Announcement
Northside 4x800m and 4x160m Relays WIN Spartan Indoor Classic! Eric Nelson WINS High Jump! Martin Melto WINS Triple Jump! Mesimore second in the Mile!
On Wednesday, February 18, 2009, the Northside College Prep Varsity Mens and Sophomore-Freshman Boys Track Team traveled to Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois for the Spartan Indoor Classic.
The Spartan Indoor Classic featured Highland Park, Maine West, Northside College Prep, and host Glenbrook North High School.
The meet was completed very efficiently, in only 2 hours, and had non-stop action on the Track, which put the crowd on their feet at all times, and created a fun atmosphere for all participating Teams. A special thanks to Glenbrook North Head Coach Rob Berg for hosting an oustanding meet.
It was also a very friendly atmosphere as several reunions took place throughout the meet. The starter was Ken Roy, and the head timer was Kevin Wright. Both meet officials were former high school Track coaches of Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon at Glenbrook North from 1986-1990.
The meet was very tight between Glenbrook North and Northside College Prep for the Spartan Indoor Classic Title, and every point was detrimental to the outcome. Individual events were scored 5-3-2-1, and Relays were scored 5-3. The meet was scored on one level.
In the Long Jump, Glenbrook North's Kwiatkowski won it with a jump of 17'11. Northside Senior Martin Melto finished in second place with a jump of 17'5. Glenbrook North's Haynes finished in third place with a jump of 17'4. Northside Senior John Konow jumped 15'9. Northside Freshman Derek Lin jumped 13'10.5. Northside Freshman Josh Williams jumped 13'1.25.
In the Triple Jump, Northside Senior Martin Melto WON it with a personal best jump of 37'1. Glenbrook North's Haynes finished in second place with a jump of 36'8. Highland Park's Thomas finished in third place with a jump of 34'5. Highland Park's Rosenberg finished in fourth place with a jump of 34'4. Northside Freshman Derek Lin jumped 28'7. Northside Sophomore Ed Moreno jumped 28'0.50. Northside Freshman Mac Melto jumped a personal best 27'5.
In the Shot Put, Highland Park's Worldman won it with a throw of 46'3.25. Maine West's Conneely finished in second place with a throw of 45'10.5. Glenbrook North's Park finished in third place with a throw of 44'10.25. Highland Park's Platt finished in fourth place with a throw of 44'9. Northside Senior Eric Nelson threw the shot put an outstanding 38'9.5. Northside Senior Ted Kalaw threw the shot put an outstanding 35'6. Northside Sophomore Damian Azubuike threw a personal best 33'11.5. Northside Senior Brandon Cooper threw a personal best 31'11. Northside Freshman Cody Rios threw a 31'8.5. Northside Sophomore Luke Kotowski threw a personal best 28'11.5. Northside Senior Lawrence Tran thew a 25'2.5. Northside Freshman Luis Mesa thew a personal best 24'1. Northside Freshman Matt Hernandez threw 23'11.5. Northside Junior Sam Olver threw 22'3. Northside Sophomore Mohammed Ahmed threw 19'0. Northside Freshman Edgar Ortega threw a personal best 18'4.25.
In the Pole Vault, Northside Junior Luke Sobieraj vaulted an outstanding 7'0.
In the High Jump, the opening height was 4'4, and Northside College Prep had a record nine entries in the competition. Northside Freshman Josh Williams and Sophomore Neel Patel made outstanding attempts at 4'4, but were unable to clear it. Northside Freshman Dan Graham jumped 4'4. Northside Freshman Thomas Trieu jumped a personal best 4'4. Northside Sophomore Josh Pfest jumped an outstanding 4'8. Northside Sophomore Ed Moreno jumped a personal best 4'10. Northside Freshman Mac Melto jumped an outstanding 4'10. Highland Park's Smith jumped an outstanding 4'10. Glenbrook North's Nick Caeta finished in fourth place overall with a jump of 5'2. Northside Junior Hunter Speese jumped a personal best 5'4 to place third overall. Glenbrook North Kosma Kwiatkowski finished in second place with an outstanding jump of 5'10. Northside Senior Eric Nelson in his first competition of the season, with a new high jump approach, WON it with an outstanding jump of 6'0!!
