East Providence sprinters cleaned up, taking gold in all of the sprinting events during the Eastern Division track meet at Barrington High School on Saturday May, 17. 

Jack Pawlik, Justin Jardine, Nazarae Phillip and both the boys and girls 100-meter relay teams won gold for the Townies.

Pawlik, a sophomore, won gold in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.81 seconds and the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.48 seconds. He also ran a leg with the 4x100-meter relay team of Jardine, Elijah Bento and Julius Cortes, which won gold during the meet with a time of 43.14 seconds.

“Jack broke the meet record and continues to be seeded first in the dash,” said boys head coach Robert Lyons. “I was proud of the team’s effort. I'm happy that we continue to have a number of kids seeded near the top in many events on the state’s performance list. All of these kids can win at the state meet on any given day.”

Jardine, a junior, placed first in the 400-meter run with a time of 50.29 seconds. He placed second in the 200-meter dash behind Pawlik and ran legs in the 4x100-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay teams. The 4x400 relay team consisting of Jardine, Julian Monteiro, Kwamahn Gilliard and Julius Cortes placed second with a time of 3 minutes, 30 seconds. Elijah Bento, who normally runs a leg in the race, was lost to season ending injury.

“I was disappointed that we didn’t win,” said Coach Lyons of the 4x400 team. “Our kids were exhausted, after running in the three previous events. We are starting to get some athletes healthy and we’re hoping to peak at the right time.”

Gillard, a senior also placed second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.24 seconds and placed 6th in the 200-meter dash.

Phillip wins gold in three events

Phillip, a senior, won gold in three events for the girls’ team. The speedster placed first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.62 seconds, the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.62 seconds and the high jump, clearing the bar at 5 feet, 3 inches.

The Townies girls swept the 100-meter dash and took first in the 4x100-meter relay. Freshman Gionna DosSantos placed second with a time of 13.07 seconds and junior Kendra Daniel placed third with a time of 13.09 seconds. Daniel also placed third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.31 seconds. DosSantos placed 7th with a time of 28.65 seconds.

Girls relay team wins gold too

The 4x100-meter relay team of Phillip, Daniel, DosSantos and Ryley Souto won gold with a time of 50. 54 seconds.

Souto also performed well in the hurdles, placing third in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 17.28 seconds and in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 50.5 seconds.

The The 4x800-meter relay team of Katie Patalano, Sadie Gagnon, Abby Raphael and Layla Bates, placed second in the event with a time of 10 minutes, 41 seconds and the 4x400-meter relay team of Bates, Raphael, Souto and Daniel, placed third with a time of 4 minutes, 31.40 seconds.

As a team, the girls placed second in the division with a score of 128. Barrington placed first with a score of 273.5. The Townies boys placed fourth in the division with a score of 96 points, while Barrington placed first with 345 points.

More top finishers

Julian Monteiro placed third in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 42.93 seconds. He also placed fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.36.

Bryan Chuckran-Rivera placed 4th in the pole vault with a jump of 8 feet, 6 inches.

Gerald Gagnon placed 8th in the 400-meter run with a time of 55.97.

Daniel Lukasa placed 13th in the 1500-meter run.

Weight throwers

Machar Francis placed 7th in the shot put with a throw of 37 feet, 5 inches. 

Michael Precious placed 9th in the discus with a throw of 95 feet, 11 inches.

Precious also took 10th in the hammer with a throw of 129 feet, 3 inches. 

Machar Francis placed 10th in the discus with a throw of 92 feet, 9 inches.

Logan Xavier placed 9th in the javelin with a throw of 104 feet, 1 inch.

Ty Messier placed 12th and Machar Francis placed 13th in the hammer throw.

Jumpers

Mark Walrond placed 9th in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 2 inches.

Drake Silva placed 10 in the long jump.

Gerald Gagnon placed 7th in the triple jump with a jump of 35 feet, 6.5 inches.

Lucas Santa-Cruz placed 8th in the triple jump.

The 4x800-meter relay team placed 5th with a time of 9 minutes, 34.95 seconds.

More girls top finishers

Layla Bates placed fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 17.93 and placed 7th in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 53.10 seconds.

Abby Raphael placed fifth in the 400-meter run with a time of 1 minute, 4.26 seconds.

Sadie Gagnon placed 10th in the 800-meter run with time of 2 minutes, 51.86 seconds.

Kathryn Patalano placed 7th in the 3000-meter run with a time of 12 minutes, 17.50 seconds.

Weight throwers

Senior Adriana Perry placed third in the javelin with a throw of 76 feet, 8 inches, 6th in the shot put with a throw of 23 feet, 1 inch and placed 8th in the discus with a throw of 65 feet, 10 inches.

Sophomore Taraii Malcome placed 4th with in the hammer throw with a heave of 99 feet, 11 inches.

Jumpers

Sophomore Kaia Greene placed 10th in the pole vault with a jump of 6 feet.

Junior Audrey Lepine placed 4th in the triple jump with a jump of 31 feet, 10.25 inches and placed 8th in the long jump with a leap of 14 feet, 9.25 inches.