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Golden Belt Swim Squad takes first place in Scott City
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SCOTT CITY — The Golden Belt Swim Squad left Scott City on Saturday with a first-place finish at the swim meet with 733 points.
Scott City finished in second place with 677.
“We finished in first place,” Golden Belt Swim Squad head coach Steve Beaumont said. “Scott City took second. It was pretty close. We didn’t take first place until the latter half of the afternoon.
“Scott City has a lot of swimmers, and they were swimming in their home pool, which I’m sure helped.”
Beaumont said that the older kids were able to bring in the points needed to over take the Scott City Stars.
“The afternoon group really helped,” Beaumont said. “The older kids stepped up and got us the points we needed to win. They did a really good job.”
Kalyn Blessing led the 14-and-under girls in the afternoon with a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall at two minutes, 48.63 seconds.
Hannah Hildebrand led the 15-and-over group with a pair of individual first-place times in the backstroke (1:13.97) and the butterfly (1:12.89). Hildebrand also took second in both the 50 and 100 freestyles.
“The 11- and 12-year-old boys and girls were strong this weekend,” Beaumont said. “All of our kids that swam in the afternoon were very strong.”
For the 11- and 12-year-old girls, Emma Cape and Kira Cook both walked away from Scott City with three individual gold medals.
Cape dominated the freestyle events, finishing in first place in the 200 (2:40.09), the 100 (1:11.14) and the 50 (30.13) freestyles.
Cook claimed gold in the 50 butterfly (34.65), the 50 backstroke (38.73) and the 50 breaststroke (40.25).
The 12-and-under boys were led by Dawson Clark, who took home three individual gold medals as well. Clark swam the top times in the 50 freestyle (31.84), the 50 butterfly (35.07) and the 100 freestyle (1:11.82).
Cole Pierce, who competed in the 12-and-under division, won a gold medal in the 50 backstroke (42.03) and a silver medal in the 50 breaststroke (50.55).
“The younger kids did swim well,” Beaumont said. “They didn’t quite have the numbers that some of them had in the first week, but they did very well.”
Rachel Panzer, who competed in the eight-and-under division, took first place in the 25 freestyle (19.75), the 25 butterfly (24.68), the 25 backstroke (23.92) and the 50 freestyle (43.81).
Isaac Panzer turned in first-place performances in five individual events — 50 freestyle (33.63), 50 butterfly (37.83), 50 backstroke (45.28), 50 breaststroke (50.00) and the 100 individual medley (1:36.07) — in the 10-and-under division.
Golden Belt has a swim meet in Dodge City on Saturday.


GOLDEN BELT SWIMMING
At Scott City
Saturday
Team results
1. Golden Belt Swim Squad, 733; 2. Scott City Stars, 677; 3. Garden City Seahawks, 244; 4. Hays Hurricanes, 57; 5. Leoti Lightning, 26.

Golden Belt Swim Squad results
GIRLS
Eight-and-under
100-yard freestyle relay — 2. GBSS relay (Zoe Jerke, Aubrey Snapp, Alyssa Habash, Rachel Panzer) 1:35.91.
100 medley relay — GBSS “A” relay (Kyndall Blessing, Aubrey Snapp, Rachel Panzer, Zoe Jerke),  2:00.27; GBSS “B” relay (Alyssa Habash, Leah Graham, Ruth Williams, Amy To), 3:04.80.
25 freestyle — 1. Rachel Panzer, 19.75; 5. Zoe Jerke, 21.64; 8. Aubrey Snapp, 23.65; 13. Alyssa Habash, 28.44; 14. Ruth Williams, 29.63; 15. Kyndall Blessing, 30.02; 22. Amy To, 39.50; 24. Leah Graham, 42.08.
25 butterfly — 1. Rachel Panzer, 24.68; 5. Zoe Jerke, 32.72; 6. Ruth Williams, 31.41.
25 backstroke — 1. Rachel Panzer, 23.92; 3. Zoe Jerke, 37.72; 4. Alyssa Habash, 31.13; 5. Ruth Williams, 31.41; 8. Kyndall Blessing, 32.22; 9. Amy To, 32.86; 19. Leah Graham, 48.39.
25 breaststroke — 1. Aubrey Snapp, 29.13; 2. Rachel Panzer, 31.77; 5. Zoe Jerke, 37.72.
50 freestyle — 1. Rachel Panzer, 43.81; 2. Zoe Jerke, 50.53; 3. Aubrey Snapp, 52.01; 9. Ruth Williams, 1:04.66; 10. Alyssa Habash, 1:05.37; 13. Kyndall Blessing, 1:10.44.

