VW swimmers compete in holiday invite

Van Wert swim team information

LIMA — The Van Wert Cougar swim team traveled to Lima for the annual holiday invitational involving 17 teams, including eight Western Buckeye League schools. The Van Wert boys took fifth place, while the girls finished 13.

Lima Shawnee took first place in the boys’ competition, with Versailles winning the girls’ event. Ottawa-Glandorf earned runner-up status for both the girls’ and boys’ teams. Other schools participating (in order of finish in the boys’ standings) included Celina, Ada, Van Wert, Minster, Lima Central Catholic, Versailles, New Bremen, Lima Bath, Lima Senior, Kenton, Elida, Coldwater, Fort Recovery, St. Marys, and Marion Local.

Highlights of the boys’ day included Sam Easley scoring fourth in the 50-yard freestyle and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly, while Tyler Rex also earned the Cougars a fourth place finish in the 100-yard backstroke.

Also scoring for the Cougars were Tyler Rex netting a seventh place in the 200-yard individual medley, Kory Schlatter earning a 15th place in the 200-yard individual medley, Cade Fleming earning eighth place in the 100-yard freestyle and ninth in the 100-yard breaststroke, Hannah Stemen earning a seventh place in the 500-yard freestyle and Bethany Fast getting a 14th place in the 200-yard individual medley.

Four of the six “A” relay teams scored, while the best finishes were fourth place by both the boys’ 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay teams. Members of the medley relay include Schlatter, Fleming, Easley, and Rex, with the 400-yard freestyle relay consisting of Easley, Nathan Ireland, Fleming, and Rex.

The Cougars rounded out the girls’ relays by earning a 12th place finish with the 400-yard freestyle relay of Peyton Fleming, Haley Richardson, Olivia Profit, Meagan Jacobs, with the 200-yard medley relay (Stemen, Peyton Fleming, Rebekah Fast, Mackenzie Agler) finishing in 14thplace.

Next for the Cougars will be a dual meet against Bryan High School at the Williams County Family YMCA on January 6.

Girls Results (all distances in yards)

200 Medley Relay:  14^th (2:16.89 – Hannah Stemen, Peyton Fleming, Rebekah Fast, Mackenzie Agler), 26^th (2:38.55 –Emma Verville, Bethany Fast, Olivia Mengerink, Madison Pauquette)

200 Freestyle:  30^th (2:45.97 – Jena Rex-LaRue)

200 Individual Medley:  14^th (2:44.70 – Bethany Fast)

50 Freestyle:  24^th (29.46 – Bethany Fast), 26^th (29.52 – Peyton Fleming), 52^nd (31.64–Mackenzie Agler), 53^rd (31.79 – Haley Richardson), 58^th (32.38 – Olivia Profit), 60^th (32.55 – Jaycie Rickard), 70^th (33.36 – Meagan Jacobs), 82^nd (34.64 – Madison Pauquette), 84^th (35.39 – Rebekah Fast), 85^th (35.68 – Emma Verville), 86^th (35.80 – Olivia Mengerink)

100 Butterfly:  27^th (1:40.24 – Olivia Mengerink)

100 Freestyle:  32^nd (1:10.51 – Haley Richardson), 34^th (1:11.02 – Mackenzie Agler), 36^th (1:11.51 – Olivia Profit), 42^nd (1:13.76 – Meagan Jacobs), 45^th (1:14.64 – Jaycie Rickard), 49^th (1:17.01 – Jena Rex-LaRue)

500 Freestyle:  7^th (6:12.21 – Hannah Stemen)

200 Freestyle Relay:  23^rd (2:11.78 –Meagan Jacobs, Haley Richardson, Olivia Profit, Mackenzie Agler)

100 Backstroke:  17^th (1:17.47 –Peyton Fleming), 33^rd (1:24.67 – Emma Verville)

100 Breaststroke:  34^th (1:43.34 – Madison Pauquette)

400 Freestyle Relay:  12^th (4:49.00 –Peyton Fleming, Haley Richardson, Olivia Profit, Meagan Jacobs)

Boys Results (all distances in yards)

200 Medley Relay:  4^th (1:55.95 – Kory Schlatter, Cade Fleming, Sam Easley, Tyler Rex)

200 Individual Medley:  7^th (2:25.71 – Tyler Rex), 15^th (2:42.49 – Kory Schlatter)

50 Freestyle: 4^th (23:48 – Sam Easley), 24^th (28.01 – Nathan Ireland), 30^th (29.29 –Joe Linser), 32^nd (29.52 – Dalton Heppeard), 50^th (33.73 – Brayden Cox), 58^th (37.95 – Stephen Hamblett

100 Butterfly: 5^th (59.79 – Sam Easley)

100 Freestyle:  8^th (58.59 – Cade Fleming), 23^rd (1:04.98 – Nathan Ireland), 32^nd (1:09.39 – Dalton Heppeard), 33^rd (1:09.69 – Joe Linser), 42^nd (1:16.55 – Brayden Cox)

200 Freestyle Relay:  17^th (2:03.25 –Nathan Ireland, Brayden Cox, Joe Linser, Kory Schlatter)

100 Backstroke:  4^th (1:06.35 – Tyler Rex), 6^th (1:09.86 – Kory Schlatter)

100 Breaststroke: 9^th (1:15.16 – Cade Fleming), 27^th (1:42.47 – Stephen Hamblett)

400 Freestyle Relay:  4^th (3:50.11 –Sam Easley, Nathan Ireland, Cade Fleming, Tyler Rex)