The Sweet Home boys won every event and had the runner-up in all but one to win the Stayton Invitational Tuesday, Dec. 29, ahead of Cascade (47), Molalla (36) and Stayton (17).
The girls placed at least one swimmer in the top three in all the individual events and two of the three relays, but finished fourth, with 57 points, behind Stayton (96), Molalla (78) and Cascade (77).
“We swam pretty well overall but as you can see, in our girls we just don’t have the depth to score real high in the bigger meets,” Coach Doug Peargin said. “On the other hand, talent on top and depth underneath really helps our boys team.”
Jayce Calhoon led the Huskies with two individual wins, and Kieran Schaefer, Zac Pearce, Gravy Gunselman and Michael Simmonds all added one each to pace the team.
For the girls, Sami Webb and Niccole Simmonds were individual winners.
Peargin said the Stayton meet gives his swimmers a chance to get into competition during the Christmas break and it’s different than other meets in that it is held in a metric pool, meaning distances are slightly longer than most local swimmers are used to.
Sweet Home was scheduled to swim at Junction City on Saturday, Jan. 9, but will compete in the Philomath Invitational that day, due to scheduling problems, Peargin said.
“This meet might prove to be our biggest test so far this season,” he said, noting that nine teams are entered.
Stayton Invitational
Boys Results
Top 3 plus
Sweet Home finishers
(All distances in meters)
Team results: (1) Sweet Home 199; (2) Cascade 47; (3) Molalla 36; (4) Stayton 17.
200 Medley Relay €“ (1) Sweet Home “A” (Zac Pearce, Michael Simmonds, Gravy Gunselman, Kieran Schaefer) 2:04.02; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Cory Martin, Derek Jaques, Brandon Courteau, Dakotah Keys) 2:!5.38; (3) Cascade 2:16.13; (5) Sweet Home “C” (Kyle Lewis, Justin Wales, Elric Benson, Justin Hilburn) 2:34.65.
200 Freestyle €“ (1) Jayce Calhoon (SH) 2:06.20; (2) Alex Stupin (SH) 2:27.43; (3) Wes Clarkson (SH) 2:44.87; (4) Don Rockstead (SH) 2:47.98; (6) Victor Stupin (SH) 2:54.05; (7) Kyle Lewis (SH) 3:06.84.
200 IM €“ (1) Kieran Schaefer (SH) 2:33.70; (2) Derek Jaques (SH) 2:56.40; (3) Ben Ishii (C) 2:56.62; (4) Bryce Roberts (SH) 3:03.28; (5) Elric Benson (SH) 3:09.60.
50 Freestyle €“ (1) Zac Pearce (SH) 27.24; (2) Dakotah Keys (SH) 28.55; (3) Byron Sanders (SH) 28.69; (6) Cory Martin (SH) 31.10; (8) Kyle Lewis (SH) 33.14; (11) Victor Stupin (SH) 36.04; (12) Justin Hilburn (SH) 36.95; (14) Josh Liskey (SH) 37.74l.
100 Butterfly €“ (1) Gravy Gunselman (SH) 1:06.65; (2) Brandon Courteau (SH) 1:18.69; (3) Tyler Harris (C) 1:23.14.
100 Freestyle €“ (1) Jayce Calhoon (SH) 58.3; (2) Byron Sanders (SH) 1:05.33; (3) Austin Wilder (S) 1:08.95.
400 Freestyle €“ (1) Michael Simmonds (SH) 4:44.35; (2) Alex Stupin (SH) 5:31.83; (3) Patrik Byrne (M) 5:51.13; (4) Brandon Courteau (SH) 5:59.06; (5) Wes Clarkson (SH) 6:38.72.
200 Freestyle Relay €“ (1) Sweet Home “A” (Zac Pearce, Gravy Gunselman, Dakotah Keys, Jayce Calhoon) 1:50.81; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Bryce Roberts, Elric Benson, Victor Stupin, Kyle Lewis) 2:10.50; (3) Stayton 2:14.14; (6) Sweet Home “C” (Don Rockstead, Justin Hilburn, Josh Liskey, Justin Wales) 2:21.27.
