Uniondale's Ashley Hendrix won the 100-meter hurdles again, Floral Park Memorial's Samantha Edwards won the 100 and 200, and Mepham's Chris Parker and Roslyn's Emily Lipari repeated.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Uniondale senior Ashley Hendrix won the girls 100-meter hurdles at the Section VIII spring State Qualifier at Farmingdale for the fourth straight year, running 14.5 to match the time she won with as a junior. Glen Cove senior Danielle Silas was second in 14.6, a personal best, and Baldwin sophomore Regine Lazard third in 15.5. Hendrix, who also won in 2005, 2006 and 2007, finished 0.1 seconds ahead of Silas.
Floral Park Memorial senior Samantha Edwards won both girls sprints. She took the 100 meters in 12.0, 0.1 seconds ahead of Baldwin senior Deidra Bryant, and the 200 meters in 24.8, a personal best, by half a second over Elmont eighth-grader Valencia Hannon.
Two other champions repeated. Mepham senior Chris Parker won the boys 110-meter hurdles in 14.2, 0.2 seconds ahead of Uniondale junior Nathaniel Mercer; Parker's 13.8 from 2007 is still the best time on record at the meet. Roslyn sophomore Emily Lipari won the girls 1500 meters in 4:38.3, by 3.5 seconds over Long Beach junior Christy Ambrosini, who ran a personal best of 4:41.8.
Baldwin senior Nicholas Guscott won the boys 100 meters in 10.6 after finishing second in the event in 2007, with Floral Park Memorial senior Chike Agu second in 10.7. Elmont senior Paul Timothe won the boys 200 meters in 22.0, ahead of Roosevelt sophomore Dale Mcdonald in 22.2.
The boys 1600 meters came down to 0.4 seconds. Massapequa senior Frankie Dioguardi won in 4:23.5, ahead of Valley Stream Central senior Kevon Carter in 4:23.9 and Syosset senior David Frankel, who ran a personal best of 4:26.1. Dioguardi had finished second in the event a year earlier.