Sweet Home swimmers got a taste of what the district meet will be like during the Albany Sprint meet Saturday, Jan. 18, at South Albany pool.
The non-scoring meet brought together all the teams in 4A/3A/2A/1 Special District 3 in a competition that featured shorter versions of most of the events the Huskies will compete in at the district meet Feb. 14-15 in the 50-yard pool, which is sectioned off into a competition pool and warm-up lanes.
“Especially for the swimmers that have never been there before, it’s a chance to work on starts off their starting blocks and to work on turns, which are done on a bulkhead instead of the usual wall of the pool,” Coach Doug Peargin said.
Sweet Home’s swimmers had not competed since the Jan. 4 Lebanon Invitational, after opting not to travel to Madras on Jan. 11 due to heavy weather on the passes.
“Overall, this was the best meet of the year for us,” Peargin said.
They started with a bang, winning the girls 200 Medley Relay, then went to work, producing a slew of personal bests.
They included Lauren Taber (2:33.9) and Meagan Baham (2:40.9) in the 200 Freestyle, followed by more PR’s from Micah Wright (2:18.2) and William Hawken (2:23.9) in that event.
More individual PR’s for the girls came in the 100 Individual Medley from Megan Hager (1:01.6) and Malia Hewitt (1:04.4); in the 100 Freestyle from Hailey Armendariz and Alaina Curtiss (1:35.0), in the 500 Freestyle from Taber (6:50.1) and Olivia Martineau (7:16.6), from Maren Weld in the 50 Backstrokc (37.6), and from Chloe Tyler (35.1), Isabel Sayer (39.2) and Baham (45.0) in the 50 Breaststroke.
For the boys, Chase Lopez posted a personal best in the 50 Freestyle (27.6); Wright (1:03.8) and Vince Drake (1:16.7) in the 100 Freestyle; and Hunter Calderwood PR’d in the 500 Freestyle (5:45.7).
Individual winners for the girls were Hewitt in the 200 Freestyle, Hager in the 100 IM and the 50 Freestyle, and Tyler in the 50 Backstroke and the 50 Breaststroke. The Huskies won both the 200 Medley and 200 Freestyle relays, the only ones contested in the meet.
“If I had to pick an outstanding swimmer of the meet, it would be Micah Wright, with his two PR’s in individual events and a PR in his (200 Freestyle) relay split,” Peargin said, noting that Taber and Baham also had big days, finishing with two PR’s each.
The Huskies will host Marist, Salem Academy and Philomath Friday at 4 p.m.
Albany Sprint Meet Sweet Home Results
Girls
200 Medley Relay – (1) Sweet Home “A” (Isabel Sayer, Malia Hewitt, Meagan Baham, Torree Hawken) 2:03.3; (7) Sweet Home “B” (Annaleea Shuttlesworth, Bailey Womack, Maren Weld, Hailey Armendariz) 2:31.7.
200 Freestyle – (1) Malia Hewitt 2:07.5; (7) Lauren Taber 2:33.7; (8) Brook Womack 2:37.4; (10) Meagan Baham 2:40.9.
100 Individual Medley – (1) Megan Hager 1:01.6; (2) Malia Hewitt 1:04.4; (17) Nora Pettner 1:29.7.
50 Freestyle – (1) Megan Hager 24.2; (13) Olivia Martineau 35.0; (22) Alaina Curtiss 41.6; (24) Valerie Richards 42.1.
50 Butterfly – (7) Annaleea Shuttlesworth 40.9.
100 Freestyle – (8) Hailey Armendariz 1:11.9; (9) Brook Womack 1:13.3; (11) Nora Pettner 1:16.4; (25) Alaina Curtiss 1:35.0.
500 Freestyle – (4) Lauren Taber 6:50.1; (7) Olivia Martineau 7:16.6.
50 Backstroke – (1) Chloe Tyler 28.1; (7) Maren Weld 37.6; (8) Bailey Womack 38.2; (17) Valerie Richards 46.3.
50 Breaststroke – (1) Chloe Tyler 35.1; (4) Torree Hawken 38.8; (6) Isabel Sayer 39.2; (15) Meagan Baham 45.0.
200 Freestyle Relay – (2) Sweet Home “A” (Isabel Sayer, Meagan Baham, Torree Hawken, Chloe Tyler) 1:55.5; (8) Sweet Home “B” (Maren Weld, Annaleea Shuttlesworth, Lauren Taber, Hailey Armendariz) 2:11.3; (11) Sweet Home “C” (Bailey Womack, Nora Pettner, Olivia Martineau, Brook Womack) 2:20.4.
Boys Results
Top 3 and Sweet Home Finishers
200 Medley Relay – (6) Sweet Home “A” (Jacob Kennedy, William Hawken, Hunter Calderwood, Chase Lopez) 2:11.5.
200 Freestyle – (5) Micah Wright 2:18.2; (8) William Hawken 2:23.9.
50 Freestyle – (7) Chase Lopez 27.6; (20) Vince Drake 32.5.
100 Freestyle – (9) Micah Wright 1:03.8; (14) Jacob Kennedy 1:08.3; (19) Vince Drake 1:16.7.
500 Freestyle – (3) Hunter Calderwood 5:45.7.
50 Backstroke – (6) Jacob Kennedy 35.5.
200 Freestyle Relay – (7) Sweet Home “A” (William Hawken, Chase Lopez, Micah Wright, Hunter Calderwood) 1:55.0.