Van Wert swim teams do well in tri-match

Van Wert swim team information

The Van Wert High School boys and girls swimming teams hosted Marion Local and Fort Recovery in a double dual meet at the Van Wert YMCA. The Cougar boys dominated the pool defeated both visiting teams.  The boys defeated Marion Local 63-33 and Fort Recovery 67-8.  The Cougar girls defeated Marion Local 81-17, but lost a heartbreaker to Fort Recovery 48-50.

All Cougar relays earned a first place finish: they include the boys’ 200-meter medley (Dalton Heppeard, Cade Fleming, Sam Easley, Cory Pinson) and girls 200-meter medley (Emma Verville, Peyton Fleming, Bethany Fast, and Madison Turnwald); boys’ 200-meter freestyle (Easley, Joe Linser, Pinson, Fleming) and girls 200-meter freestyle (Chloe Brake, Noelle Heffner, Landrie Koontz, and Katie Trittschuh); boys’ 400-meter freestyle (Heppeard, Linser, Stephen Hamblett, Brayden Cox) and girls’ 400-meter freestyle (Trittschuh, Fast, Fleming, and Turnwald).

The Cougars will travel January 5 to the Williams County YMCA to compete in a dual meet against Bryan.

Boys Results (all distances in meters; F for Fort Recovery, M for Marion Local)

200 Medley Relay: F 1^st, M 1^st (2:14.99 –Dalton Heppeard, Cade Fleming, Sam Easley, Cory Pinson), F 2^nd, M 3^rd (2:49.07 – Stephen Hamblett, Andrew Hamblett, Bradley Wilder, Noah Arend)

200 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st (2:30.60 – Cade Fleming); F 3^rd, M 2^nd (2:42.36 – Dalton Heppeard)

50 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st (30.50 – Cory Pinson); F 2^nd, M 2^nd  (31.62 – Joe Linser)

1-meter Diving:  F 1^st M 1^st (152.85 points – Sam Easley)

100 Butterfly: F 1^st, M 1^st (1:04.72 – Sam Easley)

100 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st (1:11.77 – Cory Pinson); F 2^nd, M 2^nd (1:13.82 – Joe Linser)

400 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st   (6:23.06 – Brayden Cox)

200 Freestyle Relay: F 1^st, M 1^st (1:59.18 –Sam Easley, Joe Linser, Cory Pinson, Cade Fleming); F 2^nd, M 3^rd  (2:21.54 – Bradley Wilder, Andrew Hamblett, Stephen Hamblett, Noah Arend)

100 Backstroke:  F 1^st, M 1^st (1:33.21 – Dalton Heppeard); F 2^nd, M 3^rd (1:41.03 – Andrew Hamblett)

100 Breaststroke:  F 1^st, M 1^st (1:23.65 – Cade Fleming); F 3^rd, M 3^rd (1:42.25 – Noah Arend)

400 Freestyle Relay: F 1^st, M 1^st (5:16.65 – Dalton Heppeard, Joe Linser, Stephen Hamblett, Brayden Cox)

Girls Results (all distances in meters; F for Fort Recovery, M for Marion Local)

200 Medley Relay: F 2^nd, M 1^st (2:29.64 –Emma Verville, Peyton Fleming, Bethany Fast, Madison Turnwald); F 3^rd M 2^nd (2:42.60 –Rebekah Fast, Chloe Brake, Landrie Koontz, Meagan Jacobs)

200 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st (2:48.06 – Madison Turnwald); F 3^rd, M 2^nd (2:59.74 – Jena Rex-LaRue)

200 Individual Medley: F 2^nd, M 1^st (3.19.31- Rebekah Fast), F 3^rd, M 2nd (3:20.69 – Emma Verville)

50 Freestyle: F 1^st, M 1^st (31.38 – Peyton Fleming); F 3^rd, M 2^nd (37.80-Katie Trittschuh); JV (34.60- Noelle Heffner, 41.50 – Erika Strawser, 46.75 – Camryn Nouza)

1-meter Diving:  F 1^st, M 1^st (178 Points – Maddison Jarrett)

100 Butterfly F 3^rd, M 2^nd (1:39.63 – Landrie Koontz), F 4^th, M 3^rd (1:50.56 – Chloe Brake)

100 Freestyle: F 2^nd, M 1^st (1:13.57 – Madison Turnwald); F 3^rd, M 2^nd  (1:19.03 – Noelle Heffner); JV (1:23.65 – Landrie Koontz, 1:28.85 – Maddison Jarrett, 1:51.56 – Camryn Nouza)

400 Freestyle:  F 2^nd, M 1^st (6:05.19 – Haley Richardson); F 3^rd, M 2^nd (6:19.61 –Olivia Profit)

200 Freestyle Relay: F 2^nd, M 1^st  (2:14.19 –Chloe Brake, Noelle Heffner, Landrie Koontz, Katie Trittschuh) F 3^rd, M 4^th  (2:46.37 –Maddison Jarrett, Erika Strawser, Camryn Nouza, Rebekah Fast)

100 Backstroke: F 1^st, M 1^st (1:23.75 – Emma Verville) F 3^rd, M 2^nd (1:31.01 –Katie Trittschuh); JV (1:35.20 – Meagan Jacobs, 1:51.64 – Erika Strawser)

100 Breaststroke: F 2^nd, M 1^st (1:29.22 – Bethany Fast); F 3^rd, M 2^nd (1:33.57 – Peyton Fleming); JV (1:51.59 – Rebekah Fast, 1:52.87 – Olivia Profit)

400 Freestyle Relay: F 2^nd, M 1^st (5:22.11 –Katie Trittschuh, Bethany Fast, Peyton Fleming, Madison Turnwald); F 3^rd, M 2^nd    (5:29.61 –Olivia Profit, Jena Rex-LaRue, Meagan Jacobs, Haley Richardson)