April Woo

April Woo

Player Profile

Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
Honolulu, Hawaii

High School:
Iolani School

Height:
5-9

Event:
Sprint

Experience:
3L

Major:
Sports Science

2007-08 (Junior):

In her third year at Pacific April had a fantastic showing, setting new personal bests in all of her events, swimming sprints with all four strokes. Woo's fastest time of the year - and also in her career at Pacific - began with the Pacific Invitational on the weekend of Oct. 19-20, when she swam a 1:03.04 in the 100 Back. Woo continued to better her times in the Nike Cup from Nov. 15-17 in the 100 Free (55.44) and 50 Free (23.96) for the third-fastest time among all Tigers last season. Against San Jose State on Dec. 12, April posted a 1:02.17 mark in the 100 Fly and then finished off her year with a time of 1:04.85 in the 100 Breast at the Big West Championships, good for third at Pacific and fourth in the final conference meet.

2006-07 (Sophomore):

Woo posted personal bests in the 50 Free (24.49) and the 100 Breast (1:06.36) at the Big West Championships in Long Beach, Calif. Woo's time in the 100 Breast was the third-fastest performance of the season for the Tigers. April also recorded times of 56.99 in the 100 Free and 1:05.24 in the 100 Back at the TYR Pacific Invitational from Oct. 20-21.

2005-06 (Freshman):

In her first season with the Tigers, Woo swam her fastest times in the 100 Free (55.21) and the 100 Back (1:02.60) at Washington's Husky Meet. She swam a personal best in the 100 Breast (1:12.20) at the Pacific Tiger Invitational and her fastest time in the 50 Free (24.60) came during the Big West Championships.

High School:

Woo attended Iolani School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she earned four varsity letters in swimming. Woo set the school's record in the 50 Free during her senior year with a time of 24.60 seconds and a personal-best time of 1:08.10 in the 100 Breast.

Personal:

April Woo was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is the daughter of Dae Hyun and Sun Hee Woo. April has one sister, Laura. She is a psychology major in her fourth year at Pacific and plans to become a physical therapist after graduating.

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