CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

 On Tuesday, April 12, 2011, the Northside College Prep Varsity Mens and Sophomore-Freshman Boys Track Team traveled to Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois for the Spartan Outdoor Classic.   

 The Spartan Outdoor Classic featured an outstanding Deerfield Team, Northside College Prep, and host Glenbrook North High School.

 It was a very friendly atmosphere as several reunions took place throughout the meet. Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon attended Glenbrook North from 1986-1990, and is a member of their athletic college wall of fame. Former Maine South coaching legend, and DePaul Mile legend, Bill Drennan, served as the official starter. Kevin Wright (former coach of Jon Gordon) served as the head timer. Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon also had reunions with former teachers 

 The meet was completed very efficiently, in less than 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. The sound system at William Lutz Stadium was also fantastic.    

 A special thanks to Glenbrook North Head Coach Matt Purdy for hosting an oustanding meet.   

 In an effort to provide non-stop action on the track, the meet was scored only on the Varsity level. The following point scale was used for individual events: 5-3-2-1, and the following point scale was used for relays: 5-3.

 Northside awards Watermelons to any athlete that breaks a school record. The Mustangs broke the school record in the 4x100m Relay, 100m Dash, 110m Hurdles, and 4x400m Relay at the Spartan Outdoor Classic!!! Andy's Fruit Ranch will have TEN Watermelons ready for practice on Wednesday, to honor Nathaniel Agharese (4x100m), Pat Duffy (4x400m), Wesley Laytham (4x100m and 4x400m), Mac Melto (4x100m, 100m Dash, 4x400m), Hersh Perlmutter (110m Hurdles), and Josh Williams (4x100m and 4x400m). 

 In the Discus, Deerfield's Liokumouch won it with an incredible throw of 166'0. Deerfield's Foerch finished in second place with a throw of 152'11. Glenbrook North's Eddinger finished in third place with a throw of 124'0. Deerfield's Manuel completed the scoring with a throw of 119'3. Northside Senior Ottmar Flores threw 78'2. Northside Sophomore Kapil Garg improved by 5'0 with a personal best throw of 74'4. Northside Senior Mohammed Ahmed threw 56'4. Northside Freshman Henry Lothschutz threw 55'5. Northside Senior Andres Delgado threw 52'3. Northside Junior Joseph Smith threw a personal best 51'10.

 In the Shot Put, Deefield's Liokumouch won it with an incredible throw of 53'11. Deerfield's Foerch finished in second place with a throw of 49'7. Deerfield's Kaplan finished in third place with a throw of 48'1. Deerfield's Rolis finished in fourth place to complete the scoring with a throw of 43'10.25. Northside Sophomore Kapil Garg threw a personal best 30'5. Northside Senior Ottmar Flores threw an outstanding 28'5. Northside Junior Joseph Smith threw an outstanding 26'10. Northside Freshman Henry Lothschutz threw a personal best 26'2. Northside Senior Andres Delgado threw 23'0. Northside Senior Mohammed Ahmed threw 22'4.

 In the High Jump, Northside Freshman Louis Koll placed third overall with a personal best jump of 5'2. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick jumped an outstanding 5'0. Northside Freshman Karl Heinz jumped a personal best 4'6. Northside Freshman Alex Theidmann jumped 4'4. Northside Sophomore Brendan Kelly jumped a personal best 4'4. Northside Freshman Truman Brady did not show up to the meet.

 In the Long Jump, Northside Junior Josh Williams finished in third place with an outstanding jump of 18'11. Northside Freshman Louis Koll jumped 15'8.75. Northside Freshman Alex Theidmann jumped an outstanding 13'3.5.

 In the Triple Jump, Northside Junior Josh Williams finished in SECOND place with an outstanding jump of 39'1.50. Northside Freshman Louis Koll jumped a personal best 32'9. Northside Freshman Jay Yu jumped 26'11.5.

