Three meets into their season the young Huskies are still developing their track and field teams, but there’s a lot of promise, says Coach Billy Snow.
Sweet Home hosted a Sisters squad depleted by spring vacation, and Elmira, on Thursday, April 2, then got a taste of some of the better competition in the 4A and lower divisions Saturday at the Junction City Invitational, which included 12 teams.
Though the Huskies placed fourth on both the girls and boys sides, Snow said he saw a lot of encouraging performances.
The Elmira boys won nine of the 17 events at Saturday’s meet in a 12-team field, demonstrating that preseason prognostications that the Falcons were the team to beat were well-founded.
Sweet Home had individual winners in the 800, won by Jakob Hiett in a state-leading 1:59.98, and the triple jump, won by Egan Shamek (38-9), whom Snow allowed only four jumps between the triple and the long jump to preserve his athlete against injury.
Shamek was second in the long jump by half an inch to Josh Chesnut of Seaside, who went 20-11½.
“I don’t know if he could have caught him, but I told him ‘you have four jumps – decide how you want to split them,’” Snow said.
In the shot, sophomore Andre Holmes and seniors Brycen Mitten and Shawn Worthen finished 4-5-6 in a field of 34 athletes, all 43 feet or over.
“Those three guys are right there together,” Snow said. “I hope they keep moving up together. It would be nice to get all those guys to 45, 46 feet by the end of the season. We’ll see what happens.”
The Sweet Home boys finished second in the short relay, half a second behind Seaside at 45.94, and third in the 4×400.
“I think the boys long relay can drop six, seven seconds by the end of the season,” Snow said.
He said another athlete who is turning heads is sophomore Wesley Parker, who was eighth in the 200 at 25.36 and placed fourth in the jump at 36-7.
“He’s way ahead of where he was last year,” Snow said. “He’s getting there.”
On the girls side, one bright spot was sophomore Natasha Rasmussen, who finished third in the long jump at 15-9.
“That’s pretty impressive for someone who hasn’t practiced it all,” Snow said. “At our level, that’s a dang good jump.”
He said sophomore Gracie Olson is making big strides in the triple jump, adding a foot or more to her personal best for the third meet in a row to go 27-3½.
“She’s a hard worker. She’s just been doing base work,” he said.
Freshman Bethany Gingerich ran a league-leading 1:04.68 in the 400 to finish third.
“That was a good 400 time,” Snow said. “Coming down that last 100 she was really picking people off.”
He said coaches are still trying athletes out, figuring how to structure the team to get the most out of the Huskies.
“We’re still looking around,” Snow said. “We’re encouraged by what we’re seeing. The kids are working.”
Sweet Home travels to Elmira Thursday for a 4 p.m. meet with the Falcons and Cottage Grove, then athletes who have qualified for the Meet of Champions will compete Saturday at Willamette University beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Junction City Invitational
Top Three and Sweet Home Finishers
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Elmira 1260.5; (2) Junction City 1139; (3) Seaside 1055; (4) Sweet Home 985; (5) Siuslaw 916; (6) Scio 704.5; (7) Triangle Lake 627.5; (8) St. Paul 558.5; (9) Monroe 526.5; (10) Alsea 339.5; (11) Toledo 285; (12) Lowell 33.
100 – (1) Jordan Stoppel (Elmira) 11.45; (2) Josh Chesnut (Seaside) 11.79; (3) Jake Rogers (JC) 11.83; (5) Eric Flierl (SH) 12.04; (12) Nick Rietz (SH) 12.81; (25) Jun Kaneyama (SH) 13.50.
200 – (1) Zach Beltz (Elmira) 23.31; (2) Zach Rogers (JC) 23.51; (3) Jordan Stoppel (Elmira) 24.45; (8) Wes Parker (SH) 25.36; (12) Jun Kaneyama (SH) 26.62; (23) George Raborn (SH) 28.67.
400 – (1) Joe Dotson (Siuslaw) 51.17; (2) Juneau Meyer (Seaside) 52.53; (3) Zach Rogers (JC) 53.62; (4) Trey Reed (SH) 53.86; (10) Noah Taraski (SH) 58.09.
