The Sweet Home track and field team traveled to Pleasant Hill Thursday, March 23, for their second meet of the year. The event, which included teams from Pleasant Hill, Marist, Douglas, South Umpqua, Sutherlin and Sweet Home, was non-scoring, which was fortunate for the Huskies.
Sweet Home was missing many of its most experienced competitors, who were either participating in the school drama production which opened that night in Sweet Home, or were on their way to San Francisco for the Acquire the Fire youth conference, which was held last weekend.
Coach Billy Snow noted, however that it was a good opportunity to pay attention to some unproven newcomers to the team.
One bright spot was sophomore Land Florek, who ran the 100 meters in the season opener at Marist. At Pleasant Hill he was entered in the longer sprints, and placed third in the 400 and seventh in the 200, though first in his heat, in a field of veterans, including teammate Ole Bond, who placed second overall in the 200. Florek also ran the second-fastest 400-meter relay leg of the day, in 59.5, behind fellow sophomore Ramiro Santana, who ran 57.1 in the relay and finished second in the open 400 in 56.54, just getting nipped at the wire. Bond ran the first open 400 of his career, finishing fourth in 58.2, coach Billy Snow said.
Brandon Wiest continued to show promise in his first season in high school track and field, adding four inches to his personal best in the high jump to win with a leap of 5-8, and placing third in the long jump (17-1) and in the triple jump (36-4), despite having trouble with his take-off marks in those events.
Alex Brown finished second in the javelin, throwing 158-8 in a much-improved performance over his first outing of the season (144-0 at Marist), but still shy of the 160-8 PR he set last year as a junior.
KC Hanscam took second in the pole vault with a leap of 9-6.
The girls were missing a number of key athletes, but saw some bright spots.
Amanda Basham was third in the 400, and Kambria Schumacher, out for her first meet of the season after a bout with illness, finished fourth in the 800. Hannah Swanson, who, Snow said, is battling a sore leg, finished second in the 100 hurdles, while Hannah McClaskey finished second in the shot, discus and javelin.
The Huskies will host the Sweet Home Heptathlon/Decathlon this Friday and Saturday at Husky Stadium.
Pleasant Hill Invitational
Winners and Husky Boys Results
100 – (1) Gabe Flores (South Umpqua) 11.54; (5) Cody Shipp (Sweet Home) 12.19; (8) Brandon Elliott (SH) 12.62; (14) Kevin Yeung (SH) 14.01. 200 – (1) Gabe Flores (SU) 23.80; (2) Ole Bond (SH) 24.18; (4) Cody Shipp 24.79; (7) Land Florek 25.80; (10) Brandon Elliott 26.45. 400 – (1) Michael Bellamy (Marist) 56.23; (2) Ramiro Santana (SH) 56.54; (3) Land Florek (SH) 57.4; (4) Ole Bond (SH) 58.2. 800 – (1) Steven Robert (M) 2:06.9; (7) Peter Vanderlip (SH 2:23.6; (12) Nic Wirth (SH) 2:44.7. 1500 – (1) Matt Hollander (M) 4:20.5; (5) Peter VanDerlip (SH) 4:43.9. 