After a lackluster showing at La Pine, Sweet Home’s track and field athletes turned it around “100 percent,” according to Coach Billy Snow, at Elmira Thursday, April 24.
“They competed a whole lot better,” Snow said, noting that Elmira will host the district meet in two weeks.
Key performances included season-bests by both short relay teams – and that despite a bad handoff for the girls and in the long relays, which the boys won with a come-from-behind effort by Eric Flierl.
“Everybody is a second or two slower than what they will do when they’re fresher,” Snow said.
Jakob Hiett broke 2 minutes in the 800 for the first time (1:59.09), running by himself for nearly the entire distance, after running 4:07 in the 1500 earlier.
Nicole Rasmussen cut a big chunk off her 1500 time for the season, running 5:04, a 22-second improvement, to win that race and then came back to take the girls 3000 with a run of 11:15.56.
In the field, three pole vaulter freshman Dillon Stutzman registered an 18-inch PR with a jump of 12 feet to finish second.
“All of a sudden, things just kind of clicked,” Snow said. “If we can get some mechanics taken care of, even though it’s a little late in the season, we’ll see what happens.”
Egan Shamek won both the long jump (19-4) and the triple jump (37-3). Haley Kent won the girls triple jump with a leap of 31-10¾, with teammate India Porter breaking 30 feet for the first time this year, with a jump of exactly that.
“Even though some of the marks in some of the areas aren’t wha the kids wanted, they competed well,” Snow said.
Sweet Home will compete at Lebanon’s Rob Allen Invitational Friday evening, May 2, in which each team is allowed two entries per event. Teams expected to participate are Central Linn, East Linn Christian, Newport, Bend, Dallas, Lebanon, South Albany and North Salem, along with Sweet Home. Field events start at 4:30, with running events at 5:45.
Sweet Home’s JV will have its district meet Tuesday, May 6, at Junction City, beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Sweet Home, Cottage Grove, La Pine and Triangle Lake at Elmira
Top Three and Sweet Home Finishers
Boys Results
Team Scores – (1) Elmira 118; (2) Sweet Home 115.5; (3) Cottage Grove 55; (4) La Pine 52.5; (5) Triangle Lake 14.
100 – (1) Spencer Knight (SH) 11.58; (2) Jordan Stoppel (E) 11.75; (3) Wyatt Hibbard (CG) 12.14; (5) Nick Rietz (SH) 12.47; (8-tie) Matt Davis (SH), Chace Hutchins (SH) 12.34; (9) Justin Carpenter (SH) 12.69; (10) Jacob Erickson (SH) 13.06; (21) Wes Parker (SH) 13.71; (22) Hunter Olsen (SH) 14.13; (24) Oscar Hernandez (SH) 14.32; (26) Brenton Clark (SH) 15.26.
200 – (1) Harley Gilpin (E) 23.44; (2) Spencer Knight (SH) 23.82; (3) Zach Beltz (E) 24.16; (6) Trey Reeed (SH) 24.43; (11) Nick Rietz (SH) 25.88; (20) Wes Parker (SH) 28.90; (21) Oscar Hernandez (SH) 30.53.
400 – (1) Keegan Kriz (LP) 53.03; (2) Kendrick Murphy (CG) 55.47; (3) Devin Curtis (E) 55.51; (6) Ian Wingo (SH) 59,02; (8) Robert Gourley (SH) 1:02.94.
800 – (1) Jakob Hiett (SH) 1:59.09; (2) Michael Langner (E) 2:11.75; (3) Ben Douhit (E) 2:17.29; (6) Joseph Rasmussen (SH) 2:21.74.
1500 – (1) Jakob Hiett (SH) 4:07.12; (2) Gannon Jones (E) 4:30.31; (3) Adam Najera (CG) 4:32.35; (10) Issac Justham (SH) 4:53.82; (11) Julian Hesberg (SH) 4:54.51.
3000 – (1) Ganon Jones (E) 9:47.00; (2) Ian Wingo (SH) 10:08.00; (3) Austin Smith (LP) 10:28.00; (6) Issac Justham (SH) 10:35.3; (7) Julian Hesberg (SH) 10:41.2; (8) Robert Gourley (SH) 11:00.0.
110 Hurdles – (1) Nicholas Boykin (E) 16.16; (2) Micheal Tharpe (CG) 16.47; (3) Alex Crisp (E) 16.69; (4) Eric Flierl (SH) 16.92; (5) Matt Davis (SH) 17.26.
