Northwood JV Varsity Boys demonstrates depth by scoring 77% of points in their category . Photo courtesy of Tim Potvin, photographer.
Coming into Woodbridge, the Northwood Timberwolves put up another big afternoon with 19 individual first place team wins, nine of which were from its junior varsity squad. The Timberwolves would finish the meet scoring (521 points) against the Warrior's (462 points).
Several swift swims occurred at the Woodbridge High School Aquatic Center that took place on April 15, 2015. The combined competition was much closer in the end, considering that not one team ruled the pool the entire time. First place finishes were spread out evenly in individual events, so in the end, it came down to the relays.
The Timberwolves Boys have secured a tie in the Pacific Coast League with University High School in a 3-0 standing. Corona Del Mar's Boys are currently locked into second place in the league, and the most competitive team battle will be for first in the league with next week's meet against University on April 22, 2015.
200 FREE
Northwood Open Cindy Le began the meet finishing first in the 200 free with 2:41.91. Woodbridge's Juliette Hensling touched second with a 2:43.18. Northwood teammate sophomore Seren Smith was third with 2:45.99 which is a -8.68 drop on her PB time. On the Open Boys side Northwood's Brian Fu out-touched Woodbridge's Justin Valentine to claim first place. Fu finished with a 2:09.28 while Valentine touched with a 2:18.56 for second. Northwood sophomore Drucker Drucker rounded out the top three with 2:19.10. Northwood JV Girls Ashley Lee raced to a quick finish in the 200 free touching the wall with a 2:14.06. Woodbridge went 2-3 with Margaret McCarty and Macy Bernstein in 2:21.30 and 2:22.55. Momentum continued for the Northwood JV Boys claiming the top three finishes with Daniel Bae (1:55.64), Kyle Pendleton (1:57.87), and Michael Lee (2:03.70) who scored a combined 13 points for the Timberwolves. Northwood Varsity Girls Cristina Aramayo grabbed third with a 2:07.22. Northwood senior Judson Balding finished second with 1:46.12, and teammate freshman Gabe Munoz closed out third in 1:46.59.
100 IM
In the Open Boys, David Chang of Northwood recorded a PB time this season in the 100 IM event winning top honors in 1:07.34. Second place went to Woodbridge's Julian Hernandez (1:11.34).
200 IM
Northwood JV Girls Hana Roushdy registered the third fastest time in the 200 IM with 2:42.47. JV Boys Darrel Choi clinched the first place title (2:12.64) in a battle with Woodbridge Robert Hwang clocking second in 2:15.36, while teammate Bradley Arca placed third in 2:24.06. Northwood Varsity Girls freshman Julia Gonik touched third in 2:12.78. Varsity freshman Henry Wu got to the wall first in 2:07.05, with teammate Daniel Vo behind in 2:11.04. Woodbridge's Ryan Chien took third in 2:15.01
50 Free
Northwood Open Girls senior Emy Kory scored a third in the 50 free in 32.90. Open Boys sophomore Luke Balding took aim in the event by marking a top time in 26.43. JV Girls Sian Davis checked in with a second place performance time (27.54). Showing an awesome start and fast turn Ryan Lee won the JV Boys 50 free in a very tight race with teammate Collin Press (23.89), but pulled away touching first in 23.82. Woodbridge's Brendon Lee took third in 24.89. Varsity Girls Alyssa Tong rounded out the top three in the 50 free with a 26.75. Senior Peter Zhu marked a second time in 22.26, while teammate junior Cameron Hsieh stretched to touch in 22.80 for third.
50 Fly
Northwood freshman Jessica Serrano posted second place honors in 39.64 for the Open Girls. Freshman Arthur Liu topped the Open Boys 50 fly with a 29.18, coming out on top of a three way Timberwolves race to the finish. Teammates Sanghoon Oh (32.25) took second, and Jonathan Mah (32.38) scored third.
100 Fly
Lady T-wolves freshman Beatrice Maika Marin finished second for the JV Girls clocking a 1:08.51. On the JV Boys side, junior Aria Dadmand registered the third fastest time in 1:03.31. Varsity Girls freshman Josephine Manuel stopped the watch for third in 1:01.11. Freshman Shawn Lou tried to hold off a hard charging Woodbridge Aaron Huynh (54.32) in the Varsity Boys 100 fly, after building a .19 lead heading into the turn Lou lost ground to Huynh's 28.43 back half split but still claimed second in 54.42. Varsity senior Tyler Duong tracked down third in 56.71.