800 – (1) Jacob Hiett (SH) 1:59.98; (2) Morgan McAdams (JC) 2:00.95; (3) Seth Campbell (Siuslaw) 2:03.49; (5) Julian Hesberg (SH) 2:13.69.
1500 – (1) Ben Douhit (Elmira) 4:28.36; (2) Hunter Thompson (Seaside) 4:32.81; (3) Jack Pickell (Siuslaw) 4:36.88; (19) Noah Webb (SH) 5:53.49.
3000 – (1) Rafi Sibony (Seaside) 9:37.19; (2) Bradley Rzewnicki (Seaside) 09:39.05; (3) Gannon Jones (Elmira) 9:42.99; (18) Cameron Taber (SH) 13:01.09.
110 Hurdles – (1) Nicholas Boykin (Elmira) 16.34; (2) Alex Crisp (Elmira) 16.70; (3) Ethan Prolov (Elmira) 16.75; (4) Matt Davis (SH) 16.82.
300 Hurdles – (1) Joe Dotson (Siuslaw) 41.05; (2) William Garvin (Seaside) 41.38; (3) Nicholas Boykin (Elmira) 43.13; (9) TJ Baham (SH) 46.83; (11) Nick Rietz (SH) 48.15.
4×100 Relay – (1) Seaside 45.25; (2) Sweet Home (Eric Flierl, Matt Davis, Egan Shamek, Trey Reed) 45.94; (3) Elmira 46.86; (4) Scio 46.96; (5) Triangle Lake 48.06; (6) Monroe 49.38; (7) Siuslaw 52.41; (8) Alsea 54.75.
4×400 Relay – (1) Junction City 3:37.80; (2) Seaside 3:38.29; (3) Sweet Home (Nathan Hager, Noah Taraski, Jakob Hiett, Trey Reed) 3:42.53; (4) Siuslaw 3:48.46; (5) Elmira 3:49.90; (6) Triangle Lake 3:57.74; (7) Scio 4:01.05; (8) St. Paul 4:08.82; (9) Monroe 4:14.21.
Shot Put – (1) Jovani Garcia (Monroe) 49-1; (2) Zane Wardwell (Elmira) 44-8; (3) Trent Reavis (Siuslaw) 43-11; (4) Andre Holmes (SH) 43-9; (5) Brycen Mitten (SH) 43-8; (6) Shawn Worthen (SH) 43-0.
Discus – (1) Zane Wardwell (Elmira) 135-0; (2) Christopher Anguiano (Seaside) 120-7; (3) Joe Dotson (Siuslaw) 118-0; (8) Andre Holmes (SH) 104-11; (18) Shawn Worthen (SH) 93-2; (27) Trevor Miner (SH) 75-1.
Javelin – (1) Gary Younce (Elmira) 157-0; (2) Joe Dotson (Siuslaw) 154-0; (3) Mason Beebe (Elmira) 153-10; (4) Brycen Mitten (SH) 142-9; (13) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 113-0; (22) Nathan Hager (SH) 102-5.
High Jump – (1) Ethan Frolov (Elmira) 5-8; (2) Raiden Bowels (Seaside) 5-8; (3) Clay Drago (Triangle Lake) 5-7; (6-tie) Jakob Hiett, Jacob Erickson (SH) 5-2; (12) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 5-0.
Pole Vault – (1) Jeff Linn (Elmira) 12-0; (2) TJ Baham (SH) 11-6; (3-tie) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 10-6.
Long Jump – (1) Josh Chesnut (Seaside) 20-11½; (2) Egan Shamek (SH) 20-11; (3) Zach Beltz (Elmira) 20-7½; (16) George Raborn (SH) 15-10½.
Triple Jump – (1) Egan Shamek (SH) 38-9; (2) Josh Chesnut (Seaside) 39-0½; (3) Nicholas Dodson (Siuslaw) 37-0½; (4-tie) Matt Davis, Wes Parker (SH) 36-7.
