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Malcolm Grba WINS 800m! Matt Osborne finishes THIRD in Triple Jump with a 39'0.5! Porter Abbey 18'6.5 Long Jump! Ari Perlmutter 40'0 Shot Put!
On Saturday, February 14, 2015, the Northside Varsity Men traveled to Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois for the Wildkits Indoor Classic.
Evanston High School features an Orange and Blue MONDO surface 160m indoor Track. Athletes were permitted to use 1/4 pyramid spikes.
The Wildkits Indoor Classic featured seven outstanding teams, including: Waukegan, Morgan Park, Schaumburg, Julian, Chicago Northside, New Trier, and host Evanston.
The large size of the Teams made the Track Meet more fun in every event. New Trier High School arrived with five buses of athletes, and entered a record 210 athletes in the meet.
The meet had a very strong field. In 2014, Evanston won the IHSA Loyola Sectional Title. Morgan Park is also ranked among the top Teams in the Chicago Public League.
Evanston Head Coach Don Michelin and staff hosted an outstanding meet. The meet had non-stop action, and in addition to all of the tradinonal Track events, Evanston had several special relays at the end of meet, including an Indoor Middle Distance Medley Relay (400m-160m-160m-800m). A special thanks to Evanston Head Coach Don Michelin and staff for a great experience.
Individual events and relays were scored on the following point scale: 10-8-6-4-2-1.
In the Pole Vault, Northside Junior Brendan Powers finished in seventh place with a vault of 7'6.
In the Shot Put, Schaumburg's Buchanon won it with a throw of 43'4. Evanston's Bey finished in second place with a throw of 42'5. Morgan Park's Robinson finished in third place with a throw of 42'5. Schaumburg's Miller finished in fourth place with a throw of 41'9. Evanston's Nielsen finished in fifth place with a throw of 40'2. Northside Senior Ari Perlmutter finished in SIXTH place to complete the scoring with an outstanding throw of 40'0. Northside Senior Louie Asimow threw a personal best 25'9. Northside Junior Matthew Gomez threw an outstanding 25'0. Northside Senior Harry Winters threw an outstanding 22'4.
In the Long Jump, Schaumburg's Sally won it with a jump of 19'5.25. Evanston's Watson finished in second place with a jump of 18'10. Morgan Park's Balest finished in third place with a jump of 18'9.5. Evanston's Starks finished in fourth place with a jump of 18'7.25. Northside Senior Porter Abbey finished in FIFTH place with an outstanding jump of 18'6.5. Morgan Park's Parker finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 18'4. Northside Senior Matt Osborne jumped an outstanding 17'5. Northside Sophomore Brandon Banas jumped an oustanding 15'7.75.
In the Triple Jump, Morgan Park's Howell won it with a jump of 43'4. Waukegan's McGee finished in second place with a jump of 39'5.25. Northside Senior Matt Osbrone finished in THIRD place with an outstanding jump of 39'0.50. New Trier's Rabjohns finished in fourth place with a jump of 38'3. Northside Senior Porter Abbey finished in FIFTH place with an outstanding jump of 38'1. Schaumbur's Sally finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 37'8.75. Northside Junior Keith Jones improved almost 2'0, and jumped a personal best 36'1.5.
In the High Jump, Morgan Park's Taylor won it with a leap of 5'8. New Trier's Mathews finished in second place with a leap of 5'6. New Trier's Johnson finished in third place with a jump of 5'6. Morgan Park's Strode finished in fourth place with a jump of 5'6. New Trier's Anderson finished in fifth place with a jump of 5'4. New Trier's Hartigan finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 5'4. Unfortunately, Northside Senior Ari Perlmutter was unable to stay at the meet for the duration of the High Jump competition. Northside Sophomore Brandon Banas made three outstanding attempts at 5'2.
In the 55m High Hurdles, Evanston's Amarteifo won it with a 7.86. Evanston's Bambose finished in second place with a 8.16. Evanston's Grant finished in third place with a 8.20. Morgan Park's Austin finished in fourth place with a 8.62. New Trier's Ball finished in fifth place with a 8.94. Evanston's Christe finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a 8.94. Northside Junior Justin Washington hurdled a personal best time of 9.06. Northside Senior Matt Osborne hurdled an outstanding time of 9.50.
In the 55m Dash, Schaumburg's Thomas won it with a 6.37. Evanston's Adams finished in second place with a 6.69. Evanston's Murphy finished in third place with a 6.75. Morgan Park's Edwards finished in fourth place with a 6.80. Morgan Park's Howard finished in fifth place with a 6.88. Evanston's Watson finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a 6.93. Northside Senior Gabriel Jiminez-Ekhman ran an outstanding time of 7.31. Northside Senior Gus Vroustouris ran a personal best time of 8.12. Northside Senior Louie Asimow ran a personal best time of 8.59.
