CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

 On Saturday, March 10, 2012, the Northside Varsity Mustangs traveled to De La Salle High School at 3455 South Michigan Ave., in Chicago, Illinois for the De LaSalle Meteors "Pre Conference" Invitational.

 The entrance way to the Indoor Track & Field Stadium, featured a statue of a famous De La Salle Alumni, the former Mayor Richard Daley.

 It was the largest Track Meet in Illinois on Saturday, with 17 Teams including: Leyden, Brooks, Northside, Dunbar, Kelvyn Park, Fenger, Kelly, Orr Academy, Harper, Hubard, Corliss, Kennedy, Taft, Foreman, Perspectives MSA, CICS-Ellison, and host De LaSalle High School. The competition was outstanding in every event.

 A special thanks to De LaSalle Head Coach Robell McMiller, and his coaching staff, for hosting an outstanding meet. Coach McMiller showed great sportsmanship by rewarding the Northside Mustangs with their early arrival to the meet, by allowing Northside to be one of the first Teams to set up camp in the stadium.

 The point scale for individual events and relays was 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Athletes that placed in the Top 3 were rewarded with Track & Field Medals.

 In the Shot Put, Northside Freshman Ari Perlmutter threw a personal best 32'09. Northside Junior Kapil Garg threw an outstanding 31'03.

 In the Long Jump, Northside Senior Josh Williams jumped an outstanding 18'6.50 to finish in fifth place. Northside Freshman Porter Abbey jumped a personal best 17'9.00.

 In the Triple Jump, Northside Senior Josh Williams jumped an outstanding 38'03.00 to finish in SECOND place. Northside Sophomore Karl Heinz was scratched from the meet. Josh Williams was awarded a Medal for placing second overall. 

 In the High Jump, Northside Sophomore Lucien Fitzpatrick finished in fourth place with a jump of 5'8. Northside Senior Josh Williams finished in a tie for sixth place with a jump of 5'4.

 In the 4x800m Relay, Northside finished in third place with an official time of 9:08.51. Northside Senior Dan Graham ran a 2:09.09 800m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Senior Joseph Smith ran a 2:18.55 800m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Robert Szmurlo ran a 2:20.97 800m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Senior Pat Duffy ran a 2:19.53 800m split to anchor the Mustangs to third place with an official time of 9:08.51. Dan Graham, Joseph Smith, Robert Szmurlo, and Pat Duffy were awarded medals for placing third overall.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 55m High Hurdles, Northside Sophomore Joel Deleon finished in sixth place with an official time of 11.57. Northside Freshman Ari Perlmutter finished in seventh place with an official time of 14.11.

 In the 55m High Hurdles, Northside Sophomore Lucien Fitzpatrick finished in fifth place with an official time of 8.64. Northside Sophomore Walter Johnson-Geis ran an outstanding time of 10.69. Northside Freshman Matt Osborne ran an outstanding time of 10.97.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 55m Dash, Northside Sophomore Jay Yu ran a personal best time of 7.47. Northside Freshman Connor Fulton ran a personal best time of 8.00.

 In the 55m Dash, Northside Senior Mac Melto finished in third in his heat, and fourth overall with an outstanding time of 6.49. Northside Junior Nathaniel Agharese edged DeLaSalle Carneal Owens (6.65) to finished fifth overall with an outstanding time of 6.64. Northside Freshman Tom Frejowski ran an outstanding time of 7.22. 

 In the 1600m run, Northside Senior Ezra Edgerton ran the first 800m in 2:23, and then ran the final 800m in 2:26 to WIN it with an outstanding time of 4:49.92. Edgerton had an incredible kick in the final 400m of the race. Ezra Edgerton was awarded a gold medal for winning the 1600m run. Brooks Malik Lee finished in second place with an official time of 4:52.20. Northside Junior Patrick Brennan ran the first 800m in 2:22, and then ran the final 800m in 2:30 for an outstanding time of 4:52.67. Patrick Brennan was awarded a bronze medal for placing third in the 1600m run. Hubbard Paul Salinas finished in fourth place with an official time of 4:55.51. Kennedy Leonardo Flores finished in fifth place with an official time of 5:04.06. DeLaSalle Matt Edelhauser finished in sixth place with an official time of 5:05.02. Leyden Pedro Solis finished in seventh place with an official time of 5:07.28. Northside Sophomore Cesar Rufino finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with a personal best time of 5:07.50.

 In the 400m run, Northside Freshman Tom Frejowski ran an outstanding time of 56.31 to complete the scoring by finishing in eighth place out of 36 runners. Frejowski has had a huge impact for the Mustangs. Northside Senior Joseph Smith ran a personal best time of 61.84.

 In the 4x160m Relay, Northside Sophomore Jay Yu ran a 22.13 160m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Porter Abbey ran a 20.93 160m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Matt Osborne ran a 21.55 160m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Ari Perlmutter anchored the Mustangs with a 22.80 160m split for an official time of 1:27.54.

 In the 800m run, Northside Senior Dan Graham finished in fifth place with an official time of 2:10.03. Northside Senior Mac Melto ran in the 800m run for strength as part of his training in preparation for lllinois Prep Top Times. Melto paced himself perfectly off Graham, and ran an official time of 2:12.86 to finish in seventh place overall. Northside Junior Patrick Brennan finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 2:15.36.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 200m Dash, Northside Freshman Connor Fulton ran an outstanding time of 28.91.

 In the 200m Dash, Northside Junior Nathaniel Agharese finished in seventh place overall with an official time of 24.63. Northside Senior Joseph Smith ran an outstanding time of 28.56.

 In the 4x400m Relay, Northside Senior Dan Graham, Senior Josh Williams, Freshman Porter Abbey, and Senior Mac Melto finished second in their heat, and fourth overall with an official time of 4:02.09.

 The Northside Varsity had a record of 13-3 on the day, and a season record of 41-13!