BUHLER – Great Bend’s Mayra Ramirez (20:54.7) captured the girls race and the Panther boys placed first in Thursday’s Buhler Invitational cross country meet.

Third-place Sage Cauley (17:53.2), fourth-place Collin Hammond (17:54.2) and ninth-place Ryan Nicholson (18:27.1) led the Panthers (42 points) to a 19-point victory over Goddard Eisenhower (61). Evan Hammond (18:33.6) placed 12th and Josh Tomlin (18:44.1) finished 14th to also count for the Panthers.

Great Bend’s placed third (113) behind Buhler (54-tiebreaker 20) and Goddard Eisenhower (54-tiebreaker 29).

BUHLER BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Great Bend 42; 2—Goddard Eisenhower 61; 3—Buhler 80; 4—Newton 96; 5—Pratt 159; 6—Junction City 188; 7—Elbing Berean Academy 199; 8—Valley Center 229; McPherson 229; 10—Hutchinson Trinity 239

TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Lindahl, Buhler, 17:11.7; 2—Fullerton, Eisenhower, 17:47.1; 3—Sage Cauley, GB, 17:53.2; 4—Collin Hammond, GB, 17:53.2; 5—Jantz, Newton, 18:03.6; 6—LeBrue, Winfield, 18:20.0; 7—Lohrentz, Buhler, 18:22.2; 8—Roberts, Eisenhower, 18:23.2; 9—Ryan Nicholson, GB, 18:27.1; 10—Kolm, Pratt, 18:30.2

GREAT BEND—12—Evan Hammond, 18:33.6; 14—Josh Tomlin, 18:44.1; 19—Alex Smith, 19:03.9; 25—Matthew Huslig, 19:24.2

BUHLER GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Buhler 54-20; 2—Eisenhowe 54-29; 3—Great Bend 113; 4—Newton 116; 5—Berean 126; 6—Valley Center 130; 7—McPherson 173; 8—Winfield 196; 9—Junction City 197; 10—Hutchinson Trinity 223

TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Mayra Ramirez, GB, 20:54.7; 2—Nelson, Eisenhower, 21:16.2; 3—Topham, Berean, 21:38.8; 4—Stucky, Newton, 21:44.5; 5—Helfrich, Pratt, 21:59.7; 6—Wiebe, Berean, 22:03.5; 7—Willison, Buhler, 22:08.2; 8—Pavlik, Eisenhower, 22:17.4; 9—Bachman, Eisenhower, 22:22;24.8; 10—Rees, Buhler, 22:30.6

GREAT BEND—12—Emilia Diaz, 22:38.6; 26—McKenna Esfeld, 23:43.7; 33—Hannah Loomis, 24:28.9; 45—Emma Loomis, 25:56.5; 50—Anh-Nhi Trinh, 26:19.7

BOYS JV TEAM SCORES—1—Newton 48; 2—Eisenhower 55; 3—Great Bend 61; 4—Valley Center 106; 5—Pratt 124; 5—Junction City 149; 7—Nickerson 201; 8—Salina St. John’s 204

BOYS JV TOP 5—1—Lybarger, VC, 19:51.7; 2—Fawson, Eisenhower, 20:02.5; 3—Justin Owen, GB, 20:36.1; 4—Lohrentz, Buhler, 20:42.8; 5—Fritzgerald Alexis, GB, 20:47.2

GREAT BEND—8—Kael Pavlik, 20:56.1; 26—Daniel Abbott, 22:38.7; 34—Joseph Bennett, 23:32.7; 67—Bernando Calzada, 26:39.4

GIRLS JV TEAM SCORES—1—Buhler 37; 2—Pratt 50; 3—Goddard 68; 4—Eisenhower 84; 5—Valley Center 99

GIRLS JV TOP 5—1—Hayes, Eisenhower, 23:08.2; 2—Gore, Buhler, 24:19.1; 3—Hoeme, Pratt, 24:25.8; 4—Shanline, Pratt, 24:52.6; 5—Peters, Elyria, 25:05.1

GREAT BEND—36—Larissa Dias, 31:17.7; 38—Amy To, 32:10.2