{"id":204521,"date":"2026-04-02T20:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=204521"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:59:05","slug":"cougar-track-team-hosts-tri-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/04\/02\/cougar-track-team-hosts-tri-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougar track team hosts tri-meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert High School hosted its only home track and field meet of the season on Thursday, welcoming Napoleon and Allen East for a competitive three team event highlighted by strong performances and a special senior recognition ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before competition began, the Cougars honored their three senior athletes \u2013 Harper Roop, Nick Edwards, and Katie Kramer \u2013 for their dedication and contributions to the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe trio played key roles throughout the meet, representing Van Wert with leadership and effort across multiple events,\u201d head coach Nate Hoverman said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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On the girls side, Van Wert finished second overall with 65 points, just behind Napoleon\u2019s 76. The Cougars were led by several standout performances, including a win from Haven Hunt in the 100-meter dash (13.71) and a dominant 1-2 finish in the 800-meter run by Ruby Dicke (2:41.24) and Leah Krites (2:41.98). Symphony Schuerman added another victory in the 3200 meters, while Flannery Foster captured the discus title with a throw of 106-1 and placed second in the shot put.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert also showed depth in relays, placing second in the 4×100, 4×200, 4×400, and 4×800, with senior Harper Roop contributing across multiple relay teams. In the field, Livie Parrish and Lily Greve tied for second in the high jump, while Whitney Holliday added a runner-up finish in the long jump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the boys side, Van Wert placed third with 44 points in a meet won by Allen East. The Cougars were led by Micah Cowan\u2019s win in the 200 meters (24.64), along with distance victories from Evan Keuneke in the 800 (2:11.06), Harrison Sloan in the 1600 (5:02.22), and Alexander Bauer in the 3200 (11:10.39).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boys 4×800 relay team also secured a first-place finish, continuing a strong showing from the distance squad. In the throws, senior Nick Edwards placed in both the shot put (fourth) and discus (third), contributing valuable team points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a mix of event wins, relay consistency, and senior leadership, Van Wert made the most of its lone home meet, celebrating its seniors while competing at a high level across both teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent staff\/submitted information Van Wert High School hosted its only home track and field meet of the season on Thursday, welcoming Napoleon and Allen East for a competitive three team event highlighted by strong performances and a special senior recognition ceremony. Before competition began, the Cougars honored their three senior athletes \u2013 Harper Roop, […]<\/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-204521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 02:54:10","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\/204521","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=204521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204522,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204521\/revisions\/204522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}