{"id":11671,"date":"2011-08-06T02:54:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T07:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=11671"},"modified":"2011-08-06T02:54:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-06T07:54:52","slug":"vwhs-runners-return-from-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/08\/06\/vwhs-runners-return-from-training-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"VWHS runners return from training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Cougar harriers just returned from a weeklong training camp in the Hocking Hills. All 31 members of the boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 cross country teams, under the direction of third-year Head Coach Brendon Moody, spent the week, running, hiking, and working on team building exercises.<br \/>\nWhile in Hocking Hills, the team explored Old Man\u2019s Cave, Conkle\u2019s Hollow, Ash Cave, Cedar Falls, Rock House, and Airplane Rock. This year\u2019s trip marks the first time that both the boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 teams have been under the direction of one coach since the early 1980s, when former cross country coach Kevin McGonagle had both programs for a brief period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis annual trip has been a great tradition started many years ago by the boys\u2019 program,\u201d Coach Moody said. \u201cIt is one of the most enjoyable aspects of the cross country season and these kids look forward to it, and the memories that they take away from this tradition last a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHocking County provides us with great places to train and is truly a gem within Ohio,\u201d the Cougar coach added. \u201cThe athletes recognize how blessed they are to be able to go and do this with the support of Van Wert High School and their parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s trip took place from August 1-4. Assisting with the trip was Kimberly Laudick, varsity assistant coach; Van Wert Middle School Coach Kylee Moody; LMT Dawn Agler, and McGonagle.<\/p>\n<p>The Cougars kick off the 2011 racing season August 31 at the Wayne Trace invitational in Grover Hill.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11672\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/VWHS-cross-country-camp-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Members of the VWHS cross country teams pose during training camp in the Hocking Hills.<\/strong> <em>(photo submitted)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports The Cougar harriers just returned from a weeklong training camp in the Hocking Hills. All 31 members of the boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 cross country teams, under the direction of third-year Head Coach Brendon Moody, spent the week, running, hiking, and working on team building exercises. While in Hocking Hills, the team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 07:17:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}