Announcement
Northside WINS Sophomore 4x100m Relay! Gold Medals! Brandon Banas WINS 200m Dash! Steven Kataba finishes SECOND in 400m with a 55.09! Gomez WINS 800m!
On Saturday, April 19, 2014, the Northside Sophomore-Freshman Boys Track & Field Team traveled to Geneva, Illinois for the Mike VanDeveer Invitational.
The meet featured West Chicago, Burlington Central, Dundee Crown, Northside College Prep, Larkin, and host Geneva High school.
Individual points and relays were scored on the following points scale: 10-8-6-4-2-1.
The Northside Sophomore Boys finished in fifth place with 78.50 points.
In the Sophomore Discus, Northside Sophomore Simon Lothschutz finished in eighth place with a 62'09. Northside Freshman Jacob Cosby finished in ninth place with a 58'05.
In the Sophomore Shot Put, Northside Freshman Jacob Cosby finished in SECOND place with a personal best throw of 37'8. Jacob Cosby was awarded a RIBBON for finishing in second place overall. Northside Sophomore Simon Lothschutz finished in tenth place with a throw of 25'7.
In the Sophomore High Jump, Northside Sophomore Keith Jones finished in a fifth place tie with an outstanding leap of 5'2. Keith Jones was awarded a RIBBON for finishing in fifth place overall.
In the Sophomore Long Jump, Northside Sophomore Brandon Banas finished in THIRD place with a personal best jump of 18'0. Brandon Banas was awarded a RIBBON for finishing in third place overall. Northside Freshman Brian McManus jumped a personal best 16'01.
In the Sophomore Triple Jump, Northside Freshman Jack Nolan finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an outstanding jump of 27'02. Jack Nolan was awarded a RIBBON for finishing in sixth place overall.
In the Sophomore 100m Dash Prelims, Northside Sophomore Keith Jones QUALIFIED for the finals with an outstanding time of 12.10. Northside Sophomore Andy Dominiquez ran a personal best time of 13.85.
In the Sophomore 110m Hurdles Prelims, Northside Freshman Jack Nolan QUALIFIED for the finals with an official time of 23.39.
Northside Freshman Brian McManus traveled all the way from Florida to help his teammates on Saturday.
In the Sophomore 3200m run, Northside Freshman Brian McManus DROPPED 34 seconds (11:52.90) for a PERSONAL BEST time of 11:18.90. Brian McManus ran the first mile in 5:31, and then ran the final mile in 5:47 to finish in fifth place with a personal best time of 11:18.90. Brian McManus ran 400m splits of 74, 81 (2:35 800m), 87 (4:02 1200m), 89 (5:31 1600m), 90 (7:01 2000m), 89 (8:30 2400m), 88 (9:58 2800m), and then ran the final 400m in a NEGATIVE split of 80 seconds for a personal best time of 11:18.90. Brian McManus was awarded a RIBBON for finishing in fifth place overall.
In the Sophomore 200m Dash Prelims, Northside Freshman Brandon Banas QUALIFIED for the finals with an outstanding time of 25.55. Northside Freshman Josh Borgwardt ran an outstanding time of 27.03.
In the Sophomore 4x800m Relay, Northside Freshman Alex Ortiz ran the first 400m in 68 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 73.58 seconds for a 2:21.58 800m split, and then made a nice exchange to Freshman Kyle Friedler. Kyle Friedler ran the first 400m in 70 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 77.57 seconds for a 2:27.57 800m split, and then made a perfect exchange to Sophomore Sarrin Chethik. Sarrin Chethik ran the first 400m in 71 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 76 seconds for a 2:27.00 800m split, and then made a nice exchange to Freshman Sergio Soto. Sergio Soto anchored the Mustangs to FOURTH place by running the first 400m in 66 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 78.28 seconds for a 2:24.28 800m split for an official time of 9:40.63. Alex Ortiz, Kyle Friedler, Sarrin Chethik, and Sergio Soto were awarded RIBBONS for finishing in fourth place overall.
