Facing all but three of the district teams at Philomath’s Clemens Invitational, the boys swim team took first place with 235 1/2 points ahead of the host Warriors (224) and the girls finished second behind a powerful Stayton team (197 points) with 151 Saturday, edging Philomath (142) in the process.
“This meet is the toughest meet we have had thus far into the season,” said Coach Doug Peargin. “With nine teams competing, it tends to make every event challenging. There was talent, as well as depth, in all the races.”
Despite the Philomath pool’s reputation for being slow, the Huskies managed to meet or exceed most of their best times, which Peargin noted.
Winners for the boys were Gravy Gunselman in the 200 Intermediate Medley, Zac Pearce in the 100 and 500 freestyles, and the 400 freestyle relay team of Don Rockstead, Gunselman, Jake Johnson and Pearce.
On the girls side, Naomi Gunselman won the 100 butterfly and Sami Webb won the 100 freestyle. The 400 freestyle relay team of Niccole Simmonds, Webb, Kimber Swanson and Naomi Gunselman scored a decisive victory over the rest of the field, finishing 11 seconds ahead of second-place Stayton.
The swimmers will be back on the road Saturday, at the Albany Sprint Invitational , which will include all of the district teams.
“This meet give me one more good look at not only our swimmers but another chance to see the rest of the district swimmers,” Peargin said.
Philomath Clemens Invitational
Top three, Relay and Sweet Home Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 235.5; (2) Philomath 224; (3) Central 145.5; (4) Newport 119; (5) Blanchet 67; (6) Stayton 52; (7) Molalla 25; (8) Jefferson 0.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Philomath 1:48.59; (2) Sweet Home (Don Rockstead, Derek Jaques, Brandon Courteau, Alex Stupin) 1:53.40; (3) Newport 1:56.67; (4) Central 2:07.68; (5) Blanchet 2:18.69.
200 Freestyle – (1) Ross Priewe (P) 1:53.58; (2) Clayton Jacobson (N) 2:01.58; (3) Don Rockstead (SH) 2:02.75; (5) Derek Jaques (SH) 2:11.60; (6) Sten Weld (SH)2:20.04; (9) Wes Clarkson (SH) 2:25.67.
200 Intermediate Medley – (1) Gravy Gunselman (SH) 2:13.85; (2) Tom Graves (N) 2:14.59; (3) Adam Jensen 2:16.75; (6) Jake Johnson (SH) 2:32.07; (10) Elric Benson (SH) 2:47.27.
50 Freestyle – (1) Taylor Hagel (P) 23.65; (2) Andrew Hasbrook (C) 24.76; (3) Alex Stupin (SH) 24,76; (11) Donnie O’Brien 27.50; (15) Zane Jackson (SH) 28.23; (16) Wes Clarkson (SH) 28.44; (25) Zach Pratt (SH) 30.51; (26) Josh Liskey (SH) 30.59.
100 Butterfly – (1) Taylor Hagel (P) 56.02; (2) Ross Priewe (P) 56.59; (3) Gravy Gunselman (SH) 57.60; (5) Brandon Courteau (SH) 1:04.45; (10) Zane Jackson (SH) 1:22.52.
100 Freestyle – (1) Zac Pearce (SH) 50.30; (2) Tom Graves (N) 53.56; (3) Andrew Hasbrook (C) 54.66; (6) Alex Stupin (SH) 56.25; (14) Bryce Roberts (SH) 1:02.69; (
500 Freestyle – (1) Zac Pearce (SH) 4:56.07; (2) Clayton Jacobson (N) 5:41.36; (3) Chris Strahan (S) 5:53.83; (6) Victor Stupin (SH) 6:28.62.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Philomath 1:36.06; (2) Sweet Home (Alex Stupin, Gravy Gunselman, Don Rockstead, Zac Pearce) 1:36.53; (3) Newport 1:40.26; (4) Blanchet 1:45.42; (5) Stayton 1:54.01.
100 Backstroke – (1) Josh Seekatz (P) 1:00.83; (2) Jackson Northcutt (P) 1:03.94; (3) Zack McClure (C) 1:05.18; (4) Brandon Courteau (SH) 1:07.99; (5) Cory Martin (SH) 1:10.70; (7) Bryce Roberts (SH) 1:14.72; (9) Elric Benson (SH) 1:16.31.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Robert Berry (C) 1:08.36; (2) Derek Jaques (SH) 1:09.24; (3) Adam Jensen (P) 1:11.24; (5) Cory Martin (SH) 1:16.31; (6) Jake Johnson (SH) 1:17.22; (13) Sten Weld (SH) 1:27.47,
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Don Rockstead, Gravy Gunselman, Jake Johnson, Zac Pearce) 3:38.55; (2) Central 3:40.34; (3) Philomath 3:53.48; (4) Stayton 4:22.02; (5) Mollala 4:24.71; (6) Newport 4:50.03; (7) Sweet Home “B” (Brandon Courteau, Victor Stupin, Bryce Roberts, Derek Jaques) 4:03.28.
