DODGE CITY — The Golden Belt Swim Squad took first place for third straight time this season, this time at the meet in Dodge City on Saturday.
Golden Belt head coach Steve Beaumont said that this team has had one of the strongest starts in several years.
“Our kids swam real well,” Beaumont said. “The younger kids swam really well early in the day. There were a lot of time improvements.
“This has been the best start to a season in the last four or five years. We hope we can keep everybody healthy and finish the season just as strong.”
Beaumont said that Golden Belt saw a couple new teams at the meet in Dodge City.
“We hadn’t seen Dodge or Spearman, Texas, yet this season,” Beaumont said. “It is always good to see new competition.
“Spearman has won the league meet the last two years. I don’t know if anyone has beaten them in the last two years, but it was a long trip for them. I’m sure they didn’t bring their full team.”
Golden Belt won’t see Spearman again until the Western Kansas Swim Club league meet on July 16, 17 in Garden City.
Rachel Panzer competed in the morning in the 8-and-under division.
Panzer took first place in three events — 25-meter butterfly (26.63 seconds), 25 backstroke (26.59) and 50 freestyle (48.20). She took second place in the 25 freestyle (22.38) and third place in the 25 breaststroke (33.86).
Cal Dunekack took three first-place finishes home from Dodge City in the 8-and-under division, winning the 25 freestyle (19.88), 25 butterfly (28.13) and 25 backstroke (26.26).
Isaac Panzer took first place in five events. He won the 50 freestyle (36.51), 50 butterfly (42.40), 50 backstroke (49.04), 50 breaststroke (53.23) and 100 individual medley (1:44.07).
Emma Cape, competing in the 11- and 12-year-old division, took first place in the 50 freestyle (33.93), 100 freestyle (1:17.74) and the 200 freestyle (2:57.85).
She also took second in the 50 backstroke (43.74) and third in the 50 butterfly (40.38).
Kira Cook took first in the 50 butterfly (38.29), 50 breaststroke (45.09) and the 400 freestyle (6:26.60) in the 11- and 12-year-old division.
She took second place in the 100 freestyle (1:17.78) and third in the 50 freestyle (34.79).
“The morning swimmers did very well,” Beaumont said. “I think after the morning session, we were up by about 100 points. By the end of the meet, we won by about 99 points. So the older kids didn’t gain ground, but they didn’t lose any either.
“That’s what’s so great out the team we have. We are very balanced. We have young kids that swim well and we have older kids that swim well, too.”
Nick Elliott was the only swimmer competing in the 15-and-over division to claim a first-place time, winning the 100 breaststroke (1:29.03).

GOLDEN BELT SWIM SQUAD
At Dodge City
Saurday
Team scores
1. Golden Belt Swim Squad, 654; 2. Spearman (TX) Swim Team, 555; 3. Scott City, 358; 4. Garden City, 256; 5. Dodge City, 239; 6. Hays, 177.

Golden Belt Swim Squad results
GIRLS
Eight-and-under
100-meter freestyle relay — 1. GBSS “A” relay (McKenna Cape, Aubrey Snapp, Ruth Williams, Rachel Panzer), 1:40.69; 4. GBSS “B” relay (Laura Daniel, Kyndall Blessing, Leah Graham, Alyssa Habash), 2:26.70.
25 freestyle — 2. Rachel Panzer, 22.38; 4.Aubrey Snapp, 23.27; 7. McKenna Cape, 24.56; 12. Ruth Williams, 28.65; 13. Kyndall Blessing, 29.03; 15. Laura Daniel, 32.09; 16. Alyssa Habash, 32.20; 21. Amy To, 34.55; 23. Analiz Rivas, 39.89; 25. Leah Graham, 45.63.
25 butterfly — 1. Rachel Panzer, 26.63; McKenna Cape, 34.19.
25 backstroke — 1. Rachel Panzer, 26.59; 3. McKenna Cape, 29.98; 4. Ruth Williams, 31.34; 8. Alyssa Habash, 32.88; 10. Amy To, 33.38; 13. Laura Daniel, 34.61; 14. Kyndall Blessing, 36.16; 17. Analiz Rivas, 43.32; 24. Leah Graham, 1:04.76.
25 breaststroke — 1. Aubrey Snapp, 31.39; 2. McKenna Cape, 33.10; 3. Rachel Panzer, 33.86.
50 freestyle — 1. Rachel Panzer, 48.20; 4. Aubrey Snapp, 56.12; 10. Ruth Williams, 1:06.55; 13. Alyssa Habash, 1:11.58; 14. Laura Daniel, 1:18.29.
100 I.M. — 1. McKenna Cape, 2:32.89.
100 medley relay — 1. GBSS “A” relay (Kyndall Blessing, Aubrey Snapp, Rachel Panzer, McKenna Cape), 2:00.54.

