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Glen Forsythe of Uniondale had a come from behind victoy...

Glen Forsythe of Uniondale had a come from behind victoy in the long jump with a leap of 23 feet, 4 3/4 inches at the Hispanic Games. (Jan. 8, 2011) Credit: Errol Anderson

Uniondale's Glen Forsythe just seems to get better as the season progresses.

He won the long jump at 23 feet, 43/4 inches and took second in the triple jump at 47-81/2 at the Hispanic Games at the Armory Saturday.

"He's just rolling along right now," Uniondale coach Dennis Kornfield said.

Kornfield called Forsythe's win in the long jump "gravy," because his best event is the triple jump.

Forsythe had already cleared 481/2 in the event earlier this season, Kornfield said.

The Knights are a young team with only a few seniors. Kornfield said he hopes the rest of the team will follow Forsythe's lead.

"He ran cross country in the fall to stay in condition," Kornfield said. "I hope this gives the rest of the team motivation. We have a very young team."

Forsythe wasn't the only Long Islander to excel at the Hispanic Games.

MacArthur's Kelly Clifford won the girls high jump (5-2), beating out Nicole Hertzberg of Clarke, who took second.

Garden City's Molly Josephs took second in the 1,500-meter walk in 7 minutes, 14.7 seconds, and teammate Emma Gallagher was second in the 800 in 2:14.36.

Amityville's Sancho Barrett, the reigning NYSPHSAA indoor 55-meter hurdles champion, took second in the event in 7.44 seconds.

In other boys events, Chaminade's Thomas Awad took second in the invitational mile in 4:16.66, Kris Moran of North Babylon finished second in the invitational 2-mile in 9:36.06 and Smithtown West's Mike Emerson finished second in the mile (4:30.14).

Third-place finishers include St. John the Baptist's Brandon Camenzuli, who ran the the mile in 4:30.34 and Adam DeVito of Miller Place with a long jump of 21-11.

St. Anthony's wins

Warner Cooley, Gene Kum, Austen Verhulst and Payton Hazzard teamed up to take first place in the sprint medley relay in 3:36.3 and helped lift St. Anthony's to a top finish at the Dartmouth Relays.

The Friars success didn't end there as its distance medley team of Kevin Kreider, Colin Volpe, Tim Fiola and Thomas Diliberto won in 10:35.8.

"It says a lot about how focused the team is," St. Anthony's coach Tim Dearie said. "Those relays were run back-to-back."

St. Anthony's 4 x 400 team of Volpe, Cooley, Hazzard and Matt Fortino finished second in 3:25.8.

The Friars were just as successful in individual events. Cooley won the 400 in 50.38 and Hazzard took first in the 800 in 1:57.18.

Michael Brunoforte finished third in the pole vault (13-6).

"To finish first with 68 points at a meet where there were over 100 teams from eight states is impressive," Dearie said.

The Kellenberg girls team also had a day to remember at Dartmouth.

Michele Anthony won the 55 hurdles in a school-record time of 8.19, and Kim Mackay won the 600 in 1:37.29.

The Firebirds' 4 x 800 team of Ashlin Conroy, Kylie Pearse, Liz Magno and Kim Mackay took first in 9:44.9 as Kellenberg finished third overall with 48 points.

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