Sweet Home’s girls flexed their collective muscle in a convincing performance Thursday, Dec. 20, against district opponents Salem Academy, Philomath and Stayton.
The girls placed first – team-wise and individually, in every event en route to a 141-63 win finish over second-place Philomath.
The boys were third, behind Salem Academy (120 points) and Philomath (81) with 52 points, ahead of Stayton (49).
“We had another strong team performance and also got to see a couple of teams we hadn’t met this year,” Coach Doug Peargin said. “Our boys lack depth, but with the few boys that we have, they’re working hard and still improving their times.”
Sweet Home has three seniors and two sophomore boys with experience in high school swimming. The Huskies’ other six swimmers are freshmen or rookies in swimming.
Sophomore Hunter Calderwood had “overall the best meet that he has ever had” in setting two personal records, in the 200 IM and the 500 Freestyle, Peargin said.
“Hunter has stepped up and contributed this year,” he said.
Also posting personal bests were Brad Wolthuis in the 50 Freestyle, which he won; Seth Gaylord in the 100 Freestyle; and Dakota Seward in the 100 Backstroke.
On the girls side, Chloe Tyler posted PRs in the 200 IM and 100 Backstroke, both of which she won; Isabel Sayer in the 200 IM and 1500 Freestyle, winning the latter; Josie Hewitt in the 50 Freestyle, which she won; Maren Weld, Meagan Baham, Autumn Ice and Tearanie Kauffman in the 50 Freestyle; Megan Hager in the 100 Butterfly, which she won, and the 100 Backstroke; Jamie Seward in the 100 Freestyle, which she won; Torree Hawken and Bailey Womack in the 100 Breaststroke.
“Our girls are still swimming strong – we not only have some depth this year, but also quite a bit of power to add to it,” Peargin said. “We showed this by winning all 11 events.”
The Huskies will spend Christmas break getting “some quality time” in the pool, he said.
Sweet Home will also compete at Stayton and Lebanon over the break, “to help keep us sharp and start thinking about upcoming district and state,” Peargin said.
“I was pleased with this meet and the way we competed, and we’re looking forward to the two meets that we have scheduled over Christmas.”
Sweet Home Invitational
Girls Results
Top Three and Sweet Home Finishers
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 141; (2) Philomath 63; (3) Salem Academy 57; (4) Stayton 47.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Isabel Rodriguez, Josie Hewitt, Katrina Reynolds, Megan Hager ) 2:05.33; (2) Philomath 2:15.87; (3) Salem Academy 2:17.19; (4) Stayton 2:17.75; (5) Sweet Home “B” (Samantha Coats, Bailey Womack, Ella Parker, Brook Womack) 2:27.07; (8) Sweet Home “C” (Meagan Baham, Lauren Taber, Maren Weld, Annaleea Shuttlesworth) 2:41.07.
200 Freestyle – (1) Jamie Seward (SH) 2:10:15; (2) Sydney Maurer (Stay) 2:20.60; (3) Torree Hawken (SH) 2:27.84.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Chloe Tyler (SH) 2:22.01; (2) Isabel Sayers (SH) 2:42.92; (3) Caitlyn Martinak (Stay) 2:43:07; (5) Ella Parker (SH) 2:45.55.
50 Freestyle – (1) Josie Hewitt (SH) 26.36; (2) Angielou Halladey (Salem Academy) 29.10; (3) Moira Curtis (SH) 29.75; (9) Maren Weld (SH) 32.02; (16) Meagan Baham (SH) 34.31; (21) Olivia Martineau (SH) 36.53; (27) Autumn Ice (SH) 45.27l (30) Tearanie Kauffman (SH) 47.03.
100 Butterfly – (1) Megan Hager (SH) 58.59; (2) Sarah Kenyon (Salem Academy) 1:11.87; (3) Megan Mak (Stay) 1:12.56; (6) Sam Coats (SH) 1:26.37.
100 Freestyle – (1) Jamie Seward (SH) 58.72; (2) Sydney Maurer (Stay) 1:03.87; (3) Moira Curtis (SH) 1:05.09; (6) Meagan Baham (SH) 1:18.45; (9) Olivia Martineau (SH) 1:20.04; (16) Tearanie Kauffman (SH) 1:47.49; (17) Autumn Ice (SH) 1:51.25.
