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Saturday, February 4
King of the Quarter: Patrick O'Connor
On Thursday and Friday, February 2-3, 2006, the Northside College Prep Track and Field Team had a King of the Quarter competition, in which 35 members of the Team participated in a 400 Meter Time Trial.
1. Patrick O’Connor 58 11th
2. Preston Buehrer 61 10th
3. Jose Choto 62 10th
4. Joey Paquette 63 11th
4. Erik Flores 63 10th
4. Daniel Kittaka 63 12th
4. Benjamin Garcia 63 9th
5. Hiro Joho 65 10th
6. Brandon Cooper 66 9th
6. Santino Merino 66 10th
7. Eric Ullrich 67 10th
7. Irfan Hussain 67 10th
7. Jonathan Kittaka 67 9th
8. Jerry Tran 68 10th
8. Tyler Johnson 68 9th
8. Kyle Diep 68 10th
9. Shaheed Ghogha 69 9th
10. Manraj Baines 70 11th
11. Sam Vergara 71 9th
12. Ryne Tobin 72 11th
13. Simon Vecchioni 73 9th
13. Brad Eben 73 10th
14. Ryan Walach 75 9th
14. Brian Chuun 75 9th
15. Joseph Kanikunnel 77 10th
15. Melvin Thomas 77 11th
16. Calvin Lam 78 9th
17. David Velasco 82 11th
18. Coleman Gailloreto 84 9th
19. Aamir Khan 85 11th
20. Nathan Michaelson 85 9th
21. Faraz Khan 88 10th
Saturday, February 4
Queen of the Quarter: Anna Parks
On Thursday and Friday, February 2-3, 2006, the Northside College Prep Girls Track and Field Team had a Queen of the Quarter competition in which 20 members of the Team participated in a 400m Time Trial.
1. Anna Parks 68 9th
2. Julie Bujnowski 70 11th
3. Kelly Varney 72 10th
4. Rachel Kittaka 75 10th
4. Chynna Moerlien 75 11th
5. Chelli Zanotti 76 12th
5. Maruja Yoshimura 76 12th
5. Maria Torres 76 9th
6. Jennifer Kane 77 9th
7. Ani Zotti 84 9th
8. Julia Shimada 86 10th
9. Maria Zdunek 87 9th
10. Sylvia Irizarry 89 10th
11. Zantana Alibegovic 90 9th
11. Alex Coster 90 10th
12. Gayatri Satam 91 9th
13. Selom Aboni 92 9th
14. Carla Albert 108 12th
15. Katerine Bober 110 10th
Saturday, February 11
Mustangs upset New Trier, Schaumburg, Evanston with Varsity 4x800 Meter Relay Victory
On February 11, 2006, the Northside College Prep Varsity and Sophmore/Freshman Teams made their season debut in one of the most competitive indoor meets in the State. The meet was hosted by Track and Field powerhouse Evanston high school, and featured New Trier, Morgan Park, Stagg, Schaumburg, Danville and the Northside Mustangs.
In the very first race of the day, Junior Patrick O'Connor opened up a lead for the Mustangs in the Varsity 4x800 Relay with a 2:14 800m. Senior Daniel Kittaka made a nice exchange, and maintained the lead with a 2:22 800m in the second leg of the 4x800m Relay. Senior Bobby Ziegler ran an outstanding 2:32 800m in the third leg of the 4x800m Relay. Senior Joseph Terdik anchored the 4x800m Relay to victory with a 2:20 800m in the final leg of the 4x800m Relay, for a final time of 9:28. The members of the 4x800m Relay showed great mental toughness against intense competition, for the Mustangs first Varsity 4x800m Victory of the 2006 season.
In the Sophmore/Freshman 4x800m Relay, Irfan Hussain stayed within striking distance of the lead pack for the Mustangs with a 2:46 800m, and made a nice exchange to Santino Merino. Santino Merino dramatically closed the gap through 640m with an impressive 2:01. However, he accidentently made the exchange a lap early, disqualifying the Sophmore/Freshman 4x800m Relay. Tyler Johnson ran a very impressive third leg of the 4x800m Relay with a 2:40 800m. Eric Ullrich anchored the 4x800m Relay with an outstanding 2:39 in the final 800 meters.
In the Sophmore/Freshman 3200m Run, the Mustangs swept the top four places, lead by Freshman Jonathan Kittaka (11:45), followed by James Casper-Shipp (12:32), Brad Eben (12:41), and Ryan Walach (13:30).
In the Varsity Long Jump, Senior Bobby Ziegler, a distance runner, scored for the Mustangs by placing 8th overall with an outstanding jump of 14'10.5. This was one of the most amazing highlights of the meet. Ziegler just learned "steps" for the long jump the day before the meet, and a week ago he was on crutches.
In the Sophmore/Freshman High Jump, Hiro Joho placed 6th overall with a jump of 4'6. Jerry Tran placed 7th overall with a personal best jump of 4'4.
In the Sophmore/Freshman 50 Yard Dash, Sophmore Jose Choto placed 6th overall with a 6.01. Teammates Jerry Tran (6.45), Kyle Diep (6.78), Christian Okoye (6.79), Sam Vergard (7.11), and Nathan Michaelson (7.70) also ran outstanding for the Mustangs. In the varisty 50 Yard Dash, Junior Manraj Bains ran an impressive 7.16.
In the Sophmoore/Freshman 800m Run, Freshman Simon Vechhioni lead the Mustangs with an outstanding 2:43. Sophmore Faraz Khan ran a personal best time of 3:20. Freshman Coleman Gailloreto ran a personal best time of 3:21. In the varsity 800m run, David Velasco ran a personal best time of 3:11, and Junior Aamir Khan ran a personal best time of 3:16.
In the Sophmore/Freshman 4x160m Relay, the Mustangs placed 4th overall with a 1:32.21. Jerry Tran lead off with a 23.14 160m. In the second leg of the relay, Santino Merino ran an outstanding 22.75 160m. Kyle Diep ran a 24.16 on the third leg of the relay, and Hiro Joho anchored the relay with an outstanding 22.16 in the final 160m.
In the Sophmore/Freshman 400m Dash, James Casper-Shipp ran a personal best time of 72.38.
In the Sophmore/Freshman 600 Yard run, Freshman Sam Vergara and Brian Chhun both had two of the most impressive performances in the meet. Sam Vergara placed 4th overall with an outstanding time of 1:46.7. Brian Chhun placed 5th overall with an outstanding time of 1:47.8.
In the Sophmore/Freshman 60 Yard Low-Hurdles, Sophmore Hiro Joho placed 6th overall with an outstanding time of 9.76. Freshman Benjamin Garcia ran a personal best time of 10.40. Sophmore Christian Okoye ran a personal best time of 11.01
In the Freshman Mile, Jonathan Kittaka had a dramatic finish against Schaumburg's top miler to finished 2nd overall with a time of 5:32. Freshman Tyler Johnson placed 8th overall with a personal best time of 6:13.
In the Sophmore Mile, Eric Ullrich recovered quickly after a fall on the first lap, and placed 7th overall with a dramatic kick with an outstanding time of 5:55. Irfan Hussain ran a personal best time of 6:16. Brad Eben ran a personal best time of 6:20.
In the Varsity Mile, Patrick O'Connor (5:04) and Daniel Kittaka (5:05) placed 5th and 6th overall with an outstanding finish to hold off New Trier. Joseph Terdik (5:20), and Bobby Ziegler (5:51) both ran an excellent first race of the season.
In 300 Yard Dash, Christian Okoye lead the Mustangs with a 41.41. Sam Vergara ran a personal best time of 43.70. Kyle Diep ran a personal best time of 43.78. Freshman Nathan Michaelson ran a personal best time of 49.78.
In the Sophmore/Freshman 4x400m Relay, the Mustangs placed 7th overall with a 4:20.50. Benjamin Garcia lead the Mustangs with a personal best time of 62.36. Hiro Joho followed with a 67.13 400m on the second leg of the relay. Santino Merino followed with a 67.22 on the third leg of the relay. Joso Choto anchored the 4x400m relay with a 63.31 in the final 400 meters.
In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, the Mustangs placed 7th overal witha 4:22.87. Joseph Terdik lead the Mustangs with a 62.08. Daniel Kittaka followed with a 66.75 on the second leg of the relay. Bobby Ziegler followed with a 72 on the third leg of the relay, and Patrick O'Connor anchored the relay with a 62.29 in the final 400 meters.
The Varsity 4x800m Relay (Patrick O'Connor, Daniel Kittaka, Bobby Ziegler, Joseph Terdik) was Awarded the "IT" Award by the coaching staff at the conclusion of the meet, and will be awarded T-shirts at practice on Tuesday, February 14, 2006, at 4 pm.
 | | Joseph Terdik and Patrick O'Connor, Photo Courtesy of Coach David Diaz |
Saturday, February 11
VARSITY SEASON POINT LEADERS
VARSITY SEASON POINT LEADERS
1. Patrick O'Connor 7
2. Daniel Kittaka 6
3. Bobby Ziegler 4
4. Joseph Terdik 3
The above is the Varsity Season Point leaders through February 11, 2006. In our first meet, there were seven schools, so points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in each event only. Relay points scored were divided equally among all 4 athletes that participaied in the Relay.
If you did not score a point in the first meet, do not worry about it. The most important statistic is the "PR" (Personal Record). If you talk to anyone of the above athletes, they will tell you that if you focus on running, jumping, or throwing your personal best every meet, and making it to every practice, you will see dramatic improvment, and points will take care of themself. All athletes that "PR" in any event in any meet will be awarded a starburst at the next practice.
Our next meet is February 25, 2006 at Niles West High School.
Sunday, May 7
SOPHOMORE/FRESHMAN SEASON POINT LEADERS
SOPHOMORE/FRESHMAN SEASON POINT LEADERS
1. Albert Lin 66.00
2. Eric Nelson 50.25
3. Jonathan Kittaka 38.00
4. Wemi Jemine 27.50
5. Hiro Joho 20.50
6. Sam Vergara 19.50
7. Jerry Tran 19.00
8. James Casper-Shipp 19.00
9. Eric Ullrich 17.75
10.Brad Eben 16.50
11.Brian Chhun 15.50
12.Ryan Walach 15.00
13.Preston Buehrer 14.25
14.Jose Choto 13.25
15.John Ko 11.25
16.Brandon Cooper 11.00
17.Simon Vecchioni 10.25
18.Erik Flores 9.50
19.Sammy Caronongan 9.50
20.Santino Merino 8.50
21.Benjamin Garcia 8.25
22.Kyle Diep 7.75
23.Irfan Hussain 7.50
24.Tyler Johnson 5.50
25.Joseph Kanikunnel 5.50
26.Walid Mohammad 5.25
27.Shaheed Ghogha 5.00
28.Dilraj Sekhon 5.00
29.Nathan Michaelson 3.50
30.Spencer Rosenfeld 2.25
31.Coleman Gailloreto 2.00
32.Eli Tullis 1.50
33.Christian Okoye 1.50
34.Daniel Preimer 0.75
35.Craig Melhuse 0.50
The above is the Sophomore/Freshman Season Point leaders through May 8, 2006.
In the sport of Track and Field, whether you have scored 37 points or .50 a point, every point is vital to the outcome of a meet. In the 2001 Florida High School Regional Track and Field Championships, after an entire day, the difference between the First place Team and Second place Team was only 2/3 of a point. To this day, it is still known as one of the greatest Track and Field Meets in the history of high school Track and Field. Several members of the second place team spent the weekend thinking about what would have happened if they scored 2/3 of a point. In the sport of Track and Field, inches and tenths make a Champion and every athlete is vital to the success of the Team.
If you have not scored a point this season, do not worry about it. The most important statistic is the "PR" (Personal Record). If you talk to anyone of the Varsity athletes, they will tell you that if you focus on running, jumping, or throwing your personal best every meet, and making it to every practice, you will see dramatic improvment, and points will take care of themself. All athletes that "PR" in any event in any meet will be awarded a starburst at the next practice.
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Friday, February 17
Distance runners win PowerAde Challenge
On Friday, February 17, 2006, the Northside College Prep Mens and Womens Distance squads were challenged to do 4x800m Cutdowns starting at their 3200m pace, and drop a second on every 800m Interval. Athletes that completed the challenge by dropping a second or more on each consecutive interval were awarded a jug of PowerAde. Athletes that were able to do 5x800m Cutdowns were awarded an additional Quart of Gatorade.
Daniel Kittaka, Patrick O'Connor, Preston Buehrer, and Eric Ullrich all earned a jug of PowerAde and a Quart of Gatorade by running 5x800m cutdowns, and dropping a second or more on each interval.
Alumni Andrew Watson, Maruja Yoshimura, and Anna Parks were also awarded a jug of PowerAde for completing the 4x800m Cutdown challenge.
Joey Paquette also had incredible 4x800m Cutdown times, and came within seconds of winning the Powerade challenge.
James Smith Grattan, Bobby Ziegler, Robert Garcia, Brandon Cooper, Irfan Hussain, James Casper-Shipp, Tyler Johnson, Calvin Lam, Coleman Gailloreto, Julia Shimada, David Velasco, John Ko, Julie Bujnowski also ran outstanding during the PowerAde Challenge.
Who will win the next PowerAde Challenge?
Saturday, February 25
Varsity Women Track and Field Team Dominates Distance Events at Gold Medal Invitational!
On Saturday, February 25, 2006, the Northside College Prep Women's Track and Field Team arrived on campus at 6:30 am to travel to the Gold Medal Invitational in Sterling, Illinois. The meet featured over 12 Teams from throughout the State. All of the Northside Athletes competed in the Varsity Division.
Northside Varsity Women took 3 out of the Top 5 places in the 3200m Run. Rachel Kittaka placed second with an outstanding time of 13:12.30. Maruja Yoshimura placed 4th with an outstanding time of 14:07.18 Sophomore Julia Shimada placed 5th with an outstanding time of 14:19.26
Rachel Kittaka lead the Varsity in scoring, with 16 points, by placing 2nd in both the 3200m Run (13:12) and the 1600m Run (6:27).
Maruja Yoshimura scored 8 points, by placing 4th in the 3200m Run (14:07) and 4th in the 1600m Run (6:29.7).
Freshman Anna Parks placed 5th overall in the 400m Dash with an outstanding time of 69.57.
Sophomore Kelly Varney placed 6th overall in 55 Meter Low Hurdles with an outstanding time of 10.67.
Freshman Maria Torres placed 4th overall in the Varsity Division in the Triple Jump with a Jump of 29'8.75!
Women's Varsity Season Point Leaders
Rachel Kittaka 16
Maruja Yoshimura 8
Maria Torres 4
Anna Parks 2
Julia Shimada 2
Kelly Varney 1
 | | Eric Nelson won the Freshman High Jump with a Jump of 5'8! | |
Saturday, February 25
Northside Freshman Niles West Track and Field Invitational CHAMPIONS!!!
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On Saturday, February 25, 2006, the Northside College Prep Freshman Track and Field took on Foreman, Kenwood, South Shore, Maine West, Waukegan, Northside Country Prep, Fenger, Tilden, Luther North, and Crete-Monee at the Niles West Invitational. The Mustangs WON the entire meet, edging Niles West for the Freshman title, by a score of 139-136!
Albert Lin lead the Mustangs in points with a record 32 points! Lin won the Long Jump (15'11.5) and 55m Low Hurdles (9.8), and placed third in the High Jump (4'4), and 55m High Hurdles (11.31).
Eric Nelson scored 20 points for the Mustangs, by winning the High Jump (5'8), placing 2nd in the 400m Dash (63.5), and anchored the 4x160m Relay (22.04 split) to second place!
Wemi Jemine scored 14.5 points for the Mustangs, by placing second in the High Jump (4'8), placing 4th in the Long Jump (15'8.5), and helped the 4x400m Relay win the Freshman division.
John Ko placed second overall for the Mustangs in the Shot Put with a throw of 29'6.5! Ko also helped the 4x160m Weightmen Relay place second overall in the Freshman Division.
Ryan Walach placed second overall for the Mustangs in the 3200m Run with a time of 13:25, represting a 5 second time drop off his season best.
Brandon Cooper and Tyler Johnson placed 5th and 6th respectively for the Mustangs in the 1000m Run. Cooper also placed 5th overall in the 800m run with a time of 2:34.
Simon Vecchioni placed 6th overall in the 800m run with a time of 2:38. Vecchioni also competed in the Shot Put, placed 6th in Long Jump, and lead-off for the 4x160m Weightmen Relay (21.93 split) to help the Freshman place 2nd in the Relay.
Sam Vergara (1:57), Brian Chhun (2:02), and Coleman Gailloreto (2:16) placed 3rd, 4th, 5th respectively in the 600m Run. Brian Chhun also placed 3rd in the 200m Dash (28.70). Sam Vergara placed 6th in the 200m Dash (29.41), placed 5th in the 50m Dash and anchored the 4x400m Relay to victory in the Freshman division.
The Mustangs Freshman Track and Field Team now has a season record of 11-0!
The following are the individual point totals for the Freshman Division:
Albert Lin 32
Eric Nelson 20
Wemi Jemine 14.5
Sam Vergara 11.5
John Ko 10
Ryan Walach 10
Brian Chhun 10
Brandon Cooper 6.5
Sammy Caronongan 6
Simon Vecchioni 4
Shaheed Ghogha 4
Dilraj Sekhon 4
Tyler Johnson 3.5
Nathan Michaelson 2
Coleman Gailloreto 2
The Mustangs scored 139 points, but only won the Invitational by 3 points, which is another example, that every point scored in a Track Meet is vital to the success of the TEAM and has a major impact on the outcome of the Meet. If you didn't score a point this meet, continue to focus on running, throwing, or jumping your personal best, and as you set new PRs, the points will naturely come with it.
The Mustangs took a major step today towards winning the Freshman/Sophomore City Track and Field Championships, and several members of this Freshman Team will have a major impact this season on the Varsity at IHSA Sectionals and State Championships.
The Northside College Prep Freshman Track and Field Team is now 11-0 and Undefeated!!!
 | | Albert Lin scored a record 32 points in his first High School Track Meet! |
We Are the Champions
 | | Erik Flores placed 3rd in the Sophomore 800m run with a 2:28 | |
Saturday, February 25
Sophomore Mens Track and Field Team places 4th at Niles West Invitational
|  | | Jerry Tran lead the Sophomore Team in points at Niles West |
On Saturday, February 25, 2006, the Northside College Prep Sophomore Mens Track and Field took on Foreman, Kenwood, South Shore, Maine West, Waukegan, Northside Country Prep, Fenger, Tilden, Luther North, and Crete-Monee at the Niles West Invitational. The Mustangs placed 4th overall with a total of 89 points!!
