By Dave Surico
The Academy Award people might consider Northside coach Jon Gordon as a host for an upcoming Oscars telecast.
Gordon showed adeptness at handing out three tables of awards while delivering his fair share of quality quips. And given the fact he said a few words about each of the runners in the program, he kept the night moving at a decidedly brisk, un-Academy Award-type pace.
Among the awards he presented were: the Mustang Award, given for the athlete with the best work ethic and mental toughness; Outstanding Freshman Award, which is given to the best athlete in the freshman class; the Cal Ripken Jr. Award, given to the athlete with the best attendance at practice and meets.
The team award winners were:
Freshman girls
MVP
Taylor Provax
Mustang
Claire Scheib-Feeley
Most Improved
Phoebe Randall
Outstanding Freshman
Taylor Provax
Numerals
Anna Pezanoski-Cohen
Taylor Provax
Phoebe Randall
Clare Scheib-Feeley
Ryan Speese
Eva Stoops
Hyunji Ward
Freshman boys
MVP
Brendan Kelly
Mustang
Alex Bologna
Most Improved
Brendan Kelly
Outstanding Freshman
Nathaniel Argharse
Numerals
Nathaniel Agharese
Alex Bologna
Kendall Elue
Calvin Gang
Brian Glatter
Chaojie Glatter
Nick Hill
Griffin Hilly
Brendan Kelly
Alex Kritikos
Javier Moluero
Ben Mauk O'Connor
Nick Parker
Paul Ricks
Palwinder Sodhi
Andy Voung
Sophomore girls
MVP
Karly Raber
Mustang
Karly Raber
Most Improved
Karly Raber
Academic Achievement
Karly Raber
Minor letter
Hannah Doruelo
Karly Raber
Sophomore boys
MVP
Pat Duffy
Mustang Award
Jusef Skelic
Most Improved
Pat Duffy
Academic Achievement
Jusef Skelic
Minor letter
Chris Ceisel
Pat Duffy
Dan Graham
Pedro Juarez
Luis Mesa
Edgar Ortega
Jusef Skelic
Matt Sugai
Junior varsity girls
MVP
Merita Bushi
Mustang
Merita Bushi
Most Improved
Merita Bushi
Varsity letter
Merita Bushi
JV letter
Merita Bushi
Nina Coomes
Lindsey Shallberg
Rachel Trenchard
Junior varsity boys
MVP
Forrest Cortes
Mustang
Luis Gaytan/Ed Moreno
Most improved
Forrest Cortes
Rookie Harrier
Ed Moreno
Junior varsity letter
Forrest Cortes
Andrew Czyszczon
Neal Capapas
Luis Gaytan
Michael Loftus
Ed Moreno
Sam Olver
Riday Pandya
Peter Wilk
Varsity girls
MVP
Karlyn Gehring
Academic Achievement
Bessie Nolan
Senior Leadership
Bessie Nolan
Most Improved
Simmone Seymour
Mustang
Su Yang
Cal Ripken Jr.
Taylor Provax
Sportsmanship
Dava Batjargal
Rookie Harrier
Maggie Ivanova
Varsity letter
Karlyn Gehring
Su Yang
Simmone Seymour
Bessie Nolan
Maggie Ivanova
Merita Bushi
Karly Raber
Taylor Provax
Dava Batjargal
Yesenia Valdez
Chinelle pin
Karlyn Gehring
Su Yang
Bessie Nolan
Merita Bushi
Karly Raber
Yesenia Valdez
Varsity boys
MVP
Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss
Academic Achievement
Cooper Eben
Leadership
Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss/Cooper Eban
Most improved
Fahad Sarvari
Mustang
Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss/Cooper Eban/Wesley Laytham/Charlie Mesimore/Erik Zuelhlke/Jiasong Yang/Fahad Sarvari
Cal Ripken Jr.
Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss/Cooper Eban
Sportsmanship
Erik Zuehlke
Varsity letter
Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss
Cooper Eban
Wesley Laytham
Charlie Mesimore
Erik Zuelhlke
Jiasong Yang
Fahad Sarvari
Forrest Cortes
Pat Duffy
Chinelle pin
Cuitlahuac Pineda Youniss
Cooper Eban
Wesley Laytham
Charlie Mesimore
Jiasong Yang
Participants
Boys
Alfredo Almaraz
Jonathan Kriston
Ed Heffernan
Miquel Ramirez
Richard Morales
Girls
Marlyn Bruno
Rory Johnson
Mihaela Pop
Gennesis Meza
Chloe Yanny-Tillar