100 Free
In the Open boys, Northwood David Chang touched out teammate Young Woo Kim 59.26 to 59.80, for the first and second victories. The JV Girls Sian Davis delivered a strong showing of 1:03.22 for the second place spot, with Samantha Hornyak following up for third in 1:05.65. Daniel Bae launched a quick start and opened up a sizable advantage then hung on to the lead winning first in the JV Boys 100 free. Woodbridge Brendon Lee earned second in 54.32, while Northwood's Alex Ra claimed third in 55.36. Varsity Girls Alyssa Tong picked up a third in the event with a 59.00. Senior Billy Monjay followed with a 49.81 for third in this event as well.
500 Free
Ladies, start your engines! And Northwood's Ashley Lee did, finishing well ahead in the JV Girls 500 free going out fast and building with each stroke on her strong walls. Lee captured her second win of the meet with this event in 5:55.82. Woodbridge's Margaret McCarty notched second in 6:21.62. Varsity Girls Zoe Baick turned in a strong showing for second in 5:44.28. Teammate Cristina Aramayo followed up in third overall in 5:49.24. Varsity senior Judson Balding brought home second place points for the Timberwolves in the 500 free recording a 4:51.01, while teammate Daryl Wang came in third with 4:54.23.
50 Back
Lady T-Wolves Daniela Garcia Llaguno rounded out the top three in the 50 back earning a third in 38.36. Open Boys Max Tsao prevailed with a solid win over the rest of the field touching first in 32.86. Woodbridge's Justin Valentine held on to second in 35.84, while Northwood Peter Ho came in third with 38.31.
100 Back
Northwood JV Girls picked up second in the 100 back with senior Teresa Tran who clocked in a 1:20.44. Another exciting race unfolded as the top three boys from Northwood produced a triple win with Justin Pyne (1:04.71), Kevin Wu (1:06.61) and Adam Do (1:09.24). Varsity Girls Shannon Lee locked down second place with a 1:08.64. Freshman Shawn Lou clinched the Varsity 100 back title (55.42) in a very tight battle with teammate senior Daryl Wang (55.57), while Woodbridge's Sheldon Ho touched third in 55.69.
50 Breast
Lady T-wolves Emy Kory made a statement win in the Open Girls as she touched the wall in 39.37 to claim first in this event, while Woodbridge's Emily Rogers grabbed second in 39.46. Open Boys action saw freshman Leon Shi dominate surging to the top time in 33.81. Woodbridge's David Luoma held onto second with a 38.55, while Northwood freshman Daniel Mendoza come from behind swim clocked in a 41.12 in a tight race for third.
100 Breast
Freshman Beatrice Maika Marin proved to be the fastest JV Girls in the pool, posting the top time in 1:18.95. Woodbridge's Amber Henshaw earned second in 1:20.17, while freshman Hanna Kim hit the wall for third in 1:22.76. Kyle Charbonnet was the top finisher in the JV Boys division as he posted a 1:04.05, while Andy Tran narrowly escaped with second place honors (1:06.17). Woodbridge's James Nguyen claimed third in 1:07.31. Varsity Girls Julia Gonik added a second place individual victory to her collection, with a 1:09.68. In the individual finale Northwood freshman Gabe Munoz took complete control with a winning time of 1:01.18. Teammates Henry Wu (1:03.38) and Jason Wong (1:04.98) blitzed the rest of the field for the 1-2-3 triple win for the Northwood Varsity Boys.
