On Saturday June 27, 2009, the Northside Freshman took on the Northside Sophomores and Juniors in a game of Ultimate Frisbee. Ultimate Frisbee requires athletes to run non-stop as they attempt to score by passing a Frisbee to a teammate in the endzone. If the Frisbee touches the ground, it immediately becomes possession of the oppossing Team, and every athlete on the field has to be covered with athletes running at full speed, to prevent someone from scoring in the opposite endzone. 

Northside Sophomore Chris Ceisel and Junior Su Yang led the Sophomores and Juniors to a 4-1 lead, and it looked like the Northside Freshman had no chance against the upper classmen. However, the Northside Freshman showed a lot of determination, and perservance, and rallied to tie the game 4-4!!! The game was then called at 4-4 as the clock expired. 

 After the game, all members of the Northside Cross Country Team enjoyed Freeze pops before morning weight training.  

Week Five Varsity Men mileage leaders (June 21 - June 27) (TOP 12 Men, Listed in order of most miles ran in week five: ) (1) Captain Charlie Mesimore, (2) Senior Jiasong Yang, (3) Captain Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss, (4) Captain Cooper Eben, (5) Junior Erik Zuehlke, (6) Junior Fahad Sarvari, (7) Sophomore Jusuf Skelic, (8) Sophomore Luis Mesa, (9) Incoming Freshman Palwinder Sodhi, (10) Sophomore Pat Duffy, (11) Sophomore Pedro Juarez, and (12) Incoming Freshman Calvin Gang. All of the above are off to very impressive starts to their summer training. Who will be among the Top 12 Varsity Mileage leaders in week #6?

Week Five Freshman Boys mileage leaders (June 21 - June 27) (Top 12 Freshman Boys Mileage Honor Roll, Listed in order of most miles ran in week five: ) (1) Palwinder Sodhi, (2) Calvin Gang, (3) Alex Bologna, (4) Nick Hill, (5) Brian Glatter, (6) Alex Kritikos, (7) Nick Parker, (8) Brendan Kelly, (9) Javier Mulero, (10) Ify Ndukwu (11) Ben Mauk O'Connor, and (12) Jonathan Soto. Who will be among the Top 12 Freshman Mileage leaders in week #6?  

Week Five Varsity Women mileage leaders (June 21 - June 27) (TOP 12 Women, Listed in order of most miles ran in week five: ) (1) Incoming Freshman Taylor Provax,  (2) Captain Su Yang, (3) Senior Merita Bushi, (4) Incoming Freshman Mihaela Pop, (5) Sophomore Hannah Lea Doruelo, (6) Junior Nina Coomes, (7) Junior Lindsey Shallberg, (8) Incoming Freshman Meaghan McGowan, (9) Incoming Freshman Alaina Stacey, (10) Incoming Freshman Hyunji Ward,(11) Incoming Freshman Hikari Sugisaki, and (12) Captain Bessie Nolan. All of the above are off to very impressive starts to their summer training. Who will be among the Top 12 Mileage leaders in week #6?

Week Five Freshman Girls mileage leaders (June 21 - June 27) (Top 12 Freshman Girls Mileage Honor Roll, Listed in order of most miles ran in week five: ) (1) Taylor Provax, (2) Mihaela Pop, (3) Meaghan McGowan, (4) Alaina Stacey, (5) Hyunji Ward, (6) Hikari Sugisaki, (7) Anna Pezanoski-Cohen, (8) Sylvia Lobo, (9) Priscilla Vasquez, (10) Saisneha Koppaka, (11) Grisel Hernandez, and (12) Semiah McGill. Who will be among the Top 12 Freshman Mileage leaders in week #6?   

Friendly reminder, email all weekly mileage updates to Jongordon9@aol.com. Thanks.

 To help us reach our goal of a roster of 200 athletes this fall, any athlete that brings someone new to a summer group run will receive a free bottle of Gatorade!!! All members of the Cross Country Team will also receive a free Northside Cross Country water bottle to help you with your summer training.