Jerry Tran lead the Sophomore TEAM with 14 points, by placing 4th in the High Jump, 55m High Hurldes, 55m Low Hurdles, and helping the 4x160m Relay place second overall.
Hiro Joho, scored 11.5 points, by placing 2nd in the 55m Low Hurdles, 5th in the High Jump, and helping the 4x160m Relay and 4x400m Relay place 2nd overall.
James Casper-Shipp scored 11 points, by placing 1st overall in the 3200m run, and 6th in the Mile run. James Casper-Shipp, Brad Eben, and Irfan Hussain swept the top 3 places in the 3200m Run.
Eric Ullrich scored 10 points, by placing 3rd overall in the High Jump, 5th in the 1000m Run, and 5th in the Mile run. Ullrich showed incrediable mental toughness hanging on in the Mile race to secure vital points for the Team despite severe stomach pain.
Erik Flores ran an impressive 2:28 800m run to place 3rd overall, and placed 6th in the 200m Dash, and helped the 4x400m relay place 3rd overall.
Joseph Kanikunnel ran a personal best time in the 600m run to place 4th overall, and helped the team place 3rd overall in the 4x160m Weightmen Relay.
Kyle Diep placed 5th overall in the 400m Dash, and helped the 4x160m Relay place 2nd overall.
Santino Merino competed in the 1000m run, and helped the 4x160m Relay place 2nd overall and the 4x400m Relay place 3rd overall.
The Sophomore season record is now 8-3! The following are the individual points totals for the meet:
Jerry Tran 14
Hiro Joho 11.5
James Casper-Shipp 11
Eric Ullrich 10
Brad Eben 9.5
Erik Flores 8.5
Irfan Hussain 7.5
Joseph Kanikunnel 5.5
Walid Mohammad 4
Kyle Diep 4
Santino Merino 3.5
The Mustangs scored an impressive 89 points to place 4th overall out of 12 schools at the Niles West Invitational. It was a very close meet, the difference between Niles West and Northside was only 19 points. This is another example, that every point is vital to the success of the TEAM. If you missed the bus and the meet today, Coach Gordon will provide you with an Alarm Clock at Monday's practice. We need a full TEAM every meet. Inches and tenths make a Champion.
If you did not score a point, do not worry. It is very difficult to score a point in Track and Field, only 6 athletes in each event can score on a given day. Every meet, focus on running, jumping, or throwing your Personal Best, and as you set new "PRs", points will naturely take care of themselves.
The Mustangs took a major step towards bringing Northside College Prep its first Freshman/Sophomore City Track and Field Championship Title today. Keep it up!
We already have one Sophomore having a major impact on the Varsity, and will be adding several more for IHSA Sectionals and State Championships. The Sophomore season record is 8-3!
 | | Eric Ullrich ran the fastest 1000m run on the Team (3:10.2) at Niles West |
 | | Nick Florence runs a 2:27 800m | |
Saturday, February 25
Varsity Mens Track and Field Team places 4th overall at Niles West Invitational
|  | | Preston Buehrer places 3rd in the 3200m Run |
On Saturday, February 25, 2006, the Northside College Prep Varsity Mens Track and Field Team placed 4th overall at the Niles West Invitatinal. The meet featured 12 schools, including Niles West, Foreman, Kenwood, South Shore, Maine West, Waukegan, Northside Country Prep, Fenger, Tilden, Luther North, and Crete-Monee.
Senior Daniel Kittaka scored 18.5 points for the Mustangs by winning the 3200m run, placing 3rd in the Mile (5:02), and helping the 4x160m Relay place 5th overall, and the 4x400m Relay to a dramatic 3rd place finish.
Sophomore Preston Buehrer scored 8 points for the Mustangs by placing third in the 3200m run, and anchored the 4x400m Relay to a dramatic 3rd place finish.
The Mustangs dominated the 3200m run with Daniel Kittaka placing 1st with a time of 11:07 and Preston Buehrer placing 3rd overall with an outstanding time of 11:27.8.
Ryne Tobin (23.87), Manraj Bains (24.28), Daniel Kittaka (24.12), and Nick Florence (24.33) placed 5th overall in the 4x160m Relay.
Senior Nick Florence in his first High School Track and Field meet of his career ran an Outstanding time of 2:27.5 to place 6th overall in the 800m Run. Florence also anchored the 4x160m Relay to 5th place overall.
In the 4x400m Relay, Senior Joseph Terdik ran an outstanding 59.18 on the first leg of 4x400m Relay. Daniel Kittaka made a nice exchange and ran a 66.31 on the second leg of the 4x400m Relay. Junior Joey Paquette ran a 66.97 on the third leg of the 4x400m Relay. Sophomore Preston Buehrer came from behind with a dramatic kick to finish with a 64.41 final leg of the 4x400m Relay to edge Fenger High School by .2 of a second at the line to secure 3rd place for the Mustangs in the 4x400m Relay.
The Mustangs scored an impressive 33 points at the Niles West Invitational.
The Individual point leaders for the Niles West Invitational were:
Daniel Kittaka 18.5
Preston Buehrer 8
Joey Paquette 2
Joseph Terdik 2
Nick Florence 1.5
Ryne Tobin 0.5
Manraj Bains 0.5
SEASON VARSITY POINT LEADERS (2 Meets):
1. Daniel Kittaka 24.5
2. Preston Buehrer 8
3. Patrick O'Connor 7
4. Joseph Terdik 5
5. Bobby Ziegler 4
6. Joey Paquette 2
7. Nick Florence 1.5
8. Ryne Tobin 0.5
9. Manraj Bains 0.5
The above is the Varsity Season Point leaders through February 25, 2006. Any athlete that scores a point against Varsity competition at any point in the season will be awarded a Varsity Letter in Track and Field.
If you have not scored a point in a meet, do not worry about it. The most important statistic is the "PR" (Personal Record). If you talk to anyone of the above athletes, they will tell you that if you focus on running, jumping, or throwing your personal best every meet, and making it to every practice, you will see dramatic improvment, and points will take care of themself. All athletes that "PR" in any event in any meet will be awarded a starburst at the next practice.
The Mustangs will travel to Bensenville, Illinois on March 7, 2006 for the Fenton High School Invitational.
 | | Joseph Terdik runs a 59.18 on the 1st leg of the 4x400m Relay |
Sunday, March 5
27 Athletes selected from Northside for CPS Freshman - Sophomore Indoor ALL STAR Meet!!!
On March 11, 2006, the Chicago Public Schools are hosting an ALL STAR Track and Field Meet for Freshman - Sophomore athletes at Proviso West High School. Ribbons will be awarded to the top 6 performers per event. The Proviso West Track is 200m, six lanes, rubber surface and 1/8" pyramid spikes will be allowed on this surface.
The meet will feature only 4 running events: 4x800m Relay, 4x200m Relay, One Mile Run, and the 4x400m Relay. The meet will also feature only 3 Field Events: High Jump, Long Jump, and Shot Put.
To be selected for this meet in an individual event, you must have competed in a meet this season, and be in compliance will all CPS eligibility requirements (Players Card / Physical). The following athletes have been selected to represent Northside College Prep:
Salom Aboni Alt. 4x200m Relay
Adoara Achufusi Shot Put, 4x200m Relay
Preston Buehrer Mile (5:28), Shot Put (26'7.5)
Jose Choto 4x200m / 4x400m
Brian Chhun 4x200m
Brandon Cooper 4x800m
Alex Custer 4x800m
Erik Flores 4x800m
Benjamin Garcia 4x400m
Amina Jambo Shot Put
Wemi Jemine High Jump (4'8)
Jennifer Kane 4x200m / Alt. 4x400m
Jonathan Kittaka Mile (5:32)
Rachel Kittaka Mile (6:27) / 4x800m Relay
John Ko Shot Put (29'6.5)
Albert Lin Long Jump (15'11.5)
Santino Merino Alt. 4x800, Alt. 4x200, Alt. 4x400
Eric Nelson 4x200m / 4x400m / High Jump (5'8)
Anna Parks 4x800m / 4x400m
Julia Shimada Mile (6:58)
Jerry Tran 4x200m
Maria Torres Long Jump / 4x200m / 4x400m
Eric Ullrich 4x800m
Simon Vecchioni 4x800m
Kelly Varney High Jump / 4x200m / 4x400m
Sam Vergara 4x400m
Ani Zotti 4x800m
The Freshman-Sophomore All Star Meet only features 7 Events. Athletes not selected for the Freshman - Sophomore All Star Meet, could still be selected for the CPS Indoor Varsity Championships (March 19, 2006), which features 16 Events, which is 9 more events than the Freshman-Sophomore All Star Meet. Athletes selected for the Freshman - Sophomore All Star Meet could also be selected for Relays in the Indoor Varisty Championships. The Freshman - Sophomore All Star Meet will be held on Saturday, March 11, 2006, at Proviso West High School, at 2:30 pm. The Bus will leave at 1:15 pm.
Tuesday, March 7
Varsity sweeps 3200m run at Fenton Classic! Freshman-Sophomore dramatic 4x135 Yard Relay Win!!!
On March 7, 2006, the Varsity Mens Track and Field Team traveled to Bensenville, Illinois to take on Conant High School, and the legendary Track and Field Powerhouse, Fenton High School at Bison Stadium. Bison stadium is covered with banners displaying the Bisons streak of consecutive appearances in the IHSA State Cross Country and Track Championships. Fenton is well knowing for their distance runners, including Olympic legend Jim Spivey. Fenton started off the meet with a impressive 9:07.4 4x800m Relay victory. However, the momentum Fenton built up in the 4x800m Relay quickly shifted after the Northside College Prep Freshman-Sophomore 4x135 Yard Relay (Jose Choto, Jerry Tran, Kyle Diep, and Hiro Joho) had a dramatic upset victory over an undefeated and heavly favored Fenton 4x135 Yard Relay Team by 0.6 of a second!!! It was by far our best Sprint Relay of the season (1:08.5). The Varsity followed with a 2nd place finish in the Varsity 4x135 Relay (Manraj Bains, Aamir Khan, Tom Skawski, and Tuan Lee) (1:16.3).
Next, on the same track, that Olympian Jim Spivey set many Illinois indoor Track records, the Mustangs swept the 3200m run, lead by Senior Daniel Kittaka, who won the 3200m run with a season best time of 10:52.8. Junior Patrick O'Connor placed 2nd with a time of 11:18.9. Sophomore Preston Buehrer placed third with a time of 12:04.5. Junior Joey Paquette placed 4th with a time of 12:21.6.
Freshman Eric Nelson had a major impact in his first Varsity Track and Field Meet, by placing 2nd in the High Jump with a Jump of 5'8, Fourth in the Triple Jump with a jump of 35'10, and helped the Varsity 4x400m Relay finish 2nd overall.
Senior Joseph Terdik placed 4th in the 800m run (2:33) and the High Jump with a jump of 5'0.
Sophomore Eric Flores placed 3rd in the 400m run with an outstanding time of 63.6.
Senior Bobby Ziegler set personal records and improved dramatically in both the long jump (15'2.5) and Triple Jump (30'4.5).
The Mustangs scored 30 points in the Fenton Classic, and came within 18 points of Fenton despite not competing in several events. The following are the Individual Point Leaders for the Fenton Classic:
1. Daniel Kittaka 6.25
2. Eric Nelson 4.75
3. Patrick O'Connor 3.75
4. Preston Buehrer 2.75
4. Joseph Terdik 2.75
5. Joey Paquette 2.25
6. Eric Flores 2.00
6. Tuan Lee 2.00
6. Manraj Bains 2.00
7. Tom Skawski 0.75
7. Aamir Khan 0.75
SEASON VARSITY POINT LEADERS (3 MEETS):
1. Daniel Kittaka 30.75
2. Patrick O'Connor 10.75
2. Preston Buehrer 10.75
3. Joseph Terdik 7.75
4. Eric Nelson 4.75
5. Joey Paquette 4.25
6. Bobby Ziegler 4.00
7. Manraj Bains 2.50
8. Eik Flores 2.00
9. Tuan Lee 2.00
10. Nick Florence 1.50
11. Tom Skawski 0.75
12. Aamir Khan 0.75
13. Ryne Tobin 0.50
The Northside College Prep Varsity Track and Field Team will compete next in the CPS Indoor City Championships on Sunday, March 19, 2006.
Tuesday, March 7
Sophomore-Freshman Track Team upsets Fenton!!! Jose Choto wins 50 Yard Dash!!
On March 7, 2006, the Sophomore-Freshman Northside Track and Field Team upset Fenton to improve their combined season record to 20-4!. The meet started with the 4x800m Relay, and the Mustangs did not score a point on either the Sophomore-Freshman Team or Varsity Team in the 4x800m Relay. It quickly began too look like it would be a difficult day against Track and Field powerhouse, Fenton High School. However, Jose Choto, Jerry Tran, Kyle Diep, and Hiro Joho quickly changed the momentum with a dramatic 4x135 Yard Relay (1:08.5) victory over Fenton (1:09.1). Freshman Jonathan Kittaka then won the 3200m run with an outstanding time of 11:50.2. Sophomore Brad Eben placed 2nd overall in the 3200m run with a time of 13:15.22. Freshman Benjamin Garcia placed 4th in the Shot Put with a throw of 29'0. Albert Lin (16'6), and Wemi Jemine (16'5) placed 3rd and 4th respectively in the Long Jump. Lin also placed second in the Triple Jump (31'10). The Mustangs swept the High Jump, lead by Wemi Jemine (5'2), Eric Ullrich (5'0), Benjamin Garcia (4'10), Craig Melhuse (4'8), and Jerry Tran (4'8). Jose Choto placed 2nd in the 200m Dash with an outstanding time of 26.7.
The Mustangs edged Fenton by two points to secure the victory. Several members of the Sophomore-Freshman Track and Field Team will participate in a CPS All Star Meet on Saturday, March 11, 2006, and the entire team will return to action for the Sophomore-Freshman Championships on March 21, 2006.
The following is a list of individal Point leaders for the Fenton Classic:
1. Jose Choto 9.25
2. Wemi Jemine 6.00
3. Albert Lin 5.00
3. Jonathan Kittaka 5.00
4. Benjamin Garcia 3.00
4. Eric Ullrich 3.00
5. Kyle Diep 2.50
6. Jerry Tran 1.75
7. Sam Vergara 1.25
7. Hiro Joho 1.25
7. Sammy Caronongan 1.25
7. Christian Okoye 1.25
7. John Ko 1.25
7. Walid Mohammad 1.25
7. Simon Vecchioni 1.25
7. Spencer Rosenfeld 1.25
8. Brad Eben 1.00
9. Craig Melhuse 0.50
Saturday, March 11
Eric Nelson CPS Indoor High Jump Champion!!! Wemi Jemine Third!!! 4x800m Relay drops 45 seconds!!! Kittaka, Buehrer 4th & 5th in Mile!!!
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On Saturday, March 11, 2006, in front of a packed stadium at Proviso West High School, the top Freshman and Sophomore athletes selected from 75 Chicago Public High Schools competed in the CPS Indoor Freshman-Sophomore Track and Field Championships. One year ago, in the same meet, the only event the Mustangs scored a point in was the Mile. This year the Mustangs scored in 86% of the events, and have officially emerged has one of the top Track and Field Teams in the City of Chicago.
The 4x800m Relay set the tone early for the meet, and created energy throughout the Team. The Mustangs were ranked 7th in Chicago going into the Meet, and with a 10:34.56 4x800m performance at Fenton were not considered contenders. However, prior to the race, every athlete on the 4x800m Relay committed themselves to running within 4 seconds of their 400m PR on the first 400m of the race and it paid off.
Freshman Brandon Cooper dropped 8 seconds off his PR, and ran a personal best time of 2:19 on the first leg of the 4x800m Relay. It was the second fastest time run by a Mustang this season. As Brandon handed off the baton to Sophomore Santino Merino, several opposing coaches jaws dropped as the Mustangs were in the lead.
Santino Merino came to the meet not knowing if he was even going to run in the meet, because he was designated as an alternate when the entries were submitted. Sophomore Erik Flores, a 2:28 800m runner did not make it to the bus, and Merino was told upon arrival at the Meet that he would be running in place of Flores in the 4x800m Relay. At Fenton, Merino, ran a 2:40.61 800m PR, and being asked to subsitute for a 2:28 800m runner was a tall order. Merino came to the meet ready and prepared to race. Merino showed incredible mental toughness and dropped 12 seconds off his personal best time, and ran a 2:28.93 800m PR, and is now a permenant member of the 4x800m Relay Team. Merino handed off the baton to Freshman Simon Vecchioni and it was now clear the Mustangs were about to pull off an upset and finish among the Top 3 in the City of Chicago.
On the third leg, Simon Vecchioni dropped 14 seconds from the Fenton Classic, and ran a personal best time of 2:31.58. Vecchioni handed off the baton to Sophomore Eric Ullrich to anchor the relay.
On the Final leg, Eric Ullrich dropped 11 seconds off his personal best time, and secured Third place in the Chicago for the Mustangs with an outstanding time of 2:28.45!
In less than four days, the same athletes went from a 10:34.56 4x800m Relay time at the Fenton Classic to a 9:49.03 4x800m Relay at the CPS Freshman-Sophomore Indoor Championships, representing a combined 45 second time drop!!! The 9:49.03 4x800m Relay was also faster than the Varsity 4x800m Relay Team at Fenton, and the second fastest 4x800m Relay by the Mustangs on any level this season.
In the Shot Put, Freshman John Ko threw an outstanding 29.5! Sophomore Preston Buehrer threw a personal best 26'8.5. University of Chicago Throwers Coach Lee Slick officiated the Meet and told several great stories about Shot Put Olympic legend Brian Oldfield.
In the High Jump, Freshman Wemi Jemine improved from a personal best 5'2 to 5'6 to place 3rd overall in Chicago! Freshman Eric Nelson jumped a personal best 5'10 to tie for First place and came extremly close to 6'0 in his final attempt. Nelson won the tie breaker by having the least amount of misses in the Competition, and is the 2006 CPS Indoor High Jump Champion!!!
