Despite the likely loss of one of their best girls from a team that already was far smaller than normal, Sweet Home had a good week on the track and field last week.
The Huskies hosted a “Last Chance Meet” Tuesday, April 25, then sent their top athletes to Willamette University Saturday for the Meet of Champions, where they held their own.
“The whole team, overall, did really well,” Coach Dakotah Keys said. “The kids are excited. They tried new stuff at the Last Chance Meet. Then they went right into the Meet of Champions.”
The one who didn’t compete in Salem was junior Bethany Gingerich, who injured a leg during the Last Chance Meet.
“Obviously, she was doing really well,” Keys said of Gingerich, who leads the league in the 400 and is second in the 200 and 300 hurdles. “We’re doing recovery stuff. If she can’t come back this year, hopefully she’ll be doing some summer stuff.”
The boys 4×400 relay team of Wes Parker, Noah Taraski, Austin Stevens and Nathan Hager cut 3½ seconds off their previous best time to place third at the Meet of Champions, putting them fifth in the state with districts two weeks away on May 11-12, at Sutherlin.
“All of them have PR’d by two to four seconds in the 400,” Keys said.
Tanner Sayers had a “big-time” 13-second PR in 3000, Keys said. That made three consecutive PR’s in 10 days, for a total of 33 seconds for the sophomore.
Hayden Nichol, also a sophomore, PR’d in the 200 at MOC, cutting another tenth of a second off the PR he’d posted in the event on Tuesday to finish in 24.27.
“It was a good meet,” Keys said.
Tuesday, May 2, will be the Sky-Em junior varsity district meet at Cottage Grove, which will give the young Huskies a final chance to post varsity times and marks, Keys said.
The varsity will compete Friday, May 5, at the Wally Ciochetti Invitational at Cottage Grove, a varsity meet.
“Everybody seems really excited this year,” Keys said.
Meet of Champions
Top Three and Sweet Home Finishers
** Personal Best Time/Mark
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Newport 49; (2) North Bend 48; (3) Molalla 44; (4) Harrisburg 41.5; (5) Kennedy 40; (6) Salem Academy 37.5; (7) Astoria 36; (8) Banks 29; (9-tie) Banks, Taft, Weston-McEwen, Cottage Grove 26; (12) Elmira 24.5; (13) Delphian 22; (14-tie) Jefferson, Yamhill-Carlton 20; (16) Sweet Home 19; (17) Tillamook 18; (18) Cascade 17; (19-tie) East Linn Christian, Colton 15; (21) North Marion 14; (22) Warrenton 9.5; (23) Seaside 9; (24-tie) Oakridge, Amity 8; (26-tie) Monroe, Philomath 7; (28-tie) Kalama, Creswell 6; (30) Grant Union 5; (31) Willamina 4; (32) Arlington 3; (33) Dayton 2; (34) Chemewa 1.
100 – (1) Bishop Mitchell (Kennedy) 11.35; (2) Colin Koenig (Delphian) 11.41; (3) Brandon Martin (Cascade) 11.43; (15) Justin Carpenter (SH) 11.98; (16) Austin Stevens (SH) 12.00 .
200 – (1) Bishop Mitchell (Kennedy) 22.83; (2) Brandon Martin (Cascade) 23.01; (3) Gabe Arce-Torres (Taft) 23.06; (16) Hayden Nichol (SH) **24.27; (18) Justin Carpenter (SH) 24.33.
400 – (1) Rory Coon (Tillamook) 49.64; (2) Gabe Arce-Torres (Taft) 50.52; (3) Evan Rasor (Colton) 50.78; (9) Wes Parker (SH) **53.00; (16) Nathan Hager (SH) 54.05; (18) Lance Hanson (SH) **54.45.
800 – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
1500 – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
3000 – (1) Abdi Ibrahim (Jefferson) 9:16.09; (2) Dylan Schmidt (Yamhill-Carlton) 9:23.96; (3) Christian Tucker (Creswell) 9:25.09; (6) Wesley Anderson (East Linn Christian) **9:28.10; (15) Tanner Sayers (SH) **9:49.63.
