CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

 On Saturday, April 9, 2011, the Northside Varsity Men traveled to Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois for the Paul Gans Invitational.

 The meet featured Antioch, Fenwick, Plainfield East, Mather, Northside College Prep, Yorkville, Metea Valley, Rich Central, Huntley, Urbana and host Niles West.

 Northside had THREE SCHOOL RECORDS broken in the 4x100m Relay, 400m run, and 200m Dash!

 Medals were awarded for first place through sixth place. The meet was scored on the following point scale: 10-8-6-4-2-1.

 In the Varsity 100m Dash Semi-Finals, Northside Junior Mac Melto qualified for the Finals by winning his heat with an official time of 11.30. Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese qualified for the Finals by placing second in his heat with a time of 11.31.

 In the Varsity 110m Hurdles Semi-Finals, Northside Senior Hersh Perlmutter qualified for the Finals by placing third in his heat with an official time of 16.64. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick ran a personal best time of 18.01.

 In the Varsity 200m Dash Semi-Finals, Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese qualified for the Finals by winning his heat with an official time of 23.20. Northside Junior Joseph Smith ran an outstanding time of 29.20.  

 Former Northside Varsity throwers Allen Tu, Ottmar Flores, Mohammed Ahmed, Andres Delgado, and Alex Park did not show up to the 7:45 am bus departure, or in time for the start of the meet at 8:30 am, so they were scratched and replaced by Junior Joseph Smith, Sophomore Kapil Garg, Sophomore Ifeanyichu Ndukwu, and Freshman Henry Lothschutz. Flores, Ahmed, and Delgado were also suspended from the Team indefinitely for violation of Team attendance policy for practices and meets. Alex Park has been dismissed from the squad. 

 In the Varsity Shot Put, Northside Junior Joseph Smith threw a personal best 28'8.5. Northside Sophomore Kapil Garg threw a personal best 28'3. Northside Sophomore Ifeanyichu Ndukwu threw a personal best 26'1. Northside Freshman Henry Lothschutz threw a personal best 25'4.

 In the Varsity Discus, Northside Sophomore Kapil Garg threw a personal best 69'2. Northside Sophomore Ifeanyichu Ndukwu threw a personal best 65'7. Northside Freshman Henry Lothschutz threw a personal best 58'6. Northside Junior Joseph Smith threw a personal best 51'0.

 In the Varsity Long Jump, Northside Junior Josh Williams placed fifth overall with a jump of 18'4. Josh Williams was awarded a Medal for placing fifth overall. Northside Freshman Louis Koll jumped a personal best 15'9.

 In the Varsity Triple Jump, Northside Junior Josh Williams jumped 36'6.5. Northside Freshman Louis Koll jumped a personal best 32'4.5.

 In the Varsity High Jump, Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick and Northside Senior Mac Melto were unable to complete the competition because they had to leave the meet early for a band concert at Schurz High school. 

 In the Varsity 4x800m Relay, Northside finished in fourth place with an official time of 8:49.10. Northside Junior Pat Duffy ran the first 400m in 60 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 67 seconds for a 2:07.42 800m split, and made a nice exchange to Senior Erik Zuehlke. Erik Zuehlke ran the first 400m in 68 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 69 seconds for a 2:17.43 800m split, and made a nice exchange to Junior Dan Graham. Dan Graham ran the first 400m in 65 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 69 seconds for a 2:14.57 800m split, and made a perfect exchange to Junior Ezra Edgerton. Ezra Edgerton ran the first 400m in 63 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 66 seconds for a 2:09.68 800m split, to anchor the Mustangs to fourth place overall, with an official time of 8:49.10. Pat Duffy, Erik Zuehlke, Dan Graham, and Ezra Edgerton were awarded Medals for placing fourth overall. Matea Valley finished in fifth place with an official time of 8:55.0. Mather finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 9:03.90.    

 In the Varsity 4x100m Relay, Northside BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD with an official time of 45.55 to win their heat, and place fourth overall! Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese ran a 100m split of 11.01 and made a perfect exchange to Northside Junior Josh Williams. Josh Williams ran a 12.12 100m split, and made a nice exchange to Northside Senior Wesley Laytham. Wesley Laytham ran a 10.61 100m split, and made a nice exchange to Northside Junior Mac Melto. Mac Melto ran a 11.21 100m split, to anchor the Mustangs to Victory in their heat, and fourth overall. Nathaniel Agharese, Josh Williams, Wesely Laytham, and Mac Melto were awarded a Medal for placing fourth overall. Nathaniel Agharese, Josh Williams, Wesely Laytham, and Mac Melto will be awarded a Watermelon in practice on Monday for breaking the school record in the 4x100m Relay. Mather finished in fifth place with an official time of 45.60. Matea Valley finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 45.70.

