CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

 On Sunday, March 20, 2011, the Northside Varsity Mens All Star Track & Field Team traveled to Henry Crown Field House in Chicago, Illinois for the 2011 Indoor City Championships. Team Trophies were awarded to the Top two teams, and Medals were awarded to the Top 6 Individuals in each event.

 Henry Crown Stadium features an athlete friendly atmosphere, upper deck seating, 200m Indoor Track and has been the host to numerous National meets, and local Championship meets as well. The Varsity letter was invented in the 1890s by Amos Alonzo Stagg as he was sitting on the entrance steps to Henry Crown Field house. The main wall of the stadium constains a list of field house records, which include several Olympians. The first Heisman Trophy winner (1935), Hay Berwanger is still listed on the all-time list for Henry Crown for the 55m Dash. Henry Crown Field house is a Chicago landmark that is rich in Track & Field history.  

  A special thanks to CPS Track & Field coordinator Thomas Smith for hosting an outstanding meet, and for providing a great Track & Field experience for all of the athletes and spectators.

 A year ago, Northside finished in fourth place. That changed on Sunday morning. Northside doubled their TEAM score in one year! Northside has doubled their Team score at almost every meet this season, including Indoor City Championships!!! Simeon won the 2011 Indoor City Title, with 66 points, and Northside College Prep finished in SECOND place, with 59.30 points and posted victories over:  3. Mather (54 Points), 4. Whitney Young (50 points), 5. Perspectives Calumet (48 points), 6. Kenwood (45 points), 7. Lake View (22.30 points), 8. Payton (21 points), 9. Robeson (15 points), 10. Fenger (14 points), 11. Lane Tech (8 points), and 12. Dunbar (0.3 points). Northside had a record of 10-1 on the day! 

 This was a special meet for the Mustangs, all of the Northside athletes made the most of the opportunity to compete in the 2011 Indoor City Championships.

 Since the Spartan Indoor Classic, the Northside Mustangs have a record of 35-3!!!

 Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon, treated the Northside coaching staff to porterhouse steaks and crab legs at Angelino's on Montrose, after the meet, to celebrate the Mustangs SECOND place finish at the Indoor City Championships.

 Athletes will be awarded TEAM trophies for finishing in second place at the June 3, 2011 Track & Field Baqnuet.

 In the 4x800m Relay, Northside WON it with an official time of 8:47.46. Northside Junior Pat Duffy ran a 2:09.70 800m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Northside Senior Erik Zuehlke. Erik Zuehlke ran a 2:11.52 800m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Northside Junior Dan Graham. Dan Graham ran a 2:12.39 800m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Northside Junior Ezra Edgerton. Ezra Edgerton anchored the Mustangs to VICTORY with a 2:13.37 800m split, for an official time of 8:47.46. Pat Duffy, Erik Zuehlke, Dan Graham, and Ezra Edgerton were awarded Medals for winning the Indoor City 4x800m Relay Title! Lake View finished in second place, behind a strong performance from Oscar Medina, with an official time of 8:52.95. Mather finished in third place with an official time of 8:54.18. Kenwood Academy finished in fourth place with an official time of 8:56.69. Whitney Young finished in fifth place with an official time of 8:57.19. Payton finished in sixth place to complete the scoring, with an official time of 9:19.19.

 In the 55m Hurdles, Mather Senior Marcus Griffith won it with an outstanding time of 8.06. Simeon Senior Devonte Elzy finished in second place with an outstanding time of 8.06. Northside Senior Hersh Perlmutter finished in THIRD place with an outstanding time of 8.92. Whitney Young Senior Bobby Johnson finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 8.92. Perspectives Calumet Junior Elijah Stokley finished in fifth place with a time of 9.88. Payton Sophomore Lester Harris finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a time of 10.18.

 In the 55m Dash, Whitney Young Junior Dakarai Howard won it with an official time of 6.76. Perspectives Calumet Sophomore Lonnie Washington finished in second place with an outstanding time of 6.81. Northside Junior Mac Melto finished in third place with an outstanding time of 6.84. Robeson Sophomore Devon Sanders finished in fourth place with a time of 6.87. Kenwood Academy Senior Adonis Elmore finished in fifth place with a time of 6.89. Payton Junior Justin Smith finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an outstanding time of 6.90.

 In the 800m Run, Northside Captain Wesley Laytham outkicked Kenwood Academy Junior Yusef Hoof (2:03.70) in the final meter to WIN it with an outstanding time of 2:03.68. Northside Senior Wesley Laytham ran 200m splits of 27, 30 (57 400m split), 32, 34 for an official time of 2:03.68. Wesley Laytham was awarded a Medal for winning the Indoor City 800m Title! Whitney Young Junior Nathan Beltran finsihed in third place with an outstanding time of 2:04.00. Lake View Junior Eduardo Chavez finished in fourth place with a time of 2:09.86. Mather Senior Andrew Papageorgeiou finished in fifth place with a time of 2:10.84. Simeon Senior Karmaine Jarmon finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a time of 2:14.65. Lane Tech Senior Edwin Lira ran an outstanding time of 2:16.48.

