Sweet Home’s girls swept all 11 events in a dual meet at Blanchet Friday, Dec. 27, en route to a 114-36 win, but the undermanned boys came up short, 83-71.
“With our lack of depth, we just can’t afford to make mistakes,” Coach Doug Peargin said of the boys, who had a disqualification for the second straight meet. “It just kept us from coming out on top.”
Esther Gunselman, Jessica Coats and Lucie Davis were all double individual winners for the Husky girls, while Elea Hewitt and Makayla Nelson added one each, as well as all five swimming on two winning relay teams as the girls “totally dominated,” Peargin said.
Nelson (100 butterfly), Natasha Benson (200 IM) and Maddee Hawken, who swam a leadoff leg on the 200 Freestyle Relay, all posted personal bests, he said.
Freshman Brandon Vasfaret was a double individual winner and swam legs in two winning relays for the boys, while fellow freshmen Nathan Hager (200 IM, 100 Butterfly) and Sean Wolthuis (100 Backstroke, 100 Butterfly) posted personal bests, along with sophomore Grant Jones (500 Freestyle) and Ryan Yon (200 IM, 500 Freestyle).
“We’ve been swimming pretty well to this point, but our first real test will be with Sisters and Salem Academy, whom we tied with for seventh place in last year’s state meet,” Peargin said, referring to the girls team. “(Redmond) Ridgeview, which is also in our district, will also be a tough one this year, with a returning state champion in the 200 IM and 100 Back.
“We’ll be meeting these teams in the next few weeks and I’m looking forward to seeing how we stack up against them.”
The Huskies will be back in the water, in a metric pool, at the Stayton Invitational Friday, Jan. 3. The meet starts at 10 a.m.
Girls Results
Team Scores – Sweet Home 114, Blanchet 36
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Esther Gunselman, Elea Hewitt, Lucie Davis, Sara Helfrich) 2:09.41; (2) Blanchet 2:24.12; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Kristen Adams, Britanny Romero, Natasha Benson, Maddee Hawken) 2:34.25.
200 Freestyle – (1) Jessica Coats (SH) 2:10.56; (2) Elea Hewitt (SH) 2:18.87; (3) North (B) 2:37.27; (4) Brittany Romero (SH) 2:54.84.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Lucie Davis (SH) 2:18.70; (2) Sara Helfrich (SH) 2:48.20; (3) Natasha Benson (SH) 2:54.60.
50 Freestyle – (1) Esther Gunselman (SH) 27.92; (2) Duncan (B) 29.36; (3) Kira Doding (SH) 33.64; (4) Wolf (B) 33.77; (5) Hannah Burge (SH) 40.20; (6) Mami Sakamoto (SH) 54.84.
100 Butterfly – (1) Jessica Coats (SH) 1:05.14; (2) Makayla Nelson (SH) 1:07.18.
100 Freestyle – (1) Elea Hewitt (SH) 1:04.07; (2) North (B) 1:06.37; (3) Sara Helfrich (SH) 1:07.61; (4) Campbell (B) 1:23.88; (5) Wolf (B) 1:23.88; (6) Hannah Burge (SH) 1:30.00.
500 Freestyle – (1) Esther Gunselman (SH) 6:17.67; (2) Kira Doding (SH) 8:26.22.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Makayla Nelson, Esther Gunselman, Jessica Coats, Lucie Davis) 1:50.97; (2) Blanchet 2:07.54; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Maddee Hawken, Kristen Adams, Brittany Romero, Natasha Benson) 2:13.94.
100 Backstroke – (1) Makayla Nelson (SH) 1:04.13; (2) Misaki (B) 1:18.57; (3) Natasha Benson (SH) 1:21.64.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Lucie Davis (SH) 1:20.03; (2) Campbell (B) 1:33.59; (3) Brittany Romero (SH) 1:35.07; (4) Kristen Adams (SH) 1:49.04.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Makayla Nelson, Sara Helfrich, Elea Hewitt, Jessica Coats) 4:20.04; (2) Blanchet 4:57.07; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Hannah Burge, Kira Doding, Kristen Adams, Maddee Hawken) 5:37.44.
Boys Results
Team Scores – Blanchet 83, Sweet Home 71
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Jaeger Howatt, Brandon Vasfaret, Nathan Hager, Ryan Yon) 1:56.01; (2) Blanchet “A” 1:56.17; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Tadyn Bentley, Grant Jones, Sean Wolthuis, Adam Barber) 2:29.04.
200 Freestyle – (1) Brandon Vasfaret (SH) 2:04.31; (2) Derosiers (B) 2:12.43; (3) Aoyagi (B) 2:37.47; (4) Crocetti (G) 2:41.28.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Darst (B) 2:12.36; (2) Nathan Hager (SH) 2:16.01; (3) Kelly (B) 2:17.39; (4) Ryan Yon (SH) 2:35.98.
50 Freestyle – (1) Benson (B) 27.95; (2) Duvall (B) 27.98; (3) Tadyn Bentley (SH) 30.28; (4) Kim (B) 33.81; (5) North (B) 36.39.
100 Butterfly – (1) Nathan Hager (SH) 1:00.30; (2) Kelly (B) 1:03.18; (3) Sean Wolthuis (SH) 1:15.46.
100 Freestyle – (1) Benson (B) 1:04.35; (2) Jones (B) 1:06.16; (3) Adam Barber (SH) 1:15.60; (4) Kim (B) 1:20.14; (5) North (B) 1:28.37; (6) Derosiers (B) 1:57.81.
500 Freestyle – (1) Ryan Yon (SH) 6:01.56; (2) Grant Jones (SH) 6:30.62; (3) Duvall (B) 6:47.68.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Brandon Vasfaret, Nathan Hager, Ryan Yon, Jaeger Howatt) 1:43.45; (2) Blanchet “A” 1:48.64; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Sean Wolthuis, Tadyn Bentley, Adam Barber, Grant Jones) 2:01.70; (4) Blanchet “B” 2:11.83.
100 Backstroke – (1) Darst (B) 59.67; (2) Sean Wolthuis (SH) 1:19.41; (3) Jones (B) 1:25.73.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Brandon Vasfaret (SH) 1:15.07; (2) Aoyagi (B) 1:27.65; (3) Crocetti (B) 1:42.80.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Blanchet 4:24.21; (2) Sweet Home (Tadyn Bentley, Adam Barber, Sean Wolthuis, Grant Jones) 4:56.93.