In the Varsity 4x800m Relay, Northside Junior Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss ran an outstanding 2:09 800m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Senior Jon Kittaka. Jon Kittaka ran a 2:24 800m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exhange to Junior Cooper Eben. Cooper Eben ran a 2:17 800m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Charlie Mesimore. Sophomore Charlie Mesimore anchored the Mustangs to victory over Glenbrook North with an outstanding 2:12 800m split, for a total time of 9:02.
In the Junior Varsity 4x800m Relay, Northside Junior Peter Wilk ran a 2:40 800m split on the first leg of the relay. Junior James Rey ran a 2:43 800m split on the second leg of the relay. Senior Coleman Gailloreto ran a 2:53 800m split on the third leg of the relay. Senior Norman Lee ran a 2:50 800m split on the final leg of the relay, for a total time of 11:06.
In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x800m Relay, Freshman Jusuf Skelic ran an outstanding 2:27 800m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Rhiday Pandya. Rhiday Pandya ran a 2:37 800m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Erik Zuehlke. Erik Zuehlke ran an oustanding 2:31 800m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Fahad Sarvari. Sophomore Fahad Sarvari anchored the Mustangs with an outstanding 2:31 800m split, for a total time of 10:06 to win the Sophomore-Freshman 4x800m Relay!
In the 55m High Hurdles, Glenbrook North won it. Norhside Sophomore Hersh Perlmutter finished in second place with a personal best time of 9.60. Highland Park Hurdlers finished in third and fourth respectively. Northside Sophomore Khoa Nguyen hurdled a personal best time of 10.35. Freshman Thomas Trieu ran a personal best time of 11.11. Senior Nathan Michaelson ran an outstanding time of 11.29. Junior Andrew Czyszczon ran an outstanding time of 11.32. Northside Sophomore Josh Pfest dropped 1.22 seconds off his best time for a personal best time of 11.58. Northside Freshman Dan Graham ran an outstanding time of 11.90. Sophomore Neel Patel ran a time of 12.60.
In the 50m Dash, Highland Park finished in 1st and 2nd place respectively, with outstanding times of 6.0, and 6.10. Glenbrook North finished in 3rd and 4th respectively, with outstanding times of 6.20 and 6.30. Northside Junior Hunter Speese finished in fifth place with an outstanding time of 6.40. Northside Junior Steven Burke ran an outstanding time of 6.80. Sophomore Luke Kotowski ran a personal best time of 6.93. Freshman Richard Do ran a personal best time of 6.94. Freshman Matt Hernandez ran a personal best time of 7.00. Senior James Speth ran a personal best time of 7.08. Sophomore Jameel Ahmed tied his personal best time with a 7.18. Freshman Luis Mesa ran a personal best time of 7.20. Sophomore Nico Salzetta ran a personal best time of 7.38. Freshman Derick Lin ran an outstanding time of 7.45. Junior Sam Olver ran a time of 7.52.
In the 800m run, Highland Park's Derf won it with an outstanding time of 2:17. Northside Senior Brandon Cooper finished in second place with 160m splits of 26, 29, 29, 30, and 25 for an outstanding time of 2:19. Glenbrook North finished in third with a 2:24. Northside Senior Brian Chhun finished in fourth with 160m splits of 26, 30, 30, 29, and 30 for an outstanding time of 2:25. Northside Senior Simon Vecchioni finished in fifth with 160m splits of 26, 29, 30, 30 and 31 for an outstanding time of 2:26. Northside Junior Andrew Czyszczon ran 160m splits of 27, 30, 30, 32 and 28 for an outstanding time of 2:27. Northside Sophomore Luis Gaytan ran 160m splits of 28, 30, 31, 30 and 28 for a personal best time of 2:28. Freshman Juan Ringor ran a personal best time of 2:38. Sophomore Zach Rosenberg ran a personal best time of 2:44. Freshman Thomas Trieu ran a personal best time of 2:50.
