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Northside Sophomore Sarrin Chethik finishes fourth in the 3200m run! Max McCoy, Cesar Rufino, Adrian Black, and Matthew Gomez WIN the 4x800m Relay!
In the 3200m run, Von Steuben Junior William Pawelko won it with an official time of 10:45.85. Taft Senior Bruce McCaffrey finished in second place with an official time of 10:52.60. Solorio Academy Junior Vincente Garcia finished in third place with an official time of 11:19.84. Northside Sophomore Sarrin Chethik finished in fourth place with a personal best time of 11:24.28. Sarrin Chethik dropped 11 seconds (11:35.90) from the Osterbeg Indoor Classic. Northside Senior Alex Gordon finished in fifth place with an outstanding time of 11:40.64. Kelvyn Park Senior Mateo Martinez finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 11:41.54. Northside Freshman Christian Thorsberg finished in eighth place with an outstanding time of 11:45.99. Christian Thorsberg dropped 18 seconds (12:03) from the Bison Indoor Classic. Northside Freshman Sergio Soto ran a personal best time of 12:21.93. Sergio Soto dropped 31 seconds (12:52) from the Bison Indoor Classic. Northside Junior Nathaniel Neguissie ran a personal best time of 12:39.49. Northside Junior Joseph Dschida ran an outstanding time of 12:41.93. Northside Freshman Vladimir Andrade ran a personal best time of 13:18.62. Vladimir Andrade dropped 49 seconds (14:07) from the Bison Indoor Classic!
In the 4x100m Relay, Northside Freshman Jacob Cosby, Freshman Josh Borgwardt, Junior Calvin Kuhnen, and Junior Gabe Jiminez-Ekhman finished in fifth place with an official time of 51.31.
The 4x800m Relay at the Eric Nelson Classic is named after Northside Alumni legend Patrick Brennan, and IHSA State Qualifiers Malcolm Grba, Danny Rosen, and Simon Kafka. The winners of the 4x800m Relay each receive a Plaque and a Medal. In 2013, Brennan, Grba, Rosen, and Kafka broke the school record in the 4x800m Relay to qualify for the IHSA State Finals!
In the 4x800m Relay, Northside Junior Max McCoy ran a PERSONAL BEST 2:14.16 800m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Senior Cesar Rufino. Cesar Rufino ran an outstanding 2:17.83 800m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a good exchange to Junior Adrian Black. Adrian Black ran a PERSONAL BEST 2:18.84 800m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Sophomore Matthew Gomez. Matthew Gomez anchored the Mustangs to FIRST PLACE with a 2:27.13 800m split for an official time 9:18.35. Matthew Gomez had a bad day, but was still able to protect the lead for the Mustangs. The Northside Coaching Staff predicts that Matthew Gomez will drop 17 seconds, and place in the top 3 in the 800m run at the St. Viator Invitational.
Leo finished in second place with an official time of 9:31.80. Taft finished in third place with an official time of 9:48.69. Solorio finished in fourth place with an official time of 9:52.74. Von Steuben finished in fifth place with an official time of 10:16.45. Kelvyn Park finished in sixth place with an official time of 10:25.78.
Lucien Fitzpatrick WINS 110m Hurdles! Philip Wdowiak finishes second in his heat, and fifth overall in the 100m Dash!
In the 110m Hurdles, Northside Senior Lucien Fitzpatrick WON it with an outstanding time of 15.52. Northside Junior Porter Abbey finished in third place with an official time of 18.10. Northside Junior Matt Osborne finished in fourth place with an official time of 18.19. Northside Sophomore Derrick Staples hurdled a personal best time of 21.85. Northside Sophomore Garret Barch hurdled an outstanding time of 22.01. Northside Junior Christopher Tam hurdled a personal best time of 23.27. Northside Freshman Jack Nolan hurdled a personal best time of 23.78.
