Henry Wu was apart of the 200 Medley Relay (Breast- 27.46) that got the Timberwolves off to a brilliant start against Beckman High School (photo above).  Wu teamed up with Gabe Munoz, Hwa Min Sim, and anchor Hunter Hitchens to deliver Northwood's first relay CIF Automatic Relay cut (1:36.37).  Photo courtesy of CoolPoolPix.

The Northwood Timberwolves riding a wave of preseason momentum did a pretty good job of warming the water at the Beckman High School Aquatic Center on Wednesday, March 22, 2017.  Depth was the name of the day for Northwood, finding their way all afternoon in the winning column which culminated in swimming away with the team scoring tally. Northwood boys secured a 94 point margin of victory 132-38, while the girls closed out 113-57 over Beckman.

Northwood Coach Nieto's preseason success has correlated with an arrangement of events allowing full team rosters to be consistently challenged.  That strategy seems to be working as Northwood's depth put it all together consistently for today's match-up. .

After just completing their first regular league season meet, the Timberwolves have already notched a CIF-automatic qualifying time in the 200 Medley Relay.

200 Medley Splits:

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School	50 Back Split	50 Breast Split	50 Fly Split	50 Free Split	Final Time
NHS	Gabe Munoz- 24.43	Henry Wu- 27.46	Hwa Min Sim- 22.92	Hunter Hitchens- 21.56	1:36.37

200 FREE

Northwood's Open Girls saw a tight battle between teammates Molly Mcllrath (2:36.54) and Grace Schweizer (2:37.75).  both girls clocked best times dropping -2.92 and -2.75 seconds for the 1-2 finish.  Beckman's Lindsey Marshall raced for third in 2:48.11.  Open Boys helped lead the charge with a triple win with Gautam Chaudhri (2:06.80), Dylan Green (2:10.74) and Nathan Ree (2:18.64).  JV Girls Hannah Roushdy and Hannah Miller went 1-2 going 2:21.58 to 2:26.73 in the 200 Free.  Madison Chang from Beckman rounded third in 2:35.18.  JV Boys put two in the top three with Christopher Pukszta (1:59.27) and Spencer Sellwood (2:05.84) for a 1-2 punch finish to the wall.  Beckman's Ryu Okazaki in for third 2:06.55.  Varsity Lady T-Wolves Olvia Chen was first out of the gates with a win in the 200 Free turning in a 2:02.41.  Teammate Zoe Baick was just behind in 2:08.08, while Beckman's Jessica Lambert pulled in for third (2:10.27).  Northwood Varsity Boys took the top three places with Timberwolves senior Mack Nesbit who got the early lead over teammate freshman Felix Zhu (1:49.40), and roared home to win the event in 1:47.66.  Freshman David Xue held down third in 1:51.41.

100 IM

Sophmore Sophia Abraham came through for the Open Girls to win the 100 IM in 1:23.56.  Beckman went 2-3 with Natalie Seago (1:24.19) and Bena Patel (1:24.37).  Meanwhile Max Abravanel closed hard in heat 1 to take the top time overall in 1:05.02.  Beckman's Jack VanDerHayden checked in for second with 1:09.79, while Subham Kulkami sits third in 1:16.91.

200 IM

JV Girls Nina Takashima pulled off a 44.86 backstroke split that led her through the last 150 yeards of the race as the fastest performer in 2:38.97.  Her teammates Sobyn Chung (2:42.78) and Kate Jensen (2:48.39) touching behind for 2-3 joined her for a triple win.  On the JV Boys side Rocky Gao turned to the backstroke leg with under waters that kept him under longer than the rest of the field clocking in a best time of 2:12.88.  Teammates Sean Doan (2:13.32) and David Chang (2:21.88) swam a tight race but Doan's back half helped gain over Chang in the final 100.  Varsity Lady T-Wolves Amanda Hsieh was out like a rocket turning at the 100 with fly/back over in 1:02.03 which kept her in control of the race touching first in 2:10.22. Julia Gonik finished off in 2:13.44, while Beckman's Marci Yanagawa rounded third (2:17.84).  Northwood's Varsity Boys lined up the trio of Gabe Munoz (1:57.98), Kevin Chen (2:09.11) and Nick Huynh (2:09.75) scoring together for the triple win.

