Gama crowned national champ, three state records fall at Nike Outdoor T&F Nationals

Courtesy of Bob Leddy:

Hendricken junior Mike Gama emerged as the 2008 United States prep hammer champion by winning that event at the Nike Outdoor National Track & Field Championships, held in Greensboro, N.C. over the weekend. Gama threw the 12-pound ball 204 feet, 1 inch (62.21 meters) for the title.

Meanwhile, three Rhode Island records fell at the Nike meet. In the girls’ 400-meter intermediate hurdles, La Salle junior Emily Barrett eliminated two existing standards (one a hand-held time; the other auto-timed), with a clocking of 1 minute, 3.16 seconds, winning her heat. Barrett’s time broke a 23-year-old hand-held record of 1:04.4, and a 1999 auto-time of 1:04.85. In the girls’ 4x200-meter relay, La Salle finished in 14th place with a time of 1:43.15 seconds, bettering the state-record 1:45.11 set by Westerly in 2004. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs’ 4x1-mile relay broke its own R.I. mark in that event, finishing eighth with a time of 21:04.19.

NIKE OUTDOOR NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Greensboro, N.C.
Rhode Island results
Girls
HT - 2, Victoria Flowers, Classical 167-10 (51.15 meters); 3, Megan McGovern, N. Kingstown 149-6 (45.56). SP - 7, Flowers 44-0.75 (13.43). TJ - 23, Mickey Jusme, Classical 37-3.75 (11.37). 400 - Rachelle Sylvia, Westerly 56.81. “Emerging Elite’’ 800 - 11, Sylvia, 2:16.20; 21, Tori Lima, Westerly 2:22.28. Mile - 7, Michon Dinwoodie, Westerly 5:08.49 (= 4:45.6 @ 1500m). 100HH - 26, Didi Jusme, Classical 16.03. 400IH - 1 (H1), Emily Barrett, La Salle 1:03.16 (State record. OR: 1:04.4(h), Cindy Buratti, Middletown, 1985; 1:04.85(FAT), Shade Awokande, Moses Brown, 1999). 4x100 - 16, La Salle 49.33. 4x200 - 14, La Salle (Barrett, Alyssa Limperis, Stephanie Railoa, Lauren Cardarelli) 1:43.15 (State record. OR: 1:45.11, Westerly, 2004). 4x400 - 1 (H1), La Salle 3:55.14. 4x800 - 9, La Salle 9:16.53; 16, Westerly 9:26.43. 4x1-mile - 8, Westerly 21:04.19 (NNR. State record. OR: 21:32.8(h), Westerly 2007). SMR @ 800m - 13, La Salle 1:52.50. SMR @ 1600m - 2, La Salle 4:00.68. DMR - 6, La Salle 12:06.46.
Boys
HT - 1, Mike Gama, Hendricken 204-1 (62.21 meters); 3, Tom Davis, E. Greenwich 201-8 (61.47); 5, Pat Onye, Classical 190-6 (58.07); 10, William James, Rogers 172-10 (52.69); 13, Josh Faboyede, Classical 163-10 (49.93). JT - 5, Neil Rooney, La Salle 195-4 (57.71). 5000 - 13, Bronson Venable, Hendricken 15:26.35; 20, Brian Doyle, Hendricken 15:33.48; 34, Jacob Sienko, Hendricken 16:17.50. “Emerging Elite” Mile - 8, Tim O’Loughlin, Westerly 4:21.71 (= 4:02.1 @ 1500m). Open Mile - 16, Andrew Springer, Westerly 4:17.02 (= 3:58.0 @ 1500m). Two mile - 19, Springer, 9:21.13 (= 8:39.4 @ 3000m). DMR - 14, Westerly 10:26.92.

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