Port Washington senior Richard Schmitz won two races at the Class A county championship, and Uniondale's Ashley Hendrix and Ashlea McLaughlin and Lawrence's Windell Wallace set meet bests.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Port Washington senior Richard Schmitz won two races at the Class A county championship at Suffolk Community College. He took the 1000 meters in 2:40.6 by 0.8 seconds over Valley Stream Central junior Joseph McKenna, then won the 1600 meters in 4:36.0, the fastest time on record at the meet, holding off Massapequa junior Frankie Dioguardi by 0.4 seconds.
Uniondale junior Ashley Hendrix won the girls 55-meter hurdles in 8.2, a personal best and the best time on record at the meet, after finishing second in the event in 2005. Her teammate Ashlea McLaughlin, a senior, won the 300 meters in 40.0, also a personal best and a meet best, by 1.5 seconds over Baldwin junior Christie Verdier. Lawrence senior Windell Wallace won the boys 300 meters in 35.8, a personal best that broke the meet best of 35.9, ahead of Baldwin's Stephon Beckford.
Mepham had three winners. Senior Dan Genn won the boys 3200 meters in 9:51.9, a personal best, by 7.1 seconds over Long Beach sophomore Brandon Abasolo. Junior Chris Parker won the 55-meter hurdles in 7.6 for his sixth win of the season, and junior Courtney Kelly won the girls 3000 meters in 10:51.6, a personal best, by 12.5 seconds over Oceanside senior Bari Melker.
Levittown had two girls winners. Senior Jessica Balling won the 1000 meters in 3:07.7, a personal best, by 1.1 seconds over Mepham sophomore Samantha Rae Beim, and senior Barbara Green won the 1500-meter racewalk in 7:51.6, also a personal best, by seven seconds over East Meadow sophomore Kim Slagus.
Long Beach sophomore Christy Ambroshi won the girls 1500 meters in 5:00.3, a personal best, 1.1 seconds ahead of MacArthur freshman Lucia Montefusco, who also ran a personal best of 5:01.4.