Sweet Home’s swimmers got back into competition, after swimming some serious distance during the winter break, to post first-place team victories for both boys and girls in the Stayton Invitational on Dec. 29.
“We swam pretty well as a team – we’re pretty tired,” said Coach Doug Peargin, who added that his Huskies put in 35 miles in the water during the two-week break from school.
“Now that school is starting back up, we’ll start looking down the line towards Districts and State.”
Sweet Home’s girls scored 87 points, followed by North Marion (72), Cascade (61), LaSalle (56) and Stayton (31). The boys scored 81 to win, followed by Cacade (67), LaSalle (65), North Marion (52) and Stayton (43).
Peargin said that top performances among the boys were turned in by Larry Coulter, Cole Stumbaugh, who was the only individual event winner for the boys, and Hejor Martinez,. The boys won the 200 Free Relay as well. For the girls, the top performers were were Dani Birky, Katie Jones, and Cherie Presley, Peargin said. Nichole Martin, Justine Calhoon and Birky were individual event winners for the girls, and the Husky girls also won the 200 Medley Relay and the 400 freestyle relay.
The Huskies will be back in the pool Saturday, Jan. 7, at Echo Hollow.
Stayton Invitational
Husky Girls Results
200 Medley Relay – First place (Sarah Rosa, Justine Calhoon, Nichole Martin, Dani Birky 2:22.1
200 Free – (2) Nichole Martin, 2:36.0; (6) Katie Jones, 2:48.5.
200 Intermediate Medley – (2) Sarah Rosa, 3:53.0.
50 Free – (3) Jessica Trautwein, 30.9.
100 Butterfly – (1) Nichole Martin, 1:21.8.
100 Free – (1) Dani Birky, 1:07.1; Justine Calhoon, 1:10.4.
400 Free – (4) Sarah Rosa, 5:48.8; (6) Norajeon Lemar, 6:29.6.
200 Free Relay – (2) (Jessica Trautwein, Justine Calhoon, Nochole Martin, Dani Birky) 1:54.1.
100 Back – (3) Jessica Trautwein, 1:24.3.
100 Breast – (1) Justine Calhoon, 1:25.1; (6) Alice Davis, 1:55.8.
400 Free Relay – First Place (Jessica Trautwein, Katie Jones, Sarah Rosa, Dani Birky) 4:41.0.
Husky Boys Results
200 Medley Relay – Fourth Place (James Davis, Peter VanDerlip, Jonathan Lemar, Hejor Martinez) 2:28.2.
200 Free – (2) Larry Coulter. 2:19.5; (3) Brinden Sanders, 2:25.0.
200 Intermediate Medley – (4) Jonathan Lemar, 2:54.4; (6) James Davis, 3:14.4.
50 Free – (2) Cole Stumbaugh, 27.9; (5) Anthony Ertsgaard, 29.1.
100 Butterfly – (3) Brinden Sanders, 1:15.6; (6) Shawn Adams, 1:57.1.
100 Free – (1) Cole Stumbaugh, 1:03.1; (6) Anthony Ertsgaard, 1:07.3.
400 Free – (3) Jonathan Lemar, 5:22.6; (5) James Davis, 5:46.3.
200 Free Relay – First Place (Brinden Sanders, Anthony Ertsgaard, Cole Stumbaugh, Larry Coulter) 1:54.1; Sixth Place (Peter VanDerlip, David Worthen, Mike Bruner, Hejor Martinez) 2:18.3.
100 Back – (3) Larry Coulter, 1:13.3; (6) Shawn Adams, 1:48.5.
100 Breast – (6) Peter VanDerlip, 1:37.1.
400 Free Relay – Second Place (Brinden Sanders, Anthony Ertsgaard, Cole Stumbaugh, Larry Coulter) 4:18.0; Fifth Place (James Davis, Hejor Martinez, Jonathan Lemar, Peter VanDerlip) 4:52.1.