{"id":1648,"date":"2011-01-24T00:10:13","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T05:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2011-01-24T00:10:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T05:10:33","slug":"easley-breaks-school-record-at-fremont-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/01\/24\/easley-breaks-school-record-at-fremont-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Easley breaks school record at Fremont"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANDRA GROOMS\/<\/strong>independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n

FREMONT \u2013 Eight boys and four girls from the Van Wert High School swim teams traveled to Fremont Ross High School for the fifth annual Little Giants Invitational involving 25 high schools.\u00a0 Other schools participating included Anthony Wayne, Bowling Green, Bowsher, Brush, Celina, Clay, Fostoria, Fremont Ross, Fremont St. Joseph, Genoa, Lima Shawnee, Maumee, Maumee Valley Country Day, Millbury Lake, Ottawa Glandorf, Port Clinton, Sandusky, St. Wendelin, Tiffin Calvert, Tiffin Columbian, Toledo St. Francis De Sales, Toledo St. Ursula Academy, Wapakoneta, and Whitmer.<\/p>\n

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Trey Stemen swims for Van Wert in the Fremont Little Giants meet. (Photo by Mark Robenalt for the Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Freshman Eric Easley was best finisher of the day for the Cougars. His second place finish with a time of 1:04.83 in the 100-meter breaststroke set a new VWHS school record. The previous record of 1:06.11 was set in 2009 by Easley\u2019s brother, Brian. Eric Easley also finished 12th<\/sup> in the 200-meter freestyle.<\/p>\n

Also scoring were junior Trey Stemen, who scored seventh in the 100-meter breaststroke and finished 13th<\/sup> in the 200-meter individual medley; and junior Taylor Grooms, who was ninth in the girls 200-meter freestyle and finished 18th<\/sup> in the 500-meter freestyle.<\/p>\n

Other individuals who participated in the consolation finals were Erin Dingle, 18th<\/sup> in the 200-meter freestyle; and Cody Hanes, 15th<\/sup> in the 100-meter backstroke.<\/p>\n

Four boys\u2019 relays competed in the consolation finals: 200-meter medley relay (Stemen, Cody Hanes, Adam Saylor and Easley) finished 11th<\/sup>, 200-meter freestyle relay (A.J. Foster, Kase Schalois, Matt Cucciarre, Vincent Silette) finished\u00a0 19th<\/sup>, and the 400-meter relays (Stemen, Hanes, Saylor and Easley) and\u00a0 (Foster, Schalois, Cucciarre, Silette) finished 13th<\/sup> and 17th<\/sup>,\u00a0 respectively.<\/p>\n

The girls\u2019 200-meter freestyle relay with Erin Dingle, Brittany Jurczyk, Karlyn Koontz, and Grooms finished in 18th<\/sup> place in the consolation finals.<\/p>\n

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  • Girls Results (all distances in meters)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 200 Medley Relay:\u00a0 22nd<\/sup> (2:17.50 \u2013Brittany Jurczyk, Erin Dingle, Karlyn Koontz, Taylor Grooms)<\/li>\n
  • 200 Freestyle:\u00a0 prelims 8th<\/sup>, finals 9th<\/sup> (2:12.32, 2:15.43 \u2013 Taylor Grooms), prelims 17th<\/sup>, finals 19th<\/sup>,\u00a0 (2:21.36, 2:21.98 \u2013 Erin Dingle).<\/li>\n
  • 50 Freestyle: 27th<\/sup> (28:63 \u2013 Erin Dingle), 46th<\/sup> (31.11 \u2013 Brittay Jurczyk), 56th<\/sup> (32.71- Karlyn Koontz).<\/li>\n
  • 500 Freestyle: prelim 12th<\/sup>, finals 12th<\/sup> (6:14.11, 6:11.00 \u2013 Taylor Grooms).<\/li>\n
  • 200 Freestyle Relay:\u00a0 prelims 16th <\/sup>, finals 18th<\/sup> (1:58.00, 1:59.54 \u2013 Karlyn Koontz, Erin Dingle, Brittany Jurczyk, Taylor Grooms).<\/li>\n
  • 100 Backstroke:\u00a0 26th<\/sup> (1:18.26 \u2013 Brittany Jurczyk)<\/li>\n
  • Boys Results (all distances in meters)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • 200 Medley Relay: prelim 12th <\/sup>, finals 11th<\/sup> (1:54.97, 1:55.11 \u2013 Cody Hanes, Trey Stemen, Eric Easley, Adam Saylor).<\/li>\n
  • 200 Freestyle: prelim 11th<\/sup>, finals 12th <\/sup>(1:59.17, 1:59.32 \u2013 Eric Easley), 26th<\/sup> (2:14.63 \u2013 Matt Cucciarre).<\/li>\n
  • 200 Individual Medley: prelim 12th<\/sup>, finals 12th<\/sup> (2:19.09, 2:21.41 \u2013 Trey Stemen).<\/li>\n
  • 50 Freestyle: 32nd<\/sup> (25.82 \u2013 A.J. Foster), 37th<\/sup> (26.26 \u2013 Vincent Silette), 41st<\/sup> (26.71 \u2013 Adam Saylor), 52nd<\/sup> (28.09 \u2013 Kase Schalois).<\/li>\n
  • 100 Freestyle: 30th<\/sup> (58:36 – Cody Hanes), 31st<\/sup> (58.40 \u2013 Adam Saylor), 42nd<\/sup> (1:00.62 \u2013 Vincent Silette).<\/li>\n
  • 200 Freestyle Relay: prelim18th<\/sup>, finals 19th<\/sup> (1:47.85, 1:49.55 \u2013 A.J. Foster, Kase Schalois, Matt Cucciarre, Vincent Silette).<\/li>\n
  • 100 Backstroke: prelims 17th<\/sup>, finals 15th<\/sup> (1:05.20, 1:03.57 \u2013 Cody Hanes), 23rd<\/sup> (1:10.93 \u2013 A.J. Foster), 24th<\/sup> (1:11.28 \u2013 Matt Cucciarre).<\/li>\n
  • 100 Breaststroke: prelim 2nd<\/sup>, finals 2nd<\/sup> (1:06.51, 1:04.83\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 Eric Easley), prelim 7th<\/sup>, finals 7th<\/sup> (1:10.84, 1:10.97 \u2013 Trey Stemen).<\/li>\n
  • 400 Freestyle Relay:\u00a0 prelim 12th <\/sup> , finals 13th<\/sup> (3:51.85, 3:50.45 – Cody Hanes, Trey Stemen, Eric Easley, Adam Saylor), prelim 16th<\/sup> , finals 17th<\/sup> (4:07.53, 4:08.11\u00a0 – AJ Foster, Kase Schalois,Vincent Silette, Matt Cucciarre).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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