VW swimmers defeat Ayersville squads

Van Wert swim team information

AYERSVILLE — The Van Wert High School boys’ and girls’ swimming teams traveled to Defiance Ayersville to compete in a dual meet. Both Cougar teams were victorious over the Ayersville Pilots: the girls 106-32 and boys 110-28.

Van Wert boys and girls earned first-place finishes in every event except two. Swimmers placing first in individual events included Bethany Fast (200-yard individual medley and 100-yard backstroke), Olivia Profit (500-yard freestyle), Peyton Fleming (100-yard breaststroke), Hannah Stemen (50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle), Josh Overholt (200-yard individual medley and 100-yard breaststroke), Tyler Rex (50-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke), Sam Easley (200-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly), Cade Fleming (100-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke), Joe Linser (500-yard freestyle) and Nathan Ireland (100-yard freestyle)

All six Van Wert relays finished in first place:

200 Medley Relay:  boys  (2:03.77 –Kory Schlatter, Cade Fleming, Tyler Rex, Josh Overholt), and girls (2:23.85 –Olivia Profit, Bethany Fast, Peyton Fleming, Jaycie Rickard)

Freestyle Relay: boys (1:48.01 –Sam Easley, Dalton Heppeard, Nathan Ireland, Josh Overholt) and girls (1:59.56 –Hannah Stemen, Madison Turnwald, Katie Trittschuh, Peyton Fleming)

400 Freestyle Relay: boys (3:52.68 – Sam Easley, Nathan Ireland, Cade Fleming, Tyler Rex) and girls (4:31.18–Hannah Stemen, Madison Turnwald, Bethany Fast , Katie Trittschuh)

The Cougar swimmers return to action next Tuesday when they return to Defiance to compete against the Defiance Bulldogs.

Boys Results (all distances in yards)

200 Medley Relay:  1^st (2:03.77 –Kory Schlatter, Cade Fleming, Tyler Rex, Josh Overholt), 3^rd   (2:32.36 –Joe Linser, Stephen Hamblett, Dalton Heppeard, Nathan Ireland)

200 Freestyle:  1^st (1:59.45-Sam Easley), 3^rd (2:35.67-Joe Linser), 3^rd (2:43.91-Nick Gordon)

200 Individual Medley:  1^st (2:31.58-Josh Overholt), 2^nd (2:40.10- Kory Schlatter)

50 Freestyle:  1^st (24.90–Tyler Rex), 2^nd (26.08-Cade Fleming), 5^th (32.68-Brayden Cox)

100 Butterfly:  1^st (59.48 –Sam Easley)

100 Freestyle:  1^st (1:01.23-Nathan Ireland), 3^rd (1:07.62 –Dalton Heppeard), 4^th (1:17.60 –Stephen Hamblett)

500 Freestyle:  1^st (7:05.64 –Joe Linser), 2^nd (7:46.56 –Brayden Cox)

200 Freestyle Relay:   1^st   (1:48.01 –Sam Easley, Dalton Heppeard, Nathan Ireland, Josh Overholt)

100 Backstroke:    1^st (1:06.15 –Tyler Rex), 2^nd (1:11.85 –Cade Fleming)

100 Breaststroke:  1^st (1:16.76–Josh Overholt), 2^nd (1:26.64 –Kory Schlatter), 3^rd (1:39.99 – Stephen Hamblett)

400 Freestyle Relay: 1^st (3:52.68 – Sam Easley, Nathan Ireland, Cade Fleming, Tyler Rex), 2^nd  (4:33.79–Joe Linser, Brayden Cox, Dalton Heppeard, Kory Schlatter)

Girls Results (all distances in yards)

200 Medley Relay:  1^st  (2:23.85 –Olivia Profit, Bethany Fast, Peyton Fleming, Jaycie Rickard)

200 Freestyle:  1^st   (2:23.23 –Hannah Stemen), 2^nd (2:27.55- Katie Trittschuh), 3^rd (2:33.05 –Madison Turnwald)

200 Individual Medley: 1^st (2:42.26 –Bethany Fast)

50 Freestyle:  2^nd (30.77-Chloe Brake), 3^rd (31.89 –Jaycie Rickard), 4^th (32.11 –Madison Turnwald), JV 1^st (33.89 – Madison Pauquette), 2^nd (33.94 – Jena Rex-LaRue), 3^rd (35.31 – Emma Verville)

100 Freestyle:  1^st (1:03.74 –Hannah Stemen), 3^rd (1:07.19-Peyton Fleming), 4^th (1:12.14 –Jaycie Rickard), JV 1^st (1:13.40 – Jena Rex-LaRue), 2^nd (1:20.10 – Madison Pauquette)

500 Freestyle:  1^st (6:55.46 –Olivia Profit), 2^nd (7:14.23 –Haley Richardson), 3^rd (7:19.58 –Meagan Jacobs)

200 Freestyle Relay:  1^st (1:59.56 –Hannah Stemen, Madison Turnwald, Katie Trittschuh, Peyton Fleming), 2^nd  (2:12.28–Meagan Jacobs, Chloe Brake, Jaycie Rickard, Haley Richardson), 4^th ( 2:20.57 –Jena Rex-LaRue, Rebekah Fast, Emma Verville, Madison Pauquette)

100 Backstroke: 2^nd (1:21.36 –Bethany Fast), 3^rd (1:22.68–Emma Verville), 4^th (1:40.31 –Katie Trittschuh)

100 Breaststroke:  1^st (1:24.46 –Peyton Fleming), 2^nd (1:32.78 –Rebekah Fast), 3^rd (1:38.20 –Olivia Profit)

400 Freestyle Relay: 1^st  (4:31.18–Hannah Stemen, Madison Turnwald, Bethany Fast , Katie Trittschuh), 2^nd  (4:57.66  – Haley Richardson, Meagan Jacobs, Olivia Profit, Chloe Brake), 3^rd  (5:14.59 –Jean Rex-LaRue, Rebekah Fast, Emma Verville, Madison Pauquette)