Three freshmen won the girls distance races at the Class B county championship, and North Shore's Brianna Welch won the 3000 meters by 24.1 seconds.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Freshmen won all three girls distance races at the Class B county championship at Suffolk Community College, and each set the best time on record at the meet. North Shore's Brianna Welch won the 3000 meters in 10:01.7, a personal best, by 24.1 seconds over Oyster Bay sophomore Kaitlyn Collins.
Roslyn's Emily Lipari and Garden City's Emily Menges split the shorter races, finishing one-two in both. Lipari won the 1000 meters in 3:00.7, a personal best, by half a second over Menges. Menges turned it around in the 1500 meters, winning in 4:52.9, a personal best, by half a second over Lipari.
Valley Stream North freshman Emilija Vaskyte won the 1500-meter racewalk in 7:48.1, a meet best, by 24.5 seconds over Garden City senior Mary Kelly. Westbury senior Kendrea Aikeis won the 300 meters in 42.0, a personal best and a meet best, 0.2 seconds ahead of Manhasset freshman Jasmine Blocker, and Lynbrook senior Arielle Lippman won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.8, another best on record.
Lynbrook senior Brendan Brethel and South Side junior Brian Riley traded wins in the boys distance races. Brethel won the 1600 meters in 4:39.5, a meet best, with Riley second, and Riley won the 3200 meters in 9:46.5, a personal best and another meet best, by one second over Brethel.
South Side senior Samuel Cuffey won the 300 meters in 37.0, a personal best, by one second over Westbury junior Gary Russell. North Shore junior Jacob Tobol won the 1000 meters in 2:45.1 over Clarke sophomore Alex Desidero, both personal bests, and Lynbrook senior Ryan Proper won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.2, with Sewanhaka senior Oswald Gordon second in the same time.