Welcome to the web site for the Northwood High School Swimming and Diving Team.  Northwood High School is located in Silver Spring, Md., part of the Montgomery County Public Schools. The Gladiators participate in Division IV of MCPS Swimming and Diving. The team is coached by Stephanie Sund.
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From 2010-03-13

 Photo courtesy of Jesse Allen

Swimming/Diving Honors Vanderweele, Moore With Team’s Top Honors for 2009-10

Northwood High School honored its winter athletes for both their athletic and their academic accomplishments at the school’s awards ceremony on March 2.

In swimming and diving, the two individuals honored as most valuable performers were Chelsea Vanderweele and Austin Moore. Honored as the team’s unsung hero was Courtney Ulmer, while Jesse Macdonald was named the team’s most improved player.

Seven members of the team also were presented with the Minds in Motion Award for maintaining a grade point average of at least 3.25 during their season of competition. The recipients were Vanderweele, Liana Ventimiglia, Lara Skibbie, Morgan Kershner, Emma Kapstein-O’Brien, Lauren Gunnison and Thomas Carrington.

Coach Stephanie Sund passed out the awards following brief comments about the past season.

In his opening remarks, Principal Henry Johnson said he appreciated the efforts of parents and student-athletes during a winter season that was made much more challenging by severe snowfall that forced the cancellation of many practice sessions at Northwood and competitions home and away. Noting this represented Northwood’s sixth year of operation (and its fourth year with varsity teams) since reopening as a high school, Johnson said he could see a “strengthening over the years” of the athletic program.

Johnson, who has been Northwood’s principal since its start, said he especially enjoyed recognizing those students who excelled in the classroom at the same rime they were committing themselves to the rigors of athletic competition. He gave out the final honors of the night, the Scholar Athlete Award for compiling a perfect 4.0 average during the second marking period to three athletes: track participant Calvin Kane, basketball player Christine Saah and swimmer Liana Ventimiglia. – posted by jay p. goldman 3/2/10
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Northwood Results from the Division 4 Meet

The Northwood boys and girls swim and dive team competed against all teams in Division 4 on Saturday the 13.  There were 7 teams total.  The girls placed 5th, the boys 6th and combined they placed 5th.

Each event had up to 21 swimmers with points awarded to the top 16.  Many swimmers had best times despite practice and meets being cancelled for the past 3 weeks.

Congratulations to the following swimmers and divers:
 
Boys 200y Medley relay
2nd place:  Warren Jackson, Jimmy Hessler, Austin Moore, Thomas Carrington 1:54.57
 
Girls 200y medley relay
2nd place:  Chelsea VanderWeele, Liana Ventimiglia, Amy Tuttle, Morgan Kershner 2:09.03
 
Boys 200y freestyle
14th Marc Matheiu 2:40.87
 
Girls 200y freestyle
1st  Chelsea VanderWeele 2:04.43
10th Lauren Gunnison 2:43.07
16th Katherine O'Connor 3:00.19
 
Boys 200y individual medley
1st Austin Moore 2:09.68
 
Boys 50y freestyle
3rd Jimmy Hessler 24.76
10th Thomas Carrington 27.61
 
Girls 50y freestyle
1st Liana Ventimiglia 27.06
6th Amy Tuttle 30.22
16th Courtney Ulmer 33.26
 
Girls 1m diving
5th Allyson Nguyen 134.30
 
Boys 100y butterfly
2nd Warren Jackson 55.69
4th Jimmy Hessler 1:05.63
 
Boys 100y freestyle
1st Austin Moore 52.81
11th Patrick Thomas 1:03.28
12th Jesse MacDonald 1:05.89
 
Girls 100y freestyle
1st Chelsea VanderWeele 57.75
6th Amy Tuttle 1:07.94
11th Morgan Kershner 1:12.33
 
