Sweet Home track had a big week last week, starting with another giant wave of personal bests in a home meet against Stayton and North Marion on Tuesday, April 22, and then some big performances Saturday at the Meet of Champions, also hosted by the Huskies.
On Tuesday the Huskies finished with 37 PRs on the boys side and 34 for the girls, including some real head-turners.
Junior Elisha Scofield posted a personal best of 10-6 to win the pole vault, a 1-foot PR, which came at the tail end of the meet, so Scofield had an enthusiastic crowd of supporters to celebrate the moment (see video below).
“The kids performed amazingly,” Head Coach Nathan Whitfield said. “I’d have to check the records but that may be the most PR’s we’ve ever had at one meet, particularly on a random Tuesday in April.
“We weren’t planning for it at all, and the kids performed amazing.”
They had incentive, because the field for Meet of Champions in five days was shaping up to be one of the most competitive in years and for some Huskies it was simply a matter of qualifying.
“We got some kids into the Meet of Champs that weren’t going to be in otherwise,” Whitfield said.
Senior Jack Simmons, in his first year of track, was a standout, running a 12-second 100 meters the first time he’d competed in that event, after running a leg on the 4×100 relay team in the absence of Chase Cameron, who was recovering from an injury.
Cameron started the 100 Saturday, but decided to pull up midway through the race to avoid re-injuring himself, he said.
On Tuesday Simmons, who up till last week was primarily a javelin competitor, also ran a leg of the 4×400 relay, which is now ranked ninth in the 4A Division.
“He ran a 54-second second leg in the 4×4,” Whitfield said. “Not a bad day for a thrower.”
The Sweet Home boys finished sixth out of 34 scoring teams in the Meet of Champions, which doesn’t always keep team scores.
“We decided to score it this year,” Whitfield said.
It wasn’t a big PR day for some Huskies, as they faced some of the top talent from 4A and smaller schools in western Oregon, but there were big performances.
Ryker Burr finished fifth in the 800 in 2:03.46, a six-second personal best for the sophomore who has only run that distance four times as a high-schooler.
In the pole vault Saturday, junior Delainie Pratt posted a 6-inch PR of 8-0.
“Riker in that 800 and ran a great four by four leg,” Whitfield said, noting Burr’s performance in the third leg of that relay in which he significantly narrowed the gap with Marshfield’s runner and helped the Huskies to a second-place finish. “And then Delaney, with that pole vault 6 inches under the school record. Not a bad day for her either.”
They weren’t the only ones. Freshman Sam Barringer and sophomore Kaeson Walker went sixth and seventh in the triple jump, Barringer with a PR of 40-3¾ and Walker right behind in 40-1½, just short of the 4-foot personal best of 40-2 he’d posted the previous Tuesday in that event. Those marks moved them into second and third in the Oregon West Conference rankings.
Sophomore Brooke Elder broke 28 seconds in the 200, finishing in 27.99, and fellow sophomore Noelle Helfrich, who is in her first year of track, took another two seconds off her best in the 800, finishing in 2:38.62.
A big performance during the meet came from a non-Husky, Cascade senior Kalina Saechao, who threw the shot 41-10 to win with a 2-foot personal best.
“To be honest, there’s not much like the Meet of Champs, competition-wise,” Whitfield said. “Really, the closest thing to it is state. But all the kids just stepped up and all of them competed really well.”
See photo gallery from Meet of Champions beneath results, below.
Next for Sweet Home is the Centennial Invitational on Saturday, May 3, which has 32 teams lined up to compete, ranging from 6A Portland-area schools to 1A-Divison Veritas and Damascus Christian, as well as some Washington teams.
Meet of Champions
Top 3, OWC and Sweet Home Finishers
in Events In Which Huskies Competed
Boys
200 – (1) Thomas Feeren (Myrtle Point) 22.72; (2) Thomas Morgan (Reedsport) 22.73; (3) Warwick Bushnell (Philomath) 22.83; (11) Kolton Wilmarth (SH) 23.48.
400 – (1) Quin Gore (Astoria) 50.15; (2) Warwick Bushnell (Philomath) 50.83; (30 Westley NIcholls (Sutherlin) 51.24; (4) Kolton Wilmarth (SH) 51.62*; (16) Kasey Kast (SH) 52.76*.