110 Hurdles – (1) Tyler Hanrahan (Newport) 16.04; (2) Ethan Frolov (Elmira) 16.36; (3) Colin Koenig (Delphian) 16.44; (20) Noah Dinsfriend (SH) 18.07.
300 Hurdles – (1) Wilson McLean (Salem Academy) 41.35; (2) Colin Koenig (Delphian) 41.49; (3) Tyler Hanrahan (Newport) 42.83; (10) Noah Dinsfriend (SH) 43.90.
4×100 Relay – (1) Molalla 44.05; (2) Cottage Grove 44.63; (3) Banks 44.91; (4-tie) Salem Academy, Harrisburg 45.13; (6) Taft 45.15; (7) Sweet Home (Nick Rietz, Austin Stevens, Hayden Nichol, Justin Carpenter) 45.26; (8) Cascade 45.28; (9) North Bend 45.38; (10) Newport 46.01; (11) Kennedy 46.03; (12) Elmira 46.07; (13) Weston-McEwen 46.37; (14) Philomath 46.74; (15) Astoria 46.76; (16) Sheridan 47.49.
4×400 Relay – (1) Banks 3:33.32; (2) Salem Academy 3:34.28; (3) Sweet Home (Wes Parker, Noah Taraski, Austin Stevens, Nathan Hager) 3:34.79; (4) Harrisburg 3:36.79; (5) East Linn Christian 3:37.64; (6) Weston-McEwen 3:38.55; (7) Philomath 3:39.34; (8) Cottage Grove (3:40.51); (9) Astoria 3:40.96; (10) North Bend 3:40.98; (11) Elmira 3:41.09; (12) Yamhill-Carlton 3:42.12; (13) Molalla 3:43.34; (14) Jefferson 3:45.82; (15) Cascade 3:47.03; (16) Kennedy 3:49.98.
Shot Put – (1) No Sweet Home entrants .
Discus – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
Javelin – (1) Ty Hampton (North Bend) 195-4; (2) William Weaver (Elmira) 180-4; (3) Morgan Strunk (Salem Academy) 176-1; (19) Nathan Hager (SH) 138-6..
High Jump – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
Pole Vault – (1) Ben Dailey (North Bend) 13-4; (2) Nate Roat (Oakridge) 13-0; (3) Tucker Wetmore (Kalama) 12-8; (4) Eric Blanchard (SH) 12-8; (5-tie) Connor Kutzler (Philomath), Dillon Stutzman (SH), Michael King (Banks) 12-0.
Long Jump – (1) Bishop Mitchell (Kennedy) 21-9½; (2) Garrett Phelps (Harrisburg) 20-7¾; (3) Tucker Porter (Cottage Grove) 20-6; (7) Austin Stevens (SH) 19-8½; (8) Justin Carpenter (SH) 19-7½ .
Triple Jump – (1) Bishop Mitchell (Kennedy) 42-5; (2) Tucker Porter (Cottage Grove) 41-7; (3) Ulises Vargas (North Marion) 41-5; (11) Wes Parker (SH) 38-1¼.
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Astoria 96; (2) Molalla 64.5; (3) Philomath 55; (4) East Linn Christian 53; (5) Grant Union 50; (6) Kennedy 29l (7) Banks 28; (9) Camas Valley (24; (9) Tillamook 23; (10) Monroe 22; (11-tie) Amity, Cascade 19; (13-tie) Newport, Sheridan 18; (15) Seaside 16; (16) North Bend 15; (17) Nestucca 12; (18-tie) Rainier, Elmira 11; (20-tie) Taft, Dayton 10; (22-tie) Jefferson, Cottage Grove 9; (24-tie) Salem Academy, Central Linn 8; (26) Weston-McEwen 7; (27) Blanchet Catholic 6; (28) Creswell 5; (29-tie) Sweet Home, Colton, Santiam 2; (32) Waldport 1.5; (33) Toledo 1.
100 – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
200 – (1) No Sweet Home entrants .
400 – (1) Mackenzie Wilson (East Linn Christian) 1:00.01; (2) Tea Chatelain (Nestucca) 1:02.20; (3) Hannah Bovbjerg (Philomath) 1:02.50; (12) Zoe James (SH) 1:04.82.
