Valley Stream North junior Theresa Rush won the 1000 and 1500 meters at the Class B county championship, and Roosevelt senior Chaisen Pettus set a meet best in the 55.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Valley Stream North junior Theresa Rush defended her 1000-meter title at the Class B county championship at Suffolk Community College in 3:00.9, a personal best and the fastest time on record at the meet, winning by 11.5 seconds over Mineola sophomore Lauren Mobyed. Rush also won the 1500 meters in 5:05.5 by 5.2 seconds over Plainedge junior Rose Kennedy.
Kennedy won the 3000 meters in 11:17.8 by 9.9 seconds over Mineola sophomore Kristin Mobyed. Hewlett won two girls events: sophomore Jennifer Kornblau took the 300 meters in 43.3 and junior Sari Jacobson the 1500-meter racewalk in 8:45.2, 0.3 seconds ahead of New Hyde Park eighth-grader Christina Delsanto, all personal bests. Valley Stream South senior Monifa Ferryman won the 55-meter hurdles in 9.4, with Hewlett sophomore Miranda Blanco second in the same time.
Roosevelt senior Chaisen Pettus won the boys 55 meters in 6.3, the fastest time on record at the meet, with teammate Daryll McClenic second. Cold Spring Harbor senior Will Predun won the 1000 meters in 2:44.9, also a meet best, by 0.4 seconds over Great Neck North senior Robert Forkosh.
Two champions repeated. Oyster Bay senior Vince Giambanco won the 1600 meters again, in 4:44.5, by 4.6 seconds over Lynbrook senior Jonathan Truitt, who was second to him in 2004 as well, and West Hempstead senior Elvis Lewis defended his 300-meter title in 36.3.
Truitt came back to win the 3200 meters in 10:10.2, a meet best, with Lynbrook teammate Michael Artuso second in 10:12.9. Sewanhaka senior Trevon Crosby won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.1, with Roosevelt senior Anthony Gordan second in the same time.