The Sweet Home boys got off to a good start in their first scoring swim meet and never let up, outscoring second-place Philomath 116-77 at the Sweet Home Invitational Friday at home.
It was the girls who delivered a bit of a surprise. Despite their youth and lack of team depth, the Huskies were edged by a point by Sisters, 74-73, to finish second.
“I knew we had quite a few solid performers coming back for us this year in the boys, but because of last year’s graduation I was sort of worried about our girls,” Coach Doug Peargin said. “But both teams stepped up and had an outstanding meet.”
Sarah Rosa was the only individual winner for the girls, in the 100 butterfly, but she teamed with Laura Gourley, Faith Helfrich and freshman Sami Webb to win the 400 freestyle relay by 17 seconds over second-place Stayton.
Helfrich and Webb both posted two PRs for the day.
Jayce Calhoon, Jon Lemar, Michael Simmonds and Brinden Sanders were individual winners for the boys, with Sanders turning in a double with victories in the 200 and 500 freestyles. Sweet Home also won all three relays.
Peargin noted that Sebas Mauer posted personal bests in all four of his swims and Rob Callagan, who is new to the team, had PRs in three. Simmonds had two PRs.
Success now could translate into success on the state level, Peargin said.
“We’re in one of the toughest districts in the state,” he said. “Last year at the state championships we had seven girl teams and five boy teams out of our district place in the top 12 – with our boys coming home with a second-place trophy.”
The Huskies are back in the pool Tuesday, Dec. 18, at home against Newport and Cascade.
Sweet Home Invitational
Girls Results (Top three plus Sweet Home finishers)
Team Scores: Sisters 74; Sweet Home 73; Blanchet 62; Stayton 54; Philomath 39; Central 11.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sisters 2:06.41; (2) Sweet Home (Sarah Rosa, Sami Webb, Laura Gourley, Faith Helfrich) 2:12.06; (3) Stayton 2:12.25.
200 Freestyle – (1) M. Sills (Stayton) 2:17.15; (2) A Johnson (Blanchet) 2:24.09; (3) Sami Webb (SH) 2:24.25; (5) Laura Gourley (SH) 2:35.28.
200 Individual Medley – (1) M. Miner (Blanchet) 2:28.31; (2) Sarah Rosa (SH) 2:31.45; (3) T. Berg (Sisters) 2:35.22.
50 Freestyle – (1) B. McLaren (Philomath) 27.20; (2) F. Pledger (Sisters) 27.25; (3) B. Balderssari (Sisters) 27.57; (6) Faith Helfrich (SH) 29.60.
100 Butterfly – (1) Sarah Rosa (SH) 1:09.94; (2) S. Patty (Stayton) 1:11.37; (3) A. Keith (Blanchet) 1:13.66.
100 Freestyle – (1) M. Miner (Blanchet) 58.00; (2) F. Pledger (Sisters) 1:00.96; (3) B. McLaren (Philomath) 1:02.03; (4) Faith Helfrich (SH) 1:05.16; (6) Nichole Simmonds (SH) 1:10.34.
500 Freestyle – (1) A. Johnson (Blanchet) 6:29.50; (2) Sami Webb (SH) 6:33.62; (3) Laura Gourley (SH) 6:50.78.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sisters 1:52.08; (2) Blanchet 1:54.78; (3) Stayton 1:59.52; (6) Sweet Home (Triffany Traeger, Katie Kinney, Nichole Simmonds, Norajean Lemar) 2:15.56.
100 Backstroke – (1) B. Baldessari (Sisters) 1:08.53; (2) M. Sills (Stayton) 1:12.01; (3) A. Keith (Blanchet) 1:17.02; (No Sweet Home finishers in top six).
100 Breaststroke – (1) Flanders (Sisters) 1:21.48; (2) Ottolia (Blanchet) 1:24.00; (3) Green (Philomath) 1:25.24; (6) Nichole Simmonds (SH) 1:31.50.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Laura Gourley, Sami Webb, Faith Helfrich, Sarah Rosa) 4:25.27; (2) Stayton 4:42.29; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Norajean Lemar, Katie Kinney, Nichole Simmonds, Tiffany Traeger) 4:59.39.
Boys Results (Top three plus Sweet Home finishers)
Team Scores: Sweet Home 116; Philomath 77; Central 39; Blanchet 38; Sisters 26; Stayton 12.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Jayce Calhoon, Sebas Maurer, Brinden Sanders, Jon Lemar) 1:54.19; (2) Blanchet 1:59.25; (3) Philomath 1:59.34.
200 Freestyle – (1) Brinden Sanders (SH) 2:01.87; (2) C. Leonard (Philomath) 2:07.34; (3) H. Sellentin (Sisters) 2:12.78; (5) Rob Callagan (SH) 2:15.97.
200 Individual Medley – (1) S. Ottolia (Blanchet) 2:06.65; (2) Kieran Schaefer (SH) 2:19.32; (3) S. Hill (Central) 2:26.72; (5) David Worthen (SH) 2:39.39.
50 Freestyle – (1) Jayce Calhoon (SH) 24.37; (2) E. Wilson (Central) 26.25; (3) S. Witter (Philomath) 26.81; (4) Trevur Byers (SH) 26.90.
100 Butterfly – (1) A. Ottolia (Blanchet) 55.56; (2) B. Greaney (Sisters) 59.97; (3) Kieran Schaefer (SH) 1:01.10; (4) Michael Simmonds (SH) 1:08.50.
100 Freestyle – (1) Jon Lemar (SH) 56.37; (2) J. Erickson (Philomath) 57.13; (3) K. Tolzman (Central) 57.25; (6) Rob Callagan (SH) 1:01.72.
500 Freestyle – (1) Brinden Sanders (SH) 5:37.30; (2) Leonard (Philomath) 5:45.28; (3) Skaas (Phlomath) 6:30.96; (5) Shawn Adams (SH) 6:38.80.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Kieran Schaefer, Jon Lemar, Trevur Byers, Jayce Calhoon) 1:41.44; (2) Philomath 1:42.31; (3) Blanchet 1:42.34; (6) Sweet Home “B” (Jon Lamar, Rob Callagan, David Worthen, Shawn Adams) 1:50.58.
100 Backstroke – (1) Michael Simmonds (SH) 1:05.68; (2) Seckatz (Philomath) 1:07.28; (3) Stoudenme (Stayton) 1:07.92; (6) David Worthen (SH) 1:16.39.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Erickson (Philomath) 1:09.61; (2) Jayce Calhoon (SH) 1:09.86; (3) Greany (Sisters) 1:11.18; (6) Sebas Mauer (SH) 1:16.78.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Kieran Schaefer, Jon Lemar, David Worthen, Brinden Sanders) 3:52.01; (2) Philomath 4:11.14; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Rob Callagan, Shawn Adams, Sebas Mauer, Shelby Johnston) 4:21.54.