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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 13 Outlaws strong in District swim meet By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent Lydia Bartlett won two events and Osmond Bates captured one at the Special District 3 Swimming Championships held Friday and Saturday, February 14-15 at South Albany High School. The victories earned automatic qualification to the OSAA State Swimming Championships. A total of 13 teams from the 1A/2A/3A/4A classifica- tion that comprise Special District 3, which is one of the four special districts in Oregon for swimming, competed for the District team titles as well as berths to state. Those teams include 4A schools Cascade, Junction City, Marist, North Marion, Philomath, Stayton, Sweet Home and Sisters. Amity, Salem Academy, and Blanchet Catholic, come from the 3A ranks, and Kennedy and Kings Valley Charter from the 2A and 1A classifi- cation respectively. The first-place win- ner in each individual and relay event at each District meet automatically quali- fied for the OSAA9s State Championships. Any remain- ing open lanes are filled by the next fastest time from the finals of the four special districts. Announcements for those qualifiers were not available by press time. Bartlett won the 500- yard freestyle in convincing fashion, clocking 5:06.31, a full 27 seconds ahead of the runner-up. She will enter the state meet as one of the top contenders in the event. In contrast, her victory in the 200-yard freestyle was a real nail-biter as she held off Megan Hager of Sweet Home by just .3 seconds to win in 1:52.26. Bates9 surprise victory in the 100-yard breaststroke came as a result of a two-sec- ond personal best in the pre- lims on Friday, followed by another two-second improve- ment in the final. <He actually pulled away from the rest of the field in the last 25 meters to win by nearly a full second,= said an ecstatic Coach Bryn Singleton. His time was 1:10.64. Beyond the state qualifiers, Singleton came away from the meet amazed at how well her team-members peaked for District. <Every swimmer seriously swam better than I have ever seen,= she said. <The kids really dug deep and were so tough.= Sisters boys9 200-yard freestyle relay of Sam Mayes, Austen Heuberger, Clayten Heuberger and Bates took second place in 1:40.15. The same quartet also swam a season best in the 400 meter freestyle relay with a time of 3:43.44, which was nearly 20 seconds faster than their seed time entering the meet. <That was simply amaz- ing,= said Singleton. Sam Mayes took third as an individual in the 100-yard freestyle in 55.25, and Austen Heuberger nabbed fourth place in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:04.86. For the girls, Bartlett, Iris Diez, May Root, and Laura Clem earned third place in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Clem also got sixth place in the 100- yard butterfly in 1:12.68. Sweet Home won the team title with 297 points over second-place Marist Catholic, which finished with 200. Sisters finished with a total of 90 for eighth place. PHOTO PROVIDED Osmond Bates, far right, shown with some of his teammates, won the 100- yard backstroke at District, punching his ticket to the state meet. Marist Catholic eked out a two-point win over Salem Academy among boys teams with 241 points to the Crusaders9 239. Sisters placed a solid fourth with 132 points. Two boys relay teams and the girls relay team qualified by time to go to state, and Austen Heuberger qualified in the 200-yard freestyle. The OSAA State Championships for all classi- fications are set for February 21-22 at Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center in Beaverton. Year-round FIREWOOD SALES — Kindling — — — DINING & TAKE-OUT SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS Menu at SistersSaloon.net 541-410-4509 541-549-RIBS SistersForestProducts.com until midnight every night 190 E. Cascade Ave. Personal approach to every property year-round! PHOTO BY KATIE KERANEN Osmond Bates and Lydia Bartlett are District champions. a nonprofit charity that provides fully guided and outfitted trips for disabled Veterans at no charge more than 2,000 disabled veterans have been served All guides and board members are disabled veterans. There are no paid employees. Warfighter Outfitters is 100% volunteer-based and only spends donor dollars on basic operating costs of fuel and food. All operating costs are funded by donor dollars. Would you consider making a donation to Warfighter Outfitters today? warfighteroutfitters.org Warfighter Outfitters • 541-719-0071 • 501(c)(3) Nonprofit 23 years in business • LCB#9583 541-549-2882 Snow Blowing Shoveling • De-Icing Wood Stacking Clean-Ups • Hauling