CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

On Saturday, April 21, 2007, the Northside Varsity Womens Track & Field Team traveled to Eckersal Stadium for the Ed Key Invitational. The meet features over 20 schools, and the Mustangs placed fourth overall, and broke FIVE school records in the meet!!!!! In the Discus, Kaitlin Renkosiak WON and BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD with a throw of 75'10. Kelly Varney placed third overall with a throw of 71'9. In the Shot Put, Kaitlin Renkosiak placed sixth overall with a throw of 24'2.5. Kelly Varney placed ninth overall with a throw of 23'04. In the Long Jump, Maria Torres jumped 13'7. Julie Bujnowski jumped 12'11. In the High Jump, Jennifer Friedman jummped a personal best 3'10 to place eighth overall. Alex Custer had three quality attempts at 3'8. In the Triple Jump, Maria Torres placed second overall with a jump of 32'9. Maria Zdunek did not show up to the meet. In the 3200m run, Ani Zotti WON it with a personal best time of 12:43 (6:14/6:29). Anna Parks placed third overall with a personal best time of 12:48.2 (6:16/6:32.2). In the 4x100m Relay, Jennifer Kane ran a 14.07 100m split on the first leg of the relay. Maria Torres ran a 13.13 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Adaora Achufusi ran a 13.71 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Senior Natalie Hanigan anchored the Mustangs to a NEW SCHOOL RECORD with a 14.06 100m split, for a total time of 54.97. In the 4x800m Relay, Senior Mary Shelus ran a 2:34 800m split (73/81) on the first leg of the Relay, and made a nice exchange to Senior Amy Perez. Amy Perez ran a 2:45 personal best 800m split (75/90) on the second leg of the relay. Sophomore Jennifer Friedman ran a 2:58 personal best 800m split (84/94) on the third leg of the relay. Senior Julie Bujnowski anchored the Mustangs to FIRST PLACE with a 2:43 800m split(78/85), for a total time of 11:00. In the 100m Hurdles, Kelly Varney placed eighth with a time of 19.75. Jennifer Kane scratched from the Hurdles. In the 100m Dash, results will be posted as soon as the F.A.T. timing results are made available. In the 800m run, Senior Mary Shelus WON it and broke the SCHOOL RECORD with a personal best time of 2:30.81 (70/80). Sophomore Ani Zotti placed fifth overall with a time of 2:51 (84/87). In the Weightwomen's 4x100m Relay, Stephanie Sotomayor ran a 15.49 100m split on the first leg of the relay. Kaitlin Renkosiak ran a 14.82 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Adaora Achufusi ran a 13.45 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Kelly Varney anchored the Mutstangs to a NEW SCHOOL RECORD with a 13.60 100m split, and a total time of 57.36. In the 4x200m Relay, Natalie Hanigan ran a 29.14 200m split on the first leg of the relay. Jennifer Kane ran a 28.27 200m split on the second leg of the relay. Adaora Achufusi ran a 29.45 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Maria Torres anchored the Mustangs to sixth place, with a 29.72 200m split, for a total time of 1:56.58. In the 400m Dash, Julie Bujnowski ran a 67.02 to place third overall. Karen Li did not show up to the meet. In the 300m Hurdles, Senior Amy Perez broke the SCHOOL RECORD with a time of 55.03. Alex Custer ran a personal best time of 68.00. However, we are still waiting for official F.A.T. scoring in this event, and will post it as soon as it becomes available. In the 1600m Run, Captain Rachel Kittaka WON it, with an outstanding time of 5:42 (2:44/2:58). Jessica Galang ran a time of 7:20 (3:25/3:55). In the 200m Dash, results will be posted as soon as F.A.T. timing results are made available. In the 4x400m Relay, the Mustangs were disqualified for cutting in before the curve on the second leg of the relay. However, the Mustangs ran outstanding. Adaora Achufusi ran a 65.25 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Amy Perez ran a 69.66 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Rachel Kittaka ran a 74.14 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Julie Bujnowski ran a 68.13 400m split on the anchor leg of the relay for a total time of 4:37.18. VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT ED KEY INVITATIONAL 1. Kaitlin Renkosiak 15.00 2. Ani Zotti 14.00 3. Mary Shelus 12.50 4. Rachel Kittaka 10.00 5. Kelly Varney 9.00 6. Maria Torres 8.75 7. Julie Bujnowski 8.50 8. Anna Parks 6.00 9. Jennifer Friedman 3.50 10. Adaora Achufusi 2.75 11. Amy Perez 2.50 12. Stephanie Sotomayor 2.00 13. Natalie Hanigan 0.75 13. Jennifer Kane 0.75 2007 VARSITY POINTS LEADERS (9 Meets scored) 1. Kelly Varney 78.50 2. Anna Parks 67.00 3. Maria Torres 60.75 4. Kaitlin Renkosiak 54.00 5. Julie Bujnowski 52.50 6. Rachel Kittaka 37.50 7. Carmen Abelson 29.00 8. Courtney Konow 27.75 9. Amy Perez 20.75 10.Ani Zotti 19.00 11.Natalie Hanigan 15.75 12.Mary Shelus 15.00 13.Bessie Nolan 14.50 14.Monica Laytham 14.00 14.Jessica Galang 14.00 15.Jennifer Kane 12.75 16.Jaye Gardiner 12.50 17.Maria Zdunek 11.25 18.Meghan Schmit 8.00 19.Adaora Achufusi 7.50 20.Gayatri Satam 5.25 21.Karen Li 4.50 22.Jolanda Steier 4.00 22.Alice Thatcher 4.00 23.Jennifer Friedman 3.50 24.Stephanie Sotomayor 3.25 25.Amina Jambo 2.00 26.Jennifer Mensah 1.25 The above athletes have all earned a Varisty letter this season by scoring points in a Varsity meet.

