Sweet Home’s track and field athletes had a good day Tuesday, April 23, in a dual at North Marion, winning both the boys and girls competitions.
Then the Huskies’ top performers got a chance to face off with the cream of the crop from northwest Oregon’s smaller schools Saturday at the Meet of Champions, which they hosted with Cascade’s coaches helping to organize the event, for which competitors had to qualify.
“We had a great turnout,” said Head Coach Nathan Whitfield. “The meet went without any real hitches. We had good marks from our kids and the other kids from other schools showed up.”
The boys competition drew athletes from 27 teams and the girls’ 25 schools. Cottage Grove won the boys’ competition with 65 points, ahead of Philomath (51) and Cascade (49), and Philomath won the girls’ with 108 points, well ahead of Cascade (86) and Molalla (61).
Sweet Home’s boys were 13th with 21 points, while the girls finished with 1 point, scored by Mckenzie Miller with an eighth-place finish in the 1500.
But the Huskies produced a number of personal bests, and they got a chance to see some top-level competition, which is what coaches were looking for.
“It gave the kids a chance to see what a big meet is like, to see competition they don’t always get to see,” Whitfield said.
The boys’ top finisher was Colin Nicholson, who was second in the High Jump (5-10) and the third in the Triple Jump, with a 1-foot PR of 40-10.
Nicholson was tied with East Linn Christian’s Elliot Nofziger at 5-10 in the High Jump, and the “crazy” (as Whitfield described it) resulting jump-off started at 5-10 after they both missed at 6-0, then went down to 5-8, back to 5-10, which they both cleared, and then Nofziger finally won it by clearing 6-0.
“Colin’s getting there,” Whitfield said of the senior who is midway through his first full season of track and field after being sidelined by an early injury last year. “He still has some more work to do. He’s getting his technique figured out.”
Other top performers for the Sweet Home boys were freshman Kason Koenig-Walters, who posted a 10-second PR (10:18.08) in the second 3000 of his high school career, freshman hurdler Nick Larson, who was the top underclassman in the 110 hurdles (18.38), junior Dylan Sharp who PR’d in the Shot Put with a throw of 45-8½, and junior Rickey Erickson, with a 2-foot PR of 138-3 in the Javelin.
For the girls, Miller, who had been ill prior to the Meet of Champions, was the top finisher of the day with her eighth in the 1500 and a ninth-place finish in the 3000.
The three Huskies who qualified for the 800 all finished with PR’s, senior Lydia Wright slicing two seconds off her personal best with a 2:40.44, junior Amelia Sullens cutting six seconds to run 2:44.61, and junior Natiyah Koenig-Walters posting a 7½ second PR in 2:45.37. Wright also posted a 2-second PR in the 400 (1:05.83).
At North Marion on Tuesday, the Huskies posted 32 personal bests on the boys side to beat the hosts 78-50, and 25 for the girls in outscoring North Marion 86-45.
“The kids did really well there,” Whitfield said. “The throws did really well, our 4×4 (relays) did well and Keagan Vogel had a big PR to qualify for the Meet of Champions.”
Vogel, a sophomore, an a 30-second PR by himself to finish in 10:30.86.
“We’re looking good so far,” Whitfield said, noting that the Huskies have four meets left before the district meet at Newport on May 10-11.
This week they will travel to Cascade Wednesday, April 24,
Sweet Home will then compete Friday at the Rob Allen Twilight Invitational at Lebanon, which starts at 3:30 p.m. and will include nine teams, all of them 5A Division except for Sweet Home and East Linn Christian.
“Lebanon should be fun,” Whitfield said. “There will be a bunch of bigger teams there.”
He said he expects tough competition at Cascade, both on the guys and girls sides, but the Huskies have more depth this year and have “done well in all our duals.”
“We’re still working on a bunch of things and we’ll know better how we’re doing as we go along,” he said.
