{"id":28432,"date":"2012-09-03T06:42:01","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T11:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=28432"},"modified":"2012-09-03T06:42:01","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T11:42:01","slug":"vw-boys-win-greenville-meet-girls-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/09\/03\/vw-boys-win-greenville-meet-girls-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"VW boys win Greenville meet, girls 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"

VWHS cross country information<\/em><\/p>\n

GREENVILLE — After a four-year hiatus from the Treaty City, Van Wert returned to Greenville\u2019s competitive Treaty City Invitational this past Saturday and left its mark in fine fashion. The Cougar girls finished fourth in the Girls Green Division, while the boys continued their winning ways by capturing the White Division crown.<\/p>\n

The girls had three girls in the top 25, led by Andrea Foster (13th in 20:33), Chloee Gamble (19th in 20:55), and Jacey Eikenbary (25th in 21:38.\u00a0 Megan Barnhart (56th in 22:39), and Shelissa Williams (63rd in 22:56), rounded out the Cougar scoring. Kelsey Wagner (73rd in 23:19), and Whitney Meyers (86th in 23:40 also competed in the girls\u2019 green race.<\/p>\n

In junior varsity action for the girls, Alicia Danylchuck was the first Van Wert girl to traverse the 5k course, finishing in second place in a time of 22:33.\u00a0 Marissa Sperry (21st in 24:15), Leah Brubaker (27th in 24:34), and Karlyn Koontz (60th in 25:46) completed the junior varsity line-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very excited with how the ladies ran today,\u201d said Van Wert Coach Brendon Moody. \u201cAlicia got our day started off on the right foot when she put herself in contention for the win in the JV race and the girls just fed off of the energy that she created. The varsity girls had a strong race as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the boys\u2019 race, Van Wert knocked off Division II the state champion Springfield Shawnee Braves by five points. Senior Jared Fleming led the way for the third straight week with an impressive second place finish in 16:08.\u00a0 Kase Schalois was close behind in seventh place, 16:42, while Conner Holliday, eighth in 16:51; Nick Keber, 34th in 17:55; and Jordan Butler, 43th in 18:05, rounded out the scoring.\u00a0 Conner Shaffer (45th in 18:06), and Spencer Prichard (106th in 19:22 also competed in varsity action.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnytime you beat the defending state champs, it gives you a huge confidence boost,\u201d said Coach Moody. \u201cFact of the matter is our guys didn\u2019t run as well as we have, nor as well as we can, so we know there is work to be done.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t get me wrong, we will savor the victory over Springfield Shawnee, but no one remembers who wins in September, it\u2019s who wins on the first week in November,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The junior varsity race was once again dominated by Van Wert as the Cougars took four of the top 11 places, led by Eric Easley, third in 18:25, Cade Fleming, fifth in 18:35, Ryan Rice, eighth in 18:42, and Daniel Perry, 11th in 18:45.\u00a0 Reed Baxter finished 21st in 19:15 to finish out the JV scoring.\u00a0 Nick White (190th in 22:46) and Austin Taylor (201st in 22:59) completed the JV roster.<\/p>\n

The girls record stands at 54-11, while the boys are 70-2. Both squads are back in action on Saturday at the Tiffin Cross Country Carnival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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