Thursday, October 1, 2026
Uniondale’s boys track and field team had a lot of pressure entering the Nassau Class A championships. It’s been six years since they last won the county title, so coach Dennis Kornfield was itching to return to the school’s winning ways.
“Very happy to get back to the tradition that we had,” he said after Uniondale totaled 99 points Feb. 2 to capture the crown at Saint Anthony’s High School.
It’s the 34th title for the Knights dating back all the way to 1972.
This was Kornfield’s 26th indoor county championship, but easily one of his favorites in years.
“We feel that this could be, potentially, one of the better teams that we have had with all of the championships we have had,” Kornfield said.
And he has good reason.
For starters, Kornfield said Uniondale finally had enough athletes to build a durable team. The program majorly downsized during Covid, so it’s taken years for interest to build back up. Once the participation resumed pre-Covid numbers, the key ingredient was this year’s athletes were also incredibly hard-working, which made training them easier.
“The work ethic that these young men, very serious athletes,” Kornfield said.
Kornfield took pride in the 4x400 relay: Romain Eccleston, Danny Delva, Saishun Lamour and Ethan Davidson. The 4x200 comprised of Aelechi Akazi, Ramel Kinard, Michael Toney, and Jason Sylvain. It placed second and got All-County honors.
Lamour took home the county title in the 600-meter run in 1-minute, 25.36-seconds. Ross Wallace was a double county champ, winning the 1600- and 3200-meter races. He took home second place in the 1000 to total 28 points on his own.
Kornfield also said Wallace is among the top three all-time distance runners Uniondale has ever had, as evidenced by his results in the county championship.
Ai’Shan Powell won first place in the high jump and third place in the long jump. Molenson Jnmary took second in the triple jump, and Romain Eccleston was runner-up in the 300. Rounding out results were Delva at third place in the 300, and Davidson at fifth in the same contest.
Overall, Kornfield was glad to see the scoring distributed widely, that this win wasn’t riding on the back of one single athlete.
“It’s amazing to have that many kids scoring points,” Kornfield said.
Baldwin was a distant second to Uniondale with 73 points. Syosset was third with 53.
While happy with this year’s success, Kornfield is already looking to the future of the school.
“We have a lot of younger runners so we’re looking to start a new dynasty, hopefully” he said.
Overall, Kornfield reiterated how rewarding it was to see the Knights work together, cheer each other on, and push as hard as they could to bring home another banner to hang in the gym rafters.
“Very pleased indeed,” he affirmed.