50 Free

Grace Schweizer dominated the Open Girls 50 Free with a 30.85, over a second ahead of the rest of the field, while Beckman's Versonica Garcia took second (32.21) ahead of Natalie Seago (32.99).  The Open Boys put one in the top three with freshman Austin Kenyon (28.26) taking first, with Beckman's Nathan Boone (31.61) and Sebastian Schwarz (31.81) touching the wall for 2-3.  The Northwood JV Girls showed real depth with three finishing in the top three in this race with Kaitlyn Speelman (29.40), Rachel Kang (29.48), and Alejandra Aramayo for third 29.71.  Michael Lee won the JV Boys 50 Free in 23.73, beating out teammate Calvin Lin going 24.28.  Tae In Gu touched just behind them in 24.55 rounding third.  In the Varsity Girls 50 Free, Nancy Zhu (25.96) and Hayley Pham (26.64) showed their top end talent accomplishing a 2-3, while Beckman's Kimmy Woolfenden took the event in 25.86.  A fast 50 freestyle field saw Timberwolves Hunter Hitchens ripping under 22 seconds in 21.70 taking the top spot.  That time places Hitchens third in Northwood's Top 25 All Time as a junior.  Nailing down the 2-3 were Hwa Min Sim (22.28) and Collin Press (22.86).

50 Fly

The Open Girls once again took another win with Caitlin Novak going 35.95 for a personal best.  Samantha Wong (38.74) and Kelly chung (38.86) were Beckman's runners-up.  Open Boys picked up three more wins for a triple in the 50 Fly.  Gautam Chaudhri (28.20), Jack Tsaur (30.17), and Julius Chung (32.13) all had a big margin of victory over Beckman.

100 Fly

JV Girls tallied 1-3 finishes in the 100 Fly.  Kate Jensen won the event in a time of 1:16.14.  Her teammate Ashley Tung (1:19.74) seized second, and Aarya Koppikar 1:20.61 for third.  JV Boys Parker Mallough swam a strong first place in 1:01.58 for the JV Boys 100 Fly.  Spencer Sellwood helped that effort surging for a second to touch the wall in 1:04.69.  Beckman's Matthew Nguyen recorded third (1:07.39).  Varsity Girls Amanda Hsieh swept the 100 Fly event finishing with 1:00.10.  Her teammate Josephine Manuel closed out second in 1:02.05, while Beckman's Tiffany Chen clocked in for third (1:03.37).  The Varsity Boys got some butterfly points from junior Hwa Min Sim clinching first in 53.81.  Beckman's Weiss Al Hai Hussain finished second (56.16) , while Thomas Kim put in a season best time of 57.15.

100 Free

Open Girls Molly Mcllrath doubled her individual events winning again in the 100 Free putting in 1:12.48.  Just on her heels was Amina Tawfik finishing only .32 hundreds behind for second.  Beckman's Bena Patel ended with third (1:13.50).  In the Open Boys Matthew O'Neil and Beckman's Jack VanDerHeyden challenged each other in the first 50 yards out only five one-hundreds of a second separated them.  O'Neil pulled away in the second half of the race stopping the clock 59.50 to VanDerHeyden's 1:00.13.  Neil Chaudhry held off the rest of the field touching in at 1:05.72.  On the JV Girls side, freshman Isabel Munoz closed out her individual event posting a first place finish in 1:05.54.  Junior Cindy Le followed second in 1:07.40 with Beckman's Elisa Noh 1:07.81 for third.  Northwood JV Boys were back at it again with a 1-2 finish from Calvin Lin (53.10) and Andrew Wraith (56.01).  Beckman's Kassra Salari pulled in for third (56.12).  The afternoon saw a tight field of Varsity Girls in the 100 Free that included Nancy Zhu (55.85) joined by teammate Oliva Chen (57.11) for the 2-3.  Beckman's Kimmy Woolfenden took the event in 55.62.  Looking for his second individual win of the day Varsity Timberwolves Henry Wu won the 100 Free in 49.51, followed by Beckman's Justin Nguyen (50.54).  Only .14 hundreds behind was Collin Press rounding third in 50.70.

500 Free

In the JV Girls 500 Free, Hannah Roushdy (6:18.61) and Wen-Whei Chen (6:38.06) went 1-2 in showing their distance talent.  Beckman's Manon Bedou took third in 6:55.10.  The JV Boys led the charge with Christopher Pukszta (5:13.37) and Parker Mallough (5:18.07) giving the Timberwolves a 1-2.  Pukszta jumped out to an early lead turning 2:36.40 at the 250 mark putting 29.2 seconds distance from Mallough in accomplishing the win.  Beckman's Daniel Chun was third in 5:56.82.  Among other notable performances on the Varsity Girls side included Zoe Baick who swept the 500 Free in 5:42.40.  Beckman's Jessica Lambert touched second 5:48.69, while Katherine Wang ended her day for third in 6:02.24.  Varsity Boys senior Mack Nesbit delivered a double win of the day as well, and made a statement winning in the 500 Free as he touched the wall in 4:55.27.  Teammates Felix Zhu (5:01.08) and Emilano Olague (5:17.11) finished the triple win for Northwood.

