Announcement
Nathaniel Agharese reaches the Medal Stand at the Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor State Championships! Agharese finishes 6th in Illinois in the 200m!!
On Friday, March 22, 2013, Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon, Northside Sprints Coach Mark Morgan, Senior Nathaniel Agharese, and Sophomore Madison Weatherly traveled to the 2013 Illinois Prep Top Times, the "Indoor State Meet", in Bloomington, Illinois.
A special thanks to Northside Athletic Director Andrew Mayer for the outstanding hotel accomadations at Eastland Suites. The hotel suites were complete with a kitchen, full size refrigerator, stove, King size beds, living room, 32' Television, and a second floor loft, which contained an additional bedroom, King size bed, and a second bathroom.
After checking-in at the hotel, Northside had a pre-meet dinner at the Olive Garden, and then stocked up the refrigerators in the hotel suites for Nathaniel Agharese and Madison Weatherly, with snacks and bottled water.
On Saturday, March 23, 2013, Northside departed at 9 am, from Eastland Suites to the Shirek Center Indoor Track & Field Stadium at Illinois Wesleyan University. The energy in the stadium was electric, with a sold-out stadium crowd filled to its capacity, with people standing in the upper deck just to get a glimpse of the meet. The stadium featured a digital clock, showing the times of all the races throughout the meet, and a play-by-play announcer, who gave live commentary on every event that took place.
Nathaniel Agharese received his race number upon arrival.
Northside was also told upon arrival that Sacred Heart High School had scratched from the 4x800m Relay, and Northside would be in the meet as the next fastest 4x800m Relay Team ( #13 seed). Northside was also listed in the Program for the 4x800m Relay, instead of Sacred Heart High School. The meet director apologized for not giving Northside any advance notice. Northside was officially made Illinois Prep Top Times qualifiers in the 4x800m Relay at the meet. However, the information was incorrect. Sacred Heart High School was at the meet, and all 12 Teams scheduled to compete were in the 4x800m Relay. Northside did not have their 4x800m Relay at the meet.
Nathaniel Agharese was placed in a large turf room adjacent to the stadium to put away belongings, and set up a Team Camp. Right next to the turf room, a special gymnasium was used for event check-in, and to run warm-ups. The athletes had access to the stands on the main floor, that were roped off from the Track.
Northside witnessed an incredible Track meet throughout the day.
In the 200m Dash, Chicago Northside Senior Nathaniel Agharese finished second in his heat, and SIXTH overall with an outstanding time of 23.01. Nathaniel Agharese was awarded a Medal for placing sixth in Illinois.
VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT ILLINOIS PREP TOP TIMES
1. Nathaniel Agharese 3.00
Every point scored is vital to the success of the TEAM. The outcome of a Championship meet has come down to a single point on several occassions.
SEASON VARSITY POINTS SCORED TOTALS (7 Meets)
1. Lucien Fitzpatrick 86.00
2. Nathaniel Agharese 64.50
3. Patrick Brennan 45.00
4. Malcolm Grba 22.00
5. Matt Osborne 21.50
6. Simon Kafka 19.75
7. Porter Abbey 16.00
8. Cesar Rufino 12.00
9. Walter Johnson-Geis 8.50
10. Robert Szmurlo 8.25
11. Alex Gordon 8.00
12. Calvin Gang 7.75
13. Marshan Milsap 7.50
14. Adrian Black 5.50
15. Spencer Parts 5.00
15. Tom Frejowski 5.00
15. Max McCoy 5.00
15. Henry Lothschutz 5.00
15. Raymond Siddiqi 5.00
16. Danny Rosen 4.00
16. Lawrence Riley 4.00
17. Michael Walt 3.25
18. Keith Jones 2.25
18. Gabriel Jimenez-Ekhman 2.25
18. Jack Svoboda 2.25
19. Emmet Hilly 2.00
19. Alejandro Ballesteros 2.00
20. Patrick Andrade 1.50
21. Alex Bologna 1.25
22. Peter Kritikos 1.00
22. Marek Dobrenko 1.00
All athletes listed above have earned a VARSITY LETTER this season by scoring a Varsity point!
