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WDV’s Olivia Griffin to Participate in State Finals

Over the weekend, Olivia Griffin achieved a historic feat in Wiseburn Da Vinci Track and Field. She secured second and third place in the CIF-Division 2 Finals in the 100 and 300 hurdles, making her the first WDV athlete ever to do so. However, her journey doesn’t end there. As an additional historic feat, she has earned a spot in the Southern Section Masters Meet, where top athletes from all four state divisions will compete. On May 18th, she will compete in the 300 hurdles at Moorpark High School (4500 Tierra Rejada Rd, Moorpark, CA 93021). Let’s congratulate Olivia on this remarkable accomplishment — and good luck at the Masters Meet!!

By Carla Levenson|2024-05-13T09:58:03-07:00May 13th, 2024|Track & Field|Comments Off

WDV Girls Swim team show out at CIF Finals

WDV’s very own Tanaz Engineer, Kaia Henty-Dodd, Andrea Cornejo and Taylor Jackson all had amazing swims at finals and won their heat in the 200 Free Relay and got a new team record! They are helping to place the WDV Swim Program on the map and a force to be reckon with in the following years!!

By Carla Levenson|2024-05-06T11:55:14-07:00May 6th, 2024|Swimming|Comments Off

WDV Boys Swim Team Makes A Splash at CIF Finals

Congratulations to Rayan Engineer, Alex Zakrzewski, Apollo Ivins, Zirak Engineer, Cannon Mosteller, and Adam Flores for representing our WDV Boys Swim team at CIF. They all made it to finals and placed 3RD OVERALL in the division! (Out of 68 teams!) The boys got new team records on ALL their events and have really set a new standard for swim at our school.

By Carla Levenson|2024-05-06T12:49:46-07:00May 6th, 2024|Swimming|Comments Off

WDV Girl’s Volleyball Update

With the tryouts coming up towards the end of the month, Coach Wessels will be adding some workouts open to all students looking to tryout for the team. The dates will be:

May 6th-May 8th

May 13th-May 15th

The open gym will be held in the WDV Gym (201 N. Douglas Street, El Segundo, CA, 90245) from 4:15pm-6:00pm.

Also, Coach Wessels has added two more dates for tryouts in the summer.

Tryouts will now be July 10th-12th, along with July 15th and July 16th in the WDV Gym.

If interested in trying out in May or July, please scan the QR code below for more information.

By Carla Levenson|2024-05-03T09:01:54-07:00May 3rd, 2024|News, Volleyball|Comments Off

Boys and Girls Swim Competing in CIF Swim Playoffs

We’re excited to share that Tuesday began the playoffs for both Boys and Girls Swim teams and they have been finding success since the first day. ALL swimmers from both boys and girls teams have made it to the finals for their respective divisions!

The boys will be competing in the Division 4 Finals today (May 2nd) at 4:00pm at Mt. San Antonio College (1100 Grand Ave, Walnut, CA 91789).

The girls will be competing in the Division 3 Finals tomorrow (May 3rd) at 10:00am at Mt. San Antonio College (1100 Grand Ave, Walnut, CA 91789).

Boys Team Girls Team

Rayan Engineer Kaia Henty-Dodd

Zirak Engineer Tanaz Engineer

Alex Zakrzewski Taylor Jackson

Apollo Ivins Andrea Cornejo

Adam Flores

Cannon Mosteller

Good luck to our Swim teams!! GO WOLVES!!

By Carla Levenson|2024-05-02T13:46:17-07:00May 2nd, 2024|Swimming|Comments Off

WDV Boys Volleyball Advances to Quarterfinals, Matchup on May 1st on Home Turf

We are thrilled to share that the WDV Boys Volleyball team secured a spot in the Quarterfinals after defeating Mission Viejo 3-1 (32-30, 22-25, 26-24, 25-19) on Saturday night.

WDV will be hosting the Tartans of St. Margaret’s this Wednesday, May 1st, at 6:00pm in the WDV Gym (201 N. Douglas Street, El Segundo, CA 90245)

We hope you will come out and support our WDV Wolves in this Quarterfinal matchup. Please purchase your tickets on GoFan!

If attending, PLEASE WEAR BLUE!!

Go Wolves!! We are so proud of you!!

By Carla Levenson|2024-04-29T09:50:37-07:00April 29th, 2024|Volleyball|Comments Off

WDV Boys and Girls Track Teams Dominate Pioneer League Finals
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WDV Boys and Girls Track Teams Dominate Pioneer League Finals

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WDV Boys and Girls Track Teams Dominate Pioneer League Finals

Congratulations to our WDV Track Team that had an amazing showing in the Pioneer League Finals last Thursday (April 25th) at West Torrance. We are Pioneer League 4×100, 4×400, 100m, 200m, 100H, 300H, and 400m Champions!! We are so proud of our student-athletes who excel both on and off the field!!

The following athletes became League Champs in their respective events:

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS Girls 4×100 relay Nancy Douala (12) Liya Nartey (10) Alana Frelow (11) Olivia Griffin (11)
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS Boys 4×400 relay Michael Woodhams, Damian Espino, Rashaan Smith, Peyton Tate
LEAGUE CHAMPION Girls 100H Olivia Griffin (11)
LEAGUE CHAMPION Girls 100m Jasmine Veal (9)
LEAGUE CHAMPION Girls 200m Jasmine Veal (9)
LEAGUE CHAMPION Girls 300H Olivia Griffin (10)
LEAGUE CHAMPION Girls 400m Madison Griffin (9)

Our Wolves, Nancy Douala, Liya Nartey, Alana Frelow, Olivia Griffin, Michael Woodhams, Damian Espino, Rashaan Smith, and Peyton Tate will travel to Ontario High School on Saturday, May 4th to compete in California’s Varsity Division 2 Regional Preliminaries.

