CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

 On February 13, 2008, the Northside College Prep Mens Track & Field Team traveled to Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois to take on Maine West, Highland Park, and Glenbrook North in the Spartan Indoor Classic. Unofficially, the Mustangs finished in second place to host Glenbrook North. The meet was not scored.

   A year ago, Northside Junior Martin Melto, after a promising Track season as one of the Mustangs top jumpers and sprinters, broke his back and did not know if he would ever be able to compete again. In January 2008, Martin Melto did not pass medical tests, and wasn't able to start practices with his teammates on January 14, 2008. In February 2008, additional Medical tests were scheduled, and Martin Melto still did know if he would be able to compete at all this season. A couple of weeks ago, Martin Melto passed every medical test, and received great news from his doctors that he could begin training again. 

   However, on Tuesday afternoon, Martin Melto learned that he would not be allowed to compete in the Meet unless he passed EKG tests, and he would not have the results for 24 hours. With the Mustangs bus scheduled to leave at 3:00 pm for the meet, Martin Melto notified Northside Head Coach Tuesday night that he would not have his results in time, and would not be able to compete. On Wednesday, Martin Melto received good news at 3:15 pm and was officially cleared by doctors to compete. After receiving the good news, Martin Melto rushed back to Northside, not knowing if he had any chance of making it in time for the Mustangs departure to Glenbrook North. However, the Mustangs bus was outrageously 45 minutes late, and Martin Melto arrived to campus just in time to get on the bus. The only question that remained was could the Mustangs Bus make it to Glenbrook North in time for the Long Jump. Surprisingly, there was no traffic until the Mustangs reached Northbrook, Illinois. As the Mustangs entered the Indoor Track stadium at Glenbrook North "first call" for the Long Jump was announced. On Wednesday night, the comeback was complete, Martin Melto jumped a PERSONAL BEST of 17'7.25!!!

  In the Long Jump, in addition to Martin Melto's heroic jump, Northside Sophomore Jiasong Yang jumped 13'3. Northside Freshman Miles Austrevich also jumped a personal best 13'3 . Sophomore Kevin-Ryan Alavaraz jumped a personal best 12'5. Junior Brandon Teng Jumped a personal best 12'0.

   In the Shot Put, Northside Junior Ted Kalaw improved 3'0 and threw a personal best of 33'8!! Senior Brandon Quach threw a personal best 30'8.5. Senior Preston Buehrer threw a personal best 30'7. Junior Rafael Confino threw a personal best 30'3.5. Sophomore Andrew Czyszczon improved 5'0 and threw a personal best 28'11. Senior Vinh Nguyen improved 4'0 and threw a personal best 28'8. Freshman Luke Sobieraj threw 24'8. Junior Gus Hernandez threw 24'0.

  In the Triple Jump, Sophomore Jiasong Yang jumped 32'0.25! Senior Vinh Nguyen jumped 25'0. Freshman Roldan Alegre jumped 24'3.

  In the High Jump, Junior John Konow jumped a personal best 4'10. Junior Jerry Tran jumped a personal best 4'8.

  Although the Mustangs don't have any Pole Vault equipment of their own yet, Northside Senior Vinh Nguyen, travels with the Northside coaching staff three nights a week to Whitney Young after Track practice ends, to use their Pole Vault equipment from 6 pm - 8 pm, and to train with the best vaulters in the City and also work with DePaul Pole Vault Coach and Whitney Young Head Girls Track Coach Bob Geiger. On Wednesday night, Vinh Nguyen BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD with a vault of 8'0! The Mustangs previous record was 7'6, and was held by Simon Vecchioni.

  In the 4x800m Relay, the Mustangs depth showed, as they took two of the top three places in the Varsity 4x800m Relay!!!

  In Northside Relay, "A", Junior Brandon Cooper ran a 2:23 800m split on the first leg of the Relay. Junior Simon Vecchioni ran a 2:22 800m split on the second leg of the Relay. Junior Jiasong Yang ran a 2:25 800m split on the third leg of the Relay. On the fourth leg of the Relay, Sophomore Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss anchored the Mustangs to second place with a 2:19 800m split for a total time of 9:29.