50 Back

Northwood Open Girls went 2-3 in the 50 Back when Caitlin Novak and Danah Hammoud touched in 38.99 and 39.08, respectively.  Beckman's Erin Bae won the event in 37.36.  The Open Boys efforts culminated in a triple win on the day with Matthew O'Neil (31.44), Max Abravanel (31.88), and Mohamed El Shazly (32.73).

100 Back

JV Girls Alexjandra Aramayo (1:18.08) and Jasroop Miglani (1:19.51) established themselves as the fastest top two finishers in the 100 Back.  Both girls cleared more than a body length from Beckman's third place finisher Elisa Noh (1:21.10).  JV Boys put in theree more wins for a triple with Rocky Gao (1:02.39), David Chang (1:06.17), and Adrian Fontao (1:09.28).  The Varsity Girls had a 2-3 stronghold on the 100 Back with Josephine Manuel (1:04.48) and Lauren Hitchens (1:04.85) holding pace throughout the race together.  Beckman's Marci Yanagawa put in the the top time in 1:02.30.  Timberwolves junior Gabe Munoz was dialed in with an impressive 100 Back for the Varsity Boys finishing the event in 53.54, and slightly off from last season's best time 53.22.  Teammates freshman Youssef Elseifi (59.48) and sophomore Nick Huynh (1:00.67) took 1-2, respectively.

50 Breast

In the Open Boys Orlando Olague took a victory by winning the 50 Breast (35.45), and his teammate Jason Yang recorded second in 36.87 over Beckman's Shaan Kapur (37.61).

100 Breast

And in the final individual event Northwood JV Girls put three handily in the top three spots for the 100 Breast with Sobyn Chung (1:18.06), Nina Takashima (1:22.54), and Tara Esfahari (1:24.32).  JV Boys Sean Doan and Arthur Liu ran away with the top two spots for this event going a smooth 1:08.62 to 1:09.57.  Beckman's Daniel Chun rounded third in 1:13.12.  Varsity junior Yulia Gonik swam a fast 100 breaststroke turning in a top time of 1:08.46.  Teammate Jenna Morley surfaced for second in 1:14.04, while Beckman's Megan Pham placed third with 1:16.10.  Another nice swim from the Varsity Boys getting a 59.80 breaststroke from Henry Wu, along with Kevin Chen with 1:02.62.  Beckman's Justin Nguyen ended with a 1:03.19.

Relays
Open Girls 200 Medley -  1st place  2:30.34  Danah Hammoud (39.23), Lauren Thorpe (45.88), Caitlin Novak (36.10), Grace Schweizer (29.13)
Open Boys 200 Medley -  1st place  2:02.45  Matthew O'Neill (31.05), Max Schell (35.37), Max Abravanel (28.08), Austin Kenyon (27.95)
                                      -  2nd place  2:07.04  Mohamed El Shazly (33.20), Jason Yang (36.03), Gautam Chaudhri (28.13), Neil Chaudhry (29.68)
                                      -  3rd place  2:13.87  Earnest Wang (34.68), Matthew Halle (37.64), Nathaniel Irwan (33.15), Nathan Ree (28.40)
JV Girls 200 Medley -  1st place  2:14.76  Alejandra Aramayo (34.93), Sobyn Chung (37.71), Kaitlyn Spellman (31.73), Hannah Roushdy (30.39)
                                -  2rd place  2:16.14  Jasroop Miglani (35.09), Tara Esfahani (37.48), Ashley Tung (34.34), Rachel Kang (29.23) 
JV Boys 200 Medley -  1st place  1:54.71  Adrian Fontao (30.28), Arhur Liu (31.77), Andrew Wraith (28.59), Calvin Lin (23.88)
                                 -  3rd place  1:59.63  David Chang (30.95), Shane Saito (35.15), Jack Liu (29.53), Luke Balding (24.00)
Varsity Girls 200 Medley  -  1st place  1:54.69  Nancy Zhu (30.00), Julia Gonik (31.59), Josephine Manuel (27.93), Amanda Hsieh (25.17)
                                       -  3rd place  2:01.89  Lauren Hitchens (31.06), Jenna Morley (34.17), Jacquelin Chen (29.75), Hayley Pham (26.91)
Varsity Boys 200 Medley -  1st place  1:36.37  Gabe Munoz (24.43), Henry Wu (27.46), Hwa Min Sim (22.92), Hunter Hitchens (21.56)
                                       -  2nd place  1:44.16  David Xue (27.64), Kevin Chen (28.64), Kyle Pendleton (25:21), Sean Gao (22.67)
Open Girls 200 Free -  2nd place  2:13.78  Amina Tawfik (34.70), Sophia Abraham (33,56), Samar Chackerrez (33.76), Molly Mcllrath (31.91)

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