Top Three and Sweet Home Finishers
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Siuslaw 1324; (2) Junction City 1090; (3) Elmira 941.5; (4) Sweet Home 835.5; (5) Seaside 660.5; (6) Monroe 643.5; (7) Scio 538; (8) St. Paul 530; (9) Triangle Lake 431.5; (10) Toledo 405; (11) Alsea 263.5; (12) Lowell 33.
100 – (1) Natalie Legras (Scio) 13.13; (2) Carissa Bottensek (Triangle Lake) 13.77; (3) Abby Watkins (Siuslaw) 13.92; (9) Sarah Dunkley (SH) 14.41; (21) Gracie Olson (SH) 16.00.
200 – (1) Natalie Legras (Scio) 28.20; (2) Mikayla Cortez (Scio) 28.20; (3) Destinie Tatum (Siuslaw) 29.04; (6) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 29.60; (22) McKenna Ashton (SH) 34.58.
400 – (1) Destinie Tatum (Siuslaw) 1:03.97; (2) Carissa Bottensek (Triangle Lake) 1:04.62; (3) Bethany Gingerich (SH) 1:04.68; (9) Indida Porter (SH) 1:07.93.
800 – (1) Celie Mans (Siuslaw) 2:28.83; (2) Destiny Carlson (Scio) 2:32.04; (3) Kelly Willyard (Seaside) 2:33.63; (11) Sierra Swanson (SH) 2:59.11; (13) Maria Daniels (SH) 3:10.08.
1500 – (1) Celie Mans (Siuslaw) 5:04.30; (2) Carhlotte Blakesley (Seaside) 5:12.10; (3) Josie Smith (Seaside) 5:14.45; (13) Kanon Nakamura (SH) 7:00.82.
3000 – (1) Sydney Thielman (JC) 12:08.35; (2) Morgan Craig (Elmira) 12:15.37; (5) Kayleen Keeney (SH) 13:03.23; (12) Allison Wickline (SH) 15:25.30.
100 Hurdles – No Sweet Home entrants.
300 Hurdles – (1) Allison Kilday (Seaside) 47.58; (2) Kaylee Graham (Siuslaw) 53.32; (3) Mikaela Spiegel (Siuslaw) 55.94; (6) Dana Hiett (SH) 58.07.
4×100 Relay – (1) Seaside 52.61; (2) Sweet Home (Josie Knight, Sarah Dunkley, India Porter, Bethany Gingerich) 54.42; (3) Siuslaw 54.84; (4) Triangle Lake 55.68; (5) El ira 55.69; (6) Junction City 56.01; (7) Monroe 56.02; (8) St. Paul 56.53; (9) Toledo 57.68; (10) Alsea 1:03.49.
4×400 Relay – No Sweet Home entrants.
Shot Put – (1) Emma Coleman (St. Paul) 35-9; (2) Grace Wilson (JC) 13-11; (2) Taylee Pratt (JC) 31-10; (6) Josie Knight (SH) 30-10; (18) Elea Hewitt (SH) 22-2½; (29) Shelby Dinsfriend (SH) 21-4.
Discus – (1) Carissa Oliver (Siuslaw) 112-10; (2) Taylee Pratt (JC) 102-0; ()3) Marissa Reed (Alsea) 94-11; (11) Elea Hewitt (SH) 71-1; (19) Kendyl Stutzman (SH) 63-0; (20) Shelby Dinsfriend (SH) 59-6.
Javelin – (1) Lindsey Bottensek (Triangle Lake) 108-5; (2) Jordan Miller (SH) 100-5; (2) Kamryn Knox (JC) 96-8; (11) Shania Baxter (SH) 74-6; (15) Kendyl Stutzman (SH) 70-0.
High Jump – (1-tie) Kailey Martin (Monroe), Bailee Davis (Triangle Lake) 4-8; (3) Destinie Tatum (Siuslaw) 4-8; (4-tie) Sierra Swanson (SH) 4-6;’ (6-tie) Caylie Trewin (SH) 4-4; (10-tie) Dana Hiett (SH) 4-2.
