VW track teams 2nd in WBL tri-meet

Van Wert track and field news

The Van Wert Cougar boys’ and girls’ track and field teams hosted Ottawa-Glandorf and Kenton in a Western Buckeye League tri-meet on Thursday. The Titans were first in both the boys’ and girls’ meets, while the Cougars were second in both meets.

Ottawa-Glandorf boys compiled 98 points, versus 63 for Van Wert and 14.5 for Kenton. The O-G girls had 80 points, while Van Wert had 57 points and Kenton scored 38 points.

Van Wert individual results are as follows:

Boys’ results

4×800-meter relay – Kase Schalois, Connor Shaffer, Jordon Butler and Jared Fleming, second, 8:41.3

110-meter hurdles – Tymon Moore, second, 16.6 seconds

100-meter dash – Chris Miller, first, 11.3 seconds; Caleb Lloyd, third, 11.6 seconds

4×200-meter relay – Miller, Terrence Branson, Nick Krugh, Seth Kopp, first, 1:32.5

1600-meter run – J. Fleming, first, 4:23.8

4×100-meter relay – Miller, Branson, Lloyd, Krugh, first, 44.8 seconds

400-meter dash – Quincey Salcido, second, 53.4 seconds; Tyler Turnwald, fourth, 55.4 seconds

300-meter hurdles – Moore, second, 42.9 seconds

800-meter run – Reed Baxter, fourth, 2:12.2

200-meter dash – Branson, first, 24.1 seconds; Hunter Perl, second, 25.0 seconds

3200-meter run – Cade Fleming, second, 10:44.1; Shaffer, third, 10:45.2

4×400-meter relay – Kopp, Salcido, Moore, J. Fleming, first, 3:28.5

High jump – Drew Myers, third, 5 feet, 4 inches

Long jump – Branson, first, 19 feet, 7 inches

Girls’ results

100-meter hurdles – Marissa Sperry, third, 17.6 seconds; Landrie Koontz, fourth, 18.7 seconds

100-meter dash – Alicia Danylchuk, third, 13.3 seconds

1600-meter run – Schealissa Williams, first, 5:50; Megan Barnhart, second, 5:59.5

400-meter dash – Cheyenne Handy, third, 1:07.2

300-meter hurdles – Whitney Meyers, first, 49.4 seconds; Sperry, second, 52.1 seconds

800-meter run – Jacey Eikenbary, second, 2:30.0; Amanda Clay, third, 2:31.4

200-meter dash – Koontz, second, 28.9 seconds; Brittany Boaz, third, 29.3 seconds; Domonique Grothause, 29.7 seconds

3200-meter run – Chloee Gamble, first, 12:15.3

Discus – Alexis Dowdy, first, 107 feet, 8 inches; Alea Hill, fourth, 88 feet, 7 inches

Shotput – Dowdy, first, 34 feet, 2 inches

High jump – Claire Butler, second, 4 feet, 8 inches

Pole vault – Courtney Smith/Leah Brubaker, tie for third, 6 feet, 6 inches

Long jump – Danylchuk, third, 14 feet, 6 inches