VW swimmers get win over Ayersville

Van Wert swim team information

DEFIANCE — The Van Wert High School boys and girls swimming teams traveled to Defiance Ayersville to compete in a dual meet. Both Cougar teams were victorious over the Ayersville Pilots: the girls won 120-40 and boys 92-57.

Van Wert boys and girls earned first place finishes in every event except two. Swimmers placing first in individual events included Landrie Koontz (100-yard butterfly), Bethany Fast (100-yard breaststroke), Emma Verville (100-yard backstroke), Chloe Brake (200-yard individual medley), Peyton Fleming (50-yard freestyle), Jena Rex-LaRue (500-yard freestyle), Madison Turnwald (200-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle), Cory Pinson (100-yard freestyle), Dalton Heppeard (100-yard butterfly), Sam Easley (200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle), and Cade Fleming (100-yard breaststroke).

All six Van Wert relays finished in first place, including the 200 medley relay:  boys (2:03.99 –Easley, Noah Arend, Dalton Heppeard, Fleming), and girls (2:16.46 –Verville, Fast, Fleming, Koontz), as well as the 200 freestyle relay: boys (1:56.60 –Joe Linser, Stephen Hamblett, Pinson, Heppeard) and girls (2:05.41 –Noelle Heffner, Turnwald, Koontz, Rebekah Fast), followed with the 400 Freestyle Relay: boys (4:16.65 –Easley, Heppeard, Brayden Cox, Linser), and girls (4:30.38–Heffner, Turnwald, Koontz, Fleming).

Also, Maddison Jarrett earned a first place finish on Monday for the Cougars in the West-Central Ohio Diving Invitational at the Lima YMCA.

Cougar swimmers return to action next Tuesday when they travel to Defiance to compete against the Bulldogs.

Boys Results (all distances in yards)

• 200 Medley Relay: 1^st (2:03.99 – Sam Easley, Noah Arend, Dalton Heppeard, Cade Fleming)
• 200 Freestyle: 1^st (2:07.18-Sam Easley), 3^rd (2:09.34-Cade Fleming), 3^rd (2:37.41-Brayden Cox)
• 200 Individual Medley:  2^nd (3:13.86-Stephen Hamblett)
• 50 Freestyle: 2^nd (27.39–Cory Pinson), 3^rd (28.20-Joe Linser), 5^th (30.42-Noah Arend)
• 100 Butterfly: 1^st (1:18.81 –Dalton Heppeard)
• 100 Freestyle: 1^st (1:01.14-Cory Pinson), 2^nd (1:03.98 – Joe Linser), 6^th (1:18.18 –Andrew Hamblett)
• 500 Freestyle: 1^st (5:42.77 –Sam Easley), 2^nd (7:12.83 –Brayden Cox)
• 200 Freestyle Relay: 1^st   (1:56.60 –Joe Linser, Stephen Hamblett, Cory Pinson, Dalton Heppeard)
• 100 Backstroke: 3^rd (1:29.47 –Andrew Hamblett)
• 100 Breaststroke: 1^st (1:11.61–Cade Fleming), 2^nd (1:29.56 –Noah Arend)
• 400 Freestyle Relay: 1^st (4:16.65 – Sam Easley, Dalton Heppeard, Brayden Cox, Joe Linser), 2^nd  (4:22.69–Cade Fleming, Stephen Hamblett, Noah Arend, Cory Pinson)

Girls Results (all distances in yards)

• 200 Medley Relay: 1^st  (2:16.46 –Emma Verville, Bethany Fast, Peyton Fleming, Landrie Koontz), 4^th (2:49.85 – Erika Strawser, Maddison Jarrett, Jena Rex-LaRue, Camryn Nouza)
• 200 Freestyle: 1^st   (2:23.40 –Madison Turnwald), 2^nd (2:24.21- Katie Trittschuh), 3^rd (2:37.27 –Noelle Heffner)
• 200 Individual Medley: 1^st (2:53.97 –Chloe Brake), 2^nd (2:56.22 – Rebekah Fast)
• 50 Freestyle: 1^st (29.00-Peyton Fleming), 2^{nd (}30.20 –Bethany Fast), 3^rd (31.78 –Jaycie Rickard)
• 100 Butterfly: 1^st (1:22.86 – Landrie Koontz)
• 100 Freestyle: 1^st (1:04.07 –Madison Turnwald), 2^nd (1:10.20-Jaycie Rickard), 6^th (1:29.94 –Camryn Nouza)
• 500 Freestyle: 1^st (6:53.81 –Jena Rex-LaRue), 2^nd (7:07.80 –Meagan Jacobs), 3^rd (7:09.05 –Olivia Profit)
• 200 Freestyle Relay:  1^st (2:05.41 –Noelle Heffner, Madison Turnwald, Landrie Koontz, Rebekah Fast), 2^nd (2:05.48 –Emma Verville, Chloe Brake, Katie Trittschuh, Jaycie Rickard)
• 100 Backstroke: 1^st (1:14.51 –Emma Verville), 3^rd (1:28.22– Meagan Jacobs), 5^th (1:38.37 –Erika Strawser)
• 100 Breaststroke: 1^st (1:20.00 –Bethany Fast), 2^nd (1:21.48 –Peyton Fleming), 3^rd (1:26.71 –Rebekah Fast)
• 400 Freestyle Relay: 1^st  (4:30.38–Noelle Heffner, Madison Turnwald, Landrie Koontz, Peyton Fleming), 2^nd  (4:32.86  –Katie Trittschuh, Chloe Brake, Meagan Jacobs, Bethany Fast)