In the 100m Dash, Northside Sophomore Philip Wdowiak finished in second place in his heat, and in fifth place overall with a personal best time of 12.47. Northside Junior Gabriel Jimenez-Ekman finished in seventh place overall with an outstanding time of 12.54. Northside Sophomore Steven Kataba ran an outstanding time of 12.90. Northside Junior Calvin Kuhnen ran an official time of 13.34. Northside Sophomore Andy Dominquez ran a personal best time of 14.40. Northside Freshman Auggie Romero ran a personal best time of 14.77.
The 800m run at the Eric Nelson Classic is named after Northside Alumni legend Wesley Laytham. Laytham holds the school record in the 800m run (1:57.49) and qualified for the IHSA State Championships in the 800m run. Prior to Tuesday, the fastest 800m run time ever run in the Eric Nelson Classic was a 2:04.00 (Wesley Laytham, 2011).
In the 800m run, Northside had an incredible 1-2-3 finish! Northside Junior Malcolm Grba WON it with an official time of 2:02.16. Malcolm Grba was awarded a Plaque for winning the 800m run. Northside Sophomore Danny Rosen finished in SECOND place with an outstanding time of 2:03.26. Northside Senior Simon Kafka finished in THIRD place with a personal best open 800m time of 2:03.55. Simon Kafka passed Northside Alumni legend John Krumsee (2:05.80) on the 800m All Time list. Simon Kafka is closing in on Northside Alumni legend Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss (2:03.16) next on the 800m All Time list. Northside scored 24 points in the 800m run!!
Taft Junior Abraham Tobias finished in fourth place with an official time of 2:04.37. Von Steuben Sophomore Paulo Aco finished in fifth place with an official time of 2:15.53. Von Steuben Freshman Bukuru Anaclet finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 2:18.94. Northside Freshman Alex Ortiz finished in seventh place with a personal best time of 2:20.38. Northside Junior Kenny Dumez ran an outstanding time of 2:24.34. Northside Freshman Brian McManus ran an outstanding time of 2:26.22. Northside Freshman Miguel Garay ran a personal best time of 2:43.37.
In the 4x200m Relay, Solorio won it with an official time of 1:39.76. Taft finished in second place with an official time of 1:39.78. Leo finished in third place with an official time of 1:44.25. Von Steuben finished in fourth place with an official time of 1:45.15. Kelvyn Park finished in fifth place with an official time of 1:46.89.
The 400m Dash at the Eric Nelson Classic is named after Northside Alumni legend Mac Melto. Melto holds the school record in the 400m run (48.30) and was an IHSA State Qualifier, and Illinois Prep Top Times Champion.
In the 400m Dash, Northside Senior Nate Mendez finished in third place with a personal best time of 56.56. Northside Freshman Josh Borgwardt ran a personal best time of 59.94. Northside Sophomore Troy Hu ran a personal best time of 61.31. Northside Sophomore Matthew Gomez ran an official time of 76.89. Athletes in the final heat of the 400m dash were disqualified for running outside of their lane.
After the 400m Dash, the remaining events were canceled due to darkness.
VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT ILLINOIS PREP TOP TIMES
1. Malcolm Grba 1.00
VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT ERIC NELSON CLASSIC
1. Lucien Fitzpatrick 26.00
2. Porter Abbey 14.00
3. Matt Osborne 12.00
4. Malcolm Grba 10.00
4. Ari Perlmutter 10.00
4. Jay Yu 10.00
5. Jacob Cosby 8.50
6. Danny Rosen 8.00
6. Xavier Sigelko 8.00
7. Simon Kafka 6.00
7. Henry Lothschutz 6.007. Nate Mendez 6.00
7. Brendan Powers 6.00
8. Garret Barch 4.00
8. Declan Galleher 4.00
8. Sarrin Chethik 4.00
8. Keith Jones 4.00
9. Max McCoy 2.50
9. Cesar Rufino 2.50
9. Adrian Black 2.50
9. Matthew Gomez 2.50
10. Philip Wdowiak 2.00
10. Brandon Banas 2.00
10. Alex Gordon 2.00
