Hines leads Kingston at OCIAA title meet

Jayson Hines won two titles for Kingston at the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association meet.

Jayson Hines captured two championships, Robert Becker repeated and Kingston High claimed four other individual titles at the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association meet.

Warwick ran away with the boys team title with 125 points. The Tigers topped the rest of the field with 62 points, edging out Newburgh Free Academy by one point.

Hines was the double distance champion. He beat Warwick’s Tom Gardiner by just over a second to win the 3200-meter run in 9:29.60. He also prevailed in the 3000 steeplechase with a 9:29.34.

Becker completed Kingston’s reign of the distances, repeating as the 1600 champ in 4:21.82.

Joshua Yovella won the discus title, throwing a career-best 127-2 to win by more than two feet.

Kingston’s girls were sixth overall with 39 points, led by Jaid Harrell, Qyneice Hylton-Jackson, Grace Longendyke and Monica Reyes.

Harrell cleared 5-3 to win the high jump. Hylton-Jackson won the javelin with a throw of 97-3 and was third in the shot put with a 344.25 toss.

Longendyke won the triple with a 36-6.75 effort, three inches better than her season best.

Reyes medaled in three

individual events. She was fourth in the discus (995), fifth in the shot (33-1.75) and sixth in the javelin (671).

The Tigers head to Middletown Friday for the Section 9, Class A meet.

How Kingston athletes fared: BOYS 1600 relay: 3. Kingston 3:26.02 3200 relay: 4. Kingston 8:23.48 400: 4. Witcliffe Cunningham 51.90 800: 7. Lucas Lopez 2:00.20; 23. Eddy Zajac 2:10.06 1600: 1. Robert Becker 2:21.82 3000 steeplechase: 1. Jayson Hines 9:29.34 3200: 1. Jayson Hines 9:29.60

Pentathlon: 8. Ethan Nigro 2559 Discus: 1. Joshua Yovella 127-2; 12. Jack McDonough 110-9; 15. Joe Mains 102-10 Javelin: 7. Jack McDonough 1180; 9. Joshua Yovella 106-1; 21; Joe Mains 75-7 Long jump: 4. Ben Osborn 20-4; 8. Chuck Robinson 19-4.25; 24. Luke Bernadine 17-4 Pole vault: 14. Bruce Lent 10-0 Shot put: 4. Joshua Yovella 441.25; 7. Joe Mains 41-5; 11. Jack McDonough 40-7 Triple jump: 7. Ben Osborn 40-7 —— GIRLS 400 relay: 4. Kingston 50.87 1600 relay: 6. Kingston 4:15.90 3200 relay; 5. Kingston 10:06.83

400: 14. Livi Longendyke 1:02.91 800: 16. Madisyn Beisswenger 2:33.63 3000: 11. Cindy Jiang 11:50.02; 12. Hallie TerBush 12:03.32 Discus: 4. Monica Reyes 99-5; 12. Qyneice Hylton-Jackson 833; 14. Adrienne Crawford 80-2; High jump: 1. Jaid Harrell 5-3; 7. Samantha Shaw 4-8; Javelin: 1. Qyneice Hylton-Jackson 97-3; 4. Adrienne Crawford 73-4; 6. Monica Reyes 67-1 Long jump: 7. Grace Longendyke 14-10.25; 9. Chloe Chaffin 13-10.75 Shot put: 3. Qyneice HyltonJackson 34-4.25; 5. Monica Reyes 33-1.75; 13. Adrienne Crawford 28-7.50 Triple jump: 1. Grace Longendyke 35-6.75