Some Unofficial Initial Times from the Eric Nelson Classic

Mac Melto (so) of Northside Prep breaks the school record in the 100 meter dash with a hand time of 11.3

I'll updated this page as I get more results

100
Mac Melto (so), Northside - 11.3 (school record)

800
Wesley Laytham (jr), Northside - 2:00.8 (school record)
Jeffrey Rector (so), Roosevelt -2:05
Pat Duffy (so) - Northside - 2:09

1600
Jeffrey Rector (so), Roosevelt -4:39
Charlie Mesimore (jr), Northside - 4:43
Cooper Eben (sr), Northside - 4:54

3200
Jeffrey Rector (so), Roosevelt -10:07
Cooper Eben (sr), Northside - 10:13

4x400
1. Northside Prep - 3:43

If anyone knows of anymore times/results please comment.

Comments

[Rector is the real deal]

Jeffrey Rector is the real deal.

4:39 mile as a sophomore.

[Blank]

the 200 results from the eric nelson invite were allll bogus. first place was like... 23.7 or something to urban prep. the timers must have been waiting for the sound of the gun rather then watching for smoke.

[Blank]

also some girl from payton was owning some of the guys in the 2 mile. it was really funny to watch

[Cubby Bear]

I think that may have been Jaime Hershfang from payton. A freshman from northside beat her though. Lets remember that was the frosh-soph race not varsity.

[maintenant]

Gordon is updating the site

[?]

4x1 were...
45.9 UP
47 NS
?

[Melto]

hey look, it's me freshman year. blechh

[Gordon the Slickster]

Why don't Gordon send in his meet results like everyone else? Does he not want everyone to see really what's going on? I like the way he put his team's marks in the hundreds even though it was hand timed.

[riddle me that]

cause if everyone ran 11.xx in the 100 without the hundredths what are you supposed to do?

[cuit]

i was timing the 200. we always did it by the smoke not the sound of the gun because that is like a delay of a tenth of second or so. also there were coaches taking times too so its not like it was only one person taking the time, there were other timers backing it up.

[cuit]

also surprise surprise hand timers do go to the hundredth of a second.

[Gordon the Slickster]

^

Hand timing is supposed to be rounded up and counted in tenths. Northside has all this money, so why not spend it on a FAT system?

[Blank]

If that was the case then there would have been like three guys with 11.4

you have to count hundredths even with hand timers.. as inaccurate as it is

[riddle me that]

since when did Northside have money?
when you're doing as well academically as them the city looks at it as they don't need more funding.

[Yeah]

Shouldn't Rector transfer to a better school? No offense to Roosevelt but I don't think they have the proper coaches or training regime to hone his skills.

If he went to a Lane, Mather, Northside etc. he could be running sub 4:30 easily by the end of next year.

Again this is in no way a cheap shot at Roosevelt, I'm sure no one cares about track there like at most CPS schools, Rector should have the best chance to succeed. If he's happy there then I see no reason for him to switch then.

Also running those 3 events at those times...wow.

[Yeah]

You are supposed to round handtimes to tenths, and then you add in .24 to convert it to FAT. I don't trust hand times period, I take all handtime results especially for the 55, 100, 110HH, and 200 with a grain of salt.

[keep Rector at Roosevelt.]

I see your point about wanting Rector to transfer to another school.

However, in this case he should stay where he is, because he is in a good situation.

Track is not the only sport that Rector does. He is a star on the Rough Riders football team and played on the frosh-soph basketball team. He will continue to do both and succeed in both. If he went to a bigger school like Lane, Whitney Young, or even Mather, he would not be doing as well in all three sports. He may not even make the basketball team and football his size won't give him much playing time in the other schools.

As far as Roosevelt's track team, they have a small but dedicated team. The coach seems to care about the students. He goes out on runs with them to the lake. Contrary to popular belief, Rector does get good training as far as track is concerned. He runs with a couple distance teammates that are dedicated.

At Eric Nelson Alan Rangel, Jose Guerrero, Jeffery Rector, Ivan Hernandez, and Anthony FLores all set personal records.

Jose, Ivan, and Alan all push each other and Jeffrey during track. All three of them are running the mile below 6 minutes. I know that is not good for a bigger school, but for Roosevelt it is a great start.