 In the 4x200m Relay, Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese ran a 23.73 200m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick. Lucien Fitzpatrick ran a 25.91 200m split, and made a perfect exchange to Junior Ezra Edgerton. Ezra Edgerton ran a 25.49 200m split, and made a nice exchange to Junior Josh Williams. Josh Williams anchored the Mustangs to ninth overall, with a 25.69 200m split, for an official time of 1:41.44.

 In the 400m run, Northside Captain Mac Melto WON it with an outstanding time of 51.30. Northside Junior Mac Melto was awarded a Medal for winning the Indoor City 400m Title! Mather Senior Rahiem Foster finished in second place with a time of 52.96. Simeon Junior Cywettnie Brown finished in third place with a time of 53.08. Kenwood Academy Junior Charlie Wiley finished in fourth place with a time of 54.54. Lane Tech Junior Gabriel Mendoza finished in fifth place with a time of 55.66. Robeson Senior Andrew Jones finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a time of 56.11.

 In the 1600m run, Lake View Senior Oscar Medina won it with a time of 4:39.92. Whitney Young Junior Eric Shan finished in second place with a time of 4:40.55. Kenwood Academy Senior Joseph Laseter finished in third place with a time of 4:47.17. Northside Senior Erik Zuehlke served as an emergency medical replacement for Northside Freshman Simon Kafka. Erik Zuehlke ran 400m splits of 73, 76 (2:29 800m split), 77 (3:46 1200m split), and a NEGATIVE SPLIT of 73 seconds on the final 400m for an outstanding time of 4:59.31. Payton Junior Porter Truax finished in fifth place with an outstanding time of 5:00.60. Lane Tech Senior Jimmy Orellana finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a time of 5:16.82.

 In the 200m Dash, Perspectives Calumet Sophomore Lonnie Washington won it with a time of 23.33. Whitney Young Junior Dakarai Howard finished in second place with a time of 23.55. Fenger Junior Shavell Lucas finished in third place with a time of 23.65. Simeon Senior Damarius Reed finished in fourth place with a time of 23.99. Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese finished in fifth place with an outstanding time of 24.13. Payton Junior Justin Smith finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an outstanding time of 24.25.

 In the Shot Put, Kenwood Academy Junior Phillip Martin won it with a throw of 43'10. Perspectives Calumet Senior Eric Johnson finished in second place with a throw of 43'05. Payton Junior Omar Reyes finished in third place with a throw of 42'03. Whitney Young Junior Jim Daniels finished in fourth place with a throw of 41'06.50. Mather Junior Jarell Smith finished in fifth place with a throw of 38'07. Simeon Junior Shaquille Joyner finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a throw of 38'00. Northside Senior Allen Tu threw a personal best 33'02.

 In the Long Jump, Simeon Junior Cywettnie Brown won it with a jump of 20'07. Perspectives Calumet Sophomore Lonnie Washington finished in second place with a jump of 20'05. Mather Senior Kenneth Murphy finished in third place with a jump of 19'04. Northside Junior Josh Williams finished in fourth place with an outstanding jump of 19'00. Kenwood Academy Junior Dixon Romeo finished in fifth place with a jump of 18'08. Whitney Young Junior AJ Hickerson finished in sixth place to complete the socring with a jump of 17'09.

 In the High Jump, Simeon Senior Devonte Elzy won it with an outstanding jump of 6'1. Mather Senior Kenneth Murphy finished in second place with a jump of 6'0. Perspectives Calumet Sophomore Christopher Randolph finished in third place with a jump of 5'6. Kenwood Academy Junior Deon Morrissette tied with Payton Junior Perry Howell for fourth place with a jump of 5'4. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick, Lake View Junior Jon Light, and Dunbar Freshman Antoine Clark tied for sixth place to complete the scoring with jumps of 5'2.

 Due to the fast pace of the meet, the 4x400m Relay was run before the Triple Jump started. This made the Triple Jump more difficult. In the 4x400m Relay, Robeson won it with an outstanding time of 3:29.88. Simeon finished in second place with an outstanding time of 3:30.83. Northside finished in third place with an outstanding time of 3:38.92. Northside Junior Mac Melto ran a 51.95 400m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Northside Junior Josh Williams. Josh Williams ran a 56.56 400m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Junior Ezra Edgerton. Ezra Edgerton ran a 55.03 400m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Northside Senior Wesley Laytham. Wesley Laytham anchored the Mustangs to third place overall, with a 54.78 400m split, for an official time of 3:38.92. Mac Melto, Josh Williams, Ezra Edgerton, and Wesley Laytham were awarded Medals for finishing third overall. Kenwood Academy finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 3:40.91. Mather finished in fifth place with a time of 3:46.58. Whitney Young finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with a time of 3:48.32.

