Sweet Home’s track and field athletes got a taste of reality last week in a three-way meet Thursday with Cottage Grove and Sisters, followed by the Junction City Invitational Saturday, which featured some of the better 4A and small-school teams in the mid-Willamette Valley.
Against the Lions and Outlaws, the Huskies were facing what were anticipated to be two of the best girls teams in the league, but Sweet Home Coach Billy Snow said his team stepped up.
“That was a big meet,” he said. “We had some good marks. We’re finding some kids that kind of fit into some places that we had holes in, developing a little bit of depth.”
That lack showed in the final score, with the Husky boys trailing Cottage Grove 68-67, and Sisters in third with 47 points. The girls finished well behind the Lions, who won with 74 points, with Sisters second (57½) and Sweet Home third with 47½. Sweet Home won 11 of 17 events on the boys side, with double wins coming from freshman Trey Reed in the 200 (24.62) and 400 (54.21), junior Jakob Hiett winning the 800 (2:02.06) and the 1500 (4:08.06), and senior Ben Terry taking the shot (43-3) and the discus (102-9). Other winners were Kyle Rose in the javelin (150-2), Ashton Stutzman in the high jump (6-0), Spencer Knight in the 100 (11.49) and the boys short relay team.
Other bright spots included Egan Shamek, who in his rookie outing in the long jump jumped 18-4½, then followed that up on Saturday with a 19-1½, which was good for sixth in a crowded field.
“I think we found a jumper in Egan,” Snow said.
Another bright spot Thursday was freshman Dillon Stutzman, who cleared 10 feet in the pole vault to win – only the second time he’d actually vaulted, which was good enough to make the Top-10 freshman list for the Huskies, Snow said.
On the girls side, winners on Thursday were Haley Kent in the 200 (27.77), freshman Dana Hiett in the 400 (1:10.48), and Courtney Kent in the 300 Hurdles (50.15), which she also won at Junction City (50.22) for the girls only victory of the day. Stuzman also won the high jump on Saturday, the boys’ only winner on the day, clearing 5-10 and then pulling out due to a sore leg.
“We didn’t load everybody up Thursday because we knew we were going again on Saturday,” Snow said. “We could have given all our studs four events, but we tried to spread it around.”
He said he was pleased to see distance runner Nicole Ramussen looking “like the Nicole of old” and said others on the distance crew ran well too.
The short relays on both sides have room to improve and he expects another second or two from them when they get their timing down, Snow said.
The Huskies travel to La Pine for a dual on Thursday and then those athletes who have qualified will compete in the Meet of Champions at Willamette University on Saturday. Field events start at 11:30 and track events at 1 p.m.
Junction City Invitational
Top Three and Sweet Home Finishers
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Newport 1351.5; (2) Central 1342.5; (3) Philomath 1315; (4) Elmira 1194; (5) Sweet Home 1153.5; (6) Siuslaw 1116.5; (7) Junction City 895.5; (8) Central Linn 876.5; (9) La Pine 714; (10) Yamhill-Carlton 697; (11) South Umpqua 676.5; (12) St. Paul 673.5; (13) Scio 416; (14) Toledo 201.
100 – (1) Trevor Sartnurak (P) 11.59; (2) Josue Avilez (CL) 11.63; (3) Dakota Senger (SU) 11.68; (4) Bo Highburger (E) 11.73; (5) Spencer Knight (SH) 11.75; (14) Nick Rietz (SH) 12.44; (23) Justin Carpenter (SH) 12.88.
200 – (1) Tevor Sratnurak (P) 23.15; (2) Josue Avilez (CL) 23.48; (3) Zach Rogers (JC) 23.89; (12) Trey Reed (SH) 24.72; (23) Nick Rietz (SH) 25.91.
400 – (1) Jonathan Peterson (Sius) 53.08; (2) AJ Holmberg (Scio) 53.09; (3) Keegan Kriz (LP) 53.36;(6) Trey Reed (SH) 54.20; (12) Chace Hutchins (SH) 56.64.
800 – (1) Seth Campbell (Sius) 2:03.02; (2) Michael Capri (N) 2:03.08; (3) Mitchell Thomas (P) 2:06.19; (20) Issac Justham (SH) 2:26.95; (29) Spenser Spencer (SH) 2:39.33.
1500 – (1) Mack Marbas (Sius) 4:04.96; (2) Jakob Hiett (SH) 4:08.91; (3) Mitchell Butler (Sius) 4:23.22; (12) Issac Justham (SH) 4:56.33; (27) Spenser Spencer (SH) 5:15.25.
