Announcement
Mac Melto WINS 100m, 400m, and 200m Dash!!! Mesimore WINS 3200m run! Laytham WINS 800m and Mile! Perlmutter WINS 110m and 300m Hurdles!
On Wednesday, April 21, 2010, the Northside Varsity Men traveled to Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois to take on the Caxys in a dual meet.
Lake Forest Academy features a multi-million dollar track, hockey rink, and extensive athletic facilities. The campus is surrounded by woods, complete with running trails. All Lake Forest Academy students are required to compete in Track and one other sport as a graduation requirement. Lake Forest Academy had multiple athletes and relays in every event.
Across from the Track & Field Stadium, the Chicago Bears Indoor Practice facility could be seen behind the stadium score board. Lake Forest Academy was excellent hosts. Cold temperatures and high winds did not stop the meet.
Despite the conditions, Northside had TWO school records broken, and Lake Forest Academy had ONE school record broken!
Prior to the meet, Northside had never beaten Lake Forest Academy in a track meet. That changed on Wednesday, as the Mustangs upset Lake Forest Academy by a score of 80-60!!!
Individual events were scored 5-3-1, and relays were scored 5-0.
In the Long Jump, Lake Forest Academy's Kim won it with a jump of 18'8. Lake Forest Academy's Hawang finished in second place with a jump of 17'9. Northside Sophomore Josh Williams completed the scoring by placing third overall with a jump of 17'6.
In the Triple Jump, Lake Forest Academy's Kim won it with a jump of 38'10. Northside Sophomore Derek Lin finished in second place with a jump of 35'7. Northside Sophomore Josh Willaims completed the scoring by placing third overall with a jump of 35'6.
In the High Jump, Northside swept it. Northside Senior Hunter Speese won it. Northside Sophomore Josh Williams finished in second, and Northside Sophomore Jusuf Skelic completed the scoring by finishing in third place.
In the Shot Put, Lake Forest Academy swept it. Lake Forest Academy's Anderson won it with a throw of 37'10. Lake Forest Academy's Pinel finished in second place with a throw of 36'7.75. Lake Forest Academy's Ekakitie finished in third place to complete the scoring with a throw of 35'4.25.
In the Discus, Lake Forest Academy's Anderson broke their school record with a throw of 147'0 to win it. Lake Forest Academy's Pinel finished in second place with a throw of 128'0. Lake Forest Academy's Ekakitie finished in third place to complete the scoring with a throw of 112'0.
In the 4x800m Relay, Northside won it with a time of 9:18.40. Sophomore Pat Duffy ran a 2:18 800m split on the first leg of the relay. Sophomore Ezra Edgerton ran a 2:17 800m split on the second leg of the relay. Sophomore Jusuf Skelic ran a 2:22 800m split on the third leg of the relay. Junior Erik Zuehlke anchored the Mustangs to victory with a 2:21 800m split for a total time of 9:18.40.
In the Freshman 4x800m Relay, Northside finished in second with a 10:46. Freshman Alex Bologna ran a 2:35 800m split on the first leg of the relay. Freshman Calvin Gang ran a 2:42 800m split on the second leg of the relay. Freshman Andy Voung ran a 2:53 800m split on the third leg of the relay. Freshman Patrick Brennan ran a 2:36 800m split, to anchor the Mustangs to a total time of 10:46.
In the 4x100m Relay, Lake Forest Academy won it with a time of 49.37.
In the 3200m run, Northside Junior Charlie Mesimore won it with an official time of 10:44.72. Charlie Mesimore ran the first mile in 5:13 and the second mile in 5:31 for an outstanding time of 10:44.72. Lake Forest Academy's Friske finished in second place with an official time of 10:53.23. Lake Forest Academy's Pejovich finished in third place to complete the scoring with a time of 11:08.62. Northside Junior Danny Sobor ran an outstanding time of 11:14. Northside Sophomore Alexander Seibt ran a personal best time of 11:56. Northside Freshman Brendan Kelly ran an outstanding time of 12:31.
In the 110m Hurdles, Northside Junior Hersh Perlmutter won it and BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD with a personal best time of 16.18. Lake Forest Academy's Kim finished in second place with a time of 16.78. Lake Forest Academy's Hwang finished in third place to complete the scoring with a time of 21.17. Northside Freshman Marcus McVane ran a personal best time of 23.23. Northside Sophomore Luis Mesa ran an outstanding time of 23.63.
In the 100m Dash, Northside Sophomore Mac Melto WON it with a season best time of 11.55. Northside Freshman Nathaniel Agharese finished in second place with an outstanding time of 11.87. Northside Junior Neal Capapas finished in third place to complete the scoring with an oustanding time of 12.14. Northside Freshman Brandon Licuanan ran a personal best time of 13.52. Northside Freshman Marcus McVane ran a time of 14.61.
