CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

On Tuesday, April 11, 2006, a short-handed Northside College Prep Mens and Womens Track & Field Team went to Deerfield, Illinois to take on Sectional rivals Glenbrook North High School and host Deerfield High School. The meet featured only 3 Teams, so the point scale used was 5-3-2-1 for Individual Events, and 5-3 for Relays. The Northside Womens 3200m, 4x800, 4x400, and Triple Jump all had to be scratched due to the lack of athletes because of Spring Break. The Northside Freshman-Sophomore Boys 4x400, 4x100, and Triple Jump also had to be scratched due to Spring Break. However, the athletes that competed had a great time and received valuable experience competing against the Top Teams in the Sectional. Prior to the Meet, Deerfield High School honored their Senior athletes by having the Team form two rows for each Senior athlete and their parents to walk down, as highlights of each athlete's career were read over the loud speaker. The Mustangs got off to a great start in the Field Events. Freshman Eric Nelson Won the High Jump, and Wemi Jemine placed 5th overall! Nelson also ran a 59 second 400m PR in the 4x400m Relay, and placed 4th overall in the 300m hurdles. In the Shot Put, John Ko threw a personal best 30'8.5. In the Varsity Womens Shot Put, Kaitlin Renkosiak had a personal best throw of 23'10. In the Varsity Discus, Wemi Jemine threw a personal best 81'8. In the Womens Varsity Discus, Kaitlin Renkosiak placed 6th with a personal best throw of 60'4. Stephanie Sotomayer threw a personal best throw of 45'3, and ran a impressive 15.80 in the 100m Dash. In the Varsity Triple Jump, Albert Lin Jumped a personal best 34'8.5, and Bobby Ziegler jumped an outstanding 27'7.25. In the Varsity Womens 800 Meter Medley Relay, Natalie Hanigan, Stephanie Sotomayer, Adoara Achufusi, and anchor Anna Parks placed 2nd overall for the Mustangs. In the Varsity 4x800m Relay, Preston Buehrer (2:27), Erik Flores (2:36), Bobby Ziegler (2:35), and Joey Paquette (2:34), ran a 10:07, to place 3rd overall. In the Freshman-Sophomore 4x800m Relay, Simon Vecchioni (2:39), Irfan Hussain (2:55), Brad Eben (2:43), and James Casper-Shipp (2:39), ran a 10:56, to place 3rd overall. In the Varsity 3200m run, Deerfield High School won the event with a 10:10. Northside's Patrick O'Connor outkicked Glenbrook North's Buhle to the finish to place 2nd overall with an outstanding time of 10:30. In the Freshman-Sophomore 3200m Run, Adam Swiatlowski ran an outstanding 12:35. Freshman Shaheed Ghogha ran a personal best 12:45. In the Varsity 110m Hurdles, Albert Lin finished 5th overall, despite stoping before the finish line, with an outstanding time of 22.30. In the Freshman-Sophomore 110m Hurdles, Sammy Caronagan ran a personal best 21.91. In the 100m Dash, Simon Vecchioni ran a 13.90, Sam Vergara ran a personal best time of 14.50, and Melvin Thomas ran a personal best time of 14.70. In the Varsity 800m run, Freshman Brandon Cooper ran an outstanding time of 2:17 to place 4th overall. In the Freshman-Sophomore 800m run, Adam Swiatlowski (2:38), Shaheed Ghogha (2:43), and Calvin Lam (2:52) ran for the Mustangs. In the Varsity Womens 800m run, 11 Athletes lined the Track from Deerfield High School, 1 Athlete from Glenbrook North also toed the line, and 1 Athlete from Northside. The odds were against Northside and Glenbrook, but they overcame it and finished 1-2. Freshman Anna Parks won the 800m run with an outstanding time of 2:40. In the Mens 400m Run, Erik Flores ran an outstanding 60.83, followed by Brian Chhun (61.10), Brandon Cooper (62.40), Simon Vecchioni (65.16) and Melvin Thomas 68.70. In the Varsity Womens 400m Run, Anna Parks placed 3rd overall with an outstanding time of 69.97. In the Varsity 300m Hurdles, Eric Nelson placed 4th overall with a personal best time of 50.40. Albert Lin also ran a personal best time of 50.90. Sammy Caronagan ran a personal best time of 57.32 In the Varsity 1600m run, Patrick O'Connor placed 2nd overal with an outstanding time of 4:59. Bobby Ziegler dropped 3 seconds and ran a personal best time of 5:10. Preston Buehrer ran an outstanding time of 5:21. Joey Paquette ran an outstanding time of 5:21. In the Freshman-Sophomore 1600m Run, James Casper-Shipp (5:48), Adam Swiatlowski (5:53), Brad Eben (5:58), Shahhed Ghogha (6:07), Irfan Hussain (6:11), and Faraz Khan (6:40) ran for the Mustangs. In the Varsity Womens 1600m run, Jessica Galang ran an outstanding time of 7:39. In the Varsity Womens 200m Dash, Anna Parks won with a personal best time of 28.00. Kaitlin Renkowsiak ran an outstanding time of 33.70. In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Erik Flores ran a 60.68 400m Split on the first leg of the 4x400m Relay. Eric Nelson ran a 59.47 400m split on the second leg of the relay, and Preston Buehrer (65.44), and Patrick O'Connor (63.23) completed the Relay for the Mustangs after racing in the Mile run, for a total time of 4:08.82, for Third place. The Mustangs will get a rematch against Deerfield and Glenbrook, at the Niles North Invitational on Tuesday, April 18, 2006. VARSITY WOMENS Points Scored: 1. Anna Parks 12.75 2. Natalie Hanigan 0.75 3. Stephanie Sotomayer 0.75 4. Adoara Achufusi 0.75 VARSITY MENS Points Scored: 1. Eric Nelson 6 1. Patrick O'Connor 6 2. Brandon Cooper 1 SEASON MENS VARSITY POINT LEADERS (8 MEETS): 1. Daniel Kittaka 60.75 2. Patrick O'Connor 51.75 3. Eric Nelson 30.75 4. Joseph Terdik 25.25 5. Chris Zysko 18.00 6. Preston Buehrer 13.50 7. Bobby Ziegler 6.50 8. Joey Paquette 6.25 9. Brandon Cooper 3.75 10. Wemi Jemine 3.00 11. Manraj Bains 2.50 12. Erik Flores 2.25 13. Albert Lin 2.00 14. Tuan Lee 2.00 15. Geoffrey Edwards 1.50 16. Nick Florence 1.50 17. Benjamin Garcia 1.25 18. Eric Ullrich 1.25 19. Jonathan Kittaka 1.25 20. Jose Choto 1.00 21. Sam Vergara 0.75 22. Santino Merino 0.75 23. Tom Skawski 0.75 24. Aamir Khan 0.75 25. Christian Okoye 0.50 26. Ryne Tobin 0.50 27. Simon Vecchioni 0.25 28. Irfan Hussain 0.25