Meet of Champions
Top Three in Events Sweet Home Athletes Competed In and Husky Finishers
* Personal Best
Boys Results
100 – John Coiner (Santiam Christian) 10.95; (2) DeSean Stafford (Banks) 11.41; (3) Josiah Hawkins (Cascade) 11.42; (15) Chase Cameron (SH) 11.82.
200 – John Coiner (SC) 22.65; (2) Warwick Bushnell (Philomath) 23.06; (3) C.D. Nuno (Philomath) 23.41; (11) Chase Cameron (SH) 24.23.
800 – (1) Viggo Beck (Triangle Lake) 2:03.29; (2) Juan Gomez (Tillamook) 2:03.71; (#) Micah Hanke (Cottage Grove) 2:04.14; (11) Kasey Kast (SH) 2:08.70.
3000 – Louigi Etta (Yamhill-Carlton) 9:17.27; (2) Leo Pausch (Philomath) 9:26.09; (3) Lukas Hernandez (Philomath) 9:40.55; (18) Kason Koenig-Walters (SH) 10:18.08*; (22) Keagan Vogel (SH) 10:31.22.
110 Hurdles – (1) Hayes Valley (Cottage Grove) 15.68; (2) Lucas Curry (Delphian) 15.70; (3) Ryan Smith (Harrisburg) 16.69; (11) Nick Larson (SH) 18.38.
300 Hurdles – (1) Lucas Curry (D) 42.04; (2) Hayes Valley (CG) 42.66; (3) David Markham (Banks) 43.75; (12) Nick Larson (SH) 47.33;
4×100 Relay – (1) Blanchet 44.41; (2) Cascade 44.70; (3) Junction City 44.94; Sweet Home DNF.
4×400 Relay – (1) Delphian 3:33.42; (2) Banks 3:36.08; (3) Santiam Christian 3:39.81; (8) Sweet Home (Kasey Kast, Landon Murry, Colin Nicholson, Chase Cameron) 3:48.42.
Shot Put – (1) Mason Detzler (Myrtle Point) 57-1; (2) Kaleb Moore (Junction City) 51-0; (3) Eli Williams (Cottage Grove) 47-2; (4) Dylan Sharp (SH) 45-8½*; (8) Gavin Tyler (SH) 41-5¼;
Discus – (1) Mason Detzler (MP) 169-8; (2) Kaleb Moore (JC) 159-6; (3) Logan Motsinger (Tillamook) 143-0; (16) Conner Pace (SH) 110-0.
Javelin – (1) Kiyan Vrell (Amity) 178-8; (2) Brandon Robertson (Molalla) 175-8; (3) Rowan Files (Lowell) 158-11; (11) Rickey Erickson (SH) 138-3*.
High Jump – (1) Elliott Nofziger (East Linn) 6-0; (2) Colin Nicholson (SH) 5-10; (3) Gavin Grogan (Cottage Grove) 5-8.
Triple Jump – (1) Nathaniel Young (Monroe) 42-4; (2) Jax Norcutt (Lowell) 41-8; (3) Colin Nicholson (SH) 40-10*.
Girls Results
100 – (1) Mya Haarsma (Amity) 12.61; (2) Janice Hellesto (Philomath) 12.91; (3) Jade Naylor (Molalla) 13.06; (21) Brooke Elder (SH) 13.87.
400 – (1) Lillian Pickett (Cascade) 58.48; (2) Natalie Dunn (Philomath) 58.86; (3) Celia James (Salem Academy) 1:00.17; (13) Lydia Wright (SH) 1:05.83*.
800 – (1) Macallan Cutsforth (North Marion) 2:22.52; (2) Iris Frome (Elmira) 2:26.53; (3) Sonja Fischer (Molalla) 2:27.17; (13) Lydia Wright (SH) 2:40.44*; (!5) Amelia Sullens (SH) 2:44.61*; (16) Natiyah Koenig-Walters (SH) 2:45.37*.
1500 – (1) Adele Beckstead (Philomath) 5:04.29; (2) Melea Lattin (Philomath) 5:10.21; (3) Libby Fox (Junction City) 5:11.50; (8) Mckenzie Miller (SH) 5:22.55.
