{"id":84356,"date":"2017-02-13T08:02:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T13:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=84356"},"modified":"2017-02-13T08:02:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T13:02:26","slug":"several-vw-swimmers-qualify-for-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/02\/13\/several-vw-swimmers-qualify-for-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Several VW swimmers qualify for district"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n

AYERSVILLE — The Cougar swim team traveled to Ayersville High School for the Ohio High School Athletic Association\u2019s Division II Sectional Tournament involving 13 teams, including four Western Buckeye League schools.<\/p>\n

The boys took ninth place, while the girls finished seventh. Wauseon captured first place for the boys and Ottawa-Glandorf reigned as the girls\u2019 champion, with Celina taking runner-up for the boys and Wauseon runner-up in the girls\u2019 events.<\/p>\n

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Van Wert swimmer Katie McVaigh competes in the 100-yard butterfly at sectionals in Ayersville.<\/strong> (photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other schools participating (in order of finish in the boys\u2019 standings) included Bowling Green, Defiance, Coldwater, Fort Recovery, Ayersville, Fairview, Miller City, Archbold, and Tinora.<\/p>\n

During the sectional tournament, the Cougar swimmers earned 22 personal best records out of 23 total events.<\/p>\n

The next meet for the Cougars will be the OHSAA Division II District Tournament at Bowling Green State University on February 17. Individual swimmers Madison Jarrett, Peyton Fleming, Bethany Fast, Katie McVaigh, and Madison Turnwald will represent the Cougars at the district tournament.<\/p>\n

Girls\u2019 Results <\/strong>(all distances in yards)<\/em><\/p>\n

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  • 200 Medley Relay:\u00a0 5th<\/sup> (2:03.68 \u2013Katie McVaigh, Peyton Fleming, Bethany Fast, Madison Turnwald)<\/li>\n
  • 200 freestyle:\u00a0 12th<\/sup> (2:24.46 \u2013 Olivia Profit)<\/li>\n
  • 200 Individual Medley:\u00a0 5th<\/sup> (2:31.85 \u2013 Katie McVaigh)<\/li>\n
  • 50 Freestyle:\u00a0 7th<\/sup> (27.68 \u2013Madison Turnwald)<\/li>\n
  • 100 Butterfly:\u00a0 6th<\/sup> (1:08.22 \u2013 Katie McVaigh)<\/li>\n
  • 100 Freestyle:\u00a0 14th<\/sup> (1:05.36 \u2013Olivia Profit), 19th<\/sup> (1:09.68 \u2013 Emma Verville)<\/li>\n
  • 200 Freestyle Relay:\u00a0 5th<\/sup> (1:50.77 \u2013 Madison Turnwald, Bethany Fast, Peyton Fleming, Katie McVaigh)<\/li>\n
  • 100 Backstroke:\u00a0 7th<\/sup> (1:11.00 \u2013Emma Verville)<\/li>\n
  • 100 Breaststroke:\u00a0 8th<\/sup> (1:16.13 \u2013Bethany Fast) 13th<\/sup> (1:19.28 \u2013 Peyton Fleming), 17th<\/sup> \u2013 (1:23.52 \u2013 Rebekah Fast)<\/li>\n
  • 1 meter Diving:\u00a0 6th<\/sup> (337.35 points, Madison Jarrett)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Boys\u2019 Results <\/strong>(all distances in yards)<\/em><\/p>\n

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    • 200 Medley Relay:\u00a0 3rd<\/sup> (2:05.51 \u2013 Andrew Hamblett, Noah Arend, Dalton Heppeard, Brayden Cox)<\/li>\n
    • 200 Freestyle:\u00a0 11th<\/sup> (2:25.04 \u2013 Brayden Cox)<\/li>\n
    • 50 Freestyle: 2nd<\/sup> (25.19 \u2013Dalton Heppeard), 8th<\/sup> (26.96- Andrew Hamblett), 9th<\/sup> (27.31 \u2013 Noah Arend)<\/li>\n
    • 100 Butterfly: 12th<\/sup> (1:06.69 \u2013 Dalton Heppeard)<\/li>\n
    • 500 Freestyle: 11th<\/sup> (6:35.25 \u2013Brayden Cox)<\/li>\n
    • 200 Freestyle Relay:\u00a0 4th<\/sup> (1:49.91 \u2013 Dalton Heppeard, Noah Arend, Andrew Hamblett, Brayden Cox)<\/li>\n
    • 100 Backstroke:\u00a0 10th<\/sup> (1:12.78 \u2013Arend Hamblett)<\/li>\n
    • 100 Breaststroke: 14th<\/sup> (1:18.86 \u2013Noah Arend)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Van Wert independent sports AYERSVILLE — The Cougar swim team traveled to Ayersville High School for the Ohio High School Athletic Association\u2019s Division II Sectional Tournament involving 13 teams, including four Western Buckeye League schools. The boys took ninth place, while the girls finished seventh. Wauseon captured first place for the boys and Ottawa-Glandorf reigned […]<\/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-84356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 19:27:25","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\/84356","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=84356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}