 On Saturday, June 20, 2009, the Northside Mustangs celebrated the birthdays of Northside Senior Captain Cooper Eben, Junior Nina Coomes, and Incoming Freshman Meaghan McGowan with an intense game of Capture the Flag on a Mile course! With over 40 athletes in attendance, it was the largest game of Capture the Flag in Northside history! The Sophomores and Freshman defended a flag that was placed on Peterson Ave, and the Seniors and Juniors defended a flag that was placed a mile away on Foster Ave! Brwyn Mawr was used as the safety zone, and dividing line for both squads. Athletes that were tagged, had to run all the way back to Brwyn Mawr and touch the water cooler before they could re-enter the game. After hours of endless running in Legion park, Northside Captain Charlie Mesimore broke the scoreless tie with an assist from Senior Andrew Czyszczon, by running with the flag untouched from Peterson Ave to Brwyn Mawr. Charlie Mesimore returned the favor in game two, by helping Andrew Czyszczon score the second point of the game for the Northside Seniors and Juniors. The Seniors and Juniors held off an impressive Sophomore and Freshman squad to WIN 2-0! All athletes were given freeze-pops and bottled water at the conclusion of the game.       

 Week four mileage leaders (June 14 - June 20) (TOP 12 Men, Listed in order of most miles ran in week four: ) (1) Captain Cooper Eben, (2) Captain Charlie Mesimore, (3) Junior Erik Zuehlke, (4) Junior Fahad Sarvari, (5) Captain Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss, (6) Senior Andrew Czyszczon, (7) Sophomore Jusuf Skelic, (8) Sophomore Juan Ringor, (9) Sophomore Pedro Juarez, (10) Incoming Freshman Palwinder Sodhi (11) Sophomore Luis Mesa, and (12) Incoming Freshman Calvin Gang. All of the above are off to very impressive starts to their summer training. Who will be among the Top 12 Mileage leaders in week #5?

 Week four mileage leaders (June 14 - June 20) (TOP 12 Women, Listed in order of most miles ran in week four: ) (1) Senior Merita Bushi, (2) Captain Bessie Nolan, (3) Captain Su Yang, (4) Incoming Freshman Taylor Provax, (5) Incoming Freshman Sylvia Lobo, (6) Incoming Freshman Mihaela Pop, (7) Incoming Freshman Hikari Sugisaki, (8) Incoming Freshman Meaghan McGowan, (9) Incoming Freshman Alaina Stacey (10) Incoming Freshman Hyunji Ward, (11) Incoming Freshman Anna Pezanoski-Cohen, and (12) Incoming Freshman Priscilla Vasquez. All of the above are off to very impressive starts to their summer training. Who will be among the Top 12 Mileage leaders in week #5?             

 Friendly reminder, email all weekly mileage updates to Jongordon9@aol.com. Thanks.

 Chris Siemers has accomplished a lot during his athletic career, and continues to reach new milestones every year, and was asked by Northside Head Coach Jon Gordon to talk about his Junior year of high school (1997).

Chris Siemers gave a motivational speech about having a positive attitude towards training and the season, even when setbacks occur, and the importance of doing the little things right, including nutrition, sleep, strength training, and recovery days. 

 In 1996, Chris Siemers was on a Fenton High School team, that put four runners in front of York's #1 Man, on their way to finishing second in the State Championships.

 In 1997, when Chris Siemers purchased running shoes to start training for his Junior year of Cross Country at Fenton High School, he wrote "Footlocker" on them.  

 During Chris Siemers Junior year of high school (1997), he was unfortunate to get injuried during his summer training, and fell back to 11th man on his high school Cross Country Team, after his first duel meet of the season.  

 On Friday, January 9, 2009, at 2:15 pm, in the Northside gymnasium, the Northside College Prep Varsity Men's Cross Country Team will be honored as the IHSA Regional Championship banner is officially displayed before the entire school on the Gym Wall as part of the Homecoming Pep Rally.

The Varsity Men Regional Championship Cross Country Team will be brought down to the gym floor, so they can be recognized in front of the entire school, and the names of all members of the Northside Top 12 will be announced. 

The Northside Top 12 includes: Sophomore Charlie Mesimore, Sophomore Wesley Laytham, Junior Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss, Junior Cooper Eben, Senior Jonathan Kittaka, Sophomore Dominic Sieminski, Freshman Taylor Kuehn, Senior Craig Melhuse, Junior Jiasong Yang, Sophomore Erik Zuehlke, Sophomore Fahad Sarvari, and Senior Simon Vecchioni.

Pack the Gym Night will follow the Pep Rally.

The Northside College Prep Cross Country Website has been named a "Spotlight" site by its host company eteamz.com. It has been rated as one of the top sites out of over 725,000 sites.