3000 – (1) Adele Beckstead (Philomath) 10:51.31; (2) Lola Esplin (Junction City) 11:09.70; (3) Ella Cardwell (Cottage Grove) 11:10.54; (9) Mckenzie Miller (SH) 11:57.73; (13) Rylee Markell (SH) 12:22.59.
100 Hurdles – (1) Peyton Craven (Molalla) 15.90; (2) Samara Baker (Triangle Lake) 15.92; (3) Calley Starr (Junction City) 17.10; (20) Delainie Pratt (SH) 18.74.
4×100 Relay – (1) Philomath 50.34; (2) Cascade 50.52; (3) Amity 50.83; (15) Sweet Home (Stephanie Saultz, Amara Gonzales, Brooke Elder, Loralai Mark) 54.74.
4×400 Relay – (1) Cascade 4:11.86; (2) Salem Academy 4:23.62; (3) Molalla 4:24.83; (10) Sweet Home (Lydia Wright, Amara Gonzales, Brooke Elder, Amelia Sullens) 4:39.80.
Shot Put – (1) Kalina Saechao (Cascade) 39-7½; (2) Molly Mucken (Blanchet Catholic) 33-6; (3) Matilyn Richardson (Monroe) 33-1½; (16) Selah Wright (SH) 29-7.
Discus – (1) Kalina Saechao (Cascade) 124-5; (2) Molly Mucken (Blanchet Catholic) 116-5; (30 Hadley Hughes (Willamina) 115-1; (10) Selah Wright (SH) 87-3.
Javelin – (1) Ahnika Tryon (Philomath) 126-2; (2) Hadley Hughes (Willamina) 116-8; (3) Makya Alsup (Cottage Grove) 114-4; (17) Peyton Markell (SH) 97-5.
Pole Vault – (1) Elaina Deming (Junction City) 9-6; (2) Grace Mucken (Blanchet Catholic) 9-0; (3) Makayla Webber (Nestucca) 8-6; (12) Delainie Pratt (SH) 7-0.
Sweet Home at North Marion
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 78, (2) North Marion 50.
Top Three and Sweet Home Results
* Personal Best Time/Mark
100 – (1) William Orr (NM) 11.68; (2) Chase Cameron 11.81; (3) Kyle Sieminski (SHO 12.19; (4) Conner Stevens (SH) 12.44.
JV 100 – (1) Dillan Davis (SH) 12.38*; (2) Landon Murry (SH) 13.07; (3) Daniel Benitez (NM) 13.38; (4) Logan Estep (SH) 13.55; (6) Domynic Daniel (SH) 14.14*.
200 – (1) Chase Cameron (SH) 24.27; (2) Caique Credidio (NM) 24.36; (3) Kyle Sieminski (SH) 24.36*; (4) Dillan Davis (SH) 24.42*; (5) Conner Stevens (SH) 25.12.
JV 200 – (1) Kasey Kast (SH) 25.04*; (2) Noah Valdez (SH) 27.19; (3) Daniel Benitez (NM) 28.24; (4) Domynic Daniel (SH) 24.49(*; (5) Kyle Porter (SH) 29.90; (9) Izack Slayter (SH) 31.66*.
400 – (1) Kasey Kast (SH) 56.97; (2 Eli Gonzalez (NM) 1:10.05.
JV 400 – (1) Kyle Porter (SH) 1:07.46; (2) Joan Ortega (SH) 1:11.15.
800 – (1) Peter Crosby (NM) 2:20.43; (2) Joshua Yakis (NM) 2:32.45; (3) Thomas Culbertson (SH) 2:25.48.
1500 – (1) Kason Koenig Wlaters (SH) 4:44.66*; (2) Hunter Clark (SH) 4:44.82*; (3) Nicholas Young (NM) 6:09.49.
JV 1500 – Izack Slayter (SH) 5:28.15*.
3000 – (1) Keagan Vogel (SH) 10:30.86*.
