“One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good.” Abe Lemmons
Another terrific week of preseason practice! Our athletes are still working their way into peak shape, and we’re on track to be ready for our upcoming preseason meets. Now that time trials are behind us, we can shift more of our focus to field events, block starts, hurdles, and relay exchanges as we prepare for our first taste of competition this Thursday at Yorba Linda High School and Saturday’s quad meet against Crean Lutheran High School, Marina High School, and Westminster High School.
🏆 Northwood High School Track & Field Meet Recap
This week’s meet showcased outstanding performances across all grade levels, highlighted by returning varsity athletes, impressive freshman breakthroughs, and several athletes winning multiple events.
🥇 First Place Finishers
Boys
Jeff Zhang (12) – 100m (11.65 PR)
Aryan Guddeti (10) – 400m (52.57 PR)
Billy Wu (11) – 60m Hurdles (10.39 PR)
Jacob Harper (11) – Discus (122'2")
Blythe Anderson (10) – Pole Vault (14'0" PR)
Noah Hagerstrand (11) – Long Jump (20'5" PR)
Zach Paulsen (11) – Triple Jump (39'3" PR)
Girls
Lizzy Li (11) – Discus (86'5")
🌟 Multi-Event Standouts
Several athletes captured multiple individual event victories:
Rebecca Short (10) – TRIPLE EVENT WINNER High Jump (4'0"), Long Jump (12'10"), Triple Jump (27'8")
Jeremy Kang (11) – DOUBLE EVENT WINNER 800m (2:13.96 PR), 1600m (4:46.97 PR)
Ella Yu (11) – DOUBLE EVENT WINNER 60m Hurdles (11.09 PR), Pole Vault (8'6")
These performances demonstrate tremendous versatility and competitive strength.
🚀 Freshman Impact (Class of 2029)
Our 9th graders made an immediate impact:
Chloe Bogosh – Two event victories and leading sprint times 100m (12.73 PR), 400m (1:06.49)
Ryan Jo – 2nd in 800m (2:16.35 PR), 3rd in 1600m (5:02.77 PR)
Mengxuan Li – 2nd in 800m (2:49.34 PR), 2nd in 1600m (6:04.19 PR)
Mako Eguchi – 2nd in 400m (1:07.86 PR)
Talia Mashayekhi – strong hurdle performance
🌟 Winter Sport Athletes (less than a week of practice)
Finally watch our for these athletes who have only been out in Track & Field for a week.
Lucia James – impressive sprint marks for the 11th grader with little practice
Maile Foucart – 9th grader who will be one to watch in the upcoming weeks
Tianzhi Jiao – 3 stepper in the hurdles with only a week of practice
The future of Northwood Track & Field is bright. The positive attitude across the program has been outstanding—let’s keep that momentum going and finish the week strong with great performances on this Thursday & Saturday.
We have a busy week ahead with Team Dinner on Wednesday, Track meets on Thursday and Saturday!!
