Sweet Home’s swimmers won 12 of the 13 events they entered Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Philomath Swim Relays.
“We showed the new swimmers that hard work does pay off – which our returning people already know,” Coach Doug Peargin said of the non-scoring warm-up meet.
The Husky boys are fifth in the pre-season top-10 pre-season coaches poll, behind No. 1 LeGrande, North Bend (2) , Cottage Grove (3) and Valley Catholic (4). Marist is ranked sixth and Central is eighth. The Marist girls are first in the girls rankings, followed by Cottage Grove (2), North Bend (3) and Casecade (4). Taft in sixth and Blanchett in eighth.
The Husky boys teams won the 200 Medley Relay , the 200 Freestyle Relay, the 200 Backstroke Relay, the 200 Butterfly Relay, the 200 Breaststroke Relay, the 400 Backstroke Relay and the 4×100 Intermediate Medley Relay.
The girls won the 200 Medley Relay, the 200 Freestyle Relay, the 200 Backstroke Relay, 200 Butterfly Relay and the 400 Freestyle Relay.
Sweet Home had 16 swimmers at the meet who had never been in a high school meet before, Peargin said.
“All 16 placed in at least one event,” he said. “That’s pretty tough to do, considering we were competing against six other teams. As usual, our veterans stepped up and had some real good swims also.
“I was extremely please with the way our team conducted themselves at the meet, both on the deck and in the water. They were all business.”
The Huskies will host Cascade and Newport at 4 pm. Friday, Dec. 12
Philomath Swim Relays
Sweet Home Boys Results
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Kieran Schaefer, Jayce Calhoon, Zachory Pearce, Dakotah Keys) 1:55.6; (6) Sweet Home “B” (Brandon Courteau, Byron Sanders, Bryce Roberts, Alex Stupin) 2:20.3.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Holden Greene, Rob Callagan, Brehk Veitenheimer, Kieran Schaefer) 1:45.1; (4) (Derek Jaques, David Buck, Bryce Roberts, Alex Stupin) 1:45.1; (7) Sweet Home “C: (Kyle Lewis, Justin Wales, Byron Sanders, Brandon Courteau) 2:37.6.
200 Backstroke Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (David Worthen, Cory Martin, Zachory Pearce, Michael Simmonds) 2:11.9; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Holden Greene, Derek Jaques, Alex Stupin, Brehk Veitenheimer) 2:20.6.
200 Butterfly Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Jayce Calhoon, David Worthen, Rob Callagan, Kieran Schaefer) 1:53.9.
200 Breaststroke Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Jayce Calhoon, David Buck, Cory Martin, Michael Simmonds) 2:21.0.
400 Freestyle Relay – (3) Sweet Home “A” (Cory Martin, Holden Greene, Derek Jaques, Michael Simmonds) 4:14.0; (6) Sweet Home “B” (Byron Sanders, Dakotah Keys, David Buck, Brehk Veitenheimer) 4:20.1.
400 Backstroke Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (David Worthen, Bryce Roberts, Rob Callagan, Zachary Pearce) 4:49.2.
4×100 IM Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Byron Sanders, Keiran Schaefer, Michael Simmonds, Jayce Calhoon) 4:25.5.
Sweet Home Girls Results
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Laura Gourley, Niccole Simmonds, Sami Web, Faith Helfrich) 2:13.8; (6) Sweet Home “B” (Alyssa Holder, Katie Kinney, Norajean Lemar, Katie Turner) 2:45.1.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Cheryl Wilson, Kelika Kaniaupio, Katie Turner, Alyssa Holder) 2:27.9.
200 Backstroke Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Niccole Simmonds, Norajean Lemar, Faith Helfrich, Sami Webb) 2:24.1; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Katie Turner, Cheryl Wilson, Kelika Kaniaupio, Alyssa Holder) 2:57.3.
200 Butterfly Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Laura Gourley, Katie Kinney, Niccole Simmonds, Faith Helfrich) 2:27.1.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Norajean Lemar, Katie Turner, Niccole Simmonds, Sami Webb) 4:45.7.