10-and-under
200 freestyle relay — 3. GBSS relay (Emma Bieker, Molly Kaiser, Elizabeth Linenberger, Olivia Mull), 3:04.26.
50 freestyle — 3. Katherine Snapp, 38.87; 7. Molly Kaiser, 41.40; 8. Olivia Mull, 41.44; 9. Emma Bieker, 44.58; 12. Elizabeth Gerdes, 45.43.
50 butterfly — 5. Elizabeth Gerdes, 55.03.
50 backstroke — 2. Katherine Snapp, 45.63; 4. Olivia Mull, 49.33; 7. Emma Bieker, 51.45; 8. Molly Kaiser, 53.33; 12. Elizabeth Gerdes, 55.75.
50 breaststroke — 11. Molly Kaiser, 1:11.92; 3. Katherine Snapp, 53.57.
100 I.M. — 2. Katherine Snapp, 1:38.58; 5. Olivia Mull, 1:49.43; 6. Emma Bieker, 1:51.01.
100 freestyle — 5. Molly Kaiser, 1:38.56; 7. Emma Bieker, 1:49.38; 8. Elizabeth Gerdes, 1:55.60.
200 medley relay — 2. GBSS relay (Molly J. Kaiser, Olivia Mull, Katherine Snapp, Elizabeth Gerdes), 3:14.17.

12-and-under
200 freestyle relay — 1. GBSS “A” relay (Kira Cook, Emma Williams, Madison Michaelis, Emma Cape),  2:14.75; 6. GBSS “B” relay (Kaitlin Adams, Karly Brungardt, Morgan Kaiser, Hadley Murphy), 2:47.85.
50 freestyle — 1. Emma Cape, 30.13; 6. Emma Williams, 34.04; 9. Madison Michaelis, 37.07; 12. Katitlin Adams, 38.93; 14. Sheridan Beaumont, 40.52; 16. Hadley Murphy, 40.94; 19. Morgan Kaiser, 42.21; 20. Calista Long, 43.67; 21. Karly Brungardt, 44.32.
50 butterfly — 1. Kira Cook, 34.65; 2. Emma Cape, 36.68; 9. Calista Long, 47.37; 11. Katitlin Adams, 47.87; 13. Karly Brungardt,  53.63; 15. Hadley Murphy, 54.42. 
50 backstroke — 1. Kira Cook, 38.73; 3. Emma Williams, 40.87; 9. Sheridan Beaumont, 47.35; 10. Katitlin Adams, 47.55; 11. Karly Brungardt, 47.74; 11. Madison Michaelis, 47.74; 13. Hadley Murphy, 48.05; 14. Calista Long, 49.56; 17. Morgan Kaiser, 51.06.
50 breaststroke — 1. Kira Cook, 40.25; 2. Emma Cape, 44.16; 6. Emma Williams, 47.13; 11. Sheridan Beaumont, 50.28; 13. Morgan Kaiser, 53.31; 16. Karly Brungardt, 54.53; 17. Calista Long, 54.98; 18. Hadley Murphy, 55.01; 19. Madison Michaelis, 55.73. 
100 freestyle — 1. Emma Cape, 1:11.14; 3. Kira Cook, 1:12.97; 7. Emma Williams, 1:17.29; 11. Madison Michaelis, 1:30.14; 14. Hadley Murphy, 1:35.17; 15. Katitlin Adams, 1:35.19; 18. Sheridan Beaumont, 1:38.95; 19. Morgan Kaiser, 1:41.45; 20. Karly Brungardt, 1:43.23.
200 freestyle — 1. Emma Cape, 2:40.09; 3. Kira Cook, 2:40.76.
200 medley relay — 1. GBSS “A” relay (Sheridan Beaumont, Kira Cook, Emma Cape, Emma Williams), 2:42.09; 4. GBSS “B” relay (Morgan Kaiser, Karly Brungardt, Calista Long, Madison Michaelis), 3:21.22.

