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Seven Rhode Islanders have qualified to compete at the 32nd annual Hershey's Track & Field Games North American Finals, to be held July 30 to Aug. 2 in Hershey, Pa.

The athletes earned a spot in the national meet, which will feature youngsters aged 9 to 14 from throughout the United States and Canada, based upon their performances at the Rhode Island Hershey's Track & Field State Championships, held earlier this month at Rhode Island College. Their times were then matched up against those from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Canada's Atlantic provinces to determine who would move on to the North American Finals.

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13-14 Boys 200 Meters (From left, Caleb Gladstone, Aaron Roseman and Jon Perroni)

Those receiving an all-expenses paid trip to the meet: Liam Lynch, David Murray, Jeffrey Kantor and Rogan Kennedy, all of North Kingstown, who teamed up to win the 9-10-year-old boys 4x100 relay at the state meet with a time of 1:05.97; Aaron Roseman of Lincoln, state champion in the 13-14 boys 200 meters with a time of 25 seconds flat; Marc Conte of Johnston, who clocked a winning time of 13.9 seconds in the 11-12 boys 100 meters; and Jackie Burr of Westerly, who will compete in the 13-14 girls 1,600 meters.

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Jackie Burr of Westerly

Click here for a complete list of results from the Rhode Island Hershey's Track and Field Championships.

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