Minus eight of their top swimmers, Sweet Home still won the girls competition at North Marion Thursday, Jan. 14, and, in the boys competition where they were particularly lacking on the top end, placed third.
The missing Huskies were at the Washington Open swim meet in Federal Way. Results for that meet were not immediately available.
At the “huge” Woodburn Aquatics Center, which boasts a 40-lane pool for competition, Coach Doug Peargin said his newer swimmers got an eyeful of the big time.
Sweet Home’s girls won seven of 11 events, freshman Sarah Hewitt taking the 200 and 500 Freestyles, Esther Gunselman winning the 50 Free, Elea Hewitt the 100 Butterfly and Makayla Nelson the 200 Individual Medley and the 100 Backstroke. The girls also won the 400 Freestyle Relay.
Peargin noted that Salem Academy, which placed second, was also missing swimmers to the Washington meet.
On the boys side, Grant Jones was Sweet Home’s highest place-winner, taking second in the 500 Freestyle.
“However,” Peargin said, “Most of the boys team had a PR in at least one event.
The Huskies’ next meet, the Albany Invitational at the South Albany Aquatic Center, will also provide a chance for rookies to get a taste of the district. The meet starts at 8 a.m. and admission will be charged.
“This is a great meet because we get all the newer swimmers in three events in this meet,” Peargin said. “When we show up for District in three weeks, it won’t be near as intimidating.”
Sweet Home finishers
Girls Results
Team Scores – Sweet Home 256, Salem Academy 250, North Marion 130, Stayton 117.
200 Medley Relay – (2) Sweet Home “A” (Sarah Hewitt, Elea Hewitt, Esther Gunselman, Makayla Nelson) 2:05.6; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Natasha Benson, Kendra Vorce, Milah Weld, Kristen Adams) 2:29.1.
200 Freestyle – (1) Sarah Hewitt 2:08.9; (4) Ella Parker 2:26.9; (5) Megan Oberg 2:34.7.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Makayla Nelson 2:24.8; (3) Sara Helfrich 2:52.4; (4) Milah Weld 3:02.5.
50 Freestyle – (1) Esther Gunselman 27.6; (4) Kendra Vorce 30.3; (6) Kristen Adams 31.7.
50 Freestyle (JV) – (5-tie) Hope Fears, Tonya Cook 34.7.
100 Butterfly – (1) Elea Hewitt 1:10.0; (3) Ella Parker 1:23.8; (4) Natasha Benson 1:31.4.
100 Freestyle – (2) Esther Gunselman 1:02.0; (4) Sara Helfrich 1:09.1; (6) Livvie Hindmarsh 1:15.1.
500 Freestyle – (1) Sarah Hewitt 5:51.0.
200 Freestyle Relay – (2) Sweet Home “A” (Kristen Adams, Kendra Vorce, Ella Parker, Sara Helfrich) 2:05.1; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Megan Oberg, Natasha Benson, Milah Weld, Livvie Hindmarsh) 2:14.2.
100 Backstroke – (1) Makayla Nelson 1:09.5; (3) Natasha Benson 1:20.5.
50 Backstroke (JV) – (2) Kristen Adams 39.7; (4) Hope Fears 41.2; (5) Tonya Cook 42.5.
100 Breaststroke – (3) Elea Hewitt 1:19.3; (4) Milah Weld 1:33.1.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Esther Gunselman, Sara Hewitt, Elea Hewitt, Makayla Nelson) 3:59.5; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Megan Oberg, Ella Parker, Kendra Vorce, Sara Helfrich) 4:39.5; (6) Sweet Home “C” (Livvie Hindmarsh, Tonya Cook, Hope Fears, Kristen Adams) 4:59.6.
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) North Marion 303; (2) Salem Academy 277; (3) Sweet Home 183; (4) Stayton 63.
200 Medley Relay – (3) Sweet Home “A” (Adam Barber, Grant Jones, Bradley Wolthuis, Craig Hansen) 2:09.4.
200 Freestyle – (5) Craig Hansen 2:18.3; (6) Cameron Taber 2:23.8.
200 Individual Medley – (6) Bradley Wolthuis 2:51.1.
50 Freestyle (JV) – (4) TJ Baham 29.2; (5) Luke Flierl 30.7; Noah Dinsfriend 32.1; Riku Funabashi 34.4; Tanner Sayers 38.9.
50 Butterfly (JV) – (1) TJ Baham 33.2; (2) Riku Funabashi 48.1.
100 Freestyle – (3) Wes Parker 59.8; (4) Craig Hansen 59.9; (5) Seth Wright 1:03.3.
500 Freestyle – (2) Grant Jones 6:02.9.
200 Freestyle Relay – (3) Sweet Home “A” (Adam Barber, Cameron Taber, Seth Wright, Wes Parker) 1:52.6; (5) Sweet Home “B” (Bradley Wolthuis, Nick Tolman, Luke Flierl, TJ Baham) 1:58.0.
100 Backstroke – (5) Adam Barber 1:14.4.
50 Backstroke (JV) – (5) Luke Flierl 35.2.
100 Breaststroke – (3) Grant Jones 1:22.0.
400 Freestyle Relay – (3) Sweet Home “A” (Craig Hansen, Wes Parker, Adam Barber, Grant Jones) 4:07.8; (5) Sweet Home “B” (Bradley Wolthuis, Cameron Taber, Seth Wright, TJ Baham) 4:26.7.