800 – (1) Micah Hanke (Cottage Grove) 1:59. 13; (2) Noah Larsen (Newport) 2:02.02; (3) Nick Wood (Molalla) 2:02.37; (5) Ryker Burr (SH) 2:03.46*; (13) Kasey Kast (SH) 2:07.81.
110 Hurdles – (1) Oli Beauregard (Delphian) 15.18; (2) Noah Dettwyler (Salem Academy) 15.65; (3) Kale Jensen (Siuslaw) 15.55; (4) Nick Larson (SH) 16.88*.
300 Hurdles – (1) Noah Dettwyler (Salem Academy) 40.42; (2) Oli Beauregard (Delphian) 40.15; (3) Kale Jensen (Siuslaw) 41.00; (7) Nick Larson (SH) 43.62*.
4×100 Relay – (1) Myrtle Point 43,50; (2) Marshfield 43.62; (3) Delhian 43.67; (4) Philomath 44.11; (8) Newport 45.44; (14) Sweet Home (Conner Stevens, Kolton Wilmarth, Jack Simmons, Chase Cameron) 46.44.
4×400 Relay – (1) Marshfield 3.29.08; (2) Sweet Home (Jack Simmons, Kasey Kast, Ryker Burr, Kolton Wilmarth) 3:34.86; (3) Siuslaw 3:37.33; (4) Central Linn 3:38.46.; (8) Newport 3:42.49.
Shot Put – (1) Kaleb Moore (Junction City) 56-8; (2) Rylan Bryant (Sutherline) 50-2½; (3) Liam Brewer (Cascade) 50-0; (4) Dylan Sharp (SH) 48-1; (14) Gavin Tyler (SH) 43-7.
Javelin – (1) Kaleb Moore (Junction City) 160-4; (2) Caleb Gray (Siuslaw) 155-1; (3) Andrew Keena (Jefferson ) 150-1; (12) Jack Simmons (SH) 132-9.
Long Jump – (1) Kale Jensen (Siuslaw) 20-10½; (2) Miles Baxter (North Bend) 20-10; (3) Will Johnson (Siuslaw) 20-4; (4) Kaden Howard (Philomath) 19-3¼; (15) Landon Murry (SH) 16-7.
Triple Jump – (1) Will Johnson (Siuslaw) 44-7½; (2) Everett Hallingstad (Molalla) 41-5½; (3) Carson Carden (Yamhill-Carlton) 41-1¼; (6) Sam Barringer (SH) 40-3¾*; (7) Kaeson Walker (SH) 40-1½.
Girls
200 – (1) Janice Hellesto (Philomath) 25.92; (2) Makenna Vierck (Bandon) 26.14; (3) Lillian Pickett (Cascade) 26.23; (6) Allison Course (Cascade) 26.96; (10) Makenna Fraser (Cascade) 27.49; (18) Julia Duncan (Cascade) 27.96; (18) Brooke Elder (SH) 27.99*.
400 – (1) Averie Peterson (Santiam) 2:18.94; (2) Haley Bitenschoen (Stayton) 2:22.01; (3) Adele Beckstead (Phliomath) 2:26.38; (5) Reagan Nuno (Philomath) 2:28.13; (20) Noelle Helfrich (SH) 2:38.62*.
1500 – (1) Daisy Lalonde (East Linn Christian) 4:47.94; (2) Averie Peterson (Santiam) 4:49.06; (3) Ella Henthorn (Coquille) 4:49.34; (8) Adele Beckstead (Philomath) 5:03.46; (12) McKenzie Miller (SH) 5:09.03; (16) Emma Whitton (SH) 5:15.01; (17) Kensley Tegman (Cascade) 5:16.76; (23) Melea Lattin (Philomath) 5:25.20.
3000 – (1) Ella Henthorne (Coquille) 10:25.22; (2) Ellie Massey (North Bend) 10:44.13; (3) Cassidy Smart (Philomath) 10:59.34; (6) McKenzie Miller (SH) 11:15.93; (8) Emma Whitton (SH) 11:37.68*.
