Freeport senior Gabriel McLaren won two races at Farmingdale College, Syosset's Mark Alizzi and Seren Ozcan set meet bests, and Kurt Kinkead and Scott Facey shared the 300-meter title.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Freeport senior Gabriel McLaren won two races at the Class A county championship at Farmingdale College. He defended his 1000-meter title in 2:35.8, a personal best and the fastest time on record at the meet, by 2.5 seconds over Valley Stream Central senior Conor Lanz, and won the 1600 meters in 4:41.3, 1.2 seconds ahead of Syosset senior Mark Alizzi.
Alizzi won the 3200 meters in 9:46.8, a meet best, by 23.8 seconds over Mepham senior Robert Hofmann. Syosset senior Seren Ozcan won the 600 meters in 1:25.7, also a meet best, by 1.5 seconds over Massapequa junior Ryan Serkes, and Syosset senior Noel Joseph won the shot put at 47-08.75, a personal best and another meet best.
The 300 meters ended in a tie for first between Valley Stream Central senior Kurt Kinkead and Uniondale junior Scott Facey, both timed in 37.8. Kinkead had been second in the event in 2002.
Uniondale senior Herlentz Mesidor won the 55-meter hurdles in 7.6, a meet best, by 0.2 seconds over Baldwin senior Vijay Rajcooar. Lawrence senior Chris Bone won the 55 meters in 6.5, with Uniondale junior Jermaine Artwell second in the same time, and Uniondale junior Rahmel Huffman won the high jump. Farmingdale's Jon De Beaumont won the pole vault at 12-00.0, a personal best.
East Meadow won all three girls distance events. Brittney Criscuolo won the 1500 meters in 5:13.3, 0.5 seconds ahead of teammate Kinjal Parikh; Mallory Flynn won the 3000 meters in 11:34.9 with Parikh second; and Rachael Gill won the racewalk in 8:15.5, a meet best. Herricks' Rebecca Goldstein won the pole vault at 10-09.0.