3000 – (1) Brian Blythe (P) 9:44.60; (2) Gannon Jones (E) 9:47.42; (3) Caelin Alba (P) 9:48.17; (5) Ian Wingo (SH) 10:15.09; (17) Robert Gourley (SH) 10:57.70.
110 Hurdles – (1) Chris Houck (P) 16.41; (2) Brendan Thurber-Blaser (N) 16.65; (3) Tate Barnes (CL) 16.81; (7) Eric Flierl (SH) 17.19; (10) Matt Davis (SH) 18.06.
300 Hurdles – (1) Joe Dotson (Sius) 41.69; (2) Toby Prescott (Central) 42.84; (3) Nicholas Boykin (E) 43.37; (5) Eric Flierl (SH) 45.39; (7) Matt Davis (SH) 46.56; (12) TJ Baham (SH) 48.75.
4×100 Relay – (1) Central Linn 44.24; (2) Elmira 44.27; (3) Central 44.82; (6) Sweet Home 46.31.
4×400 Relay – (1) Siuslaw 3:35.38; (2) Junction City 3:39.94; (3) Newport 3:41.61; (7) Sweet Home (Nick Rietz, Trey Reed, TJ Baham, Jakob Hiett) 3:50.84.
Shot Put – (1) Trevor Duffy (SU) 50-5½; (2) Ben Terry (SH) 46-1; (3) Zane Wardwell (E) 43-6¼; (12) Brycen Mitten (SH) 39-0; (36) Eric Whitlow (SH) 26-7¾.
Discus – (1) Tyson Kaminski (N) 148-5; (2) Keith Larson (P) 132-5; (3) Trevor Duffy (SU) 131-10; (17) Spencer Knight (SH) 98-1; (25) Ben Terry (SH) 87-6; (33) Eric Whitlow (SH) 66-0.
Javelin – (1) Will Beaudry (N) 153-6; (2) Kyle Rose (SH) 152-2; (3) David Lakeman (N) 144-4; (10) Brycen Mitten (SH) 130-11; (16) Garrison Whitfield (SH) 118-10.
High Jump – (1) Ashton Stutzman (SH) 5-10; (2) Brendan Thurber-Blaser (N) 5-8; (3) Garrett Nepper (JC) 5-8; (16-tie) Jacob Erickson (SH), Chace Hutchins (SH) 5-0.
Pole Vault – (1) Kavic Belcastro (CL) 13-0; (2) Spencer Hart (P) 12-0; (3) Brendan Thurber-Blaser ( ) 12-0; (10) TJ Baham (SH) 9-0.
Long Jump – (1) Billy Jones (Sius) 21-5; (2) DiSean Hernandez (CL) 20-11½; (3) Chris Houck (P) 20-6½; (6) Egan Shamek (SH) 19-1½; (10) Spencer Knight (SH) 18-9; (18) Justin Carpenter (SH) 17-6.
Triple Jump – (1) Chris Houck (P) 39-6; (2) Preston Mitchell (Sius) 38-8; (3) Joe Dotson (Sius) 37-10; (8) Brycen Mitten (SH) 35-6; (14) Egan Shamek (SH) 33-0; (21) Charlie Guerrero (SH) 29-4.
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Newport 1284; (2) Siuslaw 1220; (3) Elmira 1111; (4) Sweet Home 1093; (5) Philomath 1092.5; (6) Junction City 1086; (7) Central 928; (8) Yamhill-Carlton 903.5; (9) La Pine 800; (10) St. Paul 679; (11) South Umpqua 628.5; (12) Toledo 403; (13) Central Linn 354.5; (14) Scio 320.
100 – (1) Rachel Vinjamuri (N) 12.86; (2) Natalie Legras (Scio) 13.34; (3) Kaysandra Maunu (SU) 13.49; (5) Josie Knight (SH) 13.80; (34) Mikaela Batchelor (SH) 17.16.
200 – (1) Rachel Vinjamuri (N) 25.77; (2) Sarah King (YC) 27.36; (3) Haley Kent (SH) 27.73; (26) Lilly Parker (SH) 32.15; (33) Makenna Ashton (SH) 37.17.
400 – (1) Rachel Vinjamuri (N) 1:00.11; (2) Suzanne Van De Grift (YC) 1:03.80; (3) Cara Knott (N) 1:05.50; (8) India Porter (SH) 1:08.49; (13) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 1:09.51; (24) Mami Sakamoto (SH) 1:27.48.
800 – (1) Celie Mans (Sius) 2:31.76; (2) Jenna Grunwald (P) 2:33.64; (3) Destiny Carlson (Scio) 2:38.34; (9) Kayleen Keeney (SH) 2:46.57; (11) Jordan Miller (SH) 2:50.28; (14) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 2:56.56.
