CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

Northside is hosting an Open House on Sunday, from 1 pm - 4 pm, and is in need of members of the Track Team in uniform, to talk to prospective incoming Freshman (2007). Several of the Freshman on this year's Team first learned about the Northside Track & Field program at Open House last year. Contact Head Mens Track & Field Coach Jon Gordon at Jongordon9@aol.com or 773-935-1617, if you could be present at the school to help run an information booth for Open House for Northside Boys and Girls Track & Field Teams.

The Northside College Prep Boys and Girls Track & Field Team, will have a Team Meeting on Friday, January 12, 2007, in the Cafeteria, at 3:27 pm. The purpose of the meeting will be to introduce the new coaching staff, announce exciting plans for the 2007 season and our Team Schedule, Team Training Rules, and for prospective athletes to fill out Athletic profile forms. If for any reason, you can't attend the January 12, 2007 Boys and Girls Track & Field Team Meeting, contact Head Mens and Womens Track Coach Jon Gordon at Jongordon9@aol.com or 773-935-1617. Official Practice starts, Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at 3:45 pm. Basketball players, Swimmers, and Wrestlers, will not be required to attend practice until their respective season ends. All athletes must have a "Players" Record Card and "Physical" turned in prior to our first practice. There will be a Parents Meeting for the Boys and Girls Track & Field Team, on Friday, January 26, 2007, from 6:30 - 8:00 pm, in the Cafeteria.

On Friday, June 2, 2006, the Mustangs Mens and Womens Track & Field Team was honored at Northside College Prep in the school gymnasium with a Team Dinner and Awards Banquet. All of the Freshman were awarded graduating class numerals. Sophmores and Junior Varsity athletes were awarded a medium size letter N. Varsity athletes were awarded a large size letter N. Athletes that have earned multiple letters were given a silver bar to represent the number of years the athlete has earned a Varsity letter. To qualify for a Varisty letter, an athlete must have scored a point in a Varsity Meet or competed in the IHSA Sectional Championships, and completed the season as a member of the Team. Senior athletes were also honored with Varsity letter blankets in school colors, along with each athlete's name, and sport embrodied on it. The blankets had a silver star on it for each year the athlete earned a Varsity letter in Cross Country, white star on it for each year the athlete earned a Varsity letter in Track, and a gold star on it for each year the athlete was a Team Captain in Track & Field. AWARD WINNERS: VARSITY AWARDS Outstanding Athletic Achievement Award: Patrick O'Connor, Eric Nelson, Joseph Terdik Outstanding Athletic Achievement Award: Rachel Kittaka Mustang Award: Joseph Terdik, Daniel Kittaka Mustang Award: Anna Parks Most Improved: Geoff Edwards, Brandon Cooper, Preston Buehrer Most Improved: Gayatri Satam, Kaitlin Renkosiak Outstanding Freshman Award: Eric Nelson Outstanding Freshman Award: Anna Parks Sportsmanship Award: Joey Paquette Sportsmanship Award: Maria Torres Academic Achievement Award: Daniel Kittaka Academic Achievement Award: Maruja Yoshimura Senior Leadership Award: Daniel Kittaka Senior Leadership Award: Maruja Yoshimura Most Varsity Points Scored by a Freshman: Eric Nelson, Anna Parks Most Varsity Points Scored by a Sophomore: Preston Buehrer, Rachel Kittaka Most Varsity Points Scored by a Junior: Patrick O'Connor, Julie Bujnowski Most Varsity Points Scored by a Senior: Daniel Kittaka, Maruja Yoshimura Cal Ripken, Jr. Award: Preston Buehrer Cal Ripken, Jr. Award: Stephanie Sotomayor 2007 Team Captains: Patrick O'Connor, Geoff Edwards, Preston Buehrer, Eric Nelson, Joey Paquette 2007 Team Captains: Julie Bujnowski, Natalie Hanigan, Kelly Varney, Rachel Kittaka, Maria Torres JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS Most Junior Varsity Points scored: Melvin Thomas FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE AWARDS Outstanding Athletic Achievement Award: Eric Nelson, Albert Lin Outstanding Athletic Achievement Award: Kelly Varney Mustang Award: Preston Buehrer, Jonathan Kittaka Mustang Award: Jennifer Kane Academic Achievement Award: Jose Choto Academic Achievement Award: Adoara Achufusi The coaching staff would like to thank the athletes for there very generous gift certificates, gift baskets, and especially the Cards. Mustangs in 2007! -Head Mens Coach Jon Gordon -Head Womens Coach David Diaz -Assistant Coach Jose Nebrida -Throwers Coach Anthony Jamison -Jumps/Hurdles Coach Adrian Hunter

