The Timberwolves Varsity boys keyed on their diversely talented upper/underclassmen all but untouchable in their individual races rolling away with topping 6-for-8 on wins. Photo courtesy of Tim Potvin, photographer.
Coming off a fifty-two point margin win against the Irvine Vaqueros the Northwood Timberwolves Varsity boys were back at it again putting together a dominating performance over the Woodbridge Warriors on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the Woodbridge High School Aquatic Center.
That included a 5-individual event run on the Varsity boys side that stretched from post 50 free through the meet ending 100 breast. The Timberwolves keyed on their diversely talented upper/underclassmen all but untouchable in their individual races rolling away with topping 6-for-8 on wins.
The Timberwolves defeated the Warriors 104.5-65.5 on the boy's side, while the Lady T-wolves lost 77-93 against the Lady Warriors.
"I'm seeing more improvements beginning to show from our team in the last few meets," Asst. Coach Cameron Nelson said. "The team is extremely positive, perhaps the most positive and confident it has been all season."
200 FREE
Northwood's Danny Garcia Llaguno won second place in the first individual heat of the day with 2:42.00 in the Open Girls 200 Free. The sophomore took 37.48 seconds off her 2015 time. Woodbridge took first touch with Angela Gadon (2:33.31), and Juliette Hensling rounded third with 2:46.07. Northwood Open Boys Ethan Abravanel shot out front at the start of the 200 free race and led the field never losing the lead and finished first with 2:13.99, just a touch faster by 1.38 on his best season time. Woodbridge's Owen Foster grabbed second with 2:23.71, while Peter Ho took third in the heat with 2:29.36. JV Girls Ashley Lee was out in a commanding 31.59 at the 50 and 1:06.26 at the 100, turning with a full body length lead on the field. She came home in 1:10.06 for a total time of 2:16.32. Woodbridge's Lauren Spear (2:19.61) and teammate Catherine Choi (2:20.07) went second and third respectively. On the JV Boys side, Michael Lee had an excellent front half and won the event with 2:00.22. His teammate David Miller was second in 2:02.72, while Woodbridge's Jefferson Lee was third in 2:04.55. Lady T-wolves freshman Amanda Hsieh charged out with the leading split at the 100, and out split over the back half earning the win with 1:55.75. Woodbridge's Sydney Okubo touched second with 1:58.75, getting past her teammate Marley Hickson for third in 2:03.96. In the Varsity Boys 500 free was an exciting race, if not quite as tight as had been expected. Woodbridge's Allen Wong jumped out to the early lead, with Northwood's junior Mack Nesbit in tow. Nesbit kept it close but just could not make the move over the final 100 yards turning in a second place personal best time with 1:46.33. Wong won the event in 1:44.74, while senior Shayan Shaikh placed third in 1:54.64.
100 IM
Northwood Open Girls Aarya Koppikar put down a 1:23.23, good for second overall and personal best. Rounding out the top three is Amina Tawfik, who touched the wall in 1:30.35. Woodbridge's Reiley Batelann won the event in 1:17.75. Max Tsao had a strong afternoon showing, winning his heat by 1.32 seconds and putting up the fastest Open Boys time of 1:09.01. Teammate Sriteja Sadam swam next to Tsao and was the only one anywhere near the leader with 1:10.33. Woodbridge's Aria Shahzad-Ghajar rounds out the top three with a 1:12.11.
200 IM
The JV Girls featured an excellent battle between Northwood's Amanda Nguyen and Woodbridge's Sunny Su. Su turned at the 100 back wall with a .61 hundreds advantage over Nguyen, but Nguyen caught her on the back half. Nguyen posted a winning personal best 2:29.51; Su, 2:29.54. Sophie Djen from Woodbridge held third with 2:35.65. Northwood's JV Boys swept the 200 IM. Sean Gao got out to an early lead and continued to build, so that he was virtually alone over the second half of the race. Gao won the event with 2:14.50. Second was David Chang in 2:19.46. Parker Mallough rounded out the top three touching in 2:21.60. The Varsity Girls 200 IM belonged to Woodbridge's Kathryn Krolikowski who went 2:05.63. Sophomore Julia Gonik was next in line with 2:12.50, while Nancy Zhu just behind registered a 2:13.73. Sophomore Henry Wu lead the way this afternoon in the Varsity Boys edition of the 200 IM; he was the only swimmer of the afternoon to dip beneath the 2:05-threshold, registering a swift 2:04.27. The other two Northwood swimmers who participated in the top-3 sweep were Emiliano Olague (2:11.24), and Daniel Vo (2:11.61).
