Maddie Adams takes 2nd place in the 3000m. The Lady Trojans began the final leg of their Spring season on Monday evening at Hewlett High School with a solid victory and a Division Championship. This title is added to the Conference Championship they won last week after a perfect 13-0 season. They now move on to defend their County Championship next week at Westbury HS.

Entering the division meet with a couple of key injuries, coaches Cuzzo, Fregosi and Skrivanek had to depend on their depth to carry them through the meet. And that it did. With multiple point scorers in eight events, as well as a sweep of the three relays, the Garden City girls proved to be too deep for the competition and walked away with the team championship.

The team had several outstanding performances led by triple event winner Michelle Rotondo, who took first place honors in the 400 hurdles (67.0), the 100 meter hurdles (16.2) and the high jump (4'10"). Catherine Cafaro also had a terrific meet, with a first place finish in the 200 meter sprint and was a member of the winning 4x100 relay, as well as a third place finish in the 100 meter sprint. While in the infield, Alex Schlapp came away with first place in the shot put.

Katy Daly out of the blocks in the 400 meter race. With Catherine on the winning 4x100 relay were Katy Daly, Dana Famiglietti and Katie Reilly. The victorious 4x400 relay team consisted of Deanna Ceriano, Taryn Schmelzinger, Laura Martens and was anchored by Emily Menges. While the 4x800 relay team of Jenna DeAngleo, Aoi Nishimura, Brooke Senken and anchored by Maddie Adams closed out the meet with a winning performance.

Also having an outstanding meet and adding to the point total for the champs were Taryn Schmelzinger who took 2nd in both the 100 meter and 200 meter sprints, Laura Martens finished 2nd in the 400 hurdles and 4th in the long jump, Lauren 'Stick' Williams took 3rd in the 400 hurdles and 2nd in the 100 hurdles, Katy Daly came back from the injured list to finish 2nd in the 400 meters and 4th in the 200 meters, Brooke Senken finished 2nd in the 800 meters and 5th in the 1500, Maddie Adams was 2nd in the 3000 meters and 5th in the 1500 meters, Emily Menges ran 2nd in the 1500 even with a problem to her hamstring, Aoi Nishimura ran third in the 800 meters, Katie Reilly took 5th in the 100 meter sprint, Jenna DeAngelo was 4th in the 400 meters, Abby Hepworth jumped to 5th in the high jump and Kate Odell hurled the discus to a 5th place finish.

Emily Menges in a battle, finishes 2nd in the 1500m. After the holiday weekend, the girls will head over to Westbury High School for the County Championship meet next Tuesday and Wednesday at 4:00. Although track meets can be a bit long and overwhelming because of the number of athletes competing, if you are in the neighborhood you may want to come out and root on one of Garden City's championship teams as they look to defend their County title. Good luck girls - run fast, jump high and throw long!

Michelle Rotondo (c), Lauren Williams (l) and Laura Martens (r) are 1-2-3 in 400 hurdles. Taryn Schmelzinger (r ) and Catherine Cafaro (l) are 2nd and 3rd in the 100m. Katie Reilly scores in the 100m sprint. Brooke Senken and Aoi Nishimura finish 2nd and 3rd in the 800m.