Top three, Relay and Sweet Home Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Stayton 197; (2) Sweet Home 151; (3) Philomath 142; (4) Blanchet 127; (5) Molalla 110; (6) Newport 90; (7) Central 78; (8) Jefferson 33.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Philomath 2:08.84; (2) Sweet Home “A” (Naomi Gunselman, Niccole Simmonds, Sami Webb, Kimber Swanson) 2:10.99; (3) Stayton 2:14.48; (4) Molalla 2:15.41; (5) Newport 2:19.27; (6) Jefferson 2:28.32; (7) Central 2:40.27; (8) Blanchet 2:46.75; (9) Philomath “B” 2:34.07; (10) Sweet Home “B” 2:34.25.
200 Freestyle – (1) Julie Wallace (S) 2:17.06; (2) Rachel Botsford (M) 2:19.19; (3) Kimber Swanson (SH) 2:22.45; (5) Nicole Simmonds (SH) 2:24.48; (9) Katie Turner 2:41.04; (12) Paige Sanders (SH) 2:48.72.
200 Intermediate Medley – (1) Annie Marinello (P) 2:21.56; (2) Sami Webb (SH) 2:30.34; (3) Lizzie Bartholomew (B) 2:32.66; (8) Emily Thompson (SH) 3:01.96; (10) Emily Claborn (SH) 3:09.54.
50 Freestyle – (1) Jessie Wallace (S) 29.03; (2) Emma Englehart (S) 29.39; (3) Tiffanne Muilenberg (M) 29.52; (36) Megan Sanderson (SH) 40.42.
100 Butterfly – (1) Naomi Gunselman (SH) 1:02.55; (2) Kelsey Nanneman (B) 1:12.44; (3) Taniaya Wagner (S) 1:18.42.
100 Freestyle – (1) Sami Webb (SH) 1:00.92; (2) Lizzie Bartholomew (B) 1:01.19; (3) Jessie Wallce (S) 1:05.82; (17) Katie Turner (SH) 1:15.81; (22) Rozaliya Minigulova (SH) 1:20.50.
500 Freestyle – (1) Julie Wallace (S) 6:05.30; (2) Rachel Botsford (M) 6:30.30; (3) Krysta Reynolds (S) 6:33.33; (4) Emily Thompson (SH) 6:40.78; (5) Niccole Simmonds (SH) 6:40.89.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Blanchet 1:56.64; (2) Stayton 1:57.36; (3) Philomath 2:01.28; (4) Molalla 2:02.15; (5) Central 2:07.56; (6) Jefferson 2:09.24; (7) Newport 2:11.44; (8) Sweet Home “A” (Cheryl Wilson, Kimber Swanson, Paige Sanders, Katie Turner) 2:12.06; (9) Molalla “B” 2:16.78; (10) Philomath “B” 2:21.32; (11) Sweet Home “B” (Michelle Carper, Rozaliya Minigulova, Emily Claborn, Megan Sanderson) 2:25.53; (12) Jefferson 2:30.49; (13) Newport “B” 2:47.30.
100 Backstroke – (1) Kelsey Nanneman (B) 1:10.19; (2) Ana Mena Arneda (N) 1:14.80; (3) Kylie Oster (M) 1:19.49; (7) Cheryl Wilson (SH) 1:21.76.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Annie Marinello (P) 1:11.89; (2) Naomi Gunselman (SH) 1:16.14; (3) Chelsea Ham (P) 1:19.28; (15) Emily Claborn (SH) 1:41.00.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A”(Niccole Simmonds, Sami Webb, Kimber Swanson, Naomi Gunselman) 4:11.28; (2) Stayton 4:22.56; (3) Newport 4:35.45; (4) Central 4:4446; (5) Blanchet 5:05.42; (6) Philomath 5:10.78; (7) Molalla 5:21.51; (8) Stayton 4:50.95; (9) Sweet Home “B” (Katie Turner, Paige Sanders, Emily Thompson, Cheryl Wilson) 5:04.52; (10) Newport “B” 5:29.60; (11) Philomath “B” 6:13.36; (12) Molalla “B” 6:26.27.