10-and-under
200 freestyle relay — 1. GBSS ‘A’ relay (Emma Bieker, Molly Kaiser, Molly Snapp, Jenna Mauler), 2:51.19.
50 freestyle — 4. Katherine Snapp, 43.13; 5. Molly Kaiser, 43.33; 9. Olivia Mull, 44.87; 15. Emma Bieker, 49.97; 17. Jenna Mauler, 51.64; 20. Elizabeth Gerdes, 54.90; 23. Grace Soupiset, 59.16; 27. Accacia Pedigo, 1:06.69.
50 butterfly — 3. Katherine Snapp, 51.82; 6. Olivia Mull, 1:01.57.
50 backstroke — 1. Katherine Snapp, 49.92; 6. Molly Kaiser, 54.59; 8. Olivia Mull, 55.38; 10. Elizabeth Gerdes, 1:00.31; 14. Grace Soupiset, 1:06.99; 15. Acccia Pedigo, 1:07.61.
50 breaststroke — 2. Olivia Mull, 55.63; 6. Katherine Snapp, 1:00.72; 7. Emma Bieker, 1:01.83; 9. Elizabeth Gerdes, 1:04.82; 11. Jenna Mauler, 1:08.81; 14. Grace Soupiset, 1:11.03; 16. Accacia Pedigo, 1:15.00; 19. Molly Kaiser, 1:17.47.
100 I.M. — 2. Katherine Snapp, 1:48.31; 5. Emma Bieker, 2:06.08; 9. Accacia Pedigo, 2:38.53.
100 freestyle — 7. Molly Kaiser, 1:46.17; 9. Olivia Mull, 1:48.07; 12. Jenna Mauler, 1:58.13; 14. Emma Bieker, 2:02.72.
200 freestyle relay — 1. GBSS “A” relay (Molly Kaiser, Olivia Mull, Elizabeth Gerdes, Katherine Snapp), 3:05.02; 3. GBSS “B” relay (Jenna Mauler, Grace Soupiset, Accacia Pedigo, Emma Bieker), 3:47.86.
200 medley relay — 1. GBSS “A” relay (Jenna Mauler, Olivia Mull, Katherine Snapp, Molly Kaiser), 3:37.72.

