The weather was awful but the performances from some of the Sweet Home track and field athletes were excellent nonetheless as the Huskies competed at Pleasant Hill Thursday, March 20.
The meet gave Sweet Home a chance to compete against a variety of 4A teams that it may not see again until the state championships. It included Douglas, Elmira, LaPine, Pleasant Hill, Sisters and Sutherlin, along with 3A schools Glide and Waldport, 2A schools Oakridge and Scio and 1A Lowell.
“We actually had some very good marks for the conditions,” said Coach Billy Snow.
The weather ranged from sunshine to driving rain and wind, finishing with snow during the 4×400 relays.
The conditions and some of the runways in the field events didn’t help, but a number of the Huskies came away with season personal bests, Snow said.
“Our 4×100 boys relay ran a second and a half faster — that’s a good improvement,” he said.
The team, with freshman Alex Santana running the anchor, clocked 45.56 to finish second to Scio, which was led by sophomore Coulter Mastenbroek, who also won the 100. Santana took the baton and battled Sisters’ Nick Head down the homestretch, taking a tumble as he leaned into the tape to win the heat.
Snow said it looks like Newport, Central and Sweet Home will be in a dead run in the relay event, as all are running similar times.
First-place finishers for the boys were Dakotah Keys, who won all three individual events he entered — the javelin (174-4), the 300 hurdles (41.53) and the 110 high hurdles (15.34); and Robert Callagan in the 800 (2.05.68); and the 4×400 relay team of Keys, Callagan, Ramiro Santana and Land Florek, who ran 3:43.3. For the girls, Amanda Basham ran 11.26.10 to win the 3,000 — the first time she’s run that race; and Ashley Danielson overcame some rough conditions to throw the javelin 98-6 for first place in that event.
Other top finishes for the boys were Land Florek in the 400 (second in 52.28) and third in the 200 (23.43); Santana (second in the 100 in 11.34); Marc Callagan (fourth in a deep shot put field) and Marcus Delong, who led a 4-5-6-7 finish for the Huskies in the discus.
“Land had a good day. He ran a second off his lifetime best in the 100,” Snow said of Florek, who has been sidelined by an injury. “For a kid who is till trying to get in shape from injury, that’s a pretty solid time.”
He said Keys overcame some rough conditions in his races.
“I told him in the 300 to just survive this,” Snow said. “He was cold and wet. But he still runs a 41.53.”
For the girls, freshman Olivia Johnson was fourth in the 800, the first time she had run that race, edging teammate Danielson by six-tenths of a second to finish 2:45.92; Carissa Swanson was third in the 1500 (5:38.49); Leah Dauley was fifth in the 300 hurdles (58.25) and the girls 4×400 team of Swanson, Basham, Danielson and Jessica Snow was second in 4:42.32.
“Leah (Dauley) is really coming along,” Billy Snow said. “She had a great 300 and she’s really working hard.”
“Every last one of the girls in the 800 ran a PR for this season,” Snow said, noting that the conditions were less than ideal.
He said that he was surprised by Basham and Swanson’s times, running after a “really hard workout on Tuesday.”
Snow said the girls javelin throwers had a good day, despite “terrible conditions.”
He said the only injury that had the potential of being serious was to freshman sprinter and jumper Kelika Kaniaupio, who injured herself in the 100 high hurdles. He said her condition was still being determined.
Some of the Huskies will compete Friday and Saturday at the Sweet Home Decathlon and Heptathlon, beginning at 11 a.m. both days.
Keys will be the favorite in the decathlon, Snow said, but athletes from Crow, Lowell, Pendleton, Salem, Gresham and Crane are among the early registrants for the events.
Boys Results
Top three plus Sweet Home finishers in top 20
100 Meters – (1) Coulter Mastenbroek (Scio) 11.06; (2) Alex Santana (SH) 11.34; (3) Greg Mock (Suth) 11.50; (4-tie) Sam Macklin (SH) 11.62; (14) Amos Parmenter (SH) 11.93; (18) Brandon Elliott (SH) 12.15.
200 Meters – (1) Reade Griebel (LaPi) 22.81; (2) Coulter Mastenbroek (Scio) 23.03; (3) Land Florek (SH) 23.43; (9) Sam Macklin (SH) 24.12; (11) Alex Santana (SH) 24.46.
400 Meters – (1) Cory McCaffrey (Sist) 51.21; (2) Land Florek (SH) 52.28; (3) Aaron Nelson (PH) 53.68; (14) Zach Jackson (SH) 59.93 .