14-and-under
200 freestyle relay — 1. GBSS relay (Kalyn Blessing, Rachel Keenan, Michala Bieker, Kaitlyn Jerke), 2:25.23.
50 freestyle — 4. Kalyn Blessing, 33.33; 7. Maddie Vesta, 34.22; 9. Rachel Keenan, 36.99; 10. Michala Bieker, 41.16.
100 butterfly — 2. Maddie Vesta, 1:24.03; 4. Kalyn Blessing, 1:32.20.
100 backstroke — 2. Rachel Keenan, 1:41.86.
100 breaststroke — 3. Kalyn Blessing, 1:35.27; 4. Maddie Vesta, 47.13; 8. Michala Bieker, 1:53.10.
200 I.M. — 2. Michala Bieker, 3:43.06.
200 freestyle — 1. Kalyn Blessing, 2:48.63; 4. Maddie Vesta, 2:55.04; 7. Michala Bieker, 3:35.32.        
200 medley relay — 2. GBSS relay (Kaitlyn Jerke, Kalyn Blessing, Maddie Vesta, Michala Bieker), 2:48.51.

15-and-over
200 freestyle relay — 1. GBSS relay (Sylvia Ofoma, Hannah Hildebrand, Jessica Freund, Kylee Spray), 2:05.19.
50 freestyle — 2. Hannah Hildebrand, 29.31; 3. Sylvia Ofoma, 30.26;  5. Kylee Spray, 31.64.
100 butterfly — 1. Hannah Hildebrand, 1:12.89; 2. Kylee Spray, 1:27.29.    
100 backstroke — 1. Hannah Hildebrand, 1:13.97; 2. Jessica Freund, 1:33.05.
100 breaststroke — 3. Jessica Freund, 1:39.25; 4. Sylvia Ofoma, 1:39.69.
200 I.M. — 2. Sylvia Ofoma, 3:19.59.
100 freestyle — 2. Hannah Hildebrand, 1:07.08; 3. Kylee Spray, 1:12.17; 4. Sylvia Ofoma, 1:18.19; 5. Jessica Freund, 1:25.86.
200 freestyle — 2. Kylee Spray, 2:39.65; 3. Jessica Freund, 2:58.17.
200 medley relay — 1. GBSS relay (Hannah Hildebrand, Jessica Freund, Kylee Spray, Sylvia Ofoma), 2:29.48.
500 freestyle — 2. Sylvia Ofoma, 7:43.67.

BOYS
Eight-and-under
25 freestyle — 6. Jacob Kennedy, 23.44; 7. Ross Phillips, 29.09; 9. Emmett Murphy, 39.59.
25 backstroke — 5. Jacob Kennedy, 32.96; 8. Emmett Murphy, 49.44.      
25 breaststroke — 1. Jacob Kennedy, 35.41.
50 freestyle — 4. Ross Phillips, 56.72.

10-and-under
200 freestyle relay — 2. GBSS “A” relay (Brock Blessing, Zachary Seymour, Allen To, Isaac Panzer), 3:09.85; 3. GBSS “B” relay (Malachi Williams, Jacob Kennedy, Ross Phillips, Connor Stone), 3:58.58.
50 freestyle — 1. Isaac Panzer, 33.63; 8. Zachary Seymour, 43.69; 10. Owen Murphy, 47.31; 11. Brock Blessing, 47.41; 13. Malachi Williams, 54.07; 15. Connor Stone, 1:15.34.
50 butterfly — 1. Isaac Panzer, 37.83.
50 backstroke — 1. Isaac Panzer, 45.28; 4. Zachary Seymour, 56.29; 5. Brock Blessing, 57.91; 6. Owen Murphy, 58.22; 7. Allen To, 59.12; 9. Malachi Williams, 1:02.82; 12. Connor Stone, 1:22.52.
50 breaststroke — 1. Isaac Panzer, 50.00; 5. Brock Blessing, 1:03.42; 8. Owen Murphy, 1:17.41;
100 I.M. — 1. Isaac Panzer, 1:36.07.
100 freestyle — 5. Brock Blessing, 1:54.62; 6. Zachary Seymour, 1:56.17; 7. Malachi Williams, 2:00.21; 12. Allen To, 2:37.71.
200 medley relay —1. GBSS “A” relay (Zachary Seymour, Brock Blessing, Isaac Panzer, Owen Murphy), 3:22.42; GBSS “B” relay (Connor Stone, Jacob Kennedy, Malachi Williams, Allen To), 5:05.63.