In the Long Jump, Freshman Albert Lin jumped a personal best 16'9 to place 6th overall in Chicago!
In the 4x200m Relay, Eric Nelson ran a personal best 27.11 200m split on the first leg of the Relay. Sophomore Jerry Tran ran a 29.10 split on the second leg of the relay. Sophomore Brian Chhun ran a 30.70 200m split on the third leg of the Relay. Sophomore Jose Choto ran a personal best 25.00 200m split on the final leg of the relay to anchor the relay to an Outstanding 4x200m Relay time of 1:50.91. The Mustangs placed in the top 6 in the 4x200m Relay, but official results will not be released by the CPS until this evening.
In the Mile, the one-two punch of Freshman Jonathan Kittaka, and Sophomore Preston Buehrer placed 1st and 2nd in the second heat of the Mile. Jonathan Kittaka dropped 10 seconds off his personal best time, for a personal record of 5:19. Preston Buehrer dropped 7 seconds, for a personal record of 5:21. Kittaka and Buehrer placed 4th and 5th overall in Chicago!!
Jose Choto 25 second 200m split in the 4x200m Relay represented a 1.70 second drop off his personal best time and is the fastest 200m time by a Mustang this season! However, Choto felt light headed after the race and was unable to compete in the 4x400m Relay. Designated alternate Santino Merino took his place in the 4x400m Relay and once again rose to the occassion.
On the first leg of the 4x400m Relay, Freshman Benjamin Garcia ran a personal best 61.67. Sophomore Santino Merino dropped 3 seconds off his personal best, running a 63 second leg of the 4x400m Relay. Freshman Sam Vergara dropped 2.41 seconds off his personal best running a 64.78 on the Third leg of the 4x400m Relay. Eric Nelson anchored the relay with a personal best 61.55 on the Final leg of the 4x400m relay for an outstanding Team time of 4:11. The Mustangs placed in the top 6 in the 4x400m Relay, but again official results will not be released by the CPS until this evening.
The CPS Freshman-Sophomore Indoor Championships was by far the Mustangs best meet of the season. Freshman-Sophomore CPS All-Star Athletes are restricted to competing in Relays in the Varsity CPS Indoor Championships on Sunday, March 19, 2006. However, several Freshman-Sophomore CPS All-Star Athletes will have a dramatic impact on the Varsity roster in the 4x800m, 4x200m, 4x400m Relays. The Northside Freshman-Sophomore Track and Field Team has one more Indoor Championship meet before they start Outdoor Track and Field Season.
On Tuesday, March 21, 2006, the Northside Freshman-Sophomore Team will take on 7 of the best Freshman-Sophomore squads in the State at the Fenton "Ostberg" Indoor Invitational. The meet will feature the "Jim Nichols 800m run" and the "Emil Ostberg 200m run" in honor of said All-American Athletes. Plaques will be awarded to the first 5 places in individual events and the first 4 places in relays. The Meet will features 16 Events, and Northside will have two entries per individual event, and one Relay in the 4x135 yards Relay, 4x800m Relay, 4x270 yards Relay, and 4x405 yards Relay. Northside is also within striking distance of several Fenton "Ostberg" Indoor Invitational Field House records.
Athletes not selected in either of the remaining Indoor Meets will have a 400m/800m Powerade Time Trial on Friday, March 17, 2006, and the Throwers will also have Shot Put Powerade Trial on Friday, March 17, 2006. Any athlete that runs or throws a "PR" will be awarded a jug of Powerade at the Time Trial.
Wednesday, March 15
Mustangs finish SECOND in Freshman-Sophomore Indoor City Championships!!!
The official results were released today from the 2006 CPS Freshman-Sophmore Indoor Championships. Although the meet was an ALL STAR Meet, and only featured 7 Events, and was not intended to be scored, the following is the final totals:
1. Lane Tech 32
2. NORTHSIDE 29
3. Mather 28
3. Fenger 28
4. Clark 18
5. Chicago Vocational 14
6. Phillips 12
7. Dunbar 11
8. Harper 10
9. Hancock 8
10. Lincoln Park 7
11. Hubbard 6
12. Manley 4
13. Hyde Park 4
14. Simeon 2
15. Hope Academy 2
16. Schurz 0
17. Payton 0
18. Curie 0
19. Brooks 0
20. Bogan 0
21. Gage Park 0
22. Crane 0
23. Chicago Ag Science 0
24. Corliss 0
25. Orr 0
26. Lakeview 0
27. King 0
POINTS SCORED BY NORTHSIDE ATHLETES
1. Eric Nelson 10
2. Wemi Jemine 6
3. Jonathan Kittaka 4
4. Preston Buehrer 2
5. Eric Ullrich 1.5
5. Simon Vecchioni 1.5
5. Santino Merino 1.5
5. Brandon Cooper 1.5
6. Albert Lin 1
Tuesday, March 7
Mustangs Varsity Women beat Luther North, Gordon Tech, CICS Northtown, and Taft
On Tuesday, March 7, 2006, the Northside College Prep posted victories against Luther North, Gordon Tech, CICS Northtown, and Taft High School at the Maine South Classic. The following are the Team scores: Maine South 102, Northside College Prep 69, Luther North 36, Gordon Tech 26, CICS Northtown 18, and Taft 2.
Kelly Varney won the High Jump (4'6) and the 50 LH (8.8). Jennifer Kane won the 200m Dash with an outstanding time of 30.40. Anna Parks placed second in the 800m run. Julie Bujinowski placed 2nd in the 400m Dash. Rachel Kittaka and Maruja Yoshimura placed 2nd and 5th respectively in the 2 Mile run. Kittaka and Yoshimura also placed 3rd and 4th respective in the Mile run.
The following are the Varisty points totals for the Maine South Classic:
1. Kelly Varney 18
2. Rachel Kittaka 10
3. Jennifer Kane 9
4. 4x400m Relay 8
5. Anna Parks 6
6. Julie Bujinowski 6
7. 4x800m Relay 4
7. Adoara Achufusi 4
8. Maruja Yoshimura 3
9. Chynna Moerlien 1
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Sunday, March 19
Daniel Kittaka CPS Indoor 2 Mile Champion! Patrick O'Connor 4:49 Mile! 4x800m Relay 4th!
|  | | Preston Buehrer, Joseph Terdik, Patrick O'Connor, Brandon Cooper |
On Sunday, March 19, 2006, the Northside College Prep Varsity Mens Track and Field Team competed against all of the Chicago Public High Schools in the largest meet of the year. The meet featured over 1,000 athletes.
In the 3200m run, Daniel Kittaka won with a personal best time of 10:35. Initially, it appeared he placed second, but the Mustangs learned after the race, that the leader was not in the meet. Kittaka dropped 17 seconds of his 3200m time to become 2006 3200m CPS Indoor Champion!
In the 4x800m Relay, the Mustangs placed 4th in the City Championships with the fastest 4x800m Relay of the season, 9:12.97. Senior Joseph Terdik ran a 2:16 800m Split on the first leg of the relay before making the exchange to Freshman Brandon Cooper. Cooper ran a 2:20 800m Split on the second leg of the relay before making the exchange to Sophomore Preston Buehrer. Buehrer ran a personal best time of 2:22 on the third leg of the 4x800m Relay. Buehrer dropped 7 seconds of his personal best time. Senior Patrick O'Connor anchored the relay with an outstanding 2:14 800m split to secure 4th place for the Mustangs.
Sophomore Hiro Joho ran personal best times in the 55m Hurdles and 200m Dash.
Junior Joey Paquette ran a 2:24 in the 800m run, dropping 6 seconds of his personal best time.
In the 4x200m Relay, the Mustangs ran a 1:49.00. Joseph Terdik ran a 27.37 on the first leg of the relay. Sophomore Christian Okoye ran a 28.62 on the third leg of the relay. Freshman Benjamin Garcia ran a 26.31 on the third leg of the relay. Sophomore Preston Buehrer anchored the relay with an outstanding time of 26.70.
Junior Patrick O'Connor placed 2nd in the Mile in the City with a personal best time of 4:49!! O'Connor dropped 15 seconds off his season best time and is now within 25 seconds of the automatic State qualifying time in the Mile (4:24), and the Mustangs haven't even started Outdoor Track and Field season yet.
The Mustangs ended the meet on a high note with an impressive victory in their heat of the 4x400m Relay. Joseph Terdik ran a 57 400m split on the first leg of the 4x400m Relay. Brandon Cooper ran a 62.26 on the second leg of the 4x400m relay. Benjamin Garcia ran a personal best of 61.19 on the third leg of the 4x400m relay. Preston Buehrer anchored the 4x400m Relay to victory with a personal best time of 59.88.
Mens Team Scores (Including 3200m run):
1. Mather 70
2. Julian 56
3. South Shore 32
4. Lincoln Park 24
5. Northside College Prep 22
5. Taft 22
5. Fenger 22
6. Robeson 20
7. Simeon 18
8. Prosser 18
9. Marshal 16
10. Chicago Vocational 15
11. Clark 14
12. Chicago Ag Science 12
13. Harper 8
14. Bogan 8
15. Payton 6
16. Foreman 6
17. Schurz 4
18. Crane 4
19. Dunbar 4
20. Lane Tech 4
21. Corliss 2
22. Steinmetz 2
23. Orr 1
24. Brooks 1
25. Curie 1
26. Phillips 1
POINTS SCORED:
1. Daniel Kittaka 10
2. Patrick O’Connor 9
3. Joseph Terdik 1
4. Preston Buehrer 1
5. Brandon Cooper 1
SEASON VARSITY POINT LEADERS (4 MEETS):
1. Daniel Kittaka 40.75
2. Patrick O'Connor 19.75
3. Preston Buehrer 11.75
4. Joseph Terdik 8.75
5. Eric Nelson 4.75
6. Joey Paquette 4.25
7. Bobby Ziegler 4.00
8. Manraj Bains 2.50
9. Eik Flores 2.00
10. Tuan Lee 2.00
11. Nick Florence 1.50
12. Brandon Cooper 1.00
13. Tom Skawski 0.75
14. Aamir Khan 0.75
15. Ryne Tobin 0.50
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Sunday, March 19
Maruja Yoshimura placed 3rd in 3200m run in the CPS Varsity Indoor Championships! 4x800m Relay places 4th!
|  | | Julie Bujnowski |
On Sunday, March 19, 2006, the Varsity Women's Track and Field Team competed in the CPS Indoor Championships at Proviso West High School.
Senior Maruja Yoshimura placed 3rd in the City Championships in the 3200m run with an outstanding time of 14:20. Yoshimura also placed 6th in the Mile with a time of 6:45.
In the 4x800m Relay, the Varsity Women placed 4th in the City with a time of 11:22. Rachel Kittaka ran a 2:38.52 800m Split on the first leg of the 4x800m Relay, and made a nice exchange to Julie Shimada. Shimada ran a 3:04 800m split on the second leg of the relay. Julie Bujnowski ran a 3:03 800m split on the third leg of the relay. Freshman Anna Parks anchored the relay with an outstanding time of 2:37.
In the 4x200m Relay, the Varsity Women ran a season's best 2:00.03. Jennifer Kane ran a 29.48 200m split and made the exchange to Maria Torres. Torres ran a 30.55 200m split on the second leg of the 4x200m Relay. Adoara Achufusi ran a personal best 30.87 200m split, on the third leg of the 4x200m Relay. Kelly Varney anchored the relay with a personal best 28.83 200m split.
In the 800m run, Jennifer Noinaj ran a personal best time of 3:15.
In the 4x400m Relay, Kelly Varney ran a personal best time of 66.99 on the first leg of the relay. Rachel Kittaka ran a 75.69 on the second leg of the 4x400m Relay. Maria Torres ran a personal best time of 76.16 on the third leg of the 4x400m relay. Freshman Anna Parks anchored the relay with an outstading time of 68.76, for a total time of 4:47.50.
Tuesday, January 17
NEW uniforms ordered for the Track and Field Team
The Athletic Department has ordered NEW uniforms for the Track and Field Team. The 2006 Mustangs will have new Track and Field uniforms that feature a "Winged Track and Field foot" on the jersey, along with the words "Northside Mustangs" in our school color, Maroon.
The uniforms will be made with Cobblestones run-dri technology, which takes moisture out of the equation and allows maximum performance no matter what the environmental conditions (Indoors or Outdoors). This is accomplished by a unique finishing technology combined with the right fiber selection.
Please note, Cross Country athletes who have not turned in their uniform from Cross Country season, will not be issued a new Track and Field uniform until it is turned in.
Centerfield (Let's Go!)
Sunday, January 29
KING / QUEEN of the QUARTER MILE
The Northside College Prep Track and Field Team will have a 400m Time Trial on Thursday, February 3, 2006 to help determine our initial Varsity, and Sophmore 4x400m Relay Teams. The Time Trial will also help the coaching staff plan racing strategy for the distance events, and help determine future training in all other events.
Gatorade and water will be provided for all Athletes.
Tuesday, March 21
Mustangs upset St.Joseph and take home 10 Plaques at "Ostberg" Freshman-Sophomore Championships!!
On Tuesday, March 21, 2006, the Freshman-Sophomore Boys Track and Field Team traveled to Fenton High School to compete against 7 of the best Freshman-Sophomore Teams in Illinois. Final entries for the meet were due March 14, 2006, with no substitutions allowed. Fenton Head Coach and Meet Director, John Kurtz, showed great sportsmanship allowing the Mustangs to make substitutions one hour before the Meet for missing athletes. The Mustangs were without, Eric Nelson (sick), Hiro Joho (did not show up to the bus), Daniel Priemer (did not show up to the bus), and Kyle Diep (unavailable).
The Meet was the best organized meet that the Mustangs attended during the 2006 Indoor season. The meet was named after two former Fenton athletes, who earned All-American honors during their collegiate careers. Jim Nichols (All-American in 800m run) and Emil Ostberg (All-American in the 200m Dash). To earn All-American honors, a collegiate athlete has to place in the Top 8 in the Country at the NCAA National Track and Field Championships. Fenton awarded Team Trophys to the Top 3 Teams, and Plaques for the Top 5 finishers in every event.
The Mustangs had a convincing victory over St.Joseph and took home 10 Plaques in 4x800m Relay, 3200m Run, 800m run, 4x405 Yards Relay.
In the Shot Put, Benjamin Garcia became the second athlete on the squad to break 30 feet this season, with a personal best throw of 30'1. Frehsman John Ko also had a personal best throw of 29'9.5
In the Long Jump, after making an adjustment in his take-off approach, Albert Lin jumped a personal best 17'3.5. Lin also jumped a personal best 33'10 in the Triple jump! Wemi Jemine jumped 15'11.25 for the Mustangs. Jemine also tied for 6th place in the High Jump with a jump of 5'2.
In the 50 Yard High Hurdles, Albert Lin ran a personal best 8.93! Lin also ran a personal best 8.90 in the 50 Int. Hurdles. Albert Lin set personal bests in four events on the same day!
Sophomore Jerry Tran injuried his arm after he collided with the second High hurdle, and was unable to complete the race. However, Tran wrapped his arm in ice, in an effort to come back for the 4x135 Yard relay, but was wisely scratched from the race.
In the 3200m run, the race went out at a record setting pace, with both Preston Buehrer and Jonathan Kittaka showing great determination, running a 5:28 for the first Mile. The final 5 laps featured an incredible battle between Mike Siemer (Fenton), Edgar Chaidez (Fenton), Eric Maher (Buffalo Grove), Tim Griffiths (Lake Park), Tim Loftus (West Chicago), Preston Buehrer, and Jonathan Kittaka, as the rest of the field was lapped.
Fenton's Mike Siemer won the race with an outstanding time of 10:49.6. Simer was followed by Chaidez, Mahler, and Griffiths.
During the final mile, West Chicago's Tim Loftus and Northside's Preston Buehrer changed leads back and forth, with 9 different lead changes, fighting for the vital points and a Plaque. With 2 laps to go, Buehrer made his final move and Loftus tried to stay with Buehrer, and Buehrer showed great mental toughness, running an impressive 21 second split in the final 135 yards to break away from Loftus to finish 5th overall with a personal best time of 11:21.7. Loftus finished 6th overall with an outstanding time of 11:24.9. Freshman Jonathan Kittaka dropped 14 seconds off his personal best time with an outstanding time of 11:31 to finish 7th overall.
In the 4x800m Relay (Brandon Cooper (2:27), Santino Merino (2:40), Simon Vecchioni (2:40), Eric Ullrich (2:40)), the Mustangs won their heat by a wide margin, and earned Plaques by placing 5th overall. However, the Mustangs had difficulty racing at their best without being challenged by another team in their heat. As the Mustangs gain more experience they will become more consistent.
In the 800m run, Eric Ullrich ran an impressive 2:28, with a dramatic kick in the finals 2 laps to win the first heat by a wide margin, and came within one second of 6th overall. In the second heat, Brandon Cooper ran a 2:26 to place 5th overall and earn his second plaque of the day.
In the 4x405 Yards Relay (35 yards less than 400 meters), Brandon Cooper opened up a lead over host Fenton, with a 58 second 405 yard split. Wemi Jemine ran an impressive 59.67 405 yard split on the second leg of the relay and made a nice exchange to Sam Vergara. Vergara ran a 61.35 second 405 yard split, and passed the baton to Benjamin Garcia. Garcia anchored the Mustangs to 5th overall, earning the 4x405 Yards Relay, plaques.
 | | Kelly Varney flys over the final hurdle to Victory | |
Saturday, March 25
Varsity Mustangs Mens Team scores 50 points at Kenwood Academy Invitational!! Team Places in Top 5!
|  | | Albert Lin and Eric Nelson dominate the 110m Hurdles |
On Saturday, March 25, 2006, the Northside College Prep Mens and Womens Track and Field Team competed against 17 Teams at the Kenwood Academy Invitational. The Mustangs Varsity Mens Track Team scored 50 points and placed among the Top 5 Teams in the meet. The meet scored 8 places, with the following point scale, 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. We are still waiting on the Womens Track & Field Team final scores, and final meet results. Kenwood Academy was overwhelmed by the amount of Teams competing in the meet. Hopefully, we will have them by this evening.