On April 21, 2007, the Northside Varsity Mens Track & Field Team traveled to Eckersal Stadium for the Ed Key Invitational. The meet featured over 20 schools and is named after Ed Key, who was a long time high school coach in Illinois, and had numerous State Champions in the 100m dash. Ed Key would have enjoyed the Mustangs performance on Saturday. For the first time in school history, the Northside Mustangs brought home the 2nd place Trophy from the Ed Key Invitational, and were within six points of first place, despite a couple of Northside athletes leaving the meet early before they had completed all of their events. In the Discus, Captain Eric Nelson took third in his flight and sixth overall with a personal best throw of 91'7. Senior Robert Garcia took fourth in his flight, and ninth overall with a personal best throw of 82'2. In the Shot Put, Sophomore Eric Nelson came within 0'2 of the school record with a personal best throw of 36'11. Senior Darrel Johnson threw 31'7. In the High Jump, Sophomore Eric Nelson placed 2nd overall with a jump of 5'10. Nelson came close to clearing 6'0, and hit the bar with his elbow on the way down. Sophomore Simon Vecchioni placed fifth overall with a personal best jump of 5'2. Simon Vecchioni was also awarded a black belt on Saturday evening, the highest honor you can receive in Karate. In the Triple Jump, Captain Eric Nelson placed third overall with a jump of 38'2. Junior Vinh Nguyen placed fifth overall with a personal best jump of 26'4. In the Long Jump, Sophomore Brian Chhun jumped a personal best 14'9. Vinh Nguyen jumped 12'6. In the 3200m run, the one-two punch of Jonathan Kittaka and Preston Buehrer combined for 13 points! Jonathan Kittaka placed second overall with an outstanding time of 10:36 (5:05/5:31). Captain Preston Buehrer placed fourth overall with an outstanding time of 10:58 (5:17/5:41). In the 4x100m Relay, Freshman Hunter Speese ran a 12.09 100m split on the first leg of the Relay, and made a nice exchange to Junior Erik Flores. Erik Flores ran a 12.14 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Freshman Neal Capapas ran a 12.16 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Junior Jose Choto, on his birthday, anchored the Mustangs to a NEW SCHOOL RECORD with a 12.35 100m split, for a total time of 48.74. In the 4x800m Relay, Sophomore Simon Vecchioni ran a personal best 2:16 800m split(64/72) on the first leg of the Relay, and made a nice exchange to Junior Erik Flores. Erik Flores ran a 2:24 800m split (71/73) on the second leg of the relay. Junior Harold Jaffe ran a 2:22 800m split (71/71) on the third leg of the relay. Junior Santino Merino, anchored the Mustangs to sixth overall with a 2:24 800m split (66/78), for a total time of 9:26. In the 110m Hurdles, Freshman Andrew Czyszczon placed fourth overall with a time of 21.80. In the 100m Dash, Freshman Hunter Speese ran a personal best time of 12.27. Junior Preston Buehrer ran an outstanding time of 12.46. In the 800m run, Senior John Holler placed fourth overall with an outstanding time of 2:08.22 (59/69). Junior Harold Jaffe ran in place of Senior Geoff Edwards (injuried hamstring) and ran an outstanding time of 2:22 (69/73). In the Weightmen's 4x100m Relay, Senior Robert Garcia ran a 14.44 100m split on the first leg of the Relay. Sophomore Gustavo Hernandez ran a 13.00 100m split on the second leg of the Relay. Senior Joey Paquette ran a 12.92 100m split on the third leg of the Relay, and made a nice exchange to Junior Vinh Nguyen. Vinh Nguyen anchored the Mustangs to second place, with a 14.16 100m split, for a total time of 54.52. In the 4x200m Relay, Freshman Hunter Speese ran a 24.07 200m split on the first leg of the Relay. Sophomore Santino Merino ran a 25.82 200m split on the second leg of the Relay. Freshman Neal Capapas ran a 25.18 200m split on the third leg of the Relay. Junior Erik Flores had difficulty with the exchange and ran a 28.21 200m split on the anchor leg of the relay, for a total time of 1:43.28. In the 400m run, Junior Preston Buehrer placed second in his heat, with a personal best time of 58.40. Junior Jose Choto left the meet early, and had to be scratched from the 400m run. In the 300m Hurdles, Junior Santino Merino placed fifth overall with a time of 51.42. Freshman Andrew Czyszczon placed seventh overall with a personal best time of 53.19. In the 1600m run, Jonathan Kittaka placed second overall with a time of 4:59 (2:30/2:29). Junior Harold Jaffe ran in place of Senior John Holler, who left the meet early, and ran a personal best time of 5:20 (2:35/2:45) to place sixth overall and score vital points for the Mustangs. In the 200m Dash, Santino Merino and Neal Capapas ran in place of Jose Choto and Hunter Speese because both athletes left the meet early. Neal Capapas hand-held time was 24.99. Santino Merino hand-held time was 25.41. F.A.T. times will be posted as soon as we receive the official results. In the 4x400m Relay, Junior Erik Flores ran a personal best 400m split of 56.33 on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Brian Chhun. Brian Chhun ran a personal best 400m split of 57.81 on the secoond leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Neal Capapas. Neal Capapas ran a 59.93 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Captain Preston Buehrer. Preston Buehrer anchored the Mustangs to second place in their heat, and sixth overall with a 61.27 400m split, for a NEW SCHOOL RECORD of 3:55.34! VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT ED KEY INVITATIONAL 1. Eric Nelson 17.00 2. Jonathan Kittaka 16.00 3. Andrew Czyszczon 7.00 4. Vinh Nguyen 6.00 5. Preston Buehrer 5.75 6. John Holler 5.00 7. Simon Vecchioni 4.75 7. Santino Merino 4.75 8. Harold Jaffe 3.75 9. Gustavo Hernandez 2.00 9. Robert Garcia 2.00 9. Joey Paquette 2.00 10. Erik Flores 1.50 11. Neal Capapas 0.75 11. Brian Chhun 0.75 VARSITY POINTS SEASON LEADERS (12 Meets) 1. Jonathan Kittaka 63.25 2. Eric Nelson 51.00 3. Geoff Edwards 46.00 4. Preston Buehrer 40.00 5. Albert Lin 21.00 6. Patrick O'Connor 19.75 7. Santino Merino 17.50 8. John Holler 16.25 9. Simon Vecchioni 16.00 10.Jose Choto 14.75 11.Erik Flores 11.50 12.Benjamin Garcia 11.00 13.Cuitlahuac Pineda 10.25 14.Wemi Jemine 10.00 15.Vinh Nguyen 8.50 16.Harold Jaffe 8.00 17.Martin Melto 7.75 18.Hunter Speese 7.50 19.Andrew Czyszczon 7.00 20.Brian Chhun 6.00 21.Neal Capapas 5.75 22.Robert Garcia 3.50 23.Joey Paquette 2.00 23.Gustavo Hernandez 2.00 24.Darrel Johnson 1.50 25.Nick Ruff 1.00 25.Faraz Khan 1.00 25.Adam Swiatlowski 1.00 26.Peter Wilk 0.75 27.Omer Aba-Omer 0.50 The above athletes have earned a Varsity letter this season by scoring at the Varsity level.