1500 – (1) Abby McBeth (Central) 4:59.64; (2) Celie Mans (Sius) 5:07.04; (3) Sierra Potter (Sius) 5:15.97; (9) Kayleen Keeney (SH) 5:39.23; (10) Sierra Swanson (SH) 5:39.26.
3000 – (1) Abby McBeth (Central) 10:52.88; (2) Nicole Rasmussen (SH) 11:16.08; (3) Sierra Potter (Sius) 11:16.81; (6) Sierra Swanson (SH) 12:24.75.
100 Hurdles – No Sweet Home competitors.
300 Hurdles – (1) Courtney Kent (SH) 50.22; (2) Megan Schrock (P) 50.46; (3) Mikaela Siegel (Sius) 51.21; (10) Dana Hiett (SH) 55.52.
4×100 Relay – (1) Philomath 52.35; (2) Sweet Home (Josie Knight, India Porter, Courtney Kent, Haley Kent) 52.52; (3) Scio 53.69.
4×400 Relay – (1) Yamhill-Carlton 4:21.41; (2) Philomath 4:24.77; (3) La Pine 4:30.23; (9) Sweet Home (Alex Olin, Mikaela Batchelor, Kiesha Goble, Mami Sakamoto) 5:21.54.
Shot Put – (1) Katrina Linenko (N) 35-11; (2) Brianna Thomposon (N) 33-6¼; (3) Sydney Belcastro (CL) 33-0; (5) Josie Knight (SH) 31-10½; (19) Kaitlyn Watts (SH) 26-6¾; (36) Shelby Dinsfriend (SH) 17-0.
Discus – (1) Ashlee Cole (Sius) 110-6; (2) Taylee Pratt (JC) 95-9; (3) Carissa Oliver (Sius) 93-5; (7) Kaitlyn Watts (SH) 89-4; (17) Adriana Perez (SH) 68-6; (30) Shania Baxter (SH) 54-6.
Javelin – (1) Kelsey Shaw (E) 128-5; (2) Ashlee Cole (Sius) 123-8; (3) Brianna Thompson (N) 114-1; (5) Amanda Hubbard (SH) 99-3; (10) Hannah Mather (SH) 86-0; (14) Jordan Miller (SH) 78-9.
High Jump – (1) Stevie Miller (Sius) 4-8; (2) Kelsey Shaw (E) 4-8; (3) Julia Kenyon (Central) 4-8; (7-tie) Sierra Swanson (SH), Dana Hiett (SH) 4-4.
Pole Vault – (1) Rachel Seagren (P) 9-0; (2) Chloee Sazama (LP) 8-0; (3) Isabel Solano (N) 7-6; (11-tie) Dana Hiett (SH), Hannah Mather (SH) 5-6.
Long Jump – (1) Reba Hoffman (Central) 16-6¼; (2) Kelsey Shaw (E) 16-4; (3) Remy Brentano (St, Paul) 15-1½; (13) Kiesha Goble (SH) 13-7½; (20) Alex Lin (SH) 13-1; (31) Megan Oberg (SH) 11-2¼.
Triple Jump – (1) Alissa Likens (La Pine) 32-11; (2) Grieta King (E) 31-7; (3) Holli Glenn (LP) 31-5½; (7) Haley Kent (SH) 30-5; (14) India Porter (SH) 27-4½; (19) Alex Olin (SH) 25-4½.
Sweet Home vs. Cottage Grove and Sisters
Top 3 and Sweet Home Finishers
Boys Results
Team Scores: Cottage Grove 68, Sweet Home 67, Sisters 47
100 – (1) Spencer Knight (SH) 11.49; (2) Conner Howard (CG) 11.85; (3) Wyatt Hibbard (CG) 11.90; (7) Nick Rietz (SH) 12.27; (9) Justin Carpenter (SH) 12.60; (12) Tucker Porter 13.04; (15) Wes Parker (SH) 13.71; (17) Oscar Hernandez (SH) 14.30; (20) Brenton Clark (SH) 15.23.
200 – (1) Trey Reed (SH) 24.62; (2) Conner Howard (CG) 24.71; (3) Wyatt Hibbard (CG) 24.80; (4) Eric Flierl (SH) 25.02; (9) TJ Baham (SH) 26.52.
400 – (1) Trey Reed (SH) 54.21; (2) Kendrick Murphy (CG) 55.50; (3) Keegan Greany (S) 55.90; (5) Jacob Erickson (SH) 1:07.91; (6) Hunter Olson (SH) 1:08,93.
