Newsday's Top 50 Long Island boys track and field athletes for 2025
Clockwise, from top left: Jake Albert, Justin Albanese, Leroy Barrett, Anthony Anatol.
Justin Albanese, Eastport-South Manor, Sr.
The Binghamton commit owns the third-best 1,600 meters personal record on Long Island, logging a 4 minute, 19.48 second mark at the indoor state championships.
Jake Albert, Lindenhurst, Sr.
Newsday’s Cross Country Runner of the Year owns Long Island’s best time in the 3,200, running a 9:18.68 during the indoor season. He was also 14th in the state in the 1,600 (4:19.31). His 9:38.33 in the 3,000 steeplechase paces all of LI’s returning runners.
Anthony Anatol, Ward Melville, Sr.
Anatol’s 9:25.6 in the 3,200 ranks fourth on Long Island.
Leroy Barrett, Roosevelt, Jr.
Barrett sprinted a 10.94 in the 100 last April, which ranks seventh among returners.
Divine Bennett, Floyd, Jr.
Bennett flew 44 feet, 8 inches in the triple jump in January to claim the No. 13 ranking in the state. That mark is second on Long Island among spring returners.
Ryan Boldi, Manhasset, Sr.
Boldi’s 1:54.46 in the 800 in March ranked eighth in the state during the indoor season. He also ran the anchor leg of Manhasset’s state champion 4 x 800 team.
Joe Christie, Sachem East, Sr.
Christie ran a personal-best 10.8 in the 100 in May, 10th in the state and third on Long Island amongst returners.
James Ciaccio, St. Anthony’s, Sr.
The Northeastern commit spent time during the indoor season as the state’s top-ranked runner in the 400, 500 and 600. His personal records of 48.29 in the 400 and 1:52.94 in the 800 are the best returning times on Long Island.
Zachary Davidson, Roslyn, Sr.
Davidson cleared 15-3 in the pole vault in January to tie for fourth in the state and tops on Long Island.
Jeremiah Davis, Connetquot, Fr.
He ranked 20th in the state in the long jump (22- 4 1/2) during the indoor season.
Matthew DeCicco, Hewlett, Sr.
The Albany commit is one of the best pentathletes in the state and ranked 20th in the 110 hurdles last spring with a personal best of 14.82.
Gueniel “Titan” Elysee, Huntington, Jr.
Elysee ranks 13th among state returners in the 400 hurdles after running a 56.61 in May.
Ian Frazer, Wantagh, Jr.
Frazer ran a personal-best 9:28.68 in the 3,200 in March, seventh amongst Long Island returners.
Top row, from left: Ryan Boldi, James Ciaccio, Zachary Davidson. Middle row, from left: Matthew DeCicco, Ian Frazer, Garfield Geddes. Bottom row, from left: Jordan Gibbs, Michael Huebner, Joshua Jacob Jordan.
Riley Funk, Port Washington, Sr.
Funk ran a 1:56.46 in the 800 last June and ranks among the state’s top 20 returners.
Garfield Geddes, Longwood, Sr.
A top-5 110 hurdler on Long Island. Geddes flew 23-5 in the long jump in January, fifth in the state.
Jordan Gibbs, Longwood, Sr.
The Syracuse football commit is also one of the best sprinters in the state. His personal-best 10.82 in the 100 is tied for 11th among returners. He ran a 22.01 in the 200 in May, fourth among Long Island returners.
Michael Huebner, Shoreham-Wading River, Sr.
The defending Division II state champion in the 800 owns the second-fastest time on Long Island, a 1:53.39 run in December.
Joshua Jacob Jordan, Floyd, Sr.
Jordan’s personal best of 10.72 in the 100 is fourth amongst state returners.
Logan Jung, Shoreham-Wading River, Jr.
Jung cleared 6-6 in the high jump in February to set the highest mark on Long Island and tie for the fifth spot in the state.
Nicolas Katsoulis, Manhasset, Soph.
Katsoulis’ 1:54.85 in the 800 ranks fourth among returning Long Islanders. He also ran the third leg of Manhasset’s indoor champion 4 x 800 relay team.
Jacob Kim, Herricks, Sr.
Kim ranks highly in all three jumps, but his strength is the high jump, where he cleared 6-4 twice in December to tie for 14th in the state rankings.
Jonah Kim, Syosset, Jr.
Kim cleared 15-3 in the pole vault in March to tie him for fourth in the state and first on Long Island.
Clockwise, from top left: Dylan Manning, Nicolas Katsoulis, Jonah Kim, Davin Li, Logan Jung.
Davin Li, Glenn, Sr.
The MIT commit’s personal best of 10.72 in the 100 and 21.75 in the 200 both lead Long Island returners and rank in the state’s top five.
Leyton Mangiamele, Shoreham-Wading River, Jr.
Mangiamele registered one of the state's top-20 marks in the long jump in February (22-4).
Dylan Manning, Commack, Sr.
Manning’s personal best of 9:44.44 in the 3,000 steeplechase ranks 12th in the state and third on Long Island.
Jah'rece Mathews, West Babylon, Sr.
Mathews, who competed for Roosevelt last season, ranked 14th in the state and second on Long Island in the discus (161-2).
