CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

 On Saturday, April 26, 2008, the Northside College Prep Sophomore-Freshman Boys Track & Field Team traveled to historic Walter Eckersall Memorial Stadium on the corner of 82nd Street and Yates in Chicago, Illinois for the CPS Sophomore-Freshman Boys City Championship Qualifying Meet.

 In 1947, the City of Chicago built Walter Eckersall Memorial Stadium. Walter Eckersall set a ten-second-flat Illinois hundred-yard dash record in 1903 that stood for 25 years until the future Olympian Ralph Metcalfe broke it in 1928. Eckersall attended Hyde Park High School, and ran rings around opponents on the football field. He lead his high school team to a 105-0 victory for the National Championship against Brooklyn Tech. Fifthteen year old Knute Rockne sneaked into the park to see it. Walter Eckersall became an All American at the University of Chicago in Track and Football, and was inducted into the College Football hall of fame. Amos Alonzo Stagg called Eckersall, "a selfless performer...marked by complete dedication".

 Walter Eckersall would have been proud of the performance by the Northside Sophomore-Freshman Boys Team on Saturday.

 In the High Jump, Sophomore Hunter Speese and Sophomore Forrest Cortes both QUALIFIED for the City Championships.

 In the Long Jump, Sophomore Brandon Teng jumped a personal best 13'2.75.

 In the Triple Jump, Freshman Noel Lopez jumped a personal best 31'4.50.

 In the Shot Put, Sophomore Andrew Czyszczon threw 29'01. Freshman Jordan Jackson threw 28'3.50.

 In the Discus, Sophomore Andrew Czyszczon threw 58'5. Freshman Miles Austrevich threw 54'3. 

 In the 4x800m Relay, the Top 12 Relays in the City qualify for the City Championships. The Mustangs QUALIFIED for the City Championships by winning their heat with an outstanding time of 9:17.33. Sophomore Cooper Eben ran a 2:14.62 800m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Charlie Mesimore. Mesimore ran a 2:12.96 800m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Wesley Laytham. Laytham ran a 2:15.75 800m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Andrew Czyszczon. Andrew Czyszczon anchored the Mustangs to first place in their heat with a 2:35.00 800m split, for a total time of 9:17.33. Alternates Jiasong Yang, Luis Gaytan, Forrest Cortes, and James Rey also qualify for the City Championships.

 In the 4x100m Relay, Freshman Hersh Perlmutter ran a 13.02 100m split on the first leg of the relay. Sophomore Brandon Teng ran a 11.90 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Sophomore Sam Olver ran a 13.50 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Sophomore Neal Capapas anchored the Mustangs with a 12.10 100m split for a total time of 50.52.

 In the 110m Hurdles, Freshman Hersh Perlmutter QUALIFIED for City Championships by placing fifth overall with an oustanding time of 19.55. Sophomore Andrew Czyszczon ran a time of 22.09.

 In the 100m Dash, Sophomore Hunter Speese missed qualifying by .04 of a second, with an outstanding time of 12.44. Sophomore Neal Capapas ran an outstanding time of 12.92.

 In the 800m run, Sophomore Cooper Eben QUALIFIED for City Championships by placing fifth overall with an outstanding time of 2:16.90 (66/70). Sophomore Forrest Cortes ran an outstanding time of 2:39 (72/87).

 In the 4x200m Relay, the Mustangs were disqualified for running out of the exchange zones.

 In the 400m Dash, Neal Capapas ran an outstanding time of 58.81.

 In the 300m Hurdles, Hersh Perlmutter BROKE THE SCHOOL RECORD with a 47.99 to place sixth overall and QUALIFY for the City Championships.

 In the Mile, the top three athletes were in three seperate heats. In the first heat, Northside Freshman Wesley Laytham ran the first 400m in 69 seconds, and went through 800m in 2:26, and went through 1200m in 3:43, and ran the final 400m in 72 seconds for a 4:55 Mile to WIN heat one and QUALIFY for City Championships. Lane Tech Sophomore Nathan Wade-Scott ran a 5:05 Mile to place second in the first heat and qualify for the City Championships. In the second heat, Northside Freshman Charlie Mesimore ran the first 400m in 68 seconds, and went through 800m in 2:23, and went through 1200m in 3:40, and ran the final 400m in 74 seconds for a 4:54 Mile to WIN heat two and QUALIFY for City Championships. Mather Freshman George Young ran a 5:05 Mile to place second in heat two and qualify for the City Championships. In the third heat, Whitney Young Freshman Julian Deville ran the first 400m in 66 seconds, and went through 800m in 2:25, and went through 1200m in 3:48, and ran the final 400m in 77 seconds for a 5:05 Mile to WIN heat three and qualify for City Championships. Whitney Young Freshman Matt Sebek ran a 5:11 Mile to place second in the third heat and qualify for the City Championships.

 In the 200m Dash, Sophomore Hunter Speese placed seventh overall with an outstanding time of 25.04 to QUALIFY for the City Championships. Sophomore Brandon Teng ran an outstanding time of 26.98.

 In the 4x400m Relay, Northside placed second in their heat and sixth overall with an outstanding time of 3:59.30 to QUALIFY for City Championships. Sophomore Neal Capapas ran a 60.46 400m split on the first leg of the Relay, and made a nice exchange to Cooper Eben. Sophomore Cooper Eben ran a personal best 60.10 400m split on the second leg of the Relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Charlie Mesimore. Mesimore ran a 59.65 400m split on the third leg of the Relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Wesley Laytham. Laytham ran a 59.09 400m split to anchor the Mustangs to second overall in their heat, and QUALIFY for the City Championships.

 The Mustangs will leave at 1:45 pm on Friday, May 2, 2008 for the Sophomore-Freshman Boys City Championships. The following Northside Athletes qualified for the Sophomore-Freshman Boys City Championships:

1. Neal Capapas          -           4x400m Relay

2. Forrest Cortes          -           High Jump, 4x800m Relay

3. Andrew Czyszczon   -           4x800m Relay

4. Cooper Eben            -           4x800m, 3200m, 800m, 4x400m Relay

5. Luis Gaytan              -           4x800m Relay

6. Wesley Laytham       -           4x800m, 1600m, 4x400m Relay

7. Noel Lopez              -           4x400m Relay

8. Charlie Mesimore     -           4x800m, 3200m, 1600m, 4x400m Relay

9. Hersh Perlmutter      -           110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles

10. James Rey              -           4x800m Relay

11. Hunter Speese        -           High Jump, 200m Dash, 4x400m Relay

12. Jiasong Yang          -           4x800m Relay, 4x400m Relay

13. Peter Wilk              -           4x400m Relay