 In the Triple Jump, Mather Junior Shakell Rosario won it with a jump of 39'10.50. Simeon Junior Cywettnie Brown finished in second place with an outstanding jump of 39'04.50. Perspectives Calumet Sophomore Christopher Randolph finished in third place with a jump of 38'07. Lane Tech Sophomore Jason Gutierrez finished in fourth place with a jump of 37'05.50. Payton Sophomore Lester Harris finished in fifth place with a jump of 37'01.50. Northside Junior Josh Williams finished in sixth place to complete the scoring with an outstanding jump of 36'09.00.

 Northside College Prep finished in SECOND place overall at the Indoor City Championships. It was the best TEAM performance at Indoor City Championships in the history of Northside College Prep!

 A special THANKS to Freshman Joel Deleon, Sophomore Patrick Brennan, Freshman Cesar Rufino, and Freshman Karl Heinz for serving as Relay alternates. All of the above relay alternates were rewarded with a pineapple for coming to the meet, ready to run, in case anyone went down. Thanks again.

VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT INDOOR CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS 

1. Mac Melto                                     17.50

2. Wesley Laytham                             11.50

3. Erik Zuehlke                                    6.50

3. Josh Williams                                   6.50

4. Hersh Perlmutter                              6.00

5. Ezra Edgerton                                  4.00

6. Pat Duffy                                         2.50

6. Dan Graham                                    2.50

7. Nathaniel Agharese                         2.00

8. Lucien Fitzpatrick                            0.30

SEASON VARSITY POINTS SCORED TOTAL (6 Meets) 

1. Josh Williams                                 79.25 

2. Wesley Laytham                            51.00

 While a limited number of Varsity athletes are competing in the Indoor City Championships on Sunday, the majority of the TEAM is preparing for the 2011 Eric Nelson Track & Field Classic.

 On Thursday, March 17, 2011, Eric Nelson Classic and Wesley Laytham 800m run T-shirts will be distributed before practice to ALL members of the Team.

 Eric Nelson, among other honors, won four consecutive MVP Awards in Track & Field, at Northside College Prep from 2006-2009, broke five school records, including, the High Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus, and the Distance Medley Relay. Eric Nelson also went undefeated during his Junior and Senior year in the High Jump during the regular season.

 The Eric Nelson Track & Field Classic will be the first Outdoor Track & Field Meet in Illinois for the 2011 Season. 

  The Eric Nelson Track & Field Classic (formerly the Mustang Classic, renamed after Northside Alumni Eric Nelson in 2010) is the third HOME meet in the history of Northside College Prep, and will take place at Hanson Stadium at 5501 W. Fullerton in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

  The Eric Nelson Track & Field Classic features Roosevelt (Men & Women), Taft (Men & Women), Senn (Men & Women), Payton (Men & Women), St. Scholastica (Women), Urban Prep (Men), Urban Prep East Garfield (Men)  and host Northside College Prep (Men & Women).

 The meet also features Roosevelt Junior phenom Jeffery Rector, who won the 3200m run, and 1600m run a year ago!  

 The meet will be scored on one level. Team Trophies will be awarded to the top six teams. The meet will be scored on the following point scale for individual events and relays: 10-8-6-4-2-1.   

Levels:             Varsity Men and Women                      (6 Entries per Event)     - scored

Awards:           Team Trophies for the top SIX teams!

Plaque Awards (Top 6) in the High Jump to honor Northside Alumni Eric Nelson

                                Plaque Awards (Top 6) in the Triple Jump to honor Northside Alumni Maria Torres

Plaque Awards (Top 6) in the 800m run to honor 2010 Northside IHSA State Qualifier Wesley Laytham

Medals for the Top 3 Places in ALL events!

“Goody Bags” for all participants on EVERY Team.

  Northside Parents that are available to Volunteer from 1 pm - 6 pm on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, to help out with the meet, please contact Northside Head Track & Field Coach Jon Gordon at Jongordon9@aol.com Thanks.

 On Saturday, March 12, 2011, the Northside Varsity Mustangs traveled to De La Salle High School at 3455 South Michigan Ave., in Chicago, Illinois for the De La Salle Bank of America Meteors Invitational.

 The entrance way to the Indoor Track & Field Stadium, featured a statue of a famous De La Salle Alumni, Mayor Richard Daley.

 Bank of America was an excellent sponsor, and supplied timers and awards for the marathon Track & Field meet, which lasted over four hours, and featured 17 high schools, including host De La Salle. The meet also featured several of the top athletes in Chicago.

 Ed Ward served as the official starter, and was outstanding. Northside plans to have Ed Ward as one of the starters for the Eric Nelson Classic on March 23, 2011.

 A special thanks to De La Salle Head Coach Robell McMiller, and his fine coaching staff, for hosting an outstanding meet. Coach McMiller showed great sportsmanship by rewarding the Northside Mustangs with their early arrival to the meet, by allowing the Northside Mustangs to be first Team to set up camp in the stadium.

 The point scale for individual events and relays was 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Athletes that placed in the Top 3 were rewarded with T-shirts, and Medals. The meet had a unique order of events, commencing with Field Events and the 1600m run. 

