High school roundup
FILE - Half Hollow Hills East Boys 4x200 relay team's Daniel Mccord takes the hand off from Justin Ma at the NYS Indoor Track meet at Cornell University in Ithaca N.Y. (March 5, 2011) Credit: Pat Orr Photography
The Half Hollow Hills West boys 4 x 400-meter relay team of Abias Myrtil, Justin Ma, Justin Connor and Daniel McCord set a Long Island record Sunday when they finished in 3 minutes, 18.93 seconds, good for third at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships at The Armory in Manhattan.
In Saturday's 4 x 200, the same four runners did not finish after one of the runners dropped the baton.
But Hills West's relay specialists rebounded to receive All-American honors one day after their disappointment.
"We couldn't quit," Hills West coach Jim Christian said. "They knew if they ran like they were capable, there was a possibility of them placing.
"Their time surpassed my expectations of them. They are ecstatic."
Thomas Awad of Chaminade took 16th (4:20.51) in the mile. Westbury's Owen Skeete placed 23rd in the mile (4:25.14) after a fifth-place finish in Friday's 5,000-meter run (15:06.80).
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Holy Trinity's Colleen Schmidt finished second in the two-mile run (10:25.22) and St. John the Baptist's Anne Carey came in 14th (10:45.01).
St. Anthony's Olicia Williams finished third in the 800 (2:07.81) and Rachel Paul of Sachem East took seventh in 2:10.62.
North Shore's Samantha Nadel placed fourth in the mile (4:49.95). Nadel's teammate, Brianna Nerud, came in 10th (4:53.25). Ward Melville's Mary Kate Anselmini finished 13th (4:56.75).
Danielle Opatovsky of Shoreham-Wading River won Saturday's one-mile walk (7:14.72). It is the fastest time walked on Long Island this season.
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