CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

 On Saturday, February 27, 2010, the Northside Varsity Men traveled to Skokie, Illinois for the Niles West Wolves Invitational. Northside College Prep had limited entries in the Varsity division due to athletes launching rockets into space as a requirement for a school class, and athletes were also missing due to a State Latin competition. The Northside Mustangs had some great individual performances at the Niles West Wolves Indoor Invitational. 

  Niles West Head Coach Chris Vivone was an excellent host, and provided the best format for non-stop action on the Track, with three divisions being scored (Varisty, Sophomore, and Freshman).

  The meet included host Niles West, Northside College Prep, Waukegan, Driscoll, Foreman, and Loyola Academy. Loyola Academy featured a distance squad that finished fourth in the Nation this past Cross Country season.

  Loyola Academy won the meet with 233 points. The individual point scaled used was 10-8-6-4-2-1.

 In the 1000m run, Loyola Senior Nico Composto won it and broke a Loyola Academy school record with a personal best time of 2:37.6. Northside Junior Danny Sobor ran a personal best time of 3:13. Northside Junior Zach Rosenberg tied his personal record with a time of 3:25. Northside Junior Eduardo Herrera ran a personal best time of 3:28.

 In the 55m High Hurdles, Loyola's Benson won it with a time of 7.7. Niles West Bajamunde finished in second place with a time of 8.3. Loyola's Toreson finished in third place with a time of 8.5. Northside Junior Hersh Perlmutter finished in fourth place with an official time of 8.6. Northside Junior Mohammad Hossain ran a personal best time of 11.19. Northside Senior Andrew Czyszczon ran an outstanding time of 11.44. 

 In the 50m Dash, Northside Senior Kevin Jaburek finished in sixth place overall with a personal best time of 6.80. Northside Junior Ed Moreno ran a personal best time of 7.06. Northside Senior Sam Olver ran an outstanding time of 7.25. Northside Junior Vincent Rodriguez ran a personal best time of 7.50. Northside Junior Mohammed Ahmed ran a personal best time of 7.66. 

 In the 800m Run, Northside Captain Wesley Laytham WON it with an official time of 2:09.0. Junior Wesley Laytham ran 160m splits of 26, 28 (54), 24 (1:18), 27 (1:45), and ran a NEGATIVE SPLIT of 24 seconds on the final 160m for an outstanding time of 2:09.0. Loyola's Oberlin finished in second place with a time of 2:11.6. Loyola's Holmberg finished in third place with a time of 2:12.4. Loyola's Peiera finished in fourth place with a time of 2:12.6. Loyola's Garen finished in fifth place with a time of 2:15.7. Waukegan's Bennett finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a time of 2:15.8.

 In the 4x160m Relay, Northside finished in fifth place with an official time of 1:27.40. Northside Senior Sam Olver ran a 21.86 160m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Junior Ed Moreno ran a 21.60 160m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Junior Ottmar Flores ran a 23.21 160m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Senior Kevin Jaburek ran an impressive 20.75 160m split on the final leg of the relay, to anchor the Mustangs to fifth place overall with a total time of 1:27.40.

 In the 600m Run, Northside Junior Noel Lopez finished in second place overall with an outstanding time of 1:39.1. Northside Junior Zach Rosenberg ran a time of 1:53.1.

 In the 400m Dash, Northside Junior Weslay Laytham finished in sixth place overall with an oustanding time of 58.10. Northside Junior Dominic Sieminski ran an outstanding time of 59.34. Northside Junior Eduardo Herrera ran an outstanding time of 68.71. Northside Senior Sam Olver ran a personal best time of 69.18.

 In the 55m Low Hurdles, Niles West's Bajamune won it with an outstanding time of 7.4. Loyola's Toarason finished in second place with a time of 7.9. Niles West's Dedhia finished in third place overall with an outstanding time of 8.0. Northside Captain Hersh Perlmutter finished in fourth place overall with a personal best time of 8.06. Northside Junior Mohammad Hossain ran a personal best time of 10.42. Northside Senior Andrew Czyszczon ran an outstanding time of 10.65.