In the 800m run, Northside Junior Wesley Laytham won it with an outstanding time of 2:05.72. Wesley Laytham ran the first 400m in 59 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 66 seconds for an oustanding time of 2:05.72. Lake Forest Academy's Melesse finished in second place with a time of 2:15.87. Lake Forest Academy's MacCarthy finished in third place with a time of 2:16.16. Northside Sophomore Dan Graham ran a time of 2:29.
In the 4x200m Relay, Northside had a dramatic come from behind Victory! Freshman Nathaniel Agharese ran a 200m split of 24.56 on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Josh Williams. Sophomore Josh Williams ran a 200m split of 24.37 on the second leg of the relay and made a perfect exchange to Sophomore Jusuf Skelic. Jusuf Skelic ran a 200m split of 28.20 on the third leg of the relay, and made an exchange to Senior Kevin Jaburek. Kevin Jaburek ran a 200m split of 25.39 to pass Lake Forest Academy, and anchor the Mustangs to victory with an official time of 1:42.52.
In the 400m run, Northside Sophomore Mac Melto WON it with an outstanding time of 53.89. Lake Forest Academy's Wanauskas finished in second place with a time of 55.95. Northside Sophomore Ezra Edgerton finished in third place to complete the scoring with an outstanding time of 56.50. Northside Sophomore Pat Duffy ran an outstanding time of 57.44. Northside Junior Neal Capapas ran an outstanding time of 57.88.
In the 300m Hurdles, Northside Junior Hersh Perlmutter won it with an outstanding time of 44.13. Lake Forest Academy's Kim finished in second place with a time of 44.72. Lake Forest Academy's MacCarthy finished in third place with a time of 49.14. Northside Sophomore Luis Mesa ran an outstanding time of 54.23.
In the 1600m run, Northside Junior Wesley Laytham won it with a 4:51.60. Northside Junior Charlie Mesimore finished in second place with a 4:53.31. Northside Junior Erik Zuehlke finished in third place to complete the scoring with a 5:01.96. Northside Freshman Patrick Brennan ran a personal best time of 5:41. Northside Sophomore Alexander Seibt ran an outstanding time of 5:42. Northside Freshman Alex Bologna ran an outstanding time of 6:19.
In the 200m Dash, Northside Sophomore Mac Melto won it and BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD with a personal best time of 23.41. Northside Freshman Nathaniel Agharese finished in second place with an outstanding time of 24.44. Northside Senior Neal Capapas finished in third place to complete the scoring with an outstanding time of 25.70. Northside Junior Hersh Perlmutter ran a personal best time of 26.45. Northside Sophomore Luis Mesa ran a time of 29.09.
In the 4x400m Relay, Lake Forest Academy won it with a time of 3:54.26. Northside finished in second place with a time of 3:55.20. Northside Sophomore Pat Duffy ran a 55.97 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Ezra Edgerton ran a 58.61 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Dan Graham ran a 62.22 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Jusuf Skelic ran a 58.40 400m split to anchor the Mustangs to a total time of 3:55.20.
VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT LAKE FOREST ACADEMY
1. Mac Melto 15.00
2. Wesley Laytham 10.00
2. Hersh Perlmutter 10.00
3. Charlie Mesimore 8.00
4. Nathaniel Agharese 7.25
5. Josh Williams 6.25
6. Hunter Speese 5.00
7. Jusuf Skelic 4.75
8. Ezra Edgerton 3.50
9. Derek Lin 3.00
10. Pat Duffy 2.50
11. Erik Zuehlke 2.25
12. Kevin Jaburek 1.25
12. Dan Graham 1.25
SEASON VARSITY POINTS LEADERS (11 MEETS):
1. Wesley Laytham 92.75
2. Cooper Eben 77.25
3. Mac Melto 57.00
4. Josh Williams 47.55
5. Hunter Speese 45.00
6. Hersh Perlmutter 32.50
7. Erik Zuehlke 28.75
8. Noel Lopez 24.25
9. Derek Lin 21.50
10. Luke Sobieraj 19.75
11. Charlie Mesimore 18.50
12. Nathaniel Agharese 17.25
13. Jusuf Skelic 12.05
14. Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss 12.00
15. Pat Duffy 9.50
16. Dan Graham 9.25
17. Geoffrey Gould 9.00
18. Dominic Sieminski 8.00
19. Andrew Czyszczon 7.25
20. Kevin Jaburek 5.50
21. Danny Sobor 5.00
22. Ezra Edgerton 4.50
23. Eduardo Herrera 4.00
24. Fahad Sarvari 3.00
24. Ed Moreno 3.00
25. Mohammed Ahmed 2.50
26. Alex Bologna 2.00
26. Ottmar Flores 2.00
27. Neal Capapas 1.50
27. Luke Kotowski 1.50
27. Mark Kharouta 1.50
27. Jimmy Nguyen 1.50
28. Nick Ruff 1.25
28. Steven Burke 1.25
29. Alexander Seibt 1.00
29. Mohammed Hussain 1.00
30. Sam Olver 0.50