800 – (1) Sydney Nichol (East Linn Christian) **2:18.60; (2) Nancy Arroyo Dayton 2:21.16; (3) Whittney Averill (Tillamook) 2:26.89.
1500 – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
3000 – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
100 Hurdles – (1) Desirae DesRosiers (Molalla) 16.17. (2) Jazmin Wilberg (Camas Valley) 16.18; (3) Amy Kraemer (Amity) 16.44; (13) Dana Hiett (SH) 18.43.
300 Hurdles – (1) No Sweet Home entries.
4×100 Relay – (1) Molalla 50.68; (2) Astoria 50.71; (3) Philomath 51.58; (4) Grant Union 52.10; (5) East Linn Christian 52.63; (6) Cascade 52.79; (7) North Bend 52.82; (8) Toledo 53.26; (9) Oakridge 53.81; (10) Cottage Grove 54.04; (11) Banks 54.93; (12) Sweet Home (Ria Chiba, Zoe James, Gracie Olson, Alice Ramsey) 57.07; (13) Newport (57.43).
4×400 Relay – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
Shot Put – (1)No Sweet Home entrants .
Discus – (1) Rachel Bring (Molalla) 140-1; (2) Gretchen Hoekstre (Seaside) 114-4; (3) Cori Sanders (East Linn Christian) 110-11; (18) Megan Hager (SH) 87-00.
Javelin – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
High Jump – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
Pole Vault – (1) Damie Zomerschoe (North Bend) 10-0; (2) Darian Hageman (Astoria) 9-8; (3) Jozie Rude (Grant Union) 9-8; (11) Dana Hiett (SH) 7-6; (12) Gracie Olson (SH) 7-6.
Long Jump – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
Triple Jump – (1) Darian Hageman (Astoria) 36-10; (2) Amy Kraemer (Amity) 35-0; (3) Jazmin Wilburg (Camas Valley) 34-7½; (7) Dana Hiett (SH) 33-1½.
East Linn’s Sydney
Nichol wins at MOC
East Linn Christian senior Sydney Nichol, of Sweet Home, won the 800 at the Meet of Champions in a three-second personal-best time of 2:18.60.
Senior Wesley Anderson, also of Sweet Home, placed sixth in the 3000 for the Eagles, posting a 20-second PR, in 9:28.10.
Last Chance Meet
Sweet Home’s boys were second behind Cottage Grove in a Last Chance Meet held Tuesday, April 25, with six other teams, including several smaller schools. The girls were fourth, behind the first-place Lions, Monroe and Elmira on a cold and breezy afternoon.
Winners for the boys were Dillon Stutzman in the javelin and Eric Blanchard in the pole vault, along with the boys short relay team. Dana Hiett was the sole winner for the girls, in the pole vault.
Top Three and Sweet Home Finishers
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Cottage Grove 187.5; (2) Sweet Home 150; (3) Elmira 94.5; (4) Monroe 78.5; (5) Triangle Lake 69.5; (6) Oregon School for the Deaf 42; (7) Stayton 23; (8) Mohawk 8.
100 – (1) Alex Amezcua (TL) 11.79; (2) Austin Stevens (SH)**11.85; (3) Jonathan Sierra (OSD) 11.92; (4) Nick Rietz (SH) **11.94; (5) Hayden Nichol (SH) 12.16; (6) Wes Parker (SH) **12.18; (7) Chase Blanco (SH) 12.47; (10) Nathan Hager (SH) 12.60; (13) Noah Moore (SH) 12.75; (22) Brad Wolthuis (SH) &&13.49; (33) Robbie Yunke (SH) 14.52.
200 – (1) Jonathan Sierra (OSD) 24.31; (2) Hayden Nichol (SH) **24.36; (3) Nick Rietz (SH) 24.39; (4) Austin Stevens (SH) **24.83; (5) Casey Tow (SH) 25.08; (8) Noah Taraski (SH) 25.49; (9) Chase Blanco (SH) 25.56; (22) Brad Wolthuis (SH) 28.57.