50 Free
Woodbridge's Naya Swedan made things a little interesting, staying pretty close to Linh Huynh down to the final strokes of the Open Girls 50 free race, but Huynh maintained her top end speed and won the race in 30.45 to Swedan's 31.12. There was a wide gap between those two and the rest of the field. Anna-Nicole Gadon from Woodbridge finished third in 32.22. Northwood's Open Boys Sriteja Sadam and Nathan Ree dueled down the final stretch, with Sadam finishing first in 26.75 and Ree in 26.86. Woodbridge's Julian Hernandez placed third with 27.11. In one of the tightest JV Girls races in the afternoon, Maily Nguyen came .31 behind Woodbridge's Jilly Hamilton taking second and third with 27.68 and 27.99, respectively. Woodbridge's Katie Rogerson took third in 28.16. JV Boys Tae In Gu stormed out to an early lead holding a winning time of 23.95. Rohan Sepahi from Woodbridge was second in 24.21, while Timberwolves Luke Balding was third in 25.79. Woodbridge's Varsity Girls claimed first and second with Whitney Chang (24.75) and Molly McCance (24.93). Lady T-wolves Olivia Chen went 26.33 for third. Woodbridge's Aaron Huynh won the sprint free by a body length in 22.06. Northwood's Ryan Lee went 23.22 to edge teammate Ethan Lan by .06 with 23.28.
50 Fly
Naya Swedan earned the top spot in the Open Girls 50 fly for Woodbridge coming in with 33.76. Northwood's Jeanie Lee swam 39.45, a second improvement upon her best time; and Jessica Serrano pulled into third with 42.34.
100 Fly
Esteban Torres added a third place showing in the 100 fly with 1:04.38. Woodbridge's Marco Cueva (1:01:01) and Stefan Eriksson (1:02.58) were first and second, respectively. Lady T-wolves Josephine Manuel had the fastest time of 1:01.69 followed by Woodbridge's Chloe L:ee (1:02.77), and finishing third was Jacquelin Chen in 1:03.90. Sophomore Hwa Min Sim led the Timberwolves Varsity Boys 100 fly from start to finish winning the event in a time of 52.08. Woodbridge's Aaron Huynh put up a time of 52.30 for second, while Henry Wu finished third in a time of 55.86.
500 Free
Ashley Lee continued her excellent meet for the Northwood JV Girls as she doubles winning the 500 free with 6:01.63. She was followed by Woodbridge's Lauren Spear who posted a 6:13.26 and Wen-Whei Chen who recorded a 3.26 seconds personal best time drop in 6:23.81 for third. Northwood's JV Boys Thomas Kim (5:32.24), Brian Fu (5:50.51), and Jonathan Mah (5:59.20) were the top-3 finishers in the 500 free. A pack of Varsity Lady T-wolves swept the 500 free with senior Katya Burjakowsky winning in 5:27.82, holding off teammate junior Zoe Baick who came home in 5:43.23. Senior Cristina Aramayo placed third with 5:55.24. Northwood's junior Mack Nesbit won the event out in lane 4 with 4:50.10. Next to him in lane 3 was Woodbridge's Allen Wong, who kept it close at .57 hundreds behind at the touch of 4:50.67. Sophomore Hwa Min Sim was third with 5:10.20.
50 Back
Northwood went 1-2 with sophomore Margaret Wang clocking a 38.35 to lead the field in the Open Girls 50 back. Her teammate freshman Yalda Assemi placed second in 38.82, while Woodbridge's Mayar Morsy rounded third with 39.47. Northwood's Open Boys provided a sweep of their own in the 50 back with Max Tsao (31.27), Nicholas Parker (33.02), and Mohamed El Shazly (33.58).
