In their season-opening track meet, the Huskies showed both their youth and a lot of promise, Coach Alysson Bodenbach said.
Returnees from last year set a dozen personal-best marks in the non-scoring meet at the Pleasant Hill Icebreaker Wednesday, March 16, which also included Creswell, East Linn Christian Academy, Harrisburg, Lost River, Lowell and Elmira, along with the hosts.
“I wouldn’t say we were starting this season where they left off last year, but we’re in pretty good shape to PR through this season,” Bodenbach said.
She noted that this was a “get-your-feet-wet” meet. “We’re so young. We have so many freshmen who don’t know where they’re going, so this meet gave them a chance to figure that out.”
Also, she said, a lot of Sweet Home veterans tried events they usually don’t compete in.
Bodenbach has established a weekly honor for a single performer, and the inaugural recipient is junior Nathan Hager, who turned heads with significant performances in the 800 and 1500, both events he’d never competed in in high school.
Hager ran 4:52.59 in the 1500 to place seventh in a field of 33, then finished second behind Elmira’s Finn King in the 800, in 2:18.43.
Sprinters Trey Reed, Egan Shamek and Bethany Gingerich all had a good start.
Shamek, a senior, set a lifetime best of 11.66 in the 100 and Reed finished 4/100 of a second off his lifetime best to win the 200 in 23.71, though he didn’t run the 400 as fast as he’d hoped.
Gingerich won the 400 in 1:04.24, the only win by a Husky girl, and Reed was the boys winner in that event in 52.95. Shamek’s win in the 100 was the only other individual victory by the Huskies, though the 4×100 boys relay team, anchored by Shamek, won in 45.35.
“Egan’s got so much more to go,” Bodenbach said. “This is a testament to where he’s going, for sure.
“Trey’s 400 was not what he’d hoped it would be, but he understands the process and he’s being OK with not getting his best at the very beginning of the year.”
In the field, thanks to uncooperative weather during the last few weeks, the Huskies haven’t had a chance to get up to speed in the technical events, coaches said.
But Jacob Erickson matched his lifetime high jump best with a 5-6, and Garrison Whitfield PR’d in the javelin, throwing 151-5. Gracie Olson set a lifetime best of 6-6 in the pole vault – the meet was the first time the vaulters had actually jumped over a bar this season, Assistant Coach Billy Snow said.
Shelby Dinsfriend bettered her PR in the shot by a foot with a throw of 22-9.
“It’s super early,” Bodenbach said. “We have a lot of kids coming to conditioning in spring break, which is good.”
Also competing in the meet were a number of East Linn Christian athletes who live in Sweet Home.
Austin Linville jumped 5-10 to win the high jump and Sydney Nichol ran away from the field to win the 1500 in 5:09.10.
The Huskies will not compete this week during spring break. They are scheduled to return to action Saturday, April 2, at the Junction City Invitational, which is expected to include Siuslaw, La Pine, Scio and Toledo, as well as some of the teams they saw last week.
Pleasant Hill Icebreaker
Top Three and Sweet Home Results
* East Linn Christian athlete from Sweet Home
Boys Results
100 – (1) Egan Shamek (SH) 11.66; (2) Alonzo Ranch (Harrisburg) 11.67; (3) Hunter Knox (Harrisburg) 11.78; (9) Nick Rietz (SH) 12.46; (12) Noah Moore (SH) 12.72; (17) Jacob Erickson (SH) 12.79; (23) Chase Blanco (SH) 12.91; (35) Riku Funabshi (SH) 13.59; (46) Christian Baham (SH) 14.31.
200 – (1) Trey Reed (SH) 23.71; (2) Hunter Knox (Harrisburg) 24.11; (3) Alonzo Ranch (Harrisburg) 24.17; (7) Wes Parker (SH) 25.30; (9) Hayden Nichol (SH) 25.44; (20) Chase Blanco (SH) 26.72; (27) Noah Taraski (SH) 27.38; (33) Christian Baham (SH) 29.28.
400 – (1) Trey Reed (SH) 52.95; (2) Finn King (Elmira) 56.52; (3) Austin Smith (Elmira) 57.02; (4) Noah Taraski (SH) 58.55.
800 – (1) Finn King (Elmira) 2:16. 29; (2) Nathan Hager (SH) 2:18.43; (3) Christian Strawn (East Linn Christian) 2:19.28; (4) Noah Taraski (SH) 58.55; (8) Blake Keeney (SH) 2:29.15; (13) Robbie Yunke (SH) 2:37.78; (20) Ryan Lundeen (SH) 3:02.20; (21) Noah Webb (SH) 3:07.93; (22) Caden Knight (SH) 3:14.94.
1500 – (1) Christian Tucker (Creswell) 4:32.78; (2) Shane Orme (Elmira) 4:33.77; (3) Rhett Osborne (ELC) 4:35.34; (7) Nathan Hager (SH) 4:52.59; (11) Ricky Yunke (SH) 5:02.44; (13) Austin Sills (SH) 5:03.38; (16) Blake Keeney (SH) 5:05.40; (19) Cameron Taber (SH) 5:13.07; (31) Ryan Lundeen (SH) 6:13.07; (33) Noah Webb (SH) 6:24.39.
