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Panther girls earn fourth straight WAC title
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Great Bend track coach Lyles Lashley directs the Panther girls to a fourth consecutive Western Athletic Conference track championship.

DODGE CITY — Great Bend's girls scored 58 points in five distance events to score 119 points for their fourth consecutive Western Athletic Conference track championship.

The Panthers scored 18 points in the 800 meters; 14 points in the 3,200 meters and 12 points in the 1,600 meters. The Panthers won the 3,200-meter relay (10:22.81). and placed runner-up in the 1,600-meter relay (4:11.77).

In the 800, Eliana Beckham (2:21.07) was followed by Reese Bullard (2:28.12) and Sienna Smith (2:28.66). Addy Nicholson won the 1,600 (5:27.62) with Smith (5:30.63) in third. Nicholson won the 3,200 (11:57.81) with Marissa Boone (12:09.8) in third place.

Panther MacKenzie Lindberg won the discus (107-7) followed by runner-up Kimberly Hofflinger (107-6). Macy Nachtigal (135-10) won the javelin. 

Earning runner-up medals were Sadie Spray, high jump (5-4); and 300-meter hurdles (48.77); Allie Gerhart, shot put (35-8); and the 1,600-meter relay (4:11.77 ) with Bullard, Beckham, Smith and Daizy Gomez.

PANTHER BOYS — Freshman Cooper Ohnmacht delivered double gold medals in the long jump (20-91/4) and triple jump (45-4).

The Panthers pulled off a surprise with a first-place gold medal in the 3,200-meter relay (8:25.66) with Braylon Moore, Diego Pasos, Tavon Stroup and Ismael Ramirez.

WESTERN ATHLETIC GIRLS 

TEAM TOTALS—1—Great Bend 119; 2—Hays High 103.5; 3—Dodge City 64.5; 4—Garden City 59; 5—Liberal 29

GIRLS RESULTS *season best

100m—1—Brown, GC, 12.41

100m hurdles—1—Zimmerman, H, 15.46; 3—Spray, 16.43

200m—1—Brown, GC, 25.91

300m hurdles—1—Pfaff, DC, 48.14; 2—Spray, 48.77

400m—1—Fitzgerald, L, 1:00.5; 7—Gomez, 1:06.05

800m—1—Beckham, GB, 2:21.07; 2—Bullard, 2:28.12; 3—Smith, 2:28.66

1,600m—1—Nicholson, GB, 5:27.62; 3—Smith, *5:30.63; 7—King, *5:48.4

3,200m—1—Nicholson, GB, 11:57.81; 3—Boone, 12:09.08; 4—Beckwith, 12:13.46

400m relay—1—Dodge City 49.87; 5—Great Bend, 53.88 (Harbaugh, Feist, Ellegood, Gomez)

1,600m relay—1—Liberal, 4:09.32; 2—Great Bend, 4:11.77 (Bullard, Beckham, Smith, Gomez)

3,200m relay—1—Great Bend, 10:22.81 (Beckham, Welcher, Long, Bullard)

High jump—1—Linenberger, H, 5-6; 2—Spray, *5-4; 3—Ellegood, *5-2

Long jump—1—McGrath, H, 17-23/4

Triple jump—1—Brown, GC, 35-4; 4—Feist, *34-21/2; 7—Ellegood, *32-11

Shot put—1—Winter, H, 37-01/2; 2—Gerhart, *35-8; 3—Daniels, 33-43/4; 7—Hofflinger, 29-23/4

Discus—1—Lindberg, GB, *107-7; 2—Hofflinger, GB, 107-6, 8—Daniels, 82-10

Javelin—1—Nachtigal, GB, 135-10; 5—Lindberg, *100-7; 7—Hofflinger, 92-8

Pole vault—1—Pfaff, DC, 10-0; 3—Baldwin, 8-6; 4—McMullen, *8-6

WESTERN ATHLETIC BOYS

TEAM TOTALS—1—Hays High 121; 2—Garden City 86; 3—Dodge City 72; 4—Liberal 59; 5—Great Bend 35

BOYS RESULTS

100m—1—Okoro, DC, 10.78

110m hurdles—1—Avery, H, 15.17

200m—1—Okoro, DC, 22.32

300m hurdles—1—Williams, DC, 38.71

400m—1—Pavia, L, 50.38

800m—1—Pavia, L, 2:01.98; 4—Moore, 2:04.08

1,600m—1—Foster, L, 4:29.34

3,200m—1—McCullough, H, 9:59.81; 5—Stroup, 10:30.34

400m relay—1—Dodge City, 43.11

1,600m relay—1—Liberal, 3:24.05; 4—Great Bend, 3:39.37 (Rocho, Moore, Pasos, Enriguez)

3,200m relay—1—Great Bend, 8:25.66 (Braylon Moore, Diego Pasos, Tavon Stroup, Ismael Ramirez)

High jump—1—Jones, H, 6-2

Long jump—1—Ohnmacht, GB, 20-91/4

Triple jump—1—Ohnmacht, GB, 45-4; 4—Kellen Brown, *41-11/2

Shot put—1—Luna, H, 46-81/2

Discus—1—Corsair, H, 152-5; 3—Holliday, *139-7

Javelin—1—Meyers, H, 178-0

Pole vault—1—Rivas, GC, 13-0