Westbury senior Drew Harrison defended both sprint titles at Farmingdale, and nine events produced the best marks on record at the meet.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Westbury senior Drew Harrison defended both of his sprint titles at the Section VIII spring State Qualifier at Farmingdale. He won the 100 meters in 10.8, a personal best, by 0.1 seconds over Baldwin junior Gavin Webb, and the 200 meters in 21.9 by 0.1 seconds over Uniondale senior Jermaine Artwell, who was also second in the event in 2003.
Wheatley junior Corey Squire won the boys steeplechase in 9:54.7, a personal best and the fastest time on record at the meet, by 25.8 seconds. He had finished fourth in 2003. East Meadow junior Kinjal Parikh set the girls steeplechase best on record at 7:02.3, winning by 39.2 seconds over Mepham sophomore Erica Hylton.
Elmont junior Atiba Liverpool won the boys 400 meters in 49.2, a personal best and a meet best, and Uniondale senior Rahmel Huffman cleared 6-05.0 to set a meet best in the high jump. JFK Bellmore sophomore Maegan Krifchin won the girls 800 meters in 2:16.0, a personal best, by four seconds, and Hempstead seniors Nikesha Brown and Javan Benjiman also set meet bests, Brown in the 200 meters in 25.0 and Benjiman in the 400 meters in 56.5. Freeport junior Charrelle Staton won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.8, a personal best, and Westbury junior Gillian Fortune won the triple jump at 37-10.0, both meet bests.
Garden City senior Jim Butcher won the boys 1600 meters in 4:22.1, a personal best, by 6.6 seconds over South Side junior Kieran Wallis. Butcher had finished fifth in the event in 2003. Lynbrook junior Jonathan Truitt won the 3200 meters in 9:48.6 by 10.2 seconds, and Massapequa senior Ryan Serkes won the 800 meters in 1:57.1, a personal best, after placing second in 2003. Lawrence senior Tom Blenk won the 110-meter hurdles in 14.5, and Farmingdale senior Jon DeBeaumont won the 400-meter hurdles in 55.8 and repeated in the pole vault.
In the other field events, Levittown senior Rich Reuter won the boys shot put at 51-04.0, Westbury senior Jean Impert the discus at 151-10.0, Manhasset senior Troy Williams the long jump at 21-09.75 and Farmingdale junior Charles Ross the triple jump. Freeport senior Felicia Yearwood defended her girls shot put title and also won the discus. Hempstead sophomore Racquel Anderson won the long jump at 18-06.75, Seaford senior Ashley DeMaria the high jump and Farmingdale junior Kara Grech the pole vault.
Jericho seniors won two girls events: Saade Mitchell took the 100 meters in 12.1 and Jen Leong the 400-meter hurdles in 1:05.4, 0.1 seconds ahead of defending champion Antoinette King of Uniondale. Carle Place senior Lisa Mulvey won the 3000 meters in 10:49.5, and Levittown junior Jackie Pearce won the 1500 meters in 4:57.8.