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PROVIDENCE — Form held in the 2012 boys’ Metropolitan Division indoor track and field championship meet as Classical, like it did during the dual meet regular season, cruised to a relatively easy victory Thursday night, Feb. 2, at the Providence Career & Tech Academy Fieldhouse.

The Purple, unbeaten in duals, tallied 121 points to the 79 of second-place Barrington. LaSalle was third. East Providence was sixth with 21 and Mt. Hope was ninth with six points.

Tom Barry was among the top performing locals in the meet, the Barrington junior winning both the 1,000 (2:41.9) and 1,500-meter (4:18.1) races. Dylan Verner-Crist ran second for the Eagles in the 3,000 (9:14.4). John Connelly was the runner-up in the 1,000 (2:45.5) followed by Connor Royley in third (2:46.5) as Barrington runners swept the top three places in the event. Charlie Ionata added a third-place finish for the Eagles in the weight throw (60’8.25”).

A couple of locals aided LaSalle’s cause. East Providence resident and senior Andrew Estrada won the 3,000 (9:08.8) for the Rams while city resident and junior Adam Rego placed in both the 1,000 and 1,500, second (4:20.4) in the latter.

Chris Moura’s distance of 20’5.5” in the long jump and the accompanying second-place finish was the top solo effort for East Providence at the division meet. Moura also placed sixth in the high jump. Ryan Williams ran third in the 55-meter dash (6.6). Cory Agin placed sixth in both the shotput and 55-meter hurdles.

Mt. Hope did not score individually, tallying its points with a fourth-place run in the 4x800-meter relay and fifth-place effort in the 4x4.

Metro Division Results

Team standings

1, Classical 121; 2, Barrington 79; 3, La Salle 72; 4, Central 59.5; 5, Hope 49; 6, E. Providence 21; 7, Narragansett 14; 8, Moses Brown 11; 9, Mt. Hope 6; 10, Mt. Pleasant 1.5.

Individual finishes

WT - 1, Joe Velez, Class. 73-0.50 (22.26 meters); 2, Carlos Mangum, Cent. 65-0 (19.81); 3, Charlie Ionata, Barr. 60-8.25 (18.49); 4, Ndailor Sheriff, Class. 58-0.75 (17.69); 5, Clarence Gallop, Cent. 57-11.25 (17.65); 6, Steve Lefebvre, LS 56-4.75 (17.18).

SP - 1, Velez, Class. 53-7 (16.33); 2, Mangum, Cent. 47-0.25 (14.33); 3, Terrance Sinnott, LS 46-6 (14.17); 4, Fred Antonian, Class. 46-2.25 (14.07); 6, Cory Agin, EP 45-1.25 (13.74).

HJ - 1, Velez, Class. 5-8 (1.72); Abdul Orulebaja, Class. 5-6 (1.67); 3, Antonian, Class. 5-6; 4, (tie) Chris Jeffrey, LS and Cal Matthes, arr. 5-4 (1.62); 6, Chris Moura, EP 5-4.

LJ - 1, Jarell James, Hope 22-3.25 (6.78); 2, Moura, EP 20-5.50 (6.23); 3, John Fleury, Class. 19-8.50 (6.00); 4, Deveron Gordon, Narr. 19-7 (5.96); 5, Santino Brunette, Narr. 19-5 (5.91); 6, Velez, Class. 19-3.50 (5.88).

3000 - 1, Andy Estrada, LS 9:08.8; 2, Dylan Verner-Crist, Barr. 9:14.4; 3, Connor Royley, Barr. 9:20.4; 4, Jake Grundy, LS 9:23.9; 5, Will Casazza, Barr. 9:24.1; 6, Ryan Lowery, LS 10:04.9.

1500 - 1, Tom Barry, Barr. 4:18.1; 2, Adam Rego, LS 4:20.4; 3, Mike Stephens, LS 4:20.7; 4, John Connolly, Barr. 4:23.0; 5, Ryan Saeger, Barr. 4:26.4; 6, Casazza, Barr. 4;30.6.

1000 - 1, Barry, Barr. 2:41.9; 2, Connolly, Barr. 2:45.5; 3, Royley, Barr. 2:46.5; 4, Shane Watterson, LS 2:47.5; 5, Rego, LS 2:49.4; 6, Chris Notarianni, LS 2:50.3.

600 - 1, Amos Caraiti, MB 1:27.0; 2, Allen Tat, Class. 1:28.0; 3, Jamal Roberts, Hope 1:29.5; 4, Steve Smith, Narr. 1:31.0; 5, Josh Rambert, EP 1:33.2; 6, Jorge Aparicio, Hope 1:33.9.

300 - 1, James, Hope 35.6; 2, Jose Ortiz, Cent. 35.8; 3, Derek Jackson, Class. 37.2; 4, Raniel Isaac, Cent. 37.8; 5, Antonio Quinones, MP 38.4; 6, Joel Ikuejamofo, Cent. 38.4.

55m - 1, James, Hope 6.5; 2, Jackson, Class. 6.6; 3, Ryan Williams, EP 6.6; 4, Ortiz, Cent. 6.6; 5, Chris Fevry, Class. 6.7; 6, Isaac, Cent. 7.0.

55mH - 1, Nyuanru Ben, LS 7.6; 2, Fleury, Class. 7.9; 3, Ben Dahn, Class. 8.0; 4, Eddy Milcette, Class. 8.4; 5, Aljenis Candelier, Class. 8.5; 6, Cory Agin, EP 8.5.

4x200 - 1, Central (NNR) 1:33.8; 2, Classical 1:34.8; 3, La Salle 1:37.3; 4, Narragansett 1:37.9; 5, E. Providence 1:38.1; 6, Barrington 1:38.8.

4x400 - 1, Central (NNR) 3:33.2; 2, Classical 3;42.8; 3, Barrington 3:45.3; 4, Hope 3:47.9; 5, Mt. Hope 3:51.8; 6, Moses Brown 3:56.5.

4x800 - 1, La Salle (NNR) 8:30.1 (MR. OR: 8:30.8, La Salle 2010); 2, Hope 8:43.0; 3, Barrington 9:04.0; 4, Mt. Hope 9:07.9; 5, Classical 9:23.4; 6, Central 9:27.7.