Sweet Home’s swimmers opened the new year with two home meets last week, defeating Central, Junction City and Woodburn in dual meets.
“These two meets were a great way to get back on track after the Christmas vacation,” Coach Doug Peargin said. “We worked hard over the break but without competition it’s hard to keep your head in the game.”
Against Central on Friday, Jan. 7, the Huskies won the girls meet 173-87 and the boys 178-127.
Naomi Gunselman won the 200 individual medley in 2:24.06, the fourth-fastest time in school history, and the 100 backstroke. The other individual winners for the girls were Sami Webb in the 200 freestyle and the 100 butterfly, and Kimber Swanson in the 100 freestyle.
Boys individual winners for the Huskies were Zac Pearce in the 200 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke – the latter in 1:04.57, the sixth fastest time in school history – Don Rockstead in the 200 individual medley, Gravy Gunselman in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke and Derek Jaques in the 500 freestyle.
Sweet Home hosted Junction City and Woodburn Tuesday, Jan. 4, in the Huskies’ first meet back in their own pool in three weeks.
The Huskies won all but one event in the girls competition and all but two in the boys.
Individual winners for the girls were Naomi Gunselman in the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke, Paige Sanders in the 50 freestyle, Kimber Swanson in the 200 and 100 freestyles, Sami Webb in the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle, and Cheryl Wilson in the 100 backstroke.
Individual winners for the boys were Gravy Gunselman in the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly, Zac Pearce in the 200 IM and 100 freestyle, and Don Rockstead in the 200 freestyle.
“I thought we swam a little better against Central than we did in our first meet,” Peargin said. “Our times are starting to come down as we start into the final third of our season. We have four meets left before District. So far, so good.”
The Huskies will travel to Philomath Saturday for the Philomath Invitational, where they will see several schools that will likely be players at the District meet, as well as a couple of teams that aren’t in the district.
Sweet Home Girls and Relay Results
Team scores: Sweet Home 161, Junction City 84, Woodburn 0.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Naomi Gunselman, Emily Thompson, Sami Webb, Kimber Swanson) 2:14.73; (2) Junction City 2:22.43; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Laura Mauer, Niccole Simmonds, Cheryl Wilson, Paige Sanders) 2:27.12; (4) Sweet Home “C” (Katie Turner, Emily Claborn, Shelby Wymetalek, Brandi Trewin) 2:42.61.
200 Freestyle – (1) Kimber Swanson 2:25.56; (2) Katie Turner 2:41.09.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Sami Webb 2:3239; (3) Emily Thompson 3:03.41.
50 Freestyle – (1) Paige Sanders 31.39l (3) Brandi Trewin 3:27.6; (4) Michelle Carper 3:31.7; (5) Rozaliya Minigulova 3:57.7.
100 Butterfly – (1) Naomi Gunselman 1:02.34.
100 Freestyle – (1) Kimber Swanson 1:09.34.
500 Freestyle – (1) Sami Webb 5:59.63; (2) Emily Thompson 7:06.09.
200 Freestyle Relay – (2) Sweet Home “A” (Niccole Simmonds, Paige Sanders, Laura Mauer, Brandi Trewin) 2:06.39; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Cheryl Wilson, Emily Claborn, Shelby Wymetalek, Katie Turner) 2:20.50.
100 Backstroke – (1) Cheryl Wilson 1:24.73; (2) Laura Mauer 1:34.57.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Naomi Gunselman 1:17.45; (3) Emily Claborn 1:40.20.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Niccole Simmonds, Sami Webb, Kimber Swanson, Naomi Gunselman) 4:16.48; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Cheryl Wilson, Katie Turner, Laura Mauer, Emily Thompson) 5:07.10; (3) Junction City 6:06.51.
Team scores: Sweet Home 173, Central 87.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Naomi Gunselman, Niccole Simmonds, Sami Webb, Cassie Johnson) 2:11.32; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Laura Mauer, Emily Claborn, Cheryl Wilson, Paige Sanders) 2:35.54; (3) Central 2:47.65.
200 Freestyle – (1) Sami Webb 2:11.54; (2) Niccole Simmonds 2:27.60; (5) Paige Sanders 2:55.76.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Naomi Gunselman 2:24.06; (2) Emily Thompson 3:00.89; (4) Cheryl Wilson 3:11,23.
50 Freestyle – (2) Kimber Swanson 30.15; (3) Cassie Johnson 32.03; Michelle Carper 33.52; (6) Katie Turner 34.48.
100 Butterfly – (1) Sami Webb 1:10.01.
100 Freestyle – (1) Kimber Swanson 1:06.85; (3) Cassie Johnson 1:22.51l (4) Shelby Wymetalek 1:28.53.
500 Freestyle – (1) Katie Turner 6:51.40; (2) Cheryl Wilson 7:17.20.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Niccole Simmonds, Sami Webb, Kimber Swanson, Naomi Gunselman) 2:06.39; (2) Central “A” 2:07.34; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Cassie Johnson, Emily Thompson, Laura Mauer, Katie Turner) 2:20.50; (4) Sweet Home “C” (Emily Claborn, Michelle Carper, Shelby Wymetalek, Rosa Minigulova), 2:21.37; (5) Central “B” 2:53.18.
