VW, Lancers big winners at VWCH meet

DAVE MOSIER/independent sports

Van Wert boys won the big school division, the Cougar girls finished second, and Lincolnview’s boys’ and girls’ teams each won their small-school division races at the Van Wert County Hospital Cross Country Meet on Saturday.

Cougar Calahan Wolfrum (16:52) and Cade Fleming (17:14) ran to a 1-2 finish in the big-school boys’ race, with Van Wert’s Thane Cowan sixth in 17:33, Dylan Lautzenheiser eighth in 17:45 and Stephan Hamblet 13th in a time of 17:57.

The Lady Cougars were second by 12 points to Liberty-Benton in the big-school girls’ race, with Van Wert finishing with 78 points to the Lady Eagles’ 66 points. Meghan Bartel of Liberty-Benton won the race in a time of 19:33 and the next two finishers were also Lady Eagles.

Chloee Gamble was the Cougars’ top finisher in seventh place in a time of 20:46, while Natalie Riethman finished 10th in 21:09, Julia Springer was 18th in 21:40 and Sierra Shaffer 20th in 21:45.

“I am really proud of how well both the girls and boys ran today and how this team is competing to win each and every race,” said Van Wert Coach Kim Laudick.

Both Lancer teams took home the championship trophy, with the Lancer boys, ranked No. 10 in the state, edging a tough Minster team by just five points, 77-82.

Trevor Neate was Lincolnview’s top finisher in fifth place (17:23), while Austin Elick was sixth (17:27), Karter Tow was 15th (17:55) and Alek Bowersock 19th (17:58).

Crestview’s Adam Saylor finished 18th (17:57).

The No. 17-ranked Lady Lancers beat out New Bremen 56-67, while the Lady Knights of Crestview came in sixth with 157 points.

Anna Gorman was the Lady Lancers’ top runner in sixth place (20:54), while Brayden Langdon was 10th (21:20), Rylee Byrne 13th (21:40), Abbie Enyart 16th (21:50), Madeline Snyder 20th (22:22), and Alena Looser 21st (22:31).

“It was obviously a good day for both teams; to win both races on our home course in front of our fans and student body was exciting,” said Lincolnview Coach Matt Langdon. “We did some good things on the course, but still have to some work to do if we are to reach our end-of-season goals.”

Langdon said the next two weeks are key to how Lincolnview’s season ends.

“Hopefully, these wins will motivate the kids to continue to work hard and to re-focus on some of our goals that we set for the end of the season,” Coach Langdon added. “There were a lot of smiles today and that is always a good thing.”

Crestview’s Ashley Bowen was fifth in the small-school girls’ race (20:50), while Lady Knight Leslie Skelton finished 12th (21:37).

In the middle school division, the Van Wert boys won the title, while the VWMS Lady Cougars were runners-up to Minster. In the boys’ race, Lincolnview was fourth and Crestview eighth, while the Lady Lancers were sixth and the Lady Knights ninth in the girls’ race.

Top runners for the VWMS boys were Keaton Brown, Ries Wise, Holden Reichert, Charlie Pauquette and Noah Miller.

For the VWMS girls, top runners included Caylee Phillips, Jerica Huebner, Rachel Verville, Ali Gemmer and Hannah Baker.

“Our kids ran really well today, with both girls and boys stepping up today in order to take home some trophy hardware,” VWMS Coach Ben Laudick said.

BLUE DIVISION

Boys’ Team Results

1. Lincolnview 77, 2. Minster 82, 3. New Bremen 120, 4. East Canton 121, 5. Parkway 134, 6. Ayersville 145, 7. Crestview 148, 8. Ottoville 201, 9. Bluffton 206, 10. Spencerville 214, 11. Delphos St. John’s 266, 12. Mohawk 281.

