Sports
Sports played at Northwest include soccer, cross country, Track and field, basketball, volleyball, and Ultimate Frisbee. In the future, the school hopes to be able to field sports teams not currently offered.
In the past few years, Northwest School has become very competitive in the world of Ultimate Frisbee. Middle school and high school participation combined is over 30% of the student population. In 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2011 the varsity boys team won the Western National Championships and Northwest students made up half of the team that captured the Club National Championship in the summers of 2005 and 2007. In 2011, both the Boys and Girls Varsity teams won the Western National Championships and the Washington State Championships—the first time both teams swept these competitions. In fall 2011, the boys' varsity team had a perfect record of 23-0, winning the inaugural Seattle Invite and the Washington State Championship along the way.
Students are also welcome to create their own sports teams. In the 2009-2010 school year, a group of seniors started a Muggle Quidditch team that was very popular. Most notable of late has been the hackysack team. Several NWS students started a pioneering interscholastic curling program in 2001. However, lack of interest from other schools forced the Angry Alpacas to compete in a less competitive social setting (a sumo wrestling team is also being considered). Similarly, a croquet and indoor golf club was pioneered as an alternative by some of the class of 2009 in the 07-08 scholastic year, but it also faded with time. A number of students also participate in city, regional and other intramural sports, such as golf, swimming and crew. The staff of the school works well with these extracurricular pursuits and allows this crossover of athletics to continue.
Notably, Maddie Meyers placed first in the WIAA 1A state cross country championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, first in the 1600m and 3200m at the state track championships in 2009, 2010, and 2011, and first in the 800m at the state track championships in 2010 and 2011. She also competed in the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships.
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