Boys 500y freestyle
13th Marc Matheiu 7:30.16
 
Girls 500y freestyle
13th Katherine O'Connor 8:22
16th Emma Kapstein-OBrein 9:32.83
 
Boys 200y freestyle relay
1st Austin Moore, Thomas Carrington, Jimmy Hessler, Warren Jackson 1:38.65
 
Girls 200y freestyle relay
1st Liana Ventimiglia, Lauren Gunnison, Amy Tuttle,, Chelsea VanderWeele 1:53.00
 
Boys 100y backstroke
1st Warren Jackson 1:04.19
5th Patrick Thomas 1:16.96
 
Girls 100y backstroke
13th Lauren Gunnison 1:31.53
16th Emma Kapstein-OBrein 1:45.04
 
Boys 100y breaststroke
10th Thomas Carrington 1:30.28
13th Jesse MacDonald 1:33.00
 
Girls 100y breaststroke
2nd Liana Ventimiglia 1:19.13
9th Morgan Kershner 1:33.75
16th Courtney Ulmer 1:39.28
 
Girls 400y freestyle relay
6th Morgan Kershner, Lauren Gunnison, Courney Ulmer, Katherine O'Connor

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Gladiators Swimmers Leave Wheaton in Their Wake, 234-65

 Northwood’s boys and girls swim teams took their first wins of the season Saturday (Jan. 23) in their meet against Wheaton High School. 

 

In addition to the lopsided combined score, the boys score was Northwood 88-41 and the girls took their contest, 146-24.

 

Many of the Gladiators finished in the top 3 spots in this week's races.
 
Boys 200 yard Medley relay:
1st place:  Warren Jackson, Jimmy Hessler, Austin Moore, Thomas Carrington 1:55.35
 
Girls 200 yard Medley relay:
1st place:  Chelsea VanderWeele, Liana Ventimiglia, Madeline Stanley, Amy Tuttle 2:07.41
2nd place:  Josie Goggin, Courtney Ulmer, Katherine O'Connor, Lauren Gunnison  2:42.06
3rd place:  Emma Kapstein-Obrein, Allyson Nguyen, Brandy Moser, Lara Skibbie  2:48.5
 
Boys 200 yard freestyle:
1st:  Austin Moore  2:12.65
2nd:  Marc Matheiu  2:48.38
3rd:  Colin Smith  2:54.9

Girls 200 yard freestyle:
1st:  Chelsea VanderWeele 2:08.82
2nd:  Katherine O'Connor  3:17.00
3rd:  Emma Kapstein 3:27.34

Boys 200 yard Individual Medley
1st:  Jimmy Hessler  2:30.25

Girls 200 yard Individual Medley
1st:  Madeline Stanley  2:30.12
2nd:  Morgan Kershner  3:23.34
3rd:  Brandy Moser  4:02.75

Boys 50 yard freestyle
1st:  Austin Moore 24.03
2nd:  Thomas Carrington 27.62
 
Girls 50 yard freestyle
1st: Liana Ventimiglia  27.07
2nd:  Amy Tuttle  29.75
3rd:  Lauren Gunnison  31.18

Girls 1 meter dive
1st:  Allyson Nguyen  117.05

Boys 100 yard butterfly
1st:  Warren Jacksoon  58.75

Girls 100 yard butterfly
1st:  Courtney Ulmer 1:39.97

Boys 100 yard freestyle
1st:  Jimmy Hessler  56.91
2nd:  Colin Smith  1:16.37

Girls 100 yard freestyle
1st:  Amy Tuttle 1:07.19
3rd:  Lara Skibbie  1:22.93

Boys 500 yard freestyle
2nd:  Marc Matheiu  7:34.16

Girls 500 yard freestyle
1st:  Madeline Stanley  5:48.03
2nd:  Lauren Gunnison  7:40.69
3rd:  Emma Kapstein-Obrein  9:27.19

