CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

 In the High Jump, Northside Junior Jacob Cosby made three outstanding attempts at the opening height of 5'4, but was unable to clear it. Northside Sophomore Asher Rappaport scrratched. Schaumburg's Scott finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a leap of 5'6.

 In the Shot Put, Northside Junior Jacob Cosby finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an outstanding throw of 40'10". Northside Junior Matthew Kosova had a great throw of 32'3. 

 In the Long Jump, Northside Junior Garret Barch scratched after a rurnway injury. Deerfiled's Wolski finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 18'8. Northside Junior Brian McManus had an outstanding jump of 16'1. 

 In the Triple Jump, Northside Senior Keith Jones scratched. Northside Sophomore Brandon Banas scratched. Northridge's Bland finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 37'4.75.

 In the Pole Vault, Northside Senior Brendan Powers missed two meets, and is working on getting himself back to his peformance level at Evanston. Powers made three outstanding attempts at 8'0, but was unable to clear it. Schaumburg's Skombis finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a vault of 9'6.

 Northside scored one point in the Field Events at the Maine East Blue Demon Invitational.

 In the 3200m run, Northside Freshman Kristopher Ushijima dropped 11 seconds with a PERSONAL BEST time of 12:03.84. Kristopher Ushijima ran the first mile in 5:50, and then ran the final mile in 6:13 for an official time of 12:03.84. Northside Senior Troy Hu was scratched.

 In the 50 Yard High Hurdles Prelims, Northside Senior Garret Barch finished in first place in his heat to QUALIFY for the FINALS with an outstanding time of 7.0. Northside Senior Justin Washington finished second in his heat to QUALIFY for the FINALS with an outstanding time of 7.1.

 In the 50 Yard High Hurdles Finals, Northside Senior Justin Washington hurdled an outstanding time of 7.1 to finish in THIRD place overall. Justin Washington was awarded a MEDAL for finishing in third place overall. Northside Senior Garret Barch finished in FOURTH place with an official time of 7.1. Garret Barch was awarded a MEDAL for finishing in fourth place overall. Northside scored 10 points in the 50 Yard High Hurdles!

 In the 50 Yard Dash Prelims, Northside Senior Keith Jones QUALIFIED for the FINALS by finishing in second place in his heat with an official time of 5.90. Northside Junior Jay Borgwardt ran a season best time of 6.40.

 In the 50 Yard Dash Finals, Northside Senior Keith Jones finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 6.0. Keith Jones was awarded a MEDAL for finishing in sixth place overall.

 In the 800m run, Leyden's Szelazek won it with an official time of 2:00.40. Northside Senior Danny Rosen ran 160m splits of 23, 23, 25, 25, and than ran the final 160m in 25.10 seconds to finish in second place with an official time of 2:01.10. Danny Rosen was awarded a SILVER MEDAL for finishing in second place overall. Rosen is currently ranked #1 on the Class 2A Leaderboard for the 800m run. New Trier's Oh finished in third place with an official time of 2:02.30. Vernon Hill's Caleb finished in fourth place with an official time of 2:03.30. New Trier's O'Reiley finished in fourth place with an official time of 2:05.8. One athlete in the initial Top 6 was disqualified for an undisclosed reason. Vernon Hill's Krashevsky was then awarded sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 2:09.3. Northside Junior Sergio Soto ran an official time of 2:19.75. Sergio Soto ran 160m splits of 26, 28, 29, 29, and then ran a NEGATIVE split of 27.75 for an official time of 2:19.75. 

 In the 400m Dash, Northside Senior Steven Kataba won his heat, and finished in sixth place overall to complete the scoring with an outstanding time of 56.70. Northside Junior Jacob Cosby ran an official time of 60.00.

 In the 50 Yard Low Hurdle Prelims, Northside Senior Justin Washington QUALIFED for the FINALS by finishing in second place in his heat with an official time of 6.50. Northside Senior Garret Barch QUALIFIED for the FINALS by finishing in second place in his heat with an official time of 7.10.

