Roundup: North Shore's Nerud takes first

North Shore's Brianna Nerud took first in the girls Millrose Mile Friday at the North Shore Invitational track meet at the Armory in Manhattan. Nerud led from the opening gun and won in 4 minutes, 58 seconds to automatically qualify for the girls mile at the Millrose Games in February.

Rachel Paul (Sachem East) won the 1,000-meter run in 2:53 and Samantha Nadel (North Shore) won the 3,200 in 9:46.

For the boys, Erin Parker of Roosevelt survived a slow start to win the 55. Parker clocked a 6.58, edging Longwood's Mark Jackson at the line by 0.02 seconds.

Immediately following the race, Parker suffered what he and coach Evan Guild described as a pulled left hamstring. Guild said he hopes Parker can recover in time for the boys Millrose Trials in two weeks.

School records for MacArthur. Kristina Romano, Kelly Clifford and Kristina Coiro each broke school records for MacArthur at the North Shore Invitational at the Armory in Manhattan, according to coach James SanFilippo. Romano won the 55 in 8.84, breaking her own record of 9.02, set in 2010. Coiro ran a 5:14.41 in the Invitational Mile, eclipsing the previous mark of 5:15.96 set in 2008 by Lucia Montefusco. Clifford finished second in the high jump (5 feet, 4 inches), breaking her own record of 5-37/8 set last season.

Meet record for Kellenberg: The shuttle hurdles relay team of Kevin Magno, Connor Barrett and Dylan Rosser took first for Kellenberg in a meet record 23.3 seconds at the CHSAA combination meet at the Armory in Manhattan on Thursday. The Firebirds' sprint medley relay team of Tyler Capozzoli, Joe Maulo, Adam Santiago and Raul McGee won in 3:39.5.

Sacred Heart 48, Freeport 41: Becky Conto scored 18 points and Nina Corcoran had five steals, five assists and five rebounds for Sacred Heart (7-4) in the final of the Freeport Tournament.