12-and-under
200 freestyle relay — 1. GBSS relay (Jordon Boone, Caleb Brungardt, Sean Williams, Dawson Clark), 2:29.78.
50 freestyle — 1. Dawson Clark, 31.84; 2. Kyler Merten, 37.07; 4. Jordon Boone, 34.87; 5. Cole Pierce, 35.05; 7. Caleb Brungardt, 38.63; 9. Ozioma Ofoma,  40.18; 11. Sean Williams, 42.25.
50 butterfly — 1. Dawson Clark, 35.07; 2. Cole Pierce, 43.56; 3. Jordon Boone, 44.91; 5. Ozioma Ofoma, 50.49.
50 backstroke — 1. Cole Pierce, 42.03; 2. Dawson Clark, 42.15; 3. Kyler Merten, 44.82; 7. Jordon Boone, 50.17; 8. Ozioma Ofoma, 52.26; 10. Caleb Brungardt, 54.36.
50 breaststroke — 2. Cole Pierce, 50.55; 3. Kyler Merten, 51.46; 5. Sean Williams, 56.50; 6. Ozioma Ofoma, 57.00; 7. Caleb Brungardt, 57.69; 8. Jordon Boone, 58.56.
100 freestyle — 1. Dawson Clark, 1:11.82; 2. Cole Pierce, 1:19.64; 4. Kyler Merten, 1:22.75; 6. Sean Williams, 1:40.43; 7. Ozioma Ofoma, 1:41.71.
200 freestyle — 3. Jordon Boone, 3:18.49; 4. Caleb Brungardt, 3:36.48.
200 medley relay — 1. GBSS relay (Cole Pierce, Kyler Merten, Dawson Clark, Ozioma Ofoma), 2:51.79.

15-and-over
200 freestyle relay — 2. GBSS “A” relay (Jordan Boehmer, Hagen Boehmer, Tristan Yount, Nathan Brungardt), 1:57.17; 3. GBSS “B” relay (Ozioma Ofoma, Brandon Ball, Austin Levingston, Cole Pierce), 2:16.84.
50 freestyle — 3. Jordan Boehmer, 28.37; 4. Tristan Yount, 29.27; 5. Brandon Ball, 29.63; 6. Austin Levingston, 33.21.
100 backstroke — 2. Nathan Brungardt, 1:21.33; 3. Tristan Yount, 1:21.89.
100 butterfly — 1. Nathan Brungardt, 1:19.10; 2. Hagen Boehmer, 1:32.12.
100 breaststroke — 2. Hagen Boehmer, 1:21.07; 3. Jordan Boehmer, 1:22.05; 4. Nathan Brungardt, 1:32.95; 6. Austin Levingston, 1:44.73.
100 freestyle — 3. Tristan Yount, 1:08.83; 4. Brandon Ball, 1:11.52; 5. Austin Levingston, 1:16.80.
200 freestyle — 1. Jordan Boehmer, 2:26.10; 2. Hagen Boehmer, 2:29.16; 3. Nathan Brungardt, 2:35.89; 5. Tristan Yount, 2:38.49.
200 medley relay — 1. GBSS “A” relay (Tristan Yount, Hagen Boehmer, Jordan Boehmer, Austin Levingston), 2:36.33; 2. GBSS “B” relay (Caleb Brungardt, Jordon Boone, Nathan Brungardt, Brandon Ball), 2:54.63.

— Kevin Price