The first Outdoor Meet of the season had many obstacles to overcome. Several events were run out of order or combined without notice, and the 300m hurdles, 200m dash, Weightmen's Relay were not held at all due to the length of the meet. In addition, there were also problems with hurdle carts on the track impeding the runners during the Womens 100m Hurdles, and Officials were standing in the passing lanes during the the Women's 4x800m Relay. The officiating crew also disappeared early, and the Mustangs entire coaching staff was timing in their place at the end of the meet. However, both the Mens and Womens Track and Field Teams overcame all obstacles in their path to place in the Top 5 in the meet.
In the Discus, Senior Chris Zysko put the Mustangs on the scoreboard early by placing 4th overall with a throw of 104'00.
In the Shot Put, Freshman Benjamin Garcia led the Mustangs with a personal best throw of 30'2.5.
In the High Jump, Freshman Eric Nelson and Wemi Jemine placed 3rd and 6th overall respectivally.
In the Open Mile, Senior Bobby Ziegler won the race with a personal best time of 5:17. Ziegler took advantage of the opportunity to race in the open mile, and dropped over 30 seconds off his season best time, and will anchor the Mustangs Varsity Distance Medley Relay on Thursday. Lane Tech's Jerry Gonzalez placed second overall with an outstanding time of 5:22. Northside Sophomore Adam Swiatlowski dropped 21 seconds of his PR, and ran an outstanding time of (5:37) to place 4th overall. Santino Merino ran a personal best time of 5:50 to placed 8th overall. Medals will be awared to the Top 10.
Sophomores Irfan Hussain (5:56), and Brad Eben (5:59) also ran personal best times. Freshman Eli Tullis had one of the biggest time drops on the team, 28 seconds, for a personal best time of 6:13. Tullis was followed by Tuan Lee (6:15), Simon Vecchioni (6:20), Spencer Rosenfeld (6:33), Faraz Khan (6:47), Walid Mohammad (6:50), and Coleman Gailloreto (7:11).
In the 3200m run, the Mustangs one-two punch, of Patrick O'Connor and Dnaiel Kittaka placed 1st and 2nd respectively to score the Mustangs 18 points!!! O'Connor ran a personal best time of 10:28, and Kittaka also ran a personal best time of 10:31.
In the 800m run, Joseph Terdik placed 4th overall with a season best time of 2:13.26. Sophomore Preston Buehrer also ran an outstanding time of 2:24.
In the 4x200, Jose Choto (27.44), Christian Okoye (28.71), Geoggrey Edwards (27.71), and Sam Vergara (28.92), all scored their first Varsity points of the season, earning Varsity letters, by placing 7th overall, with an outstanding time of 1:52.78
In the Mile run, with no warm-up, Patrick O'Connor placed 3rd overall with an outstanding time of 4:54, and Daniel Kittaka placed 6th overall with a personal best time of 4:59.
In the 4x400m, Joseph Terdik (58.99), Benjamin Garcia (61.50), Geoffrey Edwards (64.76), and Preston Buehrer (63.42), also placed 7th overall with a time of 4:08.67.
POINTS SCORED
Patrick O'Connor 16
Daniel Kittaka 11
Eric Nelson 6
Joseph Terdik 5.5
Chris Zysko 5.0
Wemi Jemine 3.0
Geoffrey Edwards 1.0
Preston Buehrer 0.5
Benjamin Garcia 0.5
Jose Choto 0.5
Christian Okoye 0.5
Sam Vergara 0.5
SEASON VARSITY POINT LEADERS (5 MEETS):
1. Daniel Kittaka 51.75
2. Patrick O'Connor 35.75
3. Joseph Terdik 14.25
4. Preston Buehrer 12.25
5. Eric Nelson 10.75
6. Chris Zysko 5.00
7. Joey Paquette 4.25
8. Bobby Ziegler 4.00
9. Wemi Jemine 3.00
10. Manraj Bains 2.50
11. Erik Flores 2.00
12. Tuan Lee 2.00
13. Nick Florence 1.50
14. Geoffrey Edwards 1.00
15. Brandon Cooper 1.00
16. Tom Skawski 0.75
17. Aamir Khan 0.75
18. Benjamin Garcia 0.50
19. Jose Choto 0.50
20. Christian Okoye 0.50
21. Sam Vergara 0.50
22. Ryne Tobin 0.50
 | | Jonathan Kittaka passes the baton to Joey Paquette | |
Thursday, March 30
Mustangs dominate at Lane Tech Relays! Zysko throws 122'8! Maria Torres breaks school record in Triple Jump!
|  | | Joey Paquette makes a nice exchange to Eric Ullrich |
On Thursday, March 30, 2006, the Northside College Prep Mens and Womens Track and Field Team traveled to Hanson Stadium to compete against 15 schools in the Lane Tech Relays. The meet offered Medals to the Top 3 places, with 8 places scoring. The meet was by far the best Outdoor Meet the Mustangs have been to this season. The Mustangs thank Lane Tech Head Coach Kris Roof and staff for providing an Outstanding meet for all involved.
In the Womens Triple Jump, Maria Torres broke the school record with a jump of 31'5! Maria Zdunek also had a personal best jump of 24'0. In the Mens Triple Jump, Eric Nelson (33'10) and Albert Lin (29'8.75) scored by placing 7th and 8th respectively.
In the Long Jump, Albert Lin jumped 16'3, and Wemi Jemine jumed 15'8.5.
In the Discus, Senior Chris Zysko racked up the points for the Mustangs by placing 2nd overall in the Discus with an outstanding throw of 122'8, and by placing 4th overal in the shot put with a season best 37'0. Benjamin Garcia (77'0), Preston Buehrer (74'5), Wemi Jemine (73'0), and John Ko (69'2) also threw outstanding in the Discus.
In the High Jump, Eric Nelson placed 2nd overall. Nelson also ran a personal best time in the 110m Hurdles, 4x200m Relay, and placed 7th overall in the Triple Jump with a jump of 33'10. Albert Lin placed 8th overall in the Triple Jump with a jump of 29'8.75.
In the Womens Discus, Kaitlin Renkosiak threw a personal best 52'5, and 17'9.5 in the Shot Put.
In the Open 4x800 Relay, the fastest relay for Northside was a 10:41, lead by Daniel Preimer with a 2:28 800m split, followed by Brian Chhun with a 2:40 800m split, Sammy Caronagan ran a 2:47 800m split on the third leg of the 4x800m relay, and the relay was anchored by James Casper-Shipp with a 2:46 800m split.
The next fastest Open 4x800m relay for Northside was a 10:55, lead by Shaheed Ghogha with a 2:35 800m split, followed by Irfain Hussain 2:42 800m split, Brad Eben ran a 2:51 800m split on the third leg of the 4x800m relay, and the relay was anchored by Tuan Lee with a 2:47 800m split.
The next fastest Open 4x800m relay for Northside was a 12:02, lead by Manraj Bains with a 2:42 800m split, followed by Aamir Khan 3:15 800m split, Coleman Gailloreto ran a personal best 3:17 800m split on the third leg of the 4x800m relay, and the relay was anchored by Walid Mohammad with a 2:48 800m split.
In the Open 4x200m relay for Northside, Santino Merino opened wih 25.49 200m split, followed by Christian Okoye with a 29.84 200m split, Nathan Michaelson ran a personal best time 30.52 200m split on the third leg of 4x200m relay, and the relay was anchored by Melvin Thomas with a 30.61 200m split.
In the Womens Distance Medley Relay, the Mustangs placed 4th overall, lead by Rachel Kittaka with a 4:21.33 for 1200m, Julie Bujnowksi ran a 65.99 for the 400m, Anna Parks ran a 2:46.19 for 800m, and Maruja Yoshimura anchored the Relay with a 6:40.49 Mile.
In the Mens Distance Medlay Relay, the Mustangs placed 5th overall, lead by Daniel Kittaka who went out at 66 for the first 400m, 2:19 at the 800m, and a 3:33 for 1200m, Preston Buehrer ran a 61.00 for 400m, Joseph Terdik ran a 2:12 for 800m, and Bobby Ziegler anchored the Relay with a 5:13 Mile.
In the Mens 100m Dash, Benjamin Garcia dropped over a half of a second, and ran a personal best 12.91. Jose Choto also ran a personal best 13.41. In the Womens 100m Dash, Maria Zdunek ran a personal best 15.79.
In the Womens 100m Hurdles, Kelly Varney won her heat with an 18.66 and placed third overall. Alex Custer ran a personal best 22.90. In the Mens 110m Hurdles, Albert Lin ran a personal best 21.40, and Eric Nelson also ran a personal best 22.32.
In the Womens 1600m Run, Rachek Kittaka won the meet with a 5:57. Julie Shimada ran a 6:48 Mile, and Jessica Galang ran a 7:50 Mile.
In the Womens 4x100m Relay, the Mustangs (Selom Aboni, Stephanie Sotomayor, Sylvia Irizarry, Maria Zdunek) ran a 63.46. In the Mens 4x100m Relay, the Mustangs (Santino Merino, Daniel Preimer, Sam Vergara, Jose Choto) ran a 53.08.
In Womens 4x800m Relay, the Mustangs placed 2nd overall. Anna Parks lead the Relay with a 2:40.78 800m Split, Julia Shimada followed with a 3:09.22 800m split, Julie Bujnowski ran a personal best 2:50.77 on the third leg of the 4x800m relay, and Rachel Kittaka anchored the relay with a 2:48.14 800m Split, for a total time of 11:28.81.
In the Mens 4x800m Relay, the Mustangs placed 4th overall, Brandon Cooper lead the Relay with a personal best time of 2:17.47 800m split, Jonathan Kittaka followed with a 2:27.23 800m split, Joey Paquette ran a 2:27.18 800m split, and Eric Ullrich anchored the relay with a 2:28.90 800m split, for a total time of 9:40.78.
In the Mens Mile, Joseph Terdik won the meet with a personal best 4:53. Daniel Kittaka placed 2nd overall with a personal best time of 4:54. Preston Buehrer dropped 8 seconds of his personal best time with an outstanding time of 5:13.
In the Mens 4x200m Relay, the Mustangs placed 7th overall, Jose Choto lead the relay with a 27.19 200m split. Eric Nelson followed with a 26.88 200m split, Geoffrey Edwards ran a 27.39 200m split, and Benjamin Garcia anchored the relay with a 25.79 200m split, for a total time of 1:47.25.
In the Womens 4x200m Relay, the Mustangs placed 3rd in their heat and 7th overall, Jennifer Kane, lead the relay with a 28.91 200m split, Maria Torres followed with a 32.38 200m split, Adoara Achufusi followed with a 28.90 200m split and Kelly Varney anchored the relay with a 29.84 200m split, for a total time of 2:00.03.
In the Mens 4x400m Relay, Brandon Cooper lead the Relay with a 59.77 400m split, Brian Chhun followed with a 63.79 400m split, Wemi Jemine ran a 65.91 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and Joseph Terdik anchored the relay with a 58.44 400m split, for a total time of 4:07.91.
In the Womens 4x400m Relay, the Mustangs placed 5th, Kelly Varney lead the relay with a 69.00 400m split, Alex Custer followed with an 82.00 400m split, Julie Bujnowksi ran a 66.00 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and Anna Parks anchored the relay with a 67.00 400m split, for a total time of 4:44.00.
MENS VARSITY POINTS SCORED
1. Chris Zysko 13.00
2. Joseph Terdik 11.00
3. Eric Nelson 10.50
4. Daniel Kittaka 9.00
5. Joey Paquette 1.25
6. Eric Ullrich 1.25
7. Jonathan Kittaka 1.25
8. Brandon Cooper 1.25
9. Preston Buehrer 1.00
10. Bobby Ziegler 1.00
11. Albert Lin 1.00
12. Benjamin Garcia 0.50
13. Jose Choto 0.50
14. Geoffrey Edwards 0.50
TOTAL 53.00
WOMENS VARSITY POINTS SCORED
1. Rachel Kittaka 13.25
2. Maria Torres 10.50
3. Kelly Varney 7.50
4. Anna Parks 4.25
5. Julie Bujnowski 4.25
6. Julia Shimada 2.00
7. Maruja Yoshimura 1.25
8. Alex Custer 1.00
9. Jennifer Kane 0.50
10. Adorara Achufusi 0.50
TOTAL 45.00
SEASON MENS VARSITY POINT LEADERS (6 MEETS):
1. Daniel Kittaka 60.75
2. Patrick O'Connor 35.75
3. Joseph Terdik 25.25
4. Eric Nelson 21.25
5. Chris Zysko 18.00
6. Preston Buehrer 13.25
7. Joey Paquette 5.50
8. Bobby Ziegler 5.00
9. Wemi Jemine 3.00
10. Manraj Bains 2.50
11. Brandon Cooper 2.25
12. Erik Flores 2.00
13. Tuan Lee 2.00
14. Geoffrey Edwards 1.50
15. Nick Florence 1.50
16. Eric Ullrich 1.25
17. Jonathan Kittaka 1.25
18. Albert Lin 1.00
19. Benjamin Garcia 1.00
20. Jose Choto 1.00
21. Tom Skawski 0.75
22. Aamir Khan 0.75
23. Christian Okoye 0.50
24. Sam Vergara 0.50
25. Ryne Tobin 0.50
 | | Preston Buehrer passes Mather on the inside lane |
Thursday, April 6
Northside Mens Track and Field Team invited to the Viking Invitational - April 18, 2006
On Thursday, April 6, 2006, the Northside Mens Track and Field Team was invited to the Viking Invitational, which will take place on Tuesday, April 18, 2006, 4:30 pm at Niles North High School. The meet features Sectional rivals Deerfield, Glenbrook North, Loyola, Niles North, Glenbrook South, and Fenwick, and will have a Varsity division, Junior Varsity Division and a Freshman Division. Head Mens Coach Jon Gordon accepted the invitation.
The addition of the Meet to the Mustangs Track and Field Schedule, will provide the Mustangs with two opportunites to race, jump, and throw against the best teams in the IHSA Sectional in April.
Saturday, April 8
Patrick O'Connor wins 3200m! David Parks leads Mustangs in open Mile! Albert Lin places in 110m Hurdles!
On Saturday, April 8, 2006, the Mustangs traveled to familiar surroundings, to their home track, located in River Park, for the 6th Annual Mather Invitational. The meet featured 20 schools, including, Evanston, Lincoln Park, St. Patrick, Mather, Foreman, Schurz, South Shore, Seton Academy, Lane Tech, Curie, Chicago Vocational, Prosser, CICS, Chicago Vocational, Calumet, Steinmetz, Dunbar, and Payton, among others. A special thanks to Mather Head Coach Dale Devinney for running an outstanding meet with Hi-tek laser scoring, video cameras for the finish, and providing the athletes with engraved Track and Field Medals.
In the 3200m run, Patrick O'Connor was spiked at the start of the race, and the spike went through his shoe, sock, and skin, causing blood to flow out of his foot with every step during the race. O'Connor showed incredible mental toughness and determination that would rival distance legend Steve Prefontaine. Despite the condition of his foot, Patrick O'Connor not only stayed in the race, but with the lead pack, lap after lap, in a race that included Mather's Carlos Hernandez, Lane Tech's Joel Wojcik, St.Patrick's Joe Lill and St.Patrick's Brian McKenna. With 300m to go, Wojcik and O'Connor broke away from the lead pack, with each athlete matching each others kick to the finish stride for stride. As the athletes crossed the finish line, it appeared both athletes crossed the line at the same time, and the cameras had to be checked for a photo finish. O'Connor was determined to be the winner, with a personal best 3200m time of 10:28. The Mustangs Preston Buehrer also ran an outstanding 3200m race, and was one of the top Sophomores in the meet, and outkicked Payton Senior Nick Chevas to the finish with an outstanding time of 11:23.6.
After the race, O'Connor received immediate Medical attention from Mens Head Coach Jon Gordon with the use of a first aide kit, and a bandage over his wounded foot. As the day progressed it became even more appearent by the condition of his foot, that O'Connor ran the 3200m race on pure "Guts". He was visibly limping, and had to be scratched from the remainder of the Meet. The Mustangs are hopeful the injury will heal over the weekend.
In the Discus, Benjamin Garcia threw a personal best 81'03. John Ko threw an outstaning 67'06.
In the Shot Put, Benjamin Garcia threw a personal best 32'00.50. John Ko also threw a personal best 30'04.75.
In the Triple Jump, Albert Lin jumped an outstanding 33.01.75. In the Long Jump, Lin jumped an outstanding 16'05.50. Freshman Sammy Caronagan jumped a personal best 12'07.
In the High Jump, Freshman Eric Nelson tied for 5th place, earning a Medal, with a jump of 5'06. On Nelson's first jump he injuried his back, but stayed in the competition to secure vital points for the Mustangs. Nelson had an outstanding jump on his final attempt at 5'08, and just barely tapped the bar on the way down.
In the 4x800m Relay, Brandon Cooper (2:18.36), Santino Merino (2:39.16), Bobby Ziegler (2:29.78), and Joey Paquette (2:22.70) placed 7th overall.
In the 110m Hurdles, Albert Lin placed 8th overall with a time of 22.33. Freshman Sammy Caronangan ran an outstanding time of 22.97.
In the 100m Dash, Benjamin Garcia ran an outstanding time of 13:09. Freshman Sam Vergara ran a personal best time of 15.35.
In the 4x100m Relay, Simon Vecchioni (12.99), Sammy Caronagan (14.35), Santino Merino (13.90), and Sam Vergara (14.11), placed 10th overall with a total time of 55.35.
In the 800m run, Joey Paquette ran an outstanding time of 2:27.
In the 4x200m Relay, Irfan Hussain (28.59), Erik Flores (28.28), Simon Vecchioni (28.62), and Santino Merino (28.08), scored for the Mustangs, by placing 8th overall with a total time of 1:53.57.
In the 400m run, Erik Flores ran a personal best time of 61.32.
In the 300m Hurdles, Eric Nelson ran a personal best time of 51.42, and Albert Lin made a nice recovery after hitting his trail leg on the final hurdle to run a personal best time of 55.61.
In the open Mile, the race was open to all athletes ages 14 - 72. David Parks, Father of Anna Parks, came out of the stands to lead the Mustangs with an outstanding time of 5:33. Parks was a 4:35 Miler in High school in Washington,D.C. Adam Swiatlowski ran a time of 5:56. Shaheed Ghogha ran an outstanding time of 5:58. James Casper-Shipp ran a time of 6:04. Brad Eben ran a time of 6:05. Irfan Hussain ran a time of 6:28. Freshman John Ko ran an outstanding time of 6:30. Freshman Sprinter Nathan Michaelson medaled by running a personal best time of 6:41. Faraz Khan ran a time of 6:52. Freshman Jake Leshuler ran a personal best time of 7:07. Aamir Khan ran a time of 7:37.
