Springer, Strawderman set state marks, take MVP honors; Hawks win team title at Hendricken Invitational

Former Journal sports writer Bob Leddy provides the following recap and results from today's Hendricken Invitational:

Westerly senior Andrew Springer and Cranston West junior James Strawderman each broke Rhode Island state records yesterday at the Hendricken Invitational track meet for boys. Springer won the 3,000-meter run in 8 minutes, 23.3 seconds, eliminating the previous mark of 8:34.2, set in 2006 by Hendricken's Tom Webb. Strawderman bettered his own state record in the pole vault, with a winning height of 15 feet, 3 inches (4.64 meters). His previous standard was 15-0.25 (4.58). Springer was named the meet's Track MVP. Strawderman took Field Event MVP honors.

BOYS' OUTDOOR TRACK
HENDRICKEN INVITATIONAL
Team scores
1, Hendricken 88; 2, Westerly 37; 3, Central 35; 4, Mount Pleasant 30; 5, Barrington 29; 6, (tie) Cr. West, Rogers and Chariho 26; 9, N. Providence 24; 10, (tie) E. Providence and S. Kingstown 21; 12, (tie) W. Warwick and Woonsocket; 14, (tie) Hope, Coventry and N. Kingstown 18; 17, Lincoln 16; 18, (tie) Ponaganset and Cumberland 15; 20, (tie) Classical, Warwick and E. Greenwich 14; 23, (tie) Mt. Hope, St. Raphael and Portsmouth 9; 26, Middletown 7; 27, Prout 4; 28, Mt. St. Charles 2; 29, (tie) Smithfield, Pilgrim and Toll Gate 1.

