BY JIM MISUNAS
BUHLER – Great Bend’s versatile girls captured the Buhler Track Invitational championship with 151 points and distance ace Kaiden Esfeld doubled his fun with wins in the 800 meters (2:00.64) and 1,600 meters (4:30.34).
The Panther girls swept five first-place medals as the 1,600-meter relay (4:13.22) with Eliana Beckham, Makenzie Premer, Sadie Spray and Kara Feist; and the 3,200m relay (10:23.06) with Beckham, Cassie Ellegood, Kate Welcher and Sienna Smith placed first.
Great Bend’s Valarie Luna won the high jump (5-4) and placed runner-up in the 100 meters (12.79) behind Hutchinson’s 3-event winner Annalisa Cullens, who also won the 100-meter hurdles (14.05) and 300-meter hurdles (45.15).
Beckham won the 800 meters (2:23.78) to lead a 1-2-3 finish with runner-up Sienna Smith (2:32.47) and third-place Ellegood (2:34.22). Addy Nicholson won the 3,200 (12:01.23) and placed runner-up in the 1,600 (5:26.21).
Spray was runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles (47.17) and high jump (5-0).
GREAT BEND BOYS – Esfeld sparked the Panthers to a fifth-place finish (79) with Hutchinson (114) winning the title.
Panther Madison Regehr continues an impressive spring with second-place medals in the 100-meter hurdles (15.52) behind Andover Central’s Landon Kitterman (15.37) and the 300-meter hurdles (40.68) behind Buhler’s Myles Fredrick (40.63).
Panther Mathew Moeder fought tough wind conditions for a runner-up in the javelin (158-5) and a third place in the shot put (43-1).
The Panthers’ 1,600-meter relay (3:29.53) placed runner-up with Oliver Dominguez, Esfeld, Maddox Spray and Regehr.
GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Great Bend 151; 2—Buhler 98.1; 3—Andover Central 75; 4—Hutchinson 72; 5—Maize South 67.5
GIRLS RESULTS
High jump—1—Luna, GB, 5-4; 2—Ellegood, 5-2; 3—Spray, 5-0
Long jump—1—Dawes, HHS, 16-2
Triple jump—1—Frank, B, 34-5
Shot put—1—Schweizer, B, 41-6
Discus—1—Waterman, AC, 125-7; 3—Hofflinger, 111-8; 4—Duvall, 110-11/2
Javelin—1—Young, MS, 123-4; 3—Blessing, 115-4; 5—Macy Nachtigal, 110-0
Pole vault—1—Housely, AC, 11-10; 7—Kuhlman, 8-0
100m—1—Cullens, HHS, 12.45; 2—Luna, 12.79
100m hurdles—1—Cullens, HHS, 14.05; 5—Premer, 16.81; 7—Peterson, 17.62
200m—1—Gere, DC, 27.14; 3—Feist, 27.86
300m hurdles—1—Cullens, HHS, 45.15; 2—Spray, 47.17; 3—Premer, 47.79
400m—1—Gere, DC, 1:00.15; 3—Gomez, 1:04.59
800m—1—Beckham, GB, 2:23.78; 2—Smith, 2:32.47; 3—Ellegood, 2:34.22
1,600m—1—Wallace, Andover, 5:22.65; 2—Nicholson, 5:26.21
3,200m—1—Nicholson, GB, 12:01.23; 5—Boone, 12:30.54; 7—Beckwith, 12:35.95
400m relay—1—Buhler, 51.01; 4—Great Bend, 51.93 (Luna, Feist, Spray, Premer)
1,600m relay—1—Great Bend, 4:13.22 (Beckham, Premer, Spray, Feist)
3,200m relay—1—Great Bend, 10:23.06 (Beckham, Ellegood, Welcher, Smith)
BUHLER INVITATIONAL
BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Hutchinson 114; 2—Buhler 107; 3—Dodge City 97; 4—Andover Central 80; 5—Great Bend 79
BOYS RESULTS
High jump—1—Gilliam, B, 5-10; 6—Spray, 5-6
Long jump—1—Stupka, AC, 20-51/2
Triple jump—1—Gilliam, B, 45-2
Shot put—1—Bare, HHS, 52-7; 3—Moeder, 43-1
Discus—1—Bare, HHS, 132-8; 6—Nieto, 118-6
Javelin—1—Sonday, DC, 164-1; 2—Moeder, 158-5; 5—Johnson, 144-10
Pole vault—1—Barkdull, AC, 14-0; 7—McMullen, 11-0
100m—1—Okro, DC, 10.77; 7—Scheuerman, 11.4
100m hurdles—1—Kitterman, AC, 15.37; 2—Regehr, 15.52
200m—1—Riggs, HHS, 22.92; 4—Scheuerman, 23.49
300m hurdles—1—Frederick, B, 40.63; 2—Regehr, 40.68
400m—1—Mohammed, DC,51.78
800m—1—Esfeld, GB, 2:00.64
1,600m—1—Esfeld, GB, 4:30.34
3,200m—1—Whisler, B, 9:54.89
400m relay—1—Dodge City, 43.15; 4—Great Bend, 44.66 (Council, Regehr, Spray, Scheuerman)
1,600m relay—1—Dodge City, 3:29.22; 2—Great Bend, 3:29.53 (Dominguez, Esfeld, Spray, Regehr)
3,200m relay—1—Buhler, 8L21.32; 4—Great Bend, 8:31.79 (Rocho, Galindo, Enriguez, Esfeld)
