CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

Thanks to the efforts of Whitney Young Head Girls Track & Field Coach Bob Geiger, Pole Vault has returned to the CPS Outdoor City Championships for the first time since 1982. The addition of Pole Vault will help enable CPS schools to score up to 18 additional points in IHSA Sectional and State meets. On Wednesday, March 14, 2007, and Thursday, March 15, 2007, Northside Athletes Vinh Nguyen, Natalie Hanigan, Simon Vecchioni, and Bessie Nolan, traveled with Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon to Whitney Young High School to train from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm with gifted Whitney Young Pole Vault Coach Bob Geiger and his outstanding athletes. Although the Mustangs have only had a couple of days of training, they have been impressive, and Northside Sophomore Simon Vecchioni will be the first athlete in the history of Northside College Prep to vault in a meet, on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at the Ostberg Sophomore-Freshman Championships at Fenton High School. Vecchioni will also be competing in the 4x800m Relay, 800m run, and 4x405 yards Relay.