100 Hurdles – (1) Peyton Craven (Molalla) 14.71; (2) Makayla Swift (Gladstone) 15.76; (3) Samara Baker (Triangle Lake) 14.87; (17) Makenna Burns (Cascade) 17.54; (22) Delainie Pratt (SH) 18.64.
Shot Put – (1) Kalina Saechao (Cascade) 41-10; (2) Holie Vigue (Coquille) 38-11; (3) Molly Micken (Blanchet Catholic) 35-9; (10) Mysti Ferguson (Newport) 33-3; (14) Hailey Eckhold (Philomath) 32-6; (15) Selah Wright (SH) 32-2.
Pole Vault – (1) Mae Roth (Sisters) 11-6; (2) Ada Milet (Coquille) 9-0; (3) Althea Crabtree (Sisters) 8-6; (6) Delainie Pratt (SH) 8-0*; (8) Aspen Russell (Philomath) 8-0; (11) Ruby Strawn (Stayton) 7-6.
Sweet Home vs. Cascade, North Marion
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 118; (2) Cascade 37; (3) North Marion 22
Top Three and Sweet Home Results
* Personal Best Time/Mark
100 – (1) Kolton Wilmarth (SH) 11:52*; (2) Landon Murry (SH) 11.99; (3) Jack Simmons (SH) 12.00*; (8) Kaeson Walker (SH) 12.48; (9) Conner Stevens (SH) 12.52; (11) David Anderson (SH) 12.70*; (12) Dylan Sharp (SH) 12.70*; (13) Noah Valdez (SH) 12.73*; (14) Jon Hart (SH) 12.81*; (17) Logan Estep (SH) 13.05; (23) Kyle Porter (SH) 13.49*; (25) Felix Lopez (SH) 13.57*; (26) Logan Anderson (SH) 13.75*; (30) Chance Corey (SH) 14.33*; (33) Bentley Delibertis (SH) 14.57.
200 – (1) Kolton Wilmarth (SH) 23.47; (2) Dillan Davis (SH) 23.54*; (3) Kasey Kast (SH) 24.43*; (4) Landon Murry (SH) 24.92*; (6) Conner Stevens (SH) 26.35; (7) Noah Valdez (SH) 26.35; (9) Russell Schroeder (SH) 26.59; (12) Logan Estep (SH) 27.09; (17) Felix Lopez (SH) 28.24*; (19) Kyle Porter (SH) 28.61*; (23) Bentley Delibertis (SH) 29.88.
400 – (1) Kasey Kast (SH) 53.29*; (2) Ryker Burr (SH) 53.93; (3) Uriah Sanders (C) 1:00.47.
800 – (1) Peter Crosby (NM) 2:21.23; (2) Parker Hunt (C) (3) Joshua Yakis (NM) 2:42.29; (4) Eli Adams (SH) 2:45.80.
1500 – (1) Peter Crosby (NM) 4:49.46; (2) Louis Kistner (SH) 4:55.81*; (3) Evan Knight (SH) 4:56.22*; (4) Kace Stevens (SH) 4:58.64; (6) Acen Webber (SH) 5:00.47*.
3000 – (1) Conner Spencer (SH) 11:09.84*; (2) Louis Kistner (SH) 11:28.05.
110 Hurdles – (1) Nick Larson (SH) 19.69*; (2) London Swank (NM) 17.83; (3) Nolan Lesniak (C) 17.84.
300 Hurdles – (1) London Swank (NM) 46.80; (2) Andrew Moore (C) 47.98; (3) Cannon Klumph (SH) 52.93; (4) Logan Anderson (SH) 53.74.
4×100 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Conner Spender, Kolton Wilmarth, Dillan Davis, Landon Murry) 45.65; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Jack Simmons, Dylan Sharp, Sam Barringer, Kaeson Walker) 47.35; (3) North Marion 50.36; (4) Cascade 53.21.
4×400 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Jack Simmons, Kasey Kast, Ryker Burr, Kolton Wilmarth) 3:38.02; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Mason Tyler, Russell Schroeder, Nick Larson, Kyle Porter) 4:01.17; (3) Cascade 4:06.13.