3000 – (1) Jedaiah Wasson (ELC) 10:15.95; (2) Wesley Anderson* (ELC) 10:16.85; (3) Hunter Murphy (Pleasant Hill) 10:19.00; (9) Tanner Sayers (SH) 11:10.70; (11) Austin Sills (SH) 11:28.33; (13) Cameron Taer (SH) 11:36.65.
110 Hurdles – (1) Nicholas Boykin (Elmira) 15.92; (2) Austin Linville* (ELC) 16.32; (3) Matt Davis (SH) 16.94; (5) TJ Baham (SH) 18.01.
300 Hurdles – (1) Nicholas Boykin (Elmira) 41.50; (2) Austin Linville* (ELC) 44.04; (3) Connor Paschke (Lost River) 45.91; (4) Matt Davis (SH) 46.09; (6) Noah Dinsfriend (SH) 47.56; (9) Nick Rietz (SH) 49.01.
4×100 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Justin Carpenter, Matt Davis, Trey Reed, Egan Shamek) 45.35; (2) Lost River 46.85; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Jacob Erickson, Lance Hanson, Wes Parker, Nick Rietz) 47.99; (4) Pleasant Hill 48.97; (5) Elmira 49.13; (6) Los River “B” 50.92.
4×400 Relay – (1-tie) Elmira, Lost River 3:42.82; (3) Sweet Home (Matt Davis, Wesley Parker, Egan Shamek, Trey Reed) 3:46.39; (4) Harrisburg 3:56.58; (5) East Linn Christian 3:57.96; (6) Pleasant Hill 4:03.14; (7) Creswell 4:05.27; (8) Elmira “B” 4:09.65; (9) :Lowell 4:13.33; (10) Sweet Home “B” (TJ Baham, Ricky Yunke, Noah Dinsfriend) 4:22.41.
Shot Put – (1) Bryce Kuschel 44-1 (Harrisburg); (2) Asim Hirani (Harrisburg) 40-0½; (3) Alejandro Vera (Lost River) 39-9½; (21) Noah Moore (SH) 32-9; (24) Hayden Nichol (SH) 30-8.
Discus – (1) Jose Rizo (Lost River) 127-2; (2) Logan Oakerman (Harrisburg) 119-6; (3) Hayden Barnhurst (Harrisburg) 112-3; (5) Patric Dishaw (SH) 110-2; (19) Hayden Nichol (SH) 81-8; (26) Jake Swanson (SH) 69-6.
Javelin – (1) Austin Klecka (Pleasant Hill) 176-6; (2) Orin Osborne (ELC) 166-8; (3) Garrison Whitfield (SH) 151-5; (5) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 133-9; (6) Nathan Hager (SH) 126-10; (8) Noah Moore (SH) 122-7; (12) Ricky Yunke (SH) 113-6; (18) Charlie Guerrero (SH) 105-9; (27) Robbie Yunke (SH) 93-3; (32) Jake Swanson (SH) 86-4; (34) Parker Lemmer (SH) 86-4; (38) Riku Funabashi (SH) 78-6.
High Jump – (1) Austin Linville* (ELC) 5-10; (2) Ethan Frolov (Elmira) 5-8; (3-tie) Jacob Erickson (SH), Joey Knox (Harrisburg) 5-6.
Pole Vault – (1) Travis Waggener (Harrisburg) 11-0; (2-tie) TJ Baham (SH), Connor Baker (Pleasant Hill) 9-6; (4) Dillon Stutzman (SH, one of three-way tie) 9-0.
Long Jump – (1) Alonzo Ranch (Harrisburg) 21-2; (2) Egan Shamek (SH) 20-5½; (3) Gabe Cobian (Lost River) 18-7; (5) Justin Carpenter (SH) 18-2½; (24) Parker Lemmer (SH) 13-9.
Triple Jump – (1) Shane Orme (Elmira) 36-10½; (2) Luis Orozco (Lost River) 36-3; (3) William Weaver (Elmira) 35-4½; (4) Wes Parker (SH) 35-4½; (9) Christian Baham (SH) 30-4½.
Girls Results
100 – (1) Mackenzie Wilson (ELC) 13.12; (2) Duran Jeldan (Harrisburg) 13.46; (3) Jessica Brown (Harrisburg) 13.47; (5) Josie Knight (SH) 13.76; (10) Kate Hawken (SH) 14.23; (11) Jessi Thomas (SH) 14.44; (20) Skylar Read (SH) 14.94; (24) Madelyn Neuschwander (SH) 15.70; (28) Makenna Ashton (SH) 15.91; (31) Anna Coleman (SH) 16.60; (32) Eva Kinker (SH) 16.89; (36) Natasha Benson (SH) 29.28.