800 Meters – (1) Robert Callagan (SH) 2:05.68; (2) Drew Harrison (Sist) 2:10.50; (3) Luke Glick (Sist) 2:10.89; (6) Ramiro Santana (SH) 2:11.98; (20) Alex Stupin (SH) 2:40.06.
1500 Meters – (1) Benton Urqhardt (Sist) 4:26.14; (2) Jesse Fukawa (Oakr) 4:26.37; (3) Parker Bennett (Sist) 4:29.49; (7) Brinden Sanders (SH) 4:41.83; (9) Dustin Collman (SH) 4:48.32.
3000 Meters – (1) Max Long (Oakr) 9:29.70; (2) Davis Shepherd (Elm) 9:49.60 ; (3) Mike Calavan (Sist) 9:50.40; (9) Byron Sanders (SH) 10:25.70; (10) Josh Rice (SH) 10:32.60; (11) John Trahan (SH) 10:49.80; (18) Chris Thompson (SH) 11:42.90.
110 High Hurdles – (1) Dakotah Keys (SH) 15.34; (2) Tavin Morgan (Glid) 17.01; (3) Kevin Godfrey (Doug)17.34.
300 Int Hurdles – (1) Dakotah Keys (SH) 41.53; (2) James Cabarrubias (Oakr) 48.37; (3) Willie DeLoach (Oakr) 48.56; (6) Zach Jackson (SH) 50.87.
4×100 Relay – (1) Scio (David Saterlee, Brock Sarbeck, Coulter Mastenbroek, Wyatt Briggs) 45.03; (2) Sweet Home (Amos Parmenter, Brandon Elliott, Sam Macklin, Alex Santana) 45.56; (3) Sisters (Andy Stahn, Cory McCaffrey, Cory Holt, Nick Head) 45.56; (6) Sweet Home “B” (Brinden Sanders, Zach Jackson, Ethan Rowe, David Walters) 48.56.
4×400 Relay – (1) Glide (Anthony Anderson, Josh Dyer, Jesse Hopkins, Jacob Brown) 3:49.79; (2) Oakridge (Zach Chamberlin, Max Long, Jesse Fukawa, Sam Hahn) 3:52.26; (3) Waldport (Nolan Dean, Perry Moore, Alex Weron, Nathan Goforth) 4:02.69; (5) Sweet Home (Byron Sanders, Chris Thompson, Alex Stupin, John Trahan) 4:02.87.
Shot Put – (1) Darrell Fairbanks (PH) 46-11.50; (2) Brogan Cramer (PH) 44-10.50; (3) Lewis Laney (PH) 43-10.75; (4) Marc Callagan (SH) 42-06; (6) Marcus Delong (SH) 36-11; (9) Ethan Rowe (SH) 36-01; (10) Kelsey Fisher (SH) 34-09; (18) Conner Cunha (SH) 30-09,
Discus – (1) Wyatt Briggs (Scio)139-01; (2) Michael Ruppert (Doug) 121-06; (3) Brett Burbee (PH) 118-00; (4) Marcus Delong (SH) 115-06; (5) Amos Parmenter (SH) 111-10; (6) Marc Callagan (SH) 111-09; (7) Ethan Rowe (SH) 107-00 ; (10) Brinden Sanders (SH) 95-02; (11) Kelsey Fisher (SH) 93-08; (19) Josh Ward (SH) 82-03.
Javelin – (1) Dakotah Keys (SH) 174-04; (2) Tim Urista (Doug) 154-08; (3) Ty Slater (LaPi) 152-01; (6) Ethan Rowe (SH) 127-00; (7) Marc Callagan (SH)122-00 ; (8) Kelsey Fisher (SH) 121-07; (9) Zach Jackson (SH) 121-00; (20) Bud Daniels (SH) 106-01.
High Jump – (1) Michael Oliver (Suth) 5-08.00; (2-tie) Collin Kellar (Lowl); Maxwell Beebe (Elm)5-06.00; (No Sweet Home entries).
Long Jump – (1) Keenan Jordan (PH)18-10; (2) Jason Childs (Doug) 17-10; (3) Coulter Mastenbroek (Scio) 17-08; (11) Marc Callagan (SH) 16-04.00; (19) James Myers (SH) 15-00.
Triple Jump – (1) Logan Loftis (Elm) 39-11.50; (2) Tim Urista (Doug) 37-02; (3) Scott Salgado (Sist) 36-00; (10) David Walters (SH) 31-04.00.
Pole Vault – Cancelled due to weather conditions.
Girls Results
Top three plus Sweet Home finishers in top 20
100 Meters – (1) Katie Sterling (PH)13.40; (2) Sharrisa Thayer (Wald)13.46; (3) Cindy Steele (Sist) 13.50; (16) Natasha Perry (SH)14.59; (18) Tanesia McDowell (SH)14.65; (20) Brianna Wirth (SH)15.06.
