Despite having some regular scorers out of action due to sickness or injury, the Sweet Home track and field boys squad still beat Newport and Stayton Thursday at Newport.
The Huskies scored 76 points to Stayton’s 71, with the Cubs a distant third at 36 points.
The Sweet Home girls were third, with 45.5 points behind Stayton (71.5) and Newport (64).
“Had we had a full girls complement, and stuck our people in their main events, loaded up, I think we would have beaten Newport,” Coach Billy Snow said of the girls. “We were looking to get people qualified for the Meet of Champions.”
That meet will be held Saturday, April18. at Willamette University and is limited to athletes who post qualifying times or marks.
Snow said that, as of Monday, he had 23 athletes in 56 events qualified for the meet, including both boys relays and the girls short relay.
“We’ll have a pretty good showing up there this year,” he said.
Though Alex Santana did not compete for the boys, sophomore Tim McDowell made his first appearance of the season, placing second in the high jump and third in the javelin.
He also ran a leg of the 4×100 and 4×400 relays, both of which finished first.
“Having Tim back was a big help,” Snow said, noting that the 4×100 relay squad had three runners who have not competed in the event this year €“ McDowell, Dakotah Keys and Alex Coakley. With Keys anchoring, they ran 44.76 to finish nearly three seconds ahead of second-place Newport.
McDowell anchored the 4×400 relay team with the fastest split of the day, 53 seconds as the team, which was missing its two fastest regular runners in Santana and Rob Callagan, finished first anyway.
“We’ve been looking for that,” Snow said of that mid-50s split. “Tim had to chase a guy at the end.”
Other notable performances for the boys came from Chris Thompson in the 1500, Casey Keys in the 3000, and Sam Macklin, who PR’d to win the 100 in 11.55.
Marc Callagan had an “off day,” Snow said, but still managed to win the shot put and take second in the discus behind Newport freshman Oshay Dunmore, who also won the triple jump and the pole vault.
Dakotah Keys and Jake Comstock went 1-2 in the 110 hurdles, Keys running a blazing 15.02 and Comstock finishing in 16.16, two-hundredths of a second shy of his personal best, leaving the rest of the field (led by Dunmore in third) nearly two seconds behind.
“It was beautiful to watch,” Snow said. “They were low, but I don’t think they ever clipped a hurdle.”
On the girls side, Maria Kropf did not compete, which left lacking her probable first-place finishes in three individual events and the 4×100.
However, even without Kropf, the short relay squad overcame a botched baton exchange to finish first anyway, in 55.54, after Newport was disqualified, Snow said.
Olivia Johnson and Carissa Swanson finished second and third in the 1500, behind Stayton’s Emily Hendricks, who won three events €“ the 1500, 3000 and high jump, and placed third in the javelin.
“Olivia and Carissa are going to give us a good 1-2 punch in the 1500 and 3000,” Snow predicted.
Jenny Hamn set a 1-foot personal best in the shot with a throw of 33-06, while Annie Whitfield won the javelin (116-06) and Kaitlin Keenon finished first in the triple jump (30-06).
Sweet Home hosted Philomath on Tuesday, April 14, and then will compete at the Meet of Champions beginning at 11:30 a.m. at Willamette University in Salem. The Huskies will face Philomath and Taft at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 21.
Boys Results
Top Three Plus
Sweet Home Finishers
(All times automatic)
100 €“ (1) Sam Macklin (SH) 11.55; (2) Jason Rau (N) 11.90; (3) Scott Johnson (S) 12.17; (8) Jake Comstock (SH) 12.46; (17) Chris Carpenter (SH) 12.98; (27) David Rinehart (SH) 13.68; (30) Austin Dishaw (SH) 14.00; (32) Mykle Riggle (SH) 14.03; (34) Eric Garcia (SH) 14.63.
200 €“ (1) Rob Callagan (SH) 24.41; (2) Nick Hall (SH) 24.83; (3) Ryan Silwones (N) 25.09; (4) Alex Coakley (SH) 25.23; (5) Sean Potter (SH) 25.67; (8) Chris Carpenter (SH) 26.22; (16) Dakota Snow (SH) 25.58; (17) Mykle Riggle (SH) 28.69; (18) Austin Dishaw (SH) 28.93; (20) Erik Garcia (SH) 30.62.
400 €“ (1) Rob Callagan (SH) 52.72; (2) Nick Hall (SH) 54.12; (3) Trenton Palmer (N) 56.58; (4) Sean Potter (SH) 57.03.
800 €“ (1) Isidro Topete (S) 2:08.47; (2) David Converse (N) 2:10.98; (3) Jaime Tenorio (S) 2:16.62; (4) Joe Stroud (SH) 2:17.16.
