JFK Bellmore sophomore Maegan Krifchin won two races on the girls day of the Class AA county championships, and Jericho's Jen Leong and Westbury's Gillian Fortune each won two events.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — JFK Bellmore sophomore Maegan Krifchin won two races on the girls day of the Class AA county championships at the Mitchel Complex, winning the 800 meters in 2:17.1, a personal best, by 3.3 seconds over Calhoun sophomore Tracy Koch, and the 1500 meters in 5:09.6 by 8.6 seconds over Mepham junior Jessica Restivo. Krifchin was also second in the 400 meters.
Jericho senior Jen Leong won that 400 in 59.5, a personal best, by one second over Krifchin, and also won the 400-meter hurdles in 1:06.6 by 2.5 seconds over JFK Bellmore junior Sarah Ritchie. Jericho senior Saade Mitchell won the 100 meters in 12.0, a personal best, 0.1 seconds ahead of Hewlett senior Ricki Velotti, who came back to win the 200 meters in 26.8, also a personal best.
Westbury junior Gillian Fortune won both horizontal jumps, the long jump at 16-09.0 and the triple jump at 37-04.75. Mitchell was second in the triple jump with a personal best of 33-07.25.
Mepham eighth-grader Courtney Kelly won the 3000 meters in 11:23.3, 2.4 seconds ahead of Lynbrook senior Lauren Bivona, and Mepham sophomore Erica Hylton won the steeplechase in 7:49.4, a personal best, by 3.9 seconds over Hewlett senior Marisa Mann. South Side junior Lauren Koppel won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.4, a personal best, by 0.9 seconds.
In the other field events, Ritchie won the high jump at 4-10.0, with Koppel second at the same height, JFK Bellmore sophomore Joanna DiMaggio won the shot put at 32-07.0 and Garden City junior Kathryn Lind won the discus at 94-06.0, a personal best, six inches ahead of Lynbrook junior Kate Lawlor.