Sweet Home’s swimmers got a chance to see some of the state’s best swimmers Friday at the Newport Quad meet, which featured the defending state champion boys as hosts, along with Sisters’ girls, who were fourth at state last season.
The Husky girls didn’t blink, and their depth helped them dominate the competition, scoring 470 points to Newport’s 330 and 282 for Sisters.
“Not only did we win 10 of 11 events, but the quality of of our depth really helped keep the other teams from creeping up on us,” Coach Doug Peargin said.
“I was glad to meet some quality teams this early in the season. This meet told me quite a bit about where we were as a team and how far we still will need to go before District. In my opinion, Sisters and Newport are top-10 teams at the state level.
“We swam well. Being in a quality setting with quality competition will bring out the best in a real competitor and that is exactly what we did.”
More than half the Huskies posted lifetime-best swims in at least one event, he said.
Junior Megan Hager and freshman Josie Hewitt were double winners for the girls, Hager taking the 50 and 100 Freestyles, and Hewitt the 100 Butterfly and the 100 Breaststroke. Other individual winners for Sweet Home were freshman Chloe Tyler in the 200 Freestyle, senior Sarah Hewitt in the 200 Individual Medley, and freshman Jamie Seward in the 100 Backstroke.
The boys were second to Newport, 592-257.
Our boys also swam real well,” Peargin said. “We lack numbers and we’re real young as a team, but we still had lifetime-best times out of all but two of our boys, which helped us take second. The only team to beat us was Newport, which is the defending state champs.”
Sweet Home will be back in the water Thursday, Dec. 13, at the Philomath Relays, and will host a home meet Thursday, Dec. 20.
Newport Quad Meet Results
Top 3 and Sweet Home Finishers
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 470; (2) Newport 330; (3) Sisters 282; (4) Kennedy 58.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Jamie Seward, Josie Hewitt, Isabel Sayers, Chloe Tyler) 2:03.4; (2) Sisters 2:11.02; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Isabel Rodriguez, Bailey Womack, Katrina Reynolds, Samantha Coats) 2:22.6; (4) Newport 2:30.30; (5) Sisters “B” 2:32.61; (6) Sweet Home “C” (Maren Weld, Lauren Taber, Ella Parker, Brook Womack) 2:33.2.
200 Freestyle – (1) Chloe Tyler (SH) 2:02.20; (2) Lydia Bartlett (S) 2:02.25; (3) Torree Hawken (SH) 2:32.41; (4) Ella Parker (SH) 2:37.37; (7) Olivia Martineau (SH) 2:50.92.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Sarah Hewitt (SH) 2:27.06; (2) Isabel Rodriguez (SH) 2:52.76; (3) Bailey Womack (SH) 3:02.33.
50 Freestyle – (1) Magen Hager (SH) 25.29; (2) Brooke Robillard (S) 27.44; (3) Ella Hayden (S) 29.61; (4) Sam Coats (SH) 29.61; (5) Katrina Reynolds (SH) 31.77; (9) Olivia Martineau (SH) 35.49.
100 Butterfly – (1) Josie Hewitt (SH) 1:04.13; (2) Meredith Mandal (S) 1:09.15; (3) Lorelei Bretz (N) 1:11.46; (4) Ella Parker (SH) 1:24.79; (6) Isabel Rodriguez (SH) 1:30.48.
100 Freestyle – (1) Megan Hager (SH) 53.96; (2) Lauren Bobo-Shisler (N) 54.93; (3) Chloe Tyler (SH) 57.52; (6) Torree Hawken (SH) 1:08.83.
500 Freestyle – (1) Chyanna Blackburn (N) 5:55.48; (2) Isabel Sayers (SH) 6:26.73; (3) Lorelei Bretz (N) 6:30.16.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Chloe Tyler, Jamie Seward, Sarah Hewitt, Megan Hager) 1:49.28; (2) Newport 1:58.99; (3) Sweet Home “B” Isabel Rodriguez, Torree Hawken, Sam Coats, Isabel Sayers) 2:01.63; (4) Sweet Home “C” (Katrina Reynolds, Bailey Womack, Annaleea Shuttlesworth, Brook Womack) 2:12.0.