On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, the Northside Mens Track & Field Team traveled to Winnetka, Illinois for the New Trier Classic, featuring Maine East and host New Trier High School. The meet featured three schools, and was scored 5-3-2-1 for individual events, and 5-3 for relays. In the Triple Jump, Northside Sophomore Eric Nelson triple Jumped for the first time since the 2006 City Championships, and on his second jump of the day, jumped a personal best jump of 38'8 to place third overall. Nelson is now within 1'4 of the school record! Sophomore Albert Lin triple jumped 35'8 to place fourth overall. In the Long Jump, New Trier's Nynn jumped 20'5 to win it. Maine East's Wilson jumped 18'4.5 to place second. New Trier's Bittman jumped 17'10 to place third. Northside Sophomore Albert Lin completed the scoring with a jump of 17'5 on his final jump to place fourth overall. In the Shot Put, Maine East's Kwiazkowski won it with a throw of 48'0. Maine East's Fernandez placed second with a throw of 45'8. New Trier's Zapt placed third with a throw of 39'8.5 Maine East's Maciek placed fourth with a throw of 39'3. The Mustangs were lead by Sophomore Eric Nelson with a throw of 34'10. Northside Senior Darrel Johnson threw a personal best throw of 32'5.5. Senior Robert Garcia threw a personal best 30'6. Sophomore Gustavo Hernandez threw 24'2. In the Discus, Maine East's Kwiazkowski won it with a throw of 119'0. New Trier's Zapt placed second with a throw of 117'0. Maine East's Fernandez placed third with a throw of 96'2. Northside Sophomore Eric Nelson completed the scoring by placing fourth with a personal best throw of 81'5. Senior Robert Garcia threw a personal best 80'7. Senior Darrel Johnson threw a personal best 71'3. Sophomore Gustavo Hernandez threw a personal best throw of 65'8. Junior Vinh Nguyen threw 54'9. In the High Jump, Captain Eric Nelson won it with a jump of 5'6, which was also the opening height for Pole Vault. Sophomore Wemi Jemine placed second with a jump of 5'2. Sophomore Albet Lin and Freshman Andrew Czyszczon attempted 4'10. In the Pole Vault, the field consisted of 10 athletes with two from Northside, and the remaining eight were from New Trier and Maine East. This season, Northside College Prep and Whitney Young became the first Chicago Public High Schools to Pole Vault since 1982. The Mustangs don't have any Pole Vault equipment of their own, and after the rest of the Northside Track & Field Team goes home for the day, the Mustangs have been training two nights a week at Whitney Young High School from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm. The Mustangs have also been training with borrowed Poles on the soccer fields in back of Northside College Prep after practice without a Pole Vault pit. The Mustangs hard work paid off on Tuesday night. Northside Junior Vinh Nguyen had three quality attempts at the opening height of 5'6. Northside Sophomore Simon Vecchioni made history on his first attempt at 5'6, by clearing it, and setting the school record. With Maine East and New Trier's experienced vaulters, including Grant, Myers, Colby, Parks, Christian, Connor, Maximus remaining in the competition there was little chance that Vecchioni would place in the meet. But Simon Vecchioni shocked everyone but himself. The height was moved up to 6'0, and Simon Vecchioni cleared it on his first attempt. New Trier's Connor cleared it on his third attempt. The height was then moved up to 6'6. Colby was eliminated, and Simon Vecchioni cleared it on his second attempt! The height was then moved up to 7'0. Simon Vecchioni cleared it on his first attempt! New Trier's Connor cleared it on his third attempt. The height was then moved up to 7'6. Only Grant, Parks, Christian, Connor, and Vecchioni remained in the competition. On his third attempt, Northside Sophomore Simon Vecchioni BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD for the fifth time in a row with a personal best Vault of 7'6 to put him in Third Place! New Trier's Christian and Connor put themselves in a first place tie by clearing 8'0, and waited nervously for the Northside athlete to attempt 8'0. Between vault attempts, athletes generally put their sweats back on and relax, or double check their steps, or decide to switch to a bigger pole. What did Simon Vecchioni do? He is one of Northside's top middle distance runners, so inbetween vault attempts, he went to the starting line on the Track for the 800m run, and got off to a slow start (69) for the first 400m, but came back strong in the final 300m, to come within one second of his PR with an outstanding time of 2:19. Vecchioni then made three quality attempts at 8'0. New Trier's Christian and Connor made three attempts at 8'6, but failed to clear it. The tie for first place was broken by adding the total misses during the competition, and Christian was awarded first place with a vault of 8'0. Simon Vecchioni set the school record at 7'6 and also became the first Northside athlete to score points in Pole Vault by placing third overall. In the Varsity 4x800m Relay, Junior Erik Flores ran a 800m split of 2:23 (67/76) on the first leg of the relay. Junior Santino Merino ran a 800m split of 2:27 (73/74) on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Jonathan Kittaka. When Kittaka received the baton, the Mustangs were in fourth place, and had not one, but three 4x800m relay teams to overcome. Jonathan Kittaka ran a 65 for the first 400m, and a 2:15 800m split (65/70) to put the Mustangs in second place, and made a nice exchange to Captain Preston Buehrer. Preston Buehrer ran negative splits for a 2:16 800m split (70/66), and anchored the Mustangs to first place, for a total time of 9:21. In