{"id":162557,"date":"2023-01-30T04:39:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=162557"},"modified":"2023-01-30T04:39:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:39:33","slug":"swimmers-make-a-splash-at-wbl-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/01\/30\/swimmers-make-a-splash-at-wbl-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimmers make a splash at WBL meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAPOLEON &#8212; Van Wert\u2019s boys\u2019 swim team finished fifth and the girls\u2019 team eighth at the Western Buckeye League Championships, held at Napoleon High School on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wapakoneta won the boys\u2019 championship, while Ottawa-Glandorf took home the girls\u2019 title. Shawnee took runner-up for the boys and girls events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hayley-Chiles-medals-1-29-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162558\"\/><figcaption>Haley Chiles is all smiles with her medals from her 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle races. <em>Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Girls results (all distances in yards)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>200 Medley Relay: 8th (2:17.45 \u2013Gracie Mull, Tyra McClain, Mandy Burenga, Haley Chiles)<br>200 Freestyle: 2nd (2:06.64 \u2013 Haley Chiles), 12th 2:28.60 \u2013 Lilie Mull), 13th (2:29.16 &#8211; Gracie Mull)<br>50 Freestyle: 12th (28.99 \u2013 Tyra McClain), 19th (31.19 \u2013 Mandy Burenga), 21st (32.03 \u2013Sophie Gearhart), 34th (36.13 \u2013 Kailey Blythe)<br>100 Freestyle: 13th (1:05.32 \u2013 Tyra McClain), 19th (1:10.56 \u2013 Katie Kramer), 22nd (1:13.69 \u2013 Sophie Gearhart), 32nd (1:21.58 \u2013 Kailey Blythe)<br>500 Freestyle: 1st (5:43.18 \u2013 Haley Chiles)<br>200 Freestyle Relay: 9th (2:04.48 \u2013Lilie Mull, Mandy Burenga, Sophie Gearhart, Gracie Mull)<br>100 Backstroke: 13th (1:19.11 \u2013 Gracie Mull), 15th (1:20.85 \u2013 Lilie Mull), 17th (1:23..78 \u2013 Katie Kramer)<br>100 Breaststroke: 21st (1:32.80 \u2013Mandy Burenga)<br>400 Freestyle Relay: 5th (4:22.63 \u2013 Tyra McClain, Lilie Mull, Haley Chiles, Katie Kramer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Boys results (all distances in yards)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>200 Medley Relay: 4th (1:51.74 \u2013Sam Houg, Griffin Gunter, Jayden Welker, Owen Scott)<br>200 Freestyle: 2nd (1:49.80 \u2013 Sam Houg)<br>200 Individual Medley: 2nd (2:02.58 \u2013 Jayden Welker)<br>50 Freestyle: 31st (32.80 \u2013Noah Spector)<br>100 Butterfly: 1st (52.96 \u2013 Jayden Welker)<br>100 Freestyle: 1st (49.41 \u2013Sam Houg), 12th (57.92 \u2013 Owen Scott), 29th (1:11.81 \u2013 Noah Spector)<br>500 Freestyle: 10th (6:03.53 \u2013 Octavius Tucker)<br>200 Freestyle Relay: 8th (1:44.81 \u2013 Sam Houg, Jayden Welker, Noah Spector, Owen Scott)<br>100 Backstroke: 4th (1:04.06 \u2013 Ian Rex)<br>100 Breaststroke: 11th (1:13.83 \u2013 Griffin Gunter), 13th (1:16.59 \u2013 Owen Scott)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next meet for the Cougars will be a dual meet against Wapakoneta High School at the Wapak Family YMCA on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent sports NAPOLEON &#8212; Van Wert\u2019s boys\u2019 swim team finished fifth and the girls\u2019 team eighth at the Western Buckeye League Championships, held at Napoleon High School on Saturday. Wapakoneta won the boys\u2019 championship, while Ottawa-Glandorf took home the girls\u2019 title. Shawnee took runner-up for the boys and girls events. 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