Lebanon’s Rob Allen Twilight Invitational provided some great opportunities for Sweet Home’s track and field athletes Friday, May 1 to face competition from some bigger schools.
They took advantage of them.
The Huskies, facing off against several teams from higher OSAA classifications as well as 4A powerhouse Newport, posted 13 personal bests on the boys side and 11 for the girls.
“The guys had a great night,” Coach Billy Snow said. “The girls did too.”
There were some big performances.
Junior Egan Shamek busted a 15-inch personal best in the long jump (21-9), the state’s leading mark as of Monday in the 4A division, then followed that with a similar PR in the triple jump (40-0). Then sophomore Wes Parker followed up with a massive three-foot PR, jumping 39-0¼.
“Egan had a great night,” Snow said. “It wasn’t a fluke because he went 21-8 right before that. Then he comes back 40 feet in the triple. Not to be outdone, Wes got three feet.”
Other big performances came from Garrett Fox, who posted a 10-second best in the 1500 (4:53.56) and the boys 4×100 relay team of Shamek, Eric Flierl, Matt Davis and Trey Reed, which cut its time by half a second to 45.13.
Reed, a sophomore, also posted a personal best of nearly a second in the 400, running 51.83.
The girls 4×100 relay team of Josie Knight, Sarah Dunkley, India Porter and Bethany Gingerich did even better, chopping another second off their season’s best to 52.08.
“I don’t know how they’re doing it,” Snow said. “When you look at it, they don’t have a true sprinter in that group. But they keep taking off more time.”
In the 3000, Allison Wickline and Kanon Nakamura posted 40-second PRs, and Jessica Stockman ran 2:45.55 for a personal best in the 800.
“Jessica just took off and kept going,” Snow said.
Freshman Bethany Gingerich continued to shine in the 400, shaving another second off in finishing in 61.46. Gingerich has run four 400s this year and every race has been faster than the previous ones.
“She’s so deceiving in her stride,” Snow said. “She looks like she’s behind, then suddenly she’s right there.”
Eleanor Hewitt had a big night, posting a 2½-foot PR (28-1½) in the shot and a 10-foot personal best in discus (86-6).
Both of the Huskies’ 300 hurdles runners, Porter and freshman Cora McKee, ran season’s bests in that race, McKee cutting her lifetime best by three seconds to finish in 52.81, a step behind Porter (52.69).
“They both ran races that weren’t perfect,” Snow said. “They can get better.”
Also having a big night was East Linn Christian Academy’s Sydney Nichol, a Sweet Home resident, who set a 19-second PR in the 3000 (10:54.37) to win and break her own school record.
The Huskies sent their junior varsity athletes to Cottage Grove Thursday, April 30, and Snow said some of them did well enough to get consideration for the varsity district meet beginning May 14 in Junction City. The Sky-Em Junior Varsity district meet is Tuesday, May 5, in Sutherlin.
Sweet Home will wrap up its pre-district season Wednesday, May 6, at home with the Last Chance Meet, beginning at 4 p.m. Schools scheduled to participate include 1A Division Falls City, North Clackamas Christian, Oregon School for the Deaf, Triangle Lake and Willamette Valley Christian; 2A Division Perrydale and Oakland, and 4A rival Cascade.
Also, as of Monday, nine athletes were scheduled to compete Friday, May 8, at the Wally Ciochetti Invitational in Cottage Grove.
Sweet Home at Rob Allen Twilight Invitational (Lebanon)
Note: East Linn Christian athletes listed are all Sweet Home residents.
Boys Results
Top Three and Sweet Home Finishers
*Personal Best
Team Scores – (1) Lebanon 171; (2) Bend 85; (3) South Albany 60; (4-tie) Sweet Home, Newport 50; (6) North Salem 37; (7-tie) Dallas, Central Linn 27; (9) East Linn Christian 20.
100 – (1) Nathaniel Maddox (L) 11.41; (2) Gabe Keriegan (SA) 11.55; (3) Ryan Cook (B) 11.84 ; (9) Jacob Erickson (SH) 12.17*; (13) Nick Rietz (SH) 12.38.
200 – (1) Logan Blake (B) 22.81; (2) Nathaniel Maddox (L) 23.48; (3) Gabe Kerlegan (SA) 23.58; (9) Nick Rietz (SH) 25.06*; (10) Wes Parker (SH) 25.53.