In the Varsity 1600m, Bobby Ziegler replaced the injuried Patrick O'Connor, and scored for the Mustangs by placing 8th overall with an outstanding time of 5:13.
Preston Buehrer also ran an outstanding time of 5:21.5, and was the second fastest Sophomore in the meet.
In the 200m Dash, Santino Merino ran a time of 27.89.
In the 4x400m Relay, Benjamin Garcia ran a personal best 59.30 on the first leg of the relay, Joey Paquette ran a 66.72 on the second leg of the relay, Sam Vergara ran a 66.13 on the third leg of the relay, and Preston Buehrer anchored the Mustangs with an outstanding time of 63.54 seconds, to place 8th overall, with a time of 4:15.69.
VARSITY POINTS SCORED
1. Patrick O'Connor 10
2. Eric Nelson 3.50
3. Bobby Ziegler 1.50
4. Albert Lin 1.00
5. Joey Paquette 0.75
6. Santino Merino 0.75
7. Brandon Cooper 0.50
8. Preston Buehrer 0.25
9. Benjamin Garcia 0.25
10.Sam Vergara 0.25
11.Simon Vecchioni 0.25
12.Erik Flores 0.25
13.Irfan Hussain 0.25
SEASON MENS VARSITY POINT LEADERS (7 MEETS):
1. Daniel Kittaka 60.75
2. Patrick O'Connor 45.75
3. Joseph Terdik 25.25
4. Eric Nelson 24.75
5. Chris Zysko 18.00
6. Preston Buehrer 13.50
7. Bobby Ziegler 6.50
8. Joey Paquette 6.25
9. Wemi Jemine 3.00
10. Brandon Cooper 2.75
11. Manraj Bains 2.50
12. Erik Flores 2.25
13. Albert Lin 2.00
14. Tuan Lee 2.00
15. Geoffrey Edwards 1.50
16. Nick Florence 1.50
17. Benjamin Garcia 1.25
18. Eric Ullrich 1.25
19. Jonathan Kittaka 1.25
20. Jose Choto 1.00
21. Sam Vergara 0.75
22. Santino Merino 0.75
23. Tom Skawski 0.75
24. Aamir Khan 0.75
25. Christian Okoye 0.50
26. Ryne Tobin 0.50
27. Simon Vecchioni 0.25
28. Irfan Hussain 0.25
 | | Anna Parks | |
Saturday, April 8
Parks comes from behind to pass Lane Tech in the 4x400m Relay at Mather Invitational
|  | | Natalie, Gayatri, Adoara, Stephanie, Maria |
On Saturday, April 8, 2006, there were 20 Womens Teams at the Mather Track and Field Invitational, and the Top 8 places scored points. Athletes that placed in the Top 6 were awarded Medals.
Freshman Anna Parks earned a Medal in the 400m Dash by placing 4th overall with a personal best time of 66.88. In the 800m run, Parks won her heat with an outstanding time of 2:46, and placed 9th overall. In the 4x400m Relay, on the first leg of the Relay Natalie Hanigan ran a 71.46 400m split. On the second leg of the Relay, Julia Shimada ran an 89.09 400m spllit. On the third leg of the Relay Jessica Galang ran a 90.5 400m split and made a nice exchange to Anna Parks. Lane Tech had a commanding lead (150m) and looked uncatchable. But that didn't stop Anna Parks from going after them. Park's persistance paid off, and she dramatically passed Lane Tech right before the finish line to secure vital points for the Mustangs with a personal best 400m split of 66.17, a total relay time of 5:17.22.
In the 3200m Run, Sophomore Julia Shimada scored for the Mustangs by passing Payton's Rachel Barch to plac 6th overall with an outstanding time of 14:14.74. In the 4x200m Relay, Natalie Hanigan, Adoara Achufusi, Gayatri Satam, and Maria Zdunek scored for the Mustangs by placing 7th overall, with a time of 2:07. Julie Bujnowski placed 5th overall in the Long Jump with a jump of 13'7. In the Triple Jump, Freshman Maria Torres placed 3rd overall with an outstanding jump of 29'11.50.
VARSITY WOMENS POINTS SCORED
1. Maria Torres 6.0
2. Anna Parks 5.5
3. Julie Bujnowski 4.0
4. Julia Shimada 3.5
5. Natalie Hanigan 1.0
6. Adoara Achufusi 0.5
7. Gayatri Satam 0.5
8. Maria Zdunek 0.5
9. Jessica Galang 0.5
 | | Julia Shimada smiles as she passes Payton's Rachel Barch in the 2 Mile |
Tuesday, April 11
Eric Nelson wins High Jump!!! Patrick O'Connor places 2nd in both the 3200m run and 1600m run at Deerfield Tri-Meet!!!
On Tuesday, April 11, 2006, a short-handed Northside College Prep Mens and Womens Track & Field Team went to Deerfield, Illinois to take on Sectional rivals Glenbrook North High School and host Deerfield High School. The meet featured only 3 Teams, so the point scale used was 5-3-2-1 for Individual Events, and 5-3 for Relays. The Northside Womens 3200m, 4x800, 4x400, and Triple Jump all had to be scratched due to the lack of athletes because of Spring Break. The Northside Freshman-Sophomore Boys 4x400, 4x100, and Triple Jump also had to be scratched due to Spring Break. However, the athletes that competed had a great time and received valuable experience competing against the Top Teams in the Sectional.
Prior to the Meet, Deerfield High School honored their Senior athletes by having the Team form two rows for each Senior athlete and their parents to walk down, as highlights of each athlete's career were read over the loud speaker.
The Mustangs got off to a great start in the Field Events. Freshman Eric Nelson Won the High Jump, and Wemi Jemine placed 5th overall! Nelson also ran a 59 second 400m PR in the 4x400m Relay, and placed 4th overall in the 300m hurdles.
In the Shot Put, John Ko threw a personal best 30'8.5. In the Varsity Womens Shot Put, Kaitlin Renkosiak had a personal best throw of 23'10.
In the Varsity Discus, Wemi Jemine threw a personal best 81'8. In the Womens Varsity Discus, Kaitlin Renkosiak placed 6th with a personal best throw of 60'4. Stephanie Sotomayer threw a personal best throw of 45'3, and ran a impressive 15.80 in the 100m Dash.
In the Varsity Triple Jump, Albert Lin Jumped a personal best 34'8.5, and Bobby Ziegler jumped an outstanding 27'7.25.
In the Varsity Womens 800 Meter Medley Relay, Natalie Hanigan, Stephanie Sotomayer, Adoara Achufusi, and anchor Anna Parks placed 2nd overall for the Mustangs.
In the Varsity 4x800m Relay, Preston Buehrer (2:27), Erik Flores (2:36), Bobby Ziegler (2:35), and Joey Paquette (2:34), ran a 10:07, to place 3rd overall.
In the Freshman-Sophomore 4x800m Relay, Simon Vecchioni (2:39), Irfan Hussain (2:55), Brad Eben (2:43), and James Casper-Shipp (2:39), ran a 10:56, to place 3rd overall.
In the Varsity 3200m run, Deerfield High School won the event with a 10:10. Northside's Patrick O'Connor outkicked Glenbrook North's Buhle to the finish to place 2nd overall with an outstanding time of 10:30.
In the Freshman-Sophomore 3200m Run, Adam Swiatlowski ran an outstanding 12:35. Freshman Shaheed Ghogha ran a personal best 12:45.
In the Varsity 110m Hurdles, Albert Lin finished 5th overall, despite stoping before the finish line, with an outstanding time of 22.30. In the Freshman-Sophomore 110m Hurdles, Sammy Caronagan ran a personal best 21.91.
In the 100m Dash, Simon Vecchioni ran a 13.90, Sam Vergara ran a personal best time of 14.50, and Melvin Thomas ran a personal best time of 14.70.
In the Varsity 800m run, Freshman Brandon Cooper ran an outstanding time of 2:17 to place 4th overall. In the Freshman-Sophomore 800m run, Adam Swiatlowski (2:38), Shaheed Ghogha (2:43), and Calvin Lam (2:52) ran for the Mustangs.
In the Varsity Womens 800m run, 11 Athletes lined the Track from Deerfield High School, 1 Athlete from Glenbrook North also toed the line, and 1 Athlete from Northside. The odds were against Northside and Glenbrook, but they overcame it and finished 1-2. Freshman Anna Parks won the 800m run with an outstanding time of 2:40.
In the Mens 400m Run, Erik Flores ran an outstanding 60.83, followed by Brian Chhun (61.10), Brandon Cooper (62.40), Simon Vecchioni (65.16) and Melvin Thomas 68.70.
In the Varsity Womens 400m Run, Anna Parks placed 3rd overall with an outstanding time of 69.97.
In the Varsity 300m Hurdles, Eric Nelson placed 4th overall with a personal best time of 50.40. Albert Lin also ran a personal best time of 50.90. Sammy Caronagan ran a personal best time of 57.32
In the Varsity 1600m run, Patrick O'Connor placed 2nd overal with an outstanding time of 4:59. Bobby Ziegler dropped 3 seconds and ran a personal best time of 5:10.
Preston Buehrer ran an outstanding time of 5:21. Joey Paquette ran an outstanding time of 5:21.
In the Freshman-Sophomore 1600m Run, James Casper-Shipp (5:48), Adam Swiatlowski (5:53), Brad Eben (5:58), Shahhed Ghogha (6:07), Irfan Hussain (6:11), and Faraz Khan (6:40) ran for the Mustangs.
In the Varsity Womens 1600m run, Jessica Galang ran an outstanding time of 7:39.
In the Varsity Womens 200m Dash, Anna Parks won with a personal best time of 28.00. Kaitlin Renkowsiak ran an outstanding time of 33.70.
In the Varsity 4x400m Relay, Erik Flores ran a 60.68 400m Split on the first leg of the 4x400m Relay. Eric Nelson ran a 59.47 400m split on the second leg of the relay, and Preston Buehrer (65.44), and Patrick O'Connor (63.23) completed the Relay for the Mustangs after racing in the Mile run, for a total time of 4:08.82, for Third place.
The Mustangs will get a rematch against Deerfield and Glenbrook, at the Niles North Invitational on Tuesday, April 18, 2006.
VARSITY WOMENS Points Scored:
1. Anna Parks 12.75
2. Natalie Hanigan 0.75
3. Stephanie Sotomayer 0.75
4. Adoara Achufusi 0.75
VARSITY MENS Points Scored:
1. Eric Nelson 6
1. Patrick O'Connor 6
2. Brandon Cooper 1
SEASON MENS VARSITY POINT LEADERS (8 MEETS):
1. Daniel Kittaka 60.75
2. Patrick O'Connor 51.75
3. Eric Nelson 30.75
4. Joseph Terdik 25.25
5. Chris Zysko 18.00
6. Preston Buehrer 13.50
7. Bobby Ziegler 6.50
8. Joey Paquette 6.25
9. Brandon Cooper 3.75
10. Wemi Jemine 3.00
11. Manraj Bains 2.50
12. Erik Flores 2.25
13. Albert Lin 2.00
14. Tuan Lee 2.00
15. Geoffrey Edwards 1.50
16. Nick Florence 1.50
17. Benjamin Garcia 1.25
18. Eric Ullrich 1.25
19. Jonathan Kittaka 1.25
20. Jose Choto 1.00
21. Sam Vergara 0.75
22. Santino Merino 0.75
23. Tom Skawski 0.75
24. Aamir Khan 0.75
25. Christian Okoye 0.50
26. Ryne Tobin 0.50
27. Simon Vecchioni 0.25
28. Irfan Hussain 0.25
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Thursday, April 13
Mustangs win Powerade Pineapple Challenge
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On Thursday, April 13, 2006, Head Track Coach Jon Gordon challenged the Distance runners to run 1200m repeats in 4 minutes and under, and challenged the Sprinters to run 300m repeats in 47 seconds and under, and also challenged the High Jumpers to "PR" with unlimited attempts for Oranges, Powerade, and a Pineapple.
Distance runners Patrick O'Connor, Preston Buehrer, Joey Paquette, and Bobby Ziegler won the Pineapple Challenge by running repeats under 4 minutes for 1200 meters.
Sprinters Eric Flores, Wemi Jemine, Albert Lin, and Brian Chhun also earned a Pineapple by running three 300m repeats in 47 seconds and under.
Oranges and Powerade were awarded for sub 4:25 1200m repeats to Adam Swiatlowski. Irfan Hussain, Shaheed Ghogha, James Casper-Shipp all came close to winning the challenge. Athletes that did not complete the workout were not awarded challenge prizes.
Oranges and Powerade were also awarded to Sammy Caronagan for sub 48 seconds 300m repeats.
Oranges and Powerade were also awarded to Eric Nelson for a High Jump of 5'8.5.
Who will win the next Powerade Pineapple challenge?
 | | Nathan Michaelson passes the baton to Eli Tullis | |
Tuesday, April 18
Albert Lin wins Freshman Triple Jump Title at Viking Invitational with a jump of 36'6.5!
On April 18, 2006, the Northside Mustangs Freshman squad traveled to Niles North High School to take on sectional rivals Deerfield, Fenwick, Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South, Loyola, and host Niles North in the Viking Invitational.
Albert Lin lead the Mustangs in scoring with 15 points by winning the Triple Jump with a personal best 36'6.5. Lin also placed 4th in the Long Jump with a 16'5.5, and placed 6th in the 300m Hurdles with a personal best time of 50.60.
In the 4x800m Relay, the Mustangs placed fourth with an outstanding time of 11:12. Simon Vecchioni ran the first leg of the relay in 2:39. Shahhed Ghogha ran the second leg of the relay in 2:43. Nathan Michaelson ran the third leg of the relay in 2:53. Eli Tullis anchored the relay in 2:57.
In the 4x100m relay, the Mustangs placed fifth overall with a time of 61.01. Dilraj Sekhon ran a 13.63 on the first leg of the relay. Spencer Rosenfeldt ran a 15.20 on the second leg of the relay. Nathan Michaelson ran a 16.09 on the third leg of the relay, and Eli Tullis anchored the relay with a 100m split of 16.09.
In the 3200m run, Jonathan Kittaka placed third overall with a 11:17.6. Tyler Johnson earned a ribbon by place sixth overall with a time of 13:00.
In the 4x200m Relay, Brian Chhun ran a 24.87 200m split on the first leg of the relay. Sammy Caronagan ran a 29.12 200m split on the second leg of the relay. Tyler Johnson ran a 31.81 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Sam Vergara ran a 27.83 split on the anchor leg of the relay. However, the relay was "DQ" because of an exchange zone violation on the third leg of the relay.
In the 400m run, Brian Chun ran a 61.30, and Sam Vergara ran a 65.90.
In the 1600m run, Jonathan Kittaka finished 7th overall with a 5:19. Shaheed Ghogha ran an outstanding time of 5:50.
In the 4x400m Relay, Brian Chhun ran a 61.06 400m split on the first leg of the relay, Simon Vechhioni ran a 67.53 on the second leg of the relay, Tyler Johnson ran a personal best 64.00 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and Sam Vergara anchored the relay with an outstanding time of 63.94.
Although several members of the Mustangs Freshman Team were running Varsity and not in the Freshman division, the Mustangs still finished within 20 points of Track and Field powerhouse Loyola.
FRESHMAN POINTS SCORED
Albert Lin 15
Jonathan Kittaka 6
Eli Tullis 1.5
Nathan Michaelson 1.5
Tyler Johnson 1.0
Simon Vecchioni 1.0
Shahhed Ghogha 1.0
Dilraj Sekhon 1.0
Spencer Rosenfeldt 1.0
 | | Brad Eben prepares for the 3200m run |
 | | Benjamin Garcia prepares for the 100m Dash | |
Tuesday, April 18
Bobby Ziegler runs 2:25 800m PR on first leg of JV 4x800m Relay!
|  | | Adam Swiatlowski |
On April 18, 2006, the Mustangs traveled to Niles North High School for the Viking Invitational. The meet offered three divisions, Varisity, Junior Varisty, and Freshman. Track and Field Meets in Illinois, only offer athletes 2 divisions (Varsity and Sophomore-Freshman). Head Niles North Coach Paul Swanson came up with the idea to have a meet with Three divisions to get more athletes involved in participating in multiple events and to better develop the depth of Track and Field Teams. The meet was huge success, and all three divisions were highly competitive.
In the Junior Varsity 4x800m Relay, Senior Bobby Ziegler ran a personal best 800m split of 2:25, representing a 4 second time drop, on the first leg of the 4x800m relay. On the second leg of the relay, Adam Swiatlowski ran an 800m split of 2:33. On the Third leg of the 4x800m relay, Sophomore Eric Ullrich ran a 2:31 800m split. On the anchor leg of the relay, Irfan Hussain ran a 2:55 800m split, for a total time of 10:34.
In the Junior Varsity 4x100m Relay, Sophomore James Casper-Shipp ran a personal best 12.98 100m split. Faraz Khan ran a 19.61 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Walid Mohammad ran a personal best 14.00 100m split on the third leg of the relay, and Melvin Thomas anchored the relay with a 14.94 100m split on the fourth leg of the relay.
In the Junior Varsity 800m run, Eric Ullrich ran a 2:31. Ullrich ran up the steps of the pyramids in Mexico during Spring break last week as part of his Outdoor Track season training.
In the Junior Varsity 4x200m relay, Irfan Hussain ran the first leg of the 4x200m relay, Faraz Khan ran the second leg of the 4x200m relay, Melvin Thomas ran a 30.34 200m split on the third leg of the relay. However, Walid Mohammad did not make back to the Track in time for the fourth leg of the relay. But all three athletes that ran in the relay gained valuable experience.
In the Junior Varsity 400m run, Irfan Hussain ran a time of 69.00
In the Junior Varsity Mile, Bobby Ziegler ran a 5:18, and Adam Swiatlowski ran a 5:40 Mile.
In the Junior Varsity 4x400m Relay, Melvin Thomas ran a 67.20 on the first leg, Eric Ullrich ran a 67.38 on the second leg, Adam Swiatlowski ran 69.09 on the third leg, and Bobby Ziegler anchored the relay with a 68.79 400m split.
