EAST PROVIDENCE, RI - From St. Mary Academy - Bay View: Two St. Mary Academy - Bay View indoor track athletes earned silver medals at the Rhode Island Interscholastic League’s Indoor Track and Field State Championships. Aliya Barrows (East Providence, RI), a junior at St. Mary Academy - Bay View placed 2nd in the girls 600 meter run with a time of 1:38.56, and senior Noelya Delacruz (Providence, RI) placed 2nd in shot put with a toss of 37 feet 11.25 inches, setting a new school record. Aliya and Noelya will move on to New Englands, where they will be joined by teammates Hanna O’Connor (Exeter, RI), Olivia Granatiero (Cumberland, RI), Isabella Kopech (Warwick, RI), Caitlyn Murphy (Warwick, RI) and Emma Shaw (Warwick, RI) who also qualified in their respective events. The team tied for 6th place overall out of 23 teams who competed.
St. Mary Academy - Bay View is an independent Catholic School for girls open to all faiths, Pre-kindergarten through Grade 12, located in East Providence, Rhode Island and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. In existence since 1874, Bay View endeavors to provide a quality education preparing girls and young women for the challenges of the global community. St. Mary Academy - Bay View is a college preparatory school accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
About the Sisters of Mercy: The Sisters of Mercy – an international community of Roman Catholic women – dedicate their lives to God through vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and service. For more than 180 years, motivated by the Gospel of Jesus and inspired by the spirit of their founder, Catherine McAuley, the Sisters of Mercy have responded to the continually changing needs of the time.
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