In addition, these athletes achieved greatness in their respective events:

Finals 2nd place Girls 4×100 relay Auria Moore, Jasmine Veal, Courtnie Tracey, Madison Griffin
Finals 2nd place Girls 200m Liya Nartey (10)
Finals 2nd place Girls 200m Madison Griffin (9)
Finals 2nd place Boys 4×400 relay Jeffrey Smith, Jamie Salizar, George Loketi, Bruno Torres
Finals 2nd place Boys 200m Bruno Torres (9)
Finals 3rd place Girls 400m Liya Nartey (10)
Finals 3rd place Girls Long Jump Karen Cisneros (12)
Finals 3rd place Boys 4×100 relay Jeffrey Smith, Arshad Muhammad, George Loketi, Bruno Torres
Finals 3rd place Boys 200m Jeffrey Smith (10)
Finals 4th place Boys 4×100 relay Logan Lewis, Rashaan Smith, Jacob Dorantes, Peyton Tate
Finals 4th place Girls 100H Alana Frelow (11)
Finals 4th place Girls 100H Courtnie Tracey (10)
Finals 4th place Girls 300H Alana Frelow (11)
Finals 4th place Girls 300H Courtnie Tracey (10)
Finals 4th place Boys 100m Jeffery Smith (10)
Finals 4th place Boys 400m George Loketi (10)
Finals 5th place Boys 100m Peyton Tate (11)
Finals 6th place Boys 800m Jareth Cisneros (10)
Finals 6th place Boys 800m Matthew Escalante (11)
Finals 6th place Boys 400m Rashaan Smith (11)
Finals 8th place Boys 400m Xavier Ross (10)
Finals 8th place Girls 200m Nancy Douala (12)
Finals 9th place Boys 800m Giovanni Ponciano (9)
Finals 9th place Girls 800m Sadie Owens (9)
Finals 10th place Boys 800m Michael Woodhams (11)

By Carla Levenson|2024-04-29T14:57:41-07:00April 29th, 2024|Track & Field|Comments Off

WDV Boys Volleyball moves on to the Second Round

After a shaky start against Cerritos High School, the boys volleyball team was able to overcome an 0-2 start (21-25, 29-31) and won the final three sets (25-14, 25-11, 15,11) to move onto the Second Round of playoffs.

They will be facing the Diablos from Mission Viejo, who won their game against Elsinore High School, Saturday, April 27th at 6:00pm at home in the WDV Gym (201 North Douglas Street, El Segundo, CA 90249).

If interested in coming to the game Saturday night, please purchase your tickets here!

By Carla Levenson|2024-04-26T11:52:33-07:00April 26th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off

Boys Volleyball looking to repeat as CIF Champs

WDV Boys Volleyball will kick off the 2024 CIF playoffs on familiar territory this week, on the road.

Last year’s squad played 6 of their 7 playoff contests on either the road or at a neutral site, driving over 1,400 miles across Southern California, on their way to winning the Division 5 CIF Volleyball Championship.

This year’s team posted a record of 25-7 and are currently ranked 30th in California and 57th in the nation.

This year, they will be traveling to Cerritos High School (12500 183rd Street, Cerritos, CA 90703) to compete against the Dons on Thursday, April 25th at 6:00pm.

If you are interested in attending, please purchase your tickets on GoFan!

Go Wolves!!

By Carla Levenson|2024-04-22T14:52:15-07:00April 22nd, 2024|Volleyball|Comments Off

Malakai Tu’akoi Selected to Join U.S. Boys Volleyball National Team
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Malakai Tu’akoi Selected to Join U.S. Boys Volleyball National Team

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Malakai Tu’akoi Selected to Join U.S. Boys Volleyball National Team

WDV’s Malakai Tu’akoi is a member of an exclusive club.

Malakai was selected as one of 20 boys volleyball standouts to join the 2024 U.S. Boys U19 National Team, as announced by USA Volleyball on Thursday. The team will train in Anaheim from May 3-11.

During that time, 12 athletes out of the 20 will be selected to represent the United States at the 2024 Boys U19 NORCECA Continental Championship on May 12-20 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. This new group aims to continue the success of previous teams, which won consecutive Pan American Cup tournaments in 2022 and 2023 and achieved a fourth-place finish at the 2023 World Championship.

Malakai joined the WDV Boys Volleyball Varsity team as a freshman in 2022-23. He is a formidable student-athlete with a high volleyball IQ, playing on both the boys indoor and beach (club) teams. As a freshman for the indoor team, he was a starting setter with a high number of assists that helped his team reach the playoffs. Offensively, he is a gifted tactician as he is able to read the other teams’ vulnerabilities, setting our hitters for the best possible outcomes. Malakai is also a talented hitter and blocker, where he boasts high numbers for kill and block percentages. On the defensive end, he is able to dig hard driven balls and pick up shots that most players would not be able to pick up. With his high skill set, Malakai was able to help our boys team win the CIF-SS Division 5 Championship and earn a Third place at the CIF State Division 3 level.

Awards/Honors

2022-2023

Venice, Culver City and Golden State tournaments, Malakai earned a spot on the All-Tournament team
Pioneer League – First Team
California SS-Division 5 – listed as a top rated Player
CIF Academic Team Honorable Mention

2023-2024

Wolves Classic – Malakai earned a spot on the All-Tournament team
CIF Academic Team Honorable Mention

We are enormously proud of Malakai for representing the WDV Wolves on a national team!! We will be cheering him on now and for years to come.

By Carla Levenson|2024-04-09T16:51:12-07:00April 9th, 2024|Volleyball|Comments Off