JUNIOR VARSITY POINTS SCORED
Melvin Thomas 0.75
James Casper-Shipp 0.50
Faraz Khan 0.50
Walid Mohammad 0.50
Eric Ullrich 0.25
Bobby Ziegler 0.25
Adam Swiatlowski 0.25
 | | Eric Ullrich |
 | | Brandon Cooper runs 2:12 800m on the first leg of 4x800m Relay | |
Tuesday, April 18
Mustangs take on IHSA Sectional rivals at Niles North Viking Invitational
|  | | Patrick O'Connor |
On Tuesday, April 18, 2006, the Northside Mens Varsity Track and Field Team traveled to Niles North High School in Skokie, Illinois to take on Sectional rivals Deerfield, Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South, Loyola, Fenwick, and Niles North. The meet was the most competitive meet the Mustangs attended this season, and as a result several Northside athletes ran, jumped, and/or threw personal bests distances and/or times in multiple events. Points were scored by placing in the top 6 individuals and/or top 5 relays.
In the 4x800m relay, Freshman Brandon Cooper ran a personal best 2:12 on the first leg of the 4x800m relay. Sophomore Preston Buehrer ran a 2:28 on the second leg of the relay. Junior Joey Paquette ran a 2:32 on the third leg of the relay. Sophomore Erik Flores anchored the relay with a personal best time of 2:25, for a total time of 9:27 to place 4th overall and upset Glenbrook South, Niles North, and Loyola.
In the 4x100m relay, Freshman Benjamin Garcia ran an outstanding 100m split of 12.58 on the first leg of the relay. Freshman Wemi Jemine ran a 12.91 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Sophomore Santino Merino ran a 13.31 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Sophomore Preston Buehrer ran a personal best 12.46 on anchor leg of the relay, for a total time of 51.26.
In the 3200m run, O'Connor and Kittaka were at 5:04 and 5:07 respectively through the Mile. Both athletes ran outstanding races. Patrick O'Connor placed 4th overall with a personal best time of 10:25. Senior Daniel Kittaka ran an outstanding time of 10:41.
In the 800m run, Sophomore Preston Buehrer dropped 7 seconds off his personal best time with an outstanding time of 2:17. Junior Joey Paquette also ran an outstanding race with a time of 2:30.
In the 400m run, Erik Flores ran a personal best time of 59.80. Brandon Cooper ran a outstanding time of 61.50.
In the 1600m run, Patrick O'Connor ran an outstanding time of 4:53 to place 6th overall. Daniel Kittaka ran a 5:04, and showed great determination outkicking a runner from Deerfield and Niles North to the finish line.
In the 4x400m Relay, Northside ran their fastest time this season with a 3:57.32 to place 7th overall. Freshman Benjamin Garcia lead off the relay with a personal best 400m split of 56.58. Erik Flores ran a 62.00 on the second leg of the 4x400m relay. Freshman Brandon Cooper ran a 59.42 on the third leg of the 4x400m relay. Preston Buehrer anchored the 4x400m relay with a personal best 60.30 400m split.
The Mustangs will travel to Eckersal Stadium on Saturday, April 22, 2006 to take on 20 schools in the Kenwood Classic. The bus will leave from Northside at 7:00 am, and the Mustangs will feature several of their fastest relay entries of the season. Team Trophys will be awarded to the Top 3 Teams in the meet. The Mustangs will contend with DelaSalle High School for the Team Title. Meet Roster entries will be made public for the Kenwood Classic on the morning of Friday, April 21, 2006.
VARSITY POINT TOTALS
Patrick O'Connor 5
Preston Buehrer 1
Brandon Cooper 1
Joey Paquette 1
Erik Flores 1
SEASON MENS VARSITY POINT LEADERS (9 MEETS):
1. Daniel Kittaka 60.75
2. Patrick O'Connor 56.75
3. Eric Nelson 30.75
4. Joseph Terdik 25.25
5. Chris Zysko 18.00
6. Preston Buehrer 14.50
7. Joey Paquette 7.25
8. Bobby Ziegler 6.50
9. Brandon Cooper 4.75
10. Erik Flores 3.25
11. Wemi Jemine 3.00
12. Manraj Bains 2.50
13. Albert Lin 2.00
14. Tuan Lee 2.00
15. Geoffrey Edwards 1.50
16. Nick Florence 1.50
17. Benjamin Garcia 1.25
18. Eric Ullrich 1.25
19. Jonathan Kittaka 1.25
20. Jose Choto 1.00
21. Sam Vergara 0.75
22. Santino Merino 0.75
23. Tom Skawski 0.75
24. Aamir Khan 0.75
25. Christian Okoye 0.50
26. Ryne Tobin 0.50
27. Simon Vecchioni 0.25
28. Irfan Hussain 0.25
 | | Preston Buehrer |
Saturday, April 22
Mustangs awarded Team Trophy at Kenwood Classic! 4x800m Relay 8:54! Nelson jumps 5'10! O'Connor 4:49!
On Saturday, April 22, 2006, the Northside Mens Track & Field Team traveled to Eckersal stadium to take on 15 schools in the Kenwood Classic. The meet was well organized and complete with Hy-Tek scoring, and a surplus of officials. Medals were awarded to the Top 3 Individuals in each Event. Team Trophys were also awarded to the Top 3 Teams in the meet. Eight places were scored, and the scoring scale used was 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Oak Park-River Forest High School won the meet. The Mustangs took home several medals and the Third place Trophy by scoring 92 points!!
In the 4x800m Relay, Brandon Cooper lead-off with 61 seconds opening quarter, and ran a 2:10.59 on the first leg of the 4x800m Relay. Joseph Terdik ran 62 seconds for the first quarter, and a 2:12.40 800m split on the second leg of the 4x800m relay, and made a nice exchange to Preston Buehrer. Preston Buehrer ran 66 seconds for the first quarter, and a 2:20.44 800m split on the third leg of the 4x800m relay. Patrick O'Connor anchored the 4x800m relay to victory with 63 seconds for the first quarter, and a 2:11.76 800m split on the final leg of the 4x800m relay, for a total time of 8:54.19. It was the fastest 4x800m Relay by Northside this season.
In the 4x100m Relay, Brian Chhun lead-off with 12.23 100m split, and made a nice exchange to Santino Merino. Merino ran a 12.50 on the second leg of the 4x100m relay, and made a nice exchange to Geoff Edwards. Edwards ran a 13.10 on the third leg of the relay. Sam Vergara anchored the relay to 5th place overall with a 13.15 100m split, for a total time of 50.98.
In the Weightmen's 4x100m Relay, Wemi Jemine and Manraj Bains did not make the Team Bus, and throwers Spencer Rosenfeldt and James Casper-Shipp ran in there replacement. Brandon Cooper ran a 12.83 100m split on the first leg of the relay. James Casper-Shipp ran a 13.91 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Spencer Rosenfeldt ran a 14.95 100m split on the third leg of the relay and made a nice exchange to Preston Buehter. Buehrer anchored the relay with a personal best 12.41 100m split, to place 4th overall, for a total time of 54.10.
In the Shot Put, Chris Zysko placed 7th overall with a throw of 36'5.5. Benjamin Garcia threw a personal best 33'2.
In the Discus, Chris Zysko placed 4th overall with a throw of 112'11. Benjamin Garcia placed 6th overall with a personal best throw of 92'2.
In the High Jump, Eric Nelson placed 3rd overall with an outstanding jump of 5'10.
In the Long Jump, Geoff Edwards placed 8th overall with a personal best 17'04.25.
In the Triple Jump, Eric Nelson placed 6th overall with a personal best 36'1. Geoff Edwards placed 8th overall with a personal best 31'9.75.
In the 3200m run, Daniel Kittaka ran a 5:07 for the first mile, and won the 3200m run with an outstanding time of 10:38. Jonathan Kittaka ran a 5:27 for the first mile, and placed 4th overall with an outstanding time of 11:22.
In 110m High Hurdles, the Mustangs were without Hurdlers Albert Lin and Sammy Caronagan due to other obligations. Santino Merino and Captain Daniel Kittaka came through for the Mustangs on a moment's notice. Santino Merino placed 4th overall with a personal best time of 22.21. Daniel Kittaka placed 6th overall with a personal best time of 25.93.
In the 100m Dash, Erik Flores ran a 13.63. Sam Vergara ran a 14.27.
In the 800m run, Freshman Brandon Cooper ran the first quarter in 63 seconds, and placed 4th overall with a 800m time of 2:17. Sophomore Preston Buehrer ran the first quarter in 65 seconds, and placed 6th overall with a 800m time of 2:20.
In the 4x200m Relay, the Mustangs placed 7th overall, with a time of 1:47.31. Brian Chhun ran the first leg in 27.77 and made a nice exchange to Santino Merino. Merino ran the second leg in 26.32. Geoff Edwards ran a 25.28 on the third leg of the relay, and Erik Flores anchored the relay with a 27.54.
In the 400m Dash, Benjamin Garcia ran a 57.41.
In the 300m Hurdles, Eric Nelson placed 6th overall with a 50.18. Daniel Kittaka placed 8th overall with a personal best 53.82.
In the 1600m Run, Patrick O'Connor placed 3rd overall with a 4:49. Joseph Terdik placed 4th overall with a 5:08.
In the 4x400m Relay, Preston Buehrer ran a personal best 59.80 on the first leg of the relay. Eric Nelson ran a 62.70 on the second leg of the relay. Brandon Cooper ran a 59.42 on the third leg of the relay, and Benjamin Garcia anchored the relay with a 58.58 on the final leg of the relay to place 5th overall with a time of 4:00.50.
VARSITY POINTS SCORED
Daniel Kittaka 14.00
Eric Nelson 13.00
Brandon Cooper 9.75
Patrick O'Connor 8.50
Preston Buehrer 7.75
Joseph Terdik 7.50
Chris Zysko 7.00
Santino Merino 6.50
Jonathan Kittaka 5.00
Benjamin Garcia 4.00
Geoff Edwards 3.50
Brian Chhun 1.50
James Casper-Shipp 1.25
Spencer Rosenfeldt 1.25
Sam Vergara 1.00
Erik Flores 0.50
SEASON MENS VARSITY POINT LEADERS (10 MEETS):
1. Daniel Kittaka 74.75
2. Patrick O'Connor 65.25
3. Eric Nelson 43.75
4. Joseph Terdik 32.75
5. Chris Zysko 25.00
6. Preston Buehrer 22.25
7. Brandon Cooper 14.50
8. Joey Paquette 7.25
9. Santino Merino 7.25
10. Bobby Ziegler 6.50
11. Jonathan Kittaka 6.25
12. Benjamin Garcia 5.25
13. Geoffrey Edwards 5.00
14. Erik Flores 3.75
15. Wemi Jemine 3.00
16. Manraj Bains 2.50
17. Albert Lin 2.00
18. Tuan Lee 2.00
19. Sam Vergara 1.75
20. Brian Chhun 1.50
21. Nick Florence 1.50
22. Eric Ullrich 1.25
23. James Casper-Shipp 1.25
24. Spencer Rosenfeldt 1.25
25. Jose Choto 1.00
26. Tom Skawski 0.75
27. Aamir Khan 0.75
28. Christian Okoye 0.50
29. Ryne Tobin 0.50
30. Simon Vecchioni 0.25
31. Irfan Hussain 0.25
Saturday, April 22
Rachel Kittaka wins 3200m and 1600m! Anna Parks wins 800m! 4x400m and Weightmens Relay wins!
On Saturday, April 22, 2006, the Northside Womens's Track and Field Team traveled to Eckersal Stadium for the Kenwood Classic. Prior to the meet, David Diaz was officially named by Northside Athletic Director Daisy Simbulan as the new Womens Head Track & Field Coach as replacement for Humberto Guiterrez. Guiterrez spent 6 years at Northside, but left the Track & Field program to become the newest member of the Chicago Police Department. Guiterrez has already set a new Chicago Police Department record for the 1.5 Miles run and will continue to support the Team.
At the Kenwood Classic, the Mustangs brought home a Trophy for placing third overall out of 15 schools!
In Shot Put, Kaitlin Renkosiak placed 5th overall with a personal best throw of 22'3. Adoara Achufusi placed 6th overall with a personal best throw of 17'0. In exhibition round, Jennifer Mensah threw 14'5. In the Discus, Kaitlin Renkosiak placed 3rd overall with a throw of 55'5. Stephanie Sotomayer threw a personal best 45'7 to place 4th overall.
In the Weightmen's 4x100m relay, Kaitlin Renkosiak, Stephanie Sotomayer, Jennifer Mensah, and Adoara Achufusi medaled by placing 1st overall, with a time of 62 seconds!
In the High Jump, Julie Bujnowski placed 4th overall with a jump of 4'0. Bujnowski also placed 8th overall in the Long Jump with a jump of 13'6.
In the Triple Jump, Maria Torres placed 2nd overall with a jump of 31'5. Torres also placed 4th overall in the Long Jump with a jump of 14'0.75. Maria Zdunek placed 6th overall in the Triple jump with a jump of 23'10.
In the 3200m run, Rachel Kittaka won with an outstanding time of 12:48. Julia Shimada placed 4th overall with a time of 14:04.
In the 800 Medley Relay, Natalie Hanigan, Maria Torres, Jennifer Kane, and Anna Parks placed 4th overall, with a time of 2:04.34.
In the 4x100m Relay, the Mustangs placed 8th overall with a time of 58.21. Natalie Hanigan ran a 14.81 100m split on the first leg of the relay and made a nice exchange to Stephanie Sotomayer. Sotomayer ran a 14.59 100m split on the second leg of the relay. Adaoara Achufusi ran a 13.50 100m split on the third leg of the relay. Maria Zdunek ran a 15.31 100m split on the final leg of the relay.
In the 100m Hurdles, Jennifer Kane placed 5th with an outstanding time of 21.32.
In the 100m Dash, Maria Zdunek ran a 15.83. Kaitlin Renkosiak ran a 16.15.
In the 800m run, Anna Parks won with an outstanding time of 2:47. Jessica Galang ran a 3:21.
In the 4x200m Relay, Jennifer Kane ran a 29.24 200m split and made a nice exchange to Maria Torres. Torres ran a 28.22 200m split on the second leg of the relay. Natalie Hanigan ran a 30.54 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Adoara Achufusi anchored the relay, with a 31.00 200m split, for a total time of 1:59.36. It was the fastest 4x200m Relay by Northside this season.
In the 400m Dash, Julie Bujnowski placed 3rd overall with a time of 66. Jessica Galang ran an time of 85 seconds.
In the 300m Hurdles, Maria Zdunek ran an outstanding time of 64. Senior Monica Wojcik ran a personal best time of 71.
In the 1600m Run, Rachel Kittaka won with an outstanding time of 5:58. Julia Shimada placed 4th overall with a time of 6:45.
In the 200m Dash, Anna Parks ran a time of 29.66.
In the 4x400m Relay, the Mustangs won, with an outstanding time of 4:45.33. Julie Bujnowski ran the first leg of the relay in 66.58. Natalie Hanigan ran the second leg of the relay in 72.06 400m split and made a nice exchange to Rachel Kittaka. Kittaka ran a 75.10 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Anna Parks anchored the relay to victory with a 71.59 400m split.
VARSITY POINTS SCORED
1. Rachel Kittaka 22.50
2. Julie Bujnowski 14.50
3. Maria Torres 14.25
4. Anna Parks 13.75
5. Julia Shimada 13.00
6. Kaitlin Renkosiak 12.50
7. Stephanie Sotomayer 7.75
8. Adoara Achufusi 5.75
9. Jennifer Kane 5.25
10. Natalie Hanigan 4.00
11. Jennifer Mensah 2.50
Saturday, April 29
Mustangs qualify for Sophomore-Freshman City Championships!!!
On Saturday, April 29, 2006, 58 Chicago Public High Schools competed for the right to go to the City Championships. In Relays, only the top 8 schools advance to the Finals on May 5, 2006 at Hanson Stadium (12 schools for 4x800m Relay). In Sprints and Hurldes, only the top 8 athletes advance to the Finals. In Field Events, only the top 12 athletes advance to the Finals. In Distance Events, only the top 12 athletes avdance to the Finals.
In the High Jump, Eric Nelson qualifed for the number one seed in Finals with a jump of 5'8. Nelson also qualifed for the Finals in the Triple Jump with a jump of 36'02. Eric Nelson also qualified for 300m Hurdles (50.55) with a dramatic finish, edging a runner at the line. Nelson also helped the 4x400m Relay qualify for the Finals.
In the Long Jump, Albert Lin qualified for the Finals with a jump of 16'08.50. Lin also qualifed for the Finals in the Triple Jump (35'00). Lin also qualified for the Finals in 110m Hurdles (21.36).
In 110m Hurdles, Sammy Caronagan (22.22) also qualified for the Finals.
In the 100m Dash, Kyle Diep (14.10) ran a season-best time, but did not qualify for the Finals.
In the Shot Put, Benjamin Garcia (32'05.50), and John Ko (30'8.25) both qualified for the Finals.
In the Discus, the Mustangs used a new discus that just arrived from M&F Athletic Company. However, the Mustangs learned the hard way that new equipment isn't always better. Benjamin Garcia was seeded second heading into the competition with a PR of 92'2. But had trouble gripping the new discus and was not able to qualify (71'09). Wemi Jemine was also entered in the Discus but did not show up to the meet.
In the 4x800m Relay, Brandon Cooper ran a 2:14 800m split on the first leg of the Relay. Simon Vecchioni ran a 2:32 800m split on the second leg of the Relay. Jonathan Kittaka ran a personal best 2:23 800m split on the third leg of the Relay. Preston Buehrer anchored the 4x800m Relay to Third place overall with a 2:23 800m split, and a total time of 9:32.44 to advance the Mustangs to the Finals.
In the 4x100m Relay, Brian Chhun ran a 13.30 on the first leg of the relay. Daniel Preimer ran an impressive 12.19 on the second leg of the relay. Santino Merino ran a 13.50 on the third leg of the Relay. Sam Vergara anchored the relay with an impressive 12.95 on the Final leg of the relay for a total time of 51.94. However, the Mustangs came up short, and placed 10th overall and did not qualify for the Finals in the 4x100m Relay.
In the 800m run, Brandon Cooper (2:15) and Erik Flores (2:22) both qualifed for the Finals.