10. Connor Fulton 2.00
11. Gabe Jiminez-Ekhman 0.50
11. Josh Borgwardt 0.50
11. Calvin Kuhnen 0.50
SEASON VARSITY POINTS SCORED TOTALS (9 Meets)
1. Lucien Fitzpatrick 138.00
2. Malcolm Grba 96.50
3. Danny Rosen 64.00
4. Matt Osborne 51.00
5. Tom Frejowski 41.00
6. Simon Kafka 35.00
7. Porter Abbey 28.50
8. Jay Yu 27.00
9. Adrian Black 21.50
10. Ari Perlmutter 18.00
11. Max McCoy 16.75
12. Matthew Gomez 16.50
13. Cesar Rufino 12.5014. Brendan Powers 12.00
15. Jacob Cosby 11.00
16. Declan Galleher 10.00
17. Xavier Sigelko 8.00
18. Keith Jones 7.25
19. Nick Jean-Baptiste 7.00
20. Steven Kataba 6.75
21. Nate Mendez 6.00
21. Henry Lothschutz 6.00
21. Alex Gordon 6.00
22. Garret Barch 5.00
23. Philip Wdowiak 4.50
23. Kenny Dumez 4.50
23. Gabe Jimenez-Ekman 4.50
24. Sarrin Chethik 4.00
25. Brandon Banas 3.00
26. Josh Borgwardt 2.50
26. Calvin Kuhnen 2.50
27. Connor Fulton 2.00
27. Artur Kozlowski 2.00
27. Justin Washington 2.00
28. Jack Webster 1.50
28. Sergio Soto 1.50
29. Piotr Wojcik 1.00
30. Alex Ortiz 0.50
30. Brian McManus 0.50
30. Max Guthmann 0.50
31. Joseph Dschida 0.25
The athletes listed above have earned a Varsity letter by scoring a Varsity point in a Track meet.
Every point scored is vital to the success of the TEAM. The outcome of a Championship meet has come down to a single point on several occassions.
Malcolm Grba earns MEDAL at the Indoor State Championships! 2:00.73! 4x800m - fastest INDOOR time in Northside history! Rosen 2:01.46! Kafka 2:01.59!
On Friday, March 28, 2014, Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon, Assistant Coaches Patrick O'Connor, Amy O'Connor, Wayne Edelman, and Northside Junior Malcolm Grba, Senior Simon Kafka, Junior Tom Frejowski, Sophomore Danny Rosen, and Sophomore Matthew Gomez traveled to Bloomington, Illinois for the Indoor State Championships (Illinois Prep Top Times).
The Mustangs stayed at Eastland Suites in Bloomington, Illinois. The suites each contained two floors of rooms with a staircase, two bathrooms, Plasma Televisions, and a full size kitchen with a large refigerator and microwave. A special thanks to Northside Principal Kelly Mest and Athletic Director Andrew Mayer for the wonderful accomodations.
The Team dined at Olive Garden the night before Illinois Prep Top Times. The Bloomington Olive Garden was the most popular place in town, and Illinois Prep Top Times qualifiers filled the restaurent to capacity. Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon treated the athletes and coaching staff to a gourmet meal at Oliver Garden. After dinner, the Mustangs went to a local grocerty store to stock the Hotel suites with nutritional snacks.
On Saturday, March 29, 2014, the Indoor State Championships (Illinois Prep Top Times) took place at the Shirk Center in Bloomington, Illinois. The energy in the stadium was electric, with a sold-out stadium crowd filled to its capacity, with people standing in the upper deck just to get a glimpose of the meet. The stadium featured a jumbotron video screen, showing the results of all the events throughout the meet, and a play-by-play announcer who gave live commentary on every event that took place.
Malcolm Grba, Danny Rosen, Simon Kafka, Tom Frejowski, and Matthew Gomez received their race numbers upon arrival, and were placed in a large turf room adjancent to the stadium to put away belongings, and set up aTeam Camp. Right next to the turf room,a special gymnasium was used for event check-in, and to run warm-ups. The athletics had access to stands on the main floor, that were roped off from the Track.
Northside witnessed an incredible Track meet throughout the day, as they waited for the main events, the 4x800m Relay, and the 800m run.
Sophomore Danny Rosen runs a 2:01.46 800m split on the first leg of the 4x800m Relay at the Indoor State Championships!
