CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

On Friday, March 9, 2007, the Northside College Prep Womens Track & Field Team traveled to historic Henry Crown Field House to compete against Wheaton Academy, University High, Westmont H.S., and Northshore Country Day in the UC Lab School Indoor Classic. The points scale used for five teams, was 8-6-4-2-1 for Invidual events, and 8-6-4-2 for Relays. Northside College Prep won the UC Lab School Invite with 91 points! Uhigh placed second with 84 points. Westmont High School placed third with 37 points. North Shore Country Day School placed fourth with 18 points. Wheaton Academy placed fifth with 4 points. In the 3200m run, North Shore Country Day's Caitlin White won with an outstanding time of 13:18. Northside College Prep Senior Jessica Galang placed 3rd overall with a personal best time of 15:07. In the 55m Hurdles, Kelly Varney placed first overall with an outstanding time of 9.40. Jennifer Kane ran a pesonal best time of 10.88. Karen Li ran an outstanding time of 11.10. Amy Perez ran an outstanding time of 11.50. Maria Zdunek ran a time of 11.75. Alex Custer ran a personal best time of 12.39. In the 55m Dash, U-High A.McMahon won with a time of 7.6. The Mustangs were lead by Senior Natalie Hanigan with a time of 7.97. Hanigan placed fifth overall. Amy Perez ran an outstanding time of 8.18. Karen Li ran a time of 8.50. Derika Benton ran a time of 8.90. Stephanie Sotomayor ran a time of 9.20. Brittany Brown ran a personal best time of 9.48. In the 4x800m Relay, Julie Bujnowski ran a 2:49 on the first leg of the relay. Meghan Schmit ran a 2:49 on the second leg of the relay. Jaye Gardiner ran a personal best time of 2:59 on the third leg of the relay. Freshman Bessie Nolan anchored the relay to first place, with a 800m split of 2:51, and a Team total time of 11:28. The Mustangs placed 1st in the 4x800m Relay. In the 4x200m Relay, Natalie Hanigan ran a 30.16 200m split on the first leg of the relay and made a nice exchange to Maria Torres. Torres ran a 29.10 200m split! on the second leg of the relay. Adoara Achfusi ran a 28.58 200m split! on the third leg of the relay. Kelly Varney anchored the 4x200m Relay to 1st place, with a 29.76 200m split on the final leg of the relay, for a total time of 1:58.00. The Mustangs placed 1st in the 4x200m Relay. In the Mile run, U-High Shannon Kimball won it. Carmen Abelson tied her season PR with an outstanding time of 6:22, to place fourth overall. Freshman Mahaim Haider placed 9th overall with a personal best time of 7:53. Freshman Jessica Tapia placed 10th overall with a time of 7:56. In the 400m Dash, Westmont's Carolyn Kalafut won it. Julie Bujnowski ran a time of 70 seconds to place third overall. Courtney Konow ran a time of 75 seconds to place sixth overall. Alex Custer ran a time of 84 seconds. Andrea Buiser ran a personal best time of 93 seconds. In the 800m run, Anna Parks WON with an outstanding time of 2:36. Parks ran 38 seconds for the first 200m, and was at 80 seconds for 400m, and 2:01 through 600m, and 2:36 to win the 800m run. Freshman Bessie Nolan placed 4th overall with an outstanding time of 2:51 (82/89). Nolan was at 39 seconds for the first 200m, and was at 82 seconds for 400m, and 2:09 through 600m, and 2:51 for 800m. Sophomore Monica Laytham had an outstanding 800m race in the first track meet of her high school career. Laytham was at 39 seconds for the first 200m, and was at 83 seconds for 400m, and 2:13 through 600m, and a Personal Best time of 2:59 for 800m (83/96). Monica Laytham placed fifth overall. Sophomore Jennifer Friedmann also had an outstanding 800m race in her first track meet of the season. Friedmann was at 41 seconds for the first 200m, and was at 86 seconds for 400m, and 2:17 through 600m, and an outstanding time of 3:09 for 800m (86/103). The Mustangs were very impressive in the 800m run. In the 200m Dash, U-High's A. McMahon won with a time of 28.3. Maria Torres ran an outstanding time of 29.58 to place fifth overall. Jennifer Kane ran a time of 30.10. Karen Li ran a time of 31.40 in a photo finish with Kaitlin Renkosiak. Renkosiak dropped 2 seconds off her PR, for a personal best time of 31.50! Gayatri Satam ran a time of 32.20. Stephanie Sotomayor ran a time of 34.20. In the 4x400m Relay, Julie Bujnowski ran a 400m split of 68.95 on the first leg of the relay and made a nice exchange to Kelly Varney. Kelly Varney ran a 72.61 400m split on the second leg of the 4x400m Relay. Natalie Hanigan ran a 71.44 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Anna Parks. Parks anchored the relay to 1st place with an outstanding 400m split of 68.40, for a total time of 4:41.40. In the Triple Jump, Northside's Maria Torres placed 1st with a jump of 31'8.75. Kelly Varney placed second overall with a jump of 28'5. Amina Jambo placed fourth overall with a jump of 25'5. Courtney Knonow placed fifth overall with a jump of 25'2. Kaitlin Renkosiak placed 6th overall with a jump of 23'3.5. In the Long Jump, Westmont's Rassiwalla tied for first with Maria Torres with a jump of 14'3.5. Northside's Julie Bujnowski jumped 13'10 to place third overall. Maria Zdunek placed fourth overall with a jump of 13'4. Gayatri Satam placed fifth overall with a jump of 12'4. Anna Parks placed sixth overall with a jump of 12'2. VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT UC LAB SCHOOL INVITATIONAL 1. Maria Torres 18 1. Kelly Varney 18 2. Julie Bujnowski 12 3. Anna Parks 10 4. Natalie Hanigan 5 5. Jessica Galang 4 5. Carmen Abelson 4 5. Bessie Nolan 4 6. Meghan Schmit 2 6. Jaye Gardiner 2 6. Adaora Achfusi 2 6. Jennifer Kane 2 6. Amina Jambo 2 6. Maria Zdunek 2 7. Monica Laytham 1 7. Karen Li 1 7. Courtney Konow 1 7. Gayatri Satam 1 (Varsity letter will be awarded to all athletes that score a point this season in a Varsity meet.) The Varsity Women Mustangs have started the 2007 Track & Field Season 11-0! WIN = What's Important Now?