 In the Varsity 3200m Run, Northside Freshman Cesar Rufino DROPPED 12 seconds and ran a personal best time of 11:06.35. Cesar Rufino ran the first mile in 5:28, and then ran the final mile in 6:08 for a personal best time of 11:06.35. Northside Senior Erik Zuehlke ran an outstanding time of 11:15.23. Erik Zuehlke ran the first mile in 5:32, and then ran the final mile in 5:43 for an outstanding time of 11:15.23. Northside Ironman Erik Zuelke ran the 3200m run, after running the second leg of the 4x800m Relay. A special thanks to Erik Zuehlke for running the most difficult double in the sport.

 In the Varsity 110m Hurdle Finals, Northside Senior Hersh Perlmutter finished in eighth place with an outstanding time of 16.66.

 In the Varsity 100m Dash Finals, Northside Junior Mac Melto placed third overall with an official time of 11.25. Mac Melto was awarded a Medal for placing third overall. Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese placed eighth overall with an official time of 11.82.

 In the Varsity 800m run, Northside Senior Wesley Laytham placed fifth overall with a season best time of 2:02.80. Wesley Laytham was awarded a Medal for placing fifth overall. Northside Junior Pat Duffy placed ninth overall with an outstanding time of 2:10.86.

 In the Varsity 4x200m Relay, Northside finished in sixth place overall with an official time of 1:44.30. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick ran a 27.17 200m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Louis Koll ran a 25.36 200m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Senior Hersh Perlmutter ran a 26.03 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Junior Ezra Edgerton anchored the relay to sixth place overall, with a 25.74 200m split, for an official time of 1:44.30.   

 In the Varsity 400m run, Northside Junior Mac Melto WON it and BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD with a personal best time of 49.40. It was the second fastest time run in Illinois this year!!! Mac Melto was awarded a Gold Medal for placing first overall. Mac Melto will be honored in practice on Monday with a Watermelon for breaking the school record in the 400m run! Matea Valley's MacKey finished in second place with an official time of 51.20. Urbana's Butler finished in third place with an official time of 51.90. Yorkville's Dhuse finished in fourth place with an official time of 53.20. Matea Valley's Laskey, and Huntley's Dollar tied for fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 53.30. Northside Junior Mac Melto is now within 0.10 of a second, of Illinois 400m leader, Cary Grove Community High School Anthony Golowach (49.30).

 In the Varsity 300m Hurdles, Northside Senior Hersh Perlmutter DROPPED 1.23 SECONDS with an outstanding time of 44.80. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick had to leave the meet early due to a band concert at Schurz high school. 

 In the Varsity 1600m run, Northside Senior Wesley Laytham ran an outstanding time of 4:48.89. Wesley Laytham ran 400m splits of 65, 71 (2:16 800m), 73 (3:33 1200m), and 75 seconds for an outstanding time of 4:48.89. Northside Junior Dan Graham DROPPED 4 SECONDS for a personal best time of 5:00.30. Dan Graham ran 400m splits of 67, 77 (2:24 800m), 84 (3:48 1200m), and a NEGATIVE SPLIT of 72 seconds on the final 400m for a personal best time of 5:00.30.   

 In the Varsity 200m Dash Finals, Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese finished in third place overall and BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD with a personal best time of 22.68. Nathaniel Agharese was awarded a Medal for placing third overall. Nathaniel Agharese will be honored in practice on Monday with a Watermelon for breaking the school record in the 200m dash!

 In the Varsity Weightmens Relay, Northside finished in fifth place overall with an outstanding time of 58.45. Northside Sophomore Kapil Garg ran a 16.01 100m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Ifeanyichu Ndukwu ran a 14.40 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Henry Lothschutz ran a 14.72 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Junior Joseph Smith ran a 13.32 100m split to anchor the Mustangs to fifth place overall, with an official time of 58.45. Kapil Garg, Ifeanyichu Ndukwu, Henry Lothschuz, and Joseph Smith were awarded Medals for placing fifth overall.

 In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Northside finished in sixth place overall with an official time of 3:43.07. Northside Junior Pat Duffy ran a 55.29 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Junior Josh Williams ran a 54.63 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Junior Dan Graham ran a 58.17 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Senior Wesley Laytham anchored the Mustangs to sixth place overall, with a 54.98 400m split, for an official time of 3:43.07. Pat Duffy, Josh WIlliams, Dan Graham, and Wesley Laytham were awarded Medals for placing sixth overall.

 Northside scored 38 points, and posted victories over Mather (36 points), Urbana (30 Points), Rich Central (27 points), and Northridge (0 points).