Boys 100 yard backstroke
1st:  Warren Jackson  59.85

Girls 100 yard backstroke
1st:  Chelsea VanderWeele  1:10.59
2nd:  Josie Goggin  1:26.65
3rd:  Lara Skibbie  1:35.50

Boys 100 yard breaststroke
1st:  Thomas Carrington  1:30.00
2nd:  Jesse Macdonald  1:37.04

Girls 100 yard breaststroke
1st:  Liana Ventimiglia  1:20.06
2nd:  Morgan Kershner  1:41.35
3rd:  Courtney Ulmer  1:47.25
 
Girls 400y freestyle relay
1st:  Katherine O'Connor, Allyson Nguyen, Josie Goggin, Morgan Kershner 5:38.06

 

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Photos from the Northwood-Springbrook meet appear below.

Meet 5: Springbrook Defeats Gladiator Boys, Girls in Duals

 

In 22 events each, the girls achieved 1st place in 7 events, 2nd in 2 events and 3rd in 5 events.  The boys scored 1st place in 6 events, 2nd in 3 events, and 3rd in 3 events. But lack of depth hurt both teams.

The Gladiator aquatics squad wasn't able to enter a single diver and had only single entries in the relay events because of the small size of the roster, but the Gladiators pulled in enough top finishes in other events to stay close behind the Springbrook aquatics team in the midday confrontation.

Liana Ventimiglia and Chelsea VanderWheele both took two first places for the Glad girls.

 

The following swimmers from Northwood captured the top spot in their events, along with their winning times:

Boys 200 yard Medley Relay - Warren Jackson, Jimmy Hessler, Austin Moore, and Thomas Carrington  1:54.44

Girls 200 yard Medley Relay - Chelsea VanderWeele, Liana Ventimiglia, Madeline Stanley, Amy Tuttle  2:06.35

Girls 200y freestyle - Chelsea VanderWeele 2:08.87

Girls 200y individual medley - Madeline Stanley 2:36.37

Boys 50y freestyle - Jimmy Hessler 24.57

Girls 50y freestyle - Liana Ventimiglia 27.22

Boys 100y butterfly - Warren Jackson 56.62

Girls 100y butterfly - Madeline Stanley - 1:07.50

Boys 100y freestyle - Patrick Thomas 1:02.75

Boys 50y freestyle - Warren Jackson 5:44.25

Boys 100y backstroke - Austin Moore 1:04.54

Girls 100y backstroke - Chelsea VanderWeele 1:05.97

Girls 100y breaststroke - Liana Ventimiglia 1:19.69
 
Achieving 2nd place (in some very close races):

Boys 200y individual medley - Austin Moore 2:07.84

Giirls 50y freestyle - Amy Tuttle 29.54

Boys 100y butterfly - Jimmy Hessler 1:03.58

Girls 100y freestyle - Lauren Gunnison 1:14.50

Boys 400y freestyle relay -  Patrick Thomas, Jesse MacDonald, Colin Smith, Marc Matheiu 4:51.69

3rd places for Northwood swimmers:

Girls 200y Medley Relay - Josie Goggin, Morgan Kershner, Katherine O'Connor, Lauren Gunnison

Boys 200y freestyle - Marc Matheiu 2:35.94

Girls 100y butterfly - Amy Tuttle 1:19.90

Boys 100y freestyle - Jesse MacDonald 1:07.35

Girls 500y freestyle - Morgan Kershner 8:06.47

Boys 100y backstroke - Patrick Thomas 1:18.44

Girls 100y backstroke - Josie Goggin 1:22.78

Girls 400y freestyle relay - Josie Goggin, Natalie Hessler, Katherine O'Connor, Courtney Ulmer 5:44.50

Northwood resumes competition in another dual meet on Saturday, Jan. 23, versus Seneca Valley at the Olney Swim Center. The opening medley relay is set to begin at 4:15 p.m.  – posted by jay p. goldman, 1/17/10 with reporting by nancy vanderwheele

 

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Meet 4: Three Victories for Gladiators in Relay Festival  

Northwood’s swimming  and diving team placed 5^th among seven county high schools in a relay meet in Olney on Saturday (Jan. 9).

