Syosset senior Mark Alizzi won the 3200 meters by 26.3 seconds at Farmingdale, Great Neck North senior Dustin Emrani won two distance races and Westbury junior Drew Harrison swept the sprints.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Syosset senior Mark Alizzi defended his 3200-meter title at the Section VIII spring State Qualifier at Farmingdale in 9:33.7, improving on the 9:40.1 he ran to win in 2002 and finishing 26.3 seconds ahead of Garden City junior Jim Butcher. Great Neck North senior Dustin Emrani won the 1600 meters in 4:22.1, a personal best, edging defending champion Conor Lanz of Valley Stream Central by 0.3 seconds, and also won the 800 meters in 1:58.8.
Westbury junior Drew Harrison won both sprints, the 100 meters in 10.9, a personal best, and the 200 meters in 22.2. Uniondale junior Jermaine Artwell was second in both, matching Harrison's time in the 100.
Uniondale senior Herlentz Mesidor won the 110-meter hurdles in 14.2, a personal best, 0.1 seconds ahead of defending champion Kurt Kinkead of Valley Stream Central. Kinkead was also second in the 400-meter hurdles, where Freeport senior Gabriel McLaren won in 53.4, a personal best. Uniondale junior Scott Facey won the 400 meters in 49.8, and Mepham senior Robert Hofmann repeated in the steeplechase in 10:16.2, 1.6 seconds ahead of Oyster Bay senior David Wurtz.
Manhasset senior Robert Keizer won the long jump at 22-00.5 and defended his triple jump title with a personal best of 47-06.75. Syosset senior Noel Joseph won the shot put at 53-04.75 and Baldwin senior Nick Gubelli the discus at 160-08.0, both personal bests. Sewanhaka senior Jamel Ramsey won the high jump and Farmingdale's Jon De Beaumont the pole vault.
Hempstead senior Nickesha Brown won the girls 100 meters in 12.0 and the 200 meters in 25.6, and Hempstead junior Nikesha Brown won the 400 meters in 56.7, a personal best. Garden City senior Catherine Trentacoste defended her 100-meter hurdles title in 14.9 and was second in the 400-meter hurdles to Uniondale junior Antoinette King, who also repeated, in 1:04.5. Herricks sophomore Marie LaMaida won the 800 meters in 2:20.4, 0.1 seconds ahead of Wantagh eighth-grader Colleen Aldrich.
East Meadow junior Brittney Criscuolo won the 3000 meters in 10:22.4 over teammate Kinjal Parikh, Farmingdale senior Carly Shanahan won the 1500 meters and Mepham senior Kathryn O'Conner the steeplechase. In the field, Valley Stream Central senior Tenile Bernard won the long jump at 18-11.25, Oceanside junior Jane Detwiler the triple jump, Freeport junior Felicia Yearwood the shot put, Clarke senior Laura Catterson the discus, H. Frank Carey senior Monica Rewiako the high jump and Herricks' Rebecca Goldstein the pole vault.