100 Backstroke – (1) Jamie Seward (SH) 1:05.36; (2) Laruen Bobo-Shisler (N) 1:05.43; (3) Sarah Hewitt (SH) 1:-05.69.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Josie Hewitt (SH) 1:09.52; (2) Brooke Robillard (S) 1:17.08; (3) Chyanna Blackburn (N) 1:21.23; (6) Bailey Womack (SH) 1:33.36; (8) Lauren Taber (SH) 1:40.36.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Jamie Seward, Sarah Hewitt, Josie Hewitt, Megan Hager) 3:55.73; (2) Sisters 4:14.45; (3) Newport 4:28.29; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Isabel Rodriguez, Torree Hawken, Sam Coats, Isabel Sayers) 4:17.58; (5) Sweet Home “C” (Olivia Martineau, Annaleea Shuttlesworth, Lauren Taber, Brook Womack) 5:07.81; Newport “B” 5:30.32.
50 Butterfly – (1) Annaleea Shuttlesworth (SH) 41.38.
50 Backstroke – (1) Meagan Baham (SH) 50.85.
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Newport 592; (2) Sweet Home 257; (3) Sisters 168; (4) Kennedy 36.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Newport 1:51.15; (2) Newport “B” 1:51.31; (3) Sisters 2:07.97; (4) Sweet Home (Micah Wright, Bill Hawken. Jacob Kennedy, Dakota Melkvik) 2:32.0.
200 Freestyle – (1) Luke Bachart (N) 1:55.18; (2) Jacob Miller (K) 1:56.97; (3) Dakota Seward (SH) 2:14.90; (4) Hunter Calderwood (SH) 2:22.97.
200 Individual Medley – No Sweet Home Competitors.
50 Freestyle – (1) Kai Daniels (N) 24.25; (2) Brad Wolthuis (SH) 24.34; (3) Sam Mayes (S) 25.84; (10) Everett Luna (SH) 29.55; (16) Chase Lopez (SH) 31.00; (19) Bill Hawken (SH) 33.36.
100 Butterfly – (1) Nick Topar (N) 55.22; (2) Brad Wolthuis (SH) 1:03.64; (3) Stephen Boys (N) 1:15.27.
100 Freestyle – (1) Luke Bachart (N) 52.80; (2) Cole Braxling (N) 56.99; (3) Josh Malloy (N) 1:03.74; (5) Everett Luna (SH) 1:10.51.
500 Freestyle – (1) Luke Ellingson-Cosenza (N) 5:00.02; (2) Caden Shanks (N) 5:17.39; (3) Jacob Miller (K) 5:22.57; (6) Dakota Seward (SH) 6:17.70; (7) Hunter Calderwood (SH) 6:24.61.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Newport 1:48.50; (2) Sweet Home (Bradley Wolthuis, Everett Luna. Hunter Calderwood, Dakota Seward) 1:51.8; (3) Sisters 1:52.16; (4) Newport 1:53.94; (5) Sweet Home “B” (Jacob Kennedy, Bill Hawken, Chase Lopez, Micah Wright) 5:07.6.
100 Backstroke – (1) Caden Shanks (N) 58.31; (2) Nick Topar (N) 1:01.84; (3) Brennen Wood (N) 1:11.60; (4) Jacob Kennedy (SH) 1:21.44.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Kai Daniels (N) 1:11.15; (2) George Bates (S) 1:16.05; (3) Vinny Onestar (N) 1:18.44; (4) Bill Hawken (SH) 1:27.56.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Newport 3:38.22; (2) Newport 3:47.74; (3) Newport 4:09.99; (4) Sweet Home (Brad Wolthuis, Everett Luna, Hunter Calderwood, Dakota Seward) 4:17.5; (5) Sisters 4:30.29; (6) Sweet Home “B” (Dakota Melkvik, Chase Lopez, Jacob Kennedy, Micah Wright) 5:07.6.
50 Butterfly – (3) Chase Lopez (SH) 39.74.
50 Backstroke – (1) Micah Wright (SH) 42.29; (2) Seth Gaylord (SH) 44.89.