CHICAGO MARIST TRACK AND FIELD

 In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Glenbrook North (Ari Bosse, Sam Aronson, Kyle Foley, Michael Ocasek) won it with an official time of 3:43.84. Highland Park (Zavall, Weisenthal, J. Rosenfeld, Motew) finished in second place with an official time of 3:53.40. Northside finished in THIRD place with an official time of 3:57.78. Northside Senior Brian McManus ran an impressive 400m split of 58.09, and made a nice exchange to Carel Jones. Northside Junior Carel Jones ran a 400m split of 59.80, and made a good exchange to Darius Deloye. Northside Junior Darius Deloye ran a personal best 400m split of 61.30, and made a perfect exchange to Alex Ortiz. Northside Senior Alex Ortiz ran an impressive 400m split of 58.50 to anchor the Mustangs to Third place with an official time of 3:57.78. Highland Park "B" (Bloom, French, Amster, Derdena) finished in fourth place with an official time of 3:59.90. Glenbrook North "B" (Kamil Barabas, Tom Nordberg, Matt Mar, Kwonsung Lee) finished in fifth place with an official time of 4:04.91. Glenbrook North "C" (Erick Vandergraw, Peyton, Bernstein, Sebastian Capota, Nick Washelesky) finished in sixth place with an official time of 4:09.13. Highland Park "C" (Arias, Glazier, Schott, Small) finished in seventh place with an official time of 4:19.1. Highland Park "D" (Monk, Kaplan, Rossen, R. Rosenfeld) finished in eighth place with an official time of 4:24.2.

 Final Team scores were Highland Park 87, Glenbrook North 83, Northside 48, Maine West 0. 

 On Saturday, February 11, 2017, 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, Chicago Northside, New Trier, Garcia, 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 2016, Morgan Park finished in 3rd place at the IHSA State Track and Field Championships. Evanston finished in 11th place at the IHSA State Track & Field Championships.

 Evanston Head Coach Don Michelin and staff hosted an outstanding meet. The meet had non-stop action, and in addition to all of the traditional 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.

 In the Varsity Pole Vault, New Trier's Wrobel won it with a vault of 9'6. New Trier's Klein finished in second place with a vault of 9'0. Evanston's Patterson finished in third place with a vault of 8'0. New Trier's Metrick finished in fourth place with a valut of 8'0. Schaumbert's Scott finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a vault of 8'0.

 In the Varsity Shot Put, Evanston's Brown won it with a throw of 51'2.5. Evanston's Dawkins finished in second place with a throw of 49'1.5. Evanston's Easington finished in third place with a throw of 47'0. New Trier's Soup finished in fourth place with a throw of 45'3. Schaumburg's Chiganos finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a throw of 39'0.

 In the Varsity Long Jump, Morgan Park's Earels won it with a jump of 19'10.5. Morgan Park's Long finished in second place with a jump of 19'0.25. New Trier's Ahmad finished in third place with a jump of 18'9.25. New Trier's Chen finished in fourth place with a jump of 18'0. New Trier's Levy finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 17'9.75.

 In the Varsity Triple Jump, Evanston's Wilburn won it with a jump of 45'1. Schaumburg's Olaitan finished in second place with a jump of 40'0.5. Morgan Park's Clark finished in third place with a jump of 39'2. Waukegan's Delacruz finished in fourth place with a jump of 36'6. New Trier's Shanfeld finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 36'0.5.

 In the Varsity High Jump, Morgan Park's Long won it with a jump of 5'10. Evanston's Jones finished in second place with a leap of 5'10. New Trier's Ahmad finished in third place with a jump of 5'8. Evanston's Mexico finished in fourth place with a jump of 5'6. Evanston's Coleman finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with a jump of 5'4. The opening height was 5'0.

 In the Varsity 55m High Hurdles, Schaumburg's Czarniak won it with an official time of 6.83. Schaumburg's Olaitan finished in second place with an official time of 7.65. New Trier's Yen finished in third place with an official time of 7.85. Morgan Park's Hope finished in fourth place with an official time of 8.87. Evanston's Vassell finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 8.99. Northside Senior Jay Borgwardt finished third in his heat witn an outstanding time of 9.35. Northside Senior Jack Nolan hurdled a PERSONAL BEST time of 9.41. Northside Junior Asher Rappaport hurdled an outstanding time of 9.50.

