CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

  Derrick Brooms is a University of Chicago Alumni, and a member of the University of Chicago Athletic Hall of Fame. Derrick Brooms was the 1996 Amos Alonzo Stagg Medal receipient, and was a two-time UAA Sprint Champion in indoor and outdoor Track & Field. He was also an NCAA All-American, and two time UAA Player of the year as a wide receiver and kick-off returner for the Maroons from 1992-1995. In 1995, Derrick Brooms led the nation with a 35.2 yard kickoff return average as he helped lead Chicago to an 8-2 record. Many athletes that played against him, have said that Brooms was so fast that he could not be tackled, and literaly controlled the outcome of a game. In the winter of 2009, Derrick Brooms was the guest of honor of a Northside sprint coaching staff meeting. 

 On Wednesday, Brooms returned to the University of Chicago to host the best Sophomore-Freshman Relay Meet in Chicago. The meet featured host Urban Prep, Northside College Prep, St. Rita, Perspectives-Calumet, Gordon Tech, Leo, and Urban Prep East Garfield. Urban Prep East Garfield features former Northside sprints coach legend Kwaku Attoh. Kwaku Attoh began teaching Physical Education at Urban Prep East Garfield in August 2009. Urban Prep East Garfield is all Freshman (120 students), and they were very impressive in the meet, and will be coming to the Eric Nelson Track & Field Classic on April 24, 2010.  

 The Urban Prep Relays had non-stop action, and a unique relay format, in which every event, including field events were scored as a Relay. The total distance jumped or thrown by a Team (Top 2 athletes) determined the winner of each field event. The total time ran by a Team (Top 2 athletes) determined the winner of the distance events (3200m run and Mile). The athletes also had the priviledge of running on the nicest Outdoor Track in Chicago. The University of Chicago's Outdoor Track at Ted Haydon Stadium is the best outdoor track in Chicago.  

  Medals were awarded to the top 3 Relays in each event, and Ribbons were awarded for fourth through fifth place. The Point scale for all events was 10-8-6-4-2-1. Every point scored was vital to the outcome of the meet.

 St. Rita won the meet with a score of 83 points. Northside College Prep finished in second place with 80 points, and posted victories over: Leo (72 Points), Perspectives-Calumet (65 Points), Urban Prep (50 Points), Gordon Tech (30 Points), and Urban Prep East Garfield (12 Points).

 In the Shot Put, Northside finished in firth place with a Team score of 49'7". Northside Freshman Kapil Garg threw the shot put 25'3. Northside Freshman Brandon Licuanan had a throw of 24'4. Northside Freshman Rohail Memon threw 20'7. Northside Freshman Kapil Garg, Brandon Licuanan, and Rohail Memon were awarded a ribbon for finishing in fifth place. 

 In the Discus, Northside finished in fifth place with a Team score of 117'7. Northside Freshman Kapil Garg threw the discus 65'4. Northside Freshman Brandon Licuanan threw the discus 52'3. Northside Freshman Rohail Memon threw the discus 50'3. Northside Freshman Kapil Garg, Brandon Licuanan, and Rohail Memon were awarded a ribbon for finishing in fifth place.

 In the Long Jump, Northside finished in second place with a score of 33'10". Northside Sophomore Josh Williams jumped 18'0.5. Northside Sophomore Derek Lin jumped 15'10. Northside Sophomore Dan Graham jumped 15'10. Northside Sophomores Josh Williams, Derek Lin, and Dan Graham were awarded silver medals for finishing in second place.

 In the Triple Jump, Northside finished in second place with a score of 72'0". Northside Sophomore Derek Lin jumped 37'2. Northside Sophomore Josh Williams jumped 34'10. Northside Sophomore Dan Graham jumped 32'2. Northside Sophomores Josh Williams, Derek Lin, and Dan Graham were awarded silver medals for finishing in second place. 