 In the Varsity 4x800m Relay, Glenbrook North Senior Joe Poppuard anchored the Spartans to first place with a time of 8:46. Northside finished in second place with a time of 9:07. Northside Junior Pat Duffy ran the first 400m in 64 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 69 seconds for an 800m split of 2:13.00. Northside Senior Erik Zuehlke ran the first 400m of the second leg of the 4x800m relay in 70 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in a NEGATIVE SPLIT of 68 seconds for an 800m split of 2:18.00. Northside Junior Dan Graham ran the first 400m of the third leg of the 4x800m relay in 70 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in a EVEN SPLIT of 70 seconds for an 800m split of 2:20.00. Northside Junior Ezra Edgerton anchored the Mustangs to SECOND place, with a 2:16.00 800m split, for a time of 9:07. Edgerton ran the first 400m in 64 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 72 seconds for an 800m split of 2:16.00,  to anchor the Mustangs to second place with a time of 9:07.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x800m Relay, Glenbrook North won it with a time of 9:31. Northside finished in second place with a time of 9:33. Northside Sophomore Patrick Brennan ran a 2:24 800m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Calvin Gang. Calvin Gang ran a 2:24 800m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Cesar Rufino. Cesar Rufino ran a personal best 2:21 800m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Freshman Robert Szmurlo. Robert Szmurlo ran a personal best 2:24 800m split, to anchor the Mustangs to second place, with a time of 9:33.

 In the Varsity 4x100m Relay, Northside BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD and upset Deerfield to WIN it with an official time of 44.88! Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese ran a 11.39 100m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Junior Josh Williams. Josh Williams ran a 11.37 100m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Senior Wesley Laytham. Wesley Laytham ran a 11.13 100m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Junior Mac Melto. Mac Melto outkicked a Deerfield anchor to the finish line with a 10.89 100m split, for an official time of 44.88! Nathaniel Agharese, Josh Williams, Wesley Laytham, and Mac Melto will be honored at practice on Wednesday, and awarded a Watermelon for breaking the 4x100m Relay school record!!! Northside is now within only 0.57 of a second of Chicago Publie League friendly rival Simeon!

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x100m Relay, Northside ran an official time of 52.80. Northside Sophomore Andy Voung ran a 12.64 100m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Jay Yu ran a 15.45 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Walter Johnson-Geis ran a 11.74 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Karl Heinz anchored the Mustangs, with a 12.97 100m split, for an official time of 52.80.

 In the 3200m run, Northside Sophomore Brenan Kelly ran an oustanding time of 12:02. Northside Freshman Alex Gordon ran an outstanding time of 12:03. Northside Senior Luis Gaytan ran a time of 12:12. Northside Sophomore Henry Tankus finished third for the Mustangs with an outstanding time of 12:29. Northside Sophomore Alex Bologna ran an outstanding time of 13:12. Northside Freshman Christian La Luz ran an outstanding time of 14:10. Northside Freshman Andrew Donchak ran a personal best time of 14:43. Northside Freshman David Huang ran a time of 14:44.

 In the 110m Hurdles, Northside Senior Hersh Perlmutter BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD and finished in third place with a personal best time of 16.13. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick ran a personal best time of 16.69. Northside Freshman Alex Theidmann ran a personal best time of 20.38. Northside Freshman Walter Johnson ran an outstanding time of 20.80. Hersh Perlmutter will be honored in practice on Wednesday, and awarded a Watermelon for breaking the school record in the 110m Hurdles!

 In the 100m Dash, Northside's one-two punch of Mac Melto, and Nathaniel Agaharese finished first and second, respectively, to stun Deerfield and Glenbrook North. Northside Junior Mac Melto BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD with a personal best time of 10.78. Mac Melto will be honored in practice on Wednesday, and awarded a Watermelon for breaking the school record in the 100m Dash! Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese finished in second place with a personal best time of 11.12. Northside Freshman Karl Heinz ran an outstanding time of 13.03. Northside Freshman Jay Yu ran a personal best time of 13.80. Northside Sophomore Andy Voung ran a time of 14.30.

 In the 800m Run, Northside Senior Wesley Laytham finished in fourth place with a time of 2:10. Northside Junior Pat Duffy ran a time of 2:18. Northside Junior Joseph Smith ran a time of 2:29. Northside Sophomore Henry Tankus ran a time of 2:37. Northside Sophomore Brendan Kelly ran a time of 2:45. Northside Freshman Henry Lothschutz ran a time of 2:46.