100 Back
Lady T-wolves Katrina Loye won in dominating fashion, going 1:08.99 to top the JV Girls field by a second. Woodbridge's Alliyah Lougee (1:09.38) and Samantha Lee (1:18.51) pulled in 2-3, respectively. Northwood's JV Boys were back at it again, this time sweeping the 100 back. Sean Gao clocked a 1:03.94 to win the event with teammates David Chang (1:04.03) and Justin Pyne (1:05.53). Woodbridge took the Varsity Girls 100 back with a 57.88 from Sydney Okubu. Lady T-wolves Nancy Zhu was second in 1:02.46, and Marley Hickson of Woodbridge was third in 1:03.15. The Timberwolves strength and depth were on display with sophomore Gabe Munoz winning in 53.22, and runner-up senior Nick Thorson (56.40), while Woodbridge's Jaesik Hwang (59.56) took third.
50 Breast
Ayse Oztekin got things rolling for Northwood with a narrow win in the Open Girls 50 breast (38.08), as teammate Tara Esfahani was just .17 hundreds coming behind in 38.50. Woodbridge's Reiley Batelaan took third in 40.93. On the Open Boys side, Edward Suh touched in a winning 50 breast in 33.00, and was followed in quick succession by Jinwoo Park. Woodbridge's Jason Wang came in third at 34.60.
100 Breast
Woodbridge's Catherine Choi took the JV Girls 100 breast win in 1:19.71, just edging Northwood's Amanda Nguyen (1:19.90), while Sobyn Chung placed third in 1:20.01. The JV Boy's meet was much more one-sided as another sweep was recorded in the 100 breast. Conner Budka touched out Sean Doan 1:07.69 to 1:09.11 for the win. Arthur Liu placed third in 1:10.62. Lady T-wolves Julia Gonik highlighted the Varsity Girls side, blasting a 1:07.88 to pick up the win. Woodbridge's Julianna Witting (1:08.62) and Amanda Anderson (1:10.64) went second and third, respectively. The Timberwolves Varsity Boys was able to close out their individual events the same way that they started it filled to the brim with fast swimming. Gabe Munoz claimed his second victory of the afternoon with a 1:03.55 100 breast. Following closely behind Northwood would see swimmers finish in the second and third place position with Kevin Chen (1:03.58) and Jason Wong (1:06.62), which was enough to shut the door on the overall varsity victory.
Relays
Open Girls 200 Medley - 1st place 2:21.75 Danny Llaguno Garcia (38.09), Tara Esfahani (37.57), Aarya Koppikar (35.25), Linh Huynh (30.84)
Open Girls 200 Medley - 2nd place 2:24.72 Margaret Wang (37.33), Ayse Oztekin (38.87), Yalda Assemi (37.41), Cindy Le (31.11)
Open Boys 200 Medley - 1st place 2:06.01 Andrew Wraith (32.01), Jinwoo Park (33.52), Peter Ho (32.98), Nicholas Parker (27.90)
Open Boys 200 Medley - 2nd place 2:09.38 Max Tsao (31.36), Edward Suh (33.70), Shubham Kulkarni (36.71), Emerson Connolly (27.61)
Open Boys 200 Medley - 3rd place 2:18.84 Mohamed El Shazly (33.73), Sriteja Sadam (35.28), Angelo Barsotti (37.11), Matthew Halle (32.72)
JV Girls 200 Medley - 1st place 2:07.16 Katrina L:oye (32,34), Sobyh Chung (36.65), Hannah Mcllrath (30.69), Maily Nguyen (27.48)
JV Boys 200 Medley - 1st place 1:51.86 Justin Pyne (30.05), Conner Budka (31.18), Thomas Kim (26.64), Tae In Gu (23.99)