In the Varsity 4x160m Relay, Northside WON it over Glenbrook North, and Highland Park with a dramatic finish. Northside Junior Hunter Speese ran an outstanding 19.82 160m split on the first leg of the relay and made a perfect exchange to Junior Steven Burke. Steven Burke ran an outstanding 19.97 160m split and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Luke Sobieraj. Luke Sobieraj ran an outstanding 22.22 160m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Senior John Konow. John Konow ran an outstanding 20.57 160m split to anchor the Mustangs to Victory over Glenbrook North by a tenth of a second with a total time of 1:22.58!
In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x160m Relay, Northside Freshman Matt Hernandez ran an outstanding 21.94 160m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Richard Do. Richard Do ran a 22.54 160m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Khoa Nguyen ran a 23.42 160m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Nico Salzetta anchored the Mustangs to a second place finish with an outstanding 23.62 160m split, for a total time of 1:31.53.
In the 400m Dash, Glenbrook North's Andrew Harter won it with an outstanding time of 53.50. Highland Park finished in second and third respectively. Northside Freshman Mackenzie Melto finished in fourth with an outstanding time of 62.25. Northside Junior Peter Wilk ran an outstanding time of 64.44. Northside Sophomore Hersh Perlmutter ran an outstanding time of 65.72. Northside Freshman Josh Williams ran an outstanding time of 66.76. Northside Sophomore Rhiday Pandya ran an outstanding time of 67.66. Northside Senior James Speth ran a personal best time of 67.85. Freshman Dan Graham ran an outstanding time of 68.80. Senior Coleman Gailloreto ran a time of 75.00. Sophomore Anton Garazha ran a time of 85.00.
In the 55m Low Hurdles, Glenbrook North won it. Northside Sophomore Hersh Perlmutter finished in second place with an outstanding time of 9.70. Northside Sophomore Ed Moreno finished in third place with an outstanding time of 9.72. Northside Junior Steven Burke finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 9.95. Northside Freshman Thomas Trieu ran a personal best time of 10.13. Sophomore Khoa Nguyen ran a personal best time of 10.20. Northside Senior John Konow ran a personal best time of 10.28. Northside Sophomore Muhammad Hossain ran an outstanding time of 10.50. Northside Senior Nathan Michaelson ran a personal best time of 10.75. Northside Sophomore Josh Pfest ran a personal best time of 10.83. Northside Freshman Derek Lin ran a personal best time of 10.91. Northside Junior Andrew Czyszczon ran an outstanding time of 10.94. Northside Sophomore Neel Patel ran a time of 11.60. Northside Sophomore Mohammed Ahmed ran a personal best time of 11.81.
In the Mile, Highland Park's Brughori won it with an outstanding time of 4:40. Northside Sophomore Charlie Mesimore finished in second place with an outstanding time of 4:51. Mesimore ran the first 800m in 2:26, and then ran a negative split of 2:25 for an outstanding time of 4:51. Highland Park finished in third. Northside Junior Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 4:55. Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss ran the first 800m in 2:27, and then ran the final 800m in 2:28 for an outstanding time of 4:55. Northside Senior Jon Kittaka ran an outstanding time of 5:03. Jon Kittaka ran the first 800m in 2:32, and then ran a negative split of 2:31 for an outstanding time of 5:03. Northside Junior Cooper Eben ran an outstanding time of 5:04. Cooper Eben ran the first 800m in 2:32, and then ran a even split of 2:32 for an outstanding time of 5:04. Northside Sophomore Fahad Sarvari ran a personal best time of 5:23. Fahad Sarvari ran the first 800m in 2:41, and then ran the final 800m in 2:42 for a personal best time of 5:23. Northside Sophomore Erik Zuehlke ran the first 800m in 2:42, and then ran the final 800m in 2:45 for a personal best time of 5:27. Northside Freshman Jusuf Skelic ran the first 800m 2:43, and the final 800m in 2:59 for a personal best time of 5:42. Northside Freshman Juan Ringor ran the first 800m in 2:58, and then ran an even split of 2:58 for a personal best time of 5:56. Northside Sophomore Zach Rosenberg ran the first 800m in 3:10, and ran the final 800m in 3:15 for a personal best time of 6:25.
