Barrington Middle School swept the RIPCOA Middle School Eastern Division Track Championships last week. The BMS girls team finished in first with 182.75 points, well ahead of second-place Kickemuit Middle School which finished with 78.75 points. The BMS boys team scored 136 points and finished in first place, while second place Tiverton finished with 124.50 points. 

The Barrington teams enjoyed a number of strong, first-place individual performances. The girls 4x400-meter relay team of Charlotte Farrell, Amelia Pearse, Elsa Mello, and Annabelle Meech finished in first place. Kat Tomasso won the girls discus event, and Ella Martin won the shot put. Catie Wilbur was tops in the girls turbo javelin. For the boys team, Wyatt Findley won the boys turbo javelin and Eddie Wang won the 80-meter hurdles. 

Other Barrington student-athletes who scored points: 

• Girls 80-meter hurdles: 4. Layla Kupperman

• Girls 100-meters: 3. Elle Norton

• Boys 100-meters: 2. Max Thimme, 4. Biko Allston-Hanna

• Girls 200-meters: 2. Charlotte Farrell, 5. Mary Trainor

• Boys 200-meters: 2. Thimme, 4. Allston-Hanna

• Girls 400-meters: 2. Farrell, 4. Mello, 5. Meech, 6. Emma Pearse

• Boys 400-meters: 4. Atharva Anantha, 5. Ryan Hurlock, 8. Patrick Coen, 9. Danny Gildea

• Boys 800-meters: 3. George Loerke, 6. Coen, 9. Finn Sullivan

• Girls 1,500-meters: 2. Gracie Gaines, 3. Carly Gill, 4. Molly Reagan, 5. Abby Glass

• Boys 1,500-meters: 4. Loerke, 5. Anantha, 6. David Stewart

• Girls 3,000-meters: 2. Mary Lea, 3. Raina Salahuddin, 4. Lizzy Van Hull

• Boys 3,000-meters: 3. Evan Frechette, 4. Calvin Mentzer, 6. Brady Martin, 7. Truman Lefort

• Girls 4x100 relay: 2. Barrington (Emma Pearse, Claire Capozza, Elle Norton, and Evelyn Kenny)

• Boys 4x400 relay: 2. Barrington (Ryan Hurlock, Aahan Anantha, Patrick Coen, and Atharva Anantha)

• Girls high jump: 2. Soo Yeon Park, 4. (Tie) Avery Fisher

• Boys high jump: 4. Wesley Lane

• Girls long jump: 3. Farrell, 4. Trainor, 5. Capozza, 7. Kenny

• Girls discus: 4. Aewyn Turner, 5. Mary Helfrich

• Boys discus: 5. Eli Prohovsky, 6. Noah Bernier

• Girls shot put: 2. Julia Furtado, 5. Maddie McLaine

• Boys shot put: 2. Aiden Liu, 4. Leo Johnson

• Girls turbo javelin: 2. Ella Martin, 4. Esther Hewitt

• Boys turbo javelin: 2. Ari Machado, 3. Liu, 4. Wang

Barrington Middle School Coach Larson Gunness said the division championships were great wins for both Barrington teams.

“The kids all worked really hard and struggled through adversity this season of weather and various injuries,” Gunness said. “We also had an injury in the first running event of our top boy sprinter that could have dampened the spirit of our whole team. But the kids rallied and focused in on the work at hand.  

“I’m very proud of how these kids persevered and competed. In the end they seemed to have a lot of fun at this challenging divisional meet. They relaxed as the meet progressed and they did what they do: compete and win. I tell them they do not have to have the best day of their lives to do well at these big meets. All they need to do is have a normal meet, because for them normal is dominant.”

The Barrington Middle School teams will compete in the State Championship meet on May 19.