Personal bests kept coming for Sweet Home track and field athletes Thursday, April 13, at Junction City, though the boys’ team win over the Tigers and Sutherlin was a little misleading, Coach Dakotah Keys said.
“It was a good meet, but it was actually really small,” Keys said. “Most of Junction City’s team was gone.”
Individual winners for the Huskies were Justin Carpenter in the 100 (12:11), Nathan Hager in the 400 (53.90), Tanner Sayers in the 3000 (10:35.56), Noah Dinsfriend in a personal-best 43.80 in the 300 hurdles, Eric Blanchard in a personal-best 12 feet in the pole vault, and Austin Stevens in the long jump (20-0½).
The girls were led by three first-place finishes by Dana Hiett in the in the 100 hurdles (19.20), the pole vault (7-6) and the triple jump (32-5). Zoe James posted a personal-best 14.70 in the 100 and also won the high jump (4-10), Bethany Gingerich won the 200 in a personal-best 27.47 in the 200, Madelyn Neuschwander was first in the 300 hurdles (56.88) and Meghan Hager in the discus (85-9½).
“The kids work out really hard, practicing,” Keys said. “That’s why we’re seeing improvements. They’re having fun and they’re representing the community really well. They’re making a name for themselves and for the name that’s on their jerseys. I couldn’t be more proud.”
Up next for Sweet Home is a trip to Sutherlin on Thursday, April 20, where they will get their first look at Cottage Grove. The district meet will be held at Sutherlin this year, so the trip will give Sweet Home a chance to get a feel for it.
The Huskies will host a Sweet Home Last Chance Meet on Tuesday, April 25, before heading to the Meet of Champions on Saturday, April 29.
“We have kids trying stuff for the first time,” Keys said of the Sutherlin trip. “They’re just willing. It’s going to be really exciting to see what happens come districts time.”
Top Three and Sweet Home Finishers
**Personal Best
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 92; (2) Junction City 77; (3) Sutherlin 35.
100 – (1) Justin Carpenter (SH) 12.11; (2) Kyle Moore (JC) 12.43; (3) Hayden Nichol (SH) 12.46; (4) Nick Rietz (SH) 12.57; (7) Chase Blanco (SH) 12.80; (9) Noah Moore (SH) **13.04; (13) Brad Wolthuis (SH) 13.91; (14) Brandon Moore (SH) 14.37.
200 – (1) Jake Rogers (JC) 23.94; (2) Hayden Nichol (SH) **24.76; (3) Michel Vargas (JC) 24.80; (4) Nick Rietz (SH) 25.20; (5) Nathan Hager (SH) 25.27; (6) Austin Stevens (SH) 25.34; (9) West Parker (SH) 25.67; (10) Casey Tow (SH) 25.86; (11) Eric Blanchard (SH) 26.02; (12) Chase Blanco (SH) 26.31; (13) Noah Taraski (SH) 26.59; (15) Connor Russell (SH) **27.29; (16) Brandon Moore (SH) 29.27; (18) Tristan Saultz (SH) 33.55.
400 – (1) Nathan Hager (SH) 53.90; (2) Wes Parker (SH) 54.42; (3) Albert Christiansen (Suth) 55.61; (4) Noah Taraski (SH) 56.19; (9) Tristan Saultz (SH) **1:03.29.
800 – (1) Benjamin Swancutt (JC) 2:07.16; (2) Pete Frazee (JC) 2:07.77; (3) Tucker Clement (JC) 2:20.61; (4) Austin Sills (SH) **2:21.30; (5) Ricky Yunke (SH) **2:23.14; (11) Noah Webb (SH) 2:46.62; (12) Caden Knight (SH) **3:00.59; (13) Mason Hook (SH) 3:19.67.
1500 – (1) Conner McAdams (JC) 4:46.10; (2) Tanner Sayers (SH) 4:52.00; (3) Austin Sills (SH) 5:02.10; (5) Ricky Yunke (SH) 5:03.90; (6) Cameron Taber (SH) 5:18.10; (9) Noah Webb (SH) 5:48.40; (10) Mason Hook (SH) **5:56.10; (11) Caden Knight (SH) 6:11.50..
3000 – (1) Tanner Sayers (SH) 10:35.06; (2) Cameron Taber (SH) 11:14.46; (3) Kyle Davis (Suth) 12:18.30.
110 Hurdles – (1) Aiden Leever (JC) 17.23; (2) Noah Dinsfriend (SH) **18.53; (3) Josiah Starr (JC) 18.55.
300 Hurdles – (1) Noah Dinsfriend (SH) **43.80; (2) Lance Hanson (SH) 54.98; (3) Ryan Meighan (JC) 46.03.
4×100 Relay – (1) Not held .
4×400 Relay – (1) No Sweet Home competitors.
