Cold Spring Harbor's Claire Delli Carpini wins Nassau Class III girls cross country championship
Claire Delli Carpini of Cold Spring Harbor wins the Nassau girls cross country Conference III championship at Bethpage State Park on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. Credit: Peter Frutkoff
Cold Spring Harbor’s Claire Delli Carpini ran the 5-kilometer course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale in 18 minutes, 40.37 seconds to win the Nassau Class III championship Saturday. It was the fastest overall time of the championships and helped CSH score 22 points to win the team title.
“Me and my team put in a lot of work to get here,” Delli Carpini said. “We had so much fun on the course today. I’m so proud of myself, and we have so many younger kids on the team and it was so amazing to see them do well.”
Valley Stream North’s Evan Truong won the Nassau III boys individual title in 16:56.9 and guided his team to 23 points and a team championship.
Division’s Lucas Aguilar placed atop the boys’ merge, as he won Nassau II in 15:46. Manhasset scored 42 points, led by Nic Katsoulis’ third-place finish, to win the Nassau II team title.
“I know I’ve been working so hard over all these years for this, and that work is finally showing,” Aguilar said. “I’m very glad for that.”
Long Beach’s Julia Glenz won the Nassau II girls individual championship in 18:42.76. Bethpage’s Juliette Sparke placed sixth to help her team score 53 points and defend its Nassau II team title.
In Nassau I, Syosset’s Linda Lin was crowned the individual winner in 19:31.8, while Massapequa scored 84 points to win the team competition, with Gabrielle Kemnitzer leading the effort. On the boys’ side, Calhoun’s Tyler Booker won in 16:12.4 and Syosset scored 74 points to win the team title, paced by Jacob Ellenwood, who was sixth.
SUFFOLK
Ward Melville’s Andrew Senf ran the 5K at Sunken Meadow State Park in 16:22 to win the Suffolk Division II boys championship in Kings Park last Tuesday.
Northport’s Seamus Taylor placed second, helping his team score 26 points to win the Suffolk II team title. Northport’s Fiona King won the Suffolk II girls race in 19:16.8. Northport won the girls team championship (18 points).
Eastport-South Manor’s Maddie Laezza was the top overall girl, as she won Suffolk III in 18:52.5. Sayville won the team title with 32 points, led by a fourth-place finish from Christina Duffy. Eastport-South Manor’s Timothy Dodd took the boys Suffolk III victory in 17:13.1, which helped his team score 26 points and win the title.
Bay Shore’s Max Simeon won the Suffolk boys I division race in 16:34.2. Smithtown scored 35 points to win the Suffolk I team championship, led by Andrew Collins’ third-place finish. Sachem North’s Leah Nowakowski won on the girls’ side of Suffolk I in 20:09.3, helping her squad score 32 points to win the team competition.
Pierson’s Evelyn Rizzo won the Suffolk IV championship in 19:20.2. Shoreham-Wading River's Elle Connell’s eighth-place finish helped lead her team to the title (40 points). Miller Place’s Nicholas DiCaprio won on the boys’ side of Suffolk IV in 16:41.3, leading his team to 28 points and a title.
Mike Anderson is a high school sports reporter who has covered 12 sports so far at Newsday. He was the sports editor of Stony Brook University's campus newspaper for two years.
