Announcement
Mac Melto BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD with a 48.78 400m run to place SECOND overall at IHSA Sectional Championships!
In the 400m run, Northside Junior Mac Melto qualified for the IHSA State Championships and broke the school record with a personal best time of 48.78! Melto was awarded a Medal for placing second overall. Niles North Senior Devonier Casey, 2010 State runner-up, won the race with an official time of 48.67. Evanston Senior Marlon Stoby finished in third with a qualifying time of 49.77. New Trier Senior Brian Snyder finished in fourth with a qualifying time of 49.82. Von Steuben Junior Michael Gulan ran a personal best 50.39 to place fifth overall. St. Viator Senior Justin Johnson completed the scoring by placing sixth with an official time of 51.18. Northside Junior Dan Graham ran an outstanding time of 55.88. Mac Melto was honored in practice on Friday with a 25 lbs Watermelon for breaking the school record in the 400m run! At the Mustangs home meet in 2012, the 400m run will be officially named the "Mac Melto 400m run at the Eric Nelson Classic" in honor of Mac Melto qualifying for the State Championships! Mac Melto will be one of the favorties to make the medal stand at the Outdoor Track & Field State Championships! Mac Melto will also have two more opportunites to break his school record in the 400m run on Friday and Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois at the State Championships!!!
In the 300m Hurdles, Northside Senior Hersh Perlmutter ran an outstanding time of 44.78. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick ran a personal best time of 45.52.
