The Mineola High School girls track & field team completed its regular season competition with a second place finish in the Division Championships at Cold Spring Harbor.

Senior captain Julia Yan led the way with three All-Division performances. She started off the meet with a third place finish in the 400-meter hurdles. In doing so, Yan shattered her own school record in the event by two seconds with a time of 71.5. Yan then took second in the 400-meters with a time of 64.1. In that event, Alia Fater was right behind Yan at 65 seconds and also earned All-Division honors. Yan also anchored the 4X800 relay team to the division championship. She teamed with Fater, Jenn Pawlowski and Nicole Wissler to break the old school record in the event by 11 seconds. All four runners earned All-Division honors. Senior Lauren Napolitano finished third in the 200-meters and was named All-Division. Senior Samantha Hegmann continued to dominate the throwing events with a pair of firsts. She took the shotput with a 32'6'' and the discus with a throw of 106'6''. Hegmann was undefeated in the discus in division and conference the entire season.

"Nicole Wissler also performed well in the 1,500 and 3,000-meters. Nicole proved to be a strong distance runner. She broke her own record in the 1,500 with a 5:21.2 and finished fourth in the division meet. She also ran 11:41.6 in the 3,000, which was good for fourth. We also got strong outings from Jenn Pawlowski, Christine Medlock, Jaimie Silva, Meredith Minsky and Liz Campbell," said coach Kristin Frazer.

In addition, Pawlowki finished fourth in the 800 and Medlock took fourth in the 400, enabling Mineola to win three of the top four spots in the race.

Silva was fourth in the triple jump and set a school record with a leap of 30'7''. Minsky continued to improve in the shotput with a fourth place finish while Campbell took fourth in the discus. Mineola's 4X400 relay team of Christine Medlock, Jen Port, Laura Restrepo and Lauren Napolitano took third.

"We finished second to a strong Valley Stream North team, which is coached by two of my brothers," said coach Frazer.

Up next for Mineola was the county championships. Coverage will be in next week's edition.

The Mineola boys track and field team took fifth place at the Division Track and Field Championships at Cold Spring Harbor.

The Mustangs amassed 50 points, nearly twice as many as they scored last year. Dave Gouveia (41'3.5''), Rob Kiss (40'10'') and Rob Olszewski (40'4.5'') swept the shot put and earned All-Division honors. Kiss was also the division champion in the discus with a throw of 117'1''. The 4X800 relay team of Danny Sanches, Chris Vera, Joe Wellbrock and Claudio De Matos ran the fastest time in program history with a 9:10. Other performances in the Division Championships included:

Matt Siwinski - 6th in the 100-meter

Claudio De Matos - 5th in the 800-meter

Rob Olszewski - 4th in the discus

Tobin George - Personal record in the 400-meter (56.8)

Kenny Rauert - 30'8'' in the shotput.

The Mustangs sent four individual and two relay teams onto the county championships. Olszewski, Kiss and Gouveia were to compete in the shotput and discus and George in the high jump. The 4X100 relay team of George, Kevin Sung, Greg Lapin and Siwinski went to the county meet as did the 4X800 relay team of Sanches, Vera, Wellbrock and De Matos. Coverage will be in next week's edition.