The Gladiator aquatics squad pulled together 41 points, placing them ahead of Seneca Valley and Wheaton. Clarksburg took top honors with 58 points, followed by Einstein, Paint Branch and Springbrook.

Northwood took three first places with senior speedster Warren Jackson figuring in all three wins:
+ 200-meter mixed medley (1:56.04), Warren Jackson, Liana Ventimiglia, Madeline Stanley, Jimmy Hessler;
+ 200-meter mixed butterfly (1:55.87), Madeline Stanley, Austin Moore, Amy Tuttle, Warren Jackson;and
+ 200-meter mixed backstroke (2:05.12), Austin Moore, Lauren Gunnison, Chelsea Vanderweele, Warren Jackson.

The Gladiators, coached by Stephanie Sund, took 3rd place in three other relays: 200-meter girls butterfly, 200-meter mixed breaststoke and 200-meter girls freestyle.

Northwood returns to the pool for competition on Jan. 16 in a dual meet versus Springbrook at the Martin Luther King Pool in Silver Spring. – posted by jay p. goldman, 1/11/10, with reporting by nancy vanderweele
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Meet 2: Gladiators vs. Paint Branch HS
Meet 3: Gladiators vs. Springbrook HS

Paint Branch 102, Northwood Girls 58

 

 

Springbrook 108, Northwood Girls 46
Paint Branch 98, Northwood Boys 57

Springbrook 93, Northwood Boys 46

The boys and girls swimming teams dropped a pair of meets in a double duel on Dec. 12 at the Germantown Swim Center.

 

Northwood had eight swimmers missing for various reasons, but still managed to take several first place finishes, as follows:

Boys 200-yard medley relay: Patrick Thomas, Austin Moore, Jimmy Hessler and Thomas Carrington, 2:01.45;
Boys 200-yard freestyle: Jimmy Hessler. 2:13.66;
Boys 100-yard butterfly: Austin Moore, 1:10.44;
Boys 500-yard freestyle: Austin Moore, 5:25.66;

Girls 200-yard individual medley: Chelsea VanderWeele, 2:22.72;
Girls 500-yard freestyle Chelsea VanderWeele, 5:37.56.
 
Obtaining 2nd place for the Glads were:
Girls 200-yard medley relay: Josie Gossin, Morgan Kershner, Courtney Ulmer and Chelsea VanderWeele, 2:23.25;
Girls 200-yard freestyle: Morgan Kershner, 2:52.56;
Boys 100-yard breaststroke: Jimmy Hessler, 1:16.10.
 
Allyson Nguyen added to the score with third place in the one-meter diving contest.

The final dual meet of 2009 takes place on Dec. 19 when Einstein swims against Northwood at the Martin Luther King pool. – posted by jay p. goldman with reporting by nancy vanderweele
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Meet 1: Gladiators vs. Kennedy HS

 

The Northwood swimming and diving team opened its 2009-10 competition with a scrimmage against Kennedy HS on Saturday morning (Dec. 5) at the Germantown Swim Center.

 

Results were not immediately available but will be posted in the coming days.

 

The Gladiators have some excellent strokers, but like a year ago will suffer from lack of depth. During the 2008-09 season, the team often grabbed first places in dual meets but would go on to lose the meet because of a shortage of swimmers, especially in boys’ races. Scholastic swimming rules permit a participant to compete in just two individual races and one relay.  

 

Stephanie Sund has returned as coach of the swimmers and divers. This is her fifth year at the helm of the aquatics squad, having started when Northwood enrolled only freshmen and sophomores.

The next meet for the Glad swim team is on Dec. 12 versus Springbrook and Paint Branch again at the Germantown Swim Center.– posted by jay p. goldman with reporting by Terry Hessler