Sweet Home’s boys placed third Friday, May 2, in a nine-team field at the Rob Allen Twilight Invitational track and field meet as the Huskies turned in a host of personal bests, some massive.
“We had a really good meet,” Coach Billy Snow said. “I counted up our 25 opportunities and we had 16 PRs on the boys side. They had a good day. Any time you get over 50 percent, you’re moving along pretty good. The girls were right at 50 percent.”
Jakob Hiett came within a second of breaking the school record in the 800, running 1:56.66, and Nicole Rasmussen won the 1500 in a personal-best 5:00.01, outsprinting Bend’s Sarah Perkins and East Linn Christian freshman Sydney Nichol to the finish line. Nichol, who is from Sweet Home, later won the 800 in 2:26.78, a lifetime best.
“Nicole got competitive and decided ‘not to let these people beat me,’” Snow siad. “It was good she had Sydney next to her because they pushed each other there at the end.”
Another huge PR came from Kayleen Keeney, who cut 45 seconds off her previous best in the 3000 to finish in 12:05.96.
“Kayleen just got into that race,” Snow said. “It hurt but she hung on.”
In the field, Brycen Mitten had personal bests in the shot (45-4) and the javelin (153-7) – his first time over 150 in the latter and a seven-foot PR.
“That javelin is going to be tight on the boys side at districts,” Snow predicted. “There’s a whole group of them and nobody has separated himself from the pack. You could throw your PR and finish out of the money or you could throw 5 feet under your PR and win the whole thing.”
In the long jump, Egan Shamek and Spencer Knight both exceeded 20 feet for the first time ever, posting big PR’s.
“Egan and Spencer had a great long jump competition,” Snow said. “That is pretty heady territory.”
Also, triple jumper Tucker Porter, a freshman, posted a 2-foot PR in that event, finishing 37-5.
The Huskies will wind up their pre-district campaign Wednesday, May 7, with a the Sweet Home Last Chance Meet at home, starting at 4 p.m., against some smaller schools: Harrisburg, Monroe, Pleasant Hill, Salem Academy, Triangle Lake and Willamina. Districts will begin May 15 at Elmira, with most finals on May 17.
Rob Allen Twilight Invitational
Top Three, Sweet Home Finishers and East Linn Christian Athletes from Sweet Homes
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Lebanon 145; (2) Bend 82.5; (3) Sweet Home 55; (4) Central Linn 52; (5) Dallas 46; (6) East Linn Christian 45; (7) North Salem 43.5; (8) Newport 36; (9) South Albany 22.
100 – (1) Brayden Childress (L) 11.07; (2) Josue Avilez (CL) 11.14; (3) Braden Bell (B) 11.36; (5) Spencer Knight (SH) 11.42; (12) Nick Rietz (SH) 12.26.
200 – (1) Brayden Childress (L) 22.26; (2) Brayden Bell (B) 22.91; (3) Justin Schafer (D) 23.11; (11) Nick Rietz (SH) 25.16.
400 – (1) Logan Blake (B) 52.10; (2) Trey Reed (SH) 53.25; (3) Cody Maguire (B) 53.42; (15) Joseph Rasmussen (SH) 58.43.
800 – (1) Jakob Hiett (SH) 1:56.66; (2) Carlos Camacho (N) 2:00.46; (3) Enrique Fernandez (NS) 2:03.43; (6) Chace Hutchins (SH) 2:08.13.
1500 – (1) Jamin Hooley (ELC) 4:23.27; (2) Michael Osborn (D) 4:24.00; (3) Collin Tracy (L) 4:24.60;(10) Ian Wingo (SH) 4:36.78; (14) Issac Justham (SH) 4:51.82; (15) Wesley Anderson (ELC) 5:00.31.
3000 – (1) John Mendrin (NS) 9:29.44; (2) Jamin Hooley (ELC) 9:33.36; (3) Marcus Corbett (L) 8:34.58; (13) Julian Hesberg (SH) 10:24.30; (14) Robert Gourley (SH) 10:34. 02.
110 Hurdles – (1) David Evans (L) 16.06; (2) Brandon Gilbert (B) 16.11; (3) Tyler Romeo (L) 15.15; (4) Eric Flierl (SH) 15.55; (5) Matt Davis (SH) 16.91.
300 Hurdles – (1) David Evans (L) 40.79; (2) Noah Haines (B) 41.96; (3) Austin Linnville (ELC) 43.38; (4) Eric Flierl (SH) 43.53; (9) Matt Davis (SH) 44.97.
4×100 Relay – (1) Lebanon 43.18; (2) Bend 43.93; (3) Central Linn 44.02; (4) North Salem 44.57; (5) South Albany 45.09; (6) Sweet Home (Eric Flierl, Egan Shamek, Trey Reed. Spencer Knight) 45.54; (7) Dallas 46.74.
4×400 Relay – (1) North Salem 3:28.14; (2) Bend 3:30.51; (3) Dallas 3:33.73; (4) Lebanon 3:35.06; (5) Sweet Home (Eric Flierl, Chace Hutchins, Jakob Hiett, Trey Reed) 3:35.56; (6) South Albany 3:38.05; (7) East Linn Christian 3:47.89.
Shot Put – (1) Zach Short (L) 51-7; (2) Blake Warren (ELC) 49-2; (3) Ben Terry (SH) 48-10; (5) Brycen Mitten (SH) 45-4.
Discus – (1) Kegan Allen (D) 149-1; (2) Blake Warren (ELC) 142-9; (3) Tyson Kaminski (N) 132-2; (11) Ben Terry (SH) 98-0; (13) Gavin Baskin (SH) 84-7.