200 Meters – (1) Misty Corwin (Wald) 26.40; (2) Karissa Needham (Suth) 27.90; (3) Jessica Head (Sist) 28.53; (18) Natasha Perry (SH) 31.25.
400 Meters – (1) Misty Corwin (Wald) 1:01.40; (2) Mackenzie Williams (Sist) 1:02.75 ; (3) Jessica Head (Sist) 1:04.15; (11) Leah Dauley (SH) 1:10.56; (13) Jessica Snow (SH) 1:10.68.
800 Meters – (1) Maria Ramirez (LaPi) 2:30.59; (2) Zoe Skordahl (Oakr) 2:32.68; (3) Nikki Wyatt (Wald) 2:44.49; (4) Olivia Johnson (SH) 2:45.92; (5) Ashley Danielson (SH) 2:46.35; (8) Jill Mahler (SH) 2:52.03; (9) Justine Calhoon (SH) 2:55.61; (12) Caroline Amendola (SH) 3:01.60; (13) Jenna Kistner (SH) 3:10.87.
1500 Meters – (1) Emily James (Doug) 5:08.94; (2) Maria Ramirez (LaPi) 5:09.79; (3) Carissa Swanson (SH) 5:38.49.
3000 Meters – (1) Amanda Basham (SH) 11:26.10; (2) Randi Gullickson (Elm) 12:34.60 (3) Valerie Warren (Suth) 12:50.00.
100 High Hurdles – (1) Samantha Boyd (Oakr) 16.96; (2) Sara Smaha (Glid) 18.87 (3-tie) Reba Eggert ( Wald), Jenise Lewis (Suth) 19.09; (9) Kelika Kaniaupio (SH) 20.43.
300 Low Hurdles – (1) Samantha Boyd (Oakr) 51.96; (2) Reba Eggert (Wald) 53.96; (3) Caitlyn Hoefer (Scio) 55.18; (5) Leah Dauley (SH) 58.25; (11) Brianna Wirth (SH) 1:05.56.
4×100 Relay – (1) Sisters (Justine Head, Jessica Head, Brandi Palmer, Aubrey Cretsinger) 52.80; (2) Pleasant Hill (Braidy Bates, Katie Sterling, Malia White, Tayler Smith) 52.84; (3) Waldport (Olevia Bittick, Sharrisa Thayer, Misty Corwin, Brianna Webb) 54.40; (11) Sweet Home (Brianna Wirth, Tanesia McDowell, Leah Dauley, Natasha Perry) 58.53.
4×400 Relay – (1) Oakridge (Samantha Boyd, Zoe Skordahl, Lynlee Young, Emily Mclean) 4:29.64; (2) Sweet Home (Carissa Swanson, Amanda Basham, Ashley Danielson, Jessica Snow) 4:42.32 ; (3) LaPine (Meghanne Denecochea, Maria Ramirez, Karlee Harris, Savannah Michael) 4:43.20 .
Shot Put – (1) Sharrisa Thayer (Wald) 37-09; (2) Sarah James (Doug) 32-04; (3) Kassi Conditt (LaPi) 32-00; (12) Tee Whaley (SH) 26-04.50; (15) Amanda Hoover (SH) 23-09.50
Discus – (1) Sharrisa Thayer (Wald) 113-07; (2) Erika Thorsen (Suth) 93-02; (3) Danielle Pedersen (Doug) 90-07; (13) Tee Whaley (SH) 62-11; (18) Rebaka Branson (SH) 60-01; (19) Amanda Hoover (SH) 59-07; (20) Katelyn Anderson (SH) 58-09 .
Javelin – (1) Ashley Danielson (SH) 98-06 (2) Justine Head (Sist) 97-07; (3) Sami DeVore (Scio) 88-00; (6) Josie David (SH) 81-03; (12) Amanda Hoover (SH) 70-00 .
High Jump – (1 three-way tie) Malia White (PH), Zoe Skordahl (Oakr), Samantha Boyd (Oakr) 4-08; (no Sweet Home entrants).
Long Jump – (1) Demi Stinson (Glid) 14-05; (2) Aubrey Cretsinger (Sist) 14-00; (3) Kelsey Neilson (Sist) 13-06; (13) Kelika Kaniaupio (SH) 12-02.
Triple Jump – (1) Lynlee Young (Oakr) 32-07; (2) Heidi Norris (Lowl) 32-02; (3) Kelsey Neilson (Sist) 31-07; (12) Samantha Driver (SH) 25-02.
Pole Vault – Event cancelled due to weather conditions.