Sweet Home’s boys swept all the events in a three-way swimming meet with Newport and Stayton Friday, Jan. 29, and the girls took all but one relay.
Newport, though not in Sweet Home’s district, was invited because the Cubs are one of the better teams in the Coast District, Coach Doug Peargin said. The meet was also supposed to include Sisters, but the Outlaws were turned back by bad weather.
The Huskies outscored Newport 174-82 on the girls side and 155.5-135.5 on the boys’. Peargin said the competition prompted a response from Sweet Home’s swimmers.
“As a team, we swam probably the strongest meet that we’ve swum this year,” he said. “This meet showed me a lot about the conditioning of our team. Whenever the race was close, we were able to pick it up to another gear.”
Individual winners for the Husky girls were Makayla Nelson in the 200 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke, Lauren Yon in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly, Jessica Coats in the 100 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke, Mia Davis in the 200 Individual Medley and Sarah Hewitt in the 500 Freestyle. For the boys, Brandon Vasfaret won the 100 IM and the 500 Freestyle, Nathan Hager the 50 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly, Rawlins Lupoli the 100 Backstroke and the 100 Breaststroke, Rowland Lupoli the 100 Freestyle, and Sean Wolthuis the 200 Freestyle.
With the district meet coming up Feb. 12-13, the Huskies are focusing entirely now on that and the state competition, Peargin said. They finish their home season at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, against Cascade, North Marion and Corbett/Corbett Charter of the Portland district.
“North Marion has, at this time, the No. 1 seed in the state in the 50 Freestyle and the 100 Butterfly,” Peargin noted. “This will be another good test for our team.
“Our goal this year was to get as many swimmers as possible through district and up to the state meet,” he said. “We’re on track for a big finish.”
Sweet Home vs. Newport, Stayton
Girls Top 3 Individuals
and Sweet Home Finishers
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 174; (2) Newport 82; (3) Stayton 20.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Lauren Yon, Jessica Coats, Esther Gunselman, Kendra Vorce) 1:57.10; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Ella Parker, Milah Weld, Natasha Benson, Kristen Adams) 2:21.65; (3) Newport 2:34.66.
200 Freestyle – (1) Makayla Nelson (SH) 1:50.00; (2) Sarah Hewitt (SH) 2:07.33; (3) Allison Bachart (N) 2:08.93; (5) Ella Parker (SH) 2:20.83; (7) Livvie Hindmarsh (2:40.79).
200 Individual Medley – (1) Mia Davis (SH) 2:26.72; (2) Elea Hewitt (SH) 2:28.42; (3) Shannon Blackburn (N) 2:36.89; (4) Sara Helfrich (SH) 2:47.76.
50 Freestyle – (1) Lauren Yon (SH) 25.32; (2) Esther Gunselman (SH) 27.45; (3) Alex Ryer (N) 27.82; (4) Kendra Vorce (SH) 28.62; (7) Kristen Adams (SH) 31.51; (8) Megan Oberg (SH) 32.33; (9) Milah Weld (SH) 32.36; (10) Hope Fears (SH) 32.73; (12) Shelby Dinsfriend (SH) 33.81.
100 Butterfly – (1) Lauren Yon (SH) 1:04.90; (2) Mia Davis (SH) 1:08.77; (3) Megan Mak (S) 1:14.81; (4) Sara Helfrich (SH) 1:20.79.
100 Freestyle – (1) Jessica Coats (SH) 58.00; (2) Allison Bachart (N) 1:00.05; (3) Alexa Ryer (N) 1:03.06; (5) Ella Parker (SH) 1:05.50; (7) Shelby Dinsfriend (SH) 1:14.48; (8) Tonya Cook (SH) 1:16.34.
500 Freestyle – (1) Sarah Hewitt (SH) 5:46.95; (2) Elea Hewitt (SH) 5:50.69; (3) Elena Ellingson-Cosenza (N) 5:05.56; (6) Megan Oberg (SH) 6:53.72; (7) Livvie Hindmarsh (SH) 7:17.62.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Newport 1:52.71; (2) Sweet Home “A” (Kendra Vorce, Sara Helfrich, Elea Hewitt, Makayla Nelson) 1:52.82; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Hope Fears, Shelby Dinsfriend, Tonya Cook, Livvie Hindmarsh) 2:12.62; (4) Newport “B” 2:40.69.