Pole Vault – (1) Kayla Bateman (Monroe) 7-6; (2) Tennaya Carr (Seaside) 7-6; (3-tie) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 6-6; (8-tie) Dana Hiett (SH) 6-0; (11-tie) Caylie Trewin (SH) 5-6.
Long Jump – (1) Abby Watkins (Siuslaw) 16-4; (2) Danielle Willyard (Seaside) 15-9; (3) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 15-9; (19) Makenna Ashton (SH) 11-10¾.
Triple Jump – (1) Danielle Willard (Seaside) 33-10; (2) Alex Alsen (Elmira) 30-11; (3) Mikaela Siegel (Siuslaw) 30-5½; (10) Gracie Olson (SH) 27-2½; (11) Caylie Trewin (SH) 26-7.
Sisters, Elmira at Sweet Home
Top Three and Sweet Home Finishers
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Elmira 85; (2) Sweet Home 74; (3) Sisters 22.
100 – (1) Jordan Stoppel (E) 11.53; (2) Sam Garbrecht (S) 11.75; (3) Cody Martin (S) 12.05; (4) Trey Reed (SH) 12.07; (7) Nick Rietz (SH) 12.40; (8) Jacob Erickson (SH) 12.40; (10) Wes Parker (SH) 12.51; (12) Jakob Hiett (SH) 12.81; (13) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 12.85; (15) Jun Keneyama (SH) 12.98; (20) Gabe Glynn (SH) 14.36.
200 – (1) Zach Beltz (E) 23.89; (2) Trey Reed (SH) 24.07; (3) Wes Parker (SH) 25.68; (4) TJ Baham (SH) 25.76; (7) Noah Taraski (SH) 26.76; (8) Nathan Hager (SH) 26.78.
400 – (1) Andreas Pedersen (S) 54.49; (2) Noah Taraski (SH) 57.96; (3) Allen Cuilla (SH) 1:03.48; (6) Jason Miller (SH) 1:06.18.
800 – (1) Jakob Hiett (SH) 2:01.10; (2) Julian Hesberg (SH) 2:16.77; (3) Issac Justham (SH) 2:21.47; (5) Joseph Rasmussen (SH) 2:28.66; (11) Adam Barber (SH) 2:45.87; (14) Nick Tolman (SH) 2:53.19; (15) Noah Webb (SH) 3:10.69.
1500 – (1) Gannon Jones (E) 4:26.63; (2) Jadon Bachtold (E) 4:28.48; (3) Ben Douthit (E) 4:31.47; (7) Issac Justham (SH) 4:53.21; (8) Garrett Fox (SH) 5:03.17; (9) Joseph Rasmussen (SH) 5:04.49; (12) Ricky Yunke (SH) 5:18.40 (13) Jason Miller (SH) 5:21.20; (15) Nelson Ridgers (SH) 5:25.68; (16) Adam Barber (SH) 5:43.64; (18) Noah Webb (SH) 5:55.01.
3000 – (1) Gannon Jones (E) 10:46.04; (2) Carson Bain (E) 10:49.70; (3) Riley Craig (E) 10:50.68; (4) Ricky Yunke (SH) 11:32.97; (5) Nelson Rodgers (SH) 11:33.01; (7) Cameron Taber (SH) 12:32.99.
110 hurdles – (1) Eric Flierl (SH) 15.96; (2) Nicholas Boykin (E) 16.36; (3) Alex Crisp (E) 16.40; (5) Matt Davis (SH) 17.18.
300 hurdles – (1) Eric Flierl (SH) 41.89; (2) Nicholas Boykin (E) 44.03; (3) Michael Langner (E) 44.28; (5) Matt Davis (SH) 45.26; (7) Garrett Fox (SH) 50.88; (8) Nick Rietz (SH) 52.26.
4×100 relay – (1) Sweet Home (Eric Flierl, Egan Shamek, Trey Reed, Matt Davis) 45.71; (2) Sisters 46.26; (3) Elmira 46.55.
