CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

On Tuesday, April 18, 2006, the Northside Mens Varsity Track and Field Team traveled to Niles North High School in Skokie, Illinois to take on Sectional rivals Deerfield, Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South, Loyola, Fenwick, and Niles North. The meet was the most competitive meet the Mustangs attended this season, and as a result several Northside athletes ran, jumped, and/or threw personal bests distances and/or times in multiple events. Points were scored by placing in the top 6 individuals and/or top 5 relays. In the 4x800m relay, Freshman Brandon Cooper ran a personal best 2:12 on the first leg of the 4x800m relay. Sophomore Preston Buehrer ran a 2:28 on the second leg of the relay. Junior Joey Paquette ran a 2:32 on the third leg of the relay. Sophomore Erik Flores anchored the relay with a personal best time of 2:25, for a total time of 9:27 to place 4th overall and upset Glenbrook South, Niles North, and Loyola. In the 4x100m relay, Freshman Benjamin Garcia ran an outstanding 100m split of 12.58 on the first leg of the relay. Freshman Wemi Jemine ran a 12.91 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Sophomore Santino Merino ran a 13.31 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Sophomore Preston Buehrer ran a personal best 12.46 on anchor leg of the relay, for a total time of 51.26. In the 3200m run, O'Connor and Kittaka were at 5:04 and 5:07 respectively through the Mile. Both athletes ran outstanding races. Patrick O'Connor placed 4th overall with a personal best time of 10:25. Senior Daniel Kittaka ran an outstanding time of 10:41. In the 800m run, Sophomore Preston Buehrer dropped 7 seconds off his personal best time with an outstanding time of 2:17. Junior Joey Paquette also ran an outstanding race with a time of 2:30. In the 400m run, Erik Flores ran a personal best time of 59.80. Brandon Cooper ran a outstanding time of 61.50. In the 1600m run, Patrick O'Connor ran an outstanding time of 4:53 to place 6th overall. Daniel Kittaka ran a 5:04, and showed great determination outkicking a runner from Deerfield and Niles North to the finish line. In the 4x400m Relay, Northside ran their fastest time this season with a 3:57.32 to place 7th overall. Freshman Benjamin Garcia lead off the relay with a personal best 400m split of 56.58. Erik Flores ran a 62.00 on the second leg of the 4x400m relay. Freshman Brandon Cooper ran a 59.42 on the third leg of the 4x400m relay. Preston Buehrer anchored the 4x400m relay with a personal best 60.30 400m split. The Mustangs will travel to Eckersal Stadium on Saturday, April 22, 2006 to take on 20 schools in the Kenwood Classic. The bus will leave from Northside at 7:00 am, and the Mustangs will feature several of their fastest relay entries of the season. Team Trophys will be awarded to the Top 3 Teams in the meet. The Mustangs will contend with DelaSalle High School for the Team Title. Meet Roster entries will be made public for the Kenwood Classic on the morning of Friday, April 21, 2006. VARSITY POINT TOTALS Patrick O'Connor 5 Preston Buehrer 1 Brandon Cooper 1 Joey Paquette 1 Erik Flores 1 SEASON MENS VARSITY POINT LEADERS (9 MEETS): 1. Daniel Kittaka 60.75 2. Patrick O'Connor 56.75 3. Eric Nelson 30.75 4. Joseph Terdik 25.25 5. Chris Zysko 18.00 6. Preston Buehrer 14.50 7. Joey Paquette 7.25 8. Bobby Ziegler 6.50 9. Brandon Cooper 4.75 10. Erik Flores 3.25 11. Wemi Jemine 3.00 12. Manraj Bains 2.50 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