Mepham, Kennedy Compete in Track and Field Championships

The 2011 Nassau County Track and Field Championship kicked off on May 24 at Cold Spring Harbor High School for an exciting two-day event that would crown the top competitors in multiple events for three separate classes (AAA, AA, A).

“This event has been very well received and we were fortunate to get this facility to host. The teams have been great, the competition has been great and the times have been great,” Tournament Director Bob Bush said. “There were a lot of people to come out and just to see the support that the parents give their kids is really great as well.”

Here's how the local teams fared at the county championship.

Kennedy:

Team Finish: Boys: 17^th in Class AA (2 points); Girls: 10^th in Class AA (13 points)

Zach Lifman led the Cougars on the boys’ side with a fifth-place finish in the 3200-meter event.

Sarah Rosenzweig finished in second place in the 2000-meter steeplechase. She was also part of the fourth-place finishing team in the 4 x 800-meter relay, which also included Nicole Liotta, Cara Feldman and Kateryna Nahornyak. Liotta took seventh place in the 1500-meter event.

Mepham:

Team Finish: Boys: 18^th in Class AAA (1 point); Girls: 16^th in Class AAA (2 points)

Brendan Donahue took sixth place in the 3000-meter steeplechase followed by Nicholas Spear in eighth place.

Katerina Bolic took fifth place in the 2000-meter steeplechase followed by Alisa Batcher in seventh place.

The 4 x 400-meter relay team of Kelsey Simpson, Nadine Simpson, Toni Simpson and Remi Gordon finished in seventh place.