Kings Park’s Matt Garside reached career point No. 1,000 in January.

He is only the sixth player in Kings Park history to reach this milestone. 

Congrats, Matt!

Good luck to everyone competing today!

Find all Section XI winter championship, playoff and tournament info here: http://bit.ly/3BavieH

• 400m: Ryleigh O’Donnell – 64.06
• 4x400m Relay: Leslie Samuel, Melina Sarlo, Meredith Spolarich, and Ryleigh O’Donnell – 4:13.74
• Sprint Medley Relay: Meredith Spolarich, Melina Sarlo, Leslie Samuel, and Ryleigh O’Donnell – 4:31.09

Congratulations to Alexandra Viera from Rocky Point High School on winning the inaugural New York State Girls Wrestling Invitational at 126 pounds!

Rocky Point native Alexandra Kelly is off to a strong start in her collegiate track and field career.

Last year’s New York State champion in the triple jump and the No. 1 ranked triple jumper in the country as a senior, Kelly made history at Princeton this season when she set a school record of 13.04m in the triple jump.

William Floyd’s 4 x 800 meter relay team of Aaliyah Jordan, Destiny Samuels, Brianna Smith and Zariel Macchia broke a school record at the Ocean Breeze Holiday Festival, finishing with a time of 9:56.40.

At the same competition, Zariel Macchia recorded a No. 1 time in the nation running the two mile in 10:33.22.

With that performance, the 4 x 800 meter relay team qualified for the Millrose Games on January 11, which saw them finish second with a time of 9:46.23, another school record.

This effort has qualified them for the New Balance Nationals Indoor at the Armory in March.

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Congratulations to these Comsewogue varsity girls winter track student-athletes on their new school records:

• 800m: Madison Cole, 2:26.10
• 3000m: Lexie Cole, 10:39.30
• 4x800m Relay: Madison Cole, Grace Jos, Hermione Granger and Lexie Cole, 10:16.22

Congratulations to  East Islip (Division I) and John Glenn (Division II) on winning Section XI Dual Meet Championships this past weekend!

Section XI Division I

East Islip (EI) 29, Brentwood (Bwd) 27
189 – Julien Perez (Bwd) dec. James Sturek (EI) 8-6
215 – Chris Ayala (Bwd) pinned Deandre Perez (EI) 5:20
285 – Sebastian Regis (EI) pinned Elmer Cruz (Bwd) 0:43
102 – Rocco Destefano (EI) pinned Jocelyn Rojas (Bwd) 2:43
110 – Jason Euceda (Bwd) pinned Logan Brandt (EI) 1:48
118 – Kendricks Pellici (Bwd) dec. Dylan Aristides (EI) 1-0
126 – Derek Lopez (Bwd) dec. Matthew Walsh (EI) 10-6
132 – Jason Kwaak (Bwd) dec. Logan Alfalla (EI) 10-6
138 – Justin Shayew (EI) dec. John De La Rosa (Bwd) 5-0
145 – Christopher Trahey (EI) dec. Maximo Vilorio (Bwd) 7-5 SV
152 – Anthony Avitabile (EI) TF Nathan Stephan (Bwd) 18-3 5:59
160 – Stephen Coleman (EI) pinned Louis Rodriguez (Bwd) 1:26
172 – Jean Carlos Almendarez (Bwd) dec. Nicholas Groneman (EI) 11-4

Section XI Division II

John Glenn (JG) 32, Port Jefferson (PJ) 27
160 – Liam Rogers (PJ) dec. Anthony Bell (JG) 10-4
172 – Preston Biedenkapp (PJ) dec. Dan Elling (JG) 7-5
189 – Anthony Pipia (PJ) pinned Anthony Palencia (JG) 1:11
215 – Carmine Gerbino (JG) dec. Junior Beltran (PJ) 3-2
285 – Willy Rodriguez (PJ) dec. Melkin Alfaro-Chavez (JG) 5-3 SV
102 – David Argyos (PJ) dec. Ashton Presti (JG) 9-3
110 – Tommy Aiello (JG) TF Nick Rodriguez (PJ) 24-7
118 – Frank D`Elia (PJ) pinned Khaleif Anthony (JG) 5:03
126 – Chris Boccard (JG) pinned John Bonura (PJ) 1:24
132 – Karahn King (JG) pinned Chris Lotten (PJ) 5:03
138 – Anthony Mirando (JG) pinned Cade Delgado (PJ) 1:24
145 – Nick Comito (PJ) dec. Dylan Bulger (JG) 2-0
152 – Kevin Vides (JG) pinned Braeden Cesarski (PJ) 1:10

Photos by Ray Nelson

Check out the digital Section XI dual wrestling championship program in advance of this weekend’s tournament by scanning the QR Code or clicking here: http://bit.ly/3GZcvGr

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