 In the Varsity 55m Dash, Morgan Park's Adams won it with an official time of 6.52. Schaumburg's Maristela finished in second place with an official time of 6.57. Evanston's Olyleup finished in third place with an official time of 6.67. Evanston's Michelin finished in fourth place with an official time of 6.72. Schaumburg's Brown finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 6.73. Northside Junior Nicholas Brown ran an outstanding time of 7.06. Northside Junior Carel Jones ran an oustanding time of 7.31. Northside Junior Xan Quang ran an official time of 10.13.

 In the Varsity 4x800m Relay, New Trier won it with an official time of 8:54.9. Evanston finished in second place with an official time of 8:55.0. Morgan Park finished in third place with an official time of 9:18.06. Schaumberg finished in fourth place with an official time of 9:18.81. Northside finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 9:52.40. Northside Senior Sergio Soto ran an impressive 2:14.22 800m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Cole Makuch. Northside Senior Cole Makuch ran a personal best 2:28.20 800m split on the second leg of the relay,and made a good exchange to Mason Sotomayor. Cole Makuch also dropped 25 seconds off his personal record (2:53.97). Northside Junior Mason Sotomayor ran a 2:42.60 800m split on the third leg of the relay, and made a perfect exchange to Jack Webster. Northside Senior Jack Webster anchored the Mustangs to FIFTH place to complete the scoring with an oustanding 2:27.39 800m split for an official time of 9:52.40. Jack Webster dropped 14 seconds off his personal record (2:41.00). Sergio Soto, Cole Makuch, Mason Sotomayor, and Jack Webster were the first athletes of the meet to put the Mustangs on the score board, and also earned Varsity letters by scoring Varsity points. 

 In the Varsity 3200m run, Waukegan's Garcia won it with an official time of 9:49.77. Evanston's Singer finished in second place with an official time of 10:47.61. Northside Senior Brian McManus ran the first mile in 5:25, and then ran the final mile in 5:29 to finish in THIRD place with a PERSONAL BEST time of 10:54.78. Brian McManus ran the 20th fastest 3200m run time in Northside history! Garcia High School's Uribe finished in fourth place with an official time of 11:08.68. Garcia High School's Morales finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 11:09.16.

 In the Varsity 800m run, New Trier's Blood won it with an official time of 2:07.04. Northside Senior Kyle Friedler ran a PERSONAL BEST OPEN 800M time of 2:08.27 to finish in SECOND place overall. Kyle Friedler also passed Alumni legend Max McCoy for the 16th fastest 800m time in Northside history. Among other honors, Kyle Friedler had made the Northside Distance honor roll in the 3200m, 1600m, and 800m (sub 2:10). Very few athletes have accomplished that feat in all three distance events. Kyle Friedler ran 160m splits of 24, 27, 25, 26, and then ran the final 160m in an EVEN split of 26 seconds for a personal best time of 2:08.27. Evanston's Begman finished in third place with an official time of 2:10.86. New Trier's Underwood finished in fourth place with an official time of 2:12.88. New Trier's Burke finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 2:13.45.

 In the Varsity 4x200m, Northside had plans to qualify for the Indoor State Championships at the Evanston Indoor Classic. However, the Mustangs were disqualified on the very first exchange because it was made outside the zone. Northside Captain Nick Brown and Junior Carel Jones need to work on that first exchange in practice. Unfortunately, they were not in practice on the same day of the week during preparations for the Evanston Indoor Classic. With most Indoor Track meets featuring the 4x160m Relay instead of the 4x200m Relay, Nicholas Brown, Carel Jones, Jay Borgwardt, and Osazee Osaghae will have to wait awhile for another opportunity to qualify for Illinois Prep Top Times (Indoor State) in the 4x200m Relay. Evanston won the 4x200m with an official time of 1:37.73. Morgan Park finished in second place with an official time of 1:40.81. New Trier finished in third place with an official time of 1:41.25. Schaumburg finished in fourth place with an official time of 1:43.11. In 2016, Northside ran a 1:31.97 4x200m at the IHSA State Track and Field Championships.

 In the Varsity 400m dash, New Trier's Chen won it with an official time of 54.22. New Trier's Karbowski finished in second place with an official time of 56.43. Morgan Park's Perkins finished in third place with an official time of 56.78. New Trier's Musoling finished in fourth place with an official time of 57.96. New Trier's Baer finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 58.55. Northside Senior Brian McManus ran an outstanding time of 58.78. Northside Junior Mason Sotomayor ran an official time of 66.01.

