical 47-01.25 6

4 Maloney, Catherine SR LaSalle 44-05.75 4

5 Barrette, Destinee JR Pilgrim 43-06.00 2

6 Caron, Maddison SO Pilgrim 41-08.50 1

Girls Long Jump

1 Berkson, Madeleine SO Classical 17-09.75 $ 10

2 Pitts, Kaylnn JR Woonsocket 16-08.50 8

3 Dythe, Latoya SR Woonsocket J16-08.50 6

4 Dailey, Darian SR East Providence 16-08.00 4

5 Silva, Teondra JR Barr 16-07.50 2

6 Bellamy, Kaitlyn SO East Providence 15-09.50 1

Points awarded for places 1-6 — 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1

Key — $ denotes bettered time of 2011 winner; @ denotes meet record; * denotes state record