Cosby WINS Shot Put! 40'2! Alex Ortiz anchors 4x800m to Victory! Kyle Friedler BREAKS FIVE MINUTES BARRIER to WIN Sophomore 1600m run with a 4:54.53!
On Saturday, February 14, 2015, the Northside Sophomore Boys traveled to Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois for the Wildkits Indoor Classic.
Evanston High School features an Orange and Blue MONDO surface 160m indoor Track. Athletes were permitted to use 1/4 pyramid spikes.
The Wildkits Indoor Classic featured seven outstanding teams, including: Waukegan, Morgan Park,Schaumburg, Julian, Chicago Northside, New Trier, and host Evanston.
The large size of the Teams made the Track Meet more fun in every event. New Trier High School arrived with five buses of athletes, and entered a record 210 athletes in the meet.
Evanston Head Coach Don Michelin and staff hosted an outstanding meet. The meet had non-stop action, and in addition to all of the tradinonal Track events, Evanston had several special relays at the end of meet, including an Indoor Middle Distance Medley Relay (400m-160m-160m-800m). A special thanks to Evanston Head Coach Don Michelin and staff for a great experience.
The Northside Sophomore Boys had a BIG day, and scored 90 points at the Wildkits Indoor Classic!
In the Sophomore Shot Put, Northside Sophomroe Jacob Cosby WON it with a PERSONAL BEST throw of 40'2. Morgan Park's Jared finished in second place with a throw of 36'0. Evanston's Easington finished in third place with a throw of 35'5. Schaumburg's MacNeal finished in fourth place with a throw of 33'11. Shaumburg's Hilgart finished in fifth place with a throw of 32'7. Evanston's Dawkins finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a throw of 32'3. Northside Sophomore Carlos Saldana improved by almost 3'0 with a PERSONAL BEST throw of 26'0. Northside Sophomore Christion Guerrero threw an outstanding 25'0. Northside Freshman Jonathan Liu threw an outstanding 20'2. Northside Sophomore Vladimir Andrade threw a personal best 17'4.
In the Sophomore Long Jump, Waukegan's Lewis won it with a jump of 18'10.25. Evanston's Mellanson finished in second place with a jump of 17'7.75. Schaumburg's Olaitan finished in third place with a jump of 16'9.5. Schaumburg's Perez finished in fourth place with a jump of 16'7.75. Evanston's Henry finished in fifth place with a jump of 16'4.50. Evanston's Suycott finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 15'10. Northside Sophomore Brian McManus jumped 15'4. Northside Sophomore Jack Nolan jumped 13'4.
In the Sophomore Triple Jump, Schaumburg's Olaitan won it with a jump of 36'2. Evanston's Wilburn finished in second place with a jump of 36'2. Evanston's Caines finished in third place with an outstanding jump of 32'6. Caines is the son of Highland Park Track Coach Kevin Caines. Schaumburg's Nevarez finished in fourth place with a jump of 29'4.50. Northside Sophomore Jack Nolan finished in FIFTH place with a jump of 28'7.25.
In the Sophomore High Jump, Evanston's Grant won it with a jump of 5'4. Northside Sophomore Jacob Cosby finished in SECOND place with a leap of 5'2. New Trier's Suycott finished in third place with a jump of 5'2. Only three athletes in the competition cleared the opening height of 5'2.
In the Sophomore 55m High Hurdles, New Trier's Morlarty won it with an official time of 9.12. Schaumburg's Little finished in second place with an official time of 9.16. Schaumburg's Czrinke finished in third place with an official time of 9.88. New Trier's Lambert finished in fourth place with an official time of 10.25. Evanston's Enis finished in fifth place with an official time of 10.27. Evanston's Bond finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 10.78. Northside Sophomore Christian Guerrero hurdled a personal best time of 10.91. Northside Freshman Asher Rappaport hurdled a personal best time of 11.66. Northside Sophomore Jack Nolan ran an outstanding time of 11.81.
In the Sophomore 55m Dash, Schaumburg's Galovich won it with an official time of 7.00. Evanston's Hampton finished in second place with an official time of 7.05. New Trier's Chance finished in third place with an official time of 7.12. Morgan Park's Shannon finished in fourth place with an official time of 7.19. New Trier's Yen finished in fifth place with an official time of 7.25. New Trier's Salako finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 7.31. Northside Freshman Carel Jones ran a personal best time of 7.38. Northside Freshman Nicholas Brown ran a personal best time of 7.52. Northside Sophomore Josh Borgwardt finished second in his heat with an outstanding time of 7.56.
Philip Wdowiak, Max McCoy, Porter Abbey, and Tom Frejowski finish THIRD in the 4x800m Relay!