Jayden McCabe, Connetquot, Jr.
A well-rounded athlete, McCabe’s personal best of 10.92 in the 100 ranks sixth on Long Island, while his 22-5 in the long jump places him fifth.
Evan Monaghan, Port Jefferson, Sr.
Monaghan’s personal record of 14.63 in the 110 hurdles ties him for seventh in the state among returners.
From left: Jayden McCabe, Evan Monaghan, Khadin Muhammad.
Anthony Morello, St. Anthony’s, Jr.
Morello ranked ninth in the state in the shot put during the indoor season (53-5 ½).
Khadin Muhammad, West Babylon, Jr.
Muhammad was the state’s runner-up in the indoor triple jump championship. His personal best of 46-10 is tops on Long Island and fourth in the state.
Myles Munro, Seaford, Sr.
The Temple commit ranks sixth on Long Island with a 9:28.56 in the 3,200 and second in the 3,000 steeple with a 9:42.17.
Joseph Norrby, East Islip, Sr.
Norrby is one of the 10 best 400 returners in the state with a personal best of 48.94. He cleared 6-3 in the high jump in January and has cleared as high as 6-5.
Clockwise, from left: Myles Munro, Joseph Norrby, Fernando Padilla.
Fernando Padilla, Connetquot, Sr.
Padilla also cleared 6-3 in the high jump, placing him fourth on Long Island entering the outdoor season. His personal record of 3,206 in the pentathlon ranked fourth in the state last spring.
Josiah Patterson, Islip, Sr.
Patterson’s personal-best 162-9 in the discus leads Long Island.
Jordan Peck, North Babylon, Jr.
Peck is the state’s sixth-best returning 110 hurdler (14.56) and fifth-best 400 hurdler (55.54).
Aidan Peterkin, Elmont, Jr.
Peterkin ran a 48.5 in the 400 twice last spring, giving himself the second-fastest personal best on Long Island.
Anthony Pisciotta, Commack, Jr.
Pisciotta threw 158-8 in the discus in May, which is the eighth-best returning mark in the state.
Josiah Price, West Babylon, Sr.
Price’s personal-best 21.84 in the 200 is tied for the 11th in the state and third on Long Island. His personal record of 48.7 in the 400 from 2023 also ranks third on Long Island.
Joseph Quinn, St. John the Baptist, Jr.
Quinn threw the shot 52-11 ¼ in March, which ranked him 10th in the state.
Kenneth Ramdayal, Herricks, Jr.
Ramdayal’s personal-best throw in the shot put (56-4 ¼) ranked sixth in the state during the winter season.
Matthew Robotham, Syosset, Sr.
Robotham flew 23 feet in the long jump in May to tie for the 11th spot in the state. That mark now ranks seventh in the state and second on Long Island, entering the outdoor season.
Blake Sealy, Manhasset, Jr.
Even during an injury-riddled indoor season, Sealy ran 1:56.33 in the 800, which is the seventh-ranked personal best on Long Island. He was also Newsday’s Nassau Cross Country Runner of the Year last fall.
Top row, from left: Josiah Patterson, Jordan Peck, Aidan Peterkin. Middle row, from left: Blake Sealy, Hartley Semmes, Anthony Pisciotta. Bottom row, from left: Jonathan Szymanski, Jon Seyfert, George Thomatos.
Hartley Semmes, Harborfields, Sr.
Semmes ran 9:26.28 in the 3,200 in May, which is the fifth-best personal record on Long Island.
Jon Seyfert, Ward Melville, Sr.
The defending indoor 1,600 champion. He ran 4:15.68 in March.
Jonathan Szymanski, Chaminade, Jr.
Szymanski spent time during the indoor season as the state's top shot putter. He finished third in the state with a throw of 60-8 ¼.
Cole Thalheimer, Manhasset, Sr.
Thalheimer ranks fifth on Long Island among returners in the 200 with a personal record of 22.04. His best 400 time of 49.42 is in the state’s top 20 entering the outdoor season. He also ran 1:56.08 in the 800, which is fifth-best on Long Island. To boot, Thalheimer ran the second leg of Manhasset’s indoor state champion 4 x 800 team in March.
George Thomatos, Farmingdale, Sr.
Nassau’s top distance runner was top 20 in the state during the indoor season in the 3,200 (9:19.3). That personal record in the race ranks second on Long Island. Thomatos will join Albanese at Binghamton next year.
From left: Tyler Zahra, Kaiden White, Brandon Thweatt.
Brandon Thweatt, Baldwin, Jr.
Thweatt is a strong sprinter and hurdler. His personal record of 10.9 in the 100 ranks fifth on Long Island, and he ranked ninth in the state during the indoor season in the 55 hurdles. He will run the 110 hurdles this spring.
Kaiden White, Islip, Sr.
From Jan. 12 through March 14, White ranked No. 1 in the state in the 300. White ran 21.81 in the 200 at Nike Indoor Nationals, which was the best time in the state this indoor season.
Tyler Zahra, Mt. Sinai, Sr.
The Navy commit spent a month atop the state’s leaderboard in the shot put during the indoor season after he threw a personal-record 60-9 ¾ in February. He finished the winter ranked second in the state and first on Long Island.
