Sports
Hewlett, Lawrence Compete in Track and Field Championships
Hewlett boys and girls each place second, while Lawrence girls place seventh.
The Hewlett girls and boys track teams excelled at the 2011 Nassau County Track and Field Championship on May 24 at Cold Spring Harbor High School, with both coming in second in class AA. The Lawrence girls team placed seventh in AA.
“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.”
Here's how the Five Towns teams fared in the county championship.
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Hewlett:
Boys: Second in Class AA (84 points); Girls: Second in Class AA (75.5 points)
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Neil Cohen won the 1600-meter event and placed third in the 3200-meter event. Lamar Letts won the 400 IH in dominating fashion. Rodrigo Ulloa took first place in the 3000-meter steeplechase and Kevin Dehaney also won the triple jump. Dehaney also placed third in both the high jump and long jump. Brian Durdaller won the pole vault event for the Bulldogs.
Vanessa Pierre won the long jump event and took third place in the triple jump. She was also part of the third place 4 x 400-meter relay team along with Jayla Therancy, Natalie Herzberg and Heathe Kamier.
Therancy also took a second place finish in the 100-meter HH. Herzberg placed third in the 800-meter event and also led the second place 4 x 800-meter relay which also included Kaminer, Marsha Cohen and Amanda Kaufman. Shari Weiss finished on top in first place in the pole vault event and Laurie Antonie placed third in discus.
Lawrence:
Boys: 16th in Class AA (6 points); Girls: Seventh in Class AA (22 points)
Samson Bialostok had a great performance in the 800-meter event with a third place finish for the Golden Tornadoes.
Alex Baum finished in a strong second place in the triple jump as well as second place in the long jump. Jodie-Ann Mullings placed third in the 100-meter event to help bolster a strong performance from the Lawrence girls’ team.
