The Barrington High School girls track team, powered by some impressive performances, finished second at the state track championship, held at Brown University on Saturday, June 2.

Annika Kelly finished second in the discus and the hammer throw. Annika, a junior, recorded a distance of 122 feet, 10 inches in the discus, and threw the hammer 169 feet, 2 inches.

Kate Zitzmann was strong in some running events. The senior finished second in the 1,500 with a time of 4:44.70, and was fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:20.73. She also ran a leg of Barrington's 4x400 meter relay team, which finished third. 

Caroline Livingston was impressive at states. She finished third in the 1,500 and fifth in the 800. Tea Bishop finished eighth in the 800, and Stephanie Chun was eighth in the 1,500. 

Julia Howarth finished sixth in the 400 meter race, and Lily Sefranek was seventh in the 3,000. 

Barrington's relay teams performed well at states. The 4x400 team of Audrey Gravelle, Julia Howarth, Jordynn Palethorpe and Kate Zitzmann finished third, as did the 4x800 team of Tea Bishop, Stephanie Chun, Lyndsey Turgeon and Meghan Zitzmann. Barrington's 4x100 meter relay team of Julia Howarth, Abigail Walter, Jillian Walter and Olivia Middleton raced to a sixth place finish. 

In addition to running a leg of the 4x100 relay, Middleton also finished fifth in the long jump with a distance of 16 feet, 10 inches, and was seventh in the triple jump with a distance of 34 feet, 4.75 inches.

Faith Polando and Sydney Polando performed well in the hammer — Faith finished seventh with a distance of 152 feet, 1 inch, and Sydney was eighth with a distance of 149 feet, 5 inches. 

Team results 

1. Westerly — 99 points

2. Barrington — 52

3. LaSalle — 46

3. Classical — 46

5. North Kingstown — 40.50

6. Portsmouth — 36

7. South Kingstown — 34.50

8. Bay View — 28

9. Moses Brown — 26

10. Pilgrim — 20

Boys run at states

Members of the Barrington High School boys track team set two new school records en route to a 24th place finish at the state track championship on Saturday. 

The 4x800 meter relay team of George Wicker, Jamie Gunness, Ethan Major and Eliot Laidlaw broke the 2015 school record, clocking an 8:05.51. The time was strong enough for a fifth place finish in the event. (The previous record was held by Grant Auber, Gerald Guerrieri, Max Guerrieri, and Sam Somera.)

Eliot Laidlaw also set a new Barrington High School record in the 3,000 meter race. Laidlaw clocked an 8:49.50, which eclipsed the old mark set by Cyrus Cousins in 2011. 

"We had some great work on the track too from our young hurdlers Jack Cheng and Walter Joachim-Delpoio, with Walter close to scoring in the 300 intermediates," wrote Barrington coach Bill Barrass.