100 Backstroke – (1) Makayla Nelson (SH) 1:04.65; (2) Esther Gunselman (SH) 1:07.61; (3) Natasha Benson (SH) 1:20.36; (4) Hope Fears (SH) 1:30.05.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Jessica Coats (SH) 1:15.03; (2) Milah Weld (SH) 1:30.46; (3) Hailey Schones (N) 1:31.83.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Mia Davis, Ella Parker, Sarah Hewitt, Sara Helfrich) 4:12.06; (2) Newport 4:!3.83; (3) Stayton 4:42.79; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Kristen Adams, Megan Oberg, Natasha Benson, Livvie Hindmarsh) 4:55.40.
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 155.5; (2) Newport 135.5; (3) Stayton 11.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Sean Wolthuis, Rawlins Lupoli, Nathan Hager, Wes Parker) 1:50.00; (2) Newport 1:56.65; (3) Newport “B” 2:17.57; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Noah Dinsfriend, Riku Funabashi, TJ Baham, Tanner Sayers) 2:34.87.
200 Freestyle – (1) Sean Wolthuis (SH) 2:01.41; (2-tie) Cameron Taber (SH), Lucas Ellingson-Cosenza (N) 2:01.52; (6) Grant Jones (SH) 2:12.48; (7) Craig Hansen (SH) 2:18.52.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Brandon Vasfaret (SH) 2:10.40; (2) Arath Hernandez (N) 2:20.00; (3) Ronan Krutzikowsky (N) 2:28.79; (5) Bradley Wolthuis (SH) 2:47.80; (6) Dakota Seward (SH) 3:12.66.
50 Freestyle – (1) Nathan Hager (SH) 23.00; (2) Kai Daniels (N) 23.90; (3) Sean O’Meara (N) 24.69; (6) Adam Barber (SH) 27.37; (7) TJ Baham (SH) 27.42; (9) Seth Wright (SH) 27.58; (10) Luke Flierl (SH) 29.06; (11) Nick Tolman (SH) 29.75; (16) Riku Funabashi (SH) 30.79; (19) Tanner Sayers (SH) 44.74.
100 Butterfly – (1) Nathan Hager (SH) 56.04; (2) Arath Hernandez (N) 1:02.33; (3) Julian Elizalde (N) 1:09.13; (4) Bradley Wolthuis (SH) 1:13.91; (5) Cameron Taber (SH) 1:19.72.
100 Freestyle – (1) Rowland Lupoli (SH) 52.00; (2) Leland Wood (N) 55.25; (3) Ryan Russell (N) 55.65; (4) Craig Hansen (SH) 59.36; (5) Wes Parker (SH) 1:01.03; (6) TJ Baham (SH) 1:03.61.
500 Freestyle – (1) Brandon Vasfaret (SH) 5:11.83; (2) Lucas Ellingson-Cosenza (N) 5:28.76; (3) Sean Wolthuis (SH) 5:40.87; (7) Dakota Seward (SH) 6:48.71; (9) Noah Dinsfriend (SH) 7:45.16.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Rowland Lupoli, Rawlins Lupoli, Brandon Vasfaret, Nathan Hager) 1:35.17; (2) Newport 1:39.37; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Wes Parker, Adam Barber, Craig Hansen, Grant Jones) 1:47.17; (4) Sweet Home “C” (TJ Baham, Seth Wright, Luke Flierl, Cameron Taber) 1:49.67; (5) Newport “B” 1:54.16; (6) Stayton “A” 1:58.55; (7) Newport “C” 2:01.13; (8) Sweet Home “D” (Nick Tolman, Dakota Seward, Riku Funabashi, Tanner Sayers) 2:13.73.
100 Backstroke – (1) Rawlins Lupoli (SH) 1:00.36; (2) Ryan Russell (N) 1:00.93; (3) Julian Elizalde (N) 1:06.82; (5) Luke Flierl (SH) 1:20.22; (7) Noah Dinsfriend (SH) 1:29.39.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Rawlins Lupoli (SH) 1:06.91; (2) Rowland Lupoli (SH) 1:07.60; (3) Kai Daniels (N) 1:09.47; (7) Grant Jones (SH) 1:20.69; (8) Riku Funabashi (SH) 1:48.58.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Rowland Lupoli, Sean Wolthuis, Craig Hansen, Brandon Vasfaret) 3:39.33; (2) Newport 3:42.77; (3) Newport “B” 3:46.21; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Wes Parker, Seth Wright, Cameron Taber, Grant Jones) 4:05.27; (5) Stayton 4:24.04; (6) Newport “C” 4:30.64; (7) Sweet Home “C” (Bradley Wolthuis, Noah Dinsfriend, Dakota Seward, Tanner Sayers) 5:05.75.