Sweet Home’s track teams are still trying to find their stride, but they put up a fight Saturday at the Junction City Invitational.
Spring break seemed to help some of the athletes, as they had “a ton of PRs,” according to Coach Billy Snow. “We competed very well,” he said.
Newport won the boys team competition, scoring 726.5 points. Sweet Home was fourth with 584.5. In the girls meet, Wilsonville was first with 712.5 points. The Huskies were fifth with 398.
For the boys, Cody Shipp, in his first year of track, had a “huge” day, Snow said, posting personal bests in the 100 (second in 11.80), the 200 (third in 23.30) and the long jump (fifth in 18-8).
The Huskies went one-two in the boys javelin, Alex Brown winning the event with a throw of 160-0 and Nathan Whitfield coming in second at 149-9. All but one of the Husky boys and girls threw a PR in the event, Snow said. Sophomore Kelsey Fisher “PR’d big time” with a throw of 122-04, Snow said.
Whitfield, a junior, placed sixth in the shot with throw of 42-06 — two feet over his previous best.
Junior Brandon Weist, also in his first year of track, had a tough day in the long jump, but nailed a leap of 38-1 1/2 in the triple jump to better his previous record by two feet.
After competing in the heptathlon the week before, Ashley Danielson and Jessica Trautman, who normally specialize in distance events, made their debut in the high jump and both cleared 4-2 to tie for 10th.
The pole vaulters had a difficult day. Snow said that two-thirds of the boys competitors, including all the Huskies, and half of the girls no-heighted in the event. The only Sweet Home vaulter to clear a height was Erika Snow, who placed 11th after she cleared 6-0.
In her first race of the season, Cassandra Schumacher ran a lifetime best of 5:26.5 in the 1500 to place second, and then almost posted another personal best in the 3000, finishing fourth in 12:04.4.
The girls were hindered by their lack of hurdlers, particularly Hannah Swanson, who was ill and only ran in the 4×100 relay.
Snow said a meet like Junction City allows his team to try some new things.
“We had kids do events they don’t usually do,” he said. “We’ve had some kids pigeon-holed in one area, and we’re trying to pull them out and try them in other areas.”
The Huskies hosted Stayton on Tuesday, too late to report the results in this issue, and will travel to North Marion on April 18 for another conference meet.
Junction City Invititational
Boys Results for Sweet Home
100 – (2) Cody Shipp 11.80; (14) Land Florek 12.60; (21) Marcus Delong 13.00. 200 – (3) Cody Shipp 23.30; (9) Tim Faulconer 24.40; (22) Peter Vanderlip 28.80. 400 – (3) Tim Faulconer 53.80; (9) Ramiro Santana 56.00 ; (15) Land Florek 58.20. 800 – (12) Robert Callagan 2:21.70; (14) Peter Vanderlip 2:25.10; (17) Nic Wirth 2:36.90. 1500 – (8) Peter Vanderlip 4:41.50; (11) Jake Smith 4:52.50; (14) Jess Keys 5:04.70. 3000 – (9) KC Hanscam 10:41.60; (10) Jake Smith 10:42.00; (13) Nikki Smith 11:17.60. 110 HH – (9) Jess Keys 20.00; (10) Isaac Villarreal 20.40; (13) Kevin Yeung 21.10. 300 IH – (7) Isaac Villarreal 47.30; (17) Kevin Yeung 51.90; (18) Nikki Smith 54.40. 4×100 relay – No Time. 4×400 relay – sixth place (Land Florek 58.7; Ramiro Santana 57.3; Isaac Villarreal 58.1; Tim Faulconer 55.7) 3:49.3. Shot Put – (6) Nathan Whitfield 42-6; (15) Marcus Delong 36-7; (16) Marc Callagan 35-04. Discus – (12) Marcus Delong 98-3; (15) Nathan Whitfield 93-3; (18) Marc Callagan 74-5. Javelin – (1) Alex Brown 160-0; (2) Nathan Whitfield 149-9; (10) Kelsey Fisher 122-4. High Jump – (3) Brandon Weist 5-8; (8) Jess Keys 5-4; (12) KC Hanscam 5-2. Pole Vault – KC Hanscam, Jess Keys, Robert Callagan all no heights. Long Jump – (5) Cody Shipp 18-8; (14) Ramiro Santana 16-11 3/4; (17) Brandon Weist 16-7. Triple Jump – (4) Brandon Weist 38-1 1/2; (11) KC Hanscam 35-4 1/4; (21) Robert Callagan 30-6 1/2.
Team Scores: (1) Newport 726.5; (2) Wilsonville 719; (3) Junction City 693; (4) Sweet Home 584.5; (5) Central 563; (6) Elmira 515; (7) Stayton 375.5; (8) Toledo 210.5.
Girls Results for Sweet Home
100 – (15) Sarah Rosa 15.00; (20 Brittany Trahan 15.50; (21) Jordanne Greene 15.70. 200 – (12) Sarah Rosa 29.70; (17) Amanda Basham 31.00; (21) Jordanne Greene 32.50. 400 – (6) Amanda Basham 1:08.80;
(12) Julia Henthorne 1:13.80. 800 – (8) Kambria Schumacher 2:45.30; (9) Ashley Danielson 2:47.00; (16) Sabra Perry 3:23.00. 1500 – (2) Cassandra Schumacher 5:26.50; (11) Jessica Trautwein 6:12.70; Kambria Schumacher NT. 3000 – (4) Cassandra Schumacher 12:04.40; (9) Jessica Trautwein 13:57.5. 100 Hurdles – No Entries. 300 Hurdles – No Entries. 4×100 Relay – Eighth Place (Brittany Trahan; Sarah Rosa; Hannah Swanson; Amanda Basham) 57.80 4×400 Relay – Did Not Enter. Shot Put – (5) Hannah McClaskey 33-6; (19) Megan Hershberger 26-7; (20) Felicia Daggett 26-1. Discus – (7) Hannah McClaskey 98-2; (13) Ashley Bertucci 85-6; (15) Megan Hershberger 81-6. Javelin – (4) Hannah McClaskey 97-7; (7) Ashley Danielson 86-1; (22) Sabra Perry 55-4. High Jump – (10-tie) Jessica Trautwein, Ashley Danielson 4-2. Pole Vault – (11) Erika Snow 6-0; Brittany Trahan, Jordanne Greene no heights. Long Jump – (9) Ashley Bertucci 12-8 1/2; (18) Jessica Trautwein 11-7; (17) Sabra Perry 11-5. Triple Jump – (9) Ashley Bertucci 28-10 1/2; (16) Erika Snow 24-1 1/4.
Team Scores: (1) Wilsonville 712.5; (2) Newport 704.5; (3) Stayton 660; (4) Junction City 653; (5) Sweet Home 398; (6) Elmira 395.5; (7) Toledo 363.5; (8) Central 353.