500 Freestyle – (1) Isabel Sayers (SH) 6:12.37; (2) Hannah Hernandez (P) 7:13.23; (3) Abby Rutledge (P) 8:01.04.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Moira Curtis, Torree Hawken, Katrina Reynolds, Chloe Tyler) 1:54.66; (2) Stayton 1:56.20; (3) Philomath 1:57.60; (5) Sweet Home “B” (Maren Weld, Bailey Womack, Brook Womack, Samantha Coats) 2:11.84; (6) Sweet Home “C” (Olivia Martineau, Meagan Baham, Lauren Taber, Annaleea Shuttlesworth) 2:16.36.
100 Backstroke – (1) Chloe Tyler (SH) 1:02.21; (2) Megan Hager (SH) 1:03.25; (3) Melia Morton (P) 1:12.33; (6) Isabel Rodriguez (SH) 1:21.28.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Josie Hewitt (SH) 1:08.09; (2) Amity Coon (P) 1:16.17; (3) Kyndelle Hinson (Salem Academy) 1:24.60; (5) Torree Hawken (SH) 1:27.12; (7) Bailey Womack (SH) 1:31.29.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Isabel Rodriguez, Jamie Seward, Isabel Sayers, Sarah Hewitt) 4:13.79; (2) Stayton 4:33.25; (3) Philomath 4:41. 48; (4) Salem Academy 4:43.00; (5) Sweet Home “B” (Brook Womack, Lauren Taber, Olivia Martineau, Annaleea Shuttlesworth) 5:06.67.
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Salem Academy 120; (2) Philomath 81; (3) Sweet Home 52; (4) Stayton 49.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Salem Academy 1:56. 48; (2) Philomath 2:01.92; (3) Stayton 2:06.94; (4) Sweet Home (Jacob Kennedy, Bill Hawken, Brad Wolthuis, Dakota Seward) 2:09.39.
200 Freestyle – (1) Caleb Warde (Salem Academy) 1:56.72; (2) James Dye (P) 1:57.57; (3) Dakota Seward (SH) 2:14.30; (7) Micah Wright (SH) 2:47.59; (8) Dakota Melkvik (SH) 2:53.73.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Elijah Leutwyler (Salem Academy) 2:20.92; (2) Tanner Fixsen (Stay) 2:20.98; (3) Brandon Enghauser (P) 2:37.80; (4) Hunter Calderwood (SH) 2:48.23; (7) Jacob Kennedy (SH) 3:13.37.
50 Freestyle – (1) Brad Wolthuis (SH) 24.20; (2) Austyn Shelton (Salem Academy) 25.31; (3) TJ Lee (Salem Academy) 26.46; (7) Mason Hook (SH) 31.12; (8) Chase Lopez (SH) 31.73; (15) Seth Gaylord (SH) 34.37.
100 Butterfly – (1) Elijah Leutwyler (Salem Academy) 1:00.31; (2) Josh Ptacek (Stay) 1:03.25; (3) Brad Wolthuis (SH) 1:03.40.
100 Freestyle – (1) James Dye (P) 53.49; (2) Caleb Warde (Salem Academy) 53.73; (3) Austyn Shelton (Salem Academy) 55.87; (8) Chase Lopez (SH) 1:13.72; (13) Bill Hawken (SH) 1:18.48; (16) Seth Gaylord (SH) 1:19.55.
500 Freestyle – (1) TJ Lee (Salem Academy) 5:59.69; (2) Hunter Calderwood (SH) 6:14.02; (3) Eli McLennan (P) 6:13.20.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Philomath 1:46.12; (2) Salem Academy 1:53.34; (3) Philomath “B” 1:57.62; (4) Sweet Home 2:05.29 (Mason Hook, Chase Lopez, Jacob Kennedy, Hunter Calderwood); (7) Sweet Home “B” (Bill Hawken, Micah Wright, Dakota Melkvik, Seth Gaylord) 2:16. 37.
100 Backstroke – (1) Tanner Fixsen (Stay) 1:07.45; (2) Brandon Enghauser (P) 1:08.09; (3) Dakota Seward (SH) 1:10.23; (8) Jacob Kennedy (SH) 1:20.37; (11) Micah Wright (SH) 1:41.56.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Josh Ptacek (Stay) 1:23.04; (2) Bill Hawken (SH) 1:29.37; (3) Aaron Makin (Salem Academy) 2:09.56.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Salem Academy 3:46.51; (2) Philomath 3:50.07; (3) Stayton 4:06.31; (4) Sweet Home “A” (Hunter Calderwood, Chase Lopez, Dakota Seward, Brad Wolthuis) 4:11.64; (6) Sweet Home “B” (Mason Hook, Micah Wright, Dakota Melkvik, Seth Gaylord) 5:32.20.