East Meadow senior Brittney Criscuolo won the 1000, 1500 and 3000 meters at the Class A county championship, with teammate Kinjal Parikh second in the 1500 and 3000.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — East Meadow senior Brittney Criscuolo won three races at the Class A county championship. She took the 1000 meters in 3:05.3, a personal best and the fastest time on record at the meet, by 3.3 seconds over South Side sophomore Molly Dreska, then defended her 1500-meter title in 4:54.8, another meet best, and won the 3000 meters in 11:22.7. East Meadow junior Kinjal Parikh was second in both of the longer races, 3.5 seconds back in the 1500 and 0.5 seconds back in the 3000.
East Meadow junior Rachael Gill defended her 1500-meter racewalk title in 7:33.7, a meet best, by 26.9 seconds over Massapequa sophomore Jennifer Tinnelley. Hempstead senior Nikesha Brown won the 300 meters in 41.7, a meet best, by 1.9 seconds, and Freeport junior Charrelle Staton won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.5, also a meet best, 0.1 seconds ahead of Oceanside junior Megan Flaherty.
Uniondale senior Scott Facey defended his 300-meter title in 36.2, a personal best and the fastest time on record at the meet, by 0.4 seconds over teammate Michael Wright. Uniondale also took the 55-meter hurdles, with senior Justin Edmeade winning in 7.6 and junior Jean Juste second in 7.8.
Massapequa senior Ryan Serkes won the 1000 meters in 2:40.4, a personal best, by one second over Oceanside senior Tom Hendel. Hendel came back to win the 1600 meters in 4:39.5, also a personal best, by 2.6 seconds over Syosset junior Sean Tully. Garden City senior Jim Butcher won the 3200 meters in 10:00.6 by 3.2 seconds over Massapequa senior Patrick Brandon, who ran a personal best of 10:03.8. Butcher had been third in the event in 2003.