300 Hurdles – (1) Nicholas Boykin (E) 42.06; (2) Jaycob Dodge (CG) 43.17; (3) Alex Crisp (E) 45.08; (4) Chace Hutchins (SH) 45.35; (5) Matt Davis (SH) 46.13; (6) TJ Baham 49.01.
4×100 Relay – (1) Cottage Grove 45.41; (2) Sweet Home “A” (Eric Flierl, Trey Reed, Egan Shamek, Spencer Knight) 45.48; (3) Elmira 45.87; (4) Cottage Grove “B” 47.05; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Dillon Stutzman, Justin Carpenter, Tucker Porter, Nick Rietz) 48.28; (6) Triangle Lake 50.03; (7) Sweet Home “C” (Wes Parker. Jacob Erickson, Oscar Hernandez, TJ Baham) 51.68.
4×400 Relay – (1) Sweet Home (Trey Reed, Chace Hutchins, Eric Flierl, Jakob Hiett) 3:41.10; (2) Cottage Grove 3:42.36; (3) Elmira 3:44.50; (4) La Pine 3:50.00.
Shot Put – (1) Zane Wardwell (E) 44-0; (2) Ben Terry (SH) 43-6; (3) Bo Highburger (E) 42.6; (4) Brycen Mitten (SH) 40-8; (21) Patrick Bell (SH) 26-10; (22) Eric Whitlow (SH) 25-4; (23) Kyle Laster (SH) 20-10; (24) Raymond Moore (SH) 19-7.
Discus – (1) Zane Wardwell (E) 141-9; (2) Tanner Hanson (LP) 117-7; (3) Ben Terry (SH) 117-0; (19) Gavin Baskin (SH) 70-9; (23) Eric Whitlow (SH) 69-3; (25) Hunter Olson (SH) 64-7; (28) Kyle Laster (SH) 38-8; (29) Rayond Moore (SH) 36-5.
Javelin – (1) Justin Petz (LP) 156-10; (2) Kyle Rose (SH) 154-2; (3) Mason Beebe (E) 149-10; (4) Brycen Mitten (SH) 144-0; (11) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 107-1; (12) Charlie Guerrero (SH) 107-0; (14) Gavin Baskin (SH) 105-0; (20) Egan Shamek (SH) 95-3; (27) Tyler Fincher (SH) 74-6.
High Jump – (1) Ashton Stutzman (SH) 5-6; (2) Ian Johnson (LP) 5-6; (3) Patrick Braunger (E) 5-4.
Pole Vault – (1) Justin Petz (LP) 12-6; (2) Dillon Stutzman (SH) 12-0; (3) Jeff Linn (E) 12-0; (5) TJ Baham (SH) 10-0.
Long Jump – (1) Egan Shamek (SH) 19-4; (2) Joseph Petz (LP) 18-1; (3) Janson Richardson (TL) 17-9½; (7-tie) Tucker Porter (SH), Justin Carpenter (SH) 16-7½; (10) Charlie Guerrero (SH) 16-6½; (20) Brenton Clark (SH) 13-6.
Triple Jump – (1) Egan Shamek (SH) 37-3; (2) Gunnar VanCleave (TL) 37-2½; (3) Scotty Hitner (CG) 36-7; (4) Tucker Porter (SH) 35-9; (10) Charlie Guerrero (SH) 28-7½; (11) Brenton Clark (SH) 28-2½.
Girls Results
Team Scores – (1) Cottage Grove 114; (2) Sweet Home 96.25; (3) Elmira 92.5; (4) La Pine 49.25; (5) Triangle Lake 1.
100 – (1) Josie Knight (SH) 13.66; (2) Kendra Daniels (E) 13.67; (3) Kiana Hemenway (CG) 14.03; (5) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 14.45; (7) Sarah Dunkley (SH) 14.56; (12) Kiesha Goble (SH) 15.15; (14) Sierra Swanson (SH) 15.27; (17) Kayleen Keeney (SH) 15.52; (18) Allison Wickline (SH) 15.53; (19) Ashley Wickline (SH) 15.70; (26) Mikaela Batchelor (SH) 16.72; (27) Ivy Weidner (SH) 16.75; (28) Mami Sakamoto (SH) 16.87; (29) Megan Oberg (SH) 16.90; (30) Maria Daniels (SH) 16.91; (32) Makenna Ashton (SH) 17.14; (33) Natasha Benson (SH) 17.40; (36) Linh Vu (SH) 18.30; (37) Wanrada Puangmalai (SH) 18.44.