In the 4x800m Relay, Northside Junior Philip Wdowiak ran 160m splits of 22, 26, 30, 32, and then ran the final 160m in a NEGATIVE split of 29.48 seconds for an 800m split of 2:19.48, and made a nice exchange to Max McCoy. On the second leg of the relay, Northside Senior Max McCoy ran 160m splits of 25, 28, 27, 31, and then ran the final 160m in a NEGATIVE split of 29.62 seconds for an 800m split of 2:20.62, and made a good exchange to Porter Abbey. On the third leg of the relay, Northside Senior Porter Abbey ran 160m splits of 24, 27, 29, 29, and then ran the final 160m in 30.51 seconds for an 800m split of 2:19.51, and made a perfect exchange to Tom Frejowski. Northside Senior Tom Frejowski anchored the relay with 160m splits of 25, 26, 30, 32, and then ran the final 160m in a NEGATIVE split of 30.21 seconds for an 800m split of 2:23.21 for an ooficial time of 9:22.95.
Waukegan won the 4x800m Relay with an official time of 9:07.17. Schaumburg finished in second place with an official time of 9:18.53. Northside finished in THIRD place with an official time of 9:22.95. Morgan Park finished in fourth place with an official time of 9:56.84.
Senior Adrian Black and Junior Sarrin Chethik finish THIRD and FOURTH in the 3200m run! Northside scores 10 points in the 3200m run!
At the State Finals, athletes have to check in two-three events prior to the 3200m run, and have their spikes on, and be ready to go. At the State Sectional, athletes have to check in one-two events prior to the 3200m run, and have their spikes on, and be ready to go. If athletes don't check in on time, they are disqualified.
At Evanston, the only event group on the entire Team that did not check in at the meet prior to their event was the Northside Varsity 3200m runners. When the event was called, they were not even at the Indoor Track. The Northside coaching staff was able to find their 3200m runners in the hallway, and get them to the starting line just seconds before the gun went off. As a result, Northside 3200m runners had to race with their training shoes on, instead of using spikes. Fortunately, this was an early season meet, and a good learning experience for this event group for future meets.
Northside had strong competion in the 3200m run. The Varsity 3200m run featured a great field, including 2014 IHSA State 800m Qualifier, Evanston Senior Carl Klamm.
Evanston's Lowry won it with an official time of 10:46.63. Evanston Senior Carl Klamm came from behind to finish in second place with an official time of 10:50.10. Northside Senior Adrian Black ran the first mile in 5:21, and then ran the final mile in 5:30 to finish in THIRD place with an official time of 10:51.60. Northside Junior Sarrin Chethik ran the first mile in 5:26, and then ran the final mile in 5:54 to finish in FOURTH place with an official time of 11:20.01. Northside Junior Michael Rupprecht ran the first mile in 6:33, and then ran the final mile in 6:49 for a personal best time of 13:22.
Northside scored 10 points in the 3200m run!
Malcolm Grba WINS 800m run! Steven Kataba, Keith Jones, Brandon Banas, and Gabriel Jiminez-Ekhman finish FOURTH in the 4x200m Relay!
In the Varsity 800m run, Northside Captain Malcolm Grba ran 160m splits of 24, 25, 25, 26, and then ran the final 160m in a NEGATIVE split of 24.57 to WIN the 800m run with an official time of 2:04.57. In 2014, Grba ran a 2:06.80 in his first 800m race of the Indoor season. In 2015, Grba dropped two seconds with a 2:04.57 in his first 800m race of the Indoor season. Northside scored 10 points in the 800m run!
New Trier's Glickman finished in second place in the 800m run with an official time of 2:07.02. New Trier's Grnejo finished in third place with an official time of 2:11.28. New Trier's Jobs-Manetam finished in fourth place with an official time of 2:12.64. New Trier's Schreier finished in fifth place with an official time of 2:14.19. New Trier's Greenberg finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 2:15.05. New Trier scored 21 points in the 800m run.
In the Varsity 4x200m Relay, Morgan Park won it with an official time of 1:38.95. Evanston finished in second place with an official time of 1:40.01. New Trier finished in third place with an official time of 1:41.09. Northside finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 1:43.25.
Northside Junior Steven Kataba ran the first leg of the 4x200m relay with an impressive 25.42 200m split, and made a perfect hand-off to Keith Jones. Northside Junior Keith Jones ran the second leg of the 4x200m relay with an outstanding 24.47 200m split, and made a nice hand-off to Brandon Banas. Northside Sophomore Brandon Banas ran the third leg of the 4x200m relay with a 26.68 200m split, and made a good exchange to Gabriel Jiminez-Ekhman. Northside Senior Gabriel Jiminez-Ekhman anchored the Mustangs to fourth place with a 26.59 200m split for an official time of 1:43.25.
