Eric Easley advances to state swim meet

VWHS swim team information

CLEVELAND — Several Van Wert High School swimmers traveled to Cleveland State University to compete in the Northwest District Division II district swimming championships.

Eric Easley will advance to the state tournament in both the Individual Medley and backstroke events.  He qualifies with an eighth place ranking in the backstroke, and a 16th place ranking in the IM. Additionally, Eric’s IM time of 2:01.02 set a new Van Wert High School record.

Canton McKinley High School will host the OHSAA State Swimming and Diving Championships on February 19-22.

Results (in yards):

Girls

100 Backstroke: 30^th (1:11.48 – Hannah Stemen)

Boys

200 Medley Relay: 10^th (1:45.90 – Dan Silette, Eric Easley, Sam Easley, Adam Jurczyk)

200 Individual Medley: 2^nd (2:01.02 – Eric Easley)

50 Freestyle:  23^rd (23.39 –Sam Easley)

100 Freestyle: 24^th (51.85 – Sam Easley)

100 Backstroke:  1^st (53.73 –Eric Easley), 29^th (1:06.16 – Dan Silette), 30^th (1:07.61 –Kory Schlatter)

100 Breaststroke: 30^th (1:14.11 – Cade Fleming)

400 Free Relay: 13^th (3:34.45 – Sam Easley, Adam Jurczyk, Jacob Scheidt, Eric Easley)