Wrap Up Port Washington girls take county title Carillo, Spagnoli dominate in track

BY MICHAEL J. LEWIS

Port Washington sophomore Ashley Carillo continued her great career by winning the Class I Nassau cross country meet, in 19:27.89. Port Washington teammate Eve Sif-Scheer came in ffth, while the Vikings’ Keira Gould took 16th and Eliza Harnden was 19th.

Great Neck South’s Isabella Spagnoli won Class II counties in 18:53.48 and then won the Class A state qualifer as well.

Great Neck North’s Julie Sun and teammate Catherine Chang were 15th and 17th, respectively, at counties, while Manhasset’s Gabriella Devito was 16th. Vallerya Rojas of New Hyde Park was 19th.

At the girls state meet, Spagnoli fnished 40th, while Carillo placed 48th.

In the boys Class I county meet, Port Washington’s Steven Theodoropoulos was the top local fnisher, fnishing sixth, while teammate William Ahmuty placed 10th. The Vikings’ Julian Kimball (14th) and Jeremy Fahmy (18th) also landed in the Top 20.

In the Class II meet, the top local fnisher was Jared Kimiabakhsh of Great Neck North; he landed in ffth place. Great Neck South’s

BY MICHAEL J. LEWIS

In a mostly individual sport, the Port Washington girls track and feld team keeps shining as a unit.

The Vikings won their fourth consecutive county team track title (spanning two years of winter and spring seasons) by besting Oceanside to win the Nassau County meet this spring.

Individual winners for Port Washington included Bella Lucas in the long jump, Eve Sif-Scheer in the steeplechase and Emily Bosworth in the discus throw.

Just about every local school had athletes place in the Top 3 on the girls side at the Nassau County meets, including, starting with Class AA:

— Roslyn: Diana Santos fnished 3rd in the shot put; and fourth in discus, while Ariella Aminov was second in the discus throw.

— Manhasset: Dominique Randall fnished 3rd in pole vault.

— Great Neck South: Isabella Spagnoli fnished frst in the 2,000 steeplechase, in 7:13.46, and third in the 1,500 meters.— Great Neck North: Julie Sun fnished ffth in the 2,000 steeplechase, while Maya Ohebshalom was the runner-up 400 hurdles.

— North Shore: Now in the Class A meet, North Shore’s Bella Martocci took a pair of second places, in the 1,500 meters (4:59.71), and the 3,000 meters (11:02.01), while Madeline Bush took second place in 2:23.39 in the 800 meters nabbed third place in 1,500 meters. Sophia Marchioli was second in the 3,000 steeple, while teammate Joanna Kenney was right behind her in third. Sophia DeMillio was the champion in pole vault, soaring nine feet.

— Wheatley: Sadie Keys snagged frst place in the 3,000 steeplechase, in 7:44.08, while teammate Sydney Romano captured frst place in the discus with an impressive toss of 119 feet, 10 inches, and third place in the shot put. Shannon Flachner took3rd place in the 3,000 meters, while Caitlin O’Keefe also got the bronze in the 800 meters.

— Mineola: MaryEllen Steiner grabbed third place in the 100 hurdles. On the boys side, once again quite a few local athletes shone and grabbed Top 3 fnishes at counties (the state meet was not fnished as of press time):

— Port Washington: Steven Theodoropoulos was the winner of the 3,000 steeplechase, in 10:15.70. Bryson Bodner took third place in the shot put

— Manhasset: Ryan Boldi won the 800 meters in 1:57.85, while Cole Thalheimer was second in the 800, less than a second behind his teammate.Paul Park once again dominated the jumping competitions, fnishing frst in long jump, 22’11.50, and frst in triple jump ( 46’3.50)

— Roslyn: Zachary Davidson captured frst place in pole vault, with a vault of 12’6 inches, and he took third in triple jump.

— Great Neck North: Jared Kimiabakhsh won the 3,200 meters in 9:38.89.

— Great Neck South: Junseo Deschenses, fnished 3rd in 3,000 steeplechase, while William Ouyang, was third in discus throw. At Class A Meet:

— Mineola: Josiah Bracken captured frst place in the 200 meters in 22.41, landed in 3rd place in the 100 meters.

— North Shore: Michael Ye nabbed third place in the 200 meters, 22.98, while Samuel Sturge took two bronzes, in the 800 meters and 1,600 meters. Robby Levy fnished in 2nd place in the 1,600 meters, and grabbed third place in the 3200 meters. Liam Brady grabbed third place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.

Junseo Deschenes was 10th, while teammate John Morrow was right behind in 11th. Roslyn’s Matthew Voynovich was 12th, and Manhasset’s top duo of Stije Huinink and Elyias Alawadhi fnished 17th and 18th, respectively.

Isabella Spagnoli of Great Neck South won the county cross country title last fall.