the 4x100m Relay, Hunter Speese ran a 11.52 100m split, Nathan Michaelson ran a 14.33 100m split, Neal Capapas ran a 12.57 100m split, and Peter Wilk anchored the relay with a 13.10 100m split, for a combined time of 51.52. In the 3200m Run, New Trier's Harvall won it with an outstanding time of 10:37. New Trier's Hansen placed second with a time of 10:37.4 New Trier's Neetherie placed third with a time of 10:43.4. New Trier's Karprzek completed the scoring by placing fourth with a time of 10:46.4. Northside Freshman Cuitlahuac Pineda was sixth overall with an outstanding time of 11:13 (5:32/5:41). Northside Freshman Jaisong Yang ran a personal best time of 11:36 (5:37/5:59) to place eighth overall. Northside Junior Harold Jaffe ran an outstanding time of 11:51 (5:35/6:16). Northside Freshman James Rey ran a personal best time of 12:44 (6:12/6:32). In the 110m Hurdles, Northside Sophomore Albert Lin placed fifth overall with an outstanding time of 20.24. Freshman Andrew Czyzczon placed seventh overall with a personal best time of 21.63. In the 100m Dash, Northside Freshman Hunter Speese placed fourth overall with a personal best time of 12.40. Sophomore Wemi Jemine ran a personal best time of 12.73. Junior Erik Flores ran a time of 12.80. Freshman Sam Olver ran a personal best time of 13.35. Freshman Prasanth Bijjam ran a time of 16.21. In the 800m run, New Trier's Nelson won it with a time of 2:13.50. Northside Sophomore Simon Vecchioni placed sixth overall with an outstanding time of 2:19. Junior Adam Swiatlowski ran a time of 2:35. Junior Joey Paquette ran a time of 2:37. Sophomore Gustavo Hernandez ran a time of 2:38. In the Varsity 4x200m Relay, Preston Buehrer ran a 25.87 200m split on the first leg of the Relay. Santino Merino ran a 26.07 200m split on the second leg of the Relay. Neal Capapas ran a 27.33 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Junior Erik Flores ran a 25.23 200m split, and anchored the Mustangs to third place, for a total time of 1:44.70. In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x200m Relay, Sam Olver ran a 28.00 200m split on the first leg of the Relay. Nathan Michaelson ran a 31.00 200m split on the second leg of the Relay. Freshman Thomas Nguyen ran a 28.00 200m split on the third leg of the Relay. Freshman Peter Wilk anchored the Relay with 29.50 200m split, for second place, with a total time 1:56.50. In the Varsity 400m run, David Velasco ran a time of 71.69. In the Varsity 300m Hurdles, Northside Junior Santino Merino placed seventh overall with a personal best time of 50.92. Freshman Andrew Czyszczon ran a personal best time of 54.02. Junior Vinh Nguyen ran a personal best time of 61.58. In the Varsity 1600m run, New Trier's Quirke won it with an outstanding time of 4:50.90. Northside Sophomore Jonathan Kittaka placed second overall with an outstanding time of 4:59 (69/2:25/3:45/4:59). Maine East's Zielinkski placed third overall with a time of 5:03.4. New Trier's Welch placed fourth overall to complete the scoring with a time of 5:04. Northside Junior Preston Buehrer placed seventh overall with a time of 5:13 (73/2:33/3:56/5:13). Northside Junior Harold Jaffe tied his PR with a time of 5:36 (75/2:38/4:09/5:36). Junior Brad Eben had his best race of the season with a personal best time of 5:58 (77/2:46/4:23/5:58). In the Sophomore-Freshman 1600m run, Jaisong Yang ran an outstanding time of 5:35 (83/2:38/4:08/5:35). Freshman James Rey ran a personal best time of 6:04 (85/2:55/4:31/6:04). In the Varsity 200m Dash, Zdanowski won it with a time of 24.20. New Trier's Masuda placed second with a time of 24.8. Wilson placed third with a time of 25.00. Northside Freshman Hunter Speese completed the scoring by placing fourth overall with a personal best time of 25.20. Sophomore Gustavo Hernandez ran a time of 34.09. Freshman Prasanth Bijjam ran a time of 35.79. In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Sophomore Simon Vecchioni ran a 60.80 400m split, and made a nice exchange to Santino Merino. Junior Santino Merino ran a 61.58 400m split on the second leg of the 4x400m Relay. Freshman Neal Capapas ran a 61.12 400m split on the third leg of the 4x400m Relay. Junior Erik Flores anchored the Mustangs to second place with a 59.73 400m split, for a total time of 4:03.27. In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x400m Relay, Sam Olver ran a 67.77 400m split. Sophomore Nathan Michaelson ran a 68.72 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Freshman Peter Wilk ran a 65.51 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Andrew Czyszczon. Freshman Andrew Czyszczon ran a 63.04 400m split, and anchored the Mustangs to second place, for a total time of 4:25.04. VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT NEW TRIER CLASSIC 1. Eric Nelson 8.00 2. Jonathan Kittaka 4.25 3. Wemi Jemine 3.00 4. Simon Vecchioni 2.75 5. Erik Flores 2.00 5. Hunter Speese 2.00 5. Albert Lin 2.00 5. Santino Merino 2.00 6. Preston Buehrer 1.25 7. Neal Capapas 0.75 VARSITY POINTS SEASON LEADERS (11 Meets) 1. Jonathan Kittaka 47.25 2. Geoff Edwards 46.00 3. Preston Buehrer 34.25 4. Eric Nelson 34.00 5. Albert Lin 21.00 6. Patrick O'Connor 19.75 7. Jose Choto 14.75 8. Santino Merino 12.75 9. John Holler 11.25 9. Simon Vecchioni 11.25 10.Benjamin Garcia 11.00 11.Cuitlahuac Pineda 10.25 12.Erik Flores 10.00 12.Wemi Jemine 10.00 13.Martin Melto 7.75 14.Hunter Speese 7.50 15.Brian Chhun 5.25 16.Neal Capapas 5.00 17.Harold Jaffe 4.25 18.Vinh Nguyen 2.50 19.Darrel Johnson 1.50 19.Robert Garcia 1.50 20.Nick Ruff 1.00 20.Faraz Khan 1.00 20.Adam Swiatlowski 1.00 21.Peter Wilk 0.75 22.Omer Aba-Omer 0.50 The above athletes have earned a Varsity letter this season by scoring at the Varsity level.

