Rhode Island Class Meets

Rhode Island State Meet is set for this Sunday, November 7, at Fort Adams 

State Park in Newport.  The traditional state meet course at Bryant College 

is unavailable due to construction at the college.  The Fort Adams course is 

decent, wide open through fields, no woods, and somewhat slow due to heavy 

grass and always wet conditions at Fort Adams due to ground water and mud 

(right on Atlantic Ocean).  

Class meets were held last Saturday.  In the top 

race of the day, junior Jerry Bonner, last year's state titlist, led 

Cumberland to a huge upset over defending team state champion Bishop 

Hendricken 41-42.



Class A Boys - Teams: 1) Cumberland - 41,  2) Hendricken - 42,  3) LaSalle - 

54,  4) North Kingstown - 119.

Individuals:  1.    Jerry Bonner        Jr.     Cumberland 		16:42

            2.  Jon Kieliszak           Sr.         Hendricken          17:01

            3.  Ryan McConnell      Jr.         Hendricken          17:28

            4.  Paul Simas              Jr.     LaSalle             17:33

            5.  Andrew Mandeville       Jr.     Cumberland          17:36

            6.  Liam Butler             Jr.     LaSalle             17:40

            7.  Andrew Bonner           Sr.     Cumberland          17:41

            8.  Kevin Coutu             Sr.     Cumberland          17:48

            9.  Craig Fountain          Soph.   Hendricken          17:49

            10. Ryan Lynch              Sr.     South Kingstown 17:50



Class B Boys - Teams: 1) Toll Gate - 61,  2) Chariho - 65,  3) Westerly - 87, 

 4) Tolman - 93.

Individuals:    1.  Jim Cyr                 Sr.     Tolman              17:10

            2.  Matt Malachowski        Sr.     Toll Gate           17:50

            3.  Mark Kasabuski          Jr.     Chariho             17:58

            4.  Sean O'Grady            Sr.     West Warwick        18:03

            5.  Shaun Horgan            Soph.   Chariho             18:04

            6.  Adam Shalvey            Jr.     Warwick Vets        18:08

            7.  John Saporita           Sr.     Westerly            18:12

            8.  Bob Jackman         Sr.     Toll Gate           18:17

            9.  Martin Donovan          Jr.     Chariho             18:17

            10. Chris Korytkowski       Sr.     Westerly            18:24



Class C Boys - Teams: 1) Ponaganset - 25,  2) Smithfield - 68,  3) St. 

Raphael - 80,  4) Barrington -140.

Individuals:    1.  Mike Lawson         Jr.     Ponaganset          17:16

            2.  Joe Parenteau           Jr.     Smithfield              17:18

            3.  Andrew Poland           Soph.   Ponaganset          17:31

            4.  Kyle Poland             Soph.   Ponaganset          17:34

            5.  Garrett Vaslet          Soph.   St. Raphael         17:52

            6.  Brendan McNeil          Soph.   Ponaganset          17:56

            7.  Justin Graves           Jr.     Middletown          18:03

            8.  Josean Vega         Jr.     St. Raphael         18:04

            9.  Brad Smith              Sr.     Middletown          18:10

            10. Adam Bloom          Jr.         Narragansett        18:11



State meet should come down to Bishop Hendricken, Cumberland, and Ponaganset, 

with LaSalle Academy a strong fourth.  Toll Gate, North Kingstown, 

Smithfield, Chariho, and South Kingstown look to be fighting for the final 

two spots in the New Englands next Saturday at Wickham Park in Connecticut.

Bonner (16:41 last week) looks to be the individual favorite again, with Cyr 

(17:10 with no competition), Kieliszak (17:01), and Lawson (17:16) close 

behind.  Parenteau (17:18), McConnell (17:28), and Malachowski (17:50 despite 

illness last weekend should round out the top seven for First Team All-State.