 In the Varsity Shot Put, Curie's Vaugh King won it with a throw of 45'09! Fenwick's Niall Mulcahy finished in second place with a throw of 42'11.50. De La Salle's Demetrius Catchings finished in third place with a throw of 40'08.00. Calumet Perspectives Eric Johnson finished in fourth place with a throw of 40'06.50. Foreman's Johnny Guerreo finished in fifth place with a throw of 37'09.00. Calumet Perspectives Michael Fort finished in sixth place with a throw of 36'06.00. Chicago Military Academy's Vernel Lundy finished in seventh place and scored all of his Team's points with an outstanding throw of 36'02.50. Schurz Raymond McDonald completed the scoring with a throw of 36'01.00 to place eighth overall. After breaking the 30'0 barrier at Fenton, Northside throwers had a tough day at De La Salle. Northside Senior Ottmar Flores threw 29'09.00. Northside Junior Allen Tu threw 29'04.00.

 In the Varsity High Jump, De La Salle Julian Snowden won it with a jump of 6'0. Calumet Perspectives Christopher Randolph finished in second place with a jump of 5'10. Fenwick's Will Fogarty finished in third place with a jump of 5'4. Kelvyn Park's Carleton Coleman finished in fourth place with a jump of 5'4. Dunbar's Antoine Clark finished in fifth place with a jump of 5'2. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick clipped the bar with his toe on the way down, on his final attempt at 5'4, and finished in sixth place with an outstanding jump of 5'2. De La Salle's Jordan Fisher finished in seventh place with a jump of 5'2. De La Salle's Dustin Brandon completed the scoring by place eigth overall with a jump of 5'2.

 In the Varsity Long Jump, Calumet Perspectives Lonnie Washington jumped 20'7.50 to win it! Orr Academy's Carl Young jumped 20'03.00 to finish in second place. Kelvyn Park's Victor Medina jumped 18'02.00 to finish in third place. Orr Academy's Anthony Jefferson finished in fourth place with a jump of 17'11. De La Salle's Jordan Page finished in fifth place with a jump of 17'09. Calumet Perspectives Elijah Stokely finished in sixth place with a jump of 17'02. Foreman's Brandon Johnson finished in seventh place with a jump of 16'08.50. Orr Academy's Jovan Brown finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 16'05. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick jumped 15'0.

 After taking the SAT, and the completion of the Long Jump, Northside Junior Josh Williams arrived to the meet to help the Mustangs in the Triple Jump!

 In the Varsity Triple Jump, Northside Junior Josh Williams WON it with an outstanding jump of 39'08.00. De La Salle's Tristen Green finished in second place with a jump of 38'08.00. Orr Academy's Anthony Jefferson finished in third place with a jump of 37'06.00. De La Salle's Jordan Page finished in fourth place with a jump of 36'03.00. Calumet Perspective's Elijah Stokely finished in fifth place with a jump of 34'10.00. Orr Academy's Jovan Brown finished in sixth place with a jump of 33'11.50. Dunbar's John Harris finished in seventh place with a jump of 33'10.50. De La Salle's Martin Jackson finished eighth place with a jump of 32'06.00 to complete the scoring.

 In the Varsity 1600m Run, Northside Senior Charlie Mesimore ran the first 800m in 2:29, and then past the entire field and took control of the race. Charlie Mesimore ran the final 800m in a NEGATIVE SPLIT of 2:26 to WIN the 1600m run with an official time of 4:55.89. Northside Freshman Simon Kafka ran the first 800m in 2:30, and then ran the final 800m in 2:31 to finish in second place with an official time of 5:01.82. Curie's Erik Diaz finished in third place with an outstanding time of 5:01.90. Northside Senior Erik Zuehlke ran the first 800m in 2:30, and then ran the final 800m in 2:34 to finish in fourth place with an official time of 5:04.68. Hubbard's Axel Munox finished in fith place with an outstanding time of 5:05.00. Robeson's Scandalence Fritz finished in sixth place with an outstanding time of 5:09.15. Fenwick's Emmett McCoy finished in seventh place with an official time of 5:12.25. Kelly's Enrique Alvarez finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 5:19.41.

 The second event of the meet was the 4x400m Relay. It was a unique concept.

 In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Robeson's Alex Jones, Jarvis Wright, Duwane Pipkins, and Juwane Pipkins combined for a 3:46.10 to win it. De La Salle finished in second place with a time of 3:46.22. Orr Academy finished in third place with a time of 3:55.03. Fenger finished in fourth place with a time of 3:59.72. Calumet Perspectives finished in fifth place with a time of 4:01.87. Northside finished in sixth place with an official time of 4:01.98. Northside Junior Dan Graham ran a 58.22 400m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick. Lucien Fitzpatrick ran a 63.60 400m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Junior Pat Duffy. Pat Duffy ran a 60.63 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Junior Ezra Edgerton. Ezra Edgerton anchored the Mustangs to third in their heat, and sixth overall, with a 59.53 400m split, for an official time of 4:01.98. Fenwick finished in seventh place with an official time of 4:05.76. Dunbar finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 4:06.19.

