Massapequa Finishes Second at County Track 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 to 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,” said Tournament Director Bob Bush. “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.”

Massapequa faired well in the meet as both the boys and girls squads each finished second in class AAA.

Nick DeLuna won the 800-meter event as well as the lead runner on the first place 4 x 800-meter relay team, along with Andrew Valenski, Brendan Nyreen and Brian Poole. In the pole vault, John Doria claimed second place. Mike Puleio took fourth place in the 3000-meter steeplechase.

The Chiefs placed three runners in the 1500-meter event, including Shannon McBrien, Caitlyn Krug and Lauren Lavoro, who also took first place in the 3000-meter event. Krug finished second in the same race followed by a fifth place finish by Catherine Young. McBrien and Courtney McMillian finished in second and third in the 800-meter event followed by Amanda Schmidt in fifth. Heather Sweeney finished in second place in the triple jump event and fifth place in the long jump event. Massapequa also finished in second place in both the 4 x 400-meter and 4 x 800-meter relays.

Overall the boys team finished with 54 points while the girls team had 97 points.