In the Sophomore 4x100m Relay, Northside WON it with an outstanding time of 48.69. Northside Sophomore Steven Kataba ran a 100m split of 11.60 on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Keith Jones. Keith Jones ran a 100m split of 11.80 on the second leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Freshman Brandon Banas. Brandon Banas ran a 11.79 100m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Freshman Josh Borgwardt. Josh Borgwardt anchored the Mustangs to VICTORY with a 12.91 100m split for an official time of 48.69. Steven Kataba, Keith Jones, Brandon Banas, and Josh Borgwardt were awarded GOLD MEDALS for winning the 4x100m Relay!
In the 110m Hurdles Finals, Northside Freshman Jack Nolan finished in fifth place with an outstanding time of 23.07. Jack Nolan was awarded a RIBBON for finishing in fifth place overall.
In the 100m Dash Finals, Northside Sophomore Keith Jones finished in fourth place overall with a PERSONAL BEST time of 12.03. Keith Jones was awarded a RIBBON for finishing in fourth place overall.
In the 800m run, Northside Sophomore Matthew Gomez WON it with an official time of 2:11.26. Matthew Gomez ran the first 400m in 61 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 70.26 seconds for an outstanding time of 2:11.26. Matthew Gomez was awarded a GOLD MEDAL for winning the 800m run. Northside Freshman Alex Ortiz ran the first 400m in 69 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 75.80 seconds for an official time of 2:24.80.
In the 400m Dash, Northside Sophomore Steven Kataba finished in SECOND place with an PERSONAL BEST time of 55.09. Steven Kataba was awarded a RIBBON for finishing in second place overall. Northside Freshman Brandon Banas finished in fifth place with an outstanding time of 57.66. Brandon Banas was awarded a RIBBON for finishing in fifth place.
In the 4x200m Relay, Northside Freshman Jacob Cosby ran the first leg of the relay in a 200m split of 26.43 seconds, and then made a good exchange to Sophomore Andy Dominiquez. Andy Dominiquez ran a 200m split of 27.82, and then made an exchange to Freshman Sergio Soto. Sergio Soto ran a 200m split of 27.88, and then made an exchange to Freshman Josh Borgwardt. Josh Borgwardt anchored the Mustangs to FOURTH place with a 27.34 200m split for an official time of 1:49.47. Jacob Cosby, Andy Dominiquez, Sergio Soto, and Josh Borgwardt were awarded RIBBONS for finishing in fourth place overall.
In the 300m Hurdles, Northside Sophomore Keith Jones won his heat, and finished in fourth place overall with an official time of 52.12. Keith Jones was awarded a RIBBON for finishing in fourth place overall. Northside Freshman Jack Nolan finished in seventh place overall with an official time of 59.71.
In the 1600m run, Northside Sophomore Sarrin Chethik finished in seventh place with an official time of 5:16.60. Sarrin Chethik ran 400m splits of 72, 81 (2:33 800m split), 83 (3:56 1200m), and then ran the final 400m in a NEGATIVE split of 80 seconds for an outstanding time of 5:16.60. Northside Freshman Kyle Friedler finished in eighth place with a personal best time of 5:17.53. Kyle Friedler ran 400m splits of 73, 81 seconds (2:34 800m split), 83 (3:57 1200m), and then ran the final 400m in a NEGATIVE split of 80 seconds for a personal best time of 5:17.53.
In the 200m Dash, Northside Freshman Brandon Banas WON it with an official time of 25.51. Brandon Banas was awarded a GOLD MEDAL for winning the 200m dash!
In the 4x400m Dash, Northside Sophomore Matthew Gomez ran the first leg of the relay in a 400m split of 55.82 seconds, and then made a nice exchange to Freshman Brian McManus. Brian McManus ran the second leg of the relay in a 400m split of 61.82 seconds, and made a good exchange to Freshman Josh Borgwardt. Josh Borgwardt ran a 400m split of 66.12 seconds, and then made an exchange to Freshman Jacob Cosby. Jacob Cosby anchored the Mustangs to fifth place with a 61.39 400m split for an official time of 4:05.47. Matthew Gomez, Brian McManus, Josh Borgwardt, and Jacob Cosby were awarded RIBBONS for finishing in fifth place overall.