Javelin – (1) Kiante Davis (L) 158-3; (2) Brendan Thurber-Blaser (N) 157-11; (3) Zach Short (L) 154-4; (4) Brycen Mitten (SH) 153-7; (6) Kyle Rose (SH) 150-11; (13) Donny Arndt (ELC) 108-8.
High Jump – (1) Cory Hainz (L) 6-2; (2) Malik Leaks (NS) 6-0; (3) Oliver Meyr (CL) 6-0; (7) Ashton Stutzman (SH) 5-10.
Pole Vault – (1) Kavic Belcastro (CL) 14-0; (2) Brendan Thurber-Blaser (N) 126; (3) Coyote Stevens (SA) 1106; (4) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 11-0; (6) TJ Baham (SH) 10-6.
Long Jump – (1) DiSean Hernandez (CL) 22-11; (2) Tyler Romeo (L) 21-3¾; (3) Justin Schafer (D) 21-0; (4) Egan Shamek (SH) 20-11¼; (7) Spencer Knight (SH) 20-0¼.
Triple Jump – (1) Justin Schafer (D) 45-2½; (2) DiSean Hernandez (CL) 43-11¾; (3) Brayden Childress (L) 42-2; (10) Egan Shamek (SH) 37-10½; (12) Tucker Porter (SH) 37-5.
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Dallas 108; (2) South Albany 104; (3) Bend 95; (4) Newport 76; (5) Lebanon 42; (6) North Salem 37; (7) Sweet Home 33; (8) East Linn Christian 31.
100 – (1) Rachel Vinjamuri (N) 12.36; (2) Ali Boehme (SA) 13.11; (3) Inna Demchuk (SA) 13.21; (7) Josie Knight (SH) 13.46; (12) Sarah Dunkley (SH) 14.13.
200 – (1) Rachel Vinjamuri (N) 25.33; (2) Macey Burgess (B) 26.96; (3) Sophia Cunningham (B) 27.31; (5) Haley Kent (SH) 27.45; (9) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 29.34.
400 – (1) Rachel Vinjamuri (N) 58.30; (2) Riley Knebes (NS) 1:00.37; (3) Carleen Fell (D) 1:00.96; (7) India Porter (SH) 1:05.73; (9) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 1:06.07.
800 – (1) Sydney Nichol (ELC) 2:26.78; (2) Sarah Curran (B) 2:30.08; (3) Sara Maddox (L) 2:37.22; (4) Jordan Miller (SH) 2:39.27; (12) Maria Daniels (SH) 3:07.42.
1500 – (1) Nicole Rasmussen (SH) 5:00.01; (2) Sarah Perkins (B) 5:00.59; (3) Sydney Nicole (ELC) 5:01.73; (9) Sierra Swanson (SH) 5:30.01.
3000 – (1) Carleen Fall (D) 11:12.73; (2) Caitlyn Rowe (SA) 11:14.28; (3) Kaelia Neal (NS) 11:29.09; (5) Kayleen Keeney (SH) 12:05.96.
100 Hurdles – (1) Tabatha Mikkelsen (SA) 16.39; (2) Nicole Niskanen (SA) 16.49; (3) Robyn Weiser (D) 16.88; (11) Dana Hiett (SH) 19.58.
300 Hurdles – (1) Tabatha Mikkelsen (SA) 48.18; (2) Meagan Bakker (B) 48.33; (3) Nicole Niskanen (SA) 49.30; (5) Courtney Kent (SH) 49.66; (14) Dana Hiett (SH) 56.48.
4×100 Relay – (1) Dallas 51.53; (2) South Albany 51.55; (3) Bend 51.67; (4) Sweet Home (Courtney Kent, Haley Kent, Josie Knight, India Porter) 53.75; (5) Lebanon 54.34.
4×400 Relay – No Sweet Home Competitors.
Shot Put – (1) Katrina Linenko (N) 37-9½; (2) Kyleen Benz (D) 35-0; (3) Alexis Hassenger (L) 34-2½; (7) McKayla Horner (ELC) 32-0½; (12) Josie Knight (SH) 29-2½; (14) Kaitlyn Watts (SH) 25-10½.
Discus – (1) Kyleen Benz (D) 117-0; (2) McKayla Horner (ELC) 104-7; (3) Ali Laborin (B) 102-2; (5) Sadie Gordon (SH) 99-9; (10) Kaitlyn Watts (SH) 88-9.
Javelin – (1) Amanda Short (L) 123-5; (2) Alexis Hassenger (L) 119-0; (3) Ali Laborin (B) 108-7; (6) Amanda Hubbard (SH) 104-8; (10) Jordan Miller (SH) 95-1.
High Jump – (1) Desiray Robinson (NS) 5-1; (2) Nicole Niskanen (SA) 4-10; (3) Sydni Williams (B) 4-6; (7) Sierra Swanson (SH) 4-4; (10) Dana Hiett (SH) 4-2.
Pole Vault – (1) Samantha Mcgee (B) 10-0; (2) Courtney May (D) 9-0; (3) Danielle Remington (D) 8-0; (11) Dana Hiett (SH) 6-6.
Long Jump – (1) Nicole Niskanen (SA) 16-7½; (2) Rachel DeVyldere (SA) 16-4; (3) Kayley Sayer (D) 16-3¾; (11) Alex Olin (SH) 13-3¼; (13) Keisha Goble (SH) 11-9½.
Triple Jump – (1) Kayley Sayer (D) 33-1¾; (2) Isabel Solano (N) 32-8½; (3) Haley Kent (SH) 32-7; (8) India Porter (SH) 29-10½.