 In the Varsity 55m High Hurdles, De La Salle's Tristen Green won it with an oustanding time of 8.12. Schurz's Moses Baba finished in second place with a time of 8.40. Northside Senior Hersh Perlmutter finished in third place with an outstanding time of 8.80. Orr Academy's Jarvis Buchanan finished in fourth place with a time of 8.83. Urban Prep's Israel Durley finished in fifth place with a time of 9.00. De La Salle's Jordan Page finished in sixth place with a time of 9.35. Calumet Perspectives Elijah Stokely finished in seventh place with a time of 9.41. Orr Academy's Jovan Brown finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with a time of 9.94.

 The Sophomore-Freshman 55m High Hurdles, was one of three Sophomore-Freshman showcase events, which were counted in the Varsity for Team scoring. De La Salle's Malik Fowler won it with an outstanding time of 9.07. Fenwick's Jack Higgins finished in second place with an outstanding time of 9.16. Fenwick's Patrick Regan finished in third place with a time of 9.45. Fenwick's Liam Douglass finished in fourth place with a time of 10.62. De La Salle's Landis Houston finished in fifth place with a time of 11.34. Northside Freshman Truman Brady finished in sixth place with an official time of 12.63.

 The bleachers were at FULL Capacity with spectators on the finish line for the 55m Dash.

 In the Varsity 55m Dash, Kelvyn Park's Jamal McNeeley won it with an outstanding time of 6.42. Curie's Maurice Fleming finished in second place with a time of 6.46. Calumet Perspective's Lonnie Washington finished in third place with a time of 6.55. Hubbard's Steele Collins finished in fourth place with a time of 6.58. Northside Junior Mac Melto WON his heat, and finished in fifth place overall with a PERSONAL BEST time of 6.71. Melto came within 0.21 of a second from qualifying for Illinois Prep Top Times in the 55m Dash! Melto was taken to the emergency room after the 55m Dash for treatment of a deep cut to his arm. He is expected to recover in time for practice on Monday. De La Salle's Michael Conley tied Mac Melto for fifth place with an outstanding time of 6.71. There was a three way tie for seventh place to complete the scoring, between Hubbard's Delano Braxton, Orr Academy's Dominique Conner, and Fenger's Shavell Lucas, with outstanding times of 6.72.

 The Sophomore-Freshman 55m Dash was the second showcase event of the meet. Robeson's Devon Sanders won it with an outstanding time of 6.41. Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese finished in SECOND place with a PERSONAL BEST time of 6.75. Nathaniel Agharese came within 0.25 of a second from qualifying for Illinois Prep Top times in the 55m dash! De La Salle's Joseph Benson finished in third place with a time of 6.87. Robeson's Willie Maddox finished in fourth place with a time of 6.88. Fenger's Dequan Thompson finished in fifth place with a time of 6.89. Kelvyn Park's Quincy Towns finished in sixth place with a time of 6.93. Robeson's Dejaire Gunn finished in seventh place with an official time of 7.00. Curie's Dovante Swoope finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 7.01.

 In the Varsity 800m run, Northside Senior Wesley Laytham took the lead from the gun, and cruised to victory with an outstanding time of 2:12.74. Northside Junior Dan Graham finished in second place with an official time of 2:16.31. Curie's Jorge Rodriguez finished in third place with a time of 2:16.44. Foreman's Vernon Beasely finished in fourth place with a time of 2:18.13. Fenwick's Emmett McCoy finished in fifth place with a time of 2:18.25. De La Salle's Jeremy Triplett finished in sixth place with a time of 2:18.44. Orr's Academy's Ronnie Buchanan finished in seventh place with a time of 2:18.59. Kelly's Matthew Figueroa finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with a time of 2:20.09. Northside Junior Alex Seibt finished with an outstanding time of 2:27.41.

 In the Varsity 4x160m Relay, De La Salle won it with an official time of 1:17.02. Robeson finished in second place with a time of 1:18.06. Calumet Perspectives finished in third place with a time of 1:19.94. Orr Academy finished in fourth place with a time of 1:20.27. Fenger finished in fifth place with a time of 1:21.22. Hubbard finished in sixth place with a time of 1:21.66. Kelvyn Park finished in seventh place with a time of 1:22.08. Dunbar finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with a time of 1:22.47. Northside Freshman Joel Deleon ran a 21.61 160m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Northside Sophomore Patrick Brennan. Patrick Brennan ran a 23.48 160m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Cesear Rufino. Cesear Rufino ran a 25.07 160m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Senior Hersh Perlmutter. Hersh Perlmutter ran a 21.82 160m split on the anchor leg, for an official time of 1:34.01.

 The Sophomore-Freshman 4x160m Relay was the final showcase event of the meet. Robeson won it with an outstanding time of 1:19.54. De La Salle finished in second place with an outstanding time of 1:20.12. Dunbar finished in third place with an outstanding time of 1:24.98. Fenwick finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 1:30.25. Taft finished in fifth place with an outstanding time of 1:30.77. Curie finished in sixth place with an outstanding time of 1:30.88. Hubbard finished in seventh place with an outstanding time of 1:32.41. Northside finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 1:34.56. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick ran a 20.58 160m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Northside Freshman Truman Brady. Truman Brady ran a 28.45 160m split on the second leg of the relay, and had a delayed hand-off due to Freshman Jay Yu pulling away too soon. Jay Yu ran a 23.71 160m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Freshman Karl Heinz. Karl Heinz ran a 21.82 160m split to anchor the Mustangs to eighth place to complete the scoring, with an official time of 1:34.56.