Jeffrey seems to be benefiting from the personal attention and his natural ability.

He has a good thing going at Roosevelt, keep him there. Jeffrey Rector is already running a 4:39 mile and improving every week, keep the good thing going.

[Yeah]

45.19 UP
47.09 NS

[ignorance]

"Yeah", shouldn't you know the situation before you comment on something like that? Got news for you, the Roosevelt coach is the reason he is running a a 4:40 in the first place. That is such an ignorant statement it is unbelievable. Newsflash: there are more good coaches in the CPS than Lane, Northside, or Mather.

Not to mention, high school track and field is not the end all/be all. You don't switch a school to run a low 4:30.

Perhaps one of the most outrageous comments ever made on these boards.

[Yeah]

You don't think he would shave even more seconds off his time with a better team?

High school track isn't the end all/be all, but running in the low 4:20's might get this kid a scholarship to college, which is the most important thing in all of this.

[ignorance]

you didn't say a "better team". You said "proper coaches". Running with a better team is one thing...having faster kids to train with, the mentality of a bigger team, etc, might, yes, lead to a better team. But one of those other coaches are not going to equal a better time automatically. For all you know he could go to one of those schools and get injured if the training isn't for him or something of the sort.

And certainly not really appropriate to call in to question another coach's credentials. The Roosevelt coach is relatively new...for all we know, he could turn out kids like Rector every year.

[ignorance]

*meant to say, "might lead to faster times", not "might lead to a better team"

[cps qualifiers q]

how do freshman and varsity trials work in the next 2 weeks? top ____ spots qualify? and does it matter what position you qualify? (for lane/alley advantage or anything of the sort)

[I think]

Freshman has no trials. Just finals based seed times.

Varsity trials same as always (top 8 in sprints top 12 in distance). In sprints fastest times get the middle two lanes 4 and 5 while slowest times get the outside lanes(so it should look like a triangle going into the finish). Top four distance times get position one in each of the four alleys for finals.

[im not really desperate i just think you fine]

since when does someone transfer because they are good at track? this isnt exactly d 1 football or even nfl where you just get drafter to other teams . this is high school. who knows maybe the guy is happy at roosevelt. i know a bunch of my friends who dont go to special enrollment schools who are happy where they are. also just because your good at track doesnt mean you can just transfer to lane tech or northside...you are an idiot whoever wrote that above. rector you are fucking fast

[Yeah]

you're an idiot, i said if he's happy he should stay. better coaching goes hand in hand with a better team, it's simple to understand.

[transfers]

^
Great athletes or potentially great athletes transfer all the time no matter the sport. Morgan Park girls for years had transfers from other schools that helped them win state. How about Kindra Perkins a few years from Mather going to Proviso East to win state in the 4x4? You don't think the girl from Mather going to Niles West wasn't a better move athletically?? Think again

[Mahmud]

Andres Mahmud, distance runner from Steinmetz was hoping to transfer to Lane after a great freshman year running the mile in 5:10. His transfer never panned out an dnow he is stuck in obscurity at Steinmetz. he may have been Rector like if he transferred to Lane.

If he had gone to Lane in the first place, that would have been a better move from him.

[3200 M.]

does the 2 mile also have a prelim? or is that totally based on seed times

[32OO]

at city? purely seed times.

[nORthsidepIMp]

well dont you think if the kid had the chance to go to a better school like whitney, lane tech, or northside he would have taken it already ? i think its pretty unheard of to transfer because you run a 10:05 for the 3200 as a sophomore...
also i know payton northside and lane also just dont let kids in because they are god at a sport. payton and northside wont let sports be a factor at all when admitting people in...

[nORthsidepIMp]

"YEAH" is just an ignorant little tool. ignore him everyone

[transfers]

Northside pimp,

Don't you think if a kid could transfer to Lane, wy, or another top CPS school they would? Like it was mentioned earlier, MP used transfers from outside the CPS that enabled them to win a few state championships. The bigger question is how do we get the promising student-athletes into the better schools in the first place?

Wait so on the topic of qualifiers, does it matter if an athlete finishes 5th or 12th in a distance race then for lane position or whatnot? Or is it randomized after the first 4 spots?

[keep Rector at Roosevelt.]