110 Hurdles – (1) London Swank (NM) 18.05; (2) Nick Larson (SH) 18.07*.
300 Hurdles – (1) Nick Larson (SH) 47.20*; (2) London Swank (NM) 48.41.
4×100 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Conner Stevens, Kyle Sieminski, Dillan Davis, Chase Cameron) 46.30; (2) North Marion 48.48.
4×400 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Kasey Kast, Dillan Davis, Chase Cameron, Kyle Sieminski) 3:42.20; (2) North Marion 4:18.44.
Shot Put – (1-tie) Dylan Sharp (SH), Gavin Tyler (SH) 41-11; (3) Hayden Miller (NM) 41-7; (6) Colton Bennett (SH) 35-2.
JV Shot Put – (1) Jackson Barringer (SH 33-4; (2) Conner Pace (SH) 32-10; (3) Jayden Maincilla (SH) 32-5; (4) Caden Foley (SH) 29-9*; (5) Liam Martin (SH) 27-7; (6) Payton Messmer (SH) 24-10; (8) Henry Jones (SH) 19-5.
Discus – (1) Conner Pace (SH) 102-2; (2) Gage Zimmer (NM) 98-6; (3) Gerardo Velazquez (NM) 94-1; (5) Dylan Sharp (SH) 90-0; (6) Gavin Tyler (SH) 88-7.
JV Discus – (1) Colton Bennett (SH) 102-6*; (2) Gunnar Summers (SH) 75-8; (3) Karim Perea (NM) 74-6; (4) Jayden Mancilla (SH) 71-3; (5-tie) Payton Messmer (SH), Jarron Slater (SH) 69-7 (both PR’s); (7) Liam Martin (SH) 66-4; (8) Jackson Barringer (SH) 62-5; (9) Henry Jones (SH) 61-2*; (10) Memphis Gay (SH) 59-2*; (11) Caden Foley (SH) 58-11.
Javelin – (1) Kyle Manning (NM) 144-4; (2) Gavin Tyler (SH) 132-9*; (3) Rickey Erickson (SH) 126=3; (5) Jack simmons (SH) 117-7*.
JV Javelin – (1) Joab Zeek (SH) 100-9*; (2) Blake Arthur (SH) 95-2*; (3) Gunnar Summers (SH) 93-6*; (4) Kaeson Walker (SH) 91-6; (5) Memphis Gay (SH) 91-5*; (6) Payton Messmer (SH) 84-5*; (7) Caden Foley (SH) 57-6.
High Jump – Both competitors no-heighted.
JV High Jump – Elisha Scofield (SH) 5-0*; (2) Kaeson Walker (SH) 4-8*.
Pole Vault – (1) Elisha Scofield (SH) 7-6’*; (2) Thomas Culbertson (SH) 7-0; (3) Roman Shreves (SH) 6-6.
Long Jump –(1) William Orr (NM) 18-0; (2) Juruen Delgado (NM) 16-6½; (3) Noah Valdez (SH) 16-5; (4) Logan Estep (SH) 13-5; (5) Domynic Daniel (SH) 12-11.
JV Long Jump – (1) Elisha Scofield (SH) 14-11; (2) Nick Larson (SH) 13-5½; (3) Lucas Kratochvil (NM) 13-4.
Triple Jump – (1) Juruen Delgado (NM) 33-11; (2) Kaeson Walker (SH) 32-4.
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 86, North Marion 45.
Top Three and Sweet Home Results
100 – (1) Kenley Doubrava (NM) 13.76; (2)Doris Rios (NM) 14.23; (3)Stephanie Saultz (SH) 14.28; (4) Loralai Mark (SH) 14.48; (5) Delainie Pratt (SH) 14.59*; Aara Gonzales (SH) 15.21.
JV 100 – (3-tie) Khloe Wood (SH), Amelia Berg (SH) 15.25 (PR for Berg); (5) Sophia Stock (SH) 15.43; (6) Aivaih Duran (SH) 16.25; (7) Mckenzie Olheiser (SH) 17.45; (8) Ally Downs (SH) 17.57; (9) Madison Olheiser (SH) 17.68*.
