Girls Cross Country Longwood 25 Floyd 34 Commack 17 Lindenhust 56 Smithtown 18 Connetquot 45 East Islip 26 Central Islip 29 Whitman 26 West Islip 29 Riverhead 47 Bellport 17 Sayville 19 Islip 50 Deer Park 36 Comsewogue 19 Harborfields 26 Mt.Sinai 33 Shoreham-Wading River 16 Glenn 47 Miller Place 22 Rocky Point 35 Southampton 19 Mattituck 37 Bayport-Blue Point 15 Babylon 40 Shelter Island / Pierson 15 Mercy 45 Kings Park 20 East Hampton 44 Stony Brook 27 Southold 28 Shoreham-Wading River 16 Glenn 47 Sayville 24 Comsewogue 31 Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 06 Oct 1999:
Smithtown’s girls followed suit in the varsity C race, totaling 47 points to outdistance Farmingdale (102) and Longwood (110). Jen Root (second place) was the Bulls’ top finisher in 20:37. Christina Roberto led much of the way before placing fourth in 21:18. The other scorers were Nicole Thomassen (11th), Amanda Pisano (14th) and Kathy Seifert (16th). Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 24 Oct 1999:
Longwood’s girls cross country team performed an unusual feat at the
Manhattan College Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx on
Saturday. With hundreds of schools along the East Coast in competition,
the Lions won the varsity E race for the second consecutive year.
Longwood scored 127 points, followed closest by Long Beach (138), Walter
Johnson (Md., 140), Guilderland (Section II, 152) and Bay Shore (156).
“It’ll be something to look forward to next year, too,” coach Rick Colon
said. “Four of our five scorers are underclassmen.”
Sophomore Stephanie Henderson led the way with a third-place finish
in 15:35 on the 2.5-mile course. She was followed by junior Jessica Lee
(10th) in 16:01, senior Christen Imperiale (29th) in 16:49, junior
Elizabeth Fosdick (39th) in 16:58 and junior Lauren Tartaglia (47th) in
17:20. Today, the Lions have a dual meet with Sachem that will settle
the League I championship. Sachem (1994-98) and Longwood (1990- 93) have
held the title every year during the decade.
Colon credited his assistant coach, Cheryl Toscano, a
physical-education instructor at the middle school, for strengthening
the program. “Our freshman team has won its race at Brown University
for the past three years,” he said. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 12 Nov 1999: