Announcement
Northside Varsity Women Medal in 4x400m Relay at IHSA Sectional Championships
On Friday, May 9, 2008, the Northside Varsity Women traveled to York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois for the IHSA Sectional Championships.
In the Pole Vault, Senior Alyssa Sockol placed 10th overall with a vault of 6'0.
In the Shot Put, Senior Alyssa Anderson placed 11th overall with a throw of 28'9. Senior Courtney Konow placed 13th overall with a throw of 27'7.
In the Discus, Senior Courtney Konow placed 19th overall with a throw of 66'11. Senior Kaitlin Renkosiak placed 23rd overall with a throw of 60'9.
In the Long Jump, Junior Gayatri Satam jumped 12'5.50. Junior Maria Zdunek jumped 11'11.75.
In the Triple Jump, Maria Torres WON it with a jump of 34'11. Gayari Satam jumped an outstanding 29'1.75.
In the 4x800m Relay, Sophomore Bessie Nolan ran a 2:40.33 800m split on the first leg of the relay. Junior Jennifer Friedmann ran a personal best 2:50 800m split on the second leg of the relay. Freshman Karlyn Gehring ran a personal best 2:48 800m split on the third leg of the relay. Senior Rachel Kittaka anchored the Mustangs to seventh place with a 2:46 800m split for a total time of 11:05.68.
In the 4x100m Relay, the Mustangs were disqualified for running out of the zone on the second exchange.
In the 3200m run, Junior Ani Zotti placed 8th with an outstanding time of 12:19.10.
In the 100m Hurdles, Kelly Varney won her heat of the prelims with an 18.10. Varney placed seventh overall in the final with an outstanding time of 18.50.
In the 100m Dash, Junior Adaora Achufusi placed 14th overall with an outstanding time of 14.00. Senior Courtney Konow placed 19th overall with a time of 14.80.
In the 800m run, Junior Anna Parks placed third overall with a new school record of 2:22.90. Sophomore Bessie Nolan ran an outstanding time of 2:41.50.
In the 4x200m Relay, Christina Prucnal ran a 29.62 200m split on the first leg of the Relay. Nina Coomes ran a 31.31 200m split on the second leg of the Relay. Maria Zdunek ran a 33.07 200m split on the third leg of the Relay. Senior Kelly Varney anchored the Mustangs to 12th place with a 27.20 200m split for a total time of 2:01.20.
In the 400m Dash, Northside Junior Adaora Achufusi edged York Freshman Natalie Mordinia (65.70) to place 9th overall with an outstanding time of 64.60. Junior Lynette Ardies won her heat and ran a personal best time of 73.60.
In the 300m Hurdles, Juniuor Maria Zdunek ran a personal best time of 56.60. Freshman Robin Doherty ran an outstanding time of 63.00.
In the Mile, Ani Zotti ran an outstanding time of 5:57.30. Rachel Kittaka in her second outdoor meet of the season ran an outstanding time of 6:12.30.
In the 200m Dash, Senior Christina Prucnal ran a time of 30.50.
In the 4x400m Relay, Junior Adaora Achufusi ran a 63.24 400m split on the first leg of the Relay. Freshman Nina Coomes ran a 70.22 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Senior Kelly Varney ran a 66.19 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Senior Anna Parks ran a 66.35 400m split to anchor the Mustangs to first in their heat and sixth overall with a total time of 4:26.00. Adaora Achufusi, Nina Coomes, Kelly Varney, and Anna Parks were awarded Medals for placing sixth overall.
VARSITY POINTS SCORED
1. Maria Torres 10
2. Anna Parks 6.25
3. Adaora Achufusi 0.25
3. Kelly Varney 0.25
3. Nina Coomes 0.25
The Northside College Prep Track & Field Team will have a banquet the week after the State meet, on Thursday, May 29, 2008 from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm at La Villa Banquet Hall.