 In the Varsity 600m run, Evanston's Singer won it with an official time of 1:30.08. New Trier's Higgins finished in second place with an official time of 1:31.39. New Trier's Johnson finished in third place with an official time of 1:33.45. Northside Junior Jacob Yosowitz finished in fourth place with a PERSONAL BEST time of 1:33.72. Jacob Yosowitz also came within 0.73 of a second of breaking alumni legend Dan Graham's 600m school record (1:33.00). Yosowitz ran a personal best time after spending the morning taking the ACT Exam. Evanston's Baumann finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 1:35.43.

 In the Varsity 55m Low Hurdles, New Trier's Yen won it with an official time of 7.40. Schaumburg's Olaitah finished in second place with an official time of 7.50. Morgan Park's Hope finished in third place with an official time of 7.81. Evanston's Vassell finished in fourth place with an official time of 8.17. New Trier's Ahmad finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 8.24. Northside Junior Asher Rappaport hurdled a personal best time of 8.50. Northside Senior Jay Borgwardt hurdled a personal best time of 8.74. Northside Junior Nick Brown hurdled a personal best time of 8.81. Northside Senior Jack Nolan hurdled an official time of 9.06.

 In the Varsity 1600m run, New Trier's Woolford denied Waukegan's Garcia from winning both the 3200m and the 1600m with an outstanding time of 4:33.75. Waukegan's Garcia finished in second place with an official time of 4:40.74. New Trier's O'Rielly finished in third place with a 4:41.99. Northside Junior Alex Ortiz finished in fourth place with an outstanding time of 4:42.37. Ortiz ran his fastest INDOOR 1600m of his high school career. Ortiz has an OUTDOOR 1600m PR of 4:36.00. Alex Ortiz had an incredible finish, and outkicked two runners in the final 320m of the race. New Trier's Stuckman finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 4:44.61.

 In the Varsity 300m Dash, Evanston's Garon won it with an official time of 36.96. New Trier's Ahmad finished in second place with an official time of 37.45. Schaumburg's Nariseta finished in third place with an official time of 39.35. Morgan Park's Shannon finished in fourth place with an official time of 39.40. Evanston's Michelin finished in fifth place to complete the scoring with an official time of 39.43. Northside Sophomore Osazee Osaghae won his heat, with a personal best time of 40.03. Osaghae was the youngest runner in the Varsity division, and his time of 40.03 would have placed in the Top 2 in the Sophomore 300m Dash. Northside Junior Jadd Oweimrin ran a personal best time of 42.32.

 In the Varsity Weight Man's 4x160m Relay, athletes can only run in a relay if they competed in the Shot Put. Evanston scored ten points by winning the relay with an official time of 1:32.28. Morgan Park scored eight points by finishing in second place with an official time of 1:49.21. New Trier scored six points by finishing in third place with an official time of 1:51.90. Unfortunately, Northside did not have four throwers in the meet, and scored 0 points in this event.

 In the Varsity Indoor Medley Relay (400m-160m-160m-800m), Evanston won it with an official time of 3:52.94. Morgan Park finished in second place with an official time of 4:02.44. New Trier finished in third place with an official time of 4:08.34. Northside scratched the Medley Relay, and scored 0 points in the event.

 In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Morgan Park won it with an official time of 3:43.04. New Trier finished in second place with an official time of 3:43.84. Evanston finished in third place with an official time of 3:55.04. Northside Senior Jay Borgwardt ran the first leg of the relay with an impressive 56.00 400m split, and made a nice exchange to Carel Jones. Northside Junior Carel Jones ran an outstanding 58.57 400m split, and then made a good exchange to Sergio Soto. Northside Senior Sergio Soto ran an outstanding 60.76 400m split, and then made a perfect exchange to Alex Ortiz. Northside Senior Alex Ortiz anchored the Mustangs to FOURTH place with an outstanding 59.77 400m split for an official time of 3:55.10.

 New Trier won the Evanston Indoor Classic with 176 points. Evanston finished in second place with 152 points. Morgan Park finished in third place with 104 points. Schaumburg finished in fourth place with 60 points. Chicago Northside finished in fifth place with 28 points, and posted victories over: 6. Waukegan (22 points), and 7. Garcia High School (6 points).