 In the 50 Yard Low Hurdle Finals, Northside Senior Justin Washington finished in SECOND place with an official time of 7.00. Justin Washington was awarded a MEDAL for finishing in second place overall. Northside Senior Garret Barch scratched from the Finals due to a Long Jump runway injury.

 In the 1600m run, Leyden's Szelazek won it with an official time of 4:39.50. Northside Junior Kyle Friedler ran an incredible race from start to finish. Kyle Friedler outkicked Northridge's Conroy (4:41.70) to finish in SECOND place with a PERSONAL BEST time of 4:40.70. Friedler ran the first 800m in 2:20, and then ran the final 800m in an EVEN split of 2:20 to finish in second place with an official time of 4:40.70. Kyle Friedler was awarded a SILVER MEDAL for finishing in second place overall. Kyle Friedler also passed Connor O'Shea for the tenth fastest 1600m time in Northside history! Friedler is now within one second of Alumni legend Wesley Laytham (4:39.30). New Trier's Jacobs finished in fourth place with an official time of 4:44.90. Deerfield's Bickmore finished in fifth place with an official time of 4:45.70. Northside Junior Alex Ortiz ran a pure guts race from start to finish. Alex Ortiz dropped ten seconds (4:56) to reach the MEDAL STAND with a PERSONAL BEST time of 4:46.50. Alex Ortiz awesome performance secured vital points for the Mustangs. Alex Ortiz ran the first 800m in 2:22, and then ran the final 800m in 2:24 for an official time of 4:46.50. Alex Ortiz was awarded a MEDAL for finishing in sixth place overall. Alex Ortiz is now within 1 second of passing Alumni legend Simon Kafka on the Northside 1600m All Time list. Northside Captains Kyle Friedler and Alex Ortiz both had BIG days in the 1600m run. Northside scored 9 points in the 1600m run!

 In the 200m Dash, Northside Senior Keith Jones and Maine West's Robinson tied for third place with an official time of 24.10. The Maine West Head Coach, and Chicago Northside Head Coach were summoned to the official scorer's table to break the tie for purpose of awarding the third place medal. A coin toss was conducted to determine the winner of the Medal. Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon remembered the coin toss this year at the NFL Playoffs overtime game between the Green Bay Packers, and the Arizona Cardinals. Green Bay Quarterback Aaron Rodgers regretted his decision not to call "Tails". Gordon made the decision to call "Tails", and won the coin toss! The third place medal was awarded to Keith Jones. Deerfield's Avenaim finished in fifth place with an official time of 24.30. New Trier's Johnson finished in sixth place to complete the scorfing with an official time of 24.40. Northside Junior Jacob Cosby ran an outstanding time of 25.70.

 In the 4x400m Relay, Northside Junior Jay Borgwardt ran an impressive 55.96 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Senior Troy Hu ran a 59.04 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Junior Sergio Soto ran a 63.63 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Junior Brian McManus ran a 59.55 400m split to anchor the Mustangs to fifth place overall with an official time of 3:58.30. Jay Borgwardt, Troy Hu, Sergio Soto, and Brian McManus were awarded MEDALS for placing fifth overall.

 In the Sophomore 4x400m Relay, Northside Sophomore Carel Jones ran an impressive 400m split of 59.52, and made a nice exchange to Norberto Nieves. Freshman Norberto Nieves ran a 400m split of 67.42, and made a good exchange to Charlie Guthmann. Sophomore Charlie Guthmann ran an outstanding 400m split of 60.61, and made a perfect exchange to Jacob Yosowitz. Sophomore Jacob Yosowitz anchored Northside to the MEDAL STAND with an impressive 59.25 400m split for an official time of 4:07.30. Carel Jones, Norberto Nieves, Charlie Guthmann, and Jacob Yosowitz were awarded MEDALS for placing fifth overall.

 The Northside Varsity and Sophomore TEAMs will travel to Bensenville, Illinois on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 for the Fenton Bison Indoor Classic.