200 – (1) Megan Miller (Pleasant Hill) 27.11; (2) Mackenzie Wilson (ELC) 27.36; (3) Duran Jelden (Harrisburg) 28.35; (7) Ashley Wickline (SH) 31.78; (8) Madelyn Neuschwander (SH)
400 – (1) Bethany Gingerich (SH) 1:04.24; (2) Jessica Brown (Harrisburg) 1:06.00; (3) Corbie Johnson (Elmira) 1:07.57; (4) McKenzie Yoder (SH) 1:14.16; (6) Kat Kinker (SH) 1:20.22; (7) Jade Stiles (SH) 1:21.52.
800 – (1) Rachel Parks (Lost River) 2:39.71; (2) Freya DeMasters (Creswell) 2:50.96; (3) Chiharu Hasegawa (ELC) 2:53.83; (7) McKenna Ashton (SH) 3:07.94; (8) Allison Wickline (SH) 3:10.14; (12) Jade Smith (SH) 3:15.08; (13) Maria Daniels (SH) 3:16.46.
1500 – (1) Sydney Nichol* (ELC) 5:09.10; (2) Rachel Parks (Lost River) 5:26.46; (3) Emily Cheek (Harrisburg) 5:34.00; (9) Ashley Wickline (SH) 6:34.00; (11) Allison Wickline (SH) 6:43.43; (13) Maria Daniels (SH) 7:01.44.
3000 – No Sweet Home entrants.
110 Hurdles – No Sweet Home entrants.
300 Hurdles – (1) Jessica Brown (Harrisburg) 51.46; (2) Kari Schurr (ELC) 52.10; (3) Julia Strawn (ELC) 53.29; (6) Sierra Swanson (SH) 56.82.
4×100 Relay – (1) East Linn Christian 52.15; (2) Pleasant Hill 52.62; (3) Sweet Home (Josie Knight, Natasha Rasmussen, Kate Hawken, Bethany Gingerich) 54.54; (4) Elmira 56.10; (5) Creswell 57.65; (6) Lost River 59.72; (7) Sweet Home “B” (Eva Kinker, Cora McKee, Jade Stiles, Jessi Thomas) 1:00.26.
4×400 Relay – (1) Pleasant Hill 4:31.19; (2) Sweet Home (Bethany Gingerich, Kate Hawken, Natasha Rasmussen, Ashley Wickline) 4:38.88; (3) East Linn Christian 4:47.09; (4) Creswell 4:58.12; (5) Elmira 5:02.46; (6) Sweet Home “B” (Names not available) 5:09.28.
Shot Put – (1) Dana Brooks (Pleasant Hill) 37-0; (2) Josie Knight (SH) 32-8; (3) Madison Nickell (Elmira) 28-5; (4) Eleanor Hewitt (SH) 26-6; (10) Shelby Dinsfriend (SH) 22-9; (13) Emily Ramsey (SH) 22-7½; (24) Sarah Hewitt (SH) 17-6½.
Discus – (1) Rebecca Peasley (Pleasant Hill) 96-11; (2) Maddie Vanis (Pleasant Valley) 88-8; (3) Brielle Miller (Harrisburg) 80-9; (9) Emily Ramsey (SH) 71-3; (10) Shelby Dinsfriend (SH) 66-2; (11) Eleanor Hewitt (SH) 39-8.
Javelin – (1) Dana Brooks (Pleasant Hill) 120-6; (2) Caroline Allen (Creswell) 106-5; (3) Emillia Carpenter (Elmira) 102-3; (4) Shania Baxter (SH) 87-9; (7) Lexi Burks (SH) 74-0; (8) Kendyl Stutzman (SH) 73-10; (16) Ellie Davis (SH) 50-7; (17) Hailey Nicholson (SH) 49-7.
High Jump – (1) Four-way tie 4-8; (5) Caylie Trewin (SH) 4-6; (9) Sierra Swanson (SH) 4-4; (12) Rachel Busek* (ELC) 4-0.
Pole Vault – (1-tie) Shelby Davis (Harrisburg), Annalisa Linn (Elmira) 8-0; (3) Gracie Olson (SH) 6-6; (4) Rachel Busek* (ELC) 5-6.
Long Jump – (1) Rachel Chambers (Pleasant Hill) 14-11; (2) Josie Bohman (Creswell) 14-1½; (3) Alyssa DuFault (Creswell) 13-10½; (7) Sydney Nichol* (ELC) 13-1; (12) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 12-3½; (18) Makenna Ashton (SH) 11-11; (28) Madelyn Neuschwander (SH) 11-4½; (30) Anna Coleman (SH) 10-3.
Triple Jump – (1) Alex Thomas (Harrisburg) 32-10; (2) Dahlia Rickman (ELC) 31-8½; (3) Alex Olsen (Elmira) 30-6; (7) Caylie Trewin (SH) 27-11½; (10) Gracie Olson (SH) 26-7½.