200 – (1) Haley Kent (SH) 27.36; (2) Kendra Daniels (E) 28.42; (3) McKenna Boen (LP) 28.77; (11) Sarah Dunkley (SH) 30.46; (12) Jordan Miller (SH) 30.86; (19) Mikaela Batchelor (SH) 34.80.
400 – (1) Ahsha Mootz (CG) 1:00.74; (2) Chelsey Bottorff (CG) 1:05.18; (3) Jordan Miller (SH) 1:07.33.
800 – (1) Breanna Wright (CG) 2:18.97; (2) Morgan Craig (E) 2:35.47; (3) Kayleen Keeney (SH) 2:39.84; (5) Natasha Rasmussen (SH) 2:44.83; (13) Maria Daniels (SH) 3:12.83.
1500 – (1) Nicole Rasmussen (SH) 5:04.63; (2) Hudson Weybright (CG) 5:05.20; (3) Jessica Sand (E) 5:53.79; (9) Sierrah Owen (SH) 7:28.10.
3000 – (1) Nicole Rasmussen (SH) 11:16.56; (2) Morgan Craig (E) 11.49.00; (3) Sierra Swanson (SH) 12:03.00.
100 Hurdles – (1) McKenna Boen (LP) 16.74; (2) Kirstyn Groshong (E) 17.18; (3) Bailey Mills (E) 17.20; No Sweet Home Contestants.
300 Hurdles – (1) Courtney Kent (SH) 48.40; (2) Celeste Pelham (CG) 50.70; (3) Kirstyn Groshong (E) 51.58; (7) Dana Hiett (SH) 54.85.
4×100 Relay – (1) Cottage Grove 51.46; (2) Sweet Home “A” (Josie Knight, Haley Kent, India Porter, Courtney Kent) 52.43; (3) Elmira 54.17; (4) Sweet Home “B” (Allison Wickline, Ashley Wickline, Sarah Dunkley, Makenna Ashton) 1:01.05.
4×400 Relay – (1) La Pine 4:20.70; (2) Sweet Home (Courtney Kent, Jordan Miller, India Porter, Haley Kent) 4:21.93; (3) Cottage Grove 4:22.68; (4) Elmira 4:40.55.
Shot Put – (1) Sylvia Dean (CG) 34-6; (2) Conner Borigo (CG) 31-1; (3) Allison Myers (E) 30-5; (4) Josie Knight (SH) 29-0; (11) Kaitlyn Watts (SH) 24-4; (16) Emily Ramsey (SH) 23-3; (18) Sadie Gordon (SH) 21-9; (23) Hailey Dellinger (SH) 20-0; (24) Shelby Dinsfriend (19-4); (30) Alexi Chase (SH) 9-5.
Discus – (1) Conner Borigo (CG) 94-0; (2) Kaitlyn Watts (SH) 90-9; (3) Sylvia Dean (CG) 90-5;
Javelin – (1) Kelsey Shaw (E) 133-0; (2) Destiny Dawson (CG) 119-3; (3) Amanda Hubbard (SH) 99-3; (4) Jordan Miller (SH) 97-7; (10) Adriana Perez (SH) 69-6; (14) Sadie Gordon (SH) 66-0; (18) Shania Baxter (SH) 60-6; (20) Shelby Dinsfriend (SH) 56-8; (22) Emily Ramsey (SH) 54-3; (25) Natasha Benson (SH) 48-6; (35) Hailey Dellinger (SH) 41-6; (38) Alexi Chase (SH) 22-3.
High Jump – (1-tie) Jaylene Forrester (CG), Melissa Thielman (CG), Kelsey Shaw (E) 4-8; (4) Dana Hiett (SH) 4-6; (5) Sierra Swanson (SH) 4-4.
Pole Vault – (1) Chloee Sazama (LP) 9-8 (2) Jessica Sand (E) 7-0 (3) Dana Hiett (SH) 6-6.
Long Jump – (1) Alissa Likens (LP) 14-5¾; (2-tie)Grieta King (E), Josi Sisco (CG) 14-3½; (11) Alex Olin (SH) 12-6½; (17) Sadie Gordon (SH) 11-11; (23) Megan Oberg (SH) 10-7; (25) Wanrada Puangmalai (SH) 10-4; (29) Mami Sakamoto (SH) 9-5¼; (30) Linh Vu (SH) 8-1.
Triple Jump – (1) Haley Kent (SH) 31-10 ¾; (2) Alissa Likens (LP) 31-0; (3) Grieta King (E) 30-8¼; (4) India Porter (SH) 30-0; (10) Alex Olin (SH) 27-11½.