Announcement
Northside finishes in SECOND at the De La Salle Pre-Conference Invitational! 4x800m WINS!
On Sunday, March 12, 2017, the Northside Varsity Men traveled to De La Salle High School in Chicago, Illinois for the Pre-Conference Invitational. De La Salle honored their Seniors in a nice ceremony prior to the commencement of the Track Events.
Individual Events and Relays were scored on the following scoring scale: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Unfortunately, there was a scoring error in the 800m run. Northside Senior Sergio Soto and Sophomore Norberto Nieves scored 9 points in the 800m, with a 4th and 5th place finish respectively. However, Northside was not given credit for Soto's fourth place finish by the official scorer from De La Salle until four days AFTER the meet. As a result, Northside's official score improved from 64 to 68 points, for a second place finish!
De La Salle won the Pre-Conference Invitational with 76 points. Chicago Northside finished in SECOND place with 68 points, and posted victories over: 3. St. Laurence (65 points), 4. Hubbard (50 Points), 5. Steinmetz (43 points), 6. Simeon (41 points), 7. Clark (38 points), 8. Brooks (36 points), 9. Prosser (33 points), 10. Gary Comer (15 points), 11. Schurz (13 points), 12. Johnson (12 points), 13. Southland (11 points), and 14. Little Village (7 points). The Chicago Northside Mustangs had a record of 12-1 on the day!
In the Varsity Long Jump, Northside Junior Daniel Agbeo finished in ninth place with a jump of 15'11. Northside Junior Guy Lohoua finished in 13th place with a jump of 15'3.
In the Varsity Triple Jump, Northside Senior Jack Nolan finished in sixth place with a Triple jump of 32'11. Northside Junior Elias Decker finished in seventh place with a Triple Jump of 32'6. Northside scored five points in the Triple Jump!
In the Varsity Shot Put, Northside Junior Matthew Garder finished in fourth place with an outstanding throw of 39'8.25. Northside Senior Matthew Kosova finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with a throw of 35'3.5. Northside Senior Carlos Saldana threw a season best 24'6.5. Northside scored six points in the Shot Put!
In the Sophomore-Freshman 55m Dash, Northside Freshman Chris Jackson finished in tenth place with an outstanding time of 7.59. Northside Freshman Cameron Boulanger finished in 15th place with a personal best time of 7.84.
In the Varsity 55m Dash, Northside Sophomore Osazee Osaghae finished in fifth place overall with an outstanding time of 7.05. Northside Senior Brandon Banas finished in 23rd place with a personal best time of 7.76. Northside scored four points in the 55m dash!
In the Varsity 4x800m Relay, Northside Junior Jacob Yosowitz ran an 800m split of 2:17.96, and then made a difficult exchange to Brian McManus. Northside Senior Brian McManus ran an 800m split of 2:15.89, and then made a good exchange to Darius Deloye. Northside Junior Darius Deloye ran an 800m split of 2:16.55, and then made a nice exchange to Charlie Guthmann. Northside Junior Charlie Guthmann anchored Northside to FIRST PLACE with a 2:16.20 800m split for an official time of 9:06.91. Northside scored ten points in the 4x800m Relay.
In the Varsity 400m Dash, Northside Junior Guy Lohoua finished in seventh place with a personal best time of 57.73. Northside Junior Jadd Oweimrin dropped six seconds (65.12) with a PERSONAL BEST time of 59.49. Northside scored two points in the 400m dash.
In the Varsity 55m Hurdles, Northside Senior Jay Borgwardt finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 8.95. Northside Junior Asher Rappaport finished in fifth place with an outstanding time of 9.09. Northside scored 9 points in the 55m Hurdles!
In the Varsity 4x160m Relay, Northside Junior Mason Sotomayor ran a 23.07 160m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Senior Brandon Banas ran a 21.01 160m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Senior Jay Borgwardt ran a 20.51 160m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Osazee Osaghae anchored the Mustangs with a 21.54 160m split to third place in their heat, and in sixth place overall with an official time of 1:26.80. Northside scored 3 points in the 4x160m Relay!
In the Varsity 800m run, Northside Senior Sergio Soto finished in fourth place with an official time of 2:20.02. Northside Sophomore Norberto Nieves finished in fifth place with an official time of 2:20.03. Northside scored 9 points in the 800m run!
In the Varsity 200m dash, Northside Junior Nick Brown finished in 11th place with an official time of 25.88. Northside Junior Daniel Agbeo finished in 14th place with an official time of 26.80.
In the Varsity 1600m run, Northside Junior Jacob Yosowitz finished in second place with an official time of 5:03.99. Northside Sophomore Kris Ushijima finished in third place with a PERSONAL BEST time of 5:12.14. Northside scored 14 points in the 1600m run!
In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Northside Senior Jay Borgwardt ran a 63.63 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Senior Brian McManus ran a 60.31 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Junior Darius Deloye ran a 58.82 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Senior Brandon Banas ran a 62.25 400m split to anchor Northside to first in their heat, and in THIRD place overall. Jay Borgwardt, Brian McManus, Darius Deloye, and Brandon Banas were awarded Bronze Medals for finishing in third place overall. Northside scored 6 points in the 4x400m Relay!