 In the Sprint Medley Relay (100-100-200-400), Perspectives-Calumet won it with an official time of 1:49.80. Gordon Tech finished in second place with an official time of 2:02.0. St. Rita finished in third place with an official time of 2:02.8. Northside College Prep finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 2:03.21. Freshman Umair Hamid ran the first 100m in a split of 12.21, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Daniel Nystrom-Swanson. Daniel Nystrom-Swanson ran a 100m in a split of 15.00, and made an exchange to Freshman Marcus McVane. Marcus McVane ran a 200m split of 30.39, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Luis Mesa. Luis Mesa ran the final 400m in 64.71 for an official time of 2:03.21 to place fourth overall. Leo finished in fifth place with a time of 2:06.50. Urban Prep East Garfield finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a time of 2:10.2. Umair Hamid, Daniel Nystrom-Swanson, Marcus McVane, and Luis Mesa were awarded ribbons for finishing in fourth place overall. 

 In the 4x800m Relay, Urban Prep Sophomore Eric Brown and Northside Sophomore Pat Duffy ran toe to toe for the first 800m of the 4x800m relay. Pat Duffy ran the first 400m in 62 seconds, and the final 400m in 69 seconds for a season best 800m split of 2:11.16 on the first leg of the 4x800m Relay. Urpan Prep Sophomore Eric Brown ran a personal best 800m split of 2:11.20 on the first leg of the 4x800m relay. Urban Prep Sophomore Eric Brown dropped 10 seconds from the Indoor City Championships. Eric Brown ran a 2:21 in the 800m run at the 2010 Varsity Indoor City Championships. Northside Sophomore Pat Duffy came within in one second of his PR, with an outstanding 800m split of 2:11.16 to give the Mustangs the lead. Pat Duffy also made a perfect exchange to Northside Freshman Calvin Gang. Calvin Gang ran a 2:34.36 800m split (75/79) on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Dan Graham. Dan Graham received the baton in third place, and moved the Mustangs into second place by running the first 400m in 71 seconds, and the final 400m in 72 seconds for a personal best 800m split of 2:23.26. Dan Graham made a perfect exchange to Sophomore Josh Williams. Josh Williams was quickly passed, and in third place, after running the first 400m in 74 seconds. Josh Williams then ran the final 400m in a NEGATIVE SPLIT of 69 seconds, and passed Perspectives-Calumet, and Urban Prep to anchor the Mustangs to VICTORY in the 4x800m Relay, with a personal best 800m split of 2:23.68, for a total time of 9:32.46. Urban Prep broke their own school record by forty seconds, by finishing in second place with an official time of 9:38.60. Perspectives-Calumet finished in third place with a time of 9:43.80. Leo finished in fourth place with a time of 9:51.50. St. Rita finished in fifth place with a time of 9:52.30. Pat Duffy, Calvin Gang, Dan Graham, and Josh Williams were awarded Gold Medals for finishing in first place overall.

 In 4x100m Relay, Northside College Prep finished in fifth place with a time of 57.32. Northside Freshman Umair Hamid ran the first 100m leg of the relay in a 100m split of 12.37, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Marcus McVane. McVane ran a 100m split of 16.39, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Daniel Nystrom-Swanson. Daniel Nystrom-Swanson ran a 100m split of 13.23 and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Luis Mesa. Luis Mesa ran a 100m split of 15.23, to anchor the Mustangs to fifth place overall with a total time of 57.32. Umair Hamid, Marcus McVane, Daniel Nystrom-Swanson, and Luis Mesa were awarded a ribbon for placing fifth overall.

 In the 3200m run relay, Northside Sophomore Alexander Seibt DROPPED 27 SECONDS for a PERSONAL BEST 3200m time of 12:08.5. Alexander Seibt ran the first mile in 6:10, and then ran a NEGATIVE SPLIT of 5:58 on the second mile to WIN the 3200m run with a personal best time of 12:08.5. Northside Sophomore Pedro Juarez finished in second place overall with a 3200m time of 13:11.3. Perdo Juarez ran the first mile in 6:12, and then ran the final mile in 6:59 for a time of 13:11.3. Seibt and Juarez combined for a total time of 25:19.8 to win the Gold Medals in the 3200m run relay.

 In the 4x200m Relay, Northside finished in third place overall with an outstanding time of 1:43.56. Northside Freshman Nathaniel Agharese ran a 200m split of 24.00 on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Derek Lin. Derek Lin ran a 200m split of 26.14 on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Dan Graham. Dan Graham ran a 200m split of 27.49 on the third leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Sophomore Josh Williams Josh Williams anchored the Mustangs to third place overall, with a 200m split of 25.93, for a total time of 1:43.56. Nathaniel Agharese, Derek Lin, Dan Graham, and Josh Williams were awarded bronze medals for placing third overall.

