After nearly 50 years on the pool deck, Sweet Home swimming Coach Doug Peargin usually doesn’t get too excited too early in the season.
But his enthusiasm last week was palpable after the Huskies’ performance in the non-scoring Philomath Relays, which produced eight first-place finishes for the girls in nine relay events and seven for the boys.
“It was our best meet in 10 years,” he said. Sweet Home took 38 swimmers and all of them placed in the top six in at least one event, Peargin noted.
“This is a great early-season meet for getting not only your veteran swimmers into the water but you also get a chance to get your newer swimmers in some races,” he said. “As a team we had 53 PR’s (personal bests). That’s the most PR’s I can ever remember coming out of this meet.”
The Huskies will have another chance to see how they stack up against some of the other powers in the district when they host Salem Academy, Philomath and Stayton at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17. Salem Academy has four girls and two boys back and Philomath has two boys and a girl returning who are all place-winners at last years 4A/3A/2A/1A state championships.
“This could be a good one,” Peargin said.
Philomath Relays
Sweet Home Girls Results
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Esther Gunselman, Jessica Coats, Mia Davis, Mikayla Nelson) 2:05.9; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Natasha Benson, Milah Weld, Ella Parker, Kendra Vorce) 2:26.1; (5) Sweet Home “C” (Hope Fears, Livvie Hindmarsh, Megan Oberg, Kristen Adams) 2:46.0.
4×50 Backstroke Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Lauren Yon, Sarah Hewitt, Jessica Coats, Makayla Nelson) 1:58.8; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Kristen Adams, Ella Parker, Megan Oberg, Hope Fears) 2:41.9.
4×100 Breaststroke Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Elea Hewitt, Milah Weld, Sarah Hewitt, Jessica Coats) 2:27.1.
4×50 Butterfly Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Esther Gunselman, Lauren Yon, Mia Davis, Elea Hewitt) 2:01.3.
4×100 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Sarah Hewitt, Sara Helfrich, Mia Davis, Mikayla Nelson) 4:17.4; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Kendra Vorce, Ella Parker, Livvie Hindmarsh, Hope Fears) 4:43.1; (4) Sweet Home “C” (Megan Oberg, Carolann Ross, Shelby Dinsfriend, Tonya Cook) 5:37.1.
4×50 Breaststroke Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Lauren Yon, Milah Weld, Sarah Hewitt, Elea Hewitt) 2:25.7; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Natasha Benson, Sara Helfrich, Kendra Vorce, Livvie Hindmarsh) 2:57.1.
4×100 Backstroke Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Esther Gunselman, Natasha Benson, Makayla Nelson, Elea Hewitt) 4:45.6.
4×50 Freestyle Relay – (2) Sweet Home “A” (Kendra Vorce, Livvie Hindmarsh, Kristen Adams, Sara Helfrich) 2:06.2; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Milah Weld, Hope Fears, Tonya Cook, Megan Oberg) 2:21.3.
4×100 Individual Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Mia Davis, Esther Gunselman, Jessica Coats, Lauren Yon) 4:34.4; (5) Sweet Home “B” (Ella Parker, Natasha Benson, Kristen Adams, Sara Helfrich) 5:33.7.
Sweet Home Boys Results
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Sean Wolthuis, Rawlins Lupoli, Nathan Hager, Rowland Lupoli) 1:57.1; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Adam Barber, Craig Hansen, Cameron Taber, Seth Wright) 2:27.7; (5) Sweet Home “C” (Dakota Seward, Riku Funabashi, TJ Baham, Luke Flierl) 2:42.6.
4×50 Backstroke Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Bradley Wolthuis, Brandon Vasfaret, Adam Barber, Sean Wolthuis) 2:07.7; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Noah Dinsfriend, Nick Tolman, Dakota Seward, Luke Flierl) 2:34. 4.
4×100 Breaststroke Relay – (3) Sweet Home “A” (Craig Hansen, Nick Tolman, Wes Parker, Grant Jones) 5:52.7.
4×50 Butterfly Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Cameron Taber, Rowland Lupoli, Sean Wolthuis, Nathan Hager) 1:56.6.
4×100 Freestyle Relay – (2) Sweet Home “A” (Adam Barber, Craig Hansen, Cameron Taber, Grant Jones) 4:18.0; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Wes Parker, Seth Wright, TJ Baham, Dakota Seward) 4:37.1.
4×50 Breaststroke Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Craig Hansen, Rowland Lupoli, Brandon Vasfaret, Rawlins Lupoli) 2:13.6; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Bradley Wolthuis, Nick Tolman, Wes Parker, Riku Funabashi) 2:54.4. .
4×100 Backstroke Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Nathan Hager, Sean Wolthuis, Brandan Vasfaret, Rawlins Lupoli) 4L:08.8; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Bradley Wolthuis, Grant Jones, Nick Tolman, Adam Barber) 5:05.3.
4×50 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Seth Wright, Grant Jones, Cameron Taber, Wes Parker) 1:51.6; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Bradley Wolthuis, TJ Baham, Nick Tolman, Dakota Seward) 2:02.7.
4×100 Individual Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Rawlins Lupoli, Nathan Hager, Rowland Lupoli, Brandon Vasfaret) 4:09.1.