3000 – No SH athletes competed. 110 HH – No SH athletes competed. 300 Hurdles – (1) Conner Kerns (M) 47.9; (4) Kevin Yeung (SH) 54.9. 4×100 Relay – (1) Marist 44.91; (4) Sweet Home A (Alex Brown, Kelsey Fisher, Bud Daniels, Marc Callagan) 52.6; (5) Sweet Home B (Rob Fox, Cameron Vasseur, Brandon McKendree, Kyle Holmes) 59.9. 4×400 Relay – (1) Marist 3:40.4 ; (3) Sweet Home A (Ole Bond 61.3, Ramiro Santana 57.1, Land Florek 59.5, Cody Shipp 61.4) 3:58.8; (11) Sweet Home B (Peter VanDerlip 69.1, KC Hanscam 63.4, Kevin Yeung 67.8, Nic Wirth 73.6) 4:32.9. Shot Put – (1) Asa Maxfield (Sutherland) 46-7; (9) Marc Callagan (SH) 31-7; (11) Steven Parker (SH) 25-3; (13) Kyle Holmes (SH) 21-7. Discus – No SH Competitors. Javelin – (1) Kevin Faulkner (SU) 168-8; (2) Alex Brown (SH) 158-8; (6) Kelsey Fisher (SH) 117-8; (7) Marc Callagan (SH) 114-4; (17) Bud Daniels (SH) 79-6; (Cameron Vasseur, Caid Sanders, Shawn Richardson and Kyle Holmes all threw under 75 feet.) High Jump – (1) Brandon Weist (SH) 5-8; (5) KC Hanscam (SH) 5-2; (7) Bud Daniels (SH) 5-0. Pole Vault – (1) Kyle Watkins (Pleasant Hill) 10-6; (2) KC Hanscam (SH) 9-6; (6) Kris Schaefer 8-0. Long Jump -(1) Brian Burns (M) 18-6 1/2; (3) Brandon Weist (SH) 17-1 1/2; (12) Cody Shipp (SH) 14-5; (14) Cory Yeack (SH) 13-11 1/2; (15) Tie between Kyle Dauley (SH) and Bud Daniels (SH) 13-9 1/2; (17) Cameron Vasseur (SH) 12-6; (18) Brandon McKendree (SH) 11-8 1/2; (19) Caid Sanders (SH) 11-6. Triple Jump – (1) Ty Jaros (M) 38-8 1/4; (3) Brandon Weist (SH) 36-4 3/4; (5) KC Hanscam (SH) 34-9 1/4.
Winners and Husky Girls Results
100 – (1) Laundrea da Silva (M) 12.66; (6) Sarah Rosa (SH) 14.71. 200 – (1) Amanda Watts (M) 28.41; (5) Sarah Rosa (SH) 30.38. 400 – (1) Tahne Apo (M) 62.38; (3) Amanda Basham (SH) 70.79; (5) Julia Henthorne (SH) 74.00. 800 – (1) Meghan Whalen (M) 2:31.2; (4) Kambria Schumacher (SH) 2:46.9; (5) Ashley Danielson (SH) 2:51.4; (8) Sabra Perry (SH) 3:31.9. 1500 – (1) Meghan Whalen (M) 5:04.9; (4) Mary Bond (SH) 6:54.6. 3000 – No Sweet Home Competitors. 4×100 Relay – No Sweet Home Competitors. 4×400 Relay – (1) Marist 4:16.3; (3) Sweet Home (Hannah Swanson 69.5; Ashley Danielson 69.8; Kambria Schumacher 69.8; Amanda Basham 70.4) 4:39.3. 100 Hurdles – (1) Kate Wilkins (M) 16.86; (2) Hannah Swanson (SH) 17.37. Shot – (1) Katherine Tripp (Douglas) 38-9; (2) Hannah McClaskey (SH) 32-02; (5) Megan Hershberger (SH) 283 1/2; (7) Felicia Daggett (SH) 23-2; (9) Tie between Kerrie Streight (SH) and Tee Whaley (SH) 21-2 1/2. Discus – (1) Katherine Tripp (D) 146-7; (2) Hannah McClaskey (SH) 100-5 1/2; (5) Megan Hershberger (SH) 85-0; (10) Tee Whaley (SH) 61-9; (12) Kerrie Streight (SH) 51-0; (14) Felicia Daggett (SH) 44-00. Javelin – (1) Barbara Duffy (SU) 103-0; (2) Hannah McClaskey (SH) 92-5; (8) Ashley Danielson (SH) 72-05; (11) Sabra Perry (SH) 44-2. High Jump – No Sweet Home Competitors. Pole Vault – (1) Melissa Foley (M) 7-5; (5) Jordanne Greene (SH) 6-0. Long Jump – (1) Kate Wilkins (M) 16-5; (6) Sabra Perry (SH) 11-7 1/2.