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Section 8 State Qualifier · May 31, 2024

Chica Akazi, Alexa Jacobs and Rocco Carpinello set best marks on record

Uniondale's Chica Akazi, Port Jefferson's Alexa Jacobs, West Islip's Rocco Carpinello, Commack's Daniel Pagan and Isabella Spagnoli all produced the best marks on record for their events.

Updated Spring TrackState Qualifier

Northport's Vito LaRosa won the boys 100-meter dash at the Section 8 State Qualifier in 10.77, and Port Jefferson's Alexa Jacobs won the girls 100 in a personal-best 11.98, the fastest time on record for the meet. Jacobs also won the girls 200 in 25.12.

Uniondale's Chica Akazi won the Division 1 girls 100-meter hurdles in a personal-best 14.36, the fastest time on record for the race and the fastest on Long Island this season. She won by 1.23 seconds over Syosset's Nicole Wang and had won at this meet three times before. West Islip's Rocco Carpinello won the boys triple jump with a personal-best 47-00.25, the best mark on record for the meet and the best on Long Island this season. Bryson Bodner won the Division boys shot put at 57-03.25, also a personal best and the best mark on record for the meet.

Commack's Daniel Pagan won the pentathlon 1500 in 4:29.15, the fastest on record, 0.66 seconds ahead of Connetquot's Fernando Padilla. Isabella Spagnoli won the Division 2000-meter steeplechase in 6:57.99, bettering her own 7:10.72 from 2022, with North Shore's Joanna Kenney second in a personal-best 7:01.07. In the other steeplechase sections, Comsewogue's Lexie Cole ran the fastest time, 6:50.72.

North Babylon's Jordan Peck won the 110-meter hurdles in 14.81 and the 400-meter hurdles in 55.91. East Islip's Joseph Norrby won the 400 in 49.28, 0.08 seconds ahead of Longwood's Desmond Calderon, and Elwood / John Glenn's Davin Li won the 200 in a personal-best 21.93. Northport's Brandon Cruz ran the fastest 1600 time, a personal-best 4:18.69, and Mt. Sinai's Jess Joe Augustine ran the fastest steeplechase time in 9:33.51.

On the girls side, West Babylon's Niomi Allison won the 100-meter hurdles in a personal-best 14.80, Commack's Sofia Toepfer won the 400 in 57.50, and East Islip's Danielle Simonetti won the 400-meter hurdles in 1:02.63, the fastest on Long Island this season. William Floyd's Zariel Macchia ran the fastest 1500 time, a personal-best 4:28.85. Sachem East's Gianna Mauri won the race walk in 6:36.00, Miller Place's Jillian Scully won the shot put at 45-08.00, and Sayville's Carly Strining won the pentathlon 800 in 2:22.46.

In the Division races, Elmont Memorial's Ashley Fulton won the girls 100 in 12.25 and the 200 in 25.09. Elmont Memorial's Isaiah Davis won the boys 100 in 11.06, Roosevelt's Leroy Barrett won the 200 in a personal-best 22.61, Division Avenue's Thomas Bonsignore won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.00, and Sanford H. Calhoun's Logan Schaeffler won the steeplechase in 9:52.80. Oyster Bay's Christopher Tardugno ran the fastest 1600 time at 4:20.94 and East Meadow's Zaria Hall ran the fastest 1500 time at 4:47.49.

Other winners included Islip's Josiah Patterson in the discus (156-01.00), Long Beach's Mikella Gray and Longwood's Halli Silberman in the pole vault (10-06.00), Oceanside's Riley Moylan and Syosset's Matthew Robotham in the long jump, Deer Park's Kayla Beaumont in the triple jump, and Smithtown East's Braden McCormick, Riverhead's Kayleanne Campbell and East Meadow's Aaron Matos in the high jump.

Winners

RaceIndividualTimeTeamPts
Pent Boys Divisions 1 & 2Leo BenaharonRoslyn4:51.48
Boys Hurdles Division 1Thomas BonsignoreDivision Avenue15.00
Boys Dash Division 1Isaiah DavisElmont Memorial11.06
Boys Dash Division 1Leroy BarrettRoosevelt22.61
Boys Steeplechase Divisions 1 & 2Logan SchaefflerSanford H. Calhoun9:52.80
Boys Dash Division 2Elijah JackSouth Val Stream11.20
Boys Divisions 1 & 2Mughees MuhammadSewanhaka4:32.70
Boys Hurdles Division 2Sekani SpenceMalverne15.47
Boys Dash Division 2Keshawn PinnockMalverne23.01
Pent Girls Divisions 1 & 2Isabella BalounH. Frank Carey2:29.62
Girls Hurdles Division 1Chica AkaziUniondale14.36
Girls Dash Division 1Ashley FultonElmont Memorial12.25
Girls Divisions 1 & 2Lane 7Cold Spring Harbor2:22.02
Girls Dash Division 1Ashley FultonElmont Memorial25.09
Girls Steeplechase Divisions 1 & 2Isabella SpagnoliSouth Great Neck6:57.99
Girls Dash Division 2Lenora JonesSouth Val Stream12.70
Girls Divisions 1 & 2Navay GentlesCentral Val Stream5:09.84
Girls Hurdles Division 2Nicolette LewisOyster Bay16.52
Girls Dash Division 2Jillian SandezIsland Trees26.49
Girls Long Jump Divisions 1 & 2Riley MoylanOceanside17-10.75
Boys Long Jump Divisions 1 & 2Matthew RobothamSyosset21-06.75
Boys High Jump Divisions 1 & 2Aaron MatosEast Meadow06-02.00
Girls Shot Put Divisions 1 & 2Nattaly LindoNorth Val Stream37-11.50
Boys Shot Put Divisions 1 & 2Bryson BodnerPaul D. Schrieber / Port Washi57-03.25
Girls Pole Vault Divisions 1 & 2Mikella GrayLong Beach10-06.00
Pent BoysDaniel PaganCommack4:29.15
Boys HurdlesJordan PeckNorth Babylon14.81
Boys DashVito LaRosaNorthport10.77
Boys DashJoseph NorrbyEast Islip49.28
Boys DashDavin LiElwood / John Glenn21.93
Boys UnseededLane 3Shoreham-Wading River9:43.94
Boys HurdlesJordan PeckNorth Babylon55.91
Boys SteeplechaseSviatoslav ZalizniakPort Jefferson10:12.92
BoysAndrew SenfWard Melville4:31.87
Pent GirlsCarly StriningSayville2:22.46
Girls HurdlesNiomi AllisonWest Babylon14.80
Girls DashAlexa JacobsPort Jefferson11.98
Girls DashSofia ToepferCommack57.50
Girls DashAlexa JacobsPort Jefferson25.12
Girls UnseededLane 2Lindenhurst10:47.71
Girls HurdlesDanielle SimonettiEast Islip1:02.63
Girls SteeplechaseGreylynn GuyerEast Hampton7:49.63
GirlsSarah WilliamsMiddle Country4:51.80
Girls WalkGianna MauriSachem East6:36.00
Boys Triple JumpRocco CarpinelloWest Islip47-00.25
Girls Triple JumpKayla BeaumontDeer Park37-09.00
Boys High JumpBraden McCormickSmithtown East06-06.00
Girls High JumpKayleanne CampbellRiverhead05-03.00
Girls Shot PutJillian ScullyMiller Place45-08.00
Boys Discus ThrowJosiah PattersonIslip156-01.00
Girls Pole VaultHalli SilbermanLongwood10-06.00

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