Several individual and relay records fell at the Stayton Community Pool on January 21, and Outlaw swimmers finish first in several events against North Marion, Stayton, Cascade, Mollala and Dayton High School. The “A” relay won both the 200 m medley and the 400 m freestyle.   Justin Hedemark and Byron Womack finished first in the 100 backstroke and 50 freestyle respectively.

 Casey Meudt started the medley relay with a good backstroke leg, followed by Kyle Whipps in a personal best of 34.1 in the breaststroke, Justin Hedemark in a 26.2 butterfly segment and Bryon Womack with a 24.3 in the freestyle. Their combined yard time of 1:54.10 won the event and replaces the old Sisters High School record, which the same group of swimmers established December 16 at the Sweet Home pool.

 The Outlaws’ second boys medley relay with Casey Pyke, Justin Dean, Tyler Young and Clifton Williams finished sixth. Pyke and Williams swam PR’s in the backstroke and freestyle.

 On the girls’ side Aubyn Geser, Jessie Swaner, Kate Canja and Tori Carlson contested the same event and finished fifth overall.

 Kate Canja dropped another two seconds off her best time in the 200 m freestyle, which put her in a solid third place behind Cascade’s Sarah Boehmer and Dayton High School’s Kellye Hildebrandt.

 Justin Hedemark and Tyler Young competed in the 200 m individual medley. Hedemark finished second behind Noah Brokaw and Young’s best time of 2:42.9 was good enough for fourth place.

 The next event, the 50 m freestyle, had 44 swimmers seeded. Stayton and North Marion dominated the girls’ side while Sisters High School took the top two spots in the boys’ line-up. Byron Womack defended his number one seed successfully and third seed Casey Meudt outtouched Stayton’s favorite sprinter Naoya Kita by 0 .3 seconds for a second place. Rachel Pilliod was the top girl with an eighth place.

 Kate Canja and Kyle Whipps competed for the first time this season in the 100 m freestyle. Both swam to personal best times with Canja finishing second, only giving way to Cascade’s Emily Selander by 0.6 seconds, and Whipps sprinting to a respectable 1:00.3

 Event 18, the 100 m backstroke, went to the Outlaws with a first and second place. Hedemark won the race in 1:02.15 (converted to yards), setting a new Sisters High School record and Casey Meudt took number two with a personal best by over two seconds. Aubyn Geser and Tori Carlson competed in this event also.

 Jessie Swaner and Katlyn Diener were entered in the 100 m breaststroke. Swaner finished a very strong race in second place behind Dayton High School’s Kellye Hildebrandt.

 The competition ended with another highlight for the Outlaws. In a powerful 4x100 m freestyle relay, the foursome of Hedemark, Whipps, Meudt and Womack set a new standard for this distance. Their converted, combined time of 3:47.72 is a new Sisters High School record by about 25 seconds and replaces the old mark of 4:12.34, established by Kevin Carlsmith, Scott Schreiner, Lee Pyke and Justin Hedemark during the 2001-2002 season.

 “All three boys relays, as well as several individual races, will be very competitive at District Championships this year”, coach Hedemark commented.