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Caswell claims victory in SOC ski meet MOUNT ASHLAND - Heather Caswell of North Medford raced to a victory in the giant slalom on the Tempest run at Ski Ashland in the first Southern Oregon League race of the season Friday. Caswell's winning time for the two runs was 2 minutes, 25.86 seconds. South Medford placed three girls in the top eight finishers to closely edge Ashland and North Medford for the team title. Lakeview placed fourth. The Panther girls won with a time of 7:38.990. Ashland placed second less than three seconds behind South. North Medford was third, just five seconds off the winning time. South Medford picked up a runnerup performance from Liz Meyerding and teammate Emma Close placed third. Jens Odegaard of Lakeview won the boys race and Ashland handily took the team title. Brian Westerberg's runnerup finish helped the Grizzlies capture the next five spots after Odegaard. The Grizzlies team time was 6:48.260. Lakeview was the only other team in the six school field to get a time (7:55.170). The top two Southern Oregon League boys and girls teams after the six race season will advance to the state meet at Mount Hood Meadows in early March. GIRLS TEAM SCORES - South Medford 7:38.990, Ashland 7:41.580, North Medford 7:43.730, Lakeview 10:33.230. INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS - 1, Heather Caswell, NM, 2:25.86; 2, Liz Meyerding, SM, 2:29.44; 3, Emma Close, SM, 2:30.01; 4, Brianna Staff, NM, 2:31.03; 5, Megan Hald, A, 2:32.49; 6, Camilla Thorndike, A, 2:36.14; 7, Sarah Camp, A, 2:39.12; 8, Whitney Barry, SM, 2:39.54; 9, Chelsea Elder, L, 2:43.83; 10, Jana Javorikova, A, 2:47.27; 11, Siggy Zallen, NM, 2:49.70; 12, Lindsay Warren, A, 2:50.75; 13, Jamie Kersenbrock, SM, 2:54.14; 14, Megan Shreeve, NM, 2:59.59; 15, Kelsey Thornton, NM, 3:10.98; 16, Ashley Williams, NM, 3:21.73; 17, Kristin Zerkel, NM, 3:28.01; 18, Megan McDonald, L, 3:32.57; 19, Katie Zerkel, NM, 3:49.21; 20, Olivia Bauer, SM, 3:58.06; 21, Melissa Knowles, L, 4:16.83. BOYS TEAM SCORES - Ashland 6:48.260, Lakeview 7:55.170, South Medford DNF, North Medford DNF, Grants Pass DNF, St. Mary's DNF. INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS - 1, Jens Odegaard, L, 2:04.39; 2, Brian Westerberg, A, 2:15.15; 3, Chris Newton, A, 2:20.34; 4, Dustin Way, A, 2:21.44; 5, Wes Tygerson, A, 2:23.79; 6, Darren Yondorf, A, 2:24.90; 7, Peter White-Hoppe, SM, 2:25.57; 8, Nick Rote, StM, 2:28.28; 9, Nick Ghiz, NM, 2:30.54; 10, Griffin Loop, A, 2:33.71; 11, Rob Sharpe, L, 2:39.30; 12, Adam Albertson, L, 2:45.48; 13, Justin Gage, L, 2:47.95; 14, Taylor Kerr, L, 2:50.38; 15, Daniel Armitage, A, 2:50.39; 16, Jason Matthews, SM, 2:59.54; 17, John Turner, A, 3:01.18; 18, Eric Nash, L, 3:02.83; 19, Tyler Lassfolk, GP, 3:03.50; 20, Michael Harlan, L, 3:07.94; 21, Jesse Barr, A, 3:08.84; 22, Ryan Watson, A, 3:37.03; 23, Nick David, A, 3:48.46. Swimming GRANTS PASS WINS SOC MEET - At Medford YMCA, Raphael Amoroso and Tyler Van Brunt each picked up two wins for Grants Pass in a three-way Southern Oregon Conference meet. The Cavemen's 142 points edged out Ashland's 114. South Medford took third with 39. Brad Scoles won two events for Ashland. In girls, Christine Cobb won two meets for the Cavers, which totalled a meet-best 123 points. Ashland had 111 points and South Medford finished with 72. BOYS TEAM RESULTS - Grants Pass 142, Ashland 114, South Medford 39. