Sweet Home’s swimmers got a look at how the rest of the district is shaping up on Saturday at the District Spring Meet
“It was a great meet,” said Coach A Jay Bronson. “Really quick.”
The meet was non-scoring, and it featured shorter distances for the Individual Medley, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Backstroke events, because, as Bronson said, “it’s more about getting kids used to the new pool and all the kids they’ll see at district.”
RJ Abbott was a double winner for the boys, taking first in the 200 and 100 Freestyle events, the latter in a personal best time of 53.51.
For the girls, freshman Peyton Markell won the 200 Freestyle in a PR of 2:15.63; other winners were Malia Hewitt the 50 Butterfly, Isabel Sayer the 50 Backstroke, and Chloe Tyler the 50 Breaststroke, plus the girls won both the 200 Medley and the 200 Freestyle relays, which were the only ones contested. Sweet Home’s “B” team was third, six seconds behind second-place Stayton, in the 200 Medley Relay.
“I was very happy with how it turned out,” Bronson said. “The girls looked great and the boys, especially the newbies, have started coming into form.”
Having eight boys, up from five on the first day of the season “which had us really concerned,” Bronson said – helps.
He noted that freshman Boden Sayer, who has not competed in a month due to sickness and being out of town, came back to post a personal best in the 50 Butterfly, as well as turn in a credible performance in the 50 Breastroke.
The meet gave coaches a chance to “shuffle” some athletes into events they don’t normally swim as they work on how to organize their teams for district Feb. 11-12.
“With some of those older kids and the relay spots, we’re just mixing and matching,” Bronson said. “Maybe we’ll get another look that we didn’t know we had. We just like to play with it, see it from all the different angles and options.”
The Huskies will host Kennedy, Cascade and Philomath at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20.
Sweet Home at District Sprint Meet
*Personal Best
Girls Results
Team Scores: Non-Scoring Meet
Top 3 Individuals and Sweet Home Finishers
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Malia Hewitt, Isabel Sayer, Chloe Tyler, Jenna Wolthuis) 2:05.37; (2) Stayton 2:09.82; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Kirsten Sautel, Rylee Markell, Taryn Abbott, Payton Brookefield) 2:15.57; (4) Salem Academy 2:20.90; (5) Philomath 2:23.81; (6) Marist 2:26.74; (7) Blanchet Catholic 2:32.23; (8) Stayton 2:34.24; (9) North Marion 2:38.45; (10) Sisters 2:50.73; (11) Blanchet Catholic “B” 2:55.84; (12) Philomath “B” 3:15.08.
200 Freestyle – (1) Peyton Markell (SH) 2:15.63*; (2) Bethany Wagar (Stayton) 2:21.61; (3) Nora Brenden (Kennedy) 2:31.01; (5) Payton Brookefield (SH) 2:45.29*; (6) Nora Pettner (SH) 2:49.56.*
100 Individual Medley – (1) Piper Van Buskirk (Marist) 1:11.57; (2) Ella Bartlett (Sisters) 1:13.20; (3) Ashley Rea (Stayton) 1:13.54; (5) Jenna Wolthuis (SH) 1:14.90; (9) Rylee Markell (SH) 1:20.79.
50 Freestyle – (1) Caitlyn Martinak (Stayton) 27.11; (2) Eliana Kuenz (Salem Academy) 27.68; (3) Saylor Swanson (N. Marion) 30.86; (4) Taryn Abbott (SH) 31.93; (24) Timber Nobles (SH) 41.30*; (29) Autumn Ice (SH) 51.06.
50 Butterfly – (1) Malia Hewitt (SH) 28.58; (2) Piper Van Buskirk (Marist) 29.79; (3) Kirsten Sautel (SH) 31.01; (5) Jenna Wolthuis (SH) 32.49.
