VW swimmers defeat Flyers, Ft. Recovery

SANDRA GROOMS/for The Van Wert independent

The Van Wert High School boys and girls swimming teams hosted Marion Local and Fort Recovery in a double dual meet at the Van Wert YMCA. The Cougar boys and girls dominated the pool, defeating both visiting teams. The boys defeated Marion Local 80-12 and Fort Recovery 66-27.  The Cougar girls defeated Marion Local 72-22 and Fort Recovery 79-19 (Marion Local versus Fort Recovery: boys 26-57 and girls 62.5-30.5).

Van Wert swimmers placed first against both teams in 20 out of 22 events. Individual girls included Erin Dingle (200-meter and 400-meter freestyle), Taylor Grooms (50-meter and 100-meter freestyle), Hannah Stemen (100-meter backstroke), Karlyn Koontz (100-meter butterfly) and Brittany Jurczyk (100-meter breaststroke).

Individual boys included Eric Easley (50-meter and 100-meter freestyle), Cody Hanes (200-meter individual medley and 100-meter breaststroke), Matt Cucciarre (200-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly), and Trey Stemen (400 meter freestyle).

All Cougar relays were also first overall: 200-meter medley — boys’ (AJ Foster, Cody Hanes, Trey Stemen, Eric Easley) and girls’ (Brittany Jurczyk, Karlyn Koontz, Taylor Grooms, Briana Agler); 200-meter freestyle — boys’ (Foster, Adam Jurczyk, Matt Cucciarre, Hanes) and girls’ (Erin Dingle, Hannah Stemen, Holly Hammond, Agler); 400-meter freestyle – boys’ (Stemen, Daniel Silette, Kase Schalois, Easley) and girls’ (Dingle, Andi Foster, Jurczyk, Grooms).

“Cougars did a great job tonight,” said senior captain Cody Hanes. “There were a lot of great times!”

Van Wert swimmers will travel Saturday to the Lima YMCA to take on Lima Bath, St. Marys and Elida.

Boys Results (all distances in meters/F [Fort Recovery], M [Marion Local])

200 Medley Relay: F 1^st, M 1^st (2:10.88 – AJ Foster, Cody Hanes, Trey Stemen, Eric Easley); F 3^rd, M 2^nd (2:20.49 – Kase Schalois, Daniel Silette, Matt Cucciarre, Adam Jurczyk)

200 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st (2:29.66 – Matt Cucciarre); F 2^nd, M 2^nd (2:35.53 – AJ Foster)

200 Individual Medley:  F 1^st, M 1^st (2:40.30 – Cody Hanes); F 2^nd, M 2^nd (2:50.67 – Kase Schalois)

50 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1st (27.68 – Eric Easley); F 3^rd, M 2^nd (31.33 – Adam Jurczyk);   JV (33.04 – Jacob Scheidt; 37.13 – Jon Lisa;  48.68 – Mitchel Mengerink)

100 Butterfly: F 1^st, M 1^st (1:15.48 – Matt Cucciarre)

100 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st (1:00.97 – Eric Easley); F 2^nd, M 2^nd (1:12.56 – Daniel Silette); JV (1:15.82 – Josh Overholt, 1:23.33 – Kory Schlatter)

400 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st (5:33.69 – Trey Stemen); F 3^rd, M 2^nd (6:15.89 – Jacob Scheidt)

200 Freestyle Relay: F 1st, M 1^st (1:56.64 – AJ Foster, Adam Jurczyk, Matt Cucciarre, Cody Hanes); F 3^rd, M 2^nd (2:14.12 –Daniel Silette, Kory Schlatter, Josh Overholt,  Jacob Scheidt)

100 Backstroke:  F 2^nd, M 1^st (1:15.36  – Trey Stemen); F 3^rd, M 2^nd (1:20.28  – AJ Foster); JV (1:34.03 – Kory Schlatter, 2:03.28 – Mitchel Mengerink)

100 Breaststroke:  F 1^st, M 1^st (1:22.14 – Cody Hanes); F 4^th, M 2^nd (1:31.56 – Kase Schalois); JV (1:42.08 – Josh Overholt, 1:45.21 – Jon Lisa)

400 Freestyle Relay: F 1^st, M 1^st (4:39.43 – Trey Stemen, Daniel Silette, Kase Schalois,  Eric Easley); F 2^nd, M 2^nd (5:14.64 – Adam Jurczyk, Kory Schlatter, Josh Overholt, Jacob Scheidt)

Girls Results (all distances in meters/F [Fort Recovery], M [Marion Local])

200 Medley Relay: F 1^st, M 1^st (2:30.05 – Brittany Jurczyk, Karlyn Koontz, Taylor Grooms, Briana Agler); F 2^nd, M 3^rd (2:46.75 – Mackenzie Agler, Andi Foster, Rebecca Johnson, Holly Hammond)

200 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st (2:39.39 – Erin Dingle); F 2^nd, M 2^nd (2:50.04 – Hannah Stemen)

200 Individual Medley: F 1^st, M 2^nd (3.04.03- Karlyn Koontz); F 2^nd, M 3^rd (3:25.17- Andi Foster)

50 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st (30.13 – Taylor Grooms); F 2^nd, M 2^nd (34.19-Briana Agler); JV (38.45 – Whitney Meyers, 40.35 – Meridith Arn,  40.37 – Marissa Sperry, 50.21 – Miranda Rickard)

100 Butterfly: F 1^st, M 1^st (1:31.95 – Karlyn Koontz); F 2^nd, M 2^nd (1:38.85 – Rebecca Johnson)

100 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st (1:06.31 – Taylor Grooms); F 2^nd, M 2^nd (1:23.59 – Brittany Jurczyk); JV (1:24.98 — Chelsea Henning, 1:31.29 – Reed Wermer 1:31.42- Meredith Arn , 1:33.32 – Whitney Meyers)

400 Freestyle:  F 1^st, M 1^st (6:09.32 – Erin Dingle); F 2^nd, M 3^rd (6:20.90 -Holly Hammond)

200 Freestyle Relay: F 1st, M 1^st (2:13.31 – Erin Dingle, Hannah Stemen, Holly Hammond, Briana Agler);  F 3^rd, M 3^rd (2:25.67 –Karlyn Koontz, Rebecca Johnson, Mackenzie Agler, Chelsea Henning)

100 Backstroke: F 1^st, M 1^st (1:22.77 – Hannah Stemen) F 2^nd, M 2^nd (1:31.43 –Andi Foster); JV (1:42.83 – Marissa Sperry, 1:50.88 – Chelsea Henning)

100 Breaststroke: F 1^st, M 1^st (1:36.99 – Brittany Jurczyk); F 3^rd, M 3^rd (1:52.68 –Briana Agler); JV (2:02.07 – Reed Wermer, 2:09.86 – Miranda Rickard)

400 Freestyle Relay: F 1^st, M 1^st (5:03.89 –Erin Dingle, Andi Foster, Brittany Jurczyk, Taylor Grooms); F 2^nd, M 2^nd (5:33.55 – Hannah Stemen, Mackenzie Agler, Holly Hammond, Rebecca Johnson)