Week 2 of the short track and field season for Sweet Home was another big one for the Huskies in the records department.
In a dual meet at Woodburn’s brand-new track and field facility on Wednesday, April 21, Sweet Home posted 11 personal bests on the boys side and nine for the girls.
“It was a great day for track and field and the kids competed pretty well,” said Head Coach Nathan Whitfield. He said that, despite a few “kinks” as the Bulldogs got used to their new digs – “I think this was their first track meet there,” it was a good day for Sweet Home. “We’re seeing good things and improvements.”
Both the boys and girls got both relay teams on the track for the first time and Whitfield said he saw “some good things” in the 4×400 races.
Tristan Calkins was a double winner, in the 200 (23.20) and the long jump (20-7). As of Monday, Calkins had the top times in the state 4A rankings in the 100 and 200 and led the long jump as well.
Shelbey Nichol added more than half a foot to the PR she set the week before in the shot put, throwing 34-1½, which had her sitting sixth in the state rankings and second in the Oregon West Conference – two inches behind Philomath’s Mia Rust – on Monday.
“Shelbey had a great day in the shot,” Whitfield said.
Gavin Walberg won the 400 in a personal-best 55.06, which had him sitting seventh in the state rankings on Monday.
Other winners for Sweet Home were Ethan Hurst in the 800 (2:22.12), also a PR, and, in the field, Charles Crawford won the shot (39-7½) and Mason Lopez won the javelin (134-9).
For the girls, Crystal Wolf won the long jump (15-3), which had her ranked third in the Oregon West as of Monday.
On the track, freshmen Lydia Wright won the 200 (31.51) and Ivy Dewitte the 800 (3:03.09), also both PR’s.
Whitfield said the freshmen girls are playing their way onto the main stage in track.
“We’ve got a group of freshman girls who,” he chuckled, “we don’t know just where they’re going to fit in yet, but once we find their spot, they’re going to do great.
“Ivy DeWitte ran a 1:11 in the 400 (against Cascade on April 16) which, for a freshman, is not bad at all.”
DeWitte was ranked fourth in the 400 in the Oregon West on Monday and Zianna Duncan (1:15, seventh) and Rylee Markell (1:18, ninth) were also among the conference’s top-10 performers in that event as of Monday.
The Huskies will be back in action Saturday at the Philomath Invite, which will be the only multi-team competition the will see until the district meet, details of which have yet to be finalized.
The Philomath meet will be held in two sections. The host Warriors, Cascade, and Stayton will compete at 10 a.m., and Woodburn, Newport and Sweet Home (and one athlete from Neah-Kah-Nee) will compete at 2 p.m. Results will then be combined, with the top six finishers placing and scoring.
Boys Results
Team Scores –
Top 3 and Sweet Home Finishers
Personal Best*
100 – (1) Tomas Veliz (W) 11.90; (2) Jorel Leyba (SH) 12.46*; (3) Emmanuel Barerra (W) 12.68; (4) Charles Crawford (SH) 12.70*; (5) Mason Lopez (SH) 13.02; (6) Trace Marler (SH) 14.09. JV – (4) Andrew Snyder-Thorstad (SH) 13.77.
200 – (1) Tristan Calkins (SH) 23.20; (2) Tomas Veliz (W) 24.06; (3) Jorel Leyba (SH) 24.97*; (4) Gavin Walberg (SH) 25.16*.
400 – (1) Gavin Walberg (SH) 55.06*; (2) Luis Garcia (W) 58.16; (3) Jonathan Marroquin (W) 58.78; (5) Mason Lopez (SH) 1:07.21*; (6) Max Klumph (SH) 1:15.74.
800 – (1) Ethan Hurst (SH) 2:22.12*; (2) Ryan Garcia (W) 2:25.90; (3) Tristan Lemmer (SH) 3:06.01*.
1500 – (1) Angel Leonardo (W) 4:33.17; (2) Ethan Hurst (SH) 4:48.16*; (3) Jonathan Marroquin (W) 4:50.60; (4) Max Klumph (SH) 5:51.43; (5) Tristan Lemmer (SH) 6:32.00; JV – (3) Andrew Snyder-Thorstad (SH) 6:32.51.
