city, regional and other intramural sports, such as golf, swimming, water polo and crew. The Northwest School is very competitive in Ultimate Frisbee. The upper school's varsity men have won Western National Championships in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2011, and Northwest students made up half of the team that captured the Club National Championship in the summers of 2005 and 2007. 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. That year, both the male and female varsity teams won the Western National Championships and the Washington State Championships. Middle school and high school participation combined is over 30% of the student population. 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. Northwest School State Titles Boys Ultimate Frisbee- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Girls Ultimate Frisbee- 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 Girls Cross-Country- 2015, 2016 Notable alumni Liz Mair, political strategist Emmett Shear, technologist and entrepreneur, cofounder of Justin.tv and Twitch Jason Finn, musician, Presidents of the United States of America Stone Gossard, musician, Pearl Jam Chiwoniso Maraire, Zimbabwean singer, songwriter, and exponent of Zimbabwean mbira music Jake Shears, musician, Scissor Sisters Steve Turner, musician, Mudhoney Aya Sumika, actress, Numb3rs Smoosh (Asy, Chloe, & Maia) Andrew Callaghan, journalist, All Gas No Brakes References External links http://www.northwestschool.org/ The Association of Boarding Schools profile Schools in Seattle 1900s architecture in the United States High schools in King County, Washington Private high schools in Washington (state) National Register of Historic Places in Seattle School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) Private middle schools in Washington (state) First Hill, Seattle