In the 4x200m Relay, Brian Chhun ran a 25.86 200m split on the first leg. Daniel Preimer ran a 30.28 200m split on the second leg of the 4x200m Relay. Santino Merino ran a 25.57 200m split on the third leg of the 4x200m Relay. Simon Vechhioni anchored the 4x200m relay with a 29.01 200m split to qualify for the Finals with a time of 1:50.62.
In the 400m Dash, Benjamin Garcia (57) qualified for the Finals. Sam Vergara did not qualify for the finals, but still ran an impressive personal best time of 61 seconds.
In the 1600m run, Preston Buehrer (5:09) and Jonathan Kittaka (5:12) both ran personal best times and qualified for the Finals. Buehrer and Kittaka also advanced to the finals in the 3200m run based on seed times.
In the 4x400m Relay, Brandon Cooper (63.06), Eric Nelson (61.53), Preston Buehrer (61.50), and Benjamin Garcia (63.01) ran a 4:09.10, and qualified for the Finals.
The Mustangs will compete for the City Championship Title on Friday, May 5, 2006, at Hanson Stadium, 5501 W. Fullerton, Chicago, Illinois. The Meet will start at 3 pm, and the Team bus will leave at 1:55 pm on Friday.
Tuesday, May 2
Chris Zysko throws Discus 122'2 to take second seed and qualify for City Championships! Terdik 2:09.30
On Tuesday, May 2, 2006, the Northside College Prep Varsity Mens Track and Field Team traveled to Hanson Stadium for the qualifying Meet for the City Championships. The Meet features athletes from over 58 Chicago Public High Schools, and the Top 12 Field Event athletes, and Distance Event athletes advanced to the City Championship Meet on Saturday, May 6, 2006.
Chris Zysko was ranked the 7th best Discus thrower in Chicago going into the meet. Outside Hanson Stadium, at the Discus cage, Chris Zysko earned the #2 ranking in Chicago with a throw of 122'2. The distance of the throw will carry over to City Championship Meet on Saturday, and all 12 qualifiers will get 3 additionals throws to determine the 2006 Discus City Champion.
In the Mile, Patrick O'Connor (4:50), and Daniel Kittaka (4:54) both qualified among the Top 5 Milers in Chicago for the City Championships. O'Connor and Kittaka also qualified in the 3200m run for the City Championships based on seed times.
In the 4x800m Relay, Daniel Kittaka ran a personal best time of 2:15 800m split on the first leg of the relay and made a nice exchange to Patrick O'Connor. O'Connor ran a 2:18 800m split on the second leg of the relay, but had no one to exchange the baton too on the third leg of the 4x800m relay.
The Mustangs were ranked among the Top 4x800m Relay Teams in Chicago prior to the meet, but were not able to complete the relay at the Varsity City Championship Qualifying Meet because only 2 of 8 athletes entered in the relay showed up for the race.
On Saturday, April 29, 2006, Coach Gordon designated Joey Paquette, Adam Swiatlowski, James Casper-Shipp, Joseph Terdik, Jordan Stacey, and Bobby Ziegler as 6 of the 8 entries for the 4x800m relay. However, on the same day, Joey Paquette notified Coach Gordon he could not race on Tuesday. Paquette was left on the Relay roster, so he would be eligible to race in the City Championships on Saturday. However, Adam Swiatlwoski and James Casper-Shipp did not show up for the meet. Joseph Terdik, Jordan Stacey, and Bobby Ziegler showed up to the meet right after the race ended, because an "AP" Exam that was given Nationally didn't start on time at Northside, but stated on time at every other CPS School. Therefore, Coach Gordon was left with only 2 of his 8 Relay entries, and the Mustangs were not able to finish the relay.
The 4x100m Relay also had to be scratched because only 3 of the 8 athletes (Jose Choto, Tom Skawski, Manraj Bains) that Northside entered into the Relay showed up to the meet. Melvin Thomas AP Exam did not end in time. James Casper-Shipp and Nathan Michaelson did not show up. Jerry Tran is still recovering from a broken arm, and Christian Okoyoe left a message that he was sick.
Members of the Northside College Prep Track & Field Coaching staff travel as far as 42 miles a day to attend practice, and make numerous sacerfices for the athletes on a daily basis and were deeply disappointed at the lack of dedication of the Varsity athletes to the TEAM for the City Championships Series. However, the Coaching staff was proud of each and every athlete that showed up and competed in the meet to the best of their ability, and the dedication that the Freshman-Sophomore squad displayed last Saturday and throughout the season.
Members of the Northside College Prep Team will be asked to turn in their Uniform on Wednesday, May, 3, 2006, if for ANY reason, they will not be able to attend IHSA Sectionals (May 19) or the IHSA State Championship Meet (May 26-27) for the FULL duration of the Meet.
The athletes who competed on Tuesday night, ran their guts out for the TEAM, and Jumped and Threw with determination, and made the Coaching staff proud.
In the 800m Run, Joseph Terdik ran a personal best time of 2:09.30, and missed qualifying for the City Championships by only ".17" of a second. Terdik dropped 3 seconds of his personal best time and ran an inspiring race. Jordan Stacey also ran an outstanding race in the 800m run, with a personal best time of 2:20. Stacey dropped 3 seconds off his personal best time.
In the Triple Jump, Geoffrey Edwards jumped a personal best 33'0! Bobby Ziegler also jumped a personal best 15'5 in the long jump!
In the 4x200m Relay, Irfan Hussain collapsed right before exchanging the baton on the first leg of the Relay. Jose Choto made a nice recovery, and made an excellent hand-off to Tom Skawski. Geoffrey Edwards anchored the 4x200m Relay with a strong finish.
In the 300m Hurdles, Bobby Ziegler showed great mental toughness fighting every second of the race despite several hard falls on his way to the finish line. Tom Skawski, who just started training for the 300m hurdles a few weeks ago, made it over every hurdle.
In the 4x400m Relay, Joseph Terdik ran a 59.58 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Jordan Stacey ran a personal best 60.28 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Stacey dropped 4 seconds off his personal best time. Geoffrey Edwards ran a personal best 60.56 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Edwards also dropped 4 seconds off his personal best time. Patrick O'Connor, who moments earlier ran a 4:50 Mile, anchored the 4x400m relay with an outstanding 400m split of 59.97, for a total time of 4:00.39.
Wednesday, May 3
Northside Womens Varsity Track & Field Team dominates City Championship Qualifying Meet!
On Wednesday, May 3, 2006, the Northside College Prep Womens Track & Field Team dominated at the City Championship Qualifying meet.
In the 4x800m Relay, Maruja Yoshimura ran a 2:54 800m split on the first leg of the relay. Carmen Abelson ran a 2:52 800m split on the second leg of the relay. Meghan Schmitt ran a 2:52 800m split on the third leg of the relay. Racheal Kittaka anchored the relay to 4th overall with a 2:47 800m split, for a total time of 11:25, qualifying for the City Championships on Saturday.
Julie Bujnowski qualified for the City Championships in the Long Jump with a Jump of 14'4.25. Bujnowski also qualified in the 800m run with a time of 2:47. Bujnowski also qualified in the High Jump with a jump of 4'2. Julie Bujnowski also helped the 4x400m Relay qualify with a 66.04 400m split on the third leg of the 4x400m relay.
Maria Torres and Gayatri Satam both qualified for the City Championships in the Triple Jump.
Kelly Varney qualifed for the City Championships in the 100m Hurdles with an outstanding time of 18.91. Varney also qualified in the High Jump with a jump of 4'2.
Anna Parks qualified for the City Championships in the 800m run with an outstanding time of 2:45.
Rachel Kittaka qualified for the City Championships in the Mile with a personal best 5:45. Maruja Yoshimura also qualified for the City Championships in the Mile with an outstanding time of 6:31. Rachel Kittaka and Julia Shimada both qualified for the 3200m run based on seed times.
In the 4x200m Relay, the Mustangs ran a season best 1:56.80, but did not qualify for the City Championships.
In the 4x400m Relay, Meghan Schmitt ran a 72.21 400m split on the first leg of the relay and made a nice exchange to Carmen Abelson. Abelson ran a 71.95 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Julie Bujnowski ran a 66.04 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Anna Parks anchored the 4x400m relay with an outstanding 68.13 400m split, for a total time of 4:38.15 to qualify for the City Championships.
The Mustangs will compete for the Chicago Public School Title on Saturday, May 6, 2006, at 9:30 am, at Hanson Stadium.
Friday, May 5
Eric Nelson CPS Outdoor High Jump Champion! Preston Buehrer 10:57 3200m! Mustangs take Third Place in City Championships!!!
On Friday, May 5, 2006, Northside College Prep Sophomore-Freshman Mens Track & Field Team competed for the Outdoor CPS Track and Field Championship. In 2005, the Mustangs did not score a single point in the City Championships and placed 58th overall. In one year, the Mustangs went from 58th place to 3rd place overall in the Outdoor City Championships!!!
The Meet was won by Lane Tech. There was a tie for second between Morgan Park and Mather, with the Mustangs finishing in Third Place in the City Championships!!
In the High Jump, there was great sportsmanship between Mather and Northside, with jumpers from both Teams encouraging each other on every jump. After two attempts, neither Northside or Mather had cleared 5'6, and both squads had one remaining athlete in the competition. The Mather athlete barely missed it on his Third Attempt. Freshman Eric Nelson then cleared 5'6 on his Third attempt to win the competition. The bar was then raised to 5'8, and Nelson had an incredible jump and was way above the bar on his very first attempt. A crowd gathered to the High Jump pit as the bar was raised to 5'10. On Nelson's first attempt, Nelson had a great take-off, and cleared 5'10. The High Jump Bar was then raised to 6'0. On his first attempt, his spike got caught in the runway before take-off. Nelson was ok, and was ready for his second attempt. On his second attempt, Nelson was up and over 6'0, and just barely tapped the bar on the way down. It appeared briefly that he had cleared 6'0, but the bar rattled and came off. On his third attempt, Nelson came close again to clearing 6'0. Eric Nelson won both the 2006 CPS Indoor and Outdoor High Jump Championships.
In the Shot Put, Benjamin Garcia finished 7th overall with a throw of 32'5.50. John Ko threw a personal best 31'2.75.
In the Triple Jump, Eric Nelson placed 3rd overal with a personal best jump of 36'11. Albert Lin placed 4th overall with a jump of 36'6. Lin also placed 4th in the Long Jump with an outstanding jump of 17'05.
In the 4x800m Relay, Erik Flores ran a 2:23 800m split on the first leg of the relay. Simon Vecchioni ran a 2:30 800m split on the second leg of the rleay and made a nice exchange to Daniel Preimer. Preimer dropped 5 seconds, and ran a personal best 2:23 800m split on the third leg of the relay. Eric Ullrich anchored the relay with a 2:29 800m split, for a total time of 9:44, and 6th overall in the City.
In the 3200m run, there was an epic battle with several lead changes between the top 5 athletes. Northside Preston Buehrer ran an aggressive race and outkicked runners from Lane Tech and Mather to the finish line to place second overall in the City with a personal best time of 10:57. Buehrer dropped over 20 seconds off his personal best time. Jonathan Kittaka also ran an outstanding race with a time of 11:16 to place 5th overall.
In the 110m Hurdles, Albert Lin (21.03) and Sammy Caronagan (22.37) placed 6th and 7th overall respectively.
In the 4x200m Relay, Brian Chhun ran a 27.52 200m split on the first leg of the relay. Simon Vecchioni ran a 31.22 on the second leg of the relay and made a nice exchange to Santino Merino. Merino ran a 27.00 200m split on the third leg of the relay. Sam Vergara anchored the relay to 4th place overall with an outstanding 27.25 200m split, for a total time of 1:52.99.
In the 400m Dash, Benjamin Garcia placed 7th overall with an outstanding time of 58.62.
In the 300m Hurdles, Eric Nelson dropped 3 seconds, and ran a personal best unofficial time of 47.75 to place 5th overall in Chicago!
In the 1600m Run, Preston Buehrer (5:19), and Jonathan Kittaka (5:21) placed 7th and 8th overall.
In the 4x400m Relay, Brian Chhun ran a 61.52 400m split on the first leg of the 4x400m relay. Eric Nelson ran a 60.53 400m split on the second leg of the 4x400m relay and made a nice exchange to Erik Flores. Flores ran a personal best 59.95 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Preston Buehrer anchored the relay with a 62.30 400m split, for a total time of 4:04.30.
The Mustangs will begin preparing for IHSA Sectionals on Monday, May 8, 2006, at 3:45 pm
SOPHOMORE-FRESHMAN POINTS SCORED
1. Eric Nelson 20.25
2. Albert Lin 13.00
3. Preston Buehrer 10.25
4. Jonathan Kittaka 5.00
5. Benjamin Garcia 4.00
6. Sammy Caronagan 2.00
7. Simon Vecchioni 2.00
8. Brian Chhun 1.50
9. Sam Vergara 1.25
10. Santino Merino 1.25
11. Erik Flores 1.00
12. Daniel Preimer 0.75
13. Eric Ullrich 0.75
SOPHOMORE/FRESHMAN SEASON POINT LEADERS
1. Albert Lin 66.00
2. Eric Nelson 50.25
3. Jonathan Kittaka 38.00
4. Wemi Jemine 27.50
5. Hiro Joho 20.50
6. Sam Vergara 19.50
7. Jerry Tran 19.00
8. James Casper-Shipp 19.00
9. Eric Ullrich 17.75
10.Brad Eben 16.50
11.Brian Chhun 15.50
12.Ryan Walach 15.00
13.Preston Buehrer 14.25
14.Jose Choto 13.25
15.John Ko 11.25
16.Brandon Cooper 11.00
17.Simon Vecchioni 10.25
18.Erik Flores 9.50
19.Sammy Caronongan 9.50
20.Santino Merino 8.50
21.Benjamin Garcia 8.25
22.Kyle Diep 7.75
23.Irfan Hussain 7.50
24.Tyler Johnson 5.50
25.Joseph Kanikunnel 5.50
26.Walid Mohammad 5.25
27.Shaheed Ghogha 5.00
28.Dilraj Sekhon 5.00
29.Nathan Michaelson 3.50
30.Spencer Rosenfeld 2.25
31.Coleman Gailloreto 2.00
32.Eli Tullis 1.50
33.Christian Okoye 1.50
34.Daniel Preimer 0.75
35.Craig Melhuse 0.50
Saturday, May 6
Varsity Girls place 8th in City Championships! Rachel Kittaka 3rd in 3200m! Anna Parks 2:31.90 800m!
On Saturday, May 6, 2006, the Northside College Prep Womens Track and Field Team traveled to Hanson Stadium for the Varsity City Championships. The Mustangs scored a Team City Championship record 34 points and placed 8th out of 58 CPS Schools. It was the highest finish in the history of the Northside Womens Track & Field program.
A year ago, Rachel Kittaka ran a 6:14 in the 1600m Run and a 13:16 in the 3200m run in the City Championships. In 2006, Rachel Kittaka ran a 12:23 in the 3200m run to place 3rd overall in the City, and dropped 25 seconds off her personal best time. In the Mile, Kittaka ran a 5:45 to place 4th overall in the City.
In the 4x800m Relay, Maruja Yoshimura ran a 2:58.52 800m split on the first leg of the relay. Carmen Abelson ran a 2:46.48 800m split on the second leg of the relay. Jessica Galang ran a 3:20 800m split on the third leg of the relay. Due to missing athletes (Meghan Schmitt, Chynna Moerlien), 3200m runner Julia Shimada was the only available alternate for the anchor leg of the relay. Shimada ran the fourth leg of the relay at her warm-up pace of 3:43 800m split, for a total time of 12:48, to place 8th overall.
After medaling in the 4x800m Relay, Julia Shimada placed 4th overall in the 3200m with an outstanding time of 13:59.
In 100m Hurdles, Kelly varney placed 7th overall with an outstanding time of 18.63.
In the Long Jump, Julie Bujnowski placed 8th overall with a jump of 14'4.50.
In the Triple Jump, Maria Torres placed 5th in Chicago with a personal best jump of 32'10.00. Gayatri Satam jumped an outstanding 30'4.50.
In the High Jump, Julie Bujnowski placed 6th overall with a jump of 4'4. Kelly Varney placed 7th overall with a jump of 4'2.
In the 800m run, Anna Parks placed 5th overall with a personal best time of 2:32.70. Julie Bujnowski also ran a personal best time of 2:42.78 in the 800m run.
Maruja Yoshimura ran an outstanding time of 6:30 in the Mile run.
In the 4x400m relay, Kelly Varney ran a 65 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Carmen Abelson ran a 71 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Julie Bujnowski ran a personal best time of 64.34 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Anna Parks anchored the 4x400m relay with an outstanding 66.81 400m split, to place 8th overall, with a total time of 4:31.44.
VARSITY POINTS SCORED
1. Rachel Kittaka 11
2. Julia Shimada 5.25
3. Anna Parks 4.25
4. Kelly Varney 4.25
5. Julie Bujnowski 4.25
6. Maria Torres 4.00
7. Carmen Abelson 0.50
8. Maruja Yoshimura 0.25
9. Jessica Galang 0.25
Saturday, May 6
Chris Zysko places 4th in Chicago Championships! O'Connor 10:24 3200m!
On Saturday, May 6, 2006, Northside Mens Track & Field Team sent 3 athletes to the Varsity City Championships, Chris Zysko, Patrick O'Connor, and Daniel Kittaka. The Mustangs had a 4x800m relay seeded to qualify along with Zysko, O'Connor, Kittaka for the City Championships, but were DQ in the qualifying meet because of an AP Exam lasting an hour later than originially scheduled made it impossible to make it to the qualifying the meet in time for the race. The Mustangs were also DQ in the 4x100 and other events at the Qualifying meet due to athletes taking an AP Exam.
However, Zysko, O'Connor, and Kittaka were still determined to improve on last year's 20th place finish in the City Championships despite only having 3 athletes in the meet. The Mustangs shocked everyone but themselves, and finished 12th overall in Chicago out of 58 schools with only 3 athletes.
Chris Zysko placed 4th overall in the Discus with a throw of 122'2.
Patrick O'Connor placed 5th overall in the 3200m run with a personal best time of 10:24. O'Connor was at 5:00 at the Mile mark, and had his strongest start to any race this season. O'Connor's time in the City Championships is also on pace with distance legend and former City Champion John Krumsee performance in the City Championships during his Junior year of high school (10:14).