JV Boys 200 Medley - 2nd place 1:54.71 Jefferson Lee (30.26), Kareem Momoun (33.97), Marco Cueva (26.49), Stefan Eriksson (23.99)
Varsity Girls 200 Medley - 2nd place 1:53.81 Nancy Zhu (29.55), Julia Gonik (32.01), Josephine Manuel (27.34), Amanda Hsieh (24.91)
Varsity Boys 200 Medley - 1st place 1:41.61 Nick Thorson (26.40), Henry Wu (28.33), Gabe Munoz (24.41), Cameron Hsieh (22.47)
Varsity Boys 200 Medley - 3rd place 1:47.02 Shawn Lou (26.92), Kevin Chen (28.96), Emiliano Olague (27.89), Collin Press (23.25)
Open Girls 200 Free - 1st place 2:07.39 Linh Huynh (31.99), Cindy Le (30.93), Yalda Assemi (32.27), Danny Llaguno Garcia (32.20)
Open Girls 200 Free - 2nd place 2:11.62 Aarya Koppikar (35.65), Ayse Oztekin (31.31), Tara Esfahani (31.87), Margaret Wang (32.79)
Open Boys 200 Free - 2nd place 1:54.69 Ethan Abravanel (29.32), Earnest Wang (29.64), Emerson Connolly (27.98), Max Tsao (27.75)
Open Boys 200 Free - 3rd place 1:57.41 Matthew Halle (33.25), Edward Suh (28.10), Mohamed El Shazly (27.40), Peter Ho (28.66)
JV Girls 200 Free - 2nd place 1:54.75 Katrina Loye (29.01), Sobyn Chung (29.80), Amanda Nguyen (28.41), Maily Nguyen (27.53)
JV Boys 200 Free - 2nd place 1:41.10 Justin Pyne (26.30), David Miller (25.61), Esteban Torres (24.93), Tae In Gu (24.26)
JV Boys 200 Free - 3rd place 1:42.79 Rahi Dakwala (27.21), Michael Lee (24.08), Calvin Lin (24.73), Morgan Choi (26.77)
Varsity Girls 200 Free - 2nd Place 1:50.73 Jacquelin Chen (27.43), Katherine Monjay (28.06), Sian Davis (27.34), Katya Burjakowsky (27.90)
Varsity Boys 200 Free - 2nd place 1:32.02 Nick Thorson (23.09), Shayan Shaikh (24.17), Collin Press (23.12), Cameron Hsieh (21.64)
Varsity Boys 200 Free - 3rd place 1:34.29 Nick O'Neill (23.75), Alex Ra (24.06), Ethan Lan (23.40), Ryan Lee (23.08)
Open Girls 400 Free - 2nd place 4:40.50 Cindy Le (1:08.24), Linh Huynh (1:10.95), Yalda Assemi (No Data), Danny Llaguno Garcia (1:08.43)
Open Boys 400 Free - 1st place 4:28.33 Earnest Wang (1:42.43), Peter Ho (No Data), Matthew Halle (1:05.60), Davi Mathur (1:04.35)
JV Girls 400 Free - 2nd place 4:18.61 Asley Lee (1:02.75), Sam Ibasitas (1:07.93), Ashley Tung (1:05.02), Hannah Mcllrath (1:02.91)
JV Girls 400 Free - 3rd place 4:31.47 Samantha Hornyak (1:08.53), Monroe Erie (1:08.41), Madeline Smith (1:07.72), Michelle Tran (1:06.81)
JV Boys 400 Free - 1st place 3:36.06 Justin Pyne (53.37), Tae In Gu (53.50), Nick Huynh (55.12), Thomas Kim (54.07)
Varsity Girls 400 Free - 2nd place 3:45.79 Julia Gonik (57.37), Nancy Zhu (56.63), Josephine Manuel (58.27), Amanda Hsieh (53.52)
Varsity Girls 400 Free - 3rd place 3:59.48 Cristina Aramayo (1:01.44), Fiona Fan (1:00.29), Olivia Chen (58.14), Zoe Baick (59.61)
Varsity Boys 400 Free - 2nd place 3:25.02 Nick Thorson (51.63), Shayan Shaikh (53.71), Mack Nesbit (50.60), Hwa Min Sim (49.08)
Varsity Boys 400 Free - 3rd place 3:28.84 Ryan Lee (52.82), Nick O'Neill (51.86), Daniel Vo (53.61), Henry Wu (50.55)
Tri-Meet Scores
Men
Northwood High School 104.5 vs 65.5 Woodbridge High School
Women
Northwood High School 77.00 vs 93.00 Woodbridge High School