Great Neck North senior Dustin Emrani won a close 1000 meters at Farmingdale College, and Mepham's Robert Hofmann beat Syosset's Mark Alizzi in the 3200 by a tenth of a second.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Great Neck North senior Dustin Emrani won the boys 1000 meters at the Section VIII winter State Qualifier at Farmingdale College in 2:33.1, a personal best and the fastest time on record at the meet, finishing 0.3 seconds ahead of Freeport senior Gabriel McLaren.
The 3200 meters was even closer. Mepham senior Robert Hofmann won in 10:50.0, a tenth of a second ahead of Syosset senior Mark Alizzi, who had finished second in the event in 2002 as well. Valley Stream Central senior Conor Lanz won the 1600 meters in 4:33.3, a meet best, by 2.8 seconds over South Side senior TJ Kennedy, and Massapequa senior Tom Provenzano won the 600 meters in 1:26.9 with teammate Ryan Serkes second.
Uniondale senior Herlentz Mesidor won the 55-meter hurdles in 7.6, a meet best, with Westbury senior Stanley Ralph second in the same time. Westbury senior James Clarke won the 55 meters in 6.6, and Westbury junior Drew Harrison won the 300 meters in 37.0. Westbury senior Eric Church won the triple jump at 47-05.0, a personal best, and Manhasset junior Troy Williams won the long jump at 22-04.5. Syosset senior Noel Joseph won the shot put, Uniondale junior Rahmel Huffman the high jump and Farmingdale's Jon De Beaumont the pole vault at 12-00.0.
East Meadow sophomore Kinjal Parikh won the girls 3000 meters in 11:20.1, a personal best, by 0.1 seconds over teammate Brittney Criscuolo. Valley Stream North freshman Theresa Rush won the 1500 meters in 5:02.2, a personal best, by 4.5 seconds over South Side freshman Molly Dreska. Farmingdale senior Carly Shanahan won the 1000 meters in 3:06.8, a meet best, and Floral Park Memorial junior Kaitlin Baggott won the 600 meters in 1:42.0.
Hempstead senior Nickesha Brown defended her 55-meter title in 7.2, Uniondale senior Marie Blackwood won the 300 meters in 42.3 and Westbury senior Jennifer Alexander won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.8. JFK Bellmore senior KT Fileccio won the racewalk in 7:52.5, 0.7 seconds ahead of East Meadow sophomore Rachael Gill. In the field, Freeport junior Felicia Yearwood won the shot put at 44-11.0, Uniondale senior Ester Reid the long jump, Farmingdale junior Sashoye Wilson the triple jump, H. Frank Carey senior Monica Rewiako the high jump and Herricks' Rebecca Goldstein the pole vault at 10-09.0.