Westbury senior Drew Harrison won the 100, 200 and 400 meters at the Mitchel Complex, and Garden City senior Jim Butcher won the 1600 and 3200.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Westbury senior Drew Harrison won three races on the first day of the Class AA county championships at the Mitchel Complex. He took the 100 meters in 11.0 by 0.3 seconds over H. Frank Carey sophomore Taariq Cayne, the 200 meters in 23.0 by 0.4 seconds over teammate Charlie Roberson, and the 400 meters in 50.7 by one second over Great Neck South junior James Stultz.
Garden City senior Jim Butcher won both distance races. He won the 1600 meters in 4:23.9, a personal best, by 12.6 seconds over Calhoun senior Sean Mahon, and the 3200 meters in 9:39.0 by 4.7 seconds over Lynbrook junior Jonathan Truitt, who ran a personal best of 9:43.7.
Westbury also won two field events and took the top two places in both. Senior Jean Impert won the shot put at 47-00.5 ahead of senior James Cole, and senior Andre Spears won the triple jump at 43-08.25 ahead of senior Albert Handy. Impert was second in the discus to Mepham senior Mark Peters, who threw a personal best of 147-00.0.
South Side won three events. Junior Kieran Wallis won the 800 meters in 2:01.5, a personal best, by 0.7 seconds over Calhoun junior Justin Appel; sophomore Dante Davis won the steeplechase in 10:23.0, 1.1 seconds ahead of Great Neck South junior Tony Kosta; and senior Alex Anderson won the high jump at 6-00.0.
Hewlett senior David Rossberg won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.8, a personal best, by 0.1 seconds over Calhoun junior Ori Wilner, and Calhoun senior Gregg Meditz won the 400-meter hurdles in 59.1, also a personal best. Great Neck South sophomore Danny Hu won the long jump at 20-00.25, a personal best.