800 – (1) Jakob Hiett (SH) 2:02.06; (2) Shea Krevi (S) 2:08.47; (3) Adam Najera (CG) 2:14.46; (6) Chace Hutchins (SH) 2:16.89; (7) Ian Wingo (SH) 2:19.93; (10) Joseph Rasmussen (SH) 2:35.58.
1500 – (1) Jakob Hiett (SH) 4:08.26; (2) Jado Bachtold (S) 4:31.11; (3) Shea Krevi (S) 4:33.25; (5) Ian Wingo (SH) 4:44.31; (8) Joseph Rasmussen (SH) 5:04.25; (9) Julian Hesberg (SH) 5:05.02; (11) Issac Justham (SH) 5:08.37.
3000 – (1) Brandon Polard (S) 8:59.99; (2) Dyut Fetrow (S) 10:23.29; (3) Logan Nash (CG) 10:49.26; (5) Issac Justham (SH) 11:25.71; (7) Spenser Spencer (SH) 11:49.66.
110 Hurdles – (1) Michael Tharpe (CG) 16.60; (2) Eric Flierl (SH) 16.82; (3) Matt Davis (SH) 16.96; (4) Ashton Stutzman (SH) 17.03.
300 Hurdles – (1) Jake McAllister 42.22; (2) Jaycob Dodge (CG) 42.82; (3) Michael Tharpe (CG) 44.74. No Sweet Home competitors.
4×100 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Spencer Knight, Matt Davis, Eric Flierl, Trey Reed) 45.96; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Nick Rietz, Tucker Porter, Dillon Stutzman, Justin Carpenter) 48.33; (3) Sweet Home “C” (Egan Shamek. Charlie Guerrero, TJ Bham, Chase Hutchins) 50.00 (Cottage Grove “A” DQ).
4×400 Relay – (1) Sisters 3:37.55; (2) Cottage Grove 3:48.93; (3) Sweet Home (Nick Rietz, Chase Hutchins, Jakob Hiett, TJ Baham) 3:51.90; (4) Sisters “B” 4:01.89; (5) Cottage Grove “B” 4:03.31; (6) Sisters “B” 4:22.63.
Shot Put – (1) Ben Terry (SH) 43-3; (2) Jeff Phemister (CG) 41-7; (3) Ryan Westerkamp (CG) 41-5; (12) Eric Whitlow (SH) 24-5.
Discus – (1) Ben Terry (SH) 102-9; (2) Seth Green (CG) 98-6; (3) Victor Colvin (CG) 93-10; (9) Eric Whitlow (SH) 67-8.
Javelin – (1) Kyle Rose (SH) 150-2; (2) Darren Voigt (CG) 144-1; (3) Brycen Mitten (SH) 144-0; (4) Garrison Whitfield (SH) 131-4; (8) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 116-11; (16) Egan Shamek (SH) 89-11; (17) Charlie Guerrero (SH) 89-0; (21) Daniel Sappington (SH) 65-1.
High Jump – (1-tie) Ashton Stutzman (SH), Jake McAllister (S) 6-0; (6) Jacob Erickson (SH) 5-0.
Pole Vault – (1) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 10-0; (2) Austin Powell (CG) 8-6; (3) Ryan Quick (CG) 8-0; (5) TJ Baham (SH) 5-0.
Long Jump – (1) Jake McAllister (S) 19-7½; (2) Johnathan Schatzau (CG) 19-6½; (3) Trevor Layne (CG) 19-1½; (4) Spencer Knight (SH) 18-10½; (5) Egan Shamek (SH) 18-4½; (9) Tucker Porter (SH) 17-9½; (10) Justin Carpenter (SH) 17-5½; (12) Matt Davis (SH) 17-2¼; (19) Brenton Clark (SH) 14-1.
Triple Jump – (1) Darren Voigt (CG) 37-11¾; (2) Jayden Tucker (CG) 37-3½; (3) Ryan Quick (CG) 36-5½; (4) Tucker Porter (SH) 34-1¼.
Girls Results
Team Scores – Cottage Grove 73, Sisters 57½, Sweet Home 47½
100 – (1) Ahsha Mootz (CG) 12.78; (2) Josie Knight (SH) 13.5; (3) Katie Aryanfard (S) 13.77; (6) Sarah Dunkley (SH) 14.6; (7) Lilly Parker (SH) 15.26; (8) Kiesha Goble (SH) 15.33; (12) Ilima Kaauwai-Walker (SH) 15.49; (13) Mikaela Batchelor (SH) 16.89; (14) Mami Sakamoto (SH) 16.96; (16) Ivy Weidner (SH) 17.13; (17) Makenna Ashton (SH) 17.25; (18) Natasha Benson (SH) 18.78.
