Sacred Heart girls track's Maeve Going wins NSCHSAA 3,000-meter championship in first race back from injury
Maeve Going of Sacred Heart waves on her way to winning the 3000-meter title at the CHSAA girls track and field championships in South Huntington on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. Credit: Peter Frutkoff
It felt like forever since Sacred Heart senior Maeve Going raced competitively.
One of the greatest runners in the history of the Nassau-Suffolk CHSAA returned to action in the league’s track and field championship meet at St. Anthony’s High School in South Huntington on Saturday. She had not run in a real race since Oct. 26, but she traded in her rust for a gold medal, winning the 3,000-meter title in 10 minutes, 18.74 seconds.
After a historic start to her cross country season this past fall, Going had to shut it down right before the CHSAA Intersectional championships because of a stress reaction in a leg. That was a devastating blow, as it prevented her from being able to compete for the CHSAA individual title and took away her practically guaranteed qualification for the state Federation meet.
Given her previous success at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls — the Federation championship’s host site — she had a realistic shot to clinch a berth in the Nike Cross Nationals.
Going had lots of time to think about the opportunities stripped from her. However, all that matters to her now is that she’s back.
“This is a little bit jarring, because every day, I’ve been in the gym doing cross training, but this was very much more real,” Going said. “I think this makes me want to focus more on my goals and competing. The past couple of weeks, I’ve been really missing racing, so this was a nice start.”
Her teammates helped make her return even more special, as juniors Elle Riches and Natalia Taylor both won a pair of individual championships.
Riches successfully defended her NSCHSAA title in the 1,000 in 3:04.89 and won her first league title in the 1,500 in 5:01 flat. She was named the Track MVP of the meet. Taylor threw 33 feet, 10 1⁄2 inches to win the shot put and 48-11 to take the weight throw.
She was named Field MVP.
St. Anthony’s joined the double-champion party via senior Kaitlyn Korzonkiewicz and junior Gianna Bowman.
Korzonkiewicz dominated the 55 hurdles in 8.59 seconds to secure her first win and later flew 16-1 1⁄2 to take the long jump.
Bowman won the first league title of her high school career when she sprinted a 7.49 in the 55 before completing the successful double with a 40.93 in the 300.
“Last year, we had some great seniors ahead of me, so I wanted to take their spots,” Bowman said. “It feels really good to be a big contributor for my team. I love these girls.”
Bowman and Korzonkiewicz accounted for 24 of the Friars’ 137 points to defend their NSCHSAA team title.
Nassau-Suffolk CHSAA Championships
55 Meters:
Gianna Bowman, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 7.49
Francesca Platania, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 7.55
Amelie Demeri, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 7.68
300 Meters:
Gianna Bowman, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 40.93
Maya Hadpawat, Kellenberg, Jr. — 41.75
Christina Cyrus, Kellenberg, Fr. — 43.35
600 Meters:
Fallon Siriban, St. Anthony’s, Soph. — 1:38.31
Catherine Savage, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 1:42.81
Kylie Gorman, Sacred Heart, Fr. — 1:44.4
1,000 Meters:
Elle Riches, Sacred Heart, Jr. — 3:04.89
Kiera Cameron, St. Anthony’s, Sr. — 3:07.3
Elena Ciaccio, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 3:12.48
1,500 Meters:
Elle Riches, Sacred Heart, Jr. — 5:01
Isabella Anazagasty, St. Anthony’s, Soph. — 5:02.91
Fiona Dipino, Sacred Heart, Fr. — 5:35.21
3,000 Meters:
Maeve Going, Sacred Heart, Sr. — 10:18.74
Alessia Crispo, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 11:34.36
Isabella Davis, Sacred Heart, Soph. — 12:40.68
55 Meter Hurdles:
Kaitlyn Korzonkiewicz, St. Anthony’s, Sr. — 8.59
Manuela Armata, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 9.38
Harper Lollo, Kellenberg, Jr. — 9.69
High Jump:
Jacqueline Doda, Sacred Heart, Sr. — 4-8
Maya Hadpawat, Kellenberg, Jr. — 4-8
Madelyn Joseph, Sacred Heart, Jr. — 4-8
Long Jump:
Kaitlyn Korzonkiewicz, St. Anthony’s, Sr. — 16-1 ½
Kailyn Jones, St. John the Baptist, Soph. — 16-1
Cassey Ryan, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 15-9 ¼
Triple Jump:
Keierra Ndukwu, Kellenberg, Sr. — 33-8 ¼
Dylan Voorhees, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 31-1
Alexandra St. George, St. Anthony’s Jr. — 27-8 ¼
Pole Vault:
Amelie Demeri, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 10-0
Grace Nizich, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 8-6
Catherine Maxwell, St. Anthony’s, Soph. — 7-6
Shot Put:
Natalia Taylor, Sacred Heart, Jr. — 33-10 ½
Sofia Chiariello, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 29-10 ¾
Zuri Louis, Kellenberg, Sr. — 29-2
Weight Throw:
Natalia Taylor, Sacred Heart, Jr. — 48-11
Sofia Chiariello, St. Anthony’s, Jr. — 43-6 ¼
Jillian Russo, St. Anthony’s, Sr. — 36-10
4 x 200 Meter Relay:
St. Anthony’s A (Emily DeSousa, Sr., Gianna Bowman, Jr., Francesca Platania, Jr., Charlotte Marino, Sr.) — 1:46.13
Kellenberg (Maya Hadpawat, Jr., Christina Cyrus, Fr., Alessandra Ferrante, Sr., Harper Lollo, Jr.) — 1:48.52
St. Anthony’s B (Manuela Armata, Jr., Jasmine Gonzalez, Jr., Leah Sudentas, Sr., Adrianna Rossen, Fr.) — 1:52.12
4 x 400 Meter Relay:
St. Anthony’s (Sarah Ullrich, Soph., Fallon Siriban, Soph., Catherine Savage, Jr., Juliana Sampugnaro, Soph.) — 4:15.19
Sacred Heart (Grace Gutman, Sr., Elle Riches, Jr., Cleo Lipatov, Fr., Kylie Gorman, Fr.) — 4:23.3
Kellenberg (Xena Pierre-Charles, Jr., Charlize Marmol, Jr., Gabriella Perrotta, Soph., Mailee Umowski, Jr.) — 4:27.1
4 x 800 Meter Relay:
St. Anthony’s A (Isabella Anazagasty, Soph., Kiera Cameron, Sr., Elena Ciaccio, Jr., Kathryn Paul, Jr.) — 10:17.07
Sacred Heart (Grace Gutman, Sr., Cleo Lipatov, Fr., Keegan Crump, Jr., Kylie Gorman, Fr.) — 10:52.44
St. Anthony’s B (Caitlin Rafferty, Sr., Anna Fierro, Jr., Amelia Reich-Hale, Sr., Catherine Maxwell, Soph.) — 11:47.75
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.
