Sweet Home’s swim teams, at full force and actually getting to swim a meet together for only the second time this season, made it count Saturday, Jan. 21, with wins by both the boys and girls at the District 3 Sprint Meet, held at South Albany High School.
The girls outscored second-place Philomath 418.5 to 281, while the boys also finished ahead of the Warriors, 433-268.
Coach Doug Peargin said the meet brings together all the teams that will be competing in the District 3 regional meet Feb. 10-11, which will also be held at South Albany.
“This is a good tune-up meet going into the last couple of weeks before district and state,” he said. “We were able to swim all of our swimmers in at least two events in this meet and really got a chance to see what our different combinations might be for relays in upcoming meets.”
Moira Curtis, a newcomer to the team and to competitive swimming, finished third in the girls 100 Freestyle with a five-second personal-best in that event, in 1:04.46. Kristen Adams also finished with a nice PR in the event, cutting three seconds off her previous best to swim 1:11.43.
Stewart Curtis cut two seconds off his previous best in the boys 100 Free to finish third in 58.16.
Individual winners for the Huskies were freshman Megan Hager, who swam 1:05.78 in the 100 Individual Medley to beat teammate Lucie Davis (1:07.26) and Sean Wolthuis in the boys 100 IM (1:03.55), Nathan Hager in the boys 50 (23.25) and 50 Butterfly (25.56), Davis in the 100 Freestyle (56.64), Jessica Coats in the girls 50 Butterfly (29.06) and 50 Backstroke (29.57), Rowland Lupoli in the boys 100 Freestyle (51.35), Rawlins Lupoli in the boys 50 Backstroke (27.70), and Brandon Vasfaret in the boys 50 Breaststroke (30.71).
The boys also won the 200 Medley Relay and both teams won the 200 Freestyle Relays.
“We swam real well as a team, with lots of PR’s and it was the first meet of the season that we had all but three swimmers there at the same time,” Peargin said.
The Huskies will host Sisters, Newport, Stayton and Toledo on Friday, Jan. 27, at 4 p.m.
“We’ll probably be loading up some on our relays in this meet to see what adjustments need to be made for District,” Peargin said. “We still need to work on some rudiments, but now one of the biggest things we have to do is stay healthy.”
Albany Sprint Meet
(Top 3 and Sweet Home Finishers)
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 418.50; (2) Philomath 281; (3) Salem Academy Swim Team 276; (4) Blanchet Catholic 243; (5) Sisters 210; (6) Stayton 194.50; (7) Cascade High School 92; (8) Junction City 48; (9) North Marion 36.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sisters 2:06.60; (2) Sweet Home (swimmers not listed) 2:08.03; (3) Salem Academy Swim Team 2:11.28; (7) Sweet Home B (swimmers not listed) 2:22.40.
200 Freestyle – (1) Lydia Bartlett (Sis) 2:06.25; (2) Sarah Kenyon (SA) 2:24.34; (3) Anna Bartlett (Sis) 2:32.44; (5) Torree Hawken (SH) 2:37.39; (8) Milah Weld (SH) 2:44.17; (9) Katrina Reynolds (SH) 2:45; (16) Madelline Neuschwander (SH) 3:10.07.
100 Individual Medley – (1) Megan Hager (SH) 1:05.78; (2) Lucie Davis (SH) 1:07.26; (3) Molly Gallager (SA) 1:09.15; (5) Elizabeth Adams (SH) 11:18.80; (6) Ella Parker (SH) 1:19.08.
50 Freestyle – (1) Sadie Mak (Stay) 28:35; (2) Moira Curtis (SH) 28:96; (3) Moriah Spangle (SA) 31.57; (7) Hikari Kawai (SH) 33.36.
50 Butterfly – (1) Jessica Coats (SH) 29.06; (2) Min Wei (C) 29.32; (3) Mia Davis (SH) 30.51.
100 Freestyle – (1) Lucie Davis (SH) 56.64; (2) Sadie Mak (Stay) 1:03.38; (3) Moira Curtis (SH) 1:09.90; (7) Kristen Adams (SH) 1:11.43; (10) Hikari Kawai (SH) 1:14.33.
500 Freestyle – (1) Lydia Brtlett (Sis) 5:38.61; (2) Meredith Mandal (Sis) 5:44.91; (3) Sydney Maurer (Stay) 6:13.52.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Swimmers not listed) 1:46.78; (2) Sisters 1:52.78; (3) Sweet Home “B” 2:00.48.
50 Backstroke – (1) Jessica Coats (SH) 29.57; (2) Trinity Pierce (SA) 30.80; (3) Sarah Hewitt (SH) 33.54.
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 433; (2) Philomath 268; (3) North Marion 230; (4) Blanchet Catholic 223; (5) Salem Academy Swim Team 215; (6) Stayton 199; (7) Junction City 126; (8) Sisters 74; (9) Cascade High School 47.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home (swimmers not provided) 1:49.18; (2) Philomath 2:01.37; (3) Sweet Home B (swimmers not provided) 2:02.97.
200 Freestyle – (1) James Dye (PH) 1:57.31; (2) Paul Hegney (BA) 2:07.34; (3) Stewart Curtis (SH) 2:14.04; (4) Craig Hansen (SH) 2:14.74; (5) Seth Wright (SH) 2:17.60; (6) Dakota Seward (SH) 2:20.05.
100 Individual Medley – (1) Sean Wolthius (SH) 1:03.55; (2) Joshua Navarro (C) 1:04.68; (3) Wilson McLean (SA) 1:05.64; (6) Bradley Wolthius (SH) 1:08.22; (11) Cameron Taber (SH) 1:12.00.
50 Freestyle – (1) Nathan Hager (SH) 23.15; (2) Wilson McLean (SA) 23.62; (3) Wesley Parker (SH) 27.19; (15) Colton Pickett (SH) 33.27.
50 Butterfly – (1) Nathan Hager (SH) 25.56; (2) Joshua Navarro (C) 25.89; (3) Brandon Vasfaret (SH) 27.64; (6) Wolthius Bradley (SH) 30.43.
100 Freestyle – (1) Rowland Lupoli (SH) 51.35; (2) Eric Seitz (Stay) 57.19; (3) Stewart Curtis (SH) 58.16; (6) Cameron Taber (SH) 1:00.13.
500 Freestyle – (1) Chris Linton (Stay) 5:39.02; (2) Jensen Davis (Ph) 6:15.35; (3) Seth Wright (SH) 6:17.36.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home 1:33.51; (2) Salem Academy Swim Team 1:41.28; (3) Sweet Home 1:45.24.
50 Backstroke – (1) Brandon Vasfaret (SH) 30.71; (2) Eric Seitz (Stay) 31.66; (3) Max (JC) 35.14.