100 Backstroke €“ (1) Kieran Schaefer (SH) 1:09.14; (2) Bryce Roberts (SH) 1:22.74; (3) Cory Martin (SH) 1:26.09.
100 Breaststroke €“ (1) Michael Simmonds (SH) 1:17.83; (2) Derek Jaques (SH) 1:20.92; (3) Ben Ishii (C) 1:34.27.
400 Freestyle Relay €“ (1) Sweet Home “A” (Brandon Courteau, Don Rockstead, Byron Sanders, Alex Stupin) 4:36.07; (2) Cascade 4:37.22; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Elric Benson, Cory Martin, Derek Jaques, Jake Johnson) 4:52.44; (5) Sweet Home “C” (Victor Stupin, Josh Liskey, Justin Wales, Kyle Lewis) 5:23.11.
Girls Results
Top 3 plus
Sweet Home finishers
Team Results: (1) Stayton 96; (2) Molalla 78; (3) Cascade 77; (4) Sweet home 57.
200 Medley Relay €“ (1) Stayton 2:29.00; (2) Sweet Home “A” (Naomi Gunselman, Niccole Simmonds, Sami Webb, Cheryl Wilson) 2:04.02; (3) Molalla 2:37.93; 7) Sweet Home “B” (Names not available) 3:00.46.
200 Freestyle €“ (1) Sami Webb (SH) 2:34.03; (2) Rachel Botsford (M) 2:44.60; (3) Krysta Reynolds (S) 2:52.03; (7) Cheryl Wilson (SH) 3:10.49.
200 IM €“ (1) Crystal Kibby (C) 2:23.67; (2) Naomi Gunselman (SH) 2:42.09; (3) Megan Sills (S) 3:07.60; (5) Katie Turner (SH) 3:28.82.
50 Freestyle €“ (1) Jessie Wallace (S) 31.50; (2) Emma Englehart (S) 32.59; (3) Tiffane Muilenberg (M) 32.75; (11) Paige Sanders (SH) 37.93; (18) Shelby Wymetalek (SH) 43.39; (22) Emily Thompson (SH) 46.80; (25) Megan Sanderson (SH) 52.40.
100 Butterfly €“ (1) Debora Ragau (M) 1:16.50; (2) Sarah Patty (S) 1:20.15; (3) Niccole Simmonds (SH) 1:27:47.
100 Freestyle €“ (1) Crystal Kibby (C) 1:00.88; (2) Sami Webb (SH) 1:10.46; (3) Shelby Lundin (C) 1:15.77; (6) Cheryl Wilson (SH) 1:24.92.
400 Freestyle €“ (1) Niccole Simmonds (SH) 5:28.86; (2) Leah Halderman 5:48.66; (3) Rachel Botsford (M) 5:50.87; (6) Katie Turner (SH) 6:05.99.
200 Freestyle Relay €“ (1) Cascade 2:07.64; (2) Stayton 2:09.88; (3) Molalla 2:14.25; (7) Sweet Home “A”(Names not available) 3:35.78; (8) Sweet Home “B” (Names not available) 3:43.86.
100 Backstroke €“ (1) Debora Ragau (M) 1:11.85; (2) Naomi Gunselman (SH) 1:12.01; (3) Kylie Oster (M) 1:30.70; (6) Cheryl Wilson (SH) 1:41.61; (7) Laura Mauer (SH) 2:16.50.
100 Breaststroke €“ (1) Megan Sills (S) 1:32.86; (2) Hannah Burks (C) 1:40.22; (3) Emma Englehart (S) 1:41.90; (6) Emily Claborn (SH) 2:05.88.
400 Freestyle €“ (1) Cascade 4:46.19l (2) Molalla 4:56.98; (3) Sweet Home “A” (Niccole Simmonds, Katie Turner Sami Webb, Naomi Gunselman) 4:57.67; (7) Sweet Home “B” (No names available) 6:22.40).