100 Backstroke – (1) Naomi Gunselman 1:05.30; (3) Emily Claborn 1:29.00; (4) Laura Mauer 1:32.67.
100 Breaststroke – (2) Emily Thompson 1:33.04; (4) Emily Claborn 1:40.84; (5) Michelle Carper 1:47.75.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Niccole Simmonds, Kimber Swanson, Cheryl Wilson, Paige Sanders) 4:44.26; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Katie Turner, Megan Sanderson, Laura Mauer, Emily Thompson) 5:21.94; (3) Central “B” 6:13.72; Central “A” DQ.
Sweet Home Boys and Relay Results
Team scores: Sweet Home 170, Junction City 51, Woodburn 40.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Don Rockstead, Zac Pearce, Gravy Gunselman, Alex Stupin) 1:50.44; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Cory Martin, Jake Johnson, Brandon Courteau, Wes Clarkson) 2:00.36; (3) Woodburn 2:02.61; (4) Junction City 2:05.85; (5) Sweet Home “C” (Josh Liskey, Victor Stupin, Zane Jackson, Zach Pratt) 2:10.05; (6) Sweet Home “D” (Bryce Roberts, Sten Weld, Donnie O’Brian, Saul Jones) 2:18.76.
200 Freestyle – (1) Don Rockstead 2:07.98; (2) Derek Jaques 2:11.06.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Zac Pearce 2:06.36; (4) Jake Johnson 2:39.55.
50 Freestyle – (2) Alex Stupin 28,86; (3) Bryce Roberts 26.61; (4) Donnie O’Brian 26.86; (5) Wes Clarkson 26.94.
100 Butterfly – (1) Gravy Gunselman 57.72; (3) Alex Stupin 57.84.
100 Freestyle – (1) Zac Pearce 50.49; (3) Alex Stupin 57.84.
500 Freestyle – (2) Don Rockstead 5:50.64; (3) Victor Stupin 6:34.67.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Wes Clarkson, Jake Johnson, Cory Martin, Derek Jaques) 1:46.12; (2) Junction City 1:48.02; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Bryce Roberts, Victor Stupin, Saul Jones, Donnie O’Brian) 1:50.28; (4) Sweet Home “C” (Zane Jackson, Sten Weld, Josh Liskey, Zach Pratt) 1:58.44.
100 Backstroke – (1) Gravy Gunselman 1:02.84; (2) Brandon Courteau 1:04.48.
100 Breaststroke – (2) Derek Jaques 1:08.95; (3) Cory Martin 1:16.23.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Alex Stupin, Gravy Gunselman, Don Rockstead, Zac Pearce) 3:43.04; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Donnie O’Brian, Jake Johnson, Derek Jaques, Brandon Courteau) 4:06.18.
Team scores: Sweet Home 178, Central 127.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Gravy Gunselman, Derek Jaques, Zac Pearce, Don Rockstead) 1:49.45; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Brandon Courteau, Elric Benson, Jake Johnson, Donnie O’Brian) 2:00.95; (3) Central “B” 2:03.53 (4) Central “A” 2:04.04; (5) Sweet Home “C” (Bryce Roberts, Sten Weld, Zane Jackson, Zach Pratt) 2:17.89.
200 Freestyle – (1) Zac Pearce 1:50.73; (2) Brandon Courteau 2:09.90; (3) Bryce Roberts 2:20.65.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Don Rockstead 2:19.08; (3) Derek Jaques 2:21.82; (4) Cory Martin 2:34.19.
50 Freestyle – (3) Alex Stupin 24.72; (4) Wes Clarkson 27.32; (5) Victor Stupin 27.84.
100 Butterfly – (1) Gravy Gunselman 57.55; (2) Brandon Courteau 1:05.87.
100 Freestyle – (2) Don Rockstead 55.51; (3) Jake Johnson 56.92; (5) Alex Stupin 58.56.
500 Freestyle – (1) Derek Jaques 6:01.33; (2) Victor Stupin 6:18.55; (4) Sten Weld 6:29.53.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Alex Stupin, Gravy Gunselman, Don Rockstead, Zac Pearce) 1:36.95; (2) Central “A” 1:38.92; (3) Central “B” 1:47.87; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Cory Martin, Donnie O’Brian, Elric Benson, Bryce Roberts) 1:50.18; 5) Sweet Home “C” (Zach Pratt, Victor Stupin, Zane Jackson, Sten Weld) 1:58.44; (6) Central “C” 2:36.56.
100 Backstroke – (1) Gravy Gunselman 1:01.07; (2) Jake Johnson 1:11.56; (5) Josh Liskey 1:22.44.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Zac Pearce 1:04.57; (3) Cory Martin 1:15.66; (5) Wes Clarkson 1:25.90.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Central “A” 3:47.45; (2) Sweet Home “A” (Brandon Courteau, Jake Johnson, Derek Jaques, Alex Stupin) 3:48.46; (3) Central “B” 4:07.18; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Bryce Roberts, Victor Stupin, Donnie O’Brian, Wes Clarkson) 4:09.58; (5) Sweet Home “C” (Zane Jackson, Sten Weld, Josh Liskey, Elric Benson) 4:24.77; (6) Central “C” 4:48.66.