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What better way to keep our content flowing at Ocean State Running than to recognize the top moments of the outdoor track & field season of 2023. Over the next few weeks, OSR will highlight some of the finer performances by our athletes. Congratulations to all that competed this spring. If you didn’t make our list, it doesn’t mean you were forgotten. Your hard work and dedication certainly made it another memorable season as a whole for us here at OSR.
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Memorable Moments, 2023: Nation-Leader For Wordell In Hammer
There’s PR and then there’s big-time PRs. The latter is what North Kingstown’s Ethan Wordell had at the Class A Championships on May 21. Competing in the hot sun at Coventry’s track & field facility, Wordell unleashed a 12-foot best of 231-1 to capture the hammer throw be nearly 33 feet! Wordell would continue that momentum the following weekend to win his specialty against top rival and eventual national champion, Lincoln’s Christian Toro, at the Hendricken Invitational where he went 228-8. At the State Meet, Wordell would earn second-team all-state honors with a runner-up finish to Toro. While the New Balance Nationals wouldn’t go quite as planned for the Skipper senior, his effort at the class meet would withstand the test of time, remaining atop the national rankings at season’s end.
