Starting line at last year's frosh-soph race at the St. Patrick's Invite.
St. Patrick Invite Preview
Sep 2, 2009
Schiller Woods, Chicago, IL
Expected Teams
St. Patrick
Fenwick (B team?)
Lane Tech (partial varsity team)
Northside Prep
Northridge
Mather
St.Ignatius
Guerin Prep
Gordon Tech
Whitney Young
Marian Catholic
Ridgewood
Notre Dame
Expected Top Varsity Individuals
Kulayfi Haji (sr) – Lane Tech
Charlie Mesimore (jr) – Nortlhside Prep
Cuit Pineda (sr) – Northside Prep
Victor Terrazas (sr) – Lane Tech
Abe Haji (so) – Mather
Jack Cross (jr) - St. Ignatius
Jimmy Connelly (sr)- St. Ignatius
Julian Deville (jr) (?) - Whitney Young
John Caravia (jr) - Ridgewood
Bana Negash (so) – Mather
Wesley Laytham (jr) – Northside Prep
Cooper Eben (sr) – Northside Prep
2008 St. Patrick Invite Results
We will get a good first look of teams in the first major invite for most of the teams involved. The meet is always held on a weekday. It will be held on the first Wednesday of September at Schiller Woods in Chicago.
In last years race Mather took the top 2 spots with seniors Ivan Coronel and Omar Caban. But Northside Prep took 5 of the next 7 spots as Northside won the meet with an astounding 30 points to Mather's 54 and 3rd place St. Ignatius's 106 points.
This year, Northside returns four of it's top 5 runners (Cuit Pineda (sr), Charlie Mesimore (jr), Wesley Laytham (jr), and Cooper Eben (sr), so it should be another cakewalk for Northside right? Wrong. Lane Tech is a surprised addition to this meet. Because of the ACT testing on Lane's first meet (Wauconda Invite), several members of Lane's team could not run at Wauconda. So instead of missing a meet on that first date, Lane will run those runners at the earlier St. Patricks Invite. See ACT Shakeup.
Running for Lane will be #1 runner Kulayfi Haji (sr), #2 runner Victor Terrazas (sr), and varsity runners Nathan Wade-Scott (sr) and James Wiatr (sr). Expect Haji, a 4:24 miler and top CPS cross country returnee to be the favorite to win the race. Terrazas should finish in the top 4.
Other runners in the front pack will likely be Cuit Pineda (sr) and Charlie Mesimore (jr) of Northside Prep, Abe Haji (so) of Mather, Jack Cross (sr) of St. Ignatius.
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