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. During the off-season, Derrick Brooms was the guest of honor of several Northside sprint coaching staff meetings. 

 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, North Lawndale, Perspectives-Calumet and Leo. Leo is the alma matter of Northside High Jump Coach Cordell Lewis. 

 The meet had non-stop action, and had 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 was just recently resurfaced prior to the meet.  

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

   Northside College Prep and Leo tied for the Team Title for FIRST PLACE with 94 points!!!, and posted VICTORIES over Urban Prep (84 points), Perspectives-Calumet (48 points) and North Lawndale (32 points). The Northside Sophomore-Freshman Boys now have a season record of 22-9-1!

  In the Shot Put, the top two athletes throws were combined for each school's Team score.  Leo won it with a combined distance of 68'2 (Owens 37'1.50 and Bailey 31'1). Urban Prep finished in second with a combined distance of 63'7 (White 35'5.50 and Cheeks 28'2.25). Northside College Prep finished in third place with a combined distance of 60'3. Northside Freshman Cody Rios lead the Mustangs with a throw of 34'1.50. Northside Freshman Fabian Lara threw a personal best 26'2. Northside Sophomore Allen Tu also threw a personal best 25'5.50. Cody Rios, Fabia Lara, and Allen Tu were awarded bronze medals for finishing in third place. Persepctives-Calumet finished in fourth place with a combined distance of 31'1.50.

   In the Discus, the top two athletes throws were combined for each school's Team score. Leo won it with a combined distance of 144'3 (Owens 76'2 and Sanders 68'1). Northside College Prep finished in second place with a combined distance of 138'0. Northside Freshman Cody Rios lead the Mustangs with a personal best throw of 78'1.50. Northside Sophomore Allen Tu threw a personal best 59'10.50. Northside Sophomore Mohammad Ahmed threw a personal best 45'7.50. Cody Rios, Allen Tu, and Mohammad Ahmed were awarded silver medals for finishing in second place. Urban Prep finished in third place with a combined distance of 129'9 (White 83'4.50 and Cheeks 45'4.50). Perspectives-Calumet finished in fourth place with a combined distance of 41'11.

   In the Long Jump, the top two athletes jumps were combined for each school's Team score. North Lawndale won it with a combined distance of 37'5 (Bey 19'1 and Hardnett 18'4). North Lawndale has very impressive Sophomore and Freshman jumpers. Leo finished in second place with a combined distance of 36'7 (Howard 18'7 and Blackwell 18'0). Northside finished in third place with a combined distance of 26'7. Northside Freshman Derek Lin lead the mustangs with a jump of 13'5. Northside Sophomore Michael Loftus jumped an oustanding 13'2. Northside Sophomore Danny Sobor jumped a personal best 12'4. Derek Lin, Michael Loftus, and Danny Sobor were awarded bronze medals for finishing in third place. Perspectives-Calumet finished in fourth place with a score of 16'10. Urban Prep finished in fifth place on the strength of a single jumper, Riley, with an outstanding jump of 16'2.

   In the Triple Jump, Northside College Prep won it with a combined distance of 61'3!! Northside Freshman Derek Lin lead the mustangs with a jump of 30'9. Northside Freshman Josh Williams jumped an outstanding 30'6 after anchoring the Mustangs 4x400m Relay. Derek Lin and Josh Williams were awarded Gold Medals for winning the Triple Jump.

   In the Sprint Medley Relay (100-100-200-400), Perspectives-Calumet won it with an outstanding time of 1:44.64. Leo finished in second place with a time of 1:46.90. Urban Prep finished in third place with a time of 1:49.60. Northside College Prep finished in fourth place with a time of 2:03.60. Northside Freshman Richard Do ran a 12.20 100m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Luis Mesa. Luis Mesa ran a 16.50 100m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice hand-off to Freshman Josh Williams. Josh Williams ran a 27.65 200m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Dan Graham. Dan Graham anchored the Mustangs to fourth place with a 66 seconds 400m split for a total time of 2:03.60. Richard Do, Luis Mesa, Josh Williams, Dan Graham were awarded a ribbon for placing fourth overall. North Lawndale finished in fifth place with an outstanding time of 2:05.42.

