{"id":189722,"date":"2025-02-17T21:59:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=189722"},"modified":"2025-02-17T21:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:59:06","slug":"houg-to-state-in-three-swim-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/02\/17\/houg-to-state-in-three-swim-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Houg to state in three swim events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent sports\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BOWLING GREEN &#8212; Friday was a busy day for the Van Wert swim team at Bowling Green State University as the boys put together a very strong showing by placing seventh as a team at the OHSAA Division II swim meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam Houg qualfied for state in three different events. He placed third in the 50 yard freestyl, then broke the school record with a time of 21.84 and finished sixth in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 49.27. He\u2019ll compete at state in both events, and he qualified as a member of the 200 yard freestyle relay team with Robbie Gamble, Andrew Laudick and Owen Scott. The quartet finished in fourth at districts with a time of 1:31.57, which is a new school record. It\u2019s also the first time since 2011 that Van Wert has sent a relay team to state.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VWHS-swim-2025-state-qualifiers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-189656\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Van Wert swimmers are state bound after a fine showing at districts. <em>Photos submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gamble is also state-bound in the 50 yard freestyle after placing sixth at district with a time of 21.97. Laudick finished 14<sup>th<\/sup> in the same event with a time of 23.04 and 15<sup>th<\/sup> in the 100 yard backstroke (1:00.04).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 200 yard medley relay team of Laudick, Scott, Houg and Gamble placed eighth overall with a time of 1:43.26, which broke the school record by 2.5 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boys will swim Thursday night at the State Swim Meet in Canton for preliminaries. The finals are on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert girls\u2019 swim team saw their season come to an end at the Division II districts on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haley Chiles finished 24<sup>th<\/sup> in the 200 yard freestyle (2:11.54) and 30<sup>th<\/sup> in the 100 yard freestyle (1:00.46). Olivia Ashbaugh placed 25<sup>th<\/sup> in the 50 yard freestyle (27.10) and 31<sup>st<\/sup> in the 100 yard freestyle (1:00.84). Chiles, Ashbaugh, Noelle Byrum and Lilie Mull placed 21<sup>st<\/sup> in the 200 yard freestyle relay (1:54.58) and Chiles, Mull, Chiles and Katie Kramer finished in 18<sup>th<\/sup> place in the 400 yard freestyle relay (4:17.83).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/VWHS-girls-swim-team-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-189760\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Members of the Van Wert girls swim team saw their season come to an end at districts. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent sports\/submitted information BOWLING GREEN &#8212; Friday was a busy day for the Van Wert swim team at Bowling Green State University as the boys put together a very strong showing by placing seventh as a team at the OHSAA Division II swim meet. Sam Houg qualfied for state in three different events. 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