Sheldon Freshman Elsie Mohr Named Active Chiropractic Athlete of the Week

Sheldon swimmer Elsie Mohr is the winner of the Active Chiropractic high school girls Athlete of the Week, as voted by Register‑Guard readers. A freshman, Mohr received the honor after a standout showing at recent conference competition.

At the Southwest Conference championships Feb. 14, Mohr scored a team-high 40 points for Sheldon. She won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:00.8, took the 500-yard freestyle in 5:29.82, and helped the Irish to a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

Mohr earned 47.12% of the reader poll vote. Willamette swimmer Ella Hughes finished second with 32.32% of the vote; the Register‑Guard story did not publish raw vote totals.

Other nominees highlighted local performances from Feb. 14 across Lane County and area districts. Cottage Grove junior Avery Bengtson also scored a team-high 40 points to lead the Lions to the team title at the 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 2 championship. Bengtson won the 100 butterfly in 1:01.09, the 100 backstroke in 1:01.29, and swam legs on two relay teams.

Thurston senior Allison Cummings captured the Class 6A/5A Special District 4 title at 170 pounds at Springfield High School on Feb. 14, winning all three of her bouts and defeating North Eugene’s Juno Trudell by a 7-1 decision in the final. Teammate Kassidy Hadden, also a Thurston senior, won the Class 6A/5A Special District 4 title at 130 pounds at the same Springfield High School tournament.

The Athlete of the Week recognition follows a busy Feb. 14 of district and conference championships across the region, with multiple Lane County athletes posting district titles and high-point meets heading into the postseason portion of the season. Jarrid Denney is a sports reporter for The Register‑Guard. He can be reached at jdenney@registerguard.com and on X @jarrid_denney. This article originally appeared on Register‑Guard.