On April 23, 2004, Northside Distance legend John Krumsee, set the school record in the mile at City Relays with an outstanding time of 4:37.42. Krumsee is currently competing for NCAA Division I Creighton, and came to the Mustangs IHSA Sectional Meet on Friday, May 19, 2006 to support his alma matter and witness a dramatic finish in the Mile. On May 6, 2006, Whitney Young Senior Eric Stahldavid won the City Championships in the Mile with a personal best time of 4:39.38. On Friday, May 19, 2006, Senior Joseph Terdik, dropped 16 seconds off his Mile PR, broke the school record in the Mile, ran the fastest Mile in the CPS in 2006, and won the second heat of the Mile at the Niles West IHSA Sectionals, with a personal best time of 4:37.20. Terdik's time would have qualified for State in the Fenwick and Thornton IHSA Sectionals. Before the race, Terdik borrowed new Nike Spikes from Freshman Simon Vechhioni to run in the race. After the race, Vechhioni had Terdik autograph the shoes. Joseph Terdik signed his name along with the new school record. After the meet Vechhioni was given a new pairs of spikes, and plans are underway to put the shoes used in the race in the school trophy case. In the same race, Patrick O'Connor ran a personal best Mile time of 4:48.7. O'Connor went out in 65 seconds for the first quarter, and was at 2:18 at 800m, and 3:36 at the 1200m, and had an outstanding kick to the finish for a personal best Mile time of 4:48.7. Joseph Terdik went out at 65 for the first quarter, and was at 2:17 at 800m, and 3:30 at the 1200m, and also had a great kick to the finish for a personal best time of 4:37.20. Both Terdik and O'Connor ran races that would have made Alan Webb proud (American National High School Mile Record holder). O'Connor also ran a personal best time of 10:16 to win the second heat of the 3200m run. O'Connor went out in 66 seconds for the first quarter, 2:24 800m split, 3:42 1200m split, 5:02 Mile split, 6:21 2000m split, 7:42 2400m split, 9:03 2800m split, and a personal best 3200m time of 10:16.2. Senior Daniel Kittaka also ran a personal best time of 10:23 in the 3200m run, to place second in his heat, and end an Outstanding high school athletic career with his best 3200m race of his career. Kittaka ran the first quarter in 68 seconds, 2:25 800m split, 3:42 1200m split, 5:01 Mile Split, 6:21 2000m split, 7:43 2400m split, 9:05 2800m split, and a personal best 3200m time of 10:23.2. In the High Jump, Eric Nelson was recovering from severe respiratory infection and was not able to compete. However, it only took a jump of 5'11 in our Sectional this year to qualify for the IHSA State Championships, and a trip next year to the State Meet will definitely be Eric Nelson's future. The opening height in High Jump was set at 5'7. Despite the difficult opening height, Wemi Jemine had 3 outstanding attempts, and almost made it over on his Final attempt. The 4x200m Relay, Brian Chhun, Santino Merino, Sam Vergara, and Geoffrey Edwards smashed the school record by over 3 seconds with an outstanding time of 1:46.10. Edwards outkicked a runner to the finish to win the heat for the Mustangs. Albert Lin also broke the school record in the 110m Hurdles with a 20.10. Sammy Caronagan ran an oustanding time of 22.10 in the 110m Hurdles. In the Shot Put, Benjamin Garcia threw a personal best 35'4. In the Discus, Chris Zysko faulted on all throws. However, Zysko ended his outstanding High School athletic career as the all-time school record holder for Northside in both Discus (122'8) and Shot Put (37'0). In the 800m Run, Brandon Cooper ran a personal best time of 2:08.74. Preston Buehrer ran an outstanding time of 2:22.80. In the 100m Dash, Benjamin Garcia ran an outstanding time of 12.91. Garcia ran an oustanding time of 57.90 in the 400m Run. Erik Flores ran a personal best time of 59.60 in the 400m Run. In the 200m Dash, Brian Chhun ran a time of 27.30, and Santino Merino ran a time of 27.70. In the 4x800m Relay, Preston Buehrer tied his PR with an 800m split of 2:17 on the first leg of the Relay. Senior Jordan Stacey in the final race of his high school athletic career, dropped 7 seconds, for a personal best 800m split of 2:13. Jonathan Kittaka ran a 2:26 800m split on the third leg of the relay and made a nice exchange to Erik Flores. Flores ran a personal best 800m split of 2:21.9 on the final leg of the 4x800m Relay. In the 4x400m Relay, Brandon Cooper ran a 61 seconds 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Brian Chhun ran a 63.45 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Geoffrey Edwards ran a personal best 59.83 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and Preston Buehrer anchored the relay with an outstanding 59.53 400m split on the final leg of the 4x400m relay for a total time of 4:03.81. A special thanks to Bobby Ziegler, Simon Vecchioni, Eric Ullrich, Manraj Bains, Christian Okoye, and Joey Paquette for coming to the IHSA Sectional Meet as alternates, and being ready to race and for supporting their teammates.