 In the Varsity 4x200m Relay, Northside Senior Ottmar Flores ran a time of 28.07 on the first leg of the relay. Northside Senior Mohammed Ahmed ran a time of 28.44 on the second leg of the relay. Northside Senior Andres Delgado ran a time of 29.56 on the third leg of the relay. Northside Senior Joseph Smith ran a time of 31.04, to anchor the Mustangs, to an official time of 1:57.11.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x200m Relay, Northside Freshman Jay Yu ran a time of 29.56 on the first leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Alex Bologna ran a time of 29.73 on the second leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Andy Voung ran a time of 30.16 on the third leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Christian La Luz ran a time of 30.47, to anchor the Mustangs, to an official time of 1:59.92.

 In the 400m run, Northside Junior Mac Melto WON it with an outstanding time of 51.53. Northside Freshman Robert Szmurlo ran an outstanding time of 62.40.

 In the 300m Hurdles, Northside Senior Hersh Perlmutter finished in third place with an outstanding time of 44.96. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick ran a personal best time of 47.10. Northside Freshman Walter Johnson-Geis ran an outstanding time of 51.95. Northside Freshman Alex Theidmann ran a personal best time of 58.00.

 In the 1600m Run, Northside Junior Ezra Edgerton WON it and BROKE THE FIVE MINUTE BARRIER with a personal best time of 4:52.90. The five minute barrier is the bench mark for elite high school milers. Ezra Edgerton also passed Dan Kittaka (4:54) on the Northside 1600m run All-Time list! It was also the first time Ezra Edgerton ran in the 1600m run this season!! Ezra Edgerton ran 400m splits of 72, 75 (2:27 800m split), 75 (3:42 1200m split), and then ran the final 400m in a NEGATIVE SPLIT of 70.90 seconds for a personal best time of 4:52.90. Northside Senior Erik Zuehlke finished in third place overall with a personal best time of 4:58.20. Erik Zuehlke ran 400m splits of 72, 76 (2:28 800m split), 76 (3:44 1200m split), and then ran the final 400m in a NEGATIVE SPLIT of 74.20 seconds for a personal best time of 4:58.20. Northside Junior Dan Graham ran an outstanding time of 5:11.50. Dan Graham ran 400m splits of 72, 79 (2:31 800m split), 83 (3:54 1200m split), and then ran the final 400m in a NEGATIVE SPLIT of 77.50 for an outstanding time of 5:11.50. Northside Sophomore Patrick Brennan finished second overall in the Sophomore-Freshman heat with an outstanding time of 5:14. Northside Freshman Cesar Rufino finished third overall in the Sophomore-Freshman heat with a personal best time of 5:15. Northside Sophomore Calvin Gang ran an outstanding time of 5:34.

 In the 200m Dash, Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese WON it with an outstanding time of 22.78. Northside Freshman Louis Koll ran a personal best time of 26.50. Northside Sophomore Andy Voung ran a time of 29.00. Northside Freshman Henry Lothschutz ran a time of 32.60.

 In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Northside had a dramatic come from behind victory over Deerfield with a new school record time of 3:35.36. Northside Junior Pat Duffy ran a 56.74 400m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Northside Junior Josh Williams. Josh Williams passed Glenbrook North on the second leg of the relay, and ran a 54.48 400m split, and made a nice exchange to Northside Senior Wesley Laytham. Wesley Laytham closed the gap between Northside and Deerfield to within 60m on the third leg of the relay, with a 54.39 400m split, and made a perfect exchange to Northside Junior Mac Melto. Mac Melto anchored the Mustangs to a dramatic come from behind victory, with a 49.75 400m split, to BREAK THE SCHOOL RECORD with an official time of 3:35.36. Pat Duffy, Josh Williams, Wesley Laytham, and Mac Melto will be honored in practice on Wednesday, and awarded Watermelons for breaking the school record in the 4x400m Relay!

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x400m Relay, Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick ran a 64.14 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Walter Johnson-Geis ran an outstanding 61.69 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Karl Heinz ran a 64.37 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Robert Szmurlo ran a 65.87 400m split, for an official time of 4:16.07.