Junior Joe Velez (Classical, Providence, RI) and senior Karina Foster (Bloomfield, CT) captured first place finishes at the first major invitational of the new year in Rhode Island. Both athletes were also able to win in convincing fashion, with Velez bettering runner up Kevin Conway (Westerly, RI) by more than five feet and Foster beating Amber Jones (Classical, Providence, RI) by nearly as much. While both athletes were under their season bests, Velez still ranks as the top New Englader so far this year and Foster is also in the nation's top ten.

2011 RHODY HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD CLASSIC 
Saturday Jan 8, 2011 - Mackal Field House at URI - Kingston, RI

Boys Weight Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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  1   427 Velez, Joe          JR Classical HS          65-10.00     20.06m 
  2   660 conway, kevin       jr Westerly HS           60-04.50     18.40m 
  3   422 Reynoso, Gustavo    sr Classical HS          58-02.50     17.74m 
  4   410 Flemming, Evan      SR Classical HS          57-03.50     17.46m 
  5   405 Cabolaro, Joel      sr Classical HS          57-00.00     17.37m 
  6   663 Mcguire, Joe        sr Westerly HS           54-01.00     16.48m 
  7   556 Benn, Derek         JR North Kingst          53-00.00     16.15m 
  8   424 Sheriff, Ndailor    JR Classical HS          52-00.00     15.84m 
  9   524 Andrews, Peter      JR Lincoln High          49-11.00     15.21m 
 10   527 Cummins, Edward     JR Lincoln High          47-10.50     14.59m 
 11   421 Palazzo, Robert     JR Classical HS          47-07.00     14.50m 
 12   456 Ferra, Derek        JR E Greenwich           46-06.50     14.18m 
 13   403 Woyak, Dan          SR Chariho High          46-00.00     14.02m 
 14   407 Delacruz, Apolinar  SR Classical HS          41-06.00     12.64m 
 15   525 Bessette, Brad      JR Lincoln High          41-05.00     12.62m 
 16   420 Ogoffa, Austine     JR Classical HS          37-11.00     11.55m 
 17   459 LaRochelle, Trevor  JR E Greenwich           36-09.00     11.20m

Girls Weight Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals           
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  1    27 Foster, Karina      JR Bloomfield HS         47-02.50     14.38m 
  2    78 Jones, Amber        SR Classical HS          42-08.50     13.01m 
  3    74 Dagrin, Ann         Jr Classical HS          42-08.00     13.00m 
  4   205 Janes, Grace        JR Rogers High           42-02.50     12.86m 
  5    73 Cooper, Marthaline  SO Classical HS          42-00.00     12.80m 
  6    30 Griffith, Natasha   SR Bloomfield HS         38-00.00     11.58m 
  7   270 Boyle, Liz          jr Westerly HS           34-10.50     10.62m 
  8    84 Tavarez, Ashley     SR Classical HS          33-07.50     10.24m 
  9   166 Smith, Gabriella    SO Narragansett          31-08.50      9.66m 
 10   226 O Grady, Brianna    SO S Kingstown           31-06.00      9.60m 
 11    66 Irwin, Katerina     SO Chariho High          30-11.00      9.42m 
 12    75 Donadio, Bianca     FR Classical HS          30-10.50      9.41m 
 13   203 Connerton, DeeJay   SR Rogers High           29-05.50      8.97m 
 14    71 Carroll, Lauren     SO Classical HS          29-00.50      8.85m 
 15   206 Mellekas, Missy     JR Rogers High           26-11.00      8.20m 
 16    81 Monteiro, Alana     SO Classical HS          26-05.50      8.06m

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