 In Northside Relay, "B", Freshman Wesley Laytham ran a 2:22 800m split on the first leg of the Relay. Freshman Luke Sobieraj ran a 2:28 800m split on the second leg of the Relay. Sophomore Cooper Eben ran a 2:25 800m split on the third leg of the Relay. On the fourth leg of the Relay, Freshman Charlie Mesimore anchored the Mustangs to third place with a 2:23 800m split for a total time of 9:38.

 In Northside Relay, "C", Freshman Luis Gaytan ran a 2:37 800m split on the first leg of the Relay. Freshman Miles Austrevich ran a 2:30 800m split on the second leg of the Relay. Freshman Fahad Savari ran a 2:44 800m split on the third leg of the Relay. On the fourth leg of the Relay, Sophomore Forrest Cortes ran a 2:43 800m split for a total time of 10:34.

  In the 55m High Hurdles, Freshman Hersh Perlmutter ran a personal best time of 10.60. Senior Santino Merino ran a personal best time of 10.62. Junior Nathan Michaelson ran a personal best time of 11.22. Freshman Khoa Nguyen ran a personal best time of 11.28. Sophomore Andrew Czyszczon ran a personal best time of 11.31.

 In the 50m Dash, Northside Junior Jerry Tran ran a 6.58. Sophomore Neal Capapas ran a 6.60. Senior Erik Flores ran a 6.73. Junior Brian Chhun ran a 6.86. Freshman Roldan Alegre ran a 6.89. Senior Santino Merino ran a 6.94. Freshman Naim Uddin ran a 7.00. Freshman Noel Lopez ran a 7.21. Sophomore Sam Olver ran a 7.23. Sophomore Peter Wilk ran a 7.28. Freshman Muhammad Hossain ran a 7.84. Sophomore Neibu Tadele ran a 8.01.

  In the 800m Run, Junior Brandon Cooper won it with a time of 2:26. Freshman Rhiday Pandya ran a personal best time of 2:35. Senior Adam Swiatlowski ran a time of 2:39. Sophomore Andrew Czyszczon ran a time of 2:40. Freshman Jonathan Kriston ran a personal best time of 2:41. Senior Brad Eben ran a time of 2:42. Junior Coleman Gailloreto ran a time of 2:45. Freshman William Riley ran a personal best time of 2:55.

  In the 400m Dash, Sophomore Neal Capapas ran a time of 61.17. Freshman Luke Sobieraj ran a personal best time of 61.92. Sophomore Martin Melto ran a personal best time of 63.68. Junior Brandon Teng dropped four seconds off his PR, with a personal best time of 64.73! Junior John Konow ran a personal best time of 68.64. Junior Ted Kalaw ran a time of 69.87. Junior Rafael Confino ran a personal best time of 70.00. Senior Brandon Quach ran a personal best time of 76.75.

  In the 4x160m Relay "A", Junior Jerry Tran ran a 21.40 160m split on the first leg of the Relay. Brian Chhun ran a 20.12 160m split on the second leg of the Relay. Erik Flores ran a 21.82 160m split on the third leg of the Relay. John Konow ran a 22.10 160m split on the final leg of the Relay to finish in third place with a time of 1:25.44.

 In the 4x160m Relay "B", Sophomore Peter Wilk ran a 24.15 160m split on the first leg of the Relay. Freshman Hersh Perlmutter ran a 23.96 160m split on the second leg of the Relay. Freshman Koa Nguyen ran a 23.97 on the third leg of the Relay. Freshman Noel Lopez ran a 22.22 160m split on the final leg of the relay, for a total time of 1:32.90.

 4x160m Relay "C" was scratched from the meet as a result of Junior David Marchfield, the third leg of the rely, not present at the meet.

 In the 55m Low Hurdles, Captain Santino Merino finished in fourth overall with an outstanding time of 9.86. Hersh Perlmutter ran a personal best time of 10.40. Junior Nathan Michaelson ran a personal best time of 11:00. Freshman Muhammad Hossain ran a personal best time of 11.69. Freshman Luis Gaytan ran a personal best time of 11.71.

 In 2006, Northside Mile School Record holder Joseph Terdik ran a 5:20 Mile in his first race of his Senior year, and he finished that season with a 4:37! This season, the Mustangs had several athletes under or around 5:20 in their first race of the season. 

