{"id":19930,"date":"2012-01-30T01:29:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T06:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=19930"},"modified":"2012-01-30T01:29:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T06:29:59","slug":"cougar-swimmers-do-well-at-wbl-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/01\/30\/cougar-swimmers-do-well-at-wbl-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougar swimmers do well at WBL meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SANDRA GROOMS\/<\/strong><em>for The Van Wert independent<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DEFIANCE &#8212; The Van Wert High School swimming and diving teams traveled to the Defiance County YMCA for the 15th annual Western Buckeye League championships. The boys\u2019 team finished in fourth place, while the girls\u2019 team finished ninth.<em> <\/em>Lima Shawnee\u2019s teams were champions<em> <\/em>and Celina teams were runners-up for both boys and girls.<em> <\/em>Other high schools participating included Lima Bath, Defiance, Elida, Kenton, Ottawa-Glandorf, St. Marys, and Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n<p>The Cougar divers scored impressively on Thursday evening. Junior Kase Schalois finished as<\/p>\n<p>WBL runner-up with 357.20 points. Seniors Garrett McDowell and Gretchen Klinger placed seventh and fifth,<sup> <\/sup>respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Medal winners (top three places) for the Van Wert swimmers were sophomore Eric Easley, who placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke; and Easley, with seniors Trey Stemen, AJ Foster and Cody Hanes, placing third in the boys\u2019 400-yard freestyle relay.<\/p>\n<p>Boys who also reached the podium (top six places) for the boys: Easley, fourth in the 200-yard freestyle; Foster, fourth in the 50- and fifth in the 100-yard freestyles; Hanes, fifth in the 100-yard backstroke and sixth in the 100-yard butterfly; Stemen, sixth in both the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley; Schalois, fifth in the 500-yard freestyle; and the 200-yard medley relay of Hanes, Easley, Stemen, Foster, which finished fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Matt Cucciarre scored by placing eighth in the 500-yard freestyle and 10th in the 200-yard freestyle and, along with Daniel Silette, Adam Jurczyk and Schalois, competed in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Seniors Brittany Jurczyk, Erin Dingle and Taylor Grooms, along with freshman Hannah Stemen, reached the podium in both the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Other scorers for the girls included Grooms, seventh in the 200- and 10th in the 500-yard freestyles; Hannah Stemen, 10th in the 100-yard backstroke; and the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Holly Hammond, Briana Agler, Karlyn Koontz and Chelsea Henning, which finished ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Kim Clifton was pleased with today\u2019s meet. \u201cOur swimmers had 47 personal records and 35 better finishes than seed times,\u201d she said. \u201cWay to go!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The swimmers and divers will now have two weeks to prepare for sectionals that will be held in Ayersville on February 10 and 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Girls Results (all distances in yards)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diving: 5<sup>th<\/sup> (200.20 points &#8211; Gretchen Klinger)<\/li>\n<li>200 Medley Relay:\u00a0 6<sup>th<\/sup> (2:10.04 \u2013 Hannah Stemen, Brittany Jurczyk, Taylor Grooms, Erin Dingle)<\/li>\n<li>200 Freestyle:\u00a0 7<sup>th<\/sup> (2:13.53 \u2013 Taylor Grooms), 13<sup>th<\/sup> (2:23.69 \u2013 Hannah Stemen), 16<sup>th<\/sup> (2:32.65 \u2013 Mackenzie Agler), 18<sup>th<\/sup> (2:33.64 &#8211; Briana Agler)<\/li>\n<li>200 Individual Medley: \u00a015<sup>th<\/sup> (2:42.75 \u2013 Brittany Jurczyk), 17th (2:51.18 \u2013 Andi Foster), 21<sup>st<\/sup> (3:03.40 \u2013 Rebecca Johnson)<\/li>\n<li>50 Freestyle<em>: <\/em>14<sup>th<\/sup> <sup> <\/sup>(28.86 \u2013 Holly Hammond), 20<sup>th<\/sup> (29.88 \u2013 Chelsea Henning),<em> <\/em>24<sup>th<\/sup> <em>(<\/em>31.31 \u2013 Briana Agler), 28<sup>th<\/sup> (32.41 &#8211; Whitney Meyers)<\/li>\n<li>100 Butterfly: 14<sup>th<\/sup> (1:17.99 \u2013 Karlyn Koontz), 18<sup>th<\/sup> (1:26.43 &#8211; Rebecca Johnson)<\/li>\n<li>100 Freestyle: 8<sup>th<\/sup> (1:02.72 \u2013 Erin Dingle), 17<sup>th<\/sup> (1:08.99 \u2013 Andi Foster), 21<sup>st<\/sup> (1:11.11\u2013 Chelsea Henning), 31<sup>st<\/sup> (1:18.92 \u2013 Meredith Arn)<\/li>\n<li>500 Freestyle: 10<sup>th<\/sup> (6:12.93 \u2013 Taylor Grooms), 13<sup>th<\/sup> (6:27.83 \u2013 Karlyn Koontz)<\/li>\n<li>200 Freestyle Relay:\u00a0 9<sup>th<\/sup> (2:00.50 \u2013 Holly Hammond, Briana Agler, Karlyn Koontz, Chelsea Henning)<\/li>\n<li>100 Backstroke: 10<sup>th<\/sup> (1:12.91 \u2013 Hannah Stemen), 13<sup>th<\/sup> (1:15.37 \u2013 Holly Hammond), 19<sup>th<\/sup> (1:21.23 \u2013Mackenzie Agler), 22<sup>nd<\/sup> (1:24.22 &#8211; Marissa Sperry)<\/li>\n<li>100 Breaststroke:\u00a0 13<sup>th<\/sup> (1:23.82 \u2013 Erin Dingle), 16<sup>th<\/sup> (1:26.53 \u2013 Brittany Jurczyk), 26<sup>th<\/sup> (1:42.60 \u2013 Reed Wermer), 30<sup>th<\/sup> (1:51.68 &#8211; Miranda Rickard)<\/li>\n<li>400 Freestyle Relay: 5<sup>th<\/sup> (4:16.30 \u2013 Brittany Jurczyk, Erin Dingle, Hannah Stemen, Taylor Grooms)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Boys Results (all distances in yards)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diving: 2<sup>nd<\/sup> (357.20 points \u2013 Kase Schalois), 7<sup>th<\/sup> (208.75 points \u2013 Garrett McDowell)<\/li>\n<li>200 Medley Relay:\u00a0 4<sup>th<\/sup> (1:49.87 \u2013 Cody Hanes, Eric Easley, Trey Stemen, AJ Foster)<\/li>\n<li>200 Freestyle: \u00a04<sup>th<\/sup> (1:56.84 \u2013Eric Easley), 10<sup>th<\/sup> (2:09.01 \u2013 Matt Cucciarre), 13<sup>th<\/sup> (2:12.41 \u2013 Adam Jurczyk), 19<sup>th<\/sup> (2:32.05 &#8211; Jacob Scheidt)<\/li>\n<li>200 Individual Medley: 6<sup>th<\/sup> (2:17.29 \u2013 Trey Stemen), 16<sup>th<\/sup> (2:41.11 \u2013 Dan Silette)<\/li>\n<li>50 Freestyle:\u00a0 4<sup>th<\/sup> (24.14 \u2013 AJ Foster), 19<sup>th<\/sup> (27.46 &#8211; Adam Jurczyk), 29<sup>th<\/sup> (30.77 \u2013 Jon Lisa), 33<sup>rd<\/sup> (40.83 &#8211; Mitchel Mengerink)<\/li>\n<li>100 Butterfly:\u00a0 6<sup>th<\/sup> (1:03.87 \u2013 Cody Hanes)<\/li>\n<li>100 Freestyle:\u00a0 5<sup>th<\/sup> (54.32 \u2013 AJ Foster), 22<sup>nd<\/sup> (101.79 \u2013 Josh Overholt), 23<sup>rd<\/sup> (1:02.78 \u2013 Dan Silette), 31<sup>st<\/sup> (1:07.85 &#8211; Kory Schlatter)<\/li>\n<li>500 Freestyle: 5<sup>th<\/sup> (5:47.03 \u2013 Kase Schalois), 8<sup>th<\/sup> (5:51.29 \u2013 Matt Cucciarre)<\/li>\n<li>200 Freestyle Relay: 7<sup>th<\/sup> (1:47.83 \u2013 Matt Cucciarre, Daniel Silette, Adam Jurczyk, Kase Schalois)<\/li>\n<li>100 Backstroke: 5<sup>th<\/sup> (1:01.07 \u2013 Cody Hanes), 15<sup>th<\/sup> (1:17.94 &#8211; Jacob Scheidt), 17<sup>th<\/sup> (1:18.41 \u2013 Kory Schlatter), 22<sup>nd<\/sup> (1:43.84 &#8211; Mitchel Mengerink)<\/li>\n<li>100 Breaststroke: 2<sup>nd<\/sup> (1:05.03 \u2013 Eric Easley), 6<sup>th<\/sup> (1:10.25 \u2013 Trey Stemen), 27<sup>th<\/sup> (1:25.88 -Josh Overholt), 28<sup>th<\/sup> (1:26.78 \u2013 Jon Lisa)<\/li>\n<li>400 Freestyle Relay: 3<sup>rd<\/sup> (3:38.85 \u2013 Eric Easley, Trey Stemen, AJ Foster, Cody Hanes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANDRA GROOMS\/for The Van Wert independent DEFIANCE &#8212; The Van Wert High School swimming and diving teams traveled to the Defiance County YMCA for the 15th annual Western Buckeye League championships. The boys\u2019 team finished in fourth place, while the girls\u2019 team finished ninth. Lima Shawnee\u2019s teams were champions and Celina teams were runners-up for [&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-19930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 19:26:47","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\/19930","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=19930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}