East Greenwich boys capture Class D Outdoor Track Championship

East Greenwich coach Paul Evasick provides this account of the Boys Class D Outdoor Track Championships:

Wes Evasick and Mark Feigen “SHINE” at the Class D State Championships !!

East Greenwich Avengers win Class D State Title

The East Greenwich Boys completed their preseason mission today. They handled the Class D teams with ease as they posted a 202 to 144 victory over second place Classical. The team had some great performances, most notably; Wes Evasick who was the scoring MVP as he bought in three Gold medals and a Silver medal. Mark Feigen garnered three Gold medals. These two athletes had a great day! Wes Evasick Swept both the hurdle events winning the 110 high hurdles in 15.6 seconds and then leading an East Greenwich 1,2,3 Sweep in the 300 intermediate hurdles. Wes 44.5 seconds was followed by teammates sophomore Brian Doyle 45.2 seconds a PR and senior captain Chris Walsh 45.3 seconds tying his PR. Wes started his day off with a Silver medal in the 4X100 relay running the third leg and finished his day with the last event on the track the 4X400 relay, running the second leg of the Gold medal performance. Mark Feigen threw down a Class D record in the 1500 4:03.5 for his first Gold of the day and followed that up with a near Class D record performance in the 800. Mark ran a 1:57.6 and the class record is 1:57.0, for his second Gold of the day. He then ran the third leg of the winning 4x400 relay. Coach E- “ These two kids had a great day and they are very well prepared competitors. We came into the meet expecting that kind of performance out of them, and knew they could deliver.” Not all athletes can deliver under those expectations but these two captains train hard and are well focused.”

The medals were won all around the track and field today. Tom Davis- another PR in the hammer throw 209-10 good for first place. Senior captain Mark Regini third place in the discus. Three javelin throwers all placed in the points. Lead by junior Anthony Denice who took third place with a throw of 131-6. Seniors Myles Stevens and Sam Harris took 5th and 6th place respectively. Senior captain Alex Iwamoto did his usual damage in the jumps as he placed third in both the long and triple jumps, he also place 6th in the 100M and anchored the second place 4x100 relay team. A surprise athlete today was Mike Swartz in the triple jump competing for the first time, he placed 5th with a jump of 38-5 and possibly put himself into the state meet on June 7th.

The distance team kept on keepin on as they swept 1,2,3, 5 in the 1500, junior captain Mark Feigen, sophomore Nick Ross, Senior Mike Pezzullo, Senior captain Matt Colavita. The team then went 1,2, 4 in the 3000, won by Nick Ross, followed by Mike Pezzullo and Matt Colavita. The day started with the EGHS 4X800 relay taking home the Gold and a new Class D record 8:38.6, sophomore Austin Schaefer, Sophomore Andrew Keene, Senior captain Matt Colavita and senior Mike Pezzullo.

Junior Harrison Saunders had a solid day as he captured fourth in the 100 and a Bronze medal in the 200. Harrison also ran the second leg of the silver medal 4X100 relay. Senior Andrew Glod took home a Silver medal in the 400 and anchored the gold medal 4X400 relay. Bryon Brannon placed third in the 400 and ran the opening leg of the gold medal 4x400 relay.

Coach E- “ All in all it was a great day for the kids and the team. EGHS track has come all the back from being the laughing stock of RI track and field, 8 years ago. It’s been a great journey! We knew this Senior class of 08, was special back in 2004 when they were freshmen. We told them in four years we want to be competing for the state championship, because we could see their potential and this past year they have delivered!! Cross country State champions, Indoor Class C State Champions and State Champs Runner-up, now Class D State champs outdoor and the State meet still ahead of them.

Coach E- “Class D state champs is very impressive! We had to top two of the finest track programs in the state, Rogers HS and Classical HS. Those two programs have over 30 championships between them. I was very proud of the way our kids competed today. They came ready to do a job and they finished it!!”

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