 In the 1600m Run, Sophomore Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss ran a Track PR of 5:04. Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss had 160m splits of 28, 30, 32, 32, 32 (2:34 800m split), 31, 32, 32, 29, 26 (2:32 800m split), for a time of 5:04.

 In the 1600m Run, Sophomore Cooper Eben ran a Track PR of 5:16. Cooper Eben had 160m splits of 30, 31, 32, 31, 33 (2:37 800m split), 33, 33, 30, 32, 31 (2:39), for a time of 5:16.

 In the 1600m Run, Freshman Charlie Mesimore ran a time of 5:21. Charlie Mesimore had 160m splits of 28, 34, 34, 34, 34 (2:44 800m split), 34, 32, 31, 32, 28 (2:37 800m split), for a total time of 5:21.

 In the 1600m Run, Freshman Wesley Laytham ran a time of 5:26. Wesley Laytham had 160m splits of 28, 34, 34, 34, 35 (2:45 800m split), 34, 34, 34, 33, 26 (2:41 800m split), for a total time of 5:26.

 In the 1600m Run, Junior Simon Vecchioni ran a time of 5:29.  Simon Vecchioni had 160m splits of 29, 32, 32, 34, 33 (2:40 800m split), 35, 37, 34, 35, 28 (2:49 800m split), for a total time of 5:29.

 In the 1600m Run, Sophomore Jiasong Yang ran a time of 5:30. Jiasong Yang had 160m splits of 32, 30, 34, 34, 36 (2:46 800m split), 35, 33, 34, 33, 29 (2:44 800m split), for a total time of 5:30.

 In the 1600m Run, Senior Brad Eben ran a time of 5:49. Freshman Miles Austrevich ran a time of 5:53. Sophomore Forrest Cortes ran a time of 5:57. Senior Adam Swiatlowski ran a time of 5:57. Freshman Fahad Sarvari ran a time of 6:02. Freshman Luis Gaytan ran a time of 6:03.

 In the 200m Dash, Senior Erik Flores ran a time of 26.79. Senior Jerry Tran ran a time of 26.96. Sophomore Neal Capaps ran a time of 27.25. Junior Martin Melto ran a time of 28.00. Senior Santino Merino ran a time of 28.30. Sophomore Peter Wilk ran a time of 29.12 Junior Brandon Teng ran a time of 29.30. Freshman Hersh Perlmutter ran a time of 30.09. Sophomore Sam Olver ran a time of 30.90. Freshman Naim Uddin ran a time of 31.77. Freshman Muhammad Hossain ran a time of 33.61.

 Due to the length of the meet, the Throwers 4x160m Relay was canceled.

 In the 4x400m Relay, Northside Relay "A" ran a total time of 4:03.11. Junior Brandon Cooper ran a 58.68 400m split on the first leg of the Relay. Freshman Wesley Laytham ran a 63.22 400m split on the second leg of the Relay. Junior Simon Vecchioni ran a 60.62 400m split on the third leg of the Relay. Sophomore Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss anchored the Mustangs with a 60.59 400m split, for a total time of 4:03.11.

 In the 4x400m Relay, Northside Relay "B" ran a total time of 4:10.87. Junior Brian Chhun ran a 61.00 400m split on the first leg of the Relay. Freshman Charlie Mesimore ran a 62.31 400m split on the second leg of the Relay. Sophomore Cooper Eben ran a personal best 62.77 400m split on the third leg of the Relay. Senior Erik Flores ran a 64.79 400m split on the final leg of the Relay, for a total time of 4:10.87.

 In the 4x400m Relay, Northside Relay "C" ran a total time of 4:34.12. Freshman Noel Lopez ran a 63.00 400m split on the first leg of the Relay. Freshman Roldan Alegre ran a 68.62 400m split on the second leg of the Relay. Sophomore Peter Wilk ran a 68.93 on the third leg of the Relay. Freshman Fahad Savari ran a 73.57 400m split on the final leg of the Relay, for a total time of 4:34.12.

 The Mustangs will travel to De La Salle High School on Monday for the President's Day Invitational, which features among others, 2007 IHSA State runner-up, East St.Louis High School.