400 – (1) Parker Wynn (TL) 53.19; (2) Brodey Lynn (M) 55.42; (3) Chad Bottorff (CG) 56.88; (11) Tristan Saultz (SH) **1:03.02.
800 – (1) (1) Zach Young (M) 2:06.94; (2) Konrad Raum (CG) 2:07.25; (3) Carson Bain (E) 2:07.72; (4) Noah Dinsfriend (SH) **2:11.81; (5) Austin Sills (SH)** 2:20.05.
1500 – (1) James Talley (CG) 4:34.50; (2) Paesen Timm (CG) 4:37.97; (3) Connor Metzger (TL) 4:38.36; (6) Tanner Sayers (SH) 4:45.68; (9) Austin Sills (SH) 4:44.74; (14) Cameron Taber (SH) 5:10.09; (24) Noah Webb (SH) 5:34.07; (25) Mason Hook (SH) **5:50.02.
3000 – (1) Connor Metzger (TL) 10:00.26; (2) Tanner Sayers (SH) **10:02.34; (3) Sandi Ramos-Cabrera (OSD) 11.08.59.
110 Hurdles – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
300 Hurdles – (1) Joshua Claflin (CG) 45.17; (2) Lance Hanson (SH) **45.46; (3) Jacob Drago (TL) 47.32; (9) Cameron Taber (SH) 57.12.
4×100 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Nick Rietz, Lance Hanson, Hayden Nichol, Justin Carpenter) 45.57; (2) Cottage Grove 46.13; (3) Triangle Lake 46.15; (4) Oregon School for the Deaf 47.07; (5) Monroe 51.94; (6) Mohawk 53.09.
4×400 Relay – (1) Cottage Grove 3:48.45; (2) Elmira 3:55.06; (3) Sweet Home (Chase Blanco, Connor Russell, Tristan Saultz, Noah Taraski) 3:55.76; (4) Cottage Grove “B” 4:05.49; (5) Oregon School for the Deaf 4:10.33; (6) Elmira “B” 4:11.91.
Shot Put – (1) Cristian Garcia (M) 44-9; (2) Hunter Hall (CG) 41-8; (3) Dylan Porter (E) 40-11; (10) Austin Griffin (SH) 34-10; (11) Noah Moore (SH) 33-8; (13) Jake Swanson (SH) 32-9; (17) Sevin Carson (SH) **32-3; (26) Marc Kanngvesser (SH) 25-1; (29) Ryan Schrick (SH) 24-2; (33) Parker Justham (SH) 12-7.
Discus – (1) Cristian Garcia (M) 112-0; (2) Jorge Sanchez (M) 103-4; (3) Jared Simmons (CG) 97-2; (15) Austin Griffin (SH) 80-4; (23) Marc Kanngvesser (SH) 49-5; (24) Parker Justham (SH) **39-8 .
Javelin – (1) Dillon Stuzman (SH) 142-2; (2) Hunter Hall (CG) 141-9; (3) Noah Moore (SH) **135-9; (5) Jake Swanson (SH) 126-5; (7) Nathan Hager (SH) 121-8; (8) Casey Tow (SH) 121-5; (11) Robbie Yunke (SH) **115-7; (12) Parker Lemmer (SH) 107-0; (33) Sevin Carson (SH) 77-6.
High Jump – (1) Erick Vallejo Giffen (CG) 5-6; (2) Joshua Claflin (CG) 5-4; (3-tie)Casey Tow (SH), Ethan Howard (S), Jacob Woods (CG), Carver Beck (TL) 5-2; (7) Noah Dinsfriend (SH) 5-0; (10) Connor Russell (SH) 4-10.
Pole Vault – (1) Eric Blanchard (SH) 11-6; (2) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 11-0; (3) Max Gause (CG) 10-6; (5) Austin Stevens (SH) **8-0.
Long Jump – (1) Alex Amezcua (TL) 19-10½; (2) Zach Young (M) 19-7; (3) Erick Vallejo Giffen (CG) 18-3¾; (6) Noah Taraski (SH) 16-9¾; (10) Connor Russell (SH) **16-5; (12) Parker Lemmer (SH) 16-3; (28) Andrew Baham (SH) 10-5.