In the 200m Dash, Northside Senior Martin Melto ran an outstanding time of 26.50. Senior Brian Chhun ran a time of 28.00. Senior Lawrence Tran ran a personal best time of 28.80. Freshman Josh Williams ran a time of 29.43. Sophomore Jameel Ahmed ran a personal best time of 29.76. Sophomore Khoa Nguyen dropped 1.32 seconds off his best time for a personal best time of 30.15. Sophomore Muhammad Hossain ran a personal best time of 30.22. Sophomore Hersh Perlmutter ran an outstanding time of 30.30. Sophomore Damian Azubuike ran a personal best time of 30.83. Sophomore Neel Patel ran a personal best time of 31.40. Sophomore Mohammed Ahmed ran a personal best time of 31.63. Sophomore Anton Garazha ran a personal best time of 35.40. Freshman Edgar Ortega ran a personal best time of 35.84.
In the 4x160m Throwers Relay, Freshman Luis Mesa ran a 22.72 160m split on the first leg of the relay. Sophomore Luke Kotowski ran an outstanding 22.28 160m split on the second leg of the relay. Freshman Matt Hernandez ran a 23.00 160m split on the third leg of the relay. Freshman Cody Rios anchored the Mustangs with an outstanding 24.21 160m split, for a total time of 1:32.21.
In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Senior Brandon Cooper ran a 61.46 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Senior Simon Vecchioni ran a 64.36 400m split ont he second leg of the relay. Junior Steven Burke ran a 59.87 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and Junior Hunter Speese anchored the Mustangs to third place with a 60.06 400m split for a total time of 4:05.75.
In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x400m Relay, Freshman Mackenzie Melto ran a 61.95 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Sophomore Ed Moreno ran a 62.60 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Sophomore Nico Salzetta ran a 69.00 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Josh Pfest. Josh Pfest anchored the Mustangs to second place with a 63.00 400m split for a total time of 4:16.55.
Glenbrook North won the meet with 47 points. Northside College Prep finished in second place with 44 points. Highland Park finished in third place with 40 points. Maine West finished in fourth place with 3 points. The Northside Varsity Men now have a record of 10-4!!
VARSITY POINTS SCORED
1. Martin Melto 8.00
2. Hersh Perlmutter 6.00
3. Eric Nelson 5.00
4. Charlie Mesimore 4.25
5. Hunter Speese 3.25
6. Brandon Cooper 3.00
7. Steven Burke 2.25
7. John Konow 2.25
7. Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss 2.25
8. Ed Moreno 2.00
9. Cooper Eben 1.25
9. Jon Kittaka 1.25
9. Luke Sobieraj 1.25
10. Brian Chhun 1.00
10. Mac Melto 1.00
VARSITY POINTS SCORED - SEASON TOTAL (2 Meets)
1. Charlie Mesimore 11.25
2. Martin Melto 9.00
3. Steven Burke 8.50
4. Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss 8.25
5. Hersh Perlmutter 6.00
6. Jon Kittaka 5.25
7. Eric Nelson 5.00
8. John Konow 4.50
9. Brandon Cooper 4.25
10. Luke Sobieraj 3.50
11. Hunter Speese 3.25
12. Brian Chhun 3.00
13. Simon Vecchioni 2.00
13. Ed Moreno 2.00
14. Sam Vergara 1.50
14. Rafael Confino 1.50
14. Sam Olver 1.50
14. Saul Silveyra 1.50
15. Cooper Eben 1.25
16. Wesley Laytham 1.00
16. Mac Melto 1.00
All Athletes that score a Varsity point in any meet during the season, earn a Varsity letter.