 In the Varsity 400m run, Urban Prep's Israel Durley won it with an official time of 52.74. Calumet Perspectives Spencer Williams finished in second place with a time of 54.66. Robeson's Cameron Franklin finished in third place with a time of 54.86. Orr Academy's Antonio Mc Morries finished in fourth place with a time of 55.75. De La Salle's David Dixon finished in fifth place with a time of 56.05. Northside Junior Ezra Ezdgerton finished in sixth place with an outstanding time of 56.90. De La Salle's Kendall Morris finished in seventh place with an time of 57.19. Robeson's Andrew Jones finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with a time of 57.27. Northside Sophomore Nathaniel Agharese finished in ninth place with an outstanding time of 57.57. 

 In the Varsity 200m Dash, Kelvyn Park's Jamal McNeeley won it with a time of 23.45. Calumet Perspectives Lonnie Washington finished in second place with a time of 23.55. Robeson's Devon Sanders finished in third place with a time of 23.79. Calumet Perspectives Spencer Williams and Urban Prep's Israel Durley tied for fourth place with a time of 23.96. De La Salle's Demetri Poole finished in sixth place with a time of 24.44. Fenger's Shavell Lucas finished in seventh place with a time of 24.45. Dunbar's Don Williams finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with a time of 24.70. Northside Senior Ottmar Flores ran a time of 27.47. Northside Freshman Karl Heinz ran a time of 28.64. Northside Senior Hersh Perlmutter ran a time of 28.76.

 In the Varsity 4x800m Relay, Northside Freshman Simon Kafka ran a personal best 2:20.45 800m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Northside Junior Josh Williams. Josh Williams ran a 2:22.70 800m split on the second leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Freshman Joel Deleon. Joel Deleon ran a 2:29.86 800m split, and made a perfect exchange to Senior Erik Zuehlke. Erik Zuehlke immediately dropped front runner, Fenwick. Erik Zuehlke ran a dramatic 1:57.00 split to WIN the relay, with an official time of 9:10.01. Curie finished in second place with an official time of 9:17.30. Fenwick finished in third place with an official time of 9:27.80. Orr Academy finished in fourth place with an official time of 10:04.20. Schurz finished in fifth place with an official time of 10:04.20. Kelly finished in sixth place with an official time of 10:07.61. Hubbard finished in seventh place with an official time of 10:14.77. Foreman finished in eighth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 10:20.20. The Northside Coaching staff thought the officials stopped the entire field a lap early, and as a result, had Erik Zuehlke run an extra lap to secure the victory, after a five seconds delay from the officials stoping him at the finish line. The Bank of America officials then ruled the race was infact over when Northside came across the line in 9:10.01 with the 1:57.00 anchor leg split! Northside Freshman Simon Kafka, Junior Josh Williams, Freshman Joel Deleon, and Northside Senior anchor, Erik Zuehlke were awarded T-shirts and medals for finishing in first place!

 De La Salle won the meet with 107.50 points. Northside College Prep finished in SECOND place with 91.50 points and posted victories over 3. Calumet Perspectives (71.50 points), 4. Robeson (61 points), 5. Orr Academy (53 points), 6. Fenwick (52 points), 7. Curie (42 points), 8. Kelvyn Park (36 points), 9. Urban Prep (18.50 points), 10. Hubbard (17 points), 11. Fenger (16 points), 12. Dunbar (15 points), 13 Schurz (13 points), 14. Foreman (12 points), 15. Kelly (5 points), 16. Taft (4 points), and 17. Chicago Military Academy (2 points). Northside posted a record of 15-1 on the day!!!

VARSITY POINTS SCORED AT BANK OF AMERICA DE LA SALLE INVITATIONAL 

1. Josh Williams                                  12.50

2. Simon Kafka                                  10.50

3. Wesley Laytham                             10.00

3. Charlie Mesimore                           10.00

4. Dan Graham                                    8.75

5. Nathaniel Agharese                          8.00

6. Erik Zuehlke                                    7.50 

7. Hersh Perlmutter                              6.00

8. Lucien Fitzpatrick                            4.00

9. Ezra Edgerton                                 3.75

10. Mac Melto                                   3.50

11. Truman Brady                               3.25

12. Joel Deleon                                  2.50

13. Pat Duffy                                      0.75

14. Karl Heinz                                    0.25

14. Jay Yu                                          0.25

SEASON VARSITY POINTS SCORED TOTAL (5 Meets) 

1. Josh Williams                                 72.75 

2. Wesley Laytham                            39.50

 On Wednesday, March 9, 2011, the Northside Sophomore-Freshman Boys and a limited number of Varsity athletes traveled to Bensenville, Illinois to Bison Stadium for the Fenton Indoor Classic. 

