Malverne senior Onix Salva won the 100 and 200 meters at Farmingdale, Valley Stream Central junior Kurt Kinkead took both hurdles races and Syosset junior Mark Alizzi won the 3200.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Malverne senior Onix Salva won both sprints at the Section VIII spring State Qualifier at Farmingdale. He took the 100 meters in 10.8 by 0.3 seconds over Westbury junior James Clarke and the 200 meters in 21.8, a personal best, by 0.8 seconds over Uniondale senior Steven King.
Valley Stream Central junior Kurt Kinkead won both hurdles races, the 110 meters in 14.7, 0.2 seconds ahead of Uniondale junior Herlentz Mesidor, and the 400 meters in 55.8, 0.2 seconds ahead of Syosset junior Seren Ozcan, and his teammate Conor Lanz, also a junior, won the 1600 meters in 4:32.3 by 1.6 seconds over Oyster Bay senior Ross Williams.
Syosset junior Mark Alizzi won the 3200 meters in 9:40.1 by 8.5 seconds over JFK Bellmore senior Pat Burford. Freeport junior Gabriel McLaren won the 800 meters in 1:55.8, a personal best, ahead of Great Neck North junior Dustin Emrani, and Westbury sophomore Drew Harrison won the 400 meters in 50.0, also a personal best. Mepham junior Bobby Hofmann won the steeplechase in 10:21.2.
Mepham senior Rich Eisman won the shot put at 51-06.25, a personal best, Roosevelt senior Alex Arzu the long jump at 22-07.75 and Manhasset junior Robert Keizer the triple jump with a personal best of 46-08.75.
Oceanside senior Katherine Murnane won the girls 1500 meters in 4:50.2, a personal best, by two seconds over Island Trees senior Kerryann Branker, and finished second in the 3000 meters to Wantagh senior Jean Coleman, who won in 10:14.5. Branker came back to win the 800 meters in 2:20.4, 0.4 seconds ahead of Long Beach senior Lauren Gengo. Mepham junior Katie O'Connor won the steeplechase in 7:30.6 by 15.3 seconds over East Meadow freshman Kinjal Parikh.
Uniondale won four girls events: junior Ester Reid took the 200 meters in 26.0 and the long jump at 17-06.5, junior Marie Blackwood the 400 meters in 58.4 and sophomore Antoinette King the 400-meter hurdles in 1:05.1. Freeport senior Katisha Cunningham won the 100 meters in 12.5, Garden City junior Catherine Trentacoste the 100-meter hurdles in 15.5 and Westbury junior Teniqua Sutton the triple jump at 35-11.5.