After missing an extra week after their swim meet at Stayton, scheduled for Dec. 30, was called off due to weather, Sweet Home’s girls got back into the groove Saturday at Newport, coming away with a team win.
The boys were third, behind Newport, one of the top boys teams in the state, and Sheldon, which brought about half its approximately 75 swimmers, according to Sweet Home Coach A Jay Bronson.
The girls beat Shelton 149 to 145, with Newport in third (106) and St. Mary’s or Medford in fourth (37).
Newport’s boys won the team competition with 136 points, ahead of Sheldon (114) , Sweet Home (86) and St. Mary’s (81).
Sweet Home’s girls won all but three of their events, including all three relays, in which the Huskies “B” team placed third in both the 200 Medley Relay and the 200 Freestyle Relay.
Chloe Tyler won the 100 and 200 Freestyles, Malia Hewitt the 500 Freestyle and 200 Individual Medley, and Jamie Seward won the 50 Freestyle by a second.
On the boys side, freshman RJ Abbott was a double winner, taking the 200 IM and the 500 Freestyle, while senior Micah Wright was first in the 50 Freestyle. They then teamed up with Arthur Blake and Bill Hawken to win the 200 Freestyle Relay.
“We had amazing swims by all,” Bronson said. “It was nice to beat out a 6A school too.”
He said exceptional performers on Saturday were Abbott and fellow freshman Peyton Markell, who was third in the 200 IM in an 8½-second PR of 2:41.04 and swam on all three relays, including the Huskies’ 4×100 winning effort.
Sweet Home will compete Saturday, Jan. 15, at the district Sprint Meet in Albany, which gives swimmers a chance to compete in the South Albany pool where the district meet will be held Feb. 11-12.
Sweet Home at Newport Quad Meet
Girls Results
Team Scores: (1) Sweet Home 149; (2) Sheldon 145; (3) Newport 106; (4) St. Mary’s (Medford) 37.
Top 3 Individuals and Sweet Home Finishers
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Jamie Seward, Kirsten Sautel, Isabel Sayer, Meagan Baham) 2:-3/46; (2) Sheldon 2:08.38; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Taryn Abbott, Rylee Markell, Peyton Markell, Payton Brookefield) 2:15.85; (4) Sheldon “B” 2:22.90; (5) Newport 2:33.36.
200 Freestyle – (1) Chloe Tyler (SH) 1:59.75; (2) Claire Hurty (N) 2:10.76; (3) Anastasia Kaldy (N) 2:15.22; (6) Taryn Abbott (SH) 2:33.21*; (9) Rylee Markell (SH) 2:39.97.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Malia Hewitt (SH) 2:16.54; (2) Kenna Higgins (S) 2:35.98; (3) Peyton Markell (SH) 2:41.04*; (7) Nora Pettner (SH) 3:20.94.
50 Freestyle – (1) Jamie Seward (SH) 27.55; (2) Pia Lihou (N) 28.54; (3) Meagan Baham (SH) 29.52; (11) Tierney Clarno (SH) 35.48*; (23) Emerson Martineau (SH) 41.66*; (26) Autumn Ice (SH) 46.70; (27) Shayla Welch (SH) 46.88*; (28) Timber Nobles (SH) 47.54.
100 Butterfly – (1) Layla Bretz (N) 1:02.67; (2) Eloise Huling (S) 1:09.86; (3) Olivia Tate (St. M) 1:10.06; (4) Isobel Sayer (SH) 1:15.16.
100 Freestyle – (1) Chloe Tyler (SH) 54.08; (2) Anastasia Kaldy (N) 1:02.77; (3) Meagan Baham (SH) 1:08.33; (12) Autumn Ice (SH) 1:43.73.
500 Freestyle – (1) Malia Hewitt (SH) 5:33.04; (2) Claire Hurty (N) 5:54.69; (3) Kenna Higgins (S) 6:12.71; (5) Isobel Sayer (SH) 6:31.21; (9) Nora Pettner (SH) 7:59.22*.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Chloe Tyler, Meagan Baham, Malia Hewitt, Kirsten Sautel) 1:47.11; (2) Newport 1:50.05; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Peyton Markell, Taryn Abbott, Isabel Sayer, Payton Brookefield) 2:00.54.
100 Backstroke – (1) Layla Bretz (N) 1:04.27; (2) Jamie Seward (SH) 1:04.68; (3) Kara Peterson (S) 1:11.57; (4) Taryn Abbott (SH) 1:15:06; (9) Payton Brookefield (SH) 1:32.72.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Eloise Huling (S) 1:12.77; (2) Pia Lihou (N) 1:23.27; (3) Rylee Markell (SH) 1:24.97*;
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) (Malia Hewitt, Peyton Markell, Jamie Seward, Chloe Tyler) 3:54.84; (2) Sheldon 4:08.43; (3) St. Mary’s 5:13.04; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Nora Pettner, Rylee Markell, Payton Brookefield, Tierney Clarno) 5:13.05; (5) Sheldon “B” 5:17.52.
Boys Results
Team Scores: (1) Newport 136; (2) Sheldon 114; (3) Sweet Home 86; (4) St. Mary’s (Medford) 81.
Top 3 Individuals and Sweet Home Finishers
200 Medley Relay – (1) Newport 1:56.90; (2) Sheldon 2:11.96.
200 Freestyle – (1) Sam Postlewait (N) 1:53.31; (2) Lucas Impert (St. M) 2:01.50; (3) Arthur Blake (SH) 2:19.01; (7) Bill Hawken (SH) 2:28.52.
200 Individual Medley – (1) RJ Abbott (SH) 2:13.70; (2) Ian Van Den Wymenlenberg (S) 2:16.74; (3) Peter Perucci (N) 2:16.75.
50 Freestyle – (1) Micah Wright (SH) 25.75; (2) Max Medley (St. M) 27.30; (3) Braylon Belloni (N) 27.98; (7) Jacob Kennedy (SH) 30.65; (16) Shayne Schuster (SH) 45.14*.
100 Butterfly – (1) Peter Perucci (N) 59.81; (2) Lucas Impert (St. M) 1:07.21; (3) Arthur Blake (SH) 1:11.65.
100 Freestyle – (1) Ben Hurty (N) 52.25; (2) Micah Wright (SH) 1:03.20; (3) Max Medley (St. M) 1:05.54; (11) Shayne Schuster (SH) 1:49.93.
500 Freestyle – (1) RJ Abbott (SH) 5:22.87; (2) Harrison Rooth (S) 6:57.71; (3) Ty Heinze (S) 6:58.28.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Arthur Blake, Bill Hawken, Micah Wright, RJ Abbott) 1:45.58; (2) St. Mary’s 1:47.20; (3) Sheldon 1:47.85; (4) Newport 1:51.07; (5) Sheldon “B” 2:13.88.
100 Backstroke – (1) Sam Postlewait (N) 57.08; (2) Caleb Bingham (St. M) 1:04.29; (3) Will Postlewait (N) 1:05.77; (9) Jacob Kennedy (SH) 1:23.77.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Ben Hurty (N) 1:10.07; (2) John Turanski (S) 1:22.19; (3) Bill Hawken (SH) 1:24.98.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Newport 3:40.97; (2) St. Mary’s 4:03.84; (3) Sweet Home (RJ Abbott, Arthur Blake, Micah Wright, Bill Hawken) 4:25.66; (4) Sheldon 4:29.36; (5) Sheldon “B” 4:30.27.
(* = Personal Best)