VW boy swimmers 8th, girls 14th at meet

Van Wert swim team information

CELINA — The Cougar swim team traveled to the Auglaize-Mercer County YMCA for the annual Wapakoneta/Celina invitational involving 21 teams, including eight Western Buckeye League schools.

The boys took eighth place, while the girls finished 14th. Jay County High School took first place for the girls, with Wapakoneta emerging as the boys’ champion, with Lima Shawnee taking runner-up for the boys and girls events.

Other schools participating (in order of finish in the boys’ standings) included Celina, Ottawa-Glandorf, Minster, Ada, Lima Bath, Coldwater, Bellefontaine, New Bremen, Lima Central Catholic, St. Marys Memorial, Marion Local, Elida, Fort Recovery, St. Henry, Winchester, and Leipsic.

Highlights of the boys’ day included Sam Easley scoring second place in the 100-yard butterfly, Joe Linser in the 500-yard freestyle, and Cade Fleming in the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke. Easley, earning a time of 56.48, beat the school record with his finish in the 100-yard butterfly race.   Scoring for the Cougar girls were Madison Turnwald in the 200-yard freestyle, Katie Trittschuh in the 200-yard freestyle, Peyton Fleming in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke, Jena Rex-LaRue in the 500-yard freestyle, Emma Verville in the 200-yard backstroke, and Bethany Fast in the 100-yard breaststroke.

All three boys’ “A” relay teams scored. The best finishes were the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:58.56 – Noah Arend, Cory Pinson, Cade Fleming, Sam Easley) earning seventh place and a eighth-place finish by the 200-yard medley relay (1:57.30 – Dalton Heppeard, Fleming, Easley, Pinson), followed with the 200-yard freestyle relay earning a ninth place finish (1:47.39 – Stephen Hamblett, Pinson, Heppeard, Easley).

Two girls’ “A” relay teams scored. The best finish was recorded by the 400-yard freestyle relay with Chloe Brake, Peyton Fleming, Madison Turnwald, Bethany Fast claiming 10th place. Also, the 200-yard medley relay with Emma Verville, Bethany Fast, Fleming, and Turnwald earning a respectable 15th place.

The next meet for the Cougars will be a dual meet at Ayersville High School on January 19.

Girls Results (all distances in yards)

200 Medley Relay:  15^th (2:14.25 –Emma Verville, Bethany Fast, Peyton Fleming, Madison Turnwald), 28^th (2:26.57 –Meagan Jacobs, Rebekah Fast, Landrie Koontz, Katie Trittschuh).

200 Freestyle:  13^th (2:23.94 – Madison Turnwald), 14^th (2:24.79 – Katie Trittschuh), 23^rd (2:36.43- Emma Verville)

200 Individual Medley: 19^th (2:56.96 – Landrie Koontz)

50 Freestyle:  16^th (28.52 –Peyton Fleming), 24^th (29.39 –Bethany Fast), 36^th (30.21 –Chloe Brake), 41^st (30.68 – Noelle Heffner), 66^th (32.47 –Jaycie Rickard), 68^th (32.65 – Rebekah Fast), 82^nd (33.96 – Jena Rex-LaRue), 86^th (34.55 – Maddison Jarrett), 125^th (40.38 – Erika Strawser), 128^th (42.69 – Camryn Nouza)

100 Freestyle:  29^th (1:06.43 – Katie Trittschuh), 32^nd (1:08.37 –Noelle Heffner) 52^nd (1:11.71 –Jaycie Rickard), 79^th (1:19.67–Maddison Jarrett), 107^th (1:30.49 – Erika Strawser), 114^th (1:31.63 – Camryn Nouza)

500 Freestyle:  16^th (6:55.05 – Jena Rex-LaRue), 19^th (7:11.13 – Olivia Profit)

200 Freestyle Relay:  17^th (2:00.50 – Katie Trittschuh, Noelle Heffner, Chloe Brake, Madison Turnwald), 30^th (2:09.37 – Jaycie Rickards, Emma Verville, Landrie Koontz, Olivia Profit) 41^st  (2:33.57 –Camryn Nouza, Erika Strawser, Maddison Jarrett, Jena Rex-LaRue)

100 Backstroke:  13^th (1:14.65 –Emma Verville), 24^th (1:23.68 – Chloe Brake), 25^th (1:25.35 – Meagan Jacobs)

100 Breaststroke:  12^th (1:18.87 –Bethany Fast), 15^th (1:20.90 – Peyton Fleming), 22^nd (1:25.93 – Rebekah Fast)

400 Freestyle Relay:  10^th  (4:26.45 –Chloe Brake, Peyton Fleming, Madison Turnwald, Bethany Fast), 19^th (4:47.38 – Noelle Heffner, Jena Rex-LaRue, Landrie Koontz, Meagan Jacobs)

Boys Results (all distances in yards)

200 Medley Relay:  8^th (1:57.30 –Dalton Heppeard, Cade Fleming, Sam Easley, Cory Pinson)

200 Freestyle: 8^th (2:07.09 – Cade Fleming), 17^th (2:21.91 – Dalton Heppeard), 26^th (2:39.40 – Brayden Cox)

50 Freestyle: 31^st (27.37 – Cory Pinson), 46^th (29.65 – Joe Linser), 47^th (29.74 –Stephen Hamblett), 51^st (30.56 –Noah Arend), 71^st (32.83 – Andrew Hamblett)

100 Butterfly: 2^nd (56.48 – Sam Easley)

100 Freestyle:  28^th (1:06.37 – Stephen Hamblett), 51^st (1:13.09 –Andrew Hamblett)

500 Freestyle:  13^th (6:59.03 – Joe Linser), 15^th (7:11.954 – Brayden Cox)

200 Freestyle Relay:  9^th (1:47.39 – Stephen Hamblett, Cory Pinson, Dalton Heppeard, Sam Easley)

100 Backstroke: 18^th (1:22.46 – Dalton Heppeard)

100 Breaststroke: 8^th (1:11.85 –Cade Fleming), 24^th (1:25.48 – Noah Arend)

400 Freestyle Relay:  7^th (3:58.56 – Noah Arend, Cory Pinson, Cade Fleming, Sam Easley)