200 – (1) Haley Kent (SH) 27.77; (2) Chelsey Bottorff (CG) 28.32; (3) Emily Corrigan (S) 29.14; (10) Sarah Dunkley (SH) 31.94; (11) Lilly Parker (SH) 32.98; (14) Mami Sakamoto (SH) 35.21; (15) Makenna Ashton (SH) 37.20; (16) Linh Vu (SH) 40.21; (17) Wanrada Puangmalai (SH) 41.05.
400 – (1) Dana Hiett (SH) 1:10.48; (2) Maddie Rybka (S) 1:11.83; (3) Natalie Marshall (S) 1:18.00.
800 – (1) Breanna Wright (CG) 2:28.36; (2) Aria Blumm (S) 2:33.73; (3) Macadia Calavan (S) 2:35.38; (5) Nicole Rasmussen (SH) 2:37.87; (6) Jordan Miller (SH) 2:46.06; (7) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 2:49.59; (8) Sierra Swanson (SH) 2:49.73.
1500 – (1) Zoe Falk (S) 5:04.21; (2) Aria Blumm (S) 5:11.83; (3) Nicole Rasmussen (SH) 5:29.87; (5) Sierra Swanson (SH) 5:44.78; (6) Kayleen Keeney (SH) 5:46.78; (11) Maria Daniels (SH) 7:15.73.
3000 – (1) Zoe Falk (S) 11.34.56; (2) Katelyn Meeter (S) 12.44.20; (3) Kayleen Keeney (S) 12:58.77; (5) Sierrah Owen (SH) 16.58.37.
100 Hurdles – (1) Melissa MaCasline (CG) 18.06; (2) Celeste Pelham (CG) 18.28; (3) Maeve Dahlen (CG) 18.46; (No Sweet Home competitors).
300 Hurdles – (1) Courtney Kent (SH) 50.15; (2) Celeste Pelham (CG) 51.60; (3) Sabrina Reifschneider (S) 54.10; (4) Dana Hiett (SH) 56.39.
4×100 Relay –- (1) Sisters 52.16; (2) Cottage Grove 52.21; (3) Sweet Home (Courtney Kent, Haley Kent, India Porter, Josie Knight) 53.29; (4) Cottage Grove “B” 1:06.06; (Sweet Home “B” DQ).
4×400 Relay –– (1) Sisters 4:19.08; (2) Cottage Grove 4:19.91; (3) Sweet Home (Courtney Kent, Natasha Rasmussen, Sierra Swanson, Jordan Miller) 4:37.70; (4) Cottage Grove 4:59.77; (5) Sisters 4:18.99.
Shot Put – (1) Sylvia Dean (CG) 33-1½; (2) Josie Knight (SH) 31-7; (3) Conner Borigo (CG) 30-10; (9) Kaitlyn Watts (SH) 25-4; (11) Emily Ramsey (SH) 23-0; (12) Sadie Gordon (SH) 22-10½; (18) Hailey Dellinger (SH) 18-4; (20) Alexi Chase (SH) 9-9½.
Discus – (1) Sadie Gordon (SH) 94-6; (2) Kaitlyn Watts (SH) 88-10; (3) Sylvia Dean (CG) 83-0; (9) Adriana Perez (SH) 68-5; (12) Shania Baxter (SH) 60-1; (15) Natasha Benson (SH) 52-9; (20) Hailey Dellinger (SH) 32-3; (21) Alexi Chase (SH) 22-5.
Javelin – (1) Destiny Dawson (CG) 188-5; (2) Hannah Mather (SH) 95-2; (3) Amanda Hubbard (SH) 94-8; (7) Jordan Miller (SH) 81-5; (12) Shania Baxter (SH) 66-6.
High Jump – (1) Melissa Thielman (CG) 4-8; (2) Sara Bass (CG) 4-7; (3-tie) Sierra Swanson (SH), Peyton Zanck (S) 4-4.
Pole Vault – (1) Kristen Hoobler (CG) 7-6; (2) Natalie Marshall (S) 6-6; (3-tie) Dana Hiett (SH), Hannah Mather (SH) 6-0.
Long Jump – (1) Dallas Knoop (S) 13-2¾; (2) Brooke Fisher (CG) 12-11¾; (3) Josi Sisco (CG) 12-7¾;
Triple Jump – (1) India Porter (SH) 28-7¾; (2) Emily Corrigan (S) 28-5; (3) Destiny Dawson (CG) 28-3½; (8) Alex Olin (SH) 26-0s½.