LAKE BARTON — The Great Bend Middle School seventh and eighth-grade girls placed first in Thursday’s cross country meet at Lake Barton.
“The athletes have been working hard all summer preparing for the season. It was exciting to see that hard work pay off,” said Great Bend coach Carley Wells.
Great Bend eighth-grader Eliana Jackson earned medalist honors (6:36.3). Placing runner-up in their divisions were eighth-grader Morgan Beckwith (6:39.1); seventh-grader Darcy Feist (6:29.2) and seventh-grader Kyler Holinde (6:04.1).
The Great Bend Middle School seventh grade boys finished runner-up. The eighth-grade boys finished fourth.
8TH GRADE GIRLS, 1 mile
TEAM TOTALS—1—Great Bend 22; 2—Hays 43; 3—Hoisington 71; 4—Dodge City 100
TOP 5 MEDALISTS—1—Eliana Jackson, GB, 6:36.3; 2—Morgan Beckwith, GB, 6:39.1; 3—Maldonado, Hays, 6:43.7; 4—Addy Nicholson, GB, 6:44.0; 5—Albers, Hays, 6:56.0
GREAT BEND—6—Daisy Gomez, 6:56.8; 9—Clarissa Basehor, 7:13.6; 14—Brooklyn Ramsey, 7:27.2; 16—Melanie Gonzalez, 7:33.5; 21—Teagan Mason, 7:47.5; 27—Eva Ramirez, 8:12.7; 30—Clara Vazquez, 8:26.8; 32—Natalia Ordonez, 8:35.6; 38—Jennifer Enriquez, 8:46.8; 47—Evelyn Luna, 9:09.6; 53—Kiersten Ruble, 9:45.8
HOISINGTON—7—Sheena Gocela, 7:01.1; 11—Vada Kaiser, 7:22.1; 15—Kendall Mason, 7:28.0; 20—Daijah Jones, 7:46.8; 29—Kassy Petersillie, 8:18.3
8TH GRADE BOYS, 1 mile
TEAM TOTALS—1—Hays 15; 2—GC Horace Good 71; 3—Dodge City 83; 4—Great Bend 117; 5—GC Ken Henderson 122; 6—Liberal Eisenhower 141; 7—DC Comanche 195
TOP 5 MEDALISTS—1—Hernandez, Hays, 5:45.6; 2—Dempsey, Hays, 6:00.0; 3—Schumacher, Hays, 6:01.6; 4—Dewald, Hays, 6:09.8; 5—Luck, Hays, 6:14.1
GREAT BEND—14—Braden Suppes, 6:38.7; 22—Kaden Deines, 6;46.0; 26—Braylon Moore, 6:51.3; 28—Pedro Enriquez, 6:56.5; 42—Ben Espinosa, 7:23.6; 50—Brian Peralta, 7:33.4; 59—Dante Curtis, 8:08.3
HOISINGTON—34—Eli Lewis, 7:07.6
7TH GRADE GIRLS, 1 mile
TEAM TOTALS—1—Great Bend 36; 2—GC Horace Good 69; 3—Dodge City 75; 4—Hays 86; 5—GC Ken Henderson 89; 6—Liberal Eisenhower 177
TOP 5 MEDALISTS—1—Alonso, DC, 6:28,7; 2—Darcy Feist, GB, 6:29.2; 3—Guevara, GCHG, 6:49.1; 4—Sekavec, GCKH, 6:58.0; 5—Diane Alvarez, GB, 6:59.4
GREAT BEND—8—Marissa Boone, 7:14.8; 9—Reese King, 7:15.8; 13—Kate Welcher, 7:41.4; 18—Rosy Flores, 7:59.5; 20—Mayra Gonzales, 8:01.3; 23—Aniyah Merjil, 8:03.2; 27—Raegan Ketch, 8:20.1; 51—Nataly Chavez, 10:49.4
HOISINGTON—16—Josephine Doan, 7:55.1; 58—Alexia Neal, 12:02.0
7TH GRADE BOYS, 1 mile
TEAM TOTALS—1—Hays 38; 2—Great Bend 44; 3—Dodge City 79; 4—Dodge City Comanche 101; 5—GC Horace Good 110; 6—GC Ken Henderson 148
TOP 5 MEDALISTS—1—Banuelos, DC, 6:03.8; 2—Kyler Holinde, GB, 6:04.1; 3—Kamden Tarlton, Hoisington, 6:20.4; 4—Suppes, Hays, 6:20.8; 5—Maupin, Hays, 6:24.3
GREAT BEND—8—Trenton Peterson, 6:39.2; 9—Ben Nicholson, 6:41.2; 17—Darian Sherwood, 6:59.3; 20—Carson Umphres, 7:02.9
HOISINGTON—30—Parker Lewis, 7:33.4; 82—A.J. Thurman, 15:29.7
