Cougar swimmers do well in double dual

Van Wert swim team information

The Van Wert High School boys and girls swimming teams hosted Coldwater and Versailles in a double dual meet at the Van Wert YMCA. The Cougar boys dominated the pool and defeated both visiting teams, while the VWHS girls were victorious against Coldwater, but lost to Versailles.  The boys defeated Coldwater 69-21 and Versailles 50-44.  The Cougar girls defeated Coldwater 69-23, but lost to Versailles by a score of 22-72.

Individual girls who earned a first place finish included Holly Hammond (200-meter and 100-meter freestyle), Hannah Stemen (100-meter backstroke and 50-meter freestyle), Karlyn Koontz (400-meter freestyle), Andi Foster (200-meter individual medley and 100-meter butterfly), and Bethany Fast (100-meter breaststroke).

Boys receiving first place included:  Eric Easley (200-meter freestyle and 100-meter breaststroke), Sam Easley (100-meter freestyle and 100 meter backstroke), Adam Jurczyk (200-meter freestyle and 100-meter freestyle), Jacob Scheidt (50-meter freestyle), Kory Schlatter (400-meter freestyle) and Josh Overholt (100-meter breaststroke).

All Cougar relays finished first as well, including the 200-meter boys’ medley (Eric Easley, Josh Overholt, Sam Easley, Adam Jurczyk) and girls’ 200-meter medley (Stemen, Koontz, Fast, Katie Trittschuh), boys’ 200-meter freestyle relays (Scheidt, Daniel Silette, Overholt, Jurczyk) and girls’ 200-meter freestyle (Koontz, Trittschuh, Fast, Hammond); 400-meter freestyle: boys’ (Sam Easley, Eric Easley, Jurczyk, Scheidt) and girls’ (Foster, Trittschuh, Hammond, Stemen).

The Cougars will travel Thursday to the Wapakoneta YMCA to take on Wapak and Lima Central Catholic.

Boys Results (all distances in meters – places V against Versailles, C against Coldwater)

200 Medley Relay: V 1^st, C 1^st (2:08.50 – Eric Easley, Josh Overholt, Sam Easley, Adam Jurczyk); V 3^rd, C 2^nd (2:22.84 –Daniel Silette, Cade Fleming, Kory Schlatter, Tyler Rex)

200 Freestyle: V 1^st, C 1^st (2:11.13 – Eric Easley); V 3^rd, C 2^nd (2:39.85 – Dan Silette)

200 Individual Medley:  V 2^nd, C 2^nd (2:56.42 – Josh Overholt); V 3^rd, C 3^rd (2:56.44 – Jacob Scheidt)

50 Freestyle: V 2^nd, C 2^nd (29.25 – Adam Jurczyk); V 3^rd, C 4^th  (31.36 – Isaac Rager);   JV (35.18 – Joe Linser, 30.48- Cade Fleming, 32.45-Nick Gorman, 32.06- Nathan Ireland )

100 Butterfly: V 2^nd , C 1^st (1:24.37 – Tyler Rex), V 4^th, C 2^nd (1:28.87 –Jacob Scheidt)

100 Freestyle: V 1^st, C 2^nd (58.36 – Sam Easley); V 3^rd, C 4^th (1:06.90 – Josh Overholt); JV (1:16.90- Nick Gorman, 1:13.08 – Isaac Rager, 1:16.57 – Nathan Ireland, 1:20.72 – Joe Linser)

400 Freestyle: V 1^st, C 1^st   (5:37.77 – Kory Schlatter); V 2^nd, C 2^nd (5:54.07 – Cade Fleming)

200 Freestyle Relay: V 2^nd,  C 1^st (1:55.25 –Adam Jurczyk, Josh Overholt, Jacob Scheidt, Dan Silette); V 3^rd , C 3^rd  (2:09.28 –Nick Gorman,  Nathan Ireland, Isaac Rager,  Kory Schlatter)

