CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

On Saturday, February 25, 2006, the Northside College Prep Freshman Track and Field took on Foreman, Kenwood, South Shore, Maine West, Waukegan, Northside Country Prep, Fenger, Tilden, Luther North, and Crete-Monee at the Niles West Invitational. The Mustangs WON the entire meet, edging Niles West for the Freshman title, by a score of 139-136! Albert Lin lead the Mustangs in points with a record 32 points! Lin won the Long Jump (15'11.5) and 55m Low Hurdles (9.8), and placed third in the High Jump (4'4), and 55m High Hurdles (11.31). Eric Nelson scored 20 points for the Mustangs, by winning the High Jump (5'8), placing 2nd in the 400m Dash (63.5), and anchored the 4x160m Relay (22.04 split) to second place! Wemi Jemine scored 14.5 points for the Mustangs, by placing second in the High Jump (4'8), placing 4th in the Long Jump (15'8.5), and helped the 4x400m Relay win the Freshman division. John Ko placed second overall for the Mustangs in the Shot Put with a throw of 29'6.5! Ko also helped the 4x160m Weightmen Relay place second overall in the Freshman Division. Ryan Walach placed second overall for the Mustangs in the 3200m Run with a time of 13:25, represting a 5 second time drop off his season best. Brandon Cooper and Tyler Johnson placed 5th and 6th respectively for the Mustangs in the 1000m Run. Cooper also placed 5th overall in the 800m run with a time of 2:34. Simon Vecchioni placed 6th overall in the 800m run with a time of 2:38. Vecchioni also competed in the Shot Put, placed 6th in Long Jump, and lead-off for the 4x160m Weightmen Relay (21.93 split) to help the Freshman place 2nd in the Relay. Sam Vergara (1:57), Brian Chhun (2:02), and Coleman Gailloreto (2:16) placed 3rd, 4th, 5th respectively in the 600m Run. Brian Chhun also placed 3rd in the 200m Dash (28.70). Sam Vergara placed 6th in the 200m Dash (29.41), placed 5th in the 50m Dash and anchored the 4x400m Relay to victory in the Freshman division. The Mustangs Freshman Track and Field Team now has a season record of 11-0! The following are the individual point totals for the Freshman Division: Albert Lin 32 Eric Nelson 20 Wemi Jemine 14.5 Sam Vergara 11.5 John Ko 10 Ryan Walach 10 Brian Chhun 10 Brandon Cooper 6.5 Sammy Caronongan 6 Simon Vecchioni 4 Shaheed Ghogha 4 Dilraj Sekhon 4 Tyler Johnson 3.5 Nathan Michaelson 2 Coleman Gailloreto 2 The Mustangs scored 139 points, but only won the Invitational by 3 points, which is another example, that every point scored in a Track Meet is vital to the success of the TEAM and has a major impact on the outcome of the Meet. If you didn't score a point this meet, continue to focus on running, throwing, or jumping your personal best, and as you set new PRs, the points will naturely come with it. The Mustangs took a major step today towards winning the Freshman/Sophomore City Track and Field Championships, and several members of this Freshman Team will have a major impact this season on the Varsity at IHSA Sectionals and State Championships. The Northside College Prep Freshman Track and Field Team is now 11-0 and Undefeated!!!