Sweet Home’s girls and boys faced some of the top swimming teams in their divisions in a home meet Friday, Dec. 19, the girls finishing second to Marist, 92-81, and the boys third with 73 points behind Philomath (92) and Marist (87). Also competing in the meet was Junction City.
“It was a great meet,” Coach A Jay Bronson said. “The kids fought really hard. We had one swimmer out on the girls side and if she was there, we would have ended up winning.”
Sophomore Khloe Sautel was a double winner for the girls, in the 200 (2:03.04) and the 50 (25.30) freestyles.
Lexi Rundel also posted a win for the girls, in the 100 Backstroke (1:10.35).
Sophomore Grayson Savri won the 50 (25.80) and the 500 (5:51.96) freestyles for the boys.
Andrew Tolman also finished first for the boys in the 100 Backstroke (1:02.79).
“We had some phenomenal time drops” Bronson said, noting the junior rookie Ethan Hernandez broke 30 seconds in the 50 Freestyles and sophomore Emma Whitton dropped her times in both the 200 and 100 freestyles.
The girls 200 Freestyle Relay team of Sautel, Lexi Rundell, Kylie Melkvik and Emma Whitton also finished first in 2:00.2, while the boys team of Henry Jones, Austyn Hogan,Tolman and Savri won the 4×100 Freestyle Relay in 3:45.61.
“All of our returners are really stepping up and proving their leadership skills, which is incredible to see,” Bronson said. “Our newbies are learning and coming along and are definitely going to be contributors, come districts.”
The Sweet Home Alumni Green and Gold Meet will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26. The Huskies will host more big names in swimming – Marshfield, Molalla, La Grande, Hidden Valley, Henley, Cove, Cascade Christian, North Bend and Newport on Saturday, Jan. 3, in the Peargin Plunge invitational, beginning at 11:30 a.m.
“I’m excited as to how the season is progressing and looking forward to seeing all the alumni at this Friday’s meet,” Bronson said.
Sweet Home vs. Junction City, Marist and Philomath
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Marist 92; (2) Sweet Home 81; (3) Junction City 53; (4) Philomath 51.
Top 3 and Sweet Home Finishers
200 Medley Relay – (1) Marist 2:18.75; (2) Philomath 2:18.92; (3) Junction City 2:23.21; (4) Sweet Home (Kylie Melkvik, Persephone Brookfield, Ella Haggas, Emma Whitton) 2:30.92.
200 Freestyle – (1) Khloe Sautel 2:03.04; (2) Emma Whitton 2:37.27; (3) Emma Hartle (JC) 2:42.74.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Fina Miret (M) 2:21.77; (2) Gabbie Chen (M) 2:43.45; (3) Lexi Rundell (SH) 2:46,59; (5) Ella Haggas (SH) 2:55.31.
50 Freestyle – (1) Khloe Sautel (SH) 25.30; (2) Adelina Kowalewski (P) 27.99; (3) Emma Mecham (P) 30.73.
100 Butterfly – (1) Anna Sperley (M) 1:12.20; (2) Katre Burriel (P) 1:20.28; (3) Kylie Melkvik (SH) 1:28.30.
100 Freestyle – (1) Laura Henderson (JC) 1:02.47; (2) Emma Whitton (SH) 1:10.88; (3) Caroline Barsotti (M) 1:15.43.
500 Freestyle – (1) Fina Miret (M) 5:40.60; (2) Ella Haggas (SH) 6:45.52; (3) Paige Brougher (JC) 7:11.95; (5) Persephone Brookfield (SH) 8:16.07.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Lexi Rundell, Kylie Melkvik, Emma Whitton, Khloe Sautel) 2:00.02; (2) Philomath 2:20.69; (3) Marist 2:22.59; (4) Junction city 2:36.14.
100 Backstroke – (1) Lexi Rundell (SH) 1:10.35; (2) Autumn Deeds (JC) 1:11.70; (3) Adelina Kowalewski (P) 1:11.99.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Anna Soerley (M) 1:11.48; (2) Kylie Melkvik (SH) 1:28.51; (3) Caroline Barsotti (M) 1:29.40; (7) Persephone Brookfield (SH) 1:42.64.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Marist 4:25.48; (2) Sweet Home (Lexi Rundell, Persephone Brookfield, Ella Haggas, Khloe Sautel) 4:36.20.
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Philomath 92; (2) Marist 87; (3) Sweet Home 73; (4) Junction City 31
Top 3 and Sweet Home Finishers
200 Medley Relay – (1) Philomath 1:55.43; (2) Sweet Home (Andrew Tolman, Grayson Savri, Austyn Hogan, Henry Jones) 1:57.08; (3) Marist 2:07.65; (4) Philomath “B” 2:11.92; (6) Marist “B” 2:17.91; (6) Junction city 2:30.94.
200 Freestyle – (1) Charlie Westover (M) 2:03.71; (2) Andrew Tolman (SH) 2:04.29; (3) Niko Trout (M) 2:26.19; (6) Ethan Hernandez (SH) 2:48.09; (9) Malakai Walls(SH) 3:17.59.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Lucas Brandt (P) 2:09.99; (2) Austyn Hogan (SH) 2:20.20; (3) Deegan Deng (M) 2:21.97; (4) Henry Jones (SH) 2:39.04; (7) Westin Burns (SH) 3:31.07.
50 Freestyle – (1) Grayson Savri (SH) 25.80; (2) Joseph McDonough (M) 27.01; (3) Heindrik Chen (M) 27.52; (12) Marshall Van Dijk (SH) 32.52; (20) Mack Martineau (SH) 41.26.
100 Butterfly – (1) Cam McLennan (P) 1:00.99; (2) Deegan Deng (M) 1:02.10; (3) Edison Yang (M) 1:13.07l (4) Henry Jones (SH) 1:15.40.
100 Freestyle – (1) Lucas Brandt (P) 51.76; (2) Austyn Hogan (SH) 53.58; (3) Douglas Long (M) 59.27; (13) Marshall Van Dijk (SH) 1:16.17; (17) Malakai Walls (SH) 1:24.24; (19) Mack Martineau (SH) 1:36.00.
500 Freestyle – (1) Grayson Savri (SH) 5:51.97; (2) Evan Hernandez (P) 7:32.93; (3) Charlie Avery (P) 9:07.47.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Marist 1:46.10; (2) Philomath 1:47.00; (3) Junction City 1:56.36; (4) Marist “B” 2:07.66; (5) Philomath “B” 2:08.68; (6) Sweet Home (Westin Burns, Marshall Van Dijk, Malakai Walls, Ethan Hernandez) 2:10.27.
100 Backstroke – (1) Andrew Tolman (SH) 1:02.79; (2) Heindrik Chen (M) 1:10.64; (3) Joseph McDonough (M) 1:16.66; (7) Ethan Hernandez (SH) 1:34.06.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Cam McLennan (P) 1:13.56l (2) Eric Amacher (JC) 1:18.83; (3) Ike Avery (P) 1:20.81; (9) Westin Burns (SH) 1:45.06.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Henry Jones, Austyn Hogan, Andrew Tolman, Grayson Savri) 3:45.61; (2) Marist 3:50.66; (3) Philomath 4:48.28; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Marshall Van Dijk, Malakai Walls, Ethan Hernandez, Westin Burns) 5:23,62; (5) Junction City 5:30.54.
