Cougar swimmers down Ayersville

Van Wert swimming news

AYERSVILLE — The Van Wert High School boys’ and girls’ swim teams traveled to Ayersville High School for a dual meet. Both Cougar teams defeated Ayersville, with the girls winning 104 -44 and boys 111-43.

Individual Van Wert swimmers placing first overall included Mackenzie Agler (200-yard freestyle), Eric Easley (200-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle), Rebecca Johnson (200-yard individual medley), Josh Overholt (200-yard individual medley), Holly Hammond (100-yard freestyle), Hannah Stemen (500-yard freestyle), Daniel Silette (500 yard freestyle), Kase Schalois (100 yard backstroke) and Karlyn Koontz (100-yard backstroke).

First place relays were the girls 200-yard medley (Hannah Stemen, Karlyn Koontz, Andi Foster, Holly Hammond), the boys 200-yard medley (Daniel Silette, Josh Overholt, Eric Easley, Jacob Scheidt), boys 200-yard freestyle relay (Kase Schalois, Jacob Scheidt, Josh Overholt, Spencer Trisel), the girls 400-yard freestyle relay (Hannah Stemen, Erika Strawser, Andi Foster, Holly Hammond), and the boys 400-yard freestyle relay (Bryce Beckner, Cade Fleming, Spencer Prichard, and Jacob Scheidt).

The VWHS swim team will travel to Defiance next Tuesday, January 22, to compete against the Bulldogs in a dual meet.

Boys Results (all distances in yards)

200 Medley Relay:  1^st (2:04.04 – Daniel Silette, Josh Overholt, Eric Easley, Jacob Scheidt), 3^rd (2:13.00 –Bryce Beckner, Cade Fleming, Kory Schlatter, Aaron Bradford)

200 Freestyle:  1^st (2:00.78 – Eric Easley), 3^rd (2:32.13- Spencer Prichard)

200 Individual Medley: 1^st (2:39.84- Josh Overholt), 2^nd (2:45.17- Jacob Scheidt)

50 Freestyle:  2^nd (26.15 – Spencer Trisel), 3^rd (27.97 – Bryce Beckner), 6^th (33.98 – Aaron Bradford); JV (32.18- Joe Linser, 35.06 – Cameron Bagley, 40.33 – Mitchel Mengerink, 51.19 – Kollin Weiss)

100 Butterfly:  2^nd (1:13.74 – Kase Schalois), 3^rd (1:18.13 – Kory Schlatter)

100 Freestyle:  1^st (54.46 – Eric Easley), 2^nd (59.96 – Spencer Trisel), 3^rd (1:02.69 – Bryce Beckner); JV (1:27.02 –Cameron Bagley, 1:34.25 – Mitchel Mengerink, 1:56.01 – Kollin Weiss)

500 Freestyle:  1^st (6:40.39 – Daniel Silette), 2^nd (7:07.12 – Spencer Prichard)

200 Freestyle Relay:   1^st (1:48.09 –Kase Schalois, Jacob Scheidt, Josh Overholt, Spencer Trisel), 2^nd (2:01.09 –Kory Schlatter, Aaron Bradford, Cade Fleming, Spencer Prichard), 5^th (2:40.18 –Joe Linser, Mitchel Mengerink, Cameron Bagley, Kollin Weiss)

100 Backstroke:  1^st (1:09.39 – Kase Schalois), 2^nd (1:14.01 – Daniel Silette)

100 Breaststroke:  2^nd (1:17.03 – Josh Overholt), 3^rd (1:23.17 – Cade Fleming), 5^th (1:29.33 – Kory Schlatter)

400 Freestyle Relay: 1^st (4:01.42 –Bryce Beckner, Cade Fleming, Spencer Prichard, Jacob Scheidt), 2^nd (4:40.47 –Kase Schalois, Spencer Trisel, Daniel Silette, Eric Easley), 3^rd (5:42.03 – Mitchel Mengerink, Aaron Bradford, Joe Linser, Cameron Bagley)

Girls Results (all distances in yards)

200 Medley Relay:  1^st (2:20.57 – Hannah Stemen, Karlyn Koontz, Andi Foster, Holly Hammond), 3^rd (2:29.14 –Meredith Arn, Marissa Sperry, Rebecca Johnson, Whitney Meyers), 4^th (2:56.67 – Haley Richardson, Reed Wermer, Kellie Carnahan, Rebecca Welker)

200 Freestyle:  1^st (2:28.52 – Mackenzie Agler) 2^nd (2:29.22 – Andi Foster), 3^rd (2:49.81 – Meredith Arn)

200 Individual Medley:  1^st (2:57.78 – Rebecca Johnson)

50 Freestyle:  2^nd (29.49- Hannah Stemen), 5^th (31.00 –Whitney Meyers), 6^th (33.78 – Meredith Arn); JV (35.83 – Kellie Carnahan, 36.35- Meagan Jacobs, 37.12 – Rebecca Welker, 37.23 – Chloe Gamble, 37.46 – Paige LeVan, 38.93 – Erika Strawser, 40.35 – Haley Sperry, 47.35 – Morella Mills)

100 Butterfly:  2^nd (1:21.26 – Karlyn Koontz), 3^rd (1:23.50 – Andi Foster)

100 Freestyle:  1^st (1:05.69 – Holly Hammond), 2^nd (1:09.14 – Whitney Meyers), 4^th (1:13.63 –Marissa Sperry); JV (1:20.47 –  Meagan Jacobs, 1:22.15 – Chloe Gamble, 1:27.59 – Paige LeVan, 1:29.67 – Erika Strawser, 1:30.98 – Haley Sperry, 1:43.99 –  Morella Mills)

500 Freestyle:  1^st (6:41.46 – Hannah Stemen), 2^nd (7:19.09 – Rebecca Johnson), 3^rd (8:04.36 – Haley Richardson)

200 Freestyle Relay:  2^nd (2:05.31 –Karlyn Koontz, Marissa Sperry, Whitney Meyers, Mackenzie Agler), 3^rd (2:22.06 –Reed Wermer, Rebecca Welker, Haley Richardson, Kellie Carnahan)

100 Backstroke:  2^nd (1:16.81 – Holly Hammond), 3^rd (1:22.87 – Mackenzie Agler), 4^th (1:27.48 – Reed Wermer)

100 Breaststroke:  1^st (1:28.25 – Karlyn Koontz), 3^rd (1:33.35 – Marissa Sperry), 4^th (1:41.61 – Kellie Carnahan)

400 Freestyle Relay: 1^st (5:16.69 –Hannah Stemen, Erika Strawser, Andi Foster, Holly Hammond), 2^nd (5:34.58 –Rebecca Johnson, Meredith Arn, Haley Richardson, Reed Wermer)