E.P.’s Badji, Bay View’s Burrows win outdoor track state titles

Townies' Chakouian claims freshman state championship

Posted 6/8/18

EAST PROVIDENCE — Two athletes with city ties were victorious at the 2018 Rhode Island Interscholastic League State Championship Outdoor Track and Field Meet held Saturday, June 2, at Brown …

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E.P.’s Badji, Bay View’s Burrows win outdoor track state titles

Townies' Chakouian claims freshman state championship

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EAST PROVIDENCE — Two athletes with city ties were victorious at the 2018 Rhode Island Interscholastic League State Championship Outdoor Track and Field Meet held Saturday, June 2, at Brown Stadium.
East Providence High School senior Hasna Badji continued her terrific form of late, adding the 300 meter hurdles state title to her collection of Eastern Division and Class A crowns. Meanwhile, Bay View junior Aliya Burrows was a double state champ, claiming first in the 200 and 400 meter races.
Overall, Westerly won the girls’ team state championship with 99 points. Barrington was the runner-up with 53. LaSalle and Classical shared third place with 46. East Providence tied 15th with 15 points. Bay View was solo eighth with 28.
On the other side of the ledger, Bishop Hendricken won the boys’ team state title with 107 points, 37 better than second-place North Kingstown. East Greenwich was third with 47. The EPHS boys’ team scored six, all courtesy of junior Clinton Ogunronbi.
More girls’ notes
Badji bettered the field in the 300 hurdles with relative ease, clocking a winning time of 45.06 seconds. Caelan Holdredge of Westerly was second in 46.79, while Grace Beaudry of Smithfield was third in 47.26.
Her effort Saturday was a continuation of the progress the University of Rhode Island-bound Badji began back at the start of the indoor track season over the winter.
“She dominated all the championship meets by winning convincingly except at the Classical Classic in which she was winning but fell over the second to last hurdle. Going into the state meet we were very confident in Hasna winning because she was seeded almost two-seconds ahead of the second place girl. And she did just that,” said EPHS head coach Mike Almeida. “Hasna was one of the few kids that I had the privilege of coaching since sixth grade at Martin (Middle School) and she developed into an All-State athlete and future collegiate athlete for URI. She is hard working, dedicated, and never complains; A true captain of the team and a true ‘Townie’.”
Of note as well for the Townies, junior Haley Teodoro was fourth on attempts in the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 1 inch. Bolu Taiwo won the event at 5’3.” Johnston’s Olaitan Olagundoye and Ponaganset’s Abby Remick each cleared the same 5’1” as Teodoro, doing so on fewer tries.
East Providence’s other points came from its 4x400 relay team which finished sixth. Badji, Shaniah Hazard, Christy Long and Ashley DeOliveira clocked a time of 4:14.71. Westerly won the race in 4:02.23.
Meanwhile, Bay View’s Burrows was tested en route to winning the 200 title. She clocked a 25.52, nosing out Westerly teammates Sydney Federico and Helena Hall-Thomsen, who ran 25.56 and 25.59, respectively.
Burrows had a bit less stress in winning the 400 over the same duo, crossing the line in 56.81. Hall-Thomsen was second in 57.76 and Federico third in 57.98.
As top six finishers in their events at states, each of the locals, including Badji, qualified to compete in the 73rd annual New England Interscholastic Track and Field Championships Saturday, June 9, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.
“Heading into New Englands this weekend at the University of New Hampshire, she has a chance not only to place but maybe win,” Almeida added of Badji’s outlook this weekend. “Depending on her time there she has a chance for nationals in North Carolina.”
Boys’ notes
Ogunronbi, the state titleist indoors this winter in the same event, finished third in the boys’ long jump with a best leap of 21 feet, 3.25 inches. The six points he earned accounted for all of the Townies’ scoring on the day.
Hendricken’s Kahlin Watkins won the event with a distance of 22’4.” Andrew Whitney of North Kingstown was second with a leap of 21’6.25.”
JV states
Also last week at theJunior Varsity Girls State Championships held May 30, at Mt. Pleasant High School, Angela Braga threw second for East Providence in the javelin with a distance of 93’11.” Abbie Ludovici of Burrillville won the event with a 94’6.”
In addition, Michaela Doro threw third for the Townies in the hammer with a distance of 134’1.” Amber Nunez of Classical was first with a 141’9” and Woonsocket’s Gabriela Ribeiro was second at 134’4.”
Freshmen states
As girls’ Freshmen States held in late May at Coventry High, East Providence’s Skylah Chakouian placed solo in three events, including a victory in the javelin with a toss of 95’6.” She was also second in the shot put with a 30’11.75” and fourth in the discus with an 82’6.”
The Townies also scored in the 4x4 relay as Ashley DeOliveira, Wendy Carvalho, Eva Caron and Chantel Reis finished third in 4:49.57.
Kianu Duarte scored individually in two events at the boys’ Freshmen State Meet held at Toll Gate in Warwick. Duarte was fourth in the discus with a distance of 102’6” and sixth in the shot put with a throw of 35’9.25.”

East Providence Post and eastbayri.com staff photographer Rich Dionne shot the accompanying gallery of photos.

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