 Fenton is the home of the Metro Suburban Conference Track and Field Champions. Fenton has won the Metro Suburban Conference Track & Field Championships, two of the last three years, and famous alumni include Olympian Jim Spivey. 

 The Fenton Indoor Classic featured Gordon Tech, Elmwood Park, Conant, Northside College Prep, and host Fenton. Individual Events were scored 8-6-4-2-1, and Relays were scored 8-6-4-2.

 Northside Junior Josh Williams had a head injury in the high jump, and with an ice pack on his head, it looked like his night would be finished early. However, Josh Williams came back like Rocky Balboa, and had his best meet of the year! Josh Williams WON the Triple Jump with a PERSONAL BEST jump of 40'1.50! Josh Williams also placed SECOND in the Long Jump, High Jump, and 200m dash!! Josh Williams scored a meet record 26 points!!!

 In the Varsity Shot Put, Elmwood Park's Maggi won it with a throw of 45'9.5. Conant's Perschon finished in second place with a throw of 45'0. Fenton's Joyner finished in third place with a throw of 42'6. Fenton's Fleischacker finished in fourth place with a throw of 40'6. Gordon Tech's Headtke finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a throw of 38'10.5. Northside Junior Allen Tu threw a personal best 32'11. Northside Senior Ottmar Flores threw an outstanding 30'2.5. Northside Senior Jameel Ahmed threw an outstanding 27'2. Northside Senior Mohammed Ahmed threw a personal best 24'10. Northside Senior Andres Delgado threw an outstanding 22'0. 

 In the Sophomore-Freshman Shot Put, Elmwood Park's Murphy won it with a throw of 39'8.5. Elmwood Park's Herbert finished in second with a throw of 39'2. Conant's Odarczenko finished in third with a throw of 36'8. Gordon Tech's Ortiz finished in fourth place with a throw of 35'1. Fenton's Wagner finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a throw of 31'2. Northside Sophomore Kapil Garg threw a personal best 27'11. Northside Freshman Henry Lothschutz threw a personal best 24'7.

 In the Varsity High Jump, Elmwood Park's Kimmel won it with a jump of 5'6. Northside Junior Josh Williams injured his head on his first attempt at 5'6, and missed the rest of the high jump competition while receiving medical attention. Josh Williams still finished in second place with a jump of 5'4, and made a remarkable recovery for his remaining events. Elmwood Park's Molina finished in third place with a jump of 5'4.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman High Jump, Conant's Eilrich won it with a jump of 5'4. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick jumped 5'2 to finish second overall. Elmwood Park's Woods jumped 5'0 to finish third overall. Northside Freshman Walter Johnson-Geis jumped a personal best 4'8 to finish fourth overall. 

 In the Varsity Long Jump, Gordon Tech's Durojaiye won it with a jump of 20'1.5. Northside Junior Josh Williams finished in second place with a jump of 18'10.5. Fenton's Delauro finished in third place with a jump of 18'10. Elmwood Park's Woods finished in fourth place with a jump of 17'9.5. Elmwood Park's Hunter jumed 16'4 to finish in fifth place to complete the scoring.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman Long Jump, Elmwood Park's Benavidez won it with a jump of 17'8.5 Conant's Shn finished in second place with a jump of 16'5.5. Conant's Ellrich finished in third place with a jump of 16'4. Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick finished in fourth place with a jump of 15'8.5. Northside Freshman Robert Szmurlo finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an outstanding jump of 12'9. 

 In the Varsity Triple Jump, Northside Junior Josh Williams WON it with a personal best jump of 40'1.5. Conant's Valas finished in second place with a jump of 36'9. Elmwood Park's Mercano finished in third place with a jump of 32'5. Elmwood Park's Hunter finished in fourth place with a jump of 31'1.5. Fenton's Murphy finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 30'1.5.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman Triple Jump, Elmwood Park's Benavidez won it with a jump of 33'11. Elmwood Park's Cervantes finished in second place with a jump of 33'2. Northside Freshman Jay Yu finished in third place with a personal best jump of 30'0.5. 

 In the Varsity 4x800m relay, Conant won it with a time of 9:01.5. Fenton finished in second place with a time of 9:07.3. Gordon Tech finished in third place with a time of 10:40.5.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x800m Relay, Northside Freshman Joel Deleon ran a personal best 800m split of 2:23.76 on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Darek Duplaga. Darek Duplaga ran a personal best 800m split of 2:29.25 on the second leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Sophomore Patrick Brennan. Patrick Brennan had the lead going into the exchange, but fell 30m before the exchange, and two teams past the Mustangs. Patrick Brennan ran a 2:32.05 800m split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Robert Szmurlo anchored the Mustangs to third place with a 2:33.20 800m split, for an official time of 9:58.26. Fenton won it with a time of 9:50.5. Conant finished in second place with a time of 9:54.9. Elmwood Park finished in fourth place to complete the scoring with a time of 10:17.7.