Relays
Open Girls 200 Medley - 3rd place 2:29.14 Yu Hsuan Chen (No Data), Emy Kory (39.47), Jessica Serrano (39.47), JJ Hopper (31.95)
Open Boys 200 Medley - 1st place 2:00.07 David Chang (30.91), Leon Shi (33.74), Arthur Liu (28.47), Drucker Drucker (26.95)
JV Girls 200 Medley - 2nd place 2:11.16 Rachel Loye (34.13), Hanna Kim (36.48), Ashley Tung (31.17), Samantha Hornyak (29.38)
JV Boys 200 Medley - 1st place 1:48.23 Justin Pyne (29.10), Kyle Charbonnet (29.13), Esteban Torres (26.51), Nick O'Neil (23.49)
- 2nd place 1:50.75 Adam Do (31.17), Andy Tran (29.18), Aria Dadmand (27.04), Jonathan Phan (25.52)
Varsity Girls 200 Medley - 2nd place 1:57.48 Nancy Zhu (30.43), Julia Gonik (32.84), Josephine Manuel (33.17), Alyssa Tong (21.04)
- 3rd place 2:00.36 Shannon Lee (31.01), Erika Marin (34.24), Jacquelin Chen (27.75), Christine Weyers (27.36)
Varsity Boys 200 Medley - 1st place 1:40.85 Daryl Wang (26.62), William Monjay (27.12), Gabe Munoz (24.53), Peter Zhu (22.58)
- 2nd place 1:43.40 Shawn Lou (25.55), Henry Wu (29.95), Jonathan Peng (24.77), Mack Nesbit (23.13)
- 3rd place 1:43.94 Nick Thorson (26.82), Jason Wong (29.23), Hwa Min Sim (24.62), George Peabody (23.27)
Open Girls 200 Free - 1st place 2:13.38 JJ Hopper (33.12), Yu Hsuan Chen (32.45), Yalda Assemi (No Data), Jessica Serrano (No Data)
- 2nd place 2:13.96 Emy Kory (32.44), Amina Tawfik (35.35), Daniela Llaguno Garcia (32.98), Cindy Le (33.19)
Open Boys 200 Free - 1st place 1:45.89 Sriteja Sadam (26.31), Sanghoon Oh (27.83), Luke Balding (26.29), Brian Fu (25.46)
- 3rd place 1:53.22 Woo Young Kim (27.26), Earnest Wang (29.79), Jonathan Mah (27.66), Rajo Dalwala (28.51)
JV Girls 200 Free - 2nd place 1:59.47 Hana Roushdy (30.51), Rachel Loye (29.53), Madeline Smith (30.93), Sian Davis (28.50)
- 3rd place 2:02.11 Ashley Tung (30.46), Heera Ha (31.59), Michelle Tran (29.94), Wen-Whei Chen (30.12)
JV Boys 200 Free - 1st place 1:34.90 Daniel Bae (24.00), Kyle Charbonnet (23.75), Ryan Lee (23.73), Collin Press (23.42)
- 2nd place 1:39.10 Kyle Pendleton (26.04), Tae In Gu (25.03), Peter Ko (23.95), Alex Ra (24.08)
Varsity Girls 200 Free - 2nd place 1:46.73 Josephine Manuel (26.80), Nancy Zhu (26.41), Jacquelin Chen (26.41), Alyssa Tong (26.29)
Varsity Boys 200 Free - 2nd place 1:29.82 Peter Zhu (22.25), Cameron Hsieh (22.42), Judson Balding (22.45), Shawn Lou (22.90)
- 3rd place 1:34.79 George Peabody (23.83), Shayan Shaikh (24.50), Henry Wu (23.97), Gabe Munoz (22.49)
Open Girls 400 Free - 2nd place 4:58.90 Jessica Serrano (1:20.64), Yu Hsuan Chen (1:14.07), Yalda Assemi (1:19.47), JJ Hopper (1:04.72)
Open Boys 400 Free - 1st place 4:00.96 Brian Fu (1:00.00), David Chang (1:00.44), Sadam Sriteja (1:00.98), Arthur Liu (59.54)
- 3rd place 4:18.23 Luke Balding (1:01.08), Rahi Dakwala (1:03.57), Peter Ho (1:07.07), Kavi Mathur (1:06.51)
JV Girls 400 Free - 1st place 4:18.64 Ashley Lee (1:01.61), Kiana Allen (1:07.19), Sian Davis (1:03.30), Hana Roushdy (1:06.54)
- 2nd place 4:33.90 Teresa Tran (1:09.83), Ashley Tung (1:07.59), Wen-Whei Chen (1:07.47), Madeline Smith (1:09.01)
JV Boys 400 Free - 1st place 3:29.74 Daniel Bae (52.12), Collin Press (53.18), Darrel Choi (53.16), Nick O'Neill (51.28)
- 2nd place 3:26.46 Peter Ko (53.51), Kyle Pendleton (53.54), Alex Ra (55.23), Ryan Lee (54.18)
Varsity Girls 400 Free - 2nd place 4:00.46 Jacquelin Chen (1:00.25), Zoe Baick (1:01.95), Julia Gonik (57.87), Nancy Zhu (1:00.39)
Varsity Boys 400 Free - 1st place 3:14.60 Judson Balding (48.79), Tyler Duong (49.74), William Monjay (48.86), Cameron Hsieh (47.21)
- 3rd place 3:29.78 Daniel Vo (52.51), Mack Nesbit (51.43), Shayan Shaikh (54.11), Nick Thorson (51.73)
Dual-Meet Scores
Men
Northwood High School 102.00 vs 68.00 Woodbridge High School
Women
Northwood High School 60.00 vs 110.00 Woodbridge High School