Announcement
Lucien Fitzpatrick WINS 110m Hurdles! Philip Wdowiak finishes second in his heat, and fifth overall in the 100m Dash!
In the 110m Hurdles, Northside Senior Lucien Fitzpatrick WON it with an outstanding time of 15.52. Northside Junior Porter Abbey finished in third place with an official time of 18.10. Northside Junior Matt Osborne finished in fourth place with an official time of 18.19. Northside Sophomore Derrick Staples hurdled a personal best time of 21.85. Northside Sophomore Garret Barch hurdled an outstanding time of 22.01. Northside Junior Christopher Tam hurdled a personal best time of 23.27. Northside Freshman Jack Nolan hurdled a personal best time of 23.78.
In the 100m Dash, Northside Sophomore Philip Wdowiak finished in second place in his heat, and in fifth place overall with a personal best time of 12.47. Northside Junior Gabriel Jimenez-Ekman finished in seventh place overall with an outstanding time of 12.54. Northside Sophomore Steven Kataba ran an outstanding time of 12.90. Northside Junior Calvin Kuhnen ran an official time of 13.34. Northside Sophomore Andy Dominquez ran a personal best time of 14.40. Northside Freshman Auggie Romero ran a personal best time of 14.77.
The 800m run at the Eric Nelson Classic is named after Northside Alumni legend Wesley Laytham. Laytham holds the school record in the 800m run (1:57.49) and qualified for the IHSA State Championships in the 800m run. Prior to Tuesday, the fastest 800m run time ever run in the Eric Nelson Classic was a 2:04.00 (Wesley Laytham, 2011).
In the 800m run, Northside had an incredible 1-2-3 finish! Northside Junior Malcolm Grba WON it with an official time of 2:02.16. Malcolm Grba was awarded a Plaque for winning the 800m run. Northside Sophomore Danny Rosen finished in SECOND place with an outstanding time of 2:03.26. Northside Senior Simon Kafka finished in THIRD place with a personal best open 800m time of 2:03.55. Simon Kafka passed Northside Alumni legend John Krumsee (2:05.80) on the 800m All Time list. Simon Kafka is closing in on Northside Alumni legend Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss (2:03.16) next on the 800m All Time list. Northside scored 24 points in the 800m run!!
Taft Junior Abraham Tobias finished in fourth place with an official time of 2:04.37. Von Steuben Sophomore Paulo Aco finished in fifth place with an official time of 2:15.53. Von Steuben Freshman Bukuru Anaclet finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 2:18.94. Northside Freshman Alex Ortiz finished in seventh place with a personal best time of 2:20.38. Northside Junior Kenny Dumez ran an outstanding time of 2:24.34. Northside Freshman Brian McManus ran an outstanding time of 2:26.22. Northside Freshman Miguel Garay ran a personal best time of 2:43.37.
In the 4x200m Relay, Solorio won it with an official time of 1:39.76. Taft finished in second place with an official time of 1:39.78. Leo finished in third place with an official time of 1:44.25. Von Steuben finished in fourth place with an official time of 1:45.15. Kelvyn Park finished in fifth place with an official time of 1:46.89.
The 400m Dash at the Eric Nelson Classic is named after Northside Alumni legend Mac Melto. Melto holds the school record in the 400m run (48.30) and was an IHSA State Qualifier, and Illinois Prep Top Times Champion.
In the 400m Dash, Northside Senior Nate Mendez finished in third place with a personal best time of 56.56. Northside Freshman Josh Borgwardt ran a personal best time of 59.94. Northside Sophomore Troy Hu ran a personal best time of 61.31. Northside Sophomore Matthew Gomez ran an official time of 76.89. Athletes in the final heat of the 400m dash were disqualified for running outside of their lane.
After the 400m Dash, the remaining events were canceled due to darkness.