   In the 4x800m Relay, Leo won it with an outstanding time of 10:23.4. Northside College Prep finished in second place with a time of 10:26.1. Northside Sophomore Danny Sobor ran the first 400m in 69 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 79 seconds for a personal best 800m split of 2:28.61, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Michael Loftus. Michael Loftus ran the first 400m in 72 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 83 seconds for a personal best 800m split of 2:35.49, and made a nice hand-off to Sophomore Zach Rosenberg. Zach Rosenberg ran the first 400m in 88 seconds, and as soon as heard his 400m split, Rosenberg shifted into high gear, and ran the final 400m in a negative split of 74 seconds for a 800m split of 2:42.66, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Fabian Lara. Fabian Lara ran the first 400m in 76 seconds and the final 400m in 83 seconds for a personal best 800m split of 2:39, to anchor the Mustangs to second place overall with a total time of 10:26.1. Danny Sobor, Michael Loftus, Zach Rosenberg, and Fabian Lara were awarded silver medals for finishing in second place. Urban Prep finished in third place with an outstanding time of 11:13.1.

  In the 4x100m Relay, Urban Prep Sophomores and Freshman served notice to their Varsity, by breaking their school record with an outstanding time of 46.31 to win it. Leo finished in second place with an outstanding time of 46.53. Perspectives-Calumet finished in third place with a time of 47.96. North Lawndale finished in fourth place with a time of 48.60. Northside College Prep finished in fifth place with a time of 56.09. Northside Freshman Derek Lin ran a 11.35 100m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Mohammed Ahmed ran a 15.62 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Andres Del Gado ran a 15.52 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Dan Graham anchored the Mustangs with a 13.54 100m split, for a total time of 56.09. Derek Lin, Mohammed Ahmed, Andres Del Gado, and Dan Graham were awarded ribbons for finishing in fifth place.

   In the 3200m run, the top two athletes times from each team were combined to determine their team score. Northside College Prep won it with a combined time of 23:53. Northside Sophomore Luis Gaytan and Freshman Juan Ringor battled toe to toe for 8 laps for first place, and it came down to the final 100m. Luis Gaytan pulled away to win it with an outstanding time of 11:55. Northside Sophomore Luis Gaytan ran the first mile in 5:50, and then ran the final mile 6:05 for an outstanding time of 11:55. Northside Freshman Juan Ringor dropped six seconds off his personal best time to finish in second place with an outstanding time of 11:57. Juan Ringor ran the first mile in 5:52, and then ran the final mile in 6:05 for a personal best time of 11:57. The Mustangs combined time of 23:53 won them the Gold Medal. Luis Gaytan and Juan Ringor were awarded Gold Medals for winning the 3200m run. Urban Prep finished in second place with an outstanding combined time of 27:09 (Brown 13:30 and Whitehorn 14:09). Brown and Whitehorn were awarded silver medals for finishing in second place.

  In the 4x200m Relay, Perspectives-Calumet won it with a time of 1:42.2. Leo finished in second place with a time of 1:42.4. Urban Prep finished in third place with a time of 1:45.4. Northside College Prep finished in fourth place with a time of 1:57.1 Northside Freshman Richard Do ran a 28.79 200m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Luis Mesa ran a 29.66 200m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Cody Rios ran a 31.29 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Josh Williams anchored the Mustangs to fourth place with a 28.12 200m split, for a total time of 1:57.86. Richard Do, Luis Mesa, Cody Rios, and Josh Williams were awarded ribbons for finishing in fourth place. North Lawndale finished in fifth place with an outstanding time of 2:02.6.