 In the Distance Medley Relay (1200m-400m-800m-1600m), Northside finished in fourth place with a time of 14:40.61. Freshman Patrick Brennan ran a 1200m split of 4:07.46 on the first leg of the relay. Freshman Marcus McVane ran a 400m split of 72.60 on the second leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Andy Voung ran an 800m split of 2:54.17 on the third leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Alex Bologna ran a Mile split of 6:26.38 to anchor the Mustangs to fourth place overall. Patrick Brennan, Marcus McVane, Andy Voung, and Alex Bologna were awarded a ribbon for placing fourth overall.

 In the 1600m Medley Relay (200m-200m-400m-800m), Urban Prep won it and broke their school record with a time of 4:08.20. Urban Prep Sophomore Rashid Williams, CPS Indoor 200m Champ, ran a 23.3 200m split on the first leg of the relay. Urban Prep Sophomore JaBrice Reese ran a 23.9 200m split on the second leg of the relay. Urban Prep Sophomore Shondell Bohanan ran a 59.9 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Urban Prep Sophomore Eric Brown, on his second 800m of the day, ran a 2:21.1 800m split to anchor Urban Prep to first place with an outstanding time of 4:08.20. Rashid Williams, JaBrice Reese, Shondell Bohanan and Eric Brown were awarded Gold Medals. Northside College Prep finished in second place with an outstanding time of 4:13.7. Northside Sophomore Derek Lin ran a 200m split of 25.34 on the first leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Luis Mesa ran a 31.50 200m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Nathaniel Agharese ran a 61.57 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Pat Duffy, on his second 800m of the day, ran a 2:15.10 800m split to outkick a Perspectives-Calumet runner to the finish, to secure second place for the Mustangs with an outstanding time of 4:13.7. Derek Lin, Luis Mesa, Nathaniel Agharese, and Pat Duffy were awarded silver medals for finishing in second place. Persepectives-Calumet finished in third place with a time of 4:13.9. Urban Prep - East Garfield finished in fourth place with a time of 4:22.3. Gordon Tech finished in fifth place with a time of 4:33.9. St. Rita completed the scoring by finishing in sixth place with a time of 4:52.7.

 In the Mile run - relay, Northside Sophomore Alexander Seibt WON it with an outstanding kick to the finish for a personal best time of 5:24.9. St. Rita's Alfano finished in second place with a time of 5:26.5. St. Rita's Kingsley finished in third place with a time of 5:49.2. Northside Freshman Calvin Gang finished in fourth place with a time of 5:56.1. Perspectives-Calumet's Smith finished in fifth place with a time of 5:59.4. Urban Prep's Peake finished in sixth place with a time of 6:04.4. Northside Sophomore Pedro Juarez finished in seventh place with a time of 6:05. St. Rita's Gooseherst finished in eight place with a time of 6:14.6. Urban Prep's Battle finished in ninth place with a time of 6:19.7. Urban Prep East Garfield's Smith finished in tenth place with a time of 6:25.3. Urban Prep East Garfield's Pettis finished in eleventh place with a time of 8:07.6. St. Rita won it with a combined time for their top two runners of 11:15.7. Northside finished in second place with a combined time for their top two runners of 11:21.0. Northside Sophomroe Alexander Seibt and Freshman Calvin Gang were awarded Silver medals for finishing second as a TEAM in the Mile run - relay.

  In the Weightman's Relay, Northside finished in third place with a time of 61.50. Northside Freshman Brandon Licuanan, Kapil Garg, Umair Hamid, and Rohail Memon were awarded a bronze medal for placing third overall.

 In the 4x400m Relay, Northside Sophomore Pat Duffy ran a personal best 55.93 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Patrick Brennan ran an outstanding 72.13 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Daniel Nystrom-Swanson ran a personal best 67.32 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Luis Mesa ran a 67.88 400m split on the final leg of the relay, for a total time of 4:23.80, to place fifth overall. Pat Duffy, Patrick Brennan, Daniel Nystrom-Swanson, and Luis Mesa were awarded ribbons for placing fifth overall.

SOPHOMORE POINTS SCORED AT URBAN PREP RELAYS