Announcement
Asher Rappaport finishes SECOND in Freshman High Jump! Mason Sotomayor FOURTH in the Freshman Long Jump! Kyle Lowenthal FIFTH in the 1000m run!
On Friday, February 6, 2015, the Northside Freshman Track & Field TEAM traveled to Skokie, Illinois for the Niles West Wolves Indoor Classic.
The Niles West Wolves Indoor Classic featured Niles North, Northtown Academy, Taft, Northside College Prep, Perspective Charter Leadership, Von Steuben, Perspective Charter IIT Math & Science, North Lawndale, Schurz, and host Niles West.
A special thanks to Niles West Head Coach Chris Vivone, Distance Coach Michael Grossman, and staff for hosting an outstanding meet. Northside would also like to thank IHSA official Lawrence Genge and crew for an outstanding job officiating the Niles West Wolves Indoor Classic.
The opening of the Indoor Track & Field season is a special day. A Track & Field meet features 18 events, with non-stop action on the Track, and events being run simutaneously in the Field, including Shot Put, Long Jump, Triple Jump, and High Jump. The first recorded Track & Field meet dates back to the Anicent Olymic Games, in 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece.
Individual events and Relays were scored 10-8-6-4-2-1.
In the Freshman Long Jump, Northside Freshman Mason Sotomayor finished in fourth place with a jump of 10'7.
In the Freshman High Jump, Northside Freshman Asher Rappaport finished in SECOND place with a leap of 4'6.
In the Freshman Shot Put, Northside Freshman Jonathan Liu improved by 2'8 (18'2) with a PERSONAL BEST throw of 20'10.
In the Freshman 1000m Run, Northside Freshman Kyle Lowenthal finished in FIFTH place with a PERSONAL BEST time of 3:21.90. Kyle Lowenthal ran the first 200m in 37 seconds, and then ran 160m splits of 32, 33, 35, 33, and then ran the final 160m in a NEGATIVE split of 31 seconds for an official time of 3:21.90.
Northside Freshman Sebastien Vondrak finished in eighth place in the 1000m run with a PERSONAL BEST time of 3:50.66. Sebastien Vondrak ran the first 200m in 36 seconds, and then ran 160m splits of 34, 35, 41, 42, and then ran the final 160m in an EVEN split of 42 seconds for an official time of 3:50.66.
In the Freshman 55m High Hurdles, Northside Freshman Asher Rappaport finished in fourth place overall with a PERSONAL BEST time of 12.12.
In the Freshman 50m Dash, Northside Freshman Carel Jones finished in THIRD place with a personal best time of 6.72. Northside Freshman Nicholas Brown finished in FIFTH place with a personal best time of 6.78. Northside Freshman Jonathan Liu ran a personal best time of 8.28.
In the Freshman 800m run, Northside Freshman Mason Sotomayor finished in SIXTH place to complete the scoring with a PERSONAL BEST time of 2:43.29. Mason Sotomayor ran 160m splits of 28, 32, 34, 37 and then ran the final 160m in a NEGATIVE split of 32 seconds for an official time of 2:43.29.
