CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

On March 7, 2006, the Varsity Mens Track and Field Team traveled to Bensenville, Illinois to take on Conant High School, and the legendary Track and Field Powerhouse, Fenton High School at Bison Stadium. Bison stadium is covered with banners displaying the Bisons streak of consecutive appearances in the IHSA State Cross Country and Track Championships. Fenton is well knowing for their distance runners, including Olympic legend Jim Spivey. Fenton started off the meet with a impressive 9:07.4 4x800m Relay victory. However, the momentum Fenton built up in the 4x800m Relay quickly shifted after the Northside College Prep Freshman-Sophomore 4x135 Yard Relay (Jose Choto, Jerry Tran, Kyle Diep, and Hiro Joho) had a dramatic upset victory over an undefeated and heavly favored Fenton 4x135 Yard Relay Team by 0.6 of a second!!! It was by far our best Sprint Relay of the season (1:08.5). The Varsity followed with a 2nd place finish in the Varsity 4x135 Relay (Manraj Bains, Aamir Khan, Tom Skawski, and Tuan Lee) (1:16.3). Next, on the same track, that Olympian Jim Spivey set many Illinois indoor Track records, the Mustangs swept the 3200m run, lead by Senior Daniel Kittaka, who won the 3200m run with a season best time of 10:52.8. Junior Patrick O'Connor placed 2nd with a time of 11:18.9. Sophomore Preston Buehrer placed third with a time of 12:04.5. Junior Joey Paquette placed 4th with a time of 12:21.6. Freshman Eric Nelson had a major impact in his first Varsity Track and Field Meet, by placing 2nd in the High Jump with a Jump of 5'8, Fourth in the Triple Jump with a jump of 35'10, and helped the Varsity 4x400m Relay finish 2nd overall. Senior Joseph Terdik placed 4th in the 800m run (2:33) and the High Jump with a jump of 5'0. Sophomore Eric Flores placed 3rd in the 400m run with an outstanding time of 63.6. Senior Bobby Ziegler set personal records and improved dramatically in both the long jump (15'2.5) and Triple Jump (30'4.5). The Mustangs scored 30 points in the Fenton Classic, and came within 18 points of Fenton despite not competing in several events. The following are the Individual Point Leaders for the Fenton Classic: 1. Daniel Kittaka 6.25 2. Eric Nelson 4.75 3. Patrick O'Connor 3.75 4. Preston Buehrer 2.75 4. Joseph Terdik 2.75 5. Joey Paquette 2.25 6. Eric Flores 2.00 6. Tuan Lee 2.00 6. Manraj Bains 2.00 7. Tom Skawski 0.75 7. Aamir Khan 0.75 SEASON VARSITY POINT LEADERS (3 MEETS): 1. Daniel Kittaka 30.75 2. Patrick O'Connor 10.75 2. Preston Buehrer 10.75 3. Joseph Terdik 7.75 4. Eric Nelson 4.75 5. Joey Paquette 4.25 6. Bobby Ziegler 4.00 7. Manraj Bains 2.50 8. Eik Flores 2.00 9. Tuan Lee 2.00 10. Nick Florence 1.50 11. Tom Skawski 0.75 12. Aamir Khan 0.75 13. Ryne Tobin 0.50 The Northside College Prep Varsity Track and Field Team will compete next in the CPS Indoor City Championships on Sunday, March 19, 2006.