Shot Put – (1) Dylan Sharp (SH) 47-9; (2) Liam Brewer (C) 46-2; (3) Gavin Tyler (SH) 45-9; (4) Jackson Barringer (SH) 34-6; (9) Jayden Mancilla (SH) 31-4½; (9) Caden Foley (SH) 29-11; (12) Isaiah Scofield (SH) 23-8*; (15) Ean Tackett (SH) 27-11*; (16) Braden Eggers (SH) 27-11*; (19) Rafe Hayes (SH) 24-10; (20) Henry Jones (SH) 24-6*.
Discus – (1) Liam Brewer (C) 146-1; (2) Conner Pace (SH) 119-6; (3) Gavin Tyler (SH) 107-1; (4) Cannon Klumph (SH) 106-0*; (6) Jackson Barringer (SH) 98-7;* (8) Jon Hart (SH) 91-8; (10) Gunnar Summers (SH) 86-6*; (11) Caden Foley (SH) 82-11*; (18) Kace Stevens (SH) 73-0; (19) Henry Jones (SH) 70-10*; (23) Rafe Hayes (SH) 58-3*.
Javelin – (1) Jack Simmons (SH) 139-11; (2) James Heath (C) 124-9; (3) Charles McFerron (C) 123-3; (5) Ean Tackett (SH) 107-10; (6) Gunnar Summers (SH) 96-7; (8) Boden Sayer (SH) 89-0; (9) Braden Eggers (SH) 88-0; (10) Isaiah Scofield (SH) 87-11*; (12) Malakai Walls (SH) 73-8; (14) Logan Anderson (SH) 69-10.
High Jump – (1) Blake Baker (C) 5-6; (2) Elisha Scofield (SH) 5-6; (3) Jameson Acker (C) 5-4; (4) Mason Tyler (SH) 5-2; (5) Sam Barringer (SH) 5-2; (9) David Anderson (SH) 4-10.
Pole Vault – (1) Elisha Scofield (SH) 10-6*; (2) Nick Larson (SH) 10-0; (3) Enrique Suarez (C) 9-6.
Long Jump – (1) Mason Tyler (SH) 18-10¼; (2) Landon Murry (SH) 18-2; (3) Noah Valdez (SH) 17-9¼; (5) Russell Schroeder (SH) 15-7*; (7) Felix Lope (SH) 14-8¼*’ (8) Kyle Porter (SH) 14-5*; (9) Benley Delibertis (SH) 13-7¼*; (12) Chance Corey (SH) 12-7¾*.
Triple Jump – (1) Kaeson Walker (SH) 40-2*; (2) Sam Barringer (SH) 40-1; (3) Jameson Acker (C) 36-1; (4) David Anderson (SH) 35-0½.*
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 87; (2) Cascade 66; (3) North Marion 9
100 – (1) Livia Free (C) 13.11; (2) Brooke Elder (SH) 13.50*; (3) Loralai Mark (SH) 13.53*; (5) Jayla Moore (SH) 14.27; (12) Amara Gonzales (SH) 14.85; (14) Ellla Forum (SH) 14.88*; (15) Yadira Martinez (SH) 14.98; (16) Khloe Wood (SH) 15.14; (17) Keira Reese (SH) 15.20*; (19) Beatrice Reeve (SH) 15.25*; (20) Emma Hand (SH) 15.30*; (22) Cedella Hand (SH) 15.30*; (23) Emma Lehr (SH) 16.04*; (25) Amelia Berg (SH) 16.30; (27) Alexus Bernardi (SH) 16.88*; (28) Madison Olheiser (SH) 17.03.
200 – (1) Brooke Elder (SH) 28.50; (2) Jayla Moore (SH) 30.30; (3) Sophia Stock (SH) 30.81*; (4) Yadira Martinez (SH) 31.59; (7) Keira Reese (SH) 32.44; (9) Khloe Wood (SH) 33.03; (10) Emma Hand (SH) 33.26*; (11) Ella Forum (SH) 34.90; (12) Emma Lehr (SH) 35.16; (14) Amelia Berg (SH) 35.96; (15) McKenzie Olheiser (SH) 36.68; (16) Madison Olheiser (SH) 38.10.