4×400 relay – (1) Sweet Home (Nathan Hager, Nick Rietz, Noah Taraski, Trey Reed) 3:43.85; (2) Sisters 3:46.55; (3) Elmira “A” 3:49.50 (4) Elmira “B” 4:05.92; (5) Sweet Home “B” (Issac Justham, Jason Miller, Adam Barber, Chase Blanco) 4:11.03.
Shot Put – (1) Brycen Mitten (SH) 44-1½; (2) Zane Wardwell (E) 43-4; (3) Shawn Worthen (SH) 42-7½; (4) Andre Holmes (SH) 42-1; (13) Josh Rice (SH) 28-10½; (16) Justin Miller (SH) 26-0; (19) Kyle Laster (SH) 21-9; (20) Raymond Moore (SH) 20-6½;
Discus – (1) Zane Wardwell (E) 140-3; (2) Andre Holmes (SH) 99-8; (3) Shawn Worthen (SH) 93-7; (8) Trevor Miner (SH) 77-8; (12) Justin Miler (SH) 58-0; (16) Josh Rice (SH) 53-6; (17) Raymond Moore (SH) 46-0; (18) Kyle Laster (SH) 41-5; (19) Christian Baham (SH) 39-0.
Javelin – (1) Gary Younce (E) 151-2; (2) Brycen Mitten (SH) 141-10; (3) Mason Beebe (E) 140-9; (5) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 135-8; (7) Charlie Guerrero (SH) 115-1; (8) Quinn Dinsfriend (SH) 111-4; (9) Nathan Hager (SH) 104-9; (11) Ricky Yunke (SH) 87-4; (12) Josh Rice (SH) 87-1; (16) Oscar Hernandez (SH) 75-3; (20) Christian Baham (SH) 63-6; (24) Eric Whitlow (SH) 49-11.
High Jump – (1) Patrick Braunger (E) 5-4; (2) Egan Shamek (SH) 5-2; (3) Ethan Frolov (E) 5-0; (4) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 5-0; (5) Jacob Erickson (SH) 5-0.
Pole Vault – (1) Jeff Linn (E) 12-0; (2) TJ Baham (SH) 11-0; (3) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 10-0.
Long Jump – (1) Russell Grzeczkowski (E) 18-1½; (2) Eric Flierl (SH) 17-11; (3) Jordan Stoppel (E) 17-7¾; (5) Justin Carpenter (SH) 16-4½; (6) Jacob Erickson (SH) 15-5¾; (9) Chase Blanco (SH) 14-7; (11) George Raborn (SH) 14-4¼; (13) Quinn Dinsfriend (SH) 12-3½.
Triple Jump – (1) Zach Beltz (E) 40-4¼; (2) Egan Shamek (SH) 37-11; (9) Wes Parker (SH) 30-5½; (10) Charlie Guerrero (SH) 29-0¼; (12) Christian Baham (SH) 25-2.
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 78.5; (2) Sisters 51.5; (3) Elmira 49.
100 – (1) Bethany Gingerich (SH) 13.71; (2) Josie Knight (SH) 13.74; (3) Jadenn Blunt (E) 14.49; (9) Cora McKee (SH) 15.23; (10) Isabelle Seitz (SH) 15.23; (12) Ashley Wickline (SH) 15.36; (13) Hayden Soland (SH) 15.36; (14) Lilly Parker (SH) 15.57; (15) Gracie Olson (SH) 15.62; (16) Allison Wickline (SH) 15.65; (18) Milah Weld (SH) 15.88; (22) Makenna Ashton (SH) 16.62; (24) Akie Endo (SH) 16.91; (25) Natasha Benson (SH) 17.59; (26) Tori Jackson (SH) 18.13.
200 – (1) Mandi Calavan (S) 28.60; (2) Bethany Gingerich (SH) 28.90; (3) Jadenn Blunt (E) 29.87; (5) Ashley Wickline (SH) 31.70; (7) Kendyl Stutzman (SH) 31.97; (8) Allison Wickline (SH) 32.63; (10) Maria Daniels (SH) 33.85; (13) Tori Jackson (SH) 39.28.