On Wednesday, May 17, 2006, Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon and Jumpers Coach Adrian Hunter traveled to Niles West High School for a Three hour IHSA Sectional Seed Meeting. Niles West Coaching staff provided Lou Malnati's Pizza for all coaches at the meeting, and were excellent hosts. Topics debated and voted on at the seed meeting, included the starting height for the High Jump (5'7), number of flights in the Long Jump (2), Uniform Rule (Uniforms must match and be tucked in to avoid disqualifiction), Cell Phones and ipods (Automatic disqualification if you have a cell phone or ipod, at the meet in the competition areas), Jewelry (automatic disqualification if worn at the meet), Warm-ups (Warms-up may only take place in the designated Team Camp area, outside the stadium, and in the Indoor Field House) Time schedule (The meet will not be slowed down by a time schedule, and each event will take place immediately after the previous event is completed), Weight-Ins (Weights-ins of Discus and Shot Put equipment will take place at 2:15), Team Captains Meeting (All Team Captains will have a meeting with the officials at 2:30 pm), and Check-In (Athletes must check-in with the Clerk (Coach Savage of Niles West) within 10 minutes of the First Call for their Event). At the conclusion of the Seed meeting, all heats for every event in the IHSA Sectional Championships meet were finalized. Coach Gordon will provide heat sheets to all Northside Athletes at Thursday's practice at 4 pm. On Friday, May 19, 2006, the Northside College Prep Mens Track & Field Team will travel to Niles West High School for the 2006 IHSA Sectional Championships. The Top two athletes or relays in each event qualify for the IHSA State Championships. Medals will be awarded to the Top 5 finishers, and Team Trophy to the overall Team Champion. Points are awarded for the Top 6 places. The BUS WILL LEAVE at 2:00 pm sharp. Niles West High School is located at: 5701 Oakton Street, Skokie, IL 60077. Teams in the Niles West IHSA Sectional include: Amundsen, CICS-Northtown Academy, Mather, Northside, Senn, Sullivan, Taft, Von Steuben, Deerfield, Evanston, Glenbrook South, Highland Park, Notre Dame, Ridgewood, Glenbrook North, Maine East, Niles North, Niles West, Loyola Academy, and New Trier. Shot/Discus Weight-In 2:15 pm. Team Captains Meeting 2:30 pm. Field Events begin at 3:00 pm. Running Events begin at 3:45 pm.