Announcement
Malcolm Grba WINS 800m! Matt Osborne finishes THIRD in Triple Jump with a 39'0.5! Porter Abbey 18'6.5 Long Jump! Ari Perlmutter 40'0 Shot Put!
On Saturday, February 14, 2015, the Northside Varsity Men traveled to Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois for the Wildkits Indoor Classic.
Evanston High School features an Orange and Blue MONDO surface 160m indoor Track. Athletes were permitted to use 1/4 pyramid spikes.
The Wildkits Indoor Classic featured seven outstanding teams, including: Waukegan, Morgan Park, Schaumburg, Julian, Chicago Northside, New Trier, and host Evanston.
The large size of the Teams made the Track Meet more fun in every event. New Trier High School arrived with five buses of athletes, and entered a record 210 athletes in the meet.
The meet had a very strong field. In 2014, Evanston won the IHSA Loyola Sectional Title. Morgan Park is also ranked among the top Teams in the Chicago Public League.
Evanston Head Coach Don Michelin and staff hosted an outstanding meet. The meet had non-stop action, and in addition to all of the tradinonal Track events, Evanston had several special relays at the end of meet, including an Indoor Middle Distance Medley Relay (400m-160m-160m-800m). A special thanks to Evanston Head Coach Don Michelin and staff for a great experience.
Individual events and relays were scored on the following point scale: 10-8-6-4-2-1.
In the Pole Vault, Northside Junior Brendan Powers finished in seventh place with a vault of 7'6.
In the Shot Put, Schaumburg's Buchanon won it with a throw of 43'4. Evanston's Bey finished in second place with a throw of 42'5. Morgan Park's Robinson finished in third place with a throw of 42'5. Schaumburg's Miller finished in fourth place with a throw of 41'9. Evanston's Nielsen finished in fifth place with a throw of 40'2. Northside Senior Ari Perlmutter finished in SIXTH place to complete the scoring with an outstanding throw of 40'0. Northside Senior Louie Asimow threw a personal best 25'9. Northside Junior Matthew Gomez threw an outstanding 25'0. Northside Senior Harry Winters threw an outstanding 22'4.
In the Long Jump, Schaumburg's Sally won it with a jump of 19'5.25. Evanston's Watson finished in second place with a jump of 18'10. Morgan Park's Balest finished in third place with a jump of 18'9.5. Evanston's Starks finished in fourth place with a jump of 18'7.25. Northside Senior Porter Abbey finished in FIFTH place with an outstanding jump of 18'6.5. Morgan Park's Parker finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 18'4. Northside Senior Matt Osborne jumped an outstanding 17'5. Northside Sophomore Brandon Banas jumped an oustanding 15'7.75.
In the Triple Jump, Morgan Park's Howell won it with a jump of 43'4. Waukegan's McGee finished in second place with a jump of 39'5.25. Northside Senior Matt Osbrone finished in THIRD place with an outstanding jump of 39'0.50. New Trier's Rabjohns finished in fourth place with a jump of 38'3. Northside Senior Porter Abbey finished in FIFTH place with an outstanding jump of 38'1. Schaumbur's Sally finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 37'8.75. Northside Junior Keith Jones improved almost 2'0, and jumped a personal best 36'1.5.
In the High Jump, Morgan Park's Taylor won it with a leap of 5'8. New Trier's Mathews finished in second place with a leap of 5'6. New Trier's Johnson finished in third place with a jump of 5'6. Morgan Park's Strode finished in fourth place with a jump of 5'6. New Trier's Anderson finished in fifth place with a jump of 5'4. New Trier's Hartigan finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 5'4. Unfortunately, Northside Senior Ari Perlmutter was unable to stay at the meet for the duration of the High Jump competition. Northside Sophomore Brandon Banas made three outstanding attempts at 5'2.
In the 55m High Hurdles, Evanston's Amarteifo won it with a 7.86. Evanston's Bambose finished in second place with a 8.16. Evanston's Grant finished in third place with a 8.20. Morgan Park's Austin finished in fourth place with a 8.62. New Trier's Ball finished in fifth place with a 8.94. Evanston's Christe finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a 8.94. Northside Junior Justin Washington hurdled a personal best time of 9.06. Northside Senior Matt Osborne hurdled an outstanding time of 9.50.
In the 55m Dash, Schaumburg's Thomas won it with a 6.37. Evanston's Adams finished in second place with a 6.69. Evanston's Murphy finished in third place with a 6.75. Morgan Park's Edwards finished in fourth place with a 6.80. Morgan Park's Howard finished in fifth place with a 6.88. Evanston's Watson finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a 6.93. Northside Senior Gabriel Jiminez-Ekhman ran an outstanding time of 7.31. Northside Senior Gus Vroustouris ran a personal best time of 8.12. Northside Senior Louie Asimow ran a personal best time of 8.59.