400 – (1) Logan Blake (B) 50.27; (2) Eli Valenzuela (NS) 51.51; (3) Trey Reed (SH) 51.83*; (10) Nathan Hager (SH) 56.94*.
800 – (1) Caleb Hoffman (B) 1:54.88; (2) Jakob Hiett (SH) 1:57.86*; (3) Collin Tracy (L) 2:04.65.
1500 – (1) Collin Tracy (L) 4:16.19; (2) Ryan Hugie (L) 4:21.00; (3) John Mendrin (NS) 4:24.95; (14) Garrett Fox (SH) 4:53.45*.
3000 – (1) Marcus Corbett (L) 9:29.07; (2) Davin Glenn (CL) 9:40.77; (3) Tynan Cardwell (SA) 9:45.69; (9) Wesley Anderson (ELC) 10:20.63*.
110 Hurdles – (1) John Bates (L) 15.26; (2) David Evans (L) 15.31; (3) Eric Flierl (SH) 16.01; (10) Matt Davis (SH) 17.13.
300 Hurdles – (1) David Evans (L) 39.49; (2) Caleb Hoffman (B) 40.39; (4) Austin Linville (ELC) 42.74; (3) Eric Flierl (SH) 40.92; (10) Matt Davis (SH) 44.67.
4×100 Relay – (1) Lebanon 44.25; (2) South Albany 44.50; (3) Sweet Home (Eric Flierl, Matt Davis, Egan Shamek, Trey Reed) 45.13*; (4) Dallas 46.15; (5) Bend 46.61; (6) Newport 48.22.
4×400 Relay – (1) Bend 3:29.75; (2) Lebaon 3:32.35; (3) Sweet Home (Jakob Hiett, Egan Shamek, Eric Flierl, Trey Reed) 3:38.82; (4) Newport 3:38.64; (5) Dallas 3:44.04; (6) North Salem 3:48.25.
Shot Put – (1) Zack Short (L) 62-1½; (2) Brett Rowden (D) 43-8½; (3) Jay Seymore (SA) 43-6; ; (5) Brycen Mitten (SH) 42-7¾; (6) Andre Holmes (SH) 42-3¼.
Discus – (1) Dalen Hargett (N) 161-5; (2) Zack Short (L) 158-8; (3) Izaiya Taylor (L) 138-7; (10) Andre Holmes (SH) 105-7*; (14) Trevor Miner (SH) 91-0*.
Javelin – (1) John Bates (L) 189-0; (2) Calvin Roskelley (SA) 163-9; (3) Brendan Thurber-Blaser (N) 162-8; (8) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 144-4*; (12) Brycen Mitten (SH) 139-7.
High Jump – (1) Austin Linville (ELC) 5-10; (2) Noah Martinmaas (NS), Raymond Blasquez (B), Luke Elliott, Tyler Hanrahan (N) 5-8; (9) Jacob Erickson (SH) 5-6*.
Pole Vault – (1) Kavic Belcastro (CL) 16-0; (2) Brendan Thurber-Blaser (N) 13-0; (3) Joshua Zachem (B) 12-0; (8) TJ Baham (SH) 11-0; (12) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 10-0.
Long Jump – (1) Tyler Romeo (L) 22-6½; (2) Egan Shamek (SH) 21-9*; (3) John Bates (L) 21-5.
Triple Jump – (1) Aaron White (D) 42-5; (2) Tyler Romeo (L) 40-8½; (3) Jason Baker (NS) 40-5¾; (6) Egan Shamek (SH) 40-0*; (7) Wes Parker (SH) 39-0¼*.
Girls Results
Top Three and Sweet Home Finishers
Team Scores – (1) Bend 152.5; (2) Newport 100; (3) South Albany 71; (4) Lebanon 69; (5) Dallas 44; (6) East Linn Christian 34; (7) Sweet Home 23.5; (8) North Salem 23; (9) Central Linn 9.
100 – (1) Rachel Vinjamuri (N) 12.36; (2) Dyani Lopez (N) 12.51; (3) Inna Demchuk (SA) 13.13; (5) Josie Knight (SH) 13.55; (10) Sarah Dunkley (SH) 13.84*.
