Freeport junior Gabriel McLaren won a close 1000 meters at Farmingdale College, Great Neck South senior Robbie Freeman won the 3200 and Oceanside's Katherine Murnane won the girls 3000.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Freeport junior Gabriel McLaren won the 1000 meters at the Class A county championship at Farmingdale College in 2:44.0, a personal best, a tenth of a second ahead of Long Beach senior Koran Evans. Evans was also second in the 600 meters, which Oceanside senior John Norris won in 1:28.7.
Great Neck South senior Robbie Freeman won the 3200 meters in 9:47.5, a personal best, by 7.2 seconds over Syosset junior Mark Alizzi, and was second in the 1600 meters to Valley Stream Central junior Conor Lanz. Lanz won in 4:38.0, a personal best, for his ninth win of the season.
Uniondale took the top two places in the 55-meter hurdles, with senior Vaughn Edmeade winning in 7.9 and sophomore Justin Edmeade second in 8.0. Uniondale senior Steven King won the 300 meters in 37.4 and was second in the 55 meters to Hewlett senior Jon Amoona, who won in 6.5. Baldwin senior Jared Reed won the long jump at 19-11.25, a personal best, and Farmingdale senior Barry Scott the triple jump.
Oceanside senior Katherine Murnane won the girls 3000 meters in 10:43.1, a personal best, by 3.4 seconds over East Meadow sophomore Brittney Criscuolo, and was second in the 1500 meters to Farmingdale senior Jen Campbell, who won in 5:01.6. Long Beach senior Lauren Gengo won the 1000 meters in 3:13.1 by 1.4 seconds over Farmingdale junior Carly Shanahan.
Hempstead went one-two in two sprints. Senior Lisan Knight won the 300 meters in 43.7 for her seventh win of the season, junior Nickesha Brown won the 55 meters in 7.3, and freshman Miya Murphy was second in both. Hewlett senior Amanda Miller won the 600 meters in 1:44.7, New Hyde Park senior Diana Redman the 55-meter hurdles in 9.0, a personal best, and Oceanside senior Dominique Ficalora the racewalk in 8:32.7, 0.3 seconds ahead of Sewanhaka sophomore Alessandra Cappellino.