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Section XI Division Championships · October 27, 2025

Northport, Sayville repeat; Maddie Laezza, Fiona King break course mark

Northport won its second straight boys Division 2 title and Sayville its second straight girls Division 3 title, while Eastport-South Manor's Maddie Laezza and Northport's Fiona King both ran under the fastest girls time on record on the course.

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Northport won the boys Division 2 team title at the Section XI Division Championships with 25 points, its second straight, and Sayville won its second straight girls Division 3 title with 36. Eastport-South Manor's Maddie Laezza won the girls Division 3 race in 18:09.10, and Northport's Fiona King won girls Division 2 in 18:22.00, both faster than the 18:24.45 Katherine Lee of Shoreham-Wading River ran in 2017, the previous best on record on the course.

Laezza finished 33.8 seconds ahead of Comsewogue's Lexie Cole (18:42.90), with Harborfields' Sayla Fives, last year's winner, third. King, who also won last year in 18:35.30, ran a personal best and beat Connetquot's Olivia Digaetano by 37.2 seconds, with Northport's Jane Tucker third.

In boys Division 2, Commack's Aidan Piracci won in a personal-best 16:41.10, 19.9 seconds ahead of Northport's Seamus Taylor, who led Northport's scorers with Evan Levine, Griffin Tucker and Gabriel Ko close behind. Commack was second with 66 points.

Eastport-South Manor won its second straight boys Division 3 title with 43 points, ahead of Sayville (53), behind Matthew Keller in third. Sayville's Dylan Walsh won that race in a personal-best 16:56.10. Ward Melville won its second straight girls Division 2 title with 49 points to Northport's 55. Sayville's Division 3 girls were led by Marianna Duffy and Christina Duffy, fourth and fifth, ahead of Hauppauge (57).

William Floyd's Vidal MacChia won boys Division 1 in 16:54.00, 2.5 seconds ahead of Brentwood's Brandon Salazar, and Smithtown won the team title with 38 points. Bay Shore's Maggie McCormick won girls Division 1 in a personal-best 18:30.00, 118 seconds ahead of teammate Riley Shoemaker, and Bay Shore won the team title with 38.

Shoreham-Wading River's Spencer Lee won boys Division 4 in a personal-best 16:49.20, and Port Jefferson took the team title with 51 points. Kings Park's Emma Murphy won girls Division 4 in 20:06.90, 3.6 seconds ahead of Center Moriches' Emma Gold, and Mt. Sinai won its first team title on record with 51. In Division 5, Shelter Island's Henry Springer won the boys race in 21:27.30 and Greenport's Isabella Sarabia won the girls race in 28:20.40.

Winners

RaceIndividualTimeTeamPts
D1Vidal MacChiaWilliam Floyd16:54.00Smithtown2nd Bay Shore (88)38
D2Aidan PiracciCommack16:41.10Northport2nd Commack (66)25
D3Dylan WalshSayville16:56.10Eastport-South Manor2nd Sayville (53)43
D4Spencer LeeShoreham-Wading River16:49.20Port Jefferson2nd Miller Place (64)51
D5Henry SpringerShelter Island21:27.30
D1Maggie McCormickBay Shore18:30.00Bay Shore2nd William Floyd (93)38
D2Fiona KingNorthport18:22.00Ward Melville2nd Northport (55)49
D3Maddie LaezzaEastport-South Manor18:09.10Sayville2nd Hauppauge (57)36
D4Emma MurphyKings Park20:06.90Mt. Sinai2nd Elwood / John Glenn (55)51
D5Isabella SarabiaGreenport28:20.40

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