CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

On Saturday, April 22, 2006, the Northside Mens Track & Field Team traveled to Eckersal stadium to take on 15 schools in the Kenwood Classic. The meet was well organized and complete with Hy-Tek scoring, and a surplus of officials. Medals were awarded to the Top 3 Individuals in each Event. Team Trophys were also awarded to the Top 3 Teams in the meet. Eight places were scored, and the scoring scale used was 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Oak Park-River Forest High School won the meet. The Mustangs took home several medals and the Third place Trophy by scoring 92 points!! In the 4x800m Relay, Brandon Cooper lead-off with 61 seconds opening quarter, and ran a 2:10.59 on the first leg of the 4x800m Relay. Joseph Terdik ran 62 seconds for the first quarter, and a 2:12.40 800m split on the second leg of the 4x800m relay, and made a nice exchange to Preston Buehrer. Preston Buehrer ran 66 seconds for the first quarter, and a 2:20.44 800m split on the third leg of the 4x800m relay. Patrick O'Connor anchored the 4x800m relay to victory with 63 seconds for the first quarter, and a 2:11.76 800m split on the final leg of the 4x800m relay, for a total time of 8:54.19. It was the fastest 4x800m Relay by Northside this season. In the 4x100m Relay, Brian Chhun lead-off with 12.23 100m split, and made a nice exchange to Santino Merino. Merino ran a 12.50 on the second leg of the 4x100m relay, and made a nice exchange to Geoff Edwards. Edwards ran a 13.10 on the third leg of the relay. Sam Vergara anchored the relay to 5th place overall with a 13.15 100m split, for a total time of 50.98. In the Weightmen's 4x100m Relay, Wemi Jemine and Manraj Bains did not make the Team Bus, and throwers Spencer Rosenfeldt and James Casper-Shipp ran in there replacement. Brandon Cooper ran a 12.83 100m split on the first leg of the relay. James Casper-Shipp ran a 13.91 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Spencer Rosenfeldt ran a 14.95 100m split on the third leg of the relay and made a nice exchange to Preston Buehter. Buehrer anchored the relay with a personal best 12.41 100m split, to place 4th overall, for a total time of 54.10. In the Shot Put, Chris Zysko placed 7th overall with a throw of 36'5.5. Benjamin Garcia threw a personal best 33'2. In the Discus, Chris Zysko placed 4th overall with a throw of 112'11. Benjamin Garcia placed 6th overall with a personal best throw of 92'2. In the High Jump, Eric Nelson placed 3rd overall with an outstanding jump of 5'10. In the Long Jump, Geoff Edwards placed 8th overall with a personal best 17'04.25. In the Triple Jump, Eric Nelson placed 6th overall with a personal best 36'1. Geoff Edwards placed 8th overall with a personal best 31'9.75. In the 3200m run, Daniel Kittaka ran a 5:07 for the first mile, and won the 3200m run with an outstanding time of 10:38. Jonathan Kittaka ran a 5:27 for the first mile, and placed 4th overall with an outstanding time of 11:22. In 110m High Hurdles, the Mustangs were without Hurdlers Albert Lin and Sammy Caronagan due to other obligations. Santino Merino and Captain Daniel Kittaka came through for the Mustangs on a moment's notice. Santino Merino placed 4th overall with a personal best time of 22.21. Daniel Kittaka placed 6th overall with a personal best time of 25.93. In the 100m Dash, Erik Flores ran a 13.63. Sam Vergara ran a 14.27. In the 800m run, Freshman Brandon Cooper ran the first quarter in 63 seconds, and placed 4th overall with a 800m time of 2:17. Sophomore Preston Buehrer ran the first quarter in 65 seconds, and placed 6th overall with a 800m time of 2:20. In the 4x200m Relay, the Mustangs placed 7th overall, with a time of 1:47.31. Brian Chhun ran the first leg in 27.77 and made a nice exchange to Santino Merino. Merino ran the second leg in 26.32. Geoff Edwards ran a 25.28 on the third leg of the relay, and Erik Flores anchored the relay with a 27.54. In the 400m Dash, Benjamin Garcia ran a 57.41. In the 300m Hurdles, Eric Nelson placed 6th overall with a 50.18. Daniel Kittaka placed 8th overall with a personal best 53.82. In the 1600m Run, Patrick O'Connor placed 3rd overall with a 4:49. Joseph Terdik placed 4th overall with a 5:08. In the 4x400m Relay, Preston Buehrer ran a personal best 59.80 on the first leg of the relay. Eric Nelson ran a 62.70 on the second leg of the relay. Brandon Cooper ran a 59.42 on the third leg of the relay, and Benjamin Garcia anchored the relay with a 58.58 on the final leg of the relay to place 5th overall with a time of 4:00.50. VARSITY POINTS SCORED Daniel Kittaka 14.00 Eric Nelson 13.00 Brandon Cooper 9.75 Patrick O'Connor 8.50 Preston Buehrer 7.75 Joseph Terdik 7.50 Chris Zysko 7.00 Santino Merino 6.50 Jonathan Kittaka 5.00 Benjamin Garcia 4.00 Geoff Edwards 3.50 Brian Chhun 1.50 James Casper-Shipp 1.25 Spencer Rosenfeldt 1.25 Sam Vergara 1.00 Erik Flores 0.50 SEASON MENS VARSITY POINT LEADERS (10 MEETS): 1. Daniel Kittaka 74.75 2. Patrick O'Connor 65.25 3. Eric Nelson 43.75 4. Joseph Terdik 32.75 5. Chris Zysko 25.00 6. Preston Buehrer 22.25 7. Brandon Cooper 14.50 8. Joey Paquette 7.25 9. Santino Merino 7.25 10. Bobby Ziegler 6.50 11. Jonathan Kittaka 6.25 12. Benjamin Garcia 5.25 13. Geoffrey Edwards 5.00 14. Erik Flores 3.75 15. Wemi Jemine 3.00 16. Manraj Bains 2.50 17. Albert Lin 2.00 18. Tuan Lee 2.00 19. Sam Vergara 1.75 20. Brian Chhun 1.50 21. Nick Florence 1.50 22. Eric Ullrich 1.25 23. James Casper-Shipp 1.25 24. Spencer Rosenfeldt 1.25 25. Jose Choto 1.00 26. Tom Skawski 0.75 27. Aamir Khan 0.75 28. Christian Okoye 0.50 29. Ryne Tobin 0.50 30. Simon Vecchioni 0.25 31. Irfan Hussain 0.25