200 – (1) Kenley Doubrava (NM) 28.34; (2)Stephanie Saultz (SH) 30.07*; (3) Doris Rios (NM) 30.67; (4) Loralai Mark (SH) 31.17.
JV 200 – (1) Sophia Stock (SH) 31.17*; (2) Ariana Medina (NM) 31.77; (3) Khloe Wood (SH) 32.80; (4) Aivaih Duran (SH) 33.65; (5) McKenzie Olheiser (SH) 36.27; (6) Madison Olheiser (SH) 37.99; (7) Ally Downs (SH) 38.41.
400 – (1) Amelia Sullens (SH) 1:10.61; (2) Kira Bonser (NM) 1:16.53; (3) Koharu Yasuda (SH) 1:30.59*.
800 – (1) Macallan Cutsforth (NM) 2:21.02; (2) Lydia Wright (SH) 2:43.89; (3) Natiyah Koenig-Walters (SH) 2:52.70*.
1500 – (1) Mckenzie Miller (SH) 5:27.43; (2) Rylee Markell (SH) 5:50.62; (3) Miu Simmons (SH) 6:03.35*.
100 Hurdles – (1) Delainie Pratt (SH) 18.68; (2) Ariana Medina (NM) 20.64.
300 Hurdles – (1) Miu Simmons (SH) 1:05.95*; (2) Koharu Yasuda (SH) 1:19.13.
4×100 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Stephanie Saultz, Amara Gonzales, Delainie Pratt, Loralai Mark) 55.74; (2) North Marion 56.37.
4×400 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Lydia Wright, Amara Gonzales, Brooke Elder, Amelia Sullens) 4:45.77; (2) North Marion 4:46.65.
Shot Put – (1) Selah Wright (SH) 31-0½*; (2) Jess Martineau (SH) 29-1*; (3) Emma Durrett (SH) 26-10.
JV Shot Put – (1) Mailey Brewer (SH) 23-4*; (2) Madison Looney (SH) 22-9½; (3) Gracie Vaughan (SH) 22-3*; (4) Kaylee Looney (SH) 19-4; (5) Timber Nobles (SH) 17-7*; (6) Mahala Gourley-Webster (SH) 17-3*.
Discus – (1) Selah Wright (SH) 87-4*; (2) Jess Martineau (SH) 75-11; (3) Allison Kirkbride (NM) 66-6.
JV Discus – (1) Emma Durrett (SH) 67-10*; (2) Mailey Brewer (SH) 62-5; (3) Emmersin Coelho (SH) 59-3*; (4) Gracie Vaughn (SH) 57-11; (5) Madison Looney (SH) 55-2*; (6) Kaylee Looney (SH) 44-9; (7) Mahala Gourley-Webster (SH) 43-6*; (8) Haylee Fortune (SH) 41-3; (9) Timber Nobles (SH) 31-6.
Javelin – (1) Peyton Markell (SH) 95-3; (2) Selah Wright (SH) 94-2*; (3) Abygail Foss (SH) 82-7.
JV Javelin – (1) Rylee Markell (SH) 75-10; (2) Emmersin Coelho (SH) 59-2; (3) Haylee Fortune (SH) 49-1*.
High Jump – No Sweet Home competitors.
JV High Jump – (1) Sophia Stock (SH) 3-8; (2) Khloe Wood (SH) 3-8.
Pole Vault – (1) Delainie Pratt (SH) 6-6; (2) Natiyah Koenig-Walters (SH) 6-6.
Long Jump – (1) Amara Gonzales (SH) 13-9½; (2) Zera Holmgren (NM) 13-4; (3) Beatrice Reeve (SH) 13-0½.
JV Long Jump – (1) Khloe Wood (SH) 12-9; (2) Sophia Stock (SH) 11-3.
Triple Jump – No Sweet Home competitors.