400 – (1) Jessica Stockman (SH) 1:10.26; (2) Sarah Dunkley (SH) 1:13.79; (3) Maria Daniels (SH) 1:20.27.
800 – (1) Kayleen Keeney (SH) 2:54.75; (2) Sierra Swanson (SH) 2:58.28; (3) Betsy Ausman (S) 3:01.32; (4) Akie Endo (SH) 3:34.07.
1500 – (1) Morgan Craig (E) 5:39.02; (2) Kayleen Keeney (SH) 5:56.28; (5) Sierrah Owen (SH) 7:33.74.
3000 – (1) Morgan Craig (E) 12:29.88; (2) Megan Calarco (S) 12:56.33; (3) Miranda Harrison (E) 13:33.16.
110 hurdles –(1) Bailey Mills (E) 18.27; (2) Sabrina Reifschnieder (S) 18.97; (3) Emillia Carpenter (E) 19.09; (4) Dana Hiett (SH) 19.47; (5) Hayden Soland (SH) 22.76.
300 hurdles – No Sweet Home entrants.
4×100 relay – (1) Sisters 53.07; (2) Sweet Home (Josie Knight, India Porter, Sarah Dunkley, Bethany Gingerich) 53.64; Elmira DQ.
4×400 relay – (1) Sisters 4:29.33; (2) Elmira 4:38.99; (3) Sweet Home (Cora McKee, Hayden Soland, Jessica Stockman, India Porter) 4:55.17; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Maria Daniels, Allison Wickline, Ashley Wickline, Kayleen Keeney) 5:29.09.
Shot Put – (1) Josie Knight (SH) 32-8½; (2) Elea Hewitt (SH) 24-6¼; (3) Madison Nickell (E) 24-6; (4) Emily Ramsey (SH) 23-6¾; (7) Shelby Dinsfriend (SH) 20-5¼.
Discus – (1) Miranda Harrison (E) 78-0; (2) Elea Hewitt (SH) 76-7; (3) Tara Greaney (S) 73-11; (4) Shelby Dinsfriend (SH) 69-4; (6) Emily Ramsey (SH) 68-4; (8) Kendyl Stutzman (SH) 64-11; (9) Lexi Burks (SH) 63-00; (10) Liz Chelstad (SH) 60-8; (12) Natasha Benson (SH) 56-4; (14) Ellie Davis (SH) 52-0; (16) Minami Takeshita (SH) 44-5; (19) Alisa Navolochnaya (SH) 31-10.
Javelin – (1) Jordan Miller (SH) 101-1; (2) Michaela Miller (S) 91-9; (3) Emillia Carpenter (E) 88-0; (4) Shania Baxter (SH) 80-9; (5) Lexi Burks (SH) 73-8; (9) Kendyl Stutzman (SH) 62-7; (10) Barbara Raphaelli (SH) 62-5; (11) Isabelle Seitz (SH) 62-4; (12) Franziska Wollny (SH) 59-6; (13) Liz Chelstad (SH) 56-8; (16) Milah Weld (SH) 54-2; (17) Ellie Davis (SH) 53-4; (21) Erin Bauer (SH) 43-5.
High Jump – (1) Dana Hiett (SH) 4-6; (2) Sierra Swanson (SH) 4-6; (3) Caylie Trewin (SH) 4-2.
Pole Vault – (1) Tessa O’Hern (S) 9-6; (2-tie) Natasha Rasmussen (SH), Nicole Kersavage (S) 7-0; (6) Dana Hiett (SH) 6-0; (7) Caylie Trewin (SH) 5-6.
Long Jump – (1) Michaela Miller (S) 15-3¼; (2) Alex Olsen (E) 13-10¼; (3) Dallas Knoop (S) 13-8¼; (4) Josie Knight (SH) 13-5¼; (11) Makenna Ashton (SH) 11-9½.
Triple Jump – (1) India Porter (SH) 31-7½; (3) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 27-9; (4) Caylie Trewin (SH) 26-11¾; (6) Gracie Olson (SH) 26-1½.