Announcement
Northside 4x400m Relay DROPS 7 SECONDS to QUALIFY for the IHSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!
In the IHSA Sectional 200m Dash prelims, the defending State Champion, Kelvyn Park Senior Jamal McNeeley ran a 22.38 to qualify for the finals. Urban Prep Junior Jeremiah Watson qualified for the finals with a 23.09. UIC Junior Koran Ward qualified for the finals with a 23.12. Marshall Senior Jeremiah Westbrooks qualified for the finals with a 23.18. Urban Prep Junior Jeffrey Allgood qualified for the finals with a 23.20. Marshall Senior Edward Lenon qualified for the finals with a 23.34. Muchin Sophomore Aviance Carlisle qualified for the finals with a 24.08. Chicago Bulls College Prep Sophomore Clevon Catchings qualified for the finals with a 24.48. Northside Senior Nathaniel Agharese ran an outstanding time of 25.87 in the 200m dash prelims. After the 200m Dash prelims, Nathaniel Agharese scored for the Mustangs in the 400m Dash. Gabriel Jiminez-Ekhman had to scratch from the 200m Prelims due to a hip injury. Gabriel Jiminez-Ekhman had a great season, and has been a strong anchor for the Mustangs in both the 4x100m and 4x200m Relays, and a points scorer for Northside in the 200m dash.
In the IHSA Sectional 200m Dash Finals, Urban Prep Junior Jeffrey Allgood (23.01), and Marshall Senior Jeremiah Westbrooks (23.18) upset the defending State Champion, Kelvyn Park Senior Jamal McNeeley (23.34) to QUALIFY for the IHSA State Championships. Chicago UIC Junior Koran Ward finished in fourth place with an official time of 23.44. Urban Prep Junior Jeremiah Watson finished in fifth place with an official time of 23.64. Muchin Sophomore Aviance Carlisle finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 24.63.
Northside was #3 seed (3:46.27), behind #2 ranked Prosser (3:43.54), and #1 ranked Norridge Ridgewood (3:42.84), going into the IHSA Sectional 4x400m Relay. Northside knew they were going to have to break the 3:40 barrier to qualify for State in the 4x400m Relay. There best time this season was a 3:46.27. Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon chose Matt Osborne, Simon Kafka, Malcolm Grba, and Tom Frejowski for the challenge.
In the IHSA Sectional 4x400m Relay, Chicago Prosser Junior Kwan Brown took the lead on the first leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Matt Osborne ran toe to toe with Ridgewood Freshman Adam Bonifaciuk with a 400m split of 56.08, and made a nice exchange to Junior Simon Kafka. Simon Kafka pulled away from Ridgewood Freshman Guiliano Vomarro on the second leg of the relay to open up a lead with a 400m split of 56.56, and made a perfect exchange to Sophomore Malcolm Grba. Malcolm Grba ran a personal best 54.19 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Sophomore Tom Frejowski. As soon as the final exchange was made, everyone in the stadium knew that there was no way that Frejowski was going to be caught, and that Mustangs were going to State!!!, and the only question that remained was whether Frejowski would catch Prosser Freshman Deondre McNeal. Chicago Prosser was able to hang-on for Victory by less than a tenth of a second with an official time of 3:39.48. Tom Frejowski anchored the Mustangs to SECOND place to QUALIFY for the IHSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS with an impressive 52.12 400m split for an official time of 3:39.57. Northside dropped seven seconds (3:46.27) for a season best 4x400m Relay time of 3:39.57!!! Matt Osborne, Simon Kafka, Malcolm Grba, and Tom Frejowski were awarded IHSA Medals for finishing in second place! Ridgewood finished in third place with an official time of 3:50.58. Chicago UIC finished in fourth place with an official time of 4:00.09. Urban Prep finished in fifth place with an official time of 4:00.57. Chicago Muchin finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 4:00.93.
