An early Christmas present, perhaps?
That might be the goal for a few of our Rhode Islanders heading to Boston this weekend for the inaugural Beantown Winter Classic. The two-day competition features a full slate of events and several different categories (club/unattached, varsity, freshmen, sophomore, and novice). Held on Saturday and Sunday at The Track at New Balance, a place where PRs often come in bunches, the meet has attracted athletes from throughout the northeast, including the Ocean State.
Among R.I., schools sending their athletes to the meet are St, Raphael Academy, East Greenwich, Wheeler School, Moses Brown, Cumberland, Barrington, Bishop Hendricken and West Warwick. Don’t be surprised to see several earn early qualifiers for the Nationals in March.
The Wizards’ sister duo of Lisa and Xenia Raye headline the local contingent making the trek to Beantown this weekend. Both are entered in the 55m ( Saturday -10:36 a.m., prelims, 10:49, finals) and the Invitational 200m (Saturday -12:44 a.m.). The recent Georgia commits have already met the qualifying standards for the New Balance Nationals in the two events. Could we see a record-performance on Saturday against some elite competition on a track that’s considered one of the world’s best? It’s still very early, but you never know. The current marks for the 55m and 200m are 6.87 seconds and 23.53, respectively. Both were set last winter by Lisa Raye at the Nike Indoor Nationals.
Barrington’s Bobby Wind, our state’s top retuning hurdler, is entered in the 55m HH. Wind, who holds a best of 7.50, got his season off to a strong start in a dual meet on Dec. 14. He won the 300m and the 55m HH, posting a time of 7.88 in the latter.
Cumberland’s Payton Goulding is one of the top seeds in the girls’ shot. Goulding took runner-up honors at the indoor states last February with an all-time best of 40 feet, 3.75 inches. So far this year she has a best of 38-0.5, a distance ranked No. 2 behind Classical’s Gifty Bediako (38-10).
Pilgrim’s Hunter Schobel is scheduled to compete in the long jump and 300m. The Patriots senior was fourth in the long jump at the indoor and outdoor state meets. He has an all-time best of 21-7.5 from last winter’s states. This past week, he was less than a foot from that mark, winning a dual meet with a season best of 21-0.
Keaney Bayha of Pilgrim is one of four runners entered in the Invitational 2 Mile (Sunday, 11:01 a.m.,). She has a best of 10:02 for the 3K and is more than likely looking for a sub 10:50 performance for the deuce this weekend.
Cumberland’s Kiley DeFusco is entered in the seeded section of the mile. Defusco, who has an all-time best of 4:57.94, ran a state-leading 4:43.40 for the 1,500m already this season.
Below we have links to all the entries and live results. We also provided the schedule for the two-day meet.
BOYS’ ENTRIES
GIRLS’ ENTRIES
LIVE RESULTS
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
Oval Events
9:00 AM – Boys Freshman 1 Mile
9:21 AM – Girls Freshman 1 Mile
9:43 AM – Boys Sophomore 1 Mile
9:56 AM – Girls Sophomore 1 Mile
10:10 AM – Boys Novice 1 Mile
10:17 AM – Girls Novice 1 Mile
10:24 AM – Boys Varsity 1 Mile
11:18 AM – Girls Varsity 1 Mile
12:07 PM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED 1 mile
12:19 PM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED 1 mile
12:32 PM – Boys Invitational 200 Meters
12:44 PM – Girls Invitational 200 Meters
1:05 PM – Boys Freshman 4×200 Relay – Final on Time
1:09 PM – Girls Freshman + Sophomore 4×200 Relay – Final on Time
1:13 PM – Boys Sophomore 4×200 Relay – Final on Time
1:21 PM – Boys Novice 4×200 Relay – Final on Time
1:29 PM – Girls Novice 4×200 Relay – Final on Time
1:33 PM – Boys Varsity 4×200 Relay – Prelims
2:01 PM – Girls Varsity 4×200 Relay – Prelims
2:18 PM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED 4×200 Relay – Final on Time
2:22 PM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED 4×200 Relay – Final on Time
2:25 PM – Boys Freshman 600 Meters
2:37 PM – Girls Freshman 600 Meters
2:49 PM – Boys Sophomore 600 Meters
3:01 PM – Girls Sophomore 600 Meters
3:10 PM – Boys Novice 600 Meters
3:16 PM – Girls Novice 600 Meters
3:22 PM – Boys Varsity 600 Meters
3:52 PM – Girls Varsity 600 Meters
4:13 PM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED 600 Meters
4:22 PM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED 600 Meters
4:31 PM – Boys Varsity 4×800 Relay
5:04 PM – Girls Varsity 4×800 Relay
5:30 PM – Boys Varsity 4×200 Relay – Finals
5:38 PM – Girls Varsity 4×200 Relay – Finals
Infield Events
9:00 AM – Boys Freshman 55 Meters – Prelims
9:12 AM – Girls Freshman 55 Meters – Prelims
9:24 AM – Boys Sophomore 55 Meters – Prelims
9:36 AM – Girls Sophomore 55 Meters – Prelims
9:46 AM – Boys Novice 55 Meters – Prelims
9:54 AM – Girls Novice 55 Meters – Prelims
9:58 AM – Boys Varsity 55 Meters – Prelims