Daniel Kittaka placed 7th overall in the 3200m run with an outstanding time of 10:44. Although Kittaka has run many races this season at a faster time, he still had his best race of the season through 2400 meters (7:54), which is exactly the pace he needs to run at IHSA Sectionals.
In the Mile, the Mustangs went out slower then planned, but still ran outstanding races. Patrick O'Connor placed 7th overall with a 4:53 Mile. Daniel Kittaka placed 9th overall with a 4:57 Mile.
VARSITY POINTS SCORED
Patrick O'Connor 6
Chris Zysko 5
Daniel Kittaka 2
SEASON MENS VARSITY POINT LEADERS (11 MEETS):
1. Daniel Kittaka 76.75
2. Patrick O'Connor 71.25
3. Eric Nelson 43.75
4. Joseph Terdik 32.75
5. Chris Zysko 30.00
6. Preston Buehrer 22.25
7. Brandon Cooper 14.50
8. Joey Paquette 7.25
9. Santino Merino 7.25
10. Bobby Ziegler 6.50
11. Jonathan Kittaka 6.25
12. Benjamin Garcia 5.25
13. Geoffrey Edwards 5.00
14. Erik Flores 3.75
15. Wemi Jemine 3.00
16. Manraj Bains 2.50
17. Albert Lin 2.00
18. Tuan Lee 2.00
19. Sam Vergara 1.75
20. Brian Chhun 1.50
21. Nick Florence 1.50
22. Eric Ullrich 1.25
23. James Casper-Shipp 1.25
24. Spencer Rosenfeldt 1.25
25. Jordan Stacey 1.00
26. Jose Choto 1.00
27. Tom Skawski 0.75
28. Aamir Khan 0.75
29. Christian Okoye 0.50
30. Ryne Tobin 0.50
31. Simon Vecchioni 0.25
32. Irfan Hussain 0.25
Saturday, May 6
Mustangs up at 7:30 am on Saturday for MILE Time Trial and Breakfast run to IHOP
On Saturday, May 6, 2006, Joseph Terdik, Bobby Ziegler, Jordan Stacey, Joey Paquette, James Casper-Shipp, Irfan Hussain, and Brad Eben woke up at dawn and assembled at the River Park Track for a one mile Time Trial, to get one last race in before the IHSA Sectionals. All athletes invited to the Time Trial showed up and came ready to race, and proved that the Mustangs dedication to the TEAM is second to none.
Joseph Terdik won the Time Trial with a personal best time of 4:53. Bobby Ziegler came in second with an outstanding time of 5:20. Jordan Stacey ran a personal best time of 5:30. James Casper-Shipp ran a time of 5:55. Joey Paquette ran a time of 6:10. Brad Eben ran a time of 6:11. Irfan Hussain ran a time of 6:14.
The Mustangs ran to IHOP for a cool down and breakfast after the race.
Friday, May 12
Northside's Girls BREAK 8 SCHOOL RECORDS at IHSA State Sectional Championships!!
On Friday, May 12, 2006, the Northside Womens Track & Field Team traveled to Palatine High School for the IHSA Sectional Championships. The meet featured: Hersey, St. Viator, Buffalo Grove, Amundsen, CICS-Northtown Academy, Mather, Northside, Senn, St. Scholastica, Sullivan, Von Steuben, Evanston, Glenbrook South, Prospect, Glenbrook North, Palatine, Niles North, Niles West, Wheeling, Loyola Academy, Regina Dominican, and New Trier.
The Top two athletes in each event qualified for the IHSA State Championships. Athletes that hit an IHSA qualifying standard also qualified for the State Championships. With the Medals were also awarded to the Top 5 finishers. Points were awarded for the Top 6 places. Palatine High School edged Evanston High school 154-138 to win the Team Trophy.
The Mustangs had their BEST meet of the season, and broke 8 school records! In the 4x800m Relay, Anna Parks ran a personal best 2:30.2 800m split on the first leg of the relay, which is within 5 seconds of the IHSA State qualifying standard for the 800m run. Parks would later on in the meet, race in the 800m run. On the second leg of the relay, Senior Maruja Yoshimura ran a 2:59 800m split, and made a nice exchange to Freshman Carmen Abelson. Abelson ran a 2:45 800m split on the third leg of relay. Julie Bujnowski anchored the relay with an 2:49 800m split on the final leg of the relay, for a total time of 11:03. The Mustangs dropped 1 minute and 46 seconds off the 4x800m Relay from City Championships and beat the school record by 19 seconds!!!
In the 4x800m Relay, a record Five Teams hit the qualifying standard and qualified for the IHSA State Championships: Prospect High School, Palatine High School, Glenbrook South, New Trier, and Hersey High School.
In the 800m Sprint Medley, Natalie Hanigan, Stephanie Sotomayer, Adoara Achufusi, and Kelly Varney combined for an outstanding time of 2:08.1.
In the 4x100m Relay, Natalie Hanigan, Adoara Achufusi, Jennifer Kane, and Stephanie Sotomayor broke the school record with a time of 57.4!!!
In the Triple Jump, Maria Torres jumped an outstanding 32'2. Gayatri Satam jumped an outstanding 29'1.5. In the Long Jump, Maria Torres broke the school record with a personal best jump of 14'5. Julia Bujnowski jumped an outstanding 13'7.
In the Discus, Kaitlin Renkosiak threw an outstanding 54'3. Stephanie Sotomayor threw a personal best 48'8.
In the Shot Put, Kaitlin Renkosiak threw a personal best 22'8.
In the 3200m Run, Rachel Kittaka ran a 5:51.7 Mile split, and finished third in her heat with a NEW School record of 12:21.06. Julia Shimada ran a 7:06.7 Mile Split, and finished with a time of 14:19.4.
In the 100m Dash, Maria Zdunek ran an outstanding time of 16.88.
In the 100m Hurdles, Kelly Varney ran an outstanding time of 18.9. Jennifer Kane also ran an outstanding time of 19.9.
In the 200m Dash, Augusta Scescke ran a personal best time of 35.71.
In the 300m Hurdles, Maria Zdunek dropped 5 seconds of her personal best, and set a NEW School record of 59.00.
In the 400m Dash, Julie Bujnowski won her heat with a time of 66.4.
In the 800m Run, Anna Parks came within 8 seconds of the Automatic State Qualifying time with an outstanding time of 2:33.76.
In the 4x200m Relay, Natalie Hanigan, Adaora Achufusi, Kelly Varney, and Jennifer Kane broke the school record with a time of 1:56.4.
In the 1600m Run, Rachel Kittaka finished third in her heat, and broke another school record with a personal best time of 5:42.5. Senior Maruja Yoshimura ended her High School career on a high note, with a personal best time of 6:23.8.
In the 4x400m Relay, Anna Parks ran a 65.3 400m split on the first leg of the relay, and made a nice exchange to Carmen Abelson. Abelson ran a 71.1 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Kelly Varney ran a 68.00 400m split on the third leg of the relay. Julie Bujnowski anchored the relay with a 66.3 400m split to a NEW School record with a time of 4:30.7.
The 2006 Track & Field Season was by far the BEST season in the history of the Northside College Prep Womens Track & Field program. Every school record except the 100m dash and Shot Put were broken or tied by the 2006 Mustangs during the course of the season.
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Wednesday, May 17
IHSA Sectional Heat sheets finalized at Seed Meeting on Wedneday Night! Sectional Meet, Friday, May 19, 2006, Niles West, Bus leaves 2 pm
On Wednesday, May 17, 2006, Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon and Jumpers Coach Adrian Hunter traveled to Niles West High School for a Three hour IHSA Sectional Seed Meeting. Niles West Coaching staff provided Lou Malnati's Pizza for all coaches at the meeting, and were excellent hosts.
Topics debated and voted on at the seed meeting, included the starting height for the High Jump (5'7), number of flights in the Long Jump (2), Uniform Rule (Uniforms must match and be tucked in to avoid disqualifiction), Cell Phones and ipods (Automatic disqualification if you have a cell phone or ipod, at the meet in the competition areas), Jewelry (automatic disqualification if worn at the meet), Warm-ups (Warms-up may only take place in the designated Team Camp area, outside the stadium, and in the Indoor Field House) Time schedule (The meet will not be slowed down by a time schedule, and each event will take place immediately after the previous event is completed), Weight-Ins (Weights-ins of Discus and Shot Put equipment will take place at 2:15), Team Captains Meeting (All Team Captains will have a meeting with the officials at 2:30 pm), and Check-In (Athletes must check-in with the Clerk (Coach Savage of Niles West) within 10 minutes of the First Call for their Event). At the conclusion of the Seed meeting, all heats for every event in the IHSA Sectional Championships meet were finalized. Coach Gordon will provide heat sheets to all Northside Athletes at Thursday's practice at 4 pm.
On Friday, May 19, 2006, the Northside College Prep Mens Track & Field Team will travel to Niles West High School for the 2006 IHSA Sectional Championships. The Top two athletes or relays in each event qualify for the IHSA State Championships. Medals will be awarded to the Top 5 finishers, and Team Trophy to the overall Team Champion. Points are awarded for the Top 6 places. The BUS WILL LEAVE at 2:00 pm sharp.
Niles West High School is located at: 5701 Oakton Street, Skokie, IL 60077.
Teams in the Niles West IHSA Sectional include: Amundsen, CICS-Northtown Academy,
Mather, Northside, Senn, Sullivan, Taft, Von Steuben, Deerfield, Evanston, Glenbrook South, Highland Park, Notre Dame, Ridgewood, Glenbrook North, Maine East, Niles North, Niles West, Loyola Academy, and New Trier.
Shot/Discus Weight-In 2:15 pm. Team Captains Meeting 2:30 pm.
Field Events begin at 3:00 pm. Running Events begin at 3:45 pm.
Friday, May 12
Santino Merino, Brian Chhun dominate 200m Intervals on Friday
On Friday, May 12, 2006, Santino Merino and Brian Chhun dominated an intense 200m Intervals workout, and lead all Northside Sprinters on every Interval.
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Friday, May 19
Joseph Terdik runs 4:37.20 Mile!! Fastest Mile in CPS in 2006! Breaks Distance Legend John Krumsee's School Record! O'Connor 10:16! Kittaka 10:23!
On April 23, 2004, Northside Distance legend John Krumsee, set the school record in the mile at City Relays with an outstanding time of 4:37.42. Krumsee is currently competing for NCAA Division I Creighton, and came to the Mustangs IHSA Sectional Meet on Friday, May 19, 2006 to support his alma matter and witness a dramatic finish in the Mile.
On May 6, 2006, Whitney Young Senior Eric Stahldavid won the City Championships in the Mile with a personal best time of 4:39.38.
On Friday, May 19, 2006, Senior Joseph Terdik, dropped 16 seconds off his Mile PR, broke the school record in the Mile, ran the fastest Mile in the CPS in 2006, and won the second heat of the Mile at the Niles West IHSA Sectionals, with a personal best time of 4:37.20. Terdik's time would have qualified for State in the Fenwick and Thornton IHSA Sectionals.
Before the race, Terdik borrowed new Nike Spikes from Freshman Simon Vechhioni to run in the race. After the race, Vechhioni had Terdik autograph the shoes. Joseph Terdik signed his name along with the new school record.
After the meet Vechhioni was given a new pairs of spikes, and plans are underway to put the shoes used in the race in the school trophy case.
In the same race, Patrick O'Connor ran a personal best Mile time of 4:48.7. O'Connor went out in 65 seconds for the first quarter, and was at 2:18 at 800m, and 3:36 at the 1200m, and had an outstanding kick to the finish for a personal best Mile time of 4:48.7. Joseph Terdik went out at 65 for the first quarter, and was at 2:17 at 800m, and 3:30 at the 1200m, and also had a great kick to the finish for a personal best time of 4:37.20. Both Terdik and O'Connor ran races that would have made Alan Webb proud (American National High School Mile Record holder).
O'Connor also ran a personal best time of 10:16 to win the second heat of the 3200m run. O'Connor went out in 66 seconds for the first quarter, 2:24 800m split, 3:42 1200m split, 5:02 Mile split, 6:21 2000m split, 7:42 2400m split, 9:03 2800m split, and a personal best 3200m time of 10:16.2. Senior Daniel Kittaka also ran a personal best time of 10:23 in the 3200m run, to place second in his heat, and end an Outstanding high school athletic career with his best 3200m race of his career. Kittaka ran the first quarter in 68 seconds, 2:25 800m split, 3:42 1200m split, 5:01 Mile Split, 6:21 2000m split, 7:43 2400m split, 9:05 2800m split, and a personal best 3200m time of 10:23.2.
In the High Jump, Eric Nelson was recovering from severe respiratory infection and was not able to compete. However, it only took a jump of 5'11 in our Sectional this year to qualify for the IHSA State Championships, and a trip next year to the State Meet will definitely be Eric Nelson's future.
The opening height in High Jump was set at 5'7. Despite the difficult opening height, Wemi Jemine had 3 outstanding attempts, and almost made it over on his Final attempt.
The 4x200m Relay, Brian Chhun, Santino Merino, Sam Vergara, and Geoffrey Edwards smashed the school record by over 3 seconds with an outstanding time of 1:46.10. Edwards outkicked a runner to the finish to win the heat for the Mustangs.
Albert Lin also broke the school record in the 110m Hurdles with a 20.10. Sammy Caronagan ran an oustanding time of 22.10 in the 110m Hurdles.
In the Shot Put, Benjamin Garcia threw a personal best 35'4.
In the Discus, Chris Zysko faulted on all throws. However, Zysko ended his outstanding High School athletic career as the all-time school record holder for Northside in both Discus (122'8) and Shot Put (37'0).
In the 800m Run, Brandon Cooper ran a personal best time of 2:08.74. Preston Buehrer ran an outstanding time of 2:22.80.
In the 100m Dash, Benjamin Garcia ran an outstanding time of 12.91. Garcia ran an oustanding time of 57.90 in the 400m Run. Erik Flores ran a personal best time of 59.60 in the 400m Run.
In the 200m Dash, Brian Chhun ran a time of 27.30, and Santino Merino ran a time of 27.70.
In the 4x800m Relay, Preston Buehrer tied his PR with an 800m split of 2:17 on the first leg of the Relay. Senior Jordan Stacey in the final race of his high school athletic career, dropped 7 seconds, for a personal best 800m split of 2:13. Jonathan Kittaka ran a 2:26 800m split on the third leg of the relay and made a nice exchange to Erik Flores. Flores ran a personal best 800m split of 2:21.9 on the final leg of the 4x800m Relay.
In the 4x400m Relay, Brandon Cooper ran a 61 seconds 400m split on the first leg of the relay. Brian Chhun ran a 63.45 400m split on the second leg of the relay. Geoffrey Edwards ran a personal best 59.83 400m split on the third leg of the relay, and Preston Buehrer anchored the relay with an outstanding 59.53 400m split on the final leg of the 4x400m relay for a total time of 4:03.81.
A special thanks to Bobby Ziegler, Simon Vecchioni, Eric Ullrich, Manraj Bains, Christian Okoye, and Joey Paquette for coming to the IHSA Sectional Meet as alternates, and being ready to race and for supporting their teammates.
Friday, June 2
MUSTANGS HONORED AT TRACK & FIELD BANQUET
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On Friday, June 2, 2006, the Mustangs Mens and Womens Track & Field Team was honored at Northside College Prep in the school gymnasium with a Team Dinner and Awards Banquet. All of the Freshman were awarded graduating class numerals. Sophmores and Junior Varsity athletes were awarded a medium size letter N. Varsity athletes were awarded a large size letter N. Athletes that have earned multiple letters were given a silver bar to represent the number of years the athlete has earned a Varsity letter. To qualify for a Varisty letter, an athlete must have scored a point in a Varsity Meet or competed in the IHSA Sectional Championships, and completed the season as a member of the Team.
Senior athletes were also honored with Varsity letter blankets in school colors, along with each athlete's name, and sport embrodied on it. The blankets had a silver star on it for each year the athlete earned a Varsity letter in Cross Country, white star on it for each year the athlete earned a Varsity letter in Track, and a gold star on it for each year the athlete was a Team Captain in Track & Field.
AWARD WINNERS:
VARSITY AWARDS
Outstanding Athletic Achievement Award: Patrick O'Connor, Eric Nelson, Joseph Terdik
Outstanding Athletic Achievement Award: Rachel Kittaka
Mustang Award: Joseph Terdik, Daniel Kittaka
Mustang Award: Anna Parks
Most Improved: Geoff Edwards, Brandon Cooper, Preston Buehrer
Most Improved: Gayatri Satam, Kaitlin Renkosiak
Outstanding Freshman Award: Eric Nelson
Outstanding Freshman Award: Anna Parks
Sportsmanship Award: Joey Paquette
Sportsmanship Award: Maria Torres
Academic Achievement Award: Daniel Kittaka
Academic Achievement Award: Maruja Yoshimura
Senior Leadership Award: Daniel Kittaka
Senior Leadership Award: Maruja Yoshimura
Most Varsity Points Scored by a Freshman: Eric Nelson, Anna Parks
Most Varsity Points Scored by a Sophomore: Preston Buehrer, Rachel Kittaka
Most Varsity Points Scored by a Junior: Patrick O'Connor, Julie Bujnowski
Most Varsity Points Scored by a Senior: Daniel Kittaka, Maruja Yoshimura
Cal Ripken, Jr. Award: Preston Buehrer
Cal Ripken, Jr. Award: Stephanie Sotomayor
2007 Team Captains: Patrick O'Connor, Geoff Edwards, Preston Buehrer, Eric Nelson, Joey Paquette
2007 Team Captains: Julie Bujnowski, Natalie Hanigan, Kelly Varney, Rachel Kittaka,
Maria Torres
JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS
Most Junior Varsity Points scored: Melvin Thomas
FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE AWARDS
Outstanding Athletic Achievement Award: Eric Nelson, Albert Lin
Outstanding Athletic Achievement Award: Kelly Varney
Mustang Award: Preston Buehrer, Jonathan Kittaka
Mustang Award: Jennifer Kane
Academic Achievement Award: Jose Choto
Academic Achievement Award: Adoara Achufusi
The coaching staff would like to thank the athletes for there very generous gift certificates, gift baskets, and especially the Cards.
Mustangs in 2007!
-Head Mens Coach Jon Gordon
-Head Womens Coach David Diaz
-Assistant Coach Jose Nebrida
-Throwers Coach Anthony Jamison
-Jumps/Hurdles Coach Adrian Hunter
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