Individual results
HT - 1, Gama, BH 205-0 (62.48 meters); 2, Janes, Rog. 190-0 (57.91); 3, Milder, BH 181-8 (55.37); 4, Steele, Barr. 177-9 (54.17); 5, Irwin, Char. 171-10 (52.37); 6, Larkin, WW 165-11 (50.57).
HT (6-kilo exhibition) - 1, Gama, BH 197-11 (60.32); 2, Faboyede, Class. 173-5 (52.86); 3, Milder, BH 169-1 (51.54); 4, Steele, Barr. 164-5 (50.11); 5, Janes, Rog. 164-4 (50.08); 6, Larkin, WW 157-11 (48.13).
SP - 1, Reynoso, Class. 46-11 (14.30); 2, Casiello, SRA 45-9 (13.94); 3, Bucci, BH 44-0 (13.41); 4, Brennan, West. 43-11 (13.38); 5, Rose, Ports. 41-8 (12.70); 6, Almond, SK 41-5 (12.62).
DT - 1, Intreiri, West. 149-8 (45.61); 2, Erasquin, Rog. 147-8 (45.00); 3, Kurowski, Woon. 144-1 (43.91); 4, Faboyede, Class. 140-10 (42.92); 5, Maloof, BH 137-9 (41.98); 6, Yanish, BH 134-11 (41.12).
JT - 1, Keeling, Pon. 179-0 (54.55); 2, Freeman, BH 171-6 (52.27); 3, Rodriguez, MP 169-11 (51.79); 4, Vendetti, NP 162-3 (49.45); 5, Gagnon, West. 162-1 (49.40); 6, Gelsomino, Pon. 162-1.
HJ - 1, Capista, BH 6-0 (1.83); 2, Carlson, Linc. 5-10 (1.77); 3, Kavanaugh, Cumb. 5-8 (1.72); 4, (tie) Murphy, Midd. and Godek, MH 5-8; 6, Diamante, Pon. 5-6 (1.67).
LJ - 1, Jacobs, Char. 22-0.50 (6.71); 2, Gomes, EP 20-10.50 (6.36); 3, Bean, BH 20-8.50 (6.31); 4, Gauch, Prout 20-7.50 (6.28); 5, Racca, BH 19.5 (5.91); 6, Garcia, WW 19-2.50 (5.85).
TJ - 1, Jefferies, Hope 43-9 (13.33); 2, Charette, Woon. 40-7.50 (12.38); 3, Baly, Rog. 40-3 (12.26); 4, Hicks, Rog. 39-11 (12.16); 5, Depina, EP 39-11; 6, Burghouwt, Ports. 39-8 (12.09).
PV - 1, Strawderman, CW 15-3 (4.64. SR. OR: 15-0.25/4.58, Strawderman, 2009); 2, Conley, SK 13-6 (4.11); 3, Rodeiguez, WV 13-6; 4, Andrea, Char. 12-6 (3.81); 5, Murray, SK 12-6; 6, Duhamel, Cumb. 12-6.
100 - 1, Biah, MP 10.9; 2, Nyonton, Cent. 11.2; 3, Ortiz, Woon. 11.4; 4, McCray, Midd. 11.5; 5, Belanger, MSC 11.6; 6, Levy, BH 11.9.
200 - 1, Read, Barr. 22.4; 2, Gomes, EP 22.5; 3, Ortiz, Cent. 22.8; 4, Bean, BH 22.9; 5, Crawford, NK 23.4; 6, Swift, West. 24.0.
400 - 1, Oliveiri, WW 49.0; 2, Amado, Cent. 49.4; 3, Rodriguez, MP 50.4; 4, Feigen, EG 50.5; 5, N'Tow, Cent. 50.9; 6, Gamache, Barr. 51.2.
800 - 1, O'Loughlin, West. 1:58.2; 2, Carlson, Linc. 1:58.6; 3, Fraielli, CW 2:00.8; 4, McCloskey, SK 2:01.2; 5, Ryan, Cov. 2:01.8; 6, Alexander, Pil. 2:02.1.
1500/Freshman - 1, Fernandes, NP 4:26.5; 2, Olean, Linc. 4;36.7; 3, Parquet, WW 4:37.1; 4, Szczerepa, Cumb. 4:37.6; 5, Tyler, Ports. 4:41.9; 6, McNaughton, BH 4:42.7.
1500/Sophomore - 1, J. Corbett, Ports. 4:24.2; 2, C. Corbett, Ports. 4:25.9; 3, Carroll, SK 4:34.0; 4, Pugh, NK 4:37.3; 5, Chrones, BH 4:38.2; 6, Kuchar, Cumb. 4;38.9.
1500 - 1, Coogan, NP 4:06.2; 2, Hurley, Char. 4:07.9; 3, Allen, CW 4:13.9; 4, Sienko, BH 4:15.6; 5, Andraka, BH 4:16.2; 6, Stewart, NK 4:17.1.
3000 - 1, Springer, West. 8:23.3 (SR. OR: 8:34.2 [enr. 3200m], Webb, BH 2006); 2, Royer, SG 9:06.5; 3, Camacho, Hope 9:14.9; 4, Morgan, Cumb. 9:28.5; 5, Francis, Cov. 9:32.0; 6, Manning, BH 9:38.6.
110HH - 1, Capista, BH 15.5; 2, Spahr, NK 15.5; 3, Braz, Barr. 15.7; 4, Batista, CW 15.9; 5, Lescroart, Char. 17.6.
300IH - 1, Clarkin, Cov. 40.2; 2, Ricci, WV 40.6; 3, Tyler, Ports. 40.7; 4, Cheston, NK 40.8; 5, Gaudette, Cumb. 41.3; 6, Rebello, TG 41.8.
4x100 - 1, Central (Amado, N'Tow, Nyonton, Ortiz) 43.1; 2, Mount Pleasant 43.3; 3, Hendricken 43.9; 4, (tie) Ponaganset and E. Providence 44.1; 6, N. Kingstown 44.3.
4x400 - 1, E. Greenwich (Brannon, Feigen, Ross, Manning) 3:30.4; 2, W. Warwick 3:30.5; 3, S. Kingstown 3:33.4; 4, Barrington 3:37.5; 5, Coventry 3;39.7; 6, Central 3;40.9.
4x800 - 1, N. Providence (C. Coogan, A. Coogan, Gallo, Conroy) 8:26.1; 2, Hendricken 8:31.0; 3, Mt. Hope 8:36.2; 4, Barrington 8:37.8; 5, N. Kingstown 8:43.9; 6, St. Raphael 8:46.8.
Fresh./Soph. SMR - 1, Hendricken (Simpkins, O'Connell, Pasquarelli, Grasso) 3:56.1; 2, Central 4:01.6; 3, Hendricken "B'' 4:09.2; 4, Portsmouth 4:09.6; 5, La Salle 4:09.8; 6, Prout 4:27.3.
All times hand-held.

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