{"id":42010,"date":"2013-08-19T06:56:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T11:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=42010"},"modified":"2013-08-19T06:56:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T11:56:36","slug":"cougar-teams-do-well-at-weekend-meets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/08\/19\/cougar-teams-do-well-at-weekend-meets\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougar teams do well at weekend meets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Van Wert cross country news<\/i><\/p>\n<p>HEBRON &#8212; The Cougar cross country teams kicked off their 2013 season in the same place they ended the season in 2012: at National Trail Raceway in Hebron. The site played host to the OHSAA Early Season High School Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>As they did in 2012, the boys\u2019 cross country team started its year off with a win in the 23-team Boys\u2019 5K Section B race. The race consisted of Division II and large Division III schools.\u00a0 The team was led by junior Connor Holliday\u2019s fifth-place finish. Rounding out the top seven for the Cougars were junior Jordan Butler (23rd), sophomore Cade Fleming (26th) junior Connor Shaffer (28th), senior Eric Easley (33rd) junior Daniel Perry (36th), and junior Ryan Rice (48th). Also competing in the varsity race were Nick Keber (63rd), Nick White (153rd) and Austin Taylor (188th).<\/p>\n<p>In girls\u2019 action, Van Wert competed in the Section D 5K, which boasted last year\u2019s Division II third place team, Kettering Archbishop Alter. While the Lady Knights from Kettering took the title, Van Wert was just 9 points back of the state powerhouse. The girls\u2019 second place finish was one of their top finishes of the past two years at any invitational.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the way for the Lady Cougars was sophomore Chloee Gamble, who finished in fifth place. Junior Schelissa Williams (24th), senior Amanda Clay (26th), sophomore Megan Barnhart (29th) and senior Andi Foster (42nd) rounded out the top five scorers.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore Alicia Danylchuk (45th), junior Whitney Meyers (53rd), and senior Leah Brubaker (78th) completed the varsity squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more proud of the way the kids executed their individual race plans today,\u201d said Van Wert Coach Brendon Moody. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a tough week of training in Hocking Hills at our 32nd annual team camp and to conclude the week on such a positive note on some very tired legs speaks volumes about the heart these kids have.<\/p>\n<p>The junior varsity boys won the section B open race, led by freshman Ryan Keber and the girls JV squad finished fifth in the open C\/D race, led by freshman Natalie Riethman.<\/p>\n<p>The Cougar squads will be back in action on Saturday morning at the Blue Jay Invitational hosted in Delphos Canal Park. Races begin at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42011\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Van-Wert-cross-country-team-8-2013.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42011 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" alt=\"The Van Wert High School cross country team. (photo submitted)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Van-Wert-cross-country-team-8-2013.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Van Wert High School cross country team at its summer camp in the Hocking Hills. (photo submitted)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert cross country news HEBRON &#8212; The Cougar cross country teams kicked off their 2013 season in the same place they ended the season in 2012: at National Trail Raceway in Hebron. The site played host to the OHSAA Early Season High School Invitational. 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