The Roosevelt coach does not give Rector any off season distance workouts. Rector trains on his own during the off season. He does not run much distance. Instead he runs for football and plays basketball.

[cuit]

what a baller, he does what he wants and doesnt run 24/7....and still hes an amazing runner.

[Rector getting rolled up]

^

We will see how good he is next weekend.

[cuit]

or you can look at the results form the week before 10:07, 4:39, 2:05 all in the same day..

[Rector's chances at city]

Good triple for Rector. How do you see him doing next weekend at city championship?

[yeah]

yeah, where can you even say what you said "Rector getting rolled up?" That statement made no sense.

[wondering]

in all fairness does anybody now how much time were between his races when he tripled?

[wondering]

know

[cuit]

bout like an hour and a quarter

[yyyyyyy]

yeah it was a small meet, so not much time at all, hes legit

[A Coach not from Roosevelt]

Whoever thinks people should transfer to go to a "better program" is an a**.
Does the kid have talent?
No, question.
Is the coach qualified? Absolutely. Look at the kids progress this year. He is already as fast if not faster than Kulafy(?) Haji was as a sophomore, so under your logic maybe Roof should be fired and Diedrich instated as the coach at Lane. This statement too, is ridiculous.

The coaches at Lane, Mather, Northside, Payton, Jones, Morgan Park, Robeson, lakeview, Kenwood, and many other schools with good programs like to see track in the city at all schools improve and competition get better all round. Yes, certain schools may have different focus and so forth but if a kid is excelling at a school that is not a traditional powerhouse then it just makes the other schools better having to try and beat them too. Some schools programs are better due to school size, administrative support, or any other number of factors. But do not put any single coach down when he has success and say it is a fluke it is their dedication to their athletes and their athletes dedication to the sport that help the kid get better. So when Rector runs a 9:45, or 4:24 or 1:58 downstate this year cheer him on because he is representing everyone in the CPS down there and helping build the track team at Roosevelt. Coach Diedrich dedicates his time as does every other coach does and he is building a winner a Rossevelt. He himself was a multiple state qualifier from hinsdale central in the late 90's and knows what it takes to be successful. The sport is not about the coahces or programs
Simply because a school has not had recent success, does not mean the coach is not qualified and the team is a "joke" This is only the third year that Roosevelts team has been around since it dies out 6-8 years ago. Coach Diedrich has done a great job. Competition from more schools is better for every program in the city. By the way Rector just went 9:54 at the Ignatius Meet and is one of the 5-10 fastest kids in the city in the last 10 years. So he is fine where he is.

[3200 at city]

9:54!? That is awesome. How many guys will break 10 this year at city? Haji,Mora,Rector,Eben,Haji,it will be quite a race.

[JD]

add Dale

[KB]

Add Beltran

[3200 at city]

Yep, definitely. I was posting of the top of my head and was not trying to undermine those guys.

[mendez]

add mendez and make it sub 10 to score!!! huge improvement for cps and 4 of them sophomores and one freshman. could we see a front PACK under 9:30 in the future???

[QC lightning]

Who will break 4:40 in the 1600 this year?

Haji, Dale, Rector, Cooper, Oscar, Mora

add Lucas, Abe, Mesimore, Laytham, Chavez

[OM?]

where has Oscar been????

[im not really desperate i just think you fine, "A Coach not from Roosevelt" is possibly the smartest guy to ever write on his board]

"A Coach not from Roosevelt" is possibly the smartest guy to ever write on his board

[Done]

Rector, haji, and mora have already broken 4:40 this year.

[Himmler]

I hear Oscar is ailing a bot from an injury. We won;t knwo how sever until city.

[LP relays]

^^ Oscar ran las Saturday at Lincoln Park relays. He ran 3200r and 1600r. Also at LP relays Kenwood, Fenger and Payton were under 8:42 for the 3200 relay and Robenson, Kenwood, and Calumet were under 3:33 for the 1600r.

[idontrunenough]

Cooper will be running the 3200 for northside with Mesimore and Laytham filling in the mile spots most likely. look for them under 4:40

[Blank]

^no cuit? Did he give up on his senior track season?

[MM]

Taft- 400m mens: Matt Mach (60.1)Freshman; 7th place.