200 – (1) Rachel Vinjamuri (N) 25.11; (2) Dyani Lopez (N) 25.66; (3) Sophia Cunningham (B) 26.68; (5) Bethany Gingerich (SH) 27.61; (12) Josie Knight (SH) 28.92.
400 – (1) Rachel Vinjamuri (N) 56.79; (2) Sophia Cunningham (B) 59.03; (3) Bethany Gingerich (SH) 1:01.46*; (12) Kendyl Stutzman (SH) 1:09.68*.
800 – (1) Sarah Perkins (B) 2:25.01; (2) Sarah Kenyon (L) 2:31.30; (3) Stephanie Dilbone (SA) 2:38.29; (8) Jessica Stockman (SH) 2:45.55*; (10) Rachel Busek (ELC) 2:49.00; (16) Maria Daniels (SH) 3:04.04*.
1500 – (1) Madison Willhoft (NS) 4:57.00; (2) Sarah Perkins (B) 4:58.49; (3) Caitlyn Rowe (SA) 4:58.96; (10) Kayleen Keeney (SH) 5:49.66; (11) Sierra Swanson (SH) 5:57.00.
3000 – (1) Sydney Nichol (ELC) 10:54.37*; (2) Hannah Mason (L) 10:58.27; (3) Caitlyn Rowe (SA) 11:29.27; (13) Kanon Nakamura (SH) 14:44.28*; (14) Allison Wickline (SH) 14:44.80*.
100 Hurdles – (1) Alexa Evert (B) 16.16; (2) Tabatha Mikkelsen (SA) 16.23; (3) Sierra Rambo (B) 16.91; (15) Dana Hiett (SH) 20.17.
300 Hurdles – (1) Sierra Rambo (B) 46.70; (2) Tabatha Mikkelsen (SA) 47.49; (3) Meagan Makker (B) 47.69; (8) India Porter (SH) 52.69*; (10) Cora McKee (SH) 52.81*.
4×100 Relay – (1) Bend 51.16; (2) East Linn Christian 52.05; (3) Sweet Home (Josie Knight, Sarah Dunkley, India Porter, Bethany Gingerich) 52.08; (4) Dallas 53.07; (5) Lebanon 53.90; (6) Central Linn 54.68; (7) Newport 54.70; (8) North Salem 55.20.
4×400 Relay – (1) No Sweet Home Entries.
Shot Put – (1) Katrina Linenko (N) 41-9½; (2) Sydney Belcastro (CL) 39-0; (3) Brianna Thompson (N) 37-10 ¼; (5) McKayla Horner (ELC) 36-0*; (9) Josie Knight (SH) 30-8½; (13) Elea Hewitt (SH) 28-1½*.
Discus – (1) Kyleen Benz (D) 118-6; (2) Katrina Linenko (N) 111-2; (3) Ali Laborin (B) 109-5; (5) McKayla Horner (ELC) 100-9; (11) Elea Hewitt (SH) 86-6*; (17) Kendyl Stutzman (SH) 62-4.
Javelin – (1) Alexis Hassenger (L) 127-0; (2) Maddie Cox (L) 119-9; (3) Danielle Remington (D) 116-3; (11) Jordan Miller (SH) 95-1; (14) Shania Baxter (SH) 80-8.
High Jump – (1) Sarah Curran (B) 5-2; (2) Cambree Scott (B) 5-0; (3) Tiffany Wall (NS) 4-10; (4-tie) Caylie Trewin (SH), Sierra Swanson (SH) 4-6; (10) Rachel Busek (ELC) 4-2.
Pole Vault – (1) No Sweet Home athletes cleared a height.
Long Jump – (1) Ashley Willcox (SA) 17-1; (2) Lillie Maddox (L) 16-4¼; (3) Tatiana Martinez (N) 15-6½; (5) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 14-10½; (14) Caylie Trewin (SH) 13-7*.
Triple Jump – (1) Emma Ryan (L) 34-3½; (2) Sarah Curren (B) 34-1¾; (3) Ashley Wilcox (SA) 33-9½; (9) India Porter (SH) 30-11¾; (11) Caylie Trewin (SH) 29-11½*; (16) Rachel Busek (ELC) 27-2.