Top Local Runners

5. T. Neate (LV) 17:23, 6. A. Elick (LV), 17:27, 15. K. Tow (LV) 17:55, 18. A. Saylor (CV) 17:57, 19. A. Bowersock (LV) 17:58, 28. J. Perrott (CV) 18:17, 30. C. Bagley (CV) 18:20, 32. A. Fickert (LV) 18:22, 35. D. Sparks (CV) 18:36, 37. G. Smith (CV) 18:44, 39. C. Mefford (CV) 18:56, 43. A Boley (CV) 19:43, 58. J. Keysor (LV) 19:56, 60. N. Daugherty (CV) 20:02, 61. R. Rager (LV) 20:50, 67. A. Robinson (LV) 20:17, 72. S. Grindell (CV) 20:32, 77. B. Farmer (LV) 20:44, 82. A. Welker (LV) 20:59, 86. T. White (CV) 21:11, 96. G. Waltmire (CV) 22:04, 97. T. Crowle (CV) 22:13, 99. N. Daeger (LV) 22:16, 117. G. Slusher (LV) 27.31.

Girls’ Team Results

1. Lincolnview 56, 2. New Bremen 67, 3. Minster 86, 4. East Canton 97, 5. Mohawk 128, 6. Crestview 157, 7. Ayersville 169, 8. Delphos St. John’s 171, 9. Spencerville 226.

Top Local Runners

5. A. Bowen (CV) 20:50, 6. A. Gorman (LV) 20:54, 10. B. Langdon (LV) 21:20, 12. L. Skelton (CV) 21:37, 13. R. Byrne (LV) 21:40, 16. A. Enyart (LV) 21:50, 20. M. Snyder (LV) 22:22, 21. A. Looser (LV) 22:31, 337. T. Welch (LV) 23:53, 46. L. Schumm (CV) 24:36, 51. N. Smith (CV) 24:58, 57. M. Katalenas (LV) 25:35, 61. K. Roberts, (LV) 26:02, 74. M. Sherman (CV) 27:01, 76. R. DuCheney (LV) 27:09, 78. C. Rhoades (LV) 27:11, 82. M. Sill (LV) 27:38, 83. E. Saylor (CV) 28:09, 86. W. Welker (LV) 28:37, 88. E. Mitchell (CV) 28.55.

GOLD DIVISION

Boys’ Team Results

1. Van Wert 30, 2. Wauseon 100, 3. Columbus Grove 103, 4. Liberty-Benton 118, 5. Bryan 138, 6. Shawnee 166, 7. Ottawa-Glandorf 170, 8. Coldwater 195, 9. Paulding 201, 10. Elida 204, 11. Kenton 260.

Top Van Wert Runners

1. C. Wolfrum 16:52, 2. C. Fleming 17:14, 6. T. Cowan 17:33, 8. C. Lautzenheiser 17:45, 13. S. Hamblet 17:57, 15. M. Sealscott 18:03, 16. B. Henry 18:03, 29. S. Rigdon 18:43, 39. C. Chiles 18:55, 63. T. Nygren 19:43, 74. Z. Tomlinson 19:56, 76. K. Spray 20:02, 82. A. Borack 20:19, 113. N. Carter 22:02, 122. N. Brubaker 23:06, 123. B. Cox 23:09.

Girls’ Team Results

Liberty-Benton 66, 2. Van Wert 78, 3. Coldwater 88, 4. Shawnee 102, 5. Wauseon 125, 6. Columbus Grove 143, 7. Bryan 160, 8. Kenton 187, 9. Elida 245, 10. Ottawa-Glandorf 256.

Top Van Wert runners

7. C. Gamble 20:46, 10. N. Riethman 21:09, 18. J. Springer 21:40, 20. S. Shaffer 21:45, 23. N. Clay 21:51, 24. A. Danylchuk 21:53, 36. C. Williamson 22:49, 42. A. Adkins 23:17, 60. K. Bagley 24:38, 61. C. Boroff 24:39, 65. H. Crawford 24:57, 93. S. Allmandinger 28:47.