Announcement
Northside WINS 4x800m Relay Prelims! Patrick Brennan runs 4:41.60 1600m & QUALIFIES for Finals! Williams qualifies for Finals in Long & High Jump!
On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, the Northside Varsity Men traveled to Hanson Stadium for the Chicago Public League Varsity Prelims.
In the Shot Put, Northside Sophomore Alexander Pilski threw an outstanding 31'6.50. Northside Junior Kapil Garg threw an outstanding 30'9.50.
In the Discus, Northside Junior Ify Nduwku threw a personal best 81'10. Northside Junior Kapil Garg threw an outstanding 72'05.
In the Long Jump, Northside Senior Josh Williams QUALIFIED for the finals with a jump of 19'2.25.
In the Triple Jump, Northside Senior Josh Williams jumped an outstanding 38'4.50.
In the High Jump, Northside Senior Josh Williams QUALIFIED for the finals with a leap of 5'4.
A year ago, Northside ran a 9:03.63 in the 4x800m Relay prelims. That changed on Wednesday. Northside continued their march to the Class 2A IHSA State Championships in the 4x800m Relay with a Victory in the Chicago Public League prelims.
In the 4x800m Relay, Northside Senior Dan Graham ran the first 400m in 62 seconds, and then ran the final 400m in 67 seconds for a 2:09.12 800m split, and made a perfect exchange to Northside Junior Patrick Brennan. Patrick Brennan ran a 2:06.19 800m split, and made a nice exchange to Northside Junior Pat Duffy. Pat Duffy ran a 2:11.46 800m split, and made a nice exchange to Ezra Edgerton. Ezra Edgerton ran a 2:06.25 800m split, and outkicked a runner from Lane Tech to anchor the Mustangs to FIRST overall, and QUALIFIED for the FINALS with a time of 8:33.02.
In the 4x100m Relay, Northside Freshman Harry Winters ran a 12.46 100m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Junior Olabode Faleti ran a 13.15 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Junior Ify Nduwku ran a 13.97 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Junior Raymond Siddiqi ran a 14.25 100m split to anchor the Mustang to a time of 53.83.
In the 100m Semis, Northside Junior Nathaniel Agharese ran an official time of 11.44.
In the 800m run, Northside Senior Dan Graham ran an official time of 2:10.99.
In the 4x200m Relay, Northside Freshman Harry Winters ran a 28.96 200m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Junior Olabode Faleti ran a 31.25 200m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Junior Ify Nduwku ran a 27.63 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Junior Raymond Siddiqi ran a 30.50 200m split to anchor the Mustangs to a time of 1:58.34.
In the 400m run, Northside Senior Pat Duffy ran an official time of 55.70.
In the 1600m run, a year ago, Northside Junior Patrick Brennan ran a 5:30 mile and did not qualify for the Sophomore City Finals. In 2012, Northside Junior Patrick Brennan ran a personal best time of 4:41.60 to QUALIFY for the Varsity Finals. Patrick Brennan ran the first 400m in 66 seconds, and then ran the next 400m in 73 seconds (2:19 800m split), and then ran the next 400m in 74 seconds (3:33 1200m split), and then ran the final 400m in a NEGATIVE split of 68 seconds for a personal best time of 4:41.60. Patrick Brennan also passed Northside Alumni legend Cooper Eben on the Northside 1600m run All Time list.
In the 200m Semis, Northside Junior Nathaniel Agharese ran an official time of 23.38.
In the 4x400m Relay, Northside Senior Pat Duffy ran a 54.33 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Junior Josh Williams ran a 56.06 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Senior Dan Graham ran a 54.72 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Junior Patrick Brennan anchored the Mustangs with a 59.31 400m split for a time of 3:44.42.
