Sweet Home kicked off its swimming season Friday, Dec. 1, by hosting five other teams in a low-key meet that gave its non-year-round swimmers a chance to get their feet wet with some competition.
The Huskies tied for first with Blanchet on the boys side, while the girls finished third behind Blanchett and Stayton – without any of their top returners from last year’s district and state meets.
“We were able to swim 22 swimmers, all of whom were in at least three events,” Coach Doug Peargin said. “This is a great meet, not only because of the competition, but it shows our new swimmers that they’re able to compete at this level as well as seeing how a meet format works.”
Bradley Wolthuis was a double winner for the Huskies, taking the boys 50 Butterfly and 50 Backstroke. Dakota Seward posted a season-opening PR in the boys 200 Freestyle and Sweet Home got a win from its 200 Freestyle Relay team, which included both Wolthuis and Seward, along with Cameron Taber and Stewart Curtis.
Ella Parker was the only girls winner, in the 200 Freestyle.
“We’re still looking to find out what our swimmers’ best events will be and a meet like this helps do that, which will pay good dividends in the future,” Peargin said.
“As a team we’re about where I thought we’d be at this time of the year.
“As far as our district is concerned, I can see that the overall competition in our district will be much stronger than it was last year.”
Up next for the Huskies are the Philomath Relays on Thursday, Dec. 7.
Sweet Home Invitational
Boys Team Scores
1-tie) Sweet Home, Blanchet 74; (3) Stayton 67; (4) Junction City 33; (5) Toledo 13.
Sweet Home Boys Placewinners
200 Medley Relay – (2) Sweet Home “A” (Noah Dinsfriend, Cameron Taber, Bradley Wolthuis, Stewart Curtis) 2:03.3.
200 Freestyle – (1) Dakota Seward 2:08.7.
100 Individual Medley – (2) Cameron Taber 1:09.5; (5) Noah Dinsfriend 1:22.7.
50 Freestyle – (4) Hayden Deatherage 33.8; (5) Zech Brown 33.9.
50 Butterfly – (1) Bradley Wolthuis 27.1; (6) Hayden Deatherage 42.1.
100 Freestyle – No Sweet Home entrants.
500 Freestyle – (3) Dakota Seward 5:50.5; (4) Cameron Taber 5:59.3.
50 Backstroke – (1) Bradley Wolthuis 29.2; (2) Noah Dinsfriend 35.6.
50 Breaststroke – No Sweet Home entrants.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Bradley Wolthuis, Cameron Taber, Dakota Seward, Stewart Curtis) 1:44.3; (5) Sweet Home “B” (Zech Brown, Evan Davis, Hayden Deatherage, Hunter Calderwood) 2:28.4.
Girls Team Scores
(1) Blanchet 100; (2) Stayton 70; (3) Sweet Home 62; (4-tie) Toledo, Amity 14; (6) Junction City 3.
Sweet Home Girls Placewinners
200 Medley Relay – (3) Sweet Home “A” (Isabel Rodriguez, Milah Weld, Ella Parker, Moira Curtis) 2:21.5; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Torree Hawken, Lizz Adams, Maren Weld, Hikari Kawai) 2:31.9.
200 Freestyle – (1) Ella Parker 2:29.1; (5) Torree Hawken 2:43.0.
100 Individual Medley – (5) Isabel Rodriguez 1:17.5.
50 Freestyle – (3) Moira Curtis 29.7; (6) Katrina Reynolds 33.0.
50 Butterfly – (5) Milah Weld 35.8; (6) Lizz Adams 37.5.
100 Freestyle – (3) Moira Curtis 1:08.4.
500 Freestyle – (4) Ella Parker 6:43.5.
50 Backstroke – (3) Torree Hawken 35.5; (4) Isabel Rodriguez 35.6.
50 Breaststroke – (2) Milah Weld 41.1.
200 Freestyle Relay – (4) Sweet Home “B” (Torree Hawken, Hikari Kawai, Milah Weld, Lizz Adams) 2:07.2; (5) Sweet Home “A” (Isabel Rodriguez, Ella Parker, Katrina Reynolds, Moira Curtis) 2:09.0.