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 200 MEDLEY RELAY - 1, Grants Pass (Scott Daniels, Tyler VanBrunt, Raphael Amoroso, Jeff Dunn), 1:54.72; 2, Ashland, 2:12.66; 3, Grants Pass, 2:20.86. 200 FREESTYLE - 1, Brad Scoles, Ash, 1:52.72; 2, Adam Zoppo, GP, 2:05.91; 3, Rory Van Brunt, GP, 2:06.77. 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - 1, Tyler Van Brunt, GP, 2:21.69; 2, Dan Johnson, GP, 2:37.71; 3, Geoff Berteau, Ash, 2:42.58. 50 FREESTYLE - 1, Raphael Amoroso, GP, 24.80; 2, Arron Nelson, Ash, 25.45; 3, Robert Houghton, GP, 26.75. 100 FLY - 1, Raphael Amoroso, GP, 1:00.10; 2, Adam Zoppo, GP, 1:05.11; 3, Kurt Vandenhoff, SM, 1:09.98. 100 FREESTYLE - 1, Jeff Dunn, GP, 54.78; 2, Arron Nelson, Ash, 54.97; 3, Scott Daniels, GP, 56.00. 500 FREESTYLE - 1, Brad Scoles, Ash, 5:22.63; 2, Rory Van Brunt, GP, 5:59.09; 3, Jeremy Johnson, Ash, 6:32.34. 200 FREESTYLE RELAY - 1, Grants Pass (Tyler Van Brunt, Adam Zoppo, Jeff Dunn, Raphael Amoroso), 1:44.38; 2, Ashland, 1:45.98; 3, Grants Pass, 1:50.54. 100 BACKSTROKE - 1, Scott Daniels, GP, 1:02.78; 2, Scott Goings, SM, 1:08.59; 3, Caleb Salmond, Ash, 1:10.73. 100 BREASTSTROKE - 1, Tyler Van Brunt, GP, 1:14.57; 2, Nathan Jessop, Ash, 1:21.66; 3, Cameron Guthrie, SM, 1:22.42. 400 FREESTYLE RELAY - 1, Grants Pass (Adam Zoppo, Rory Van Brunt, Scott Daniels, Jeff Dunn), 3:45.89; 2, Ashland, 3:49.92; 3, South Medford, 4:35.61. GIRLS TEAM RESULT - Grants Pass 123, Ashland 111, South Medford 72. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 200 MEDLEY RELAY - 1, South Medford (Lynea Loeffler, Karen Kralik, Nichole Fox, Jordan Sies), 2:18.93; 2, Grants Pass, 2:21.73; 3, Ashland, 2:29.26. 200 FREESTYLE - 1, Christine Cobb, GP, 2:16.51; 2, Lila Little, Ash, 2:22.37; 3, Ava Godfrey, Ash, 2:24.71. 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - 1, Michelle Smith, Ash, 2:35.50; 2, Nichole Fox, SM, 2:39.08; 3, Xochitl Torres, GP, 2:39.63. 50 FREESTYLE - 1, Haley Scoles, Ash, 29.42; 2, Ashley Bellum, GP, 30.69;3, Caitlin Sanford, Ash, 30.96. 100 FLY - 1, Lynea Loeffler, SM, 1:08.94; 2, Michelle Smith, Ash, 1:11.74; 3, Kelli Roots, GP, 1:21.54. 100 FREESTYLE - 1, Christian Cobb, GP, 1:02.25; 2, Nichole Fox, SM, 1:03.00; 3, Haley Scoles, Ash, 1:05.02. 500 FREESTYLE - 1, Lynea Loeffler, SM, 5:45.60; 2, Lila Little, Ash, 6:14.65; 3, Ava Godfrey, Ash, 6:29.98. 200 FREESTYLE RELAY - 1, Grants Pass (Kelli Roots, Ashley Bellum, Xochitl Torres, Christina Cobb), 2:00.96; 2, Ashland, 2:01.31; 3, South Medford, 2:01.84. 100 BACKSTROKE - 1, Ashley Bellum, GP, 1:19.16; 2, Allison Nunnemaker, GP, 1:22.16; 3, Shaylene Nistler, SM, 1:22.71. 100 BREASTSTROKE - 1, Xochitl Torres, GP, 1:27.73; 2, Karen Kralik, SM, 1:27.75; 3, Faye Walker, Ash, 1:30.02. 400 FREESTYLE RELAY - 1, Ashland (Ava Godfrey, Lila Little, Haley Scoles, Michelle Smith), 4:27.63; 2, Grants Pass, 4:38.78; 3, Grants Pass, 4:55.25. 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