 In the Varsity 4x135 Yards Relay, Fenton won it with a time of 1:03.4. Gordon Tech finished in second place with a time of 1:03.7. Conant finished in third place with a time of 1:05.7. Elmwood Park finished in fourth place to complete the scoring with a time of 1:06.6. Northside Finished in fifth place with an official time of 1:12.26. Northside Senior Ottmar Flores ran a 16.70 135 Yards split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Senior Mohammed Ahmed ran a 18.28 135 Yards split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Senior Jameel Ahmed ran a 17.91 135 Yards split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Senior Andres Delgado anchored the Mustangs to FIFTH place with a 19.37 135 Yards split, for an official time of 1:12.26.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x135 Yards Relay, Elmwood Park won it with a time of 1:05.7. Conant finished in second place with a time of 1:07.0. Northside Finished in third place with an official time of 1:12.26. Northside Freshman Cesear Rufino ran a 17.95 135 Yards split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Alex Gordon ran a 19.97 135 Yards split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Jay Yu ran a 18.17 135 Yards split on the third leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Karl Heinz. Karl Heinz anchored the Mustangs to THIRD place with a 18.00 135 Yards split, for an official time of 1:14.09.

 In the Varsity 3200m run, athletes had to run 26 laps on a 135 yards track. Fenton had 11 officials counting the laps of all the runners, but it appeared that the entire field may have run an extra lap. Conant's Sulentic won it with an official time of 10:51.40. Conant's Byanna finished in second place with a time of 10:53.40. Northside Junior Alex Seibt finished in third place with an outstanding time of 11:55.00.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 3200m run, athletes had to run 26 laps on a 135 yards track. Fenton had 11 officials counting the laps of all the runners, but it appeared that the entire field may have run an extra lap. Fenton's Wiggin won it with an outstanding time of 11:22.1. Elmwood Park's LePore finished in second place with a time of 12:17.6. Conant's Bower finished in third place with a time of 12:57. Northside Sophomore Henry Tankus finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 13:01.7. Northside Sophomore Calvin Gang finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a time of 13:21.0. Northside Freshman Angelo Perez ran a time of 15:09. Northside Freshman David Huang ran a time of 15:21.

 In the Varsity 50 Yards High Hurdles, Elmwood Park's Szymanski won it with a time of 7.20. Elmwood Park's Kazmierski finished in second place with a time of 7.30. Northside Senior Hersh Perlmutter finished in THIRD place with an outstanding time of 7.49. Fenton's Murphy finished in fouth place with a time of 8.20.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 50 Yards High Hurdles, Conant's Vasiley won it with a time of 7.40. Elmwood Park's Calderon finished in second place with a time of 8.20. Elmwood Park's Cook finished in third place with a time of 8.30. Northside Freshman Walter Johnson-Geis finished in fourth place with a personal best time of 8.52. Northside Freshman Alex Theidmann finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a personal best time of 10.16. Northside Freshman Truman Brady ran a personal best time of 10.27.

 In the Varsity 50 Yards Dash, Northside Senior Jameel Ahmed ran an outstanding time of 6.33. Northside Senior Ottmar Flores ran an outstanding time of 6.55. Northside Senior Andres Delgado ran an outstanding time of 6.90. Northside Junior Allen Tu ran an outstanding time of 6.90.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 50 Yards Dash, Northside Freshman Karl Heinz ran an outstanding time of 6.78. Northside Freshman Jay Yu ran an outstanding time of 6.90.

 In the Varsity 800m run, Elmwood Park's Gonzalez won it with a time of 2:15.80. Fenton's Urzua finished in second place with a time of 2:18.7. Conant's Shoro finished in third place with a time of 2:18.7. Conant's DeSal finished in fourth place with a time of 2:25.9. Fenton's Howei finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a time of 2:29.7.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 800m run, Conant's Bondi won it with a time of 2:21.3. Fenton's Mendoza finished in second place with a time of 2:21.6. Conant's Nicholson finished in third place with a time of 2:27.3. Northside Freshman Joel Deleon finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 2:32.1. Elmwood Park's Lambert finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a time of 2:32.4. Northside Sophomore Javier Mulero ran a time of 2:44. Northside Sophomore Andy Voung ran a time of 2:45. Northside Freshman Henry Lothschutz ran a time of 2:56.

 In the Varsity 4x270 Yards Relay, Northside Senior Ottmar Flores ran a 35.10 270 Yards split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Senior Mohammed Ahmed ran a 41.48 270 Yards split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Senior Jameel Ahmed ran a 38.07 270 Yards split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Senior Andres Delgado anchored the Mustangs with a 38.52 270 Yards split, to fourth place overall with an official time of 2:33.16.

 In the Sophomore-Freshman 4x270 Yards Relay, the Mustangs were very impressive. Northside finished second overall, with four amazing Freshman! Northside Freshman Lucien Fitzpatrick ran a 35.09 270 Yards split on the first leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Walter Johnson-Geis ran a 39.86 270 Yards split on the second leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Jay Yu ran a 39.18 270 Yards split on the third leg of the relay. Northside Freshman Karl Heinz anchored the Mustangs with a 37.07 270 Yards split, to SECOND place overall with an outstanding time of 2:31.20.