  In the Distance Medley Relay (1200-400-800-1600), Leo won it with an outstanding time of 13:50.80. Northside College Prep finished in second place with an outstanding time of 13:53.10. On the first leg of the relay (1200m), Northside Sophomore Michael Loftus dropped 23 seconds off his PR, for a personal best 1200m time of 4:17. Michael Loftus ran the first 400m in 80 seconds, and then ran the second 400m in 98 seconds (2:58 800m), and then ran the final 400m in a negative split of 79 second for a personal best 1200m time of 4:17, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Zach Rosenberg. On the second leg of the relay (400m), Zach Rosenberg shocked everyone but himself, by running an impressive 66.80 400m split, and then made a nice exchange to Freshman Fabian Lara. On the third leg of the relay (800m), Fabian Lara ran the first 400m in 81 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 83 seconds for a 800m split of 2:44.44, and then made a nice exchange to Sophomore Danny Sobor. On the final leg of the relay (Mile), Danny Sobor anchored the Mustangs to second place with an impressive finish, by running the first 400m in 78 seconds, and then ran the second 400m in 89 seconds (2:47 800m), and then ran the next 400m in 90 seconds (4:17 1200m), and then ran final 400m in a negative split of 87 seconds, for a personal best mile time of 5:44, for a total time of 13:53.10. Michael Loftus, Zach Rosenberg, Fabian Lara, and Danny Sobor were awarded silver medals for finishing in second place overall. Urban Prep finished in third place with an outstanding time of 15:21.2.

   In the 1600m Medley Relay (200-200-400-800), Leo won it with a time of 4:20.6. North Lawndale finished in second place with a time of 4:37.3. Northside College Prep finished in third place with a time of 4:52.78. Northside Sophomore Mohammad Ahmed ran a 200m split of 27.57 on the first leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Andres Del Gado ran a 200m split of 33.14 on the second leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Luis Mesa ran a 400m split of 70.60 on the third leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Dan Graham anchored the Mustangs to fourth place with an 800m split of 2:41.40 (79 / 82.4) for a total time of 4:52.78. Mohammad Ahemed, Andres Del Gado, Luis Mesa, and Dan Graham were awarded bronze medals for finishing in third place overall. Urban Prep finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 5:37.

  In the Mile, the top two athletes times from each team were combined to determine their team score. Northside College Prep won it with a combined time of 11:42.70. Northside Sophomore Luis Gaytan won it with a time of 5:48.30. Northside Freshman Juan Ringor finished in second place overall with a time of 5:54.40. Perspectives-Calumet's Sawyer finished in third place overall with a time of 6:09. Urban Prep's Bohanan finished in fourth place overall with a time of 6:19. Northside Sophomore Zach Rosenberg finished in fifth place overall with a time of 6:20.3. Urban Prep's Whitehorn finished in sixth place overall with a time of 7:16.40. Urban Prep finished in second place with a combined time of 13:35.70. Luis Gaytan, Juan Ringor, and Zach Rosenberg were awarded Gold Medals for winning the Mile.

  In the Throwers 4x100m Relay, Northside College Prep won it with a time of 56.70. Northside Freshman Cody Rios ran the first leg of the relay with a 14.90 100m split, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Allen Tu. Allen Tu ran an impressive 11.69 100m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Fabian Lara. Fabian Lara ran a 17.07 100m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Mohammad Ahmed. Mohammed Ahmed anchored the mustangs to first place, with a 12.14 100m split, for a total time of 56.70. Leo finished in second place with a time of 60.40. Urban Prep finished in third place with a time of 74.10.

  In the 4x400m Relay, Perspectives-Calumet won it with a time of 3:49.9. Urban Prep finished in second place with a time of 4:05.2. North Lawndale finished in third place with a time of 4:14.3. Leo finished in fourth place with a time of 4:27.70. Northside College Prep finished in fifth place with a time of 4:28.67. Northside Freshman Dan Graham ran an outstanding 63.97 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Andres Del Gado ran a 70.89 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Sophomore Luis Gaytan ran a 67.60 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Josh Williams anchored the Mustangs to fifth place with a 66.21 400m split for a total time of 4:28.67. Dan Graham, Andres Del Gado, Luis Gaytan, and Josh Williams were awarded ribbons for finishing in fifth place overall.

SOPHOMORE-FRESHMAN POINTS SCORED AT URBAN PREP RELAYS 

1. Cody Rios                                       10.50

1. Luis Gaytan                                     10.50   

2. Juan Ringor                                     10.00

3. Fabian Lara                                      9.50

4. Derek Lin                                         8.50

5. Josh Williams                                    7.50

6. Michael Loftus                                  7.00

7. Allen Tu                                            6.50

8. Mohammed Ahmed                           4.50

9. Danny Sobor                                     4.00

9. Zach Rosenberg                                4.00

10. Luis Mesa                                       3.50

11. Dan Graham                                   3.00

12. Andres Del Gado                           2.50

13. Richard Do                                    2.00