Thanks to some big individual performances and despite some late-season mental errors that cost big points, Sweet Home’s boys and girls swimmers scored wins over Sisters and Stayton in a home meet Friday, Jan. 31.
Sweet Home got double wins from Lucie Davis in the 200 and 100 freestyles and Jessica Coats in the 200 IM and 100 Backstroke on the girls side, and Nathan Hager (200 IM, 100 Freestyle) and Brandon Vasfaret (500 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke) for the boys. Also winning individual events for the Huskies were Jaeger Howatt (50 Freestyle) and Makayla Nelson (500 Freestyle).
Coach Doug Peargin said a slew of Sweet Home swimmers posted individual personal bests, including Sara Helfrich in the 200 IM, Maddee Hawken in the 100 Backstroke and 50 Freestyle, Livvie Hindmarsh in the 100 Backstroke and the girls 200 Medley Relay team. On the boys side, Grant Jones and Tadyn Bentley swam personal bests in the 200 Freestyle, Nathan Hager in the 200 IM and 100 Freestyle, Tanner Goble in the 50 Freestyle and Adam Barber in the 50 and 100 Freestyles.
“Our girls ended up winning by a bigger margin than I would have expected,” Peargin said. Sisters was the district champion last year, but the Outlaws looked thin Friday.
Peargin said he’s not sure how the boys are shaping up with the district meet fast 10 days away, on Feb. 14-15.
“Our boys continue to improve even though I worry about our lack of depth in district,” he said.
Also, the Huskies had two relay teams and one individual disqualification, one of them the boys 400 Freestyle “A” relay team.
“We’re still making mental mistakes that can really hurt you in big meets,” he said. “Our relay exchanges are questionable and our finishes have to be a harder shove to the wall. I’m hoping we can clean our mistakes totally up so we can have a good meet at district.”
Sweet Home will host North Marion Thursday at 4 p.m. in a final tune-up for districts.
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 82, (2) Stayton 52, (3) Sisters 31.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Makayla Nelson, Jessica Coats, Esther Gunselman, Lucie Davis) 1:59.56; (2) Stayton “A” 2:04.86; (3) Stayton “B” 2:31.29. (Sweet Home “B” team disqualified).
200 Freestyle – (1) Lucie Davis 1:58.79; (2) Mak (Stay) 2:20.76; (3) Natasha Benson (SH) 2:32.65; (4) Knirk (Sis) 2:35.06; (5) Boeltner (Sis) 2:37.48.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Jessica Coats (SH) 2:25.40; (2) Sara Helfrich (SH) 2:45.39; (3) Moeller (Stay) 3:04.98.
50 Freestyle – (1) Hill (Stay) 26.78; (2) Makayla Nelson (SH) 26.92; (3) Christen (Sis) 27.04; (4) Wallace (Stay) 27.56; (5) Esther Gunselman (SH) 27.73; (6) Maddee Hawken (SH) 31.45; (7) Megan Oberg (SH) 32.40.
100 Butterfly – (1) Stewart (Sis) 1:05.63; (2) Esther Gunselman (SH) 1:09.24; (3) Elea Hewitt (SH) 1:10.17; (4) Wagner (Stay) 1:16.65.
100 Freestyle – (1) Lucie Davis (SH) 56.90; (2) Stewart (Sis) 58.00; (3) Hill (Stay) 1:00.57; (4) Wallace (Stay) 1:01.15; (5) Zadow (Sis) 1:06.72; (6) Kira Doding (SH) 1:15.69.
500 Freestyle – (1) Makayla Nelson (SH) 5:29.14; (2) Linton (Stay) 5:42.84; (3) Sara Helfrich (SH) 6:35.06; (4) Boettner (Sis) 7:19.31.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Makayla Nelson, Esther Gunselman, Jessica Coats, Lucie Davis) 1:48.92; (2) Sisters 1:52.98; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Livvie Hindmarsh, Natasha Benson, Sara Helfrich, Elea Hewitt) 2:03.03; (4) Stayton 2:04.40; (5) Sweet Home “C” (Kira Doding, Sierrah Owen, Megan Oberg, Maddee Hawken) 2:12.47; (6) Sweet Home “D” (Kristen Adams, Carolann Ross, Mami Sakamoto, Hannah Burge) 2:39.81.
100 Backstroke – (1) Jessica Coats (SH) 1:05.43; (2) Linton (Stay) 1:06.98; (3) Christen (Sis) 1:07.98; (4) Zadow (Sis) 1:13.92; (5) Livvie Hindmarsh (SH) 1:21.67; (6) Maddee Hawken (SH) 1:22.54; (9) Kristen Adams (SH) 1:30.48.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Elea Hewitt (SH) 1:22.00; (2) Wagner (Stay) 1:22.86; (3) Knirk (Sis) 1:29.28; (4) Moeller (Stay) 1:36.26; (5) Hannah Burge (SH) 1:50.01.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Stayton “A” 4:03.18; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Kira Doding, Megan Oberg, Sierrah Owen, Maddee Hawken) 5:10.92; (3) Stayton “B” 5:26.05; (Sweet Home and Sisters “A” teams disqualified).
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 84; (2) Sisters 57; (3) Stayton 10.
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Jaeger Howatt, Brandon Vasfaret, Nathan Hager, Ryan Yon) 1:53.10; (2) Sisters “A” 1:53.76; (3) Sweet Home “B” (Tadyn Bentley, Grant Jones, Sean Wolthuis, Tanner Goble) 2:15.18; (4) Sisters “B” 2:20.22.
200 Freestyle – (1) Baldessom (Sis) 2:08.13; (2) Miller (Sis) 2:18.59; (3) Grant Jones (SH) 2:20.56; (4) Tadyn Bentley (SH) 2:37.93.
200 Individual Medley – (1) Nathan Hager (SH) 2:13.95; (2) Strahan (Stay) 2:24.14; (3) Luz (Sis) 2:43.97.
50 Freestyle – (1) Jaeger Howatt (SH) 23.90; (2) Barry (Sis) 24.48; (3) O’Hern (Sis) 26.44; (4) Tanner Goble (SH) 27.64; (5) Adam Barber (SH) 28.67.
100 Butterfly – (1) Strahan (Stay) 1:03.81; (2) Jaeger Howatt (SH) 1:04.39; (3) Sean Wolthuis (SH) 1:21.62.
100 Freestyle – (1) Nathan Hager (SH) 52.54; (2) Barry (Sis) 58.17; (3) O’Hern (Sis) 59.98; (4) Adam Barber (SH) 1:08.57.
500 Freestyle – (1) Brandon Vasfaret (SH) 5:30.21; (2) Ryan Yon (SH) 5:57.53; (3) Werts (Sis) 7:33.71; (4) Jaqua (Sis) 7:35.98.
200 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sisters “A” 1:41.06; (2) Sweet Home (Tanner Goble, Tadyn Bentley, Adam Barber, Sean Wolthuis) 1:56.17; (4) Sisters “B” 2:06.78.
100 Backstroke – (1) Brandon Vasfaret (SH) 1:04.36.
100 Breaststroke – (1) Baldessari (Sis) 1:12.97; (2) Ryan Yon (SH) 1:22.72; (3) Grant Jones (SH) 1:28.50; (4) Standen (Sis) 1:34.95.
400 Freestyle Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Brandon Vasfaret, Ryan Yon, Jaeger Howatt, Nathan Hager) 3:46.42; (2) Sweet Home “B” (Tadyn Bentley, Adam Barber, Grant Jones, Tanner Goble) 4:29.50.