On Tuesday, April 10, 2007, the Northside College Prep Mens Track Team traveled to Deerfield, Illinois for the 2007 Deerfield Classic, featuring IHSA Sectional rivals Glenbrook North High School, and Deerfield High School. The weather was unseasonably cold, but the Mustangs thrivied and continued to break records in the most difficult conditions. There was three teams in the meet, and individual scoring went through fourth place on the following scale: 5-3-2-1. Points in Relays were awarded for first and second only, on the following scale: 5-3. In the High Jump, Sophomore Eric Nelson missed on his first attempt of the day at 5'2, and then cleared every height on the first try for the remainder of the competition, and WON the High Jump with a personal best jump of 5'10. After winning the competition, Nelson attempted 6'0, and came very close to clearing it, and it appeared that he had the height and that his head just didn't stay back. Eric Nelson had an outstanding meet. Deerfield took second with a jump of 5'8. Northside Sophomore Wemi Jemine and Glenbrook North's Knoll tied for third with a jump of 5'4. Wemi Jemine won the tiebreaker by having less total misses in the competition. Deerfield's Blake placed fifth, and Glenbrook North Kosma placed sixth with a jump of 5'2. Northside Freshman Hunter Speese jumped 4'10. In the Pole Vault, Sophomore Simon Vecchioni had three excellent attempts at 8'0, and Junior Vinh Nguyen also had three quality vaults. In the Shot put, Deerfield's McIntyre won it with a throw of 43'11. Deerfield's Danos took second with a throw of 41'11.5. Glenbrook North's Strauss took third with a throw of 41'7. Northside Sophomore Eric Nelson completed the scoring with a throw of 36'0.5 for fourth place. Northside Senior Darrell Johnson threw a personal best throw of 31'8. Northside Senior Robert Garcia threw 28'6.5. Freshman Alejandro Valdivieso threw 24'9.5. Sophomore Gustavo Hernandez threw 23'11. Junior Vinh Nguyen threw 21'3.5. Senior Joey Paquette threw a personal best throw of 18'10.5. In the Discus, Deerfield's Rixon won it with a throw of 137'11. Deerfield's McIntyre placed second with a throw of 122'1. Glenbrook North's Klimo placed third with a throw of 115'4. Deerfield's Hilo completed the scoring with a throw of 112'9 for foruth place. Northside Senior Robert Garcia threw a personal best throw of 77'8. Sophomore Gustavo Hernandez threw a personal best throw of 59'11. Hernandez improved by 8'9! Senior Darrell Johnson threw a personal best throw of 59'0. Junior Vinh Nguyen threw a personal best throw 56'6. Freshman Alejandro Valdiviesto threw a personal best throw of 47'8. Freshman Tenzin Wangdhen threw a personal best throw of 44'2. In the Long Jump, Deerfield's Miller won it with a jump of 18'7.75. Deerfield's Glass placed second with a jump of 17'3.5. Northside Sophomore Albert Lin placed third with a jump of 17'3. Northside Senior Geoff Edwards completed the scoring with a jump of 16'11.5 for fourth place. Northside Sophomore Martin Melto jumped 16'7.75. Northside Freshman Hunter Speese jumped 13'10. In the Triple Jump, Deerfield's Glass won it with a jump of 41'4. Deerfield's Alecassis placed second with a jump of 38'0.75. Glenbrook North's Lee placed third with a jump of 37'3.5. Deerfield's Anderson completed the scoring with a jump of 36'1.5. Northside Sophomore Albert Lin Jumped 35'10. Northside Freshman Jiasong Yang jumped 31'3. In the Varsity 4x800m Relay, Sophomore Simon Vecchioni ran the first 400m in 64 seconds and finished with a 2:24 800m split (64/80), and made a nice exchange to Junior Santino Merino. Santino Merino ran the first 400m in 72 seconds and finished with a 2:26 800m split (72/74). Freshman Andrew Czyszczon ran a 2:35 800m split (67/88) on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Junior Erik Flores. Erik Flores anchored the Mustangs to third place, with a 2:25 800m split (67/78) for a total time of 9:50. In the Junior Varsity 4x800m Relay, Robert Garcia ran a 2:36 800m split (70/86) on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Adam Swiatlowski. Junior Adam Swiatlowski ran a 2:46 800m split (83/83). Junior Brad Eben ran a 2:45 800m split (76/89) on the third leg of the relay. Senior Joey Paquette anchored the Mustangs with a 2:35 800m split (76/79) for a total time of 10:42. In the Varsity 4x100m Relay, Martin Melto ran a 13.58 100m split on the first leg of the Relay. Junior Sean Kung ran a 12.55 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Freshman Neal Capapas ran a 12.54 100m split on the third leg of the Relay. Junior Jose Choto ran a 12.10 100m split on the fourth leg of the Relay, for a total time of 50.77. In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x100m Relay, Freshman Sam Olver ran a 13.84 100m split on the first leg of the Relay. Sophomore Nathan Michaelson ran a 14.18 100m split on the second leg of the Relay. Freshman Tenzin Wangdhen ran a 14.89 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Freshman Neibu Tadele ran a 16.89 100m split on the anchor leg of the relay, for a total time of 59.80. In the Junior