{"id":84170,"date":"2017-02-07T12:51:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T17:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=84170"},"modified":"2017-02-07T12:51:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T17:51:32","slug":"cougar-swimmers-compete-at-wapak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/02\/07\/cougar-swimmers-compete-at-wapak\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougar swimmers compete at Wapak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WAPAKONETA &#8212; The Van Wert High School boys and girls swimming teams traveled to the Wapakoneta Family YMCA to compete in a quad meet against Wapak, Minster, and Marion Local.<\/p>\n<p>Both Cougar teams lost to Wapak and Marion Local. While the boys beat Minster, the girls lost a hard fought battle. The small, but mighty, Van Wert swim team earned seven personal best records throughout the meet.\u00a0 The final scores include:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_84171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84171\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/VW-swim-team-at-Wapak-2-2017-Arend.jpg\" alt=\"Van Wert swimmer Noah Arend competes in the breaststroke during a meet this past weekend. (photo submitted)\" width=\"350\" height=\"294\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Van Wert swimmer Noah Arend competes in the breaststroke during a meet this past weekend.<\/strong> <em>(photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Boys \u2013 Van Wert 57, Minster 34; Wapak 75, Van Wert 33; Marion Local 75, Van Wert 33.<\/p>\n<p>Girls \u2013 Wapak 86, Van Wert 38; Minster 102, Van Wert 43; Marion Local 84, Van Wert 60.<\/p>\n<p>The Cougar swimmers return to action this Saturday when they travel to Ayersville High School for the OHSAA sectional tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boys Results <\/strong><em>(all distances in yards)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>200 Medley Relay:\u00a0 2<sup>nd<\/sup> (2:08.93 \u2013Andrew Hamblett, Noah Arend, Dalton Heppeard, Brayden Cox)<\/p>\n<p>200 Freestyle: \u00a03<sup>rd<\/sup> (2:28.61-Brayden Cox)<\/p>\n<p>200 Individual Medley: \u00a01<sup>st<\/sup> (2:36.24-Jacob Scheidt), 2<sup>nd<\/sup> (2:45.92- Kory Schlatter)<\/p>\n<p>50 Freestyle:\u00a0 3<sup>rd<\/sup> (25.91\u2013Dalton Heppeard), 6<sup>th<\/sup> (27.53-Noah Arend), 7<sup>th<\/sup> (27.69-Andrew Hamblett)<\/p>\n<p>100 Butterfly:\u00a0 4<sup>th<\/sup> (1:07.95 \u2013Dalton Heppeard)<\/p>\n<p>500 Freestyle: \u00a02<sup>nd<\/sup> (6:47.90 \u2013Brayden Cox)<\/p>\n<p>200 Freestyle Relay:\u00a0\u00a0 2<sup>nd<\/sup> (1:51.83 \u2013 Dalton Heppeard, Andrew Hamblett, Noah Arend, Brayden Cox)<\/p>\n<p>100 Backstroke:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a02<sup>nd<\/sup> (1:16.58 \u2013Andrew Hamblett)<\/p>\n<p>100 Breaststroke:\u00a0 2<sup>nd<\/sup> (1:17.74\u2013 Noah Arend)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Girls Results <\/strong><em>(all distances in yards)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>200 Medley Relay: \u00a03<sup>rd<\/sup> (2:10.64 \u2013Emma Verville, Bethany Fast, Katie McVaigh, Madison Turnwald)<\/p>\n<p>200 Individual Medley: 1<sup>st<\/sup> (2:37.46 \u2013Katie McVaigh), 3<sup>rd<\/sup> (2:54.54 \u2013Rebekah Fast)<\/p>\n<p>50 Freestyle:\u00a0 7<sup>th<\/sup> (28.65-Madison Turnwald), 8th (28.75 \u2013Bethany Fast)<\/p>\n<p>100 Butterfly:\u00a0 2<sup>nd<\/sup> (1:13.19 \u2013Katie McVaigh)<\/p>\n<p>100 Freestyle:\u00a0 9<sup>th<\/sup> (1:10.09 \u2013Emma Verville)<\/p>\n<p>200 Freestyle Relay:\u00a0 3<sup>rd<\/sup> (1:58.54 \u2013 Madison Turnwald, Bethany Fast, Katie McVaigh, Rebekah Fast)<\/p>\n<p>100 Backstroke: 2<sup>nd<\/sup> (1:12.22 \u2013Emma Verville)<\/p>\n<p>100 Breaststroke: \u00a04<sup>th<\/sup> (1:20.69 \u2013Bethany Fast), 7<sup>th<\/sup> (1:29.12 \u2013Rebekah Fast)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports WAPAKONETA &#8212; The Van Wert High School boys and girls swimming teams traveled to the Wapakoneta Family YMCA to compete in a quad meet against Wapak, Minster, and Marion Local. Both Cougar teams lost to Wapak and Marion Local. While the boys beat Minster, the girls lost a hard fought battle. 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