Here are The Providence Journal's 2023 All-State Boys Track and Field Teams
The Providence Journal is proud to announce the 2023 All-States Boys Track First and Second teams, presented by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. The Providence Journal has been naming All-State teams for more than 80 years to recognize and celebrate the top student-athletes across Rhode Island. The Journal Sports staff, with some help from the coaches associations, determine the first and second team members. The All-State teams are also posted on the High School Sports Awards page on providence journal.com/sports.
All first-team members were nominees for Player of the Year in that sport, and winners were announced at the High School Sports Awards show held last month at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence, featuring ex-Patriots safety Devin McCourty.
In Boys Track, the Providence Journal Player of the Year is Nick Martin, of East Greenwich High School.
The 2023 Providence Journal All-State Boys Track and Field First Team
Jared Gibbons
Senior, La Salle
100
The state’s fastest boy during the indoor season carried his form to the outdoor ranks. Gibbons captured the 100 title in 11.21 seconds and finished with the silver in the 200. He’ll run in the fall at Assumption University.
Xavier Wilkens
Junior, Bishop Hendricken
200
The Hawks claimed the team title with scoring from all areas and Wilkens handled the sprints. He hit the tape at 22.46 seconds to win the 200-meter race and was fifth in the 100.
Elias Sposato
Junior, Chariho
400
No member of the Chargers has ever run a faster 400. Sposato claimed the school record during the season and is now a state champion after clocking 50.09 seconds at Conley Stadium.
Devan Kipyego
Senior, St. Raphael
800
One of the state’s brightest stars in recent memory, Kipyego signed off with a state 800 title before greater glory at the New Balance Nationals meet. He took gold in the mile by more than a second and was 11th in the 800-meters race, the perfect springboard to next season at Iowa State and a reunion with his older brother, Darius.
Nick Martin
Senior, East Greenwich
1,500, 3,000
Martin was the only individual winner of double gold at the state meet. He cracked 4 minutes in the 1,500, winning in 3:58.47, and held off a deep field to capture the 3,000. Martin followed with a title in the New England 2-mile event, as the University of Rhode Island commit edged the field by less than a second.
Ethan Knight
Junior, Barrington
110 hurdles
Look for Knight to add more gold next season as a senior. He’ll be a threat at any distance in the indoor and outdoor ranks. Knight’s time of 15.02 seconds was good enough to capture the 110 hurdles at the state meet.
Aidan Bienvenue
Junior, North Smithfield
300 hurdles
A star on the soccer pitch with the Northmen, Bienvenue’s speed and athleticism translate to the track. He battled to the 300 hurdles title in 40.94 seconds, winning by 0.02, and was second in the 110.
Central
Gabriel Dosunmu, Senior; Elijah Gardea, Junior; Saquan Hall, Senior; Adonis Medina, Junior
4x100 relay
The Knights turned loose some of their traditional speed at the state meet, assembling the only sprint relay to crack 43 seconds. Dosunmu, Gardea, Hall and Medina crossed the line in 42.89 to claim 4x100 gold.
Bishop Hendricken
Edmund Lok, Senior; Jacob Coates, Junior; Anthony Manna, Senior; Elliot Gauvin, Senior
4x400 relay
The Hawks closed out their team title by capturing a tight 4x400 relay. Lok, Coates, Manna and Gauvin were one of three teams to break 3 minutes, 32 seconds — their 3:31.08 edged Portsmouth’s 3:31.16 at the line.
St. Raphael
Devan Tavares, Sophomore; Jeremiah Rocha, Junior; Pedro Mayol, Senior; Devan Kipyego, Senior
4x800 relay
Kipyego is the state’s premier distance anchor. Just get him the baton safely and you can win against pretty much any field. The Saints followed the game plan accordingly in the 4x800, as Tavares, Rocha and Mayol helped set up a victory by nearly seven seconds in 8:08.42.
Demetrius Outland
Junior, Central
High Jump
Seven boys cleared 6 feet or higher in the state meet high jump, but Outland stood above the field when all was said and done. His height of 6 feet 4 inches was good enough to take gold against a host of fellow contenders.
Carson Dean
Sophomore, Bishop Hendricken
Pole Vault
Dean helped contribute in the field as the Hawks took home a team title. He cleared 12 feet to claim gold in the pole vault, the only athlete in that event to do so.
Ethan McCann-Carter
Senior, St. Raphael
Long Jump
McCann-Carter is a football commit to the University of Rhode Island, and he put his athleticism on display in his final outdoor track state meet. The future Rams defensive back won the long jump by almost a foot with a mark of 22 feet, 6¾ inches.
Konny Ezeama
Junior, Smithfield
Triple Jump
The latest star from a gifted track and field family, Ezeama breezed to triple jump gold at the state meet by almost a foot. His winning distance of 43 feet, 3¼ inches buried the field with ease.
Jason Hayes
Senior, Middletown
Discus
Hayes leaves the Islanders as the top discus man in the region. He dominated the state meet, claiming gold by more than 17 feet, before setting his sights on a New England crown. Hayes finished first against that field as well, recording a winning throw of 175 feet, 11 inches 11.
Christian Toro
Senior, Lincoln
Hammer
Toro is the latest in the state’s seemingly endless ranks of top hammer throwers. The outdoor Gatorade Player of the Year won gold at Conley Stadium by more than 9 feet and took down a tough field at the New Balance Nationals by almost 6 feet, posting a winning mark of 228 feet, 6 inches. He’ll continue his career in the fall at Duke.
Damon Buchanan
Junior, Bishop Hendricken
Javelin
The throws contribution to the Hawks team title came courtesy of Buchanan. He took gold in the javelin with a mark of 169 feet, 2 inches and claimed the top spot by less than a foot.
Patrick Conserve
Senior, Cumberland
Shot Put
It’s hard to miss Conserve’s size, speed and power on the football field — he's a University of Rhode Island commit. That combination made him a contender in the throws this past spring, and his distance of 49 feet, 11¼ inches was good enough to claim shot put gold.
Second Team
100 — Alonso Parker-Sharpe, Junior, Cranston West
200 — Jared Gibbons, Senior, La Salle
400 — Youton Doe, Senior, Tolman
800 — Thomas Speltz, Senior, Moses Brown
1500 — Jesse Principe, Senior, West Warwick
3000 — Jack Moretta, Sophomore, Barrington
110 hurdles — Aidan Bienvenue, Junior, North Smithfield
300 hurdles — Brady Fisher, Senior, La Salle
4x100 relay — La Salle (Chase Gouvin, Senior; Nicholas D’Aquila, Sophomore; Joel Noel, Senior; Jared Gibbons, Senior)
4x400 relay — Portsmouth (Aidan Chen, Sophomore; Nate DeConto, Junior; Landon Rodrigues, Junior; Nikolai Loyola, Senior)
4x800 relay — Moses Brown (Eli Ziegler, Junior; Xavier Ohl, Sophomore; Owen Buroker, Junior; Thomas Speltz, Senior)
High Jump — Aidan Chen, Sophomore, Portsmouth; Ethan McCann-Carter, Senior, St. Raphael
Pole Vault — Alexander Campbell, Sophomore, La Salle
Long Jump — Salter Arms, Senior, Moses Brown
Triple Jump — David Rodriguez, Sophomore, Mount Pleasant
Discus — Christian Toro, Senior, Lincoln
Hammer — Ethan Wordell, Senior, North Kingstown
Javelin — Jeremy Knobel, Senior, Smithfield
Shot Put — Jason Hayes, Senior, Middletown
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Here are the players named to The Journal's All-State Boys Track and Field Teams
