Announcement
KEITH JONES, GARRET BARCH, JUSTIN WASHINGTON, and PHILIP WDOWIAK BREAK SCHOOL RECORD IN 4x200m RELAY! 1:33.16! Third place!
Prior to Friday, the Northside School Record for the 4x200m Relay was 1:35.99. Northside had not Medaled in the 4x200m Relay at an IHSA Sectional Boys meet prior to 2015. Lane Tech had run a 1:33.38 4x200m Relay at the CPS Championships on May 9, and was one of the top seeds in the meet.
At the IHSA Sectional Championships, Northside would attempt to break the school record (1:35.99), and crack the Top 2 4x200m Relays to qualify for the State Championships.
In the 4x200m Relay, Lane Tech dropped 3.65 seconds (1:33.38) to win it with an official time of 1:29.73. Congratulations to Lane Tech Coach Kris Roof, and Junior Kyle Williams, Senior Chris Gibson, Senior Malik Hamilton, and Senior Michael Hardman. Oak Park River Forest finished in second place to qualify for State with an outstanding time of 1:30.02. Congratulations to Oak Park River Forest Coach Tim Hasso, and Senior Chris Wright-Madison, Senior Desmond Bird-Murphy, Senior Benion DeViaughn, and Junior Tyron Jones.
The Chicago Northside Mustangs dropped 2.83 seconds (1:35.99) to BREAK THE SCHOOL RECORD, and finish in THIRD place with an outstanding time of 1:33.16. Northside Junior Keith Jones ran an outstanding 23.73 200m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Junior Garret Barch ran an impressive 22.02 200m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Junior Justin Washington ran a 25.10 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Junior Philip Wdowiak ran an impressive 21.92 200m split to anchor Northside to Third place overall with an official time of 1:33.16.
Northside Juniors Keith Jones, Garret Barch, Justin Washington, and Philip Wdowiak will be honored in practice on Tuesday, and will receive Watermelons for breaking the school record! All four members of the school record 4x200m Relay are Juniors, and will be back in 2016! Northside also had a strong performance by Junior Steven Kataba in the 200m Dash (24.09). Keith Jones, Garret Barch, Justin Washington, and Philip Wdowiak received MEDALS for placing third overall in the 4x200m Relay at the IHSA Sectional Championships. Keith Jones, Garret Barch, Justin Washington, and Philip Wdowiak will also receive PLAQUES for breaking the School record at the June 5, 2015 Track & Field Banquet at the East Bank Club.
Northside finished in third place with an official time of 1:33.16, and posted victories over: 4. Taft (1:33.46), 5. Proviso East (1:34.13), 6. St.Patrick (1:35.87), 7. Lake View (1:36.05), 8. Schurz (1:36.06), 9. Whitney Young (1:36.87).
