Elijah Claiborne doubles, sets 1600 mark on record

PORT JEFFERSON STATION, N.Y. — June 1, 2018 — Northport senior Elijah Claiborne won the boys 1600 meters at the Section XI State Qualifier Championships in a personal-best 4:11.47, the fastest time on record for the race and the fastest on Long Island this season, and also won the 800 in 1:54.06. Shoreham-Wading River senior Katherine Lee won the girls 3000 in a personal-best 9:58.42 and the 1500 in 4:34.25.

Claiborne's 1600 beat the 4:12.86 Northport's Mike Brannigan ran in 2014, and he finished 3.44 seconds ahead of Walt Whitman senior Aiden Smyth. In the 800 he beat Westhampton Beach junior Juan Lasso by 0.74 seconds. Lee won the 3000 by 1.57 seconds over Mount Sinai sophomore Sarah Connelly.

Four other marks on record fell. Southampton senior Sebastian Pereira won the triple jump at 14.90m, a personal best, and the long jump at 6.93m. Patchogue-Medford senior Carlos Santos won the 3000-meter steeplechase in 9:29.35, 15.35 seconds clear of Smithtown West junior Nick DeFelice. Westhampton Beach senior Laurence Barr-Forget cleared 4.47m in the boys pole vault, and Longwood junior Violet Drinkwater cleared 3.65m in the girls pole vault, both personal bests.

Longwood junior Jaheim Dotson swept the boys hurdles in personal bests, 14.35 in the 110 and 54.40 in the 400, both the fastest on Long Island this season. Commack junior Steven Vasile won the shot put (15.64m) and the discus (52.75m). Hauppauge senior Jada Obie won the girls 100 in 12.11 and the 200 in 24.98, both personal bests.

Brentwood seniors and juniors took two sprints: Jelani Stoddart won the boys 100 in 10.91 and Julio Rodriguez the 200 in 22.35. Half Hollow Hills West senior Nicholas Duchatellier won the 400 in a personal-best 49.49, Smithtown West senior Nick Cipolla won the 3200 in a personal-best 9:27.31, and Babylon senior Vladislav Cullinane won the high jump at 1.98m.

Middle Country senior Maritza Blanchard won the girls 400 in 56.39, the fastest on Long Island this season. Ward Melville senior Allyson Gaedje won the 800 in 2:14.82, 0.11 seconds ahead of teammate Samantha Rutt, and Ward Melville senior Kiera Hughes won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.76. Sachem East senior Kaitlyn Famiglietti won the 400-meter hurdles in 63.33, 0.01 ahead of Mount Sinai junior Kayleigh Robinson. Mount Sinai freshman Kaitlyn Chandrika won the 2000-meter steeplechase in 6:57.97, and Sachem East senior Margaret Atwood won the 1500-meter race walk in 6:41.49.

In the girls field events, Bayport-Blue Point senior Ashley Walsh won the shot put (13.37m), Bay Shore senior Imoniri Aghomon the discus (39.26m), Half Hollow Hills West senior Mia Abulencia the long jump (5.44m), Connetquot junior Bryanna Holguin the triple jump (11.62m) and John Glenn senior Alice Chiodo the high jump (1.65m). Rain fell during the meet.

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