Though missing most of its top swimmers, who had competed in a club meet earlier in the week, the Sweet Home boys swim team still handily defeated Cascade and Blanchett Friday in their season opener.
Sweet Home scored 159 points, with Cascade second (62) and Blanchett finishing with 55 as Derek Jaques won the 500 freestyle and 100 breastroke to lead the way. Other individual winners were Cory Martin in the 100 backstroke, Holden Greene in the 50 freestyle and Byron Sanders in the 200 freestyle. The Huskies also won the 200 Medley Relay and 200 Freestyle Relay.
The girls finished third in the three-way meet, won by Cascade (111), with Blanchett scoring 107 and the Huskies 73.
Niccole Simmonds and Sami Webb were double winners for the Huskies, Simmonds taking first in the 200 and 500 freestyle events and Webb winning the 200 IM and 100 butterfly.
“On the girls side we were three girls short of our regular line-up,” Coach Doug Peargin said. “All of them would have contributed towards the team score if they had been there.”
Though the boys were missing six swimmers, Peargin said the 19 who swam in the meet “competed well.”
“We ended up with 18 (personal bests) on the boys side,” he said, noting that the Huskies had eight boys and five girls in the meet who had never swum in high school. “The new and returning swimmers competed well.
“On the boys side we have a lot of returning swimmers as well as a lot of new people that are doing a great job. Our guys have speed as well as depth.”
Peargin noted that Cascade is the favorite to win the district girls title “and we gave them a pretty good run even though we were short-handed. He said the returning girls posted six PR’s “which is tough to do in the first meet of the season.
“Overall, I was happy with the outcome in both meets.”
Sweet Home will be back in action Thursday at the Philomath Relays. Races start at 4 p.m.
Boys Top 3 and
Sweet Home Finishers
200 Medley Relay €“ (1) Sweet Home “A” (Cory Martin, Derek Jaques, Holden Greene, Dakotah Keys) 1:57.65; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Elric Benson, Alix Stupin, Brandon Courteau, Donnie O’Brian) 2:18.13; (3) Cascade 2:20.67.
200 Freestyle €“ (1) Byron Sanders (SH) 2:21.36; (2) Brandon Courteau (SH) 2:23.00; (3) Fitzpatrick (B) 2:35.98; (4) Wes Clarkson (SH) 2:38;76.
200 Individual Medley €“ (1) Ishii (C) 2:32.98; (2) Alix Stupin (SH) 2:38.15; (3) Cory Martin (SH) 2:41.07; Elric Benson (SH) 2:44.83.
50 Freestyle €“ (1) Holden Greene (SH) 25.47; (2) Dakotah Keys (SH) 26.40; (3) Brown (B) 26.50.
100 Butterfly €“ (1) Bishop (C) 1:04.92; (2) Brandon Courteau (SH) 1:08.50; (3) Harris (C) 1:14.53.
100 Freestyle €“ (1) Conklin (B) 58.20; (2) Holden Greene (SH) 59.59; (3) Selander (C) 1:03.21; (5) Wes Clarkson (SH) 1:08.35.
500 Freestyle €“ (1) Derek Jaques (SH) 6:19.92; (2) Elric Benson (SH) 6:46.36; (3) Jake Johnson (SH) 7:05.09.
200 Freestyle Relay €“ (1) Sweet Home “A” (Byron Sanders, Holden Greene, Alix Stupin, Dakotah Keys) 1:43.25; (2) Blanchet 1:47.96; (3) Cascade “A” 1:48.14; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Wes Clarkson, Donnie O’Brian, Derek Jaques, Elric Benson) 1:54.91; (5) Sweet Home “C” (Justin Wales, Kyle Lewis, Hunter Buige, Victor Stupin) 2:08.54.
100 Backstroke €“ (1) Cory Martin (SH) 1:11.12; (2) Kyle Lewis (SH) 1:23.44; (3) Moyano (B) 1:28.68.
100 Breaststroke €“ (1) Derek Jaques (SH) 1:11.82; (2) Bishop (C) 1:12.73; (3) Conklin (B) 1:16.40; (4) Alix Stupin (SH) 1:18.93.
400 Freestyle Relay €“ (1) Blanchett 4:16.26; (2) Sweet Home “A” (Brandon Courteau, Elric Benson, Wes Clarkson, Bryon Sanders) 4:17.93); (3) Sweet Home “B” (Victor Stupin, Cory Martin, Donnie O’Brian, Jake Johnson) 4:29.92 (5) Sweet Home “C” (Justin Wales, Hunter Buige, Kyle Lewis, Josh Liskey) 5:13.33.
Girls Top 3 and
Sweet Home Finishers
200 Medley Relay €“ (1) Blanchett 2:10.32; (2) Sweet Home (Alyssa Holder, Niccole Simmonds, Sami Webb, Cheryl Wilson) 2:17.01; (3) Cascade “A” 2:20.73.
200 Freestyle €“ (1) Niccole Simmonds (SH) 2:20.55; (2) Lundin (C) 2:25.80; (3) McGill (C) 2:40.97; (4) Kimber Swanson (SH) 2:5134.
200 Individual Medley €“ (1) Sami Webb (SH) 2:32.56; (2) Barthomeus (B) 2:37.22; (3) Austin (C) 2:41.44.
50 Freestyle €“ (1) McNamara (B) 25.67; (2) Romero (C) 29.23; (3) Hillman (B) 29.89; (4) Cheryl Wilson (SH) 33.63.
100 Butterfly €“ (1) Sami Webb (SH) 1:11.74; (2) Rasmus (B) 1:13.09; (3) Nannamen (B) 1:17.02.
100 Freestyle €“ (1) McNamara (B) 1:04.48; (2) Lundin (C) 1:05.56; (3) Hillman (B) 1:07.30; (5) Alyssa Holder (SH) 1:09.84.
500 Freestyle €“ (1) Niccole Simmonds (SH) 6:12.64; (2) Austin (C) 6:24.29; (3) Katie Turner (SH) 7:05.74.
200 Freestyle Relay €“ (1) Blanchett 1:56.96; (2) Cascade “A” 1:57.71; (3) Cascade “B” 2:09.12; (5) Sweet Home (Cheryl Wilson, Paige Sanders, Kimber Swanson, Katie Turner) 2:20.20.
100 Backstroke €“ (1) Bowman (C) 1:19.03; (2) Romero (C) 1:22.54; (3) Alyssa Holder (SH) 1:24.12; (5) Laura Mauer (SH) 1:37.57.
100 Breaststroke €“ (1) Burks (C) 1:29.88; (2) Bartholeme (B) 1:31.84; (3) Kijima (B) 1:33.67; (4) Katie Turner (SH) 1:41.16.
400 Freestyle Relay €“ (1) Cascade “A” 4:32.43; (2) Sweet Home “A” (Niccole Simmonds, Alyssa Holder, Katie Turner, Sami Webb) 4:35.73; (3) Cascade “B” 4:51.81.