Varsity 4x100m Relay, Sophomore Coleman Gailloreto ran a 14.75 100m split on the first leg of the relay. Senior David Velasco ran a 17.59 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Freshman Prasanth Bijjam ran a 15.19 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Sophomore Gustavo Hernandez ran a 14.73 100m split on the anchor leg of the relay. for a total time of 62.26. In the 3200m run, there were 37 runners on the Track at once, and Sophomore Jonathan Kittaka won it with a time of 10:49. Kittaka was at 70 for 400m, 2:26 for 800m, 3:48 for 1200m, and 5:12 for the first Mile. Kittaka ran the second Mile in 5:37 for a total time of 10:49 to win it. Glenbrook North's Brenden Boyer placed second overall with a time of 11:03. Junior Preston Buehrer was at 70 for 400m, 2:29 for 800, 3:53 for 1200m, and 5:19 for the first Mile. Buehrer ran the second Mile in 5:50 for a total time of 11:09 to place third overall. Freshman Cuitlahuac Pineda completed the scoring by placing fourth overall with a Personal Best time of 11:11 (74/2:38/4:05/5:32/5:39). Pineda dropped 17 seconds off his PR and the Mustangs took three out of the top four places in the 3200m run. Northside Freshman Jaisong Yang placed eighth overall with an outstanding time of 11:59 (5:47/6:12). Freshman Cooper Eben placed tenth overall with a personal best time of 12:12 (6:03/6:09). Junior Faraz Khan placed 13th overall with a time of 13:08 (6:21/6:47). In the 110m Hurdles, Sophomore Albert Lin BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD with an outstanding time of 20.00. Freshman Andrew Czyzczon ran an outstanding time of 23.40. Junior Santino Merino ran a time of 23.50. Junior Sean Kung ran a personal best time of 25.10. In the 100m Dash, Senior Geoff Edwards BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD with an outstanding time of 12.02 to place second overall. The school record (12.12) was set in 2003 at the City Championships by Jonathan Miller and it lasted for fours years. Freshman Hunter Speese ran a personal best time of 12.44. Junior Preston Buehrer ran a time of 12.70. Junior Erik Flores ran a time of 12.77. Freshman Sam Olver ran a personal best time of 14.10. Senior David Velasco ran a time of 15.26. Freshman Prasanth Bijjam ran a time of 15.60. In the 800m run, Junior Irfan Hussain ran a time of 2:44 (78/86). Sophomore Coleman Gailloreto ran a time of 3:07 (80/107). In the Varsity 4x200m Relay, Junior Sean Kung ran a 27.67 200m split on the first leg of the Relay. Junior Santino Merino ran a 26.35 200m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Neal Capapas. Freshman Neal Capapas ran a 26.75 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Junior Jose Choto anchored the relay to third place with a 25.19 200m split, for a total time of 1:45.96. In the Junior Varsity 4x200m Relay, Freshman Sam Olver ran a 29.00 200m split on the first leg of the relay. Sophomore Nathan Michaelson ran a 29.00 200m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Tenzin Wangdhen. Freshman Tenzin Wangdhen ran a 33.00 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Freshman Neibu Tadele anchored the relay with a 36.00 200m split, for a total time of 2:07. In the 400m run, Freshman Peter Wilk ran a personal best time of 66.29. Junior Irfan Hussain ran a 68.80. Sophomore NAthan Michaelson ran a time of 69.10. In the 300m Hurdles, Freshman Andrew Czyszczon ran an outstanding time of 55.80. Junior Sean Kung ran a personal best time of 56.40. Junior Vinh Nguyen ran a time of 62.40. In the 1600m run, Northside Sophomore Jonathan Kittaka placed 3rd overall with an outstanding time of 5:08. Kittaka went through 400 meters in 72 seconds, and 2:30 for 800 meters, and 3:54 for 1200m, and 5:08 for the Mile. (72/78/84/74). Junior Preston Buehrer lost circulation in his feet during the mile due to the cold weather, and showed incredible mental toughness staying in the race. Buehrer went through 400 meters in 72 seconds, and 2:32 for 800 meters, and 4:01 for 1200m, and 5:22 for the Mile (72/80/89/81). After the race, Preston Buehrer's feet were examined by the Deerfield High School medical trainer and he was scratched from the rest of his events (4x400). By the following day, he was able to return to practice with no discomfort. Freshman Cuitlahuac Pineda ran an outstanding time of 5:26. Pineda went through 400 meters in 73 seconds, and 2:37 for 800 meters, and 4:05 for 1200m, and 5:26 for the Mile (73/84/88/81). Sophomore Simon Vecchioni ran an outstanding time of 5:40 for the Mile (74/86/96/84). Freshman Jaisong Yang ran a time of 5:48 for the Mile (80/86/92/90). Junior Adam Swiatlowski ran an outstanding time of 6:02. Freshman Thomas Nguyen ran a personal best time of 6:10. Freshman Cooper Eben ran an outstanding time of 6:12. Junior Faraz Khan ran a time of 6:15. In the 200m Dash, Erik Flores ran a personal best time of 25.80. Santino Merino ran a time of 25.90. Freshman Hunter Speese ran a time of 26.10. Peter Wilk ran a time of 28.24. Sam Olver ran a time of 29.00. In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Junior Jose Choto