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Great Bend swim team competes at Salina
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SALINA –  Great Bend’s swimmers won two individual events and the 200-yard medley relay at the Salina South Swimming Invitational Dec. 3.

Panther Ellis Long won the 50-yard freestyle (24.33) and Kasey Kennedy won the 100-yard butterfly (1:02.22).

The Panthers won the 200-yard medley relay (1:56.63) with Ty Boone, Long, Kennedy and Beau Burkhart. Long, Cole Sanders, Burkhart and Kennedy placed runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:45.03).

SALINA INVITATIONAL

TEAM SCORES—1—Campus 512; 2—Great Bend 328; 3—Hays 309; 4—Garden City 279; 5—Salina Central 246; 6—Salina South 194; 7—Liberal 104; 8—SE Saline 36

50 freestyle—1—Long, GB, 24.33; 10—Hall, 28.86; 11—Sanders, 28.88; 15—Wagner, 29.74; 27—Sander,34.23; 28—Medlock, 24.25; 29—Hirsch, 34.7

100 backstroke—1—Whelchel, SES, 1:06.78; 3—Boone, 1:13.89; 9—Wagner, 1:25.93; 10—McQuade, 1:25.94; 15—Cross 1:38.66

100 breaststroke—1—Dolton, SC, 1:07.6; 9—Burkhart, 1:30.04; 14—Thurman, 1:42.92

100 butterfly—1—Kennedy, GB, 1:02.22

100 freestyle—1—Holland, Campus, 55.42; 5—Burkhart, 1:00.11; 13—Sharpe, 1:11.58; 16—Hall, 1:14.4; 19—Cross, 1:16.06; 24—Medlock, 1:23.54; 26—Hirsch, 1:26.13

200 freestyle—1—Sharon, CHS, 2:11.69; 9—Boone, 2:45.01; 11—Sharpe, 2:51.74; 12—McQuade, 2:52.75

200 IM—1—Thomas, Campus, 2:34.84

500 freestyle—1—Sharon, Campus, 6:08.56; 8—Sanders, 8:02.33; 11—Thurman, 8:58.06; 12—Sander, 9:38.88

200 freestyle relay—1—Campus, 1:42.08; 2—Great Bend A, 1:45.03 (Long, Sanders, Burkhart, Kennedy); 7—Great Bend B, 2:02.81 (Hall, McQuade, Cross, Medlock)

200 medley relay—1—Great Bend A, 1:56.63 (Boone, Long, Kennedy, Burkhart); 7—Great Bend B, 2:28.45 (Sharpe, Thurman, Wagner, Sanders)

400 freestyle relay—1— Campus, 4:08.76; 6—Great Bend A, 4:52.99 (Cross, Sharpe, Wagner, Boone); 8—Great Bend B, 5:27.6 (McQuade, Hirsch, Sander, Medlock)