100 Backstroke:  V 2^nd, C 1^st (1:08.14 – Sam Easley); V 4^th, C 2^nd (1:19.62 – Tyler Rex)

100 Breaststroke:  V 1^st, C 1^st (1:13.04 – Eric Easley); V 3^rd, C 2^nd (1:30.21 – Dan Silette)

400 Freestyle Relay: V 2^nd, C 1^st  (4:11.87 –Sam Easley, Adam Jurczyk, Jacob Scheidt, Eric Easley); V 3^rd, C 3^rd  (4:48.97 –Tyler Rex, Kory Schlatter, Isaac Rager, Cade Fleming)

Girls Results (all distances in meters – places V against Versailles, C against Coldwater)

200 Medley Relay: V 2^nd, C 1^st  (2:30.17 –Hannah Stemen, Karlyn Koontz, Bethany Fast, Katie Trittschuh); V 3^rd C 3^rd  (2:42.54 –Peyton Fleming, Landrie Koontz, Andi Foster, Mackenzie Agler)

200 Freestyle: V 1^st, C 1^st (2:44.36 – Holly Hammond); V 3^rd, C 2^nd (2:44.66 – Karlyn Koontz)

200 Individual Medley: V 3^rd, C 1^st (3.02.43- Andi Foster); V 4^th, C 2^nd (3:07.20- Bethany Fast)

50 Freestyle: V 3^rd, C 1^st (31.56 – Hannah Stemen); V 4^th, C 2^nd  (34.32-Katie Trittschuh);  JV (40.22- Olivia Profit, 43.62 – Jena Rex-LaRue, 38.11 – LeAndryce Miller , 36.93-Madison Pauquette,  42.93 – Ali Moreland, 43.11 – Erika Strawser, 35.86 – Haley Richardson, 40.23 – Allie Hall, 38.36 – Meagan Jacobs, 41.77 – Olivia Mengerink, 36.86 Peyton Fleming, 39.39-Chloee Gamble,)

100 Butterfly: V 2^nd, C 1^st (1:26.48 – Andi Foster); V 4^th, C 3^rd (1:47.77 – Skylar Lehman)

100 Freestyle: V 1^st, C 1^st (1:12.77 – Holly Hammond); V 4^th, C 3^rd  (1:18.05 – Mackenzie Agler); JV (1:30.93 –  Olivia Profit, 1:34.63 – Olivia Mengerink, 1:38.32 – Jena Rex-LaRue, 1:29.95 – Chloee Gamble, 1:34.65- Ali Moreland)

400 Freestyle:  V 2^nd, C 1^st (5:43.93 – Karlyn Koontz); V 3^rd, C 2^nd (6:28.75 –Haley Richardson)

200 Freestyle Relay: V 3^rd, C 1^st  (2:10.58 –Karlyn Koontz, Bethany Fast, Katie Trittschuh, Holly Hammond);  V 4^th, C 3^rd  (2:29.34 –Mackenzie Agler, Peyton Fleming, LeAndryce Miller, Haley Richardson), JV (2:45.55 – Olivia Profit, Skylar Lehman, Erika Strawser, Olivia Mengerink, 2:40.19 – Chloee Gamble, Madison Pauquette, Allie Hall, Meagan Jacobs)

100 Backstroke: V 3^rd , C 1^st (1:19.59 – Hannah Stemen) V 4^th, C 4^th (1:39.14 –Peyton Fleming); JV (1:48.57 – Erika Strawser, 1:40.12 – LeAndryce Miller, 1:41.23 – Meagan Jacobs, 1:44.11 – Skylar Lehman, 1:45.07 – Allie Hall)

100 Breaststroke: V 3^rd, C 1^st (1:33.07 – Bethany Fast); V 4^th, C 4^th (1:47.80 –Landrie Koontz); JV (1:48.10 – Madison Pauquette)

400 Freestyle Relay: V 2^nd, C 1^st (4:58.19 –Andi Foster, Katie Trittschuh, Holly Hammond, Hannah Stemen); V 4^th, C 2^nd (5:25.86 –Karlyn Koontz, Landrie Koontz, Mackenzie Agler, Haley Richardson)