3/20/12 – Providence, RI – After checking the archives and files of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League and The Providence Journal sports pages, it is clear that the 2011-12 La Salle Academy Lady Rams athletic teams have set a state record by already winning seven state titles of the ten girls sports championships decided as of mid-March 2012.
To date the Lady Rams have won state titles in the following sports:
- Tennis
- Soccer
- Indoor Track and Field
- Gymnastics
- Basketball
- Ice Hockey
- Swimming
The only titles to date that the Lady Rams have not won are Cross-Country, Volleyball, and Field Hockey (a sport that is not played at La Salle). In addition, the La Salle Competition Cheerleading team won the state title in mid-March. However, Competition Cheerleading team can be co-ed and, thus, is not considered an exclusive girls sport. The La Salle team is made up of 20 girls and two boys.
This is a remarkable record, and there are still three girls’ team titles to be decided – lacrosse, softball and outdoor track & field in the Spring.
La Salle salutes the female athletes who have been members of those seven state championship teams and also those team’s members who won individual titles. Girls’ individual titles to date are:
- Molly Keating, Girls Cross Country and Girls Indoor Track and Field (3000m, 1500m, 4 x 400m Relay)
- Dakota Dailey-Harris, Girls Indoor Track and Field (High Jump)
- McKenzie Meehan, Girls Indoor Track and Field (1000m, 4 x 800m Relay, 4 x 400m Relay)
- Madison Meehan, Girls Indoor Track and Field (4 x 800m Relay)
- Madeline Byrnes, Girls Indoor Track and Field (4 x 800m Relay)
- Caitlin Marino, Girls Indoor Track and Field (4 x 800m Relay)
- Amanda Joyal, Girls Indoor Track and Field (4 x 400m Relay)
- Erin Kane, Girls Indoor Track and Field (4 x 400m Relay)
- Georgia Pettibone, Girls Swimming (200 IM, 100 Breaststroke, 200 IM Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay)
- Ivanna Andrews, Girls Swimming (200 IM Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay)
- Karoly Sundberg, Girls Swimming (200 IM Relay)
- Jess Trupiano, Girls Swimming (200 IM Relay)
- Kelsi-Mariah Oresman, Girls Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay)
- Lauren Kowalski, Girls Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay)
- Savannah Soares, Gymnastics, (Vault, Uneven Bars)