CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

 On Saturday, February 11, 2017, the Northside Sophomore Boys traveled to Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois for the Wildkits Indoor Classic.

 Evanston High School features an Orange and Blue MONDO surface 160m indoor Track. Athletes were permitted to use 1/4 pyramid spikes.

 The Wildkits Indoor Classic featured seven outstanding teams, including: Waukegan, Morgan Park, Schaumburg, Chicago Northside, New Trier, Garcia, and host Evanston.  

 Evanston Head Coach Don Michelin and staff hosted an outstanding meet. The meet had non-stop action, and in addition to all of the traditional Track events, Evanston had several special relays at the end of meet, including an Indoor Middle Distance Medley Relay (400m-160m-160m-800m). A special thanks to Evanston Head Coach Don Michelin and staff for a great experience.

 Individual events and relays were scored on the following point scale: 10-8-6-4-2.

 The Northside Freshman Track & Field Team scored 94 points at the Niles West Indoor Classic. Freshman phenoms Chris Jackson, Seth Karall, Marcus Zinke, Suchith Kari, Jack Peterson, and Jalen Miron were not in attendance at the Evanston Indoor Classic due to a Freshman Basketball game.

 However, the Northside Sophomore Track & Field Team received a big boost from Freshman Josh Burns, Jack Vasilopoulos, Khristian Jones, Jeronimo Najarro, Natnael Seyum, and Payton Kane. This Freshman class is special, and Northside predicts several members of the Northside Freshman squad to be future All State Track & Field athletes.

 In the Sophomore Long Jump, Schaumburg's Trevino won it with a leap of 17'7.25. Evanston's Nicholson finished in second place with a leap of 16'5.75. Northside Freshman Khristian Jones jumped a PERSONAL BEST 15'10.75 to finish in THIRD place overall. Kristian Jones improved by 0'8.75 (15'2) in one week! Schaumburg's Stantov finished in fourth place with a jump of 15'10.50. New Trier's Falfman finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 15'3.

 In the Sophomore High Jump, Morgan Park's Todd won it with a leap of 5'6. New Trier's Bulwa finished in second place with a leap of 5'4. Northside Freshman Josh Burns made three outstanding attempts at 5'0, but was unable to clear it.

 In the Sophomore 55m High Hurdles, Schaumburg's Monhanty finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 10.16. Northside Freshman Khrstian Jones hurdled a personal best time of 10.71. Northside Sophomore Ikenna Elue hurdled a personal best time of 12.56. 

 In the Sophomore 55m Dash, Evanston's Miller-Smith finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 7.16. Northside Freshman Josh Burns ran a personal best time of 7.44. Northside Freshman Jeronimo Najarro ran a personal best time of 8.07.

 In the Sophomore 4x800m Relay, Evanston won it with an official time of 10:01.95. Northside Sophomore Gabriel Vara ran an impressive 2:28.20 800m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to John Kim. Northside Sophomore John Kim ran an outstanding 2:26.14 800m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a good exchange to Aaron Williams. Northside Sophomore Aaron Williams ran a personal best 2:51.23 800m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Norberto Nieves. Northside Sophomore Norberto Nieves anchored the Mustangs to SECOND place with an impressive 2:25.45 800m split for an official time of 10:11.36. Schaumberg finished in third place with an official time of 10:23.16. Waukegan finished in fourth place with an official time of 10:23.67.

 In the Sophomore 3200m run, Evanston's Ebeling won it with an official time of 10:58.68. New Trier's Nattqwyttist finished in second place with an official time of 11:05.20. New Trier's Martini finished in third place with an official time of 11:09.75. New Trier's Ufford finished in fourth place with an official time of 11:10.84. New Trier's Peters finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 11:18.73. Northside Sophomore Kris Ushijima ran the first mile in 5:30.00, and then ran the final mile in 5:50.72 to finish in sixth place with a PERSONAL BEST time of 11:20.72.

 In the Sophomore 800m run, New Trier's Gibbons won it with an official time of 2:14.68. New Trier's Galindo finished in second place with an official time of 2:25.02. New Trier's Ackerman finished in third place with an official time of 2:26.8. Northside Freshman Jack Vasilopoulos ran 160m splits of 24, 27, 31, 34, and then ran the final 160m in a NEGATIVE split of 31 seconds to finish in fourth place with a PERSONAL BEST time of 2:27.74. Vasilopoulos will be a big addition to the Northside Sophomore-Freshman 4x800m Relay. Waukegan's Lopez finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 2:32.87. Northside Freshman Natnael Seyum ran a PERSONAL BEST time of 2:42.00. Northside Freshman Payton Kane ran a PERSONAL BEST time of 3:01.00.

 In the Sophomore 4x200m Relay, Northside Freshman Khristian Jones, Freshman Josh Burns, Sophomore Ikenna Elue, and Freshman Jeronimo Najarro combined for a FIFTH place finish to complete the scoring with an official time of 1:55.62.

 In the Sophomore 400m dash, New Trier's Heller ran a 65.44 to finish in 5th place to complete the scoring. Northside Sophomore Aaron Williams ran a personal best time of 69.09.

 In the Sophomore 600m run, New Trier's Lukasik finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 1:44.07. Northside Sophomore Gabriel Vara ran a personal best time of 1:46.00.

 In the Sophomore 1600m run, Northside Sophomore Norberto Nieves finished in seventh place with a personal best time of 5:17.15. Northside Sophomore John Kim finished in eighth place with an outstanding time of 5:22.00.

 In the Sophomore Indoor Medley Relay, New Trier won it with an official time of 4:04.40. Evanston finished in second place with an official time of 4:06.74. Northside finished in THIRD place with an official time of 4:20.49. Northside Freshman Jack Vasilopoulos ran a 400m split of 62.84 on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Josh Burns. Northside Freshman Josh Burns ran a 22.00 160m split, and made a good exchange to Ikeena Elue. Northside Sophomore Ikeena Elue ran a 23.08 160m split, and made a nice exchange to Kris Ushijima. Northside Sophomore Kris Ushijima anchored the Mustangs to THIRD place with an impressive 2:32.40 800m split for an official time of 4:20.49.

 In the Sophomore 4x400m Relay, Evanston won it with an official time of 4:06.98. New Trier finished in second place with an official time of 4:07.20. Northside Freshman Payton Kane ran a 78.59 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Natnael Seyum ran a 71.68 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Jeronimo Najarro ran an impressive 68.05 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Norberto Nieves anchored the Mustangs to THIRD place with an outstanding 64.61 400m split for an official time of 4:42.93.

 The Northside Sophomore-Freshman Team scored 32 points at the Evanston Indoor Classic.