Announcement
Northside brings home 16 plaques from the Ostberg Sophomore Indoor Championships!
On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, the Northside College Prep Sophomore Freshman TEAM traveled to Bensenville, Illinois to take on Lake Park, St.Joseph, West Chicago, Brooks, I.C. Catholic Prep, and host Fenton in the 37th Annual Emil Ostberg Sophomore Indoor Championships.
The Emil Ostberg Sophomore Indoor Championships is named after three former Fenton athletes, who earned All-American honors during their collegiate careers. Jim Nichols (All-American in the 800m run), Emil Ostberg (All-American in the 200m Dash), Art Seimers (All-American in the Mile, and brother of Fenton legend Chris Seimers).
To earn All-American honors, a collegiate athlete has to place in the Top 8 in their event at the NCAA National Track & Field Championships. At the Emil Ostberg Championships, Plaques were awarded to the Top 5 individual finishers and the Top 4 Relays in every event.
Fenton features a 135 yards track. Athletes have the privilege of knowing their racing splits every 135 yards for 26 laps in the Two miles run.
All of the events are in Yards at Fenton. As a result, the athletes race 3,510 yards for the Two Miles run, which is actually 3,209.54 Meters. The athletes race 1,755 yards for the mile, which is actually 1,604.772 Meters. The athletes race 880 yards for the half-mile, which is actually 804.672 Meters. The athletes race 440 yards for the quarter, which is actually 402.336 Meters. The athletes race 220 yards for the 200, which is actually 201.168 Meters.
Northside was also awarded 16 plaques for individual events and relays. Plaques are awarded to the top five athletes in individual events, and top four teams in relays.
Lake Park won the Ostberg Sophomore Indoor Championships with 177 points. West Chicago finished in second place with 104 points. Fenton finished in third place with 67 points. Northside finished in fourth place with 48 points, and posted victories over: 5. IC Catholic Prep (41 points), 6. Brooks (35.5 points), and St. Joseph (15.5 points).
Individual Events were scored 10-8-6-4-2-1. Relays were scored 10-8-6-4-2.
In the Shot Put, Lake Park's Chago Basson won it with a throw of 51'7.5. Basson threw it into the high jump pit area, and they had to stop the high jump competition until he completed all of his throws. Fenton's Ivan Rodriquez finished in second place with a throw of 39'3. Northside Sophomore Jacob Cosby finished in THIRD place with an outstanding throw of 38'3. Jacob Cosby was awarded an engraved PLAQUE for finishing in third place overall. West Chicago's Justin Ross finished in fourth place with a throw of 37'10. Fenton's Angelo Duvall finished in fifth place with a throw of 34'1.5. West Chicago's Rudy Cardiel finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a throw of 32'10.5. Northside Sophomore Carlos Saldana threw an outstanding 26'3.5.
In the High Jump, Northside Sophomore Jacob Cosby finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a leap of 5'2. Northside Freshman Asher Rappaport made three outstanding attempts at the opening height, was unable to clear it.
In the Long Jump, Northside Sophomore Brian McManus finished in seventh place with a personal best jump of 16'2.25. Northside Freshman Elias Decker jumped a personal best 12'5.
In the Triple Jump, Northside Freshman Elias Decker jumped a personal best 25'8.
In the 50 Yards High Hurdles Prelims, Northside Freshman Asher Rappaport ran an outstanding time of 8.60. Northside Sophomore Christian Guerrero hurdled an official time of 11.10.
In the 50 Yards Dash Prelims, Northside Freshman Carel Jones tied his personal best with a 6.30. Northside Freshman Nick Brown ran an official time of 6.50.
In the 50 Yards Int. Hurdles Prelims, Northside Freshman Asher Rappaport QUALIFIED for the FINALS by finishing third in his heat with outstanding time of 8.50. Northside Freshman Elias Decker hurdled an personal best time of 9.20.
In the 4x880 Yards Relay, Northside Sophomore Vladimir Andrade ran a 880 yards split of 2:38.86, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Mason Sotomayor. Mason Sotomayor ran an outstanding 880 yards split of 2:40.00, and made a perfect exchange to Freshman George McCoy. George McCoy ran a personal best 880 yards split of 2:44.91, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Jakob Lemke. Jakob Lemke anchored the Mustangs to FOURTH place with an impressive 2:35.34 880 yards split for an official time of 10:40.11.