1500 €“ (1) Jeremiah Koellmann (S) 4:34.26; (2) Chris Thompson (SH) 4:50.33; (3) Mauricio Carmona (S) 4:51.00; (5) Kyron Spears (SH) 4:55.56; (8) John Trahan (SH) 5:07.02; (11) Lorenzo Virgen (SH) 5:08.66.
3000 €“ (1) Jeremiah Koellmann (S) 9:46.74; (2) Isidro Topete (S) 10:02.23; (3) Theo Puentes (N) 10:10.35; (4) Chris Thompson (SH) 10:44.80; (5) Casey Keys (SH) 10:44.84; (7) Nikki Smith (SH) 11:02.85; (13) David Rinehart (SH) 12:49.72.
110 Hurdles €“ (1) Dakotah Keys (H) 15.02; (2) Jake Comstock (SH) 16.16; (3) Oshay Dunmore (N) 17.94; (6) James Myers (SH) 18.42; (8) Bret Adams (SH) 22.18.
300 Hurdles €“ (1) Dakotah Keys (SH) 40.57; (2) Frankie Hunter (N) 44.05; (3) Ricky Verlini (N) 46.00; (10) Bret Adams (SH) 55.55.
4×100 Relay €“ (1) Sweet Home (Sam Macklin, Tim McDowell, Dakotah Keys, Alex Coakley) 44.76; (2) Newport 47.59; (3) Stayton 47.95;
4×400 Relay €“ (1) Sweet Home “A” (Alex Coakley, Nick Hall, Sean Potter, Tim McDowell) 3:44.88; (2) Newport 3:45.16; (3) Sweet Home “B” (John Trahan, Joe Stroud, Kyron Spears, Jake Comstock) 3:57.00; (4) Stayton 4:08.76; (5) Sweet Home “C” (Lorenzo Virgen, David Rinehart, Austin Dishaw, Nikki Smith) 4:29.30.
Shot Put €“ (1) Marc Callagan (SH) 46-09; (2) Ryan Staggs (N) 39-09 1/2; (3) Zach Dreilling (S) 38-04; (7) Josh Ward (SH) 34-00 3/4; (10) John Connelly (SH) 32-11; (22) Kyle Holmes (SH) 28-07 1/4; (31) Josh Liskey (SH) 21-07 1/2.
Discus €“ (1) Oshay Dunmore (N) 135-01; (2) Marc Callagan (SH) 123-06; (3) Tim Higley (N) 114-00; (4) Josh Ward (SH) 104-02; (11) John Connelly (SH) 92-09; (20) Alex Armstrong (SH) 79-02; (23) Jerohn Coleman (SH) 73-00; (25) Casey Keys (SH) 73-00; (26) John Markert (SH) 72-03; (28) Mitchell Garcia (SH) 68-00.
Javelin €“ (1) Dakotah Keys (SH) 158-08; (2) David Converse (N) 135-09; (3) Tim McDowell (SH) 131-07; (13) Jerohn Coleman (SH) 100-11; (14) Josh Ward (SH) 100-04; (19) David Rinehart (SH) 91-11; (21) Alex McClure (SH) 89-09; (25) Kyle Holmes (SH) 85-03; (26) Jesse Baugus (SH) 80-03; (28) Chad Linville (SH) 77-04; (31) Alex Armstrong (SH) 72-02; (33) John Markert (SH) 69-00; (34) Alex Howard (SH) 68-05; (35) Clint Doles (SH) 64-00; (36) Donavan Rockstead (SH) 59-00.
High Jump €“ (1) Aaron Adamson (N) 6-01; (2) Tim McDowell (SH) 5-10; (3) Keegan McGeehee (S) 5-06; (4) Alex Coakley (SH) 5-06.
Pole Vault €“ (1) Oshay Dunmore (N) 13-01 1/2; (2) James Myers (SH) 12-00; (3) Dustin Collman (SH) 11-06; (6) Nikki Smith (SH) 10-00; (7) Brandon McKendree (SH) 7-06;
Long Jump €“ (1) Ricky Verlini (N) 18-11 1/2; (2) Aaron Adamson (N) 18-10 1/4; (3) Kenny Mertens (N) 18-9 3/4; (4) Sam Macklin (SH) 18-00 1/4; (8) Chris Carpenter (SH) 16-06; (19) Erik Garcia (SH) 14-08; (21) Bret Adams (SH) 13-11 3/4; (23) Mykle Riggle (SH) 13-09 1/4.
Triple Jump €“ (1) Oshay Dunmore (N) 41-8 1/2; (2) Ricky Verlini (N) 40-06; (3) Aaron Adamson (N); (10) Josh Ward (SH) 32-03 1/2; (12) Dakota Snow (SH) 31-00 1/2.
Final Team Scores €“ (1) Sweet Home 76; (2) Newport 71; (3) Stayton 36.