Shot Put – (1) (1) Tristan Needham (Suth) 46-6; (2) Andrew Nelson (JC) 36-1½; (3) Isaac Eads (JC) 35-11; (4) Austin Griffin (SW) **35-10; (5) Noah Moore (SH) **35-1½; (9) Jake Swanson (SH) 29-9; (17) Marc Kanngvesser (SH) 23-0; (18) Parker Justham (SH) 11-4 .
Discus – (1) Cooper Mitchell (JC) 131-5½; (2) Tristan Needham (Suth) 120-1¾; (3) Finn Mitchell (JC) 108-8; (8) Austin Griffin (SH) 81-11; (15) Marc Kanngvvesser (SH) 54-5; (18) Ryan Schrick (SH) 38-8; (19) Parker Justham (SH) 31-4½.
Javelin – (1) Tristan Needham (Suth) 157-0; (2) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 141-4; (3) Bryce Olsen (Suth) 133-3; (4) Jake Swanson (SH) 130-8; (5) Noah Moore (SH) 129-7; (6) Casey Tow (SH) 124-1; (9) Parker Lemmer (SH) **118-2; (10) Ricky Yunke (SH) **115-7; (13) Robbie Yunke (SH) 102-2; (16) Sevin Carson (SH) **90-10.
High Jump – (1) Bryan Lehman (Suth) 5-8; (2) Casey Tow (SH) 5-4; (3) Albert Christiansen (Suth) 5-2; (5) Connor Russell (SH) 4-10 .
Pole Vault – (1) Eric Blanchard (SH) **12-0; (2) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 11-0; (3) Bryce Olsen (Suth) 9-0; (6) Brad Wolthuis (SH) **8-5.
Long Jump – (1) Austin Stevens (SH) 20-0½; (2) Justin Carpent (SH) 18-9½; (3) Ben Bagley (JC) 18-0; (11) Parker Lemmer (SH) 14-11½; (16) Andrew Baham (SH) 11-7 .
Triple Jump – (1) Brandon Land (JC) 41-1; (2) Wes Parker (SH) 38-3; (3) Lance Hanson (SH) 35-6.
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Sutherlin 60; (2) Sweet Home 57; (3) Junction City 54.
100 – (1) Zoe James (SH) **14-7; (2) Naomi Moan (Suth) 15.09; (3) Ria Chiba (SH) 15.66; (4) Jessi Thomas (SH) 16.26; (8) Jinny Chawengchote ()SH) 17.02.
200 – (1) Bethany Gingerich (SH) **27.47; (2) Shayla Solomon (JC) 28.58; (3) Zoe James (28.59); (6) Ria Chiba (SH) 31.97; (7) Jessi Thomas (SH) 33.35; (9) McKenzie Yoder (SH) 34.51; (10) Jinny Chawengchote (SH) 35.08.
400 – (1) Shayla Solomon (JC) 1:03.56; (2) Liliana Hernandez (JC) 1:09.35; (3) McKenzie Yoder (SH) 1:14.94 .
800 – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
1500 – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
3000 – (1) Not held.
100 Hurdles – (1) Dana Hiett (SH) 19.20. .
300 Hurdles – (1) Madelyn Neuschwander (SH) 56.88. .
4×100 Relay – (1) Not held.
4×400 Relay – (1) No Sweet Home entrants.
Shot Put – (1) Kiersten Porter (Suth) 31-1; (2) Ysabelle Morales (JC) 26-9½; (3) Delaney Bishop (JC) 25-1 (5) Megan Hager (SH) 24-5½; (11) Makayla Griffin (SH) 20-5; (12) Sarah Hewitt (SH) 19-2; (15) Lauren Taber (SH) **16-10½ .
Discus – (1) Meghan Hager (SH) 85-9½; (2) Ysabelle Morales (JC) 76-7; (3) Delaney Bishop (JC) 66-7½; (10) Sarah Hewitt (SH) 54-10; (12) Makayla Griffin (SH) 47-2; (13) Lauren Taber (SH) **36-10 .
Javelin – (1) Kiersten Porter (Suth) 97-6; (2) Hannah Chappell (JC) 90-1; (3) Megan Hager (SH) 89-4; (7) Kendyl Stutzman (SH) 76-11.
High Jump – (1) Zoe James (SH) 4-10; (2-tie) Naomi Moan (Suth), Abigail Masterfield (Suth) 40-6.
Pole Vault – (1) Dana Hiett (SH) 7-6; (2) Gracie Olson (SH) 7-0; (3) Abigail Masterfield (Suth) 6-6.
Long Jump – (1) Heidi Christiansen (Suth) 14-11½; (2) Shakiyah Candelaria (Suth) 14-0 ½; (3) Alli Bedacht (JC) 13-1; (5) Madelyn Neuschwander (SH) 10-2; (7-tie) Jinny Chawengchote (SH), Dana Hiett (SH) 9-4.
Triple Jump – (1) Dana Hiett (SH) 32-5; (2) Shakiyah Candelaria (Suth) 30-9½; (3) Raichel Wolfe (Suth) 29-9; (4) Gracie Olson (SH) 26-4½ .