10:36 AM – Girls Varsity 55 Meters – Prelims
10:56 AM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED 55 Meters – Prelims
11:10 AM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED 55 Meters – Prelims
11:21 AM – Boys Freshman 55 Meters – Finals
11:25 AM – Girls Freshman 55 Meters – Finals
11:29 AM – Boys Sophomore 55 Meters – Finals
11:33 AM – Girls Sophomore 55 Meters – Finals
11:37 AM – Boys Novice 55 Meters – Finals
11:41 AM – Girls Novice 55 Meters – Finals
11:45 AM – Boys Varsity 55 Meters – Finals
11:49 AM – Girls Varsity 55 Meters – Finals
11:53 AM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED 55 Meters – Finals
11:57 AM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED 55 Meters – Finals
Field Events
1:30 PM – Boys Varsity High Jump
1:30 PM – Girls Varsity High Jump
4:00 PM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED High Jump
4:00 PM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED High Jump
10:00 AM – Boys Freshman + Sophomore + Varsity + Club/Unattached Pole Vault
10:00 AM – Girls Freshman + Sophomore + Varsity + Club/Unattached Pole Vault
9:00 AM – Boys Sophomore Long Jump
10:30 AM – Boys Varsity Long Jump
2:30 PM – Boys Novice Long Jump
3:30 PM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED Long Jump
9:00 AM – Girls Sophomore Long Jump
10:00 AM – Girls Varsity Long Jump
1:00 PM – Girls Novice Long Jump
2:00 PM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED Long Jump
9:00 AM – Boys Freshman + Sophomore Shot Put
10:30 AM – Girls Freshman + Sophomore Shot Put
11:45 AM – Boys Novice Shot Put
1:30 PM – Girls Novice Shot Put
9:30 AM – Boys Varsity Shot Put
1:30 PM – Girls Varsity Shot Put
4:30 PM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED Shot Put
4:30 PM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED Shot Put
SUNDAY
Oval Events
9:00 AM – Boys Freshman 300 Meters
9:04 AM – Girls Freshman 300 Meters
9:13 AM – Boys Sophomore 300 Meters
9:21 AM – Girls Sophomore 300 Meters
9:27 AM – Boys Novice 300 Meters
9:33 AM – Girls Novice 300 Meters
9:37 AM – Boys Varsity 300 Meters
10:03 AM – Girls Varsity 300 Meters
10:19 AM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED 300 Meters
10:28 AM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED 300 Meters
10:37 AM – Boys Invitational 2 Mile
11:01 AM – Girls Invitational 2 Mile
11:27 AM – Boys Varsity 1600m SMR
11:44 AM – Girls Varsity 1600m SMR
11:50 AM – Boys Freshman 1000 Meters
12:00 PM – Girls Freshman 1000 Meters
12:10 PM – Boys Sophomore 1000 Meters
12:15 PM – Girls Sophomore 1000 Meters
12:23 PM – Boys Novice 1000 Meters
12:28 PM – Girls Novice 1000 Meters
12:33 PM – Boys Varsity 1000 Meters
1:03 PM – Girls Varsity 1000 Meters
1:19 PM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED 1000 Meters
1:27 PM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED 1000 Meters
1:37 PM – Boys Freshman + Sophomore + Novice 4×400 Relay
1:43 PM – Girls Freshman + Sophomore + Novice 4×400 Relay
1:49 PM – Boys Varsity 4×400 Relay
2:04 PM – Girls Varsity 4×400 Relay
2:20 PM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED 4×400 Relay
2:25 PM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED 4×400 Relay
Infield Events
10:30 AM – Boys Freshman + Sophomore 55 Meter Hurdles – Prelims
10:33 AM – Boys Novice 55 Meter Hurdles – Prelims
10:36 AM – Boys Varsity 55 Meter Hurdles – Prelims
10:54 AM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED 55 Meter Hurdles – Prelims
11:05 AM – Girls Freshman 55 Meter Hurdles – Prelims
11:11 AM – Girls Sophomore 55 Meter Hurdles – Prelims
11:18 AM – Girls Novice 55 Meter Hurdles – Prelims
11:21 AM – Girls Varsity 55 Meter Hurdles – Prelims
11:39 AM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED 55 Meter Hurdles – Prelims
12:16 PM – Boys Freshman + Sophomore 55 Meter Hurdles – Finals
12:21 PM – Boys Novice 55 Meter Hurdles – Finals
12:26 PM – Boys Varsity 55 Meter Hurdles – Finals
12:31 PM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED 55 Meter Hurdles – Finals
12:36 PM – Girls Freshman 55 Meter Hurdles – Finals
12:41 PM – Girls Sophomore 55 Meter Hurdles – Finals
12:46 PM – Girls Novice 55 Meter Hurdles – Finals
12:51 PM – Girls Varsity 55 Meter Hurdles – Finals
12:56 PM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED 55 Meter Hurdles – Finals
Field Events
1:30 PM – Boys Freshman + Sophomore High Jump
1:30 PM – Girls Freshman + Sophomore High Jump
9:00 AM – Boys Freshman Long Jump
10:00 AM – Boys Varsity Triple Jump
2:00 PM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED Triple Jump
9:00 AM – Girls Freshman Long Jump
10:00 AM – Girls Varsity Triple Jump
2:00 PM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED Triple Jump
9:00 AM – Boys Varsity Weight Throw
10:45 AM – Girls Varsity Weight Throw
12:30 PM – Boys CLUB/UNATTACHED Weight Throw
1:30 PM – Girls CLUB/UNATTACHED Weight Throw