110 Hurdles – No Sweet Home competitors.
300 Hurdles – (1) Trace Marler (SH) 55.03.
4×100 Relay – (1) Woodburn 48.32; (2) Sweet Home (Tristan Calkins, Mason Lopez, Charles Crawford, Trace Marler) 48.77.
4×400 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Jorel Leyba, Ethan Hurst, Gavin Walberg, Tristan Calkins) 3:53.22; (2) Woodburn 4:08.71.
Shot Put – (1) Charles Crawford (SH) 39-7½*; (2) Keegan Fox (SH) 35-0; (3) Tanner Waldrop (SH) 34-5; (5) Evan Jensen (SH) 27-1.
Discus – (1) Paul Amrein (SH) 87-5*.
Javelin – (1) Mason Lopez (SH) 134-9; (2) Charles Crawford (SH) 120-2*; (3) Chase Lopez (SH) 107-0*; (4) Evan Jensen (SH) 88-4*.
High Jump – (1) Carter Anderson (W) 5-8; (2) Jonathan Marroquin (W) 4-8; (3) Paul Amrein (SH) 5-6.
Long Jump – (1) Tristan Calkins (SH) 20-7; (2) Kaleb Robles (W) 18-4½; (3) Gavin Walberg (SH) 16-9¼; (5) Jorel Leyba (SH) 15-3½. JV – (1) Andrew Snyder-Thorstad (SH) 15-5¼.
Triple Jump – No Sweet Home competitors.
Girls Results
Team Scores –
Top 3 and Sweet Home Finishers
Personal Best*
100 – (1) Yahaira Rodriguez (W) 13.73; (2) Crystal Wolf (SH) 14.41; (3) Nayeli Zepeda (W) 14.64; (4) Lydia Wright (SH) 15.22*; (6) Angel Cordes (SH) 21.49. JV – (5) Zianna Duncan (SH) 16.29; (6) Kallie Maas (SH) 16.74.*
200 – (1) Lydia Wright (SH) 31.51*; (2) Hailey Green (SH) 33.42.
400 – (1) Brendaly Anselmo (W) 1:15.34; (2) Zianna Duncan (SH) 1:15.75*. JV – Meeja Bitter (SH) 1:27.55.
800 – (1) Ivy Dewitte (SH) 3:03.09*; (2) Rylee Markell (SH) 3:06.97; (3) Alyssa Padilla (W) 3:37.63.
1500 – (1) Myranda Marquez (W) 5:31.79; (2) Brendaly Anselmo (W) 5:51.40; (3) Rylee Markell (SH) 6:10.70; (4) Ivy Dewitte (SH) 6:40.87; (5) Meeja Bitter (SH) 6:41.06.
3000 – (1) Myranda Marquez (W) 12:03.15; (2) Jessy Hart (SH) 13:05.37.
100 Hurdles – No Sweet Home competitors.
300 Hurdles – No Sweet Home competitors.
4×100 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Crystal Wolf, Shelbey Nichol, Hailey Green, Lydia Wright) 57.71; (2) Woodburn 59.45.
4×400 Relay – (1) Woodburn 4:46.91; (2) Sweet Home (Ivy Dewitte, Zianna Duncan, Rylee Markell, Hailey Green) 5:12.54.
Shot Put – (1) Shelbey Nichol (SH) 34-1½*; (2) Briana Cruz (W) 25-2; (3) Kami Hart (SH) 25-1; (4) Angel Cordes (SH) 22-2½.
Discus – (1) Briana Cruz (W) 72-10; (2) Kami Hart (SH) 60-11*; (3) Jessica Rojas (W) 45-1.
Long Jump – (1) Crystal Wolf (SH) 15-3*; (2) Yahaira Rodriguez (W) 14-1; (3) Caitlynn Spencer (W) 13-0½; (4) Lydia Wright (SH) 11-5¼*; (5) Kallie Maas (SH) 9-8. JV – Angel Cordes (SH) 8-10¾.
Triple Jump – No Sweet Home competitors.