CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

On April 18, 2006, the Mustangs traveled to Niles North High School for the Viking Invitational. The meet offered three divisions, Varisity, Junior Varisty, and Freshman. Track and Field Meets in Illinois, only offer athletes 2 divisions (Varsity and Sophomore-Freshman). Head Niles North Coach Paul Swanson came up with the idea to have a meet with Three divisions to get more athletes involved in participating in multiple events and to better develop the depth of Track and Field Teams. The meet was huge success, and all three divisions were highly competitive. In the Junior Varsity 4x800m Relay, Senior Bobby Ziegler ran a personal best 800m split of 2:25, representing a 4 second time drop, on the first leg of the 4x800m relay. On the second leg of the relay, Adam Swiatlowski ran an 800m split of 2:33. On the Third leg of the 4x800m relay, Sophomore Eric Ullrich ran a 2:31 800m split. On the anchor leg of the relay, Irfan Hussain ran a 2:55 800m split, for a total time of 10:34. In the Junior Varsity 4x100m Relay, Sophomore James Casper-Shipp ran a personal best 12.98 100m split. Faraz Khan ran a 19.61 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Walid Mohammad ran a personal best 14.00 100m split on the third leg of the relay, and Melvin Thomas anchored the relay with a 14.94 100m split on the fourth leg of the relay. In the Junior Varsity 800m run, Eric Ullrich ran a 2:31. Ullrich ran up the steps of the pyramids in Mexico during Spring break last week as part of his Outdoor Track season training. In the Junior Varsity 4x200m relay, Irfan Hussain ran the first leg of the 4x200m relay, Faraz Khan ran the second leg of the 4x200m relay, Melvin Thomas ran a 30.34 200m split on the third leg of the relay. However, Walid Mohammad did not make back to the Track in time for the fourth leg of the relay. But all three athletes that ran in the relay gained valuable experience. In the Junior Varsity 400m run, Irfan Hussain ran a time of 69.00 In the Junior Varsity Mile, Bobby Ziegler ran a 5:18, and Adam Swiatlowski ran a 5:40 Mile. In the Junior Varsity 4x400m Relay, Melvin Thomas ran a 67.20 on the first leg, Eric Ullrich ran a 67.38 on the second leg, Adam Swiatlowski ran 69.09 on the third leg, and Bobby Ziegler anchored the relay with a 68.79 400m split. JUNIOR VARSITY POINTS SCORED Melvin Thomas 0.75 James Casper-Shipp 0.50 Faraz Khan 0.50 Walid Mohammad 0.50 Eric Ullrich 0.25 Bobby Ziegler 0.25 Adam Swiatlowski 0.25