100 Freestyle – (1) Sophia James (Marist) 1:00.58; (2) Isabel Sayer (SH) 1:03.39*; (3) Bethany Wagar (Stayton) 1:04.12; (5) Payton Brookefield (SH) 1:09.34*; (9) Nora Pettner (SH) 1:17.74;
500 Freestyle – (1) Nora Brenden (Kennedy) 6:47.35; (2) Taryn Abbott (SH) 6:48.98; (3) Rylee Markell (SH) 7:04.22*.
50 Backstroke – (1) Isabel Sayer (SH) 35.58*; (2) Liberty Wiseman (Stayton) 36.43; (3) Ophelia Katsikis (Philomath) 38.46.
50 Breaststroke – (1) Chloe Tyler (SH) 32.51*; (2) Avery Mannix (Stayton) 37.12; (3) Sofia Vachter (N. Marion) 37.53; (7) Peyton Markell (SH) 39.31*.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Chloe Tyler, Malia Hewitt, Peyton Markell, Kirsten Sautel) 1:46.23; (2) Stayton 1:55.56; (3) Philomath 2:10.03; (4) Stayton “B” 2:15.23; (5) Blanchet Catholic 2:17.93; (6) Philomath 2:20.35; (7) Salem Academy 2:29.68; (8) Blanchet Catholic “B” 2:42.09; (9) Blanchet Catholic “C” 2:42.09; (10) Marist “B” 3:02.27.
Boys Results
Top 3 Individuals and Sweet Home Finishers
200 Medley Relay – (1) Cascade 2:00.82; (2) Marist 2:01.05; (3) Philomath 2:01.49; (4) Sweet Home (Blake Arthur, Bill Hawken, RJ Abbott, Micah Wright) 2:01.74; (5) Salem Academy 2:17.63.
200 Freestyle – (1) RJ Abbott (SH) 1:59.95; (2) Micah Hugo (Marist) 2:10.90; (3) Mason Luna (Stayton) 2:21.99.
100 Individual Medley – (1) Joseph Souza (Sisters) 1:07.73; (2) Ryan Pederson (Cascade) 1:08.18; (3) Gabriel Carrol (Salem Academy) 1:10.26; (6) Blake Arthur (SH) 1:11.46.
50 Freestyle – (1) Carrson Hirte (Philomath) 25.01; (2) Micah Wright (SH) 25.87; (3) Cedric Hughes (N. Marion) 26.57; (5) Bill Hawken (SH) 28.30.
50 Butterfly – (1) Joseph Souza (Sisters) 29.35; (2) Kellen Houchin (Philomath) 30.32; (3) Gabriel Carrol (Salem Academy) 30.83; (9) Boden Sayer (SH) 55.95*.
100 Freestyle – (1) RJ Abbott (SH) 53.51*; (2) Kyler Lajoie (Marist) 54.18; (3) Micah Hugo (Marist) 1:01.45; (4) Micah Wright (SH) 1:03.47.
500 Freestyle – (1) Trent McQuaid (Marist) 5:40.68; (2) Jude Toth (N. Marion) 6:02.77; (3) Blake Arthur (SH) 6:28.78; (5) Bill Hawken (SH) 6:51.42.
50 Backstroke – (1) Carrson Hirte (Philomath) 28.89; (2) Jacob Gehley (Cascade) 31.25; (3) Zachary Hagengruber (Marist) 32.12; (9) Ben Tolman (SH) 43.12; (10) Shayne Schuster (SH) 50.19.
50 Breaststroke – (1) Kellen Houchin (Philomath) 34.49; (2) Henry Katsikis (Philomath) 35.60; (3) Cedric Hughes (N. Marion) 35.70; (9) Boden Sayer (SH) 47.28.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Marist 1:44.50; (2) Cascade 1:46.80; (3) Philomath 2:00.16; (4) Marist “B” 2:06.58; (5) Blanchet 2:08.98; (6) Sweet Home (Jacob Kennedy, Shayne Schuster, Ben Tolman, Boden Sayer) 2:19.64.