ran a 57.96 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Freshman Neal Capapas ran a 62.97 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Junior Erik Flores ran a 61.03 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Sophomore Simon Vecchioni anchored the relay to third place with a 60.05 400m split, for a total time of 4:02.05. VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT DEERFIELD CLASSIC 1. Jonathan Kittaka 7 2. Eric Nelson 6 3. Geoff Edwards 4 4. Preston Buehrer 2 4. Wemi Jemine 2 4. Albert Lin 2 5. Cuitlahuac Pineda 1 VARSITY POINTS SEASON LEADERS (10 Meets) 1. Geoff Edwards 46.00 2. Jonathan Kittaka 43.00 3. Preston Buehrer 33.00 4. Eric Nelson 26.00 5. Patrick O'Connor 19.75 6. Albert Lin 19.00 7. Jose Choto 14.75 8. John Holler 11.25 9. Benjamin Garcia 11.00 10.Santino Merino 10.75 11.Cuitlahuac Pineda 10.25 12.Simon Vecchioni 8.50 13.Erik Flores 8.00 14.Martin Melto 7.75 15.Wemi Jemine 7.00 16.Hunter Speese 5.50 17.Brian Chhun 5.25 18.Neal Capapas 4.25 18.Harold Jaffe 4.25 19.Vinh Nguyen 2.50 20.Darrel Johnson 1.50 20.Robert Garcia 1.50 21.Nick Ruff 1.00 21.Faraz Khan 1.00 21.Adam Swiatlowski 1.00 22.Peter Wilk 0.75 23.Omer Aba-Omer 0.50 The above athletes have earned a Varsity letter this season by scoring at the Varsity level.

On Tuesday, April 10, 2007, the Northside College Prep Womens Track Team traveled to Deerfield, Illinois for the 2007 Deerfield Classic, featuring rivals Glenbrook North High School and Deerfield High School. The weather was unseasonably cold, but the Mustangs thrivied and continued to break records in the most difficult conditions. There was three teams in the meet, and individual scoring went through fourth place on the following scale: 5-3-2-1. Points in Relays were awarded for first and second only, on the following scale: 5-3. In the Pole Vault, Senior Natalie Hanigan and Freshman Bessie Nolan had three quality vaults, but did not clear a height. In the Triple Jump, Maria Torres won it with a jump of 30'6. Deerfield's Fogt placed second with a jump of 29'4. Glenbrook North's Atlas placed third with a jump of 28'11. Glenbrook North's Angel completed the scoring by placing fourth with a jump of 27'11.5. Northside Sophomore Gayatri Satam jumped 27'8. Northside Derika Benton scratched on all three attempts. In the Long Jump, Glenbrook North's Clark won it with a jump of 14'8.5. Northside Senior Julie Bujnowski placed second with a jump of 13'7.25. Glenbrook North's Atlas placed third with a jump of 13'4. Deerfield's Winter completed the scoring by placing fourth with a jump of 13'3.5. Northside Sophomore Maria Torres jumped 13'2. Sophomore Maria Zdunek jumped 12'5.5. Sophomore Gayatri Satam jumped 11'10.25. In the Shot Put, Northside Junior Courtney Konow BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD and WON THE MEET with a throw of 28'10. Deerfield's Raven placed second with a throw of 27'11. Deerfield's Kelly placed third with a throw of 26'1.5. Northside Junior Kelly Varney completed the scoring by placing fourth with a throw of 25'7.5. Northside's Kaitlin Renkosiak had an outstanding throw of 23'7.75. Northside Sophomore Brittany Brown had a personal best throw of 18'2.5. Northside's Jennifer Mensah threw 15'0. In the Discus, Northside Kaitlin Renkosiak BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD and WON THE MEET with a throw of 73'9! Northside Kelly Varney placed second with a throw of 70'8. Deerfield's Leslie placed third with a throw of 70'5.5. Deerfield's Mariam completed the scoring by placing fourth with a throw of 69'7. Northside's Courtney Konow threw 66'1. Northside's Jennifer Mensah threw 40'10. Northside's Brittany Brown threw 35'2.5. Northside Sophomore Stephanie Sotomayor threw 29'6.5. In the Varsity 4x800m Relay, Glenbrook North won it with a time of 10:41. Deerfield placed second with a time of 10:50. Northside placed third with a time of 11:33. Northside Freshman Bessie Nolan ran the first leg in a time of 2:51. Senior Amy Perez ran the second leg in a time of 3:03. Sophomore Monica Laytham ran the third leg in a time of 2:57. Sophomore Carmen Abelson anchored the relay to third place with a time of 2:42, for a total time of 11:33. In the Junior Varsity 4x800m Relay, Jessica Galang ran a 3:15 on the first leg of the Relay, and made a nice exchange to Andrea Buiser. Buiser ran a time of 3:39 on the second leg of the Relay. Freshman Mahaim Haider ran a time of 3:31 on the third leg of the Relay. Freshman Jessica Tapia ran a time of 3:31 on the fourth leg of the relay, for a total time of 13:56. In the Varsity 4x100m Relay, Jennifer Kane ran a 14.65 100m split on the first leg of the Relay. Freshman Karen Li ran a 15.12 100m split on the second leg of the Relay. Maria Zdunek ran a 14.88 100m split on the third leg of the Relay. Sophomore Adaora Achufusi anchored the Mustangs with an impressive 13.56 100m split on the fourth leg of the relay, for a total time of 58.21. In the Junior Varsity 4x100m Relay, Sophomore Stephanie Sotomayor, Derika Benton, Ursula Moreno-Vanderlaan, and Alex Custer combined for an outstanding time