400 – (1) Noelle Helfrich (SH) 1:09.42; (2) Sophia Stock (SH) 1:12.16.
800 – (1) McKanzie Miller (SH) 2:34.08*; (2) Arianna Infante (C) 3:04.10; (3) Madison Ciullo (SH) 3:21.46*.
1500 – (1) Emma Whitton (SH) 5:26.49; (2) Miu Simmons (SH) 6:01.14; (3) Arianna Infante (C) 6:30.12.
100 Hurdles – (1) Delainie Pratt (SH) 18.48*; (2) Ariana Medina (NM) 18.67; (3) Shaniel Holiday (C) 19.30; (4) Grace Gardner (SH) 19.90*.
300 Hurdles – (1) Anna Vogel (C) 51.92l; (2) Rylee Prichard (C) 55.86; (3) Ariana Medina (NM) 57.84; (4) Grace Gardner (SH) 57.88; (5) Amara Gonzales (SH) 58.89; (6) Miu Simmons (SH) 1:00.7*.
4×100 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Brooke Elder, Delainie Pratt, Jayla Moore, Loralai Mark) 53.73; (2) Cascade 55.70.
4×400 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Sophia Stock, Noelle Helfrich, Grace Gardner, Brooke Elder) 4:49.52.
Shot Put – (1) Kalina Saechao (C) 39-10; (2) Selah Wright (SH) 33-9; (3) Braley Ford (C) 32-10; (5) Sydney Dominy (SH) 29-6½*; (6) Emerson Martineau (SH) 27-1½; (8) Bailey Newens (SH) 25-8½*; (9) Ellie Dominy (SH) 24-3¼*; (10) Mailey Brewer (SH) 24-1½l (13) Gracie Vaughan (SH) 23-2½; (14) Adriana Morse (SH) 22-2*; (16) Dinah Watkins (SH) 20-9½.
Discus – (1) Kalina Saechao (C) 102-1; (2) Brayley Ford (C) 96-8; (3) Lily Acker (C) 87-3; (4) Selah Wright (SH) 82-3; (6) Emerson Martineau (SH) 79-5; (7) Bailey Newens (SH) 73-9; (8) Mailey Brewer (SH) 73-8; (9) Sydney Dominy (SH) 68-10*; (11) Adriana Morse (SH) 64-6*; (13) Gradie Vaughan (SH) 58-0; (15) Ellie Dominy (SH) 55-5; (17) Dinah Watkins (SH) 38-0.
Javelin – (1) Peyton Markell (SH) 98-6*; (2) Selah Wright (SH) 90-3; (3) Kaidance Miller (C) 76-3; (4) Abygail Foss (SH) 68-11; (5) Bailey Newens (SH) 68-5; (7) Mailey Brewer (SH) 60-0; (9) McKenzie Olheiser (SH) 48-4*.
High Jump – (1) Jordin Cantrell (C) 4-8; (2) Sophia Stock (SH) 4-8*; (3) Emily Gill (C) 4-6; (5) Emma Whitton (SH) 4-6; (6) Loralai Mark (SH) 4-4*; (7) Abygail Foss (SH) 4-4*.
Pole Vault – (1) Rylee Prichard (C) 7-0; (2) Delainie Pratt (SH) 7-0; (3) Emily Gill (C) 6-0; (4) Khloe Wood (SH) 5-6*.
Long Jump – (1) Livia Free (C) 15-4½; (2) Loralai Mark (SH) 14-6; (3) Peyton Freeborn (C) 14-5l (6) Khloe Wood (SH) 12-11; (9) Emma Lehr (SH) 11-8*; (10) Cedella Hiner (SH) 11-2; (11) Alexus Bernardi (SH) 9-6½*.
Triple Jump – (1) Miu Simmons (SH) 29-0; (2) Kaiden Russell (NM) 28-4½; (3) Amara Gonzales (SH) 28-4*; (4) Beatrice Reeve (SH) 28-3*; (5) Grace Gardner (SH) 28-2*.
Elisha Scofield PR Vault
Meet of Champions Photo Gallery