Triple Jump – (1) Tucker Porter (CG) 38-9¼; (2) Daniel French (E) 37-0¼; (3) Ethan Howard (S) 36-4½; (5) West Parker (SH) 35-10¼; (6) Lance Hanson (SH) 35-6¾; (9) Christian Baham (SH) **33-2½. .
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Cottage Grove 191; (2) Monroe 166; (3) Elmira 101.5; (4) Sweet Home 66; (5) Triangle Lake 43.5; (6) Stayton 22; (7) Oregon School for the Deaf 7.
100 – (1) Hannah Albrecht (CG) 13.26; (2) Zarah Wemple (CG) 13.37; (3) Carissa Bottensek (TL) 13.64; (5) Alice Ramsey (SH) **14.49; (12) Ria Chiba (SH) 15.08; (13) Dana Hiett (SH) **15.15; (16) Jessi Thomas (SH) 15.24; (18) Jinny Chawengchote (SH) **15.83; (24) Bethany Gingerich (SH) 22.58.
200 – (1) Carissa Bottensek (TL) 27.61; (2) Zarah Wemple (CG) 28.36; (3) Ashlie Sanchez (M) 28.85; (10) Ria Chiba (SH) 31.30; (11) Jessi Thomas (SH) 32.49; (15) McKenzie Yoder (SH) 33.10.
400 – (1) Ashlie Sanchez (M) 1:07.30; (2) Andrea Griffin (E) 1:08.20; (3) Mirtha Lopez (M) 1:08.28; (5) McKenzie Yoder (SH) 1:14.95.
800 – (1)No Sweet Home entrants .
1500 – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
3000 – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
100 Hurdles – (1) Kyndal Martin (M) 17.06; (2) Faryn Dahlen (CG) 17.49; (3) Tyra Gordon (CG) 18.11; (4) Dana Hiett (SH) 18.34.
300 Hurdles – (1) Kyndal Martin (M) 50.19; (2) Kailey Martin (M) 55.31; (3) Sydney Boxberger (CG) 55.51; (5) Madelyn Neuschwander (SH) 56.13.
4×100 Relay – (1) Cottage Grove 54.22; (2) Triangle Lake 54.88; (3) Elmira 57.22; (4) Sweet Home (Ria Chiba, Bethany Gingerich, Zoe James, Gracie Olson) 58.84; (5) Oregon School for the Deaf 1:04.26.
4×400 Relay – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
Shot Put – (1) Brook Boyer-Capps (M) 30[7; (2) Cassidy Herbert (CG) 30-1; (3) Emily Stahl (M) 29-8; (8) Megan Hager (SH) 24-5; (12) Makayla Griffin (SH) 21-10; (14) Sarah Hewitt (SH) 20-4.
Discus – (1) Emily Stahl (M) 88-8; (2) Cassidy Herbert (CG) 88-2; (3) Megan Hager (SH) 85-11; (15) Sarah Hewitt (SH) 56-3; (17) Lauren Taber (SH) 33-6.
Javelin – (1) Kaitlyn Brooks (CG) 92-00; (2) Sydney Boxberger (CG) 91-04; (3) Kendyl Stutzman (SJH) 81-11; (6) Hailey Nicholson (SH) 77-00; (8) Megan Hager (SH) 75-11.
High Jump – (1) No Sweet Home finishers.
Pole Vault – (1) Dana Hiett (SH) 7-6; (2-tie) Gracie Olson (SH), Hayle Maitia (CG) 7-0.
Long Jump – (1) Kyndal Martin (M) 15-6; (2) Mirtha Lopez (M) 14-7; (3) Azzy Lane (E) 14-1½; Dana Hiett (SH) 14-1½; (9) Madelyn Neuschwander (SH) 12-7; (10) Jinny Chawengchote (SH) **12-1.
Triple Jump – (1) Maddie O’Hare Gamache (M) 30-4; (2) Keara Murphy (CG) 30-0½; (3) Sydney Boxberger (CG) 28-5½; Gracie Olson (SH) 26-6½.