of 66.03. In the Varsity 3200m run, Northside Junior Rachel Kittaka, and Sophomore Ani Zotti placed first and second respectively against an impressive field, that included 37 athletes. Rachel Kittaka went through 400m at 79 seconds, and was at 2:50 for 800m (79/91), and went through 1200m in 4:23 (79/91/93), and ran the first mile in 5:58 (79/91/93/95). Rachel Kittaka went through 2000m at 7:35, and was at 9:13 for 2400m, and went through 2800m in 10:53 and finished in first place with an outstanding 3200m time of 12:27 (79/91/93/95/97/98/100/94). Sophomore Ani Zotti went through 400m at 87 seconds, and was at 3:02 for 800m (87/95), and went through 1200m in 4:37 (87/95/95), and ran the first mile in 6:14 (87/95/95/97). Ani Zotti went through 2000m in 7:52, and was at 9:30 for 2400m, and went through 2800m in 11:10 and finished in second place with a personal best 3200m time of 12:45 (87/95/95/97/98/98/100/95). The Mustangs scored a total of eight points in the 3200m run! In the Varsity 100m Hurdles, Jennifer Kane placed third with a time of 21.10. Northside Freshman Karen Li ran a personal best time of 21.20. In the Varsity 100m Dash, Sophomore Anna Parks ran a personal best time of 14.03. Senior Natalie Hanigan ran an outstanding time of 14.13. Sophomore Adaora Achufusi ran a time of 14.50. Sophomore Maria Zdunek ran a time of 15.30. Sophomore Derika Benton ran a time of 16.10. Sophomore Stephanie Sotomayor ran a time of 16.60. In the Varisty 800m run, Anna Parks came from behind to win it with an outstanding time of 2:36 (80/76). Monica Laytham placed fifth overall with an outstanding time of 2:56 (85/91). Freshman Bessie placed sixth overall with a time of 3:01 (86/95). Sophomore Jennifer Friedmann ran a personal best time of 3:06 (90/96) to place ninth overall. Jennifer Friedmann dropped three seconds off her PR! In the Varsity 4x200m Relay, Senior Julie Bujnowski ran an outstanding 200m split of 29.03 on the first leg of the relay. Sophomore Maria Torres ran a 29.12 200m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Jennifer Kane. Jennifer Kane ran a 30.50 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Senior Amy Perez anchored the Relay to third place with a 30.51 200m split for a total time of 1:59.16. In the Junior Varsity 4x200m Relay, Stephanie Sotomayor ran a 33.00 200m split on the first leg of the relay. Sophomore Gayatri Satam ran 32.00 200m split on the second leg of the relay. Ursela Moreno-Vanderlaan ran a 40.00 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Junior Alex Custer anchored the relay with an outstanding 29.85 200m split, for a total time of 2:14.85. In the Varsity 400m Run, Julie Bujnowski ran a personal best time of 65.21 to place third overall. Senior Natalie Hanigan ran an outstanding time of 69.00. Sophomore Adaora Achufusi ran an outstanding time of 70.21. Freshman Karen Li ran an outstanding time of 73.40. In the Varsity 300m Hurdles, Senior Amy Perez BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD and placed third overall with a personal best time of 57.10. Sophomore Maria Zdunek ran a season best time of 59.50. Junior Alex Custer ran an outstanding time of 71.60. In the Varsity 1600m Run, Captain Rachel Kittaka ran a time of 5:55 (2:50/3:05) to place second overall. Sophomore Ani Zotti ran a time of 6:01 to place third overall. Sophomore Carmen Abelson ran a time of 6:09. Jessica Galang ran a time of 7:30. Jessica Tapia ran a time of 7:39. Mahaim Haider ran a time of 7:51. In the 200m Dash, Sophomore Adaora Achufusi ran an outstanding time of 29.8. Freshman Karen Li ran an outstanding time of 31.90. Junior Alex Custer ran a time of 36.04. In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Senior Julie Bujnowski ran a 64.66 400m split on the first leg of the Relay. Kaitlin Renkosiak ran a 77.09 400m split on the second leg of the Relay. Sophomore Monica Laytham ran a 76.91 400m split on the third leg of the Relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Anna Parks. Anna Parks anchored the Mustangs to third place with a 69.05 400m split, for a total time of 4:47.71. VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT DEERFIELD 1. Rachel Kittaka 8 2. Ani Zotti 5 2. Julie Bujnowski 5 2. Maria Torres 5 2. Courtney Konow 5 2. Kaitlin Renkosiak 5 2. Anna Parks 5 3. Kelly Varney 4 4. Amy Perez 2 4. Jennifer Kane 2 2007 VARSITY POINTS LEADERS (8 Meets scored) 1. Kelly Varney 69.50 2. Anna Parks 61.00 3. Maria Torres 52.00 4. Julie Bujnowski 44.00 5. Kaitlin Renkosiak 39.00 6. Carmen Abelson 29.00 7. Courtney Konow 27.75 8. Rachel Kittaka 27.50 9. Amy Perez 18.25 10.Natalie Hanigan 15.00 11.Bessie Nolan 14.50 12.Monica Laytham 14.00 12.Jessica Galang 14.00 13.Jaye Gardiner 12.50 14.Jennifer Kane 12.00 15.Maria Zdunek 11.25 16.Meghan Schmit 8.00 17.Gayatri Satam 5.25 18.Ani Zotti 5.00 19.Adaora Achufusi 4.75 20.Karen Li 4.50 21.Jolanda Steier 4.00 21.Alice Thatcher 4.00 22.Mary Shelus 2.50 23.Amina Jambo 2.00 24.Stephanie Sotomayor 1.25 24.Jennifer Mensah 1.25 The above athletes have all earned a Varisty letter this season by scoring points in a Varsity meet.