 In the 1600m run, Loyola's Nico Composto won it with an outstanding time of 4:32.4. Loyola's Donahue finished in second place with an outstanding time of 4:34.1. Loyola's Seeberg finished in third place with an outstanding time of 4:36.8. Northside Captain Cooper Eben ran a PERSONAL BEST time of 4:44.0 to finish in fourth place overall. Northside Senior Cooper Eben dropped 5 seconds and passed Northside Alumni legends Patrick O'Connor and Jon Kittaka on the All Time honor roll, with an official time of 4:44.0. Cooper Eben ran the first 800m in 2:20 and the final 800m in 2:24 for a personal best time of 4:44.0. Cooper Eben ran 160m splits of 26, 28 (54), 28 (82), 29 (1:51), 29 (2:20 800m), 28 (2:48), 29 (3:17), 29 (3:46), 30 (4:16), and a NEGATIVE SPLIT of 28 seconds on the final 160m for an official time of 4:44.0. Loyola's Hague finished in fifth place with a time of 4:46.3. Loyola's Smith finished in sixth place with a time of 4:49.6. Northside Junior Erik Zuehlke ran the first 800m in 2:30, and the final 800m in 2:37 for a time of 5:07.0. Northside Junior Danny Sobor ran the first 800m in 2:37, and the final 800m in 2:48 for a PERSONAL BEST time of 5:25.

 In the 200m Dash, Northside Senior Kevin Jaburek ran a personal best time of 26.25. Northside Junior Eduardo Herrera ran a personal best time of 29.90. Northside Junior Vincent Rodriguez ran a time of 30.65. Northside Senior Sam Olver ran a time of 31.50. Northside Junior Mohammed Ahmed ran a time of 31.90. 

 In the Shot Put, Northside Senior Andrew Czyszczon finished in seventh place with a throw of 32'7. Northside Junior Hersh Perlmutter threw a personal best 27'1. Northside Junior Ottmar Flores threw 25'3.5. Northside Junior Mohammed Ahmed threw 25'3.

 In the Thrower's Relay, Northside finished in third place with a time of 1:33.16. Northside Junior Hersh Perlmutter ran a 160m split of 21.95 on the first leg of the relay. Northside Junior Mohammed Ahmed ran a 160m split of 25.79 on the second leg of the relay. Northside Junior Ottmar Flores ran a 160m split of 21.60 on the third leg of the relay. Northside Senior Andrew Czyszczon ran a 160m split of 23.82 on the fourth leg of the relay, and anchored the Mustangs to third place overall with a total time of 1:33.16.

 In the High Jump, Niles West's Lee won it with a jump of 5'6. Loyola's Torason finished in second place with a jump of 5'4. Northside Senior Geoffrey Gould jumped a PERSONAL BEST 5'4 to place third overall. Loyola's Widgus jumped 5'4 to place fourth overall. Foreman's Ragano jumped 5'2 to place fifth overall. Loyola's Lakowski jumped 4'10 to place sixth overall. Northside Junior Ed Moreno Jumped 4'8. Northside Junior Noel Lopez jumped 4'6. Loyola's Luz jumped 4'6.

 In the Long Jump, Northside Senior Geoffrey Gould jumped a PERSONAL BEST 16'9.5. Northside Junior Eduaro Herrera jumped a personal best 13'7.75. Northside Junior Ottmar Flores jumped a personal best 13'4.75.

 In the Triple Jump, Northside Junior Noel Lopez jumped 32'11.75. Northside Senior Geoffrey Gould jumped a personal best 30'11.

 In the 4x400m Relay, Northside finished in third place with a time of 3:56.40. Northside Junior Dominic Sieminski ran a 59.16 400m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Junior Ed Moreno. Ed Moreno ran a 60.71 400m split, and made a perfect exchange to Junior Noel Lopez. Noel Lopez ran a 59.97 400m split, and made a nice exchange to Captain Wesley Laytham. Junior Wesley Laytham ran a 56.16 400m split, and anchored the Mustangs to third place overall with an outstanding time of 3:56.40.

VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT NILES WEST WOLVES INDOOR INVITATIONAL 

1. Wesley Laytham                             12.50 

2. Noel Lopez                                     9.50 

2. Hersh Perlmutter                              9.50 

3. Geoffrey Gould                                6.00 

4. Cooper Eben                                   4.00