{"id":127463,"date":"2020-01-27T04:55:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T09:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=127463"},"modified":"2020-01-27T04:55:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T09:55:26","slug":"cougar-swimmers-compete-at-wbl-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/01\/27\/cougar-swimmers-compete-at-wbl-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougar swimmers compete at WBL meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Van Wert independent sports\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DEFIANCE &#8212; Van Wert\u2019s swim teams traveled to Defiance for the annual Western Buckeye League Championships on Saturday, with the Cougar boys taking fifth place, while the Lady Cougars finished ninth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shawnee won the boys\u2019 championship, while Ottawa-Glandorf captured the girls\u2019 title. Wapakoneta took runner-up for the boys and Celina finished as the runner-up in the girls events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Girls results (all distances in yards)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>200 Medley Relay:<\/strong>  8th (2:16.42 \u2013Katie McVaigh, Tyra McClain, Jamie Burenga, Bri Bebout)<br><strong>200 Freestyle:<\/strong> 10th (2:23.35 \u2013 Jamie Burenga)<br><strong>200 Individual Medley:<\/strong> 17th (2:58.62 \u2013 Gracie Mull), 18th (3:03.55 \u2013 Allie Etter)<br><strong>50 Freestyle:<\/strong>  12th (29.85 \u2013Tyra McClain), 213th (30.30\u2013Bri Bebout), 20th (32.52 \u2013 Becky Rigdon), 21st (32.63 \u2013 Anna Wasson)<br><strong>100 Freestyle: <\/strong>13th (1:05.55 \u2013 Bri Bebout), 14th (1:07.13 \u2013 Tyra McClain), 23rd (1:15.08 \u2013 Becky Rigdon), 24th (1:16.73 \u2013 Anna Wasson)<br><strong>200 Freestyle Relay:<\/strong> 8th (1:59.18 \u2013Jamie Burenga, Tyra McClain, Bri Bebout, Katie McVaigh)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>100 Backstroke: <\/strong> 10th (1:09.02 \u2013Jamie Burenga)<br><strong>100 Breaststroke:<\/strong> 19th (1:38.72 \u2013Allie Etter)<br><strong>400 Freestyle Relay:<\/strong> 7th (4:43.78 \u2013 Katie McVaigh, Gracie Mull, Becky Rigdon, Allie Etter)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Boys Results (all distances in yards)<\/em><\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>200 Medley Relay:<\/strong> 6th (1:55.60 \u2013Ian Rex, Gage Wannemacher, Jayden Welker, Octavius Tucker)<br><strong>200 Freestyle:<\/strong>  9th (2:08.89 \u2013 Ian Rex)<br><strong>50 Freestyle:<\/strong> 11th (25.77 \u2013 Gage Wannemacher), 15th (27.02 \u2013Travis Francis), 32nd (40.90 \u2013 Abram Price)<br><strong>100 Butterfly:<\/strong> 4th (57.09 \u2013 Jayden Welker)<br><strong>100 Freestyle:<\/strong> 15th (1:01.57 \u2013Travis Francis), 21st (1:08.68 \u2013 Jaryn Pierce)<br><strong>500 Freestyle:<\/strong> 10th (6:03.53 \u2013 Octavius Tucker)<br><strong>200 Freestyle Relay:<\/strong> 5th (1:44.52 \u2013 Gage Wannemacher, Jayden Welker, Ian Rex, Octavius Tucker)<br><strong>100 backstroke:<\/strong> 9th (1:08.36 \u2013 Ian Rex), 17th (1:41.72 \u2013 Jaryn Pierce), 18th (1:47.24 \u2013 Abram Price)<br><strong>100 Breaststroke:<\/strong> 10th (1:15.92 \u2013 Gage Wannemacher)<br><strong>400 Freestyle Relay:<\/strong> 6th (4:37.82 \u2013 Travis Francis, Jaryn Pierce, Octavius Tucker, Abram Price)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next meet for the Cougars will be on Thursday, January 30, dual meet against Wapakoneta  at the Wapakoneta Family YMCA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports\/submitted information DEFIANCE &#8212; Van Wert\u2019s swim teams traveled to Defiance for the annual Western Buckeye League Championships on Saturday, with the Cougar boys taking fifth place, while the Lady Cougars finished ninth. Shawnee won the boys\u2019 championship, while Ottawa-Glandorf captured the girls\u2019 title. 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