Girls Results
Top Three Plus
Sweet Home Finishers
(All times automatic)
100 €“ (1) Alisha Rowlee (N) 13.50; (2) Jessika Stewart (SH) 13.54; (3) Katie Peters (S) 14.03; (6) Natasha Perry (SH) 14.67; (10) Brandi Trewin (SH) 14.29; (11) Kelika Kaniaupio (SH) 15.61; (13) Anne Marie Miller (SH) 16.80.
200 €“ (1) Katie Peters (S) 29.74; (2) Silken Kennedy (S) 29.17; (3) Alisha Rowlee (N) 29.41; (4) Jessica Snow (SH) 29.50; (7) Natasha Perry (SH) 31.22.
400 €“ (1) Carrie Garrison (S) 1:05.20; (2) Jacey Grimstad (N) 1:09.37; (3) Alex White (N) 1:10.55 (No Sweet Home competitors).
800 €“ (1) Kelsey Hernandez (S) 2:42.87; (2) Sami Webb (SH) 2:44.87; (3) Karryn Kimball (N) 2:48.86; (5) Mandy Binks (SH) 2:55.74.
1500 €“ (1) Emily Hendricks (S) 5:21.65; (2) Olivia Johnson (SH) 5:27.82; (3) Carissa Swanson (SH) 5:28.35; (6) Christina Ulmer (SH) 6:31.05.
3000 €“ (1) Emily Hendricks (S) 11:38.59; (2) Carissa Swanson (SH) 12.17.84; (3) Darien Stites (S) 13.00.46; (4) Caroline Amendola (SH) 13.09.07; (5) Jenna Kistner (H) 14.51.53.
100 Hurdles €“ (1) DLaine Coates (S) 17.86; (2) Allie Schmitz (S) 19.14; (3) Tausha Brandt (N) 19.73; (4) Kelika Kaniaupio (SH) 21.21; (5) Brianna Wirth (SH) 21.44.
300 Hurdles €“ (1) Sam Moore (N) 51.82; (2) Dlaine Coates (S) 53.65; (3) Tausha Brandt (N) 53.96.
4×100 Relay €“ (1) Sweet Home (Jessica Snow, Annie Whitfield, Devyn Makin, Jessika Stewart) 55.54; (2) Stayton 56.00; (3) Newport DQ.
4×400 Relay €“ (1) Newport 4:29.64; (2) Sweet Home (Annie Whitfield, Jessica Snow, Jessika Stewart, Devyn Makin) 4:45.17; (3) Stayton 4:54.47.
Shot Put €“ (1) Jenny Hamn (SH) 33-06; (2) Brittany Myers (S) 31-01; (3) Emiko Koike (N) 28-05; (6) Katelyn Anderson (SH) 24-04; (8) Laura Mauer (SH) 22-11; (11) Reanna Thompson (SH) 22-04 1/4; (12) Dawnita Justham (SH) 21-09.
Discus €“ (1) Emiko Koike (N) 99-03; (2) Brittany Myers (S) 89-07; (3) Lupita Garibaldi (S) 85-03; (5) Laura Mauer (SH) 66-11; (6) Jenny Hamn (SH) 66-10; (7) Reanna Thompson (SH) 66-05; (8) Katelyn Anderson (SH) 65-00; (12) Chelsea Baker (SH) 56-07; (13) Haley Voldbaek (SH) 53-00; (16) Dawnita Justham (SH) 49-04,
Javelin €“ (1) Annie Whitfield (SH) 116-06; (2) Emiko Koike (N) 110-05; (3) Emily Hendricks (S) 100-06; (5) Dawnita Justham (SH) 77-01; (7) Kishya Davis (SH) 73-08; (11) Chancey Fuesler (SH) 50-08.
High Jump €“ (1) Emily Hendricks (S) 4-10; (2) Moriah Britt (N) 4-08; (3) Silken Kennedy (N) 4-08; (4-tie) Brandi Trewin (SH), Carrie Garrison (S) 4-06.
Pole Vault €“ (1) Sam Moore (N) 8-06; (2) Abigail Hendricks (S) 8-00; (3) Kaitlin Keenon (SH) 7-06; (5) Caroline Amendola (SH) 6-00.
Long Jump €“ (1) Sam Moore (N) 16-07 1/4; (2) Devyn Makin (SH) 14-11; (3) Tausha Brandt (N) 14-07; (8) Kelika Kaniaupio (SH) 13-02; (10) Brianna Wirth (SH) 11-03 1/4; (11) Anne Marie Miller (SH) 9-09.
Triple Jump €“ (1) Kaitlin Keenon (SH) 30-06; (2) Alisha Rowlee (N) 28-08 1/2; (3) Allie Schmitz (S) 28-05; (6) Haley Voldbaek (SH) 26-05.
Final team scores €“ (1) Stayton 71.5; (2) Newport 64; (3) Sweet Home 45.5.