CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

On Tuesday, February 20, 2007, the entire Northside Mens Track & Field Team traveled to New Trier High School for the New Trier Indoor classic, which featured Loyola, New Trier, Northside College Prep, and Lake View High School. The meet featured unlimited entries in all events, and was not scored. Although the meet was not scored, Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon will still score the meet, because Varsity letters are awarded at Northside based on Varsity points scored in all meets. Since their were four teams, points will be awarded through fifth place, and relay points will be awarded through third place. The highlights of the meet include a 3rd place finish overall by Northside Senior Geoff Edwards in the Long Jump, with a jump of 18'1. Edwards placed third in a field that included the best jumpers in last years IHSA State Sectional. Northside Junior Preston Buehrer placed 5th overall in the 800m run with an outstanding time of 2:20. Buehrer also ran a 5:18 in the Mile. Northside Sophomore Simon Vecchioni dropped 7 seconds of his PR to finish 6th overall in the 800m run with a personal best time of 2:21. Northside Junior Erik Flores also ran an outstanding 800m time of 2:25. Northside Junior Brian Chhun also ran a personal best 800m time of 2:29.5. Northside Junior Harold Jaffe ran a personal best 800m time of 2:31. Northside 4x145m relay, which included Omer Aba-Omer, Santino Merino, Martin Melto, and Geoff Edwards, combined for third place overall. Northside 4x400m relay, which included a 58 400m split by Senior Geoff Edwards on the first leg, and awesome exchanges to Erik Flores to Simon Vecchioni, and was anchored to third place by Northside Captain Preston Buehrer, for a time of 4:11. VARSITY POINTS SCORED 1. Geoff Edwards 4.0 2. Preston Buehrer 2.0 3. Erik Flores 0.5 3. Simon Vecchioni 0.5 3. Omer Aba-Omer 0.5 3. Martin Melto 0.5 3. Santino Merino 0.5 The Mustangs will compete in their first Invitational of the season, this Saturday, February 24, 2007, at Niles West High School. The Niles West Invitational, features three divisions, Freshman, Sophomore, and Varsity. Last season, the Northside Freshman won the Niles West Invitational, and the Sophomore and Varsity squads placed fourth. This year the Mustangs will be seeking their first Varsity Invitational title of the season at Niles West. All Northside Freshman will compete in the Freshman division. However, the majority of the Sophomore squad will compete at the Varsity level, in an effort to help the Varsity bring home the Niles West Invitational Title.