12-and-under
200 freestyle relay — 2. GBSS “A” relay (Emma Williams, Jade Mountain, Camryn Dunekack, Kira Cook), 2:31.46; 6. GBSS “B” relay (Madison Michaelis, Sheridan Beaumont, Hadley Murphy, Kaitlin Adams), 2:55.79.
50 freestyle — 1. Emma Cape, 33.93; 3. Kira Cook, 34.79; 10. Camryn Dunekack, 37.89; 12. Emma Williams, 30.01; 23. Madison Michaelis, 42.59; 24. Kaitlin Adams, 44.47; 28. Sheridan Beaumont, 46.25; 31. Karly Brungardt, 49.14.
50 butterfly — 1. Kira Cook, 38.29; 3. Emma Cape, 40.38; 8. Camryn Dunekack, 44.68; 20. Kaitlin Adams, 58.48; 23. Hadley Murphy, 1:08.74.
50 backstroke — 2. Emma Cape, 43.74; 5. Emma Williams, 44.45; 7. Camryn Dunekack, 45.23; 13. Jade Mountain, 47.89; 15. Morgan Kaiser, 50.04; 17. Hadley Murphy, 51.40; 22. Kaitlin Adams, 53.45; 23. Sheridan Beaumont, 54.15; 24. Madison Michaelis, 54.65; 25. Karly Brungardt, 56.66.
50 breaststroke — 1. Kira Cook, 45.09; 8. Emma Williams, 51.68; 11. Camryn Dunekack, 54.97; 15. Sheridan Beaumont, 56.16; 16. Jade Mountain, 56.44; 20. Karly Brungardt, 59.83; 21. Hadley Murphey, 1:00.70; 22. Morgan Kaiser, 1:02.64; 23. Madison Michaelis, 1:04.11.
200 I.M. — 5. Jade Mountain, 3:51.47.
100 freestyle — 1. Emma Cape, 1:17.74; 2. Kira Cook, 1:17.78; 13. Camryn Dunekack, 1:31.71; 16. Jade Mountain, 1:33.34; 17. Madison Michaelis, 1:35.32; 18. Hadley Murphy, 1:35.74; 22. Sheridan Beaumont, 1:49.70; 23. Morgan Kaiser, 1:50.97; 25. Karly Brungardt, 1:58.59.
200 freestyle — 1. Emma Cape, 2:57.85; 4. Emma Williams, 3:08.44; 10. Kaitlin Adams, 3:38.73.
400 freestyle — 1. Kira Cook, 6:26.60; 6. Jade Mountain, 7:09.53; 9. Morgan Kaiser, 8:28.17.
Mixed 100 breaststroke — 2. Emma Williams, 1:55.92; 3. Sheridan Beaumont, 2:03.64; 5. karly Brungardt, 2:16.35.
200 medley relay — 3. GBSS “A” relay (Camryn Dunekack, Sheridan Beaumont, Emma Cape, Jade Mountain), 3:04.36; 5. GBSS “B” relay (Karly Brungardt, Morgan Kaiser, Kaitlin Adams, Hadley Murphy), 3:40.06.

14-and-under
200 freestyle relay — 4. GBSS “A” relay (Maddie Vesta, Rachel Keenan, Michala Bieker, Kalyn Blessing), 2:40.99.
50 freestyle — 7. Kalyn Blessing, 35.78; 8. Michaela Cape, 36.37; 15. Rachel Keenan, 44.42; 16. Michala Bieker, 46.23.
100 butterfly — 4. Maddie Vesta, 1:34.26.
100 backstroke — 3. Michaela Cape, 1:27.66; 4. Kalyn Blessing, 1:37.09; 6. Maddie Vesta, 1:42.40; 8. Rachel Keenan, 1:54.71.
100 breaststroke — 6. Kalyn Blessing, 1:46.68; 7. Michaela Cape, 1:50.44; 11. Rachel Keenan, 2:07.85.
200 I.M. — 4. Michaela Cape, 3:24.06; 5. Maddie Vesta, 3:26.59.
100 freestyle — 3. Kalyn Blessing, 1:23.72; 10. Michala Bieker, 1:43.14.
400 freestyle — 2. Kalyn Blessing, 6:41.77; 3. Maddie Vesta, 6:44.06; 4. Michaela Cape, 6:47.89; 6. Rachel Keenan, 7:49.33; 7. Michala Bieker, 7:57.78.
200 medley relay — 4. GBSS “A” relay (Kalyn Blessing, Rachel Keenan, Maddie Vesta, Michala Bieker), 3:10.85.

15-and-over
200 freestyle relay — 3. GBSS “A” relay (Sylvia Ofoma, Michaela Cape, Jessica Freund, Hannah Hildebrand), 2:22.14.
50 freestyle — 5. Sylvia Ofoma, 33.31; 10. Jessica Freund, 38.13.
100 butterfly — 2. Hannah Hildebrand, 1:17.98; 4. Sylvia Ofoma, 1:34.48.
100 backstroke — 2. Hannah Hildebrand, 1:18.35.
100 breaststroke — 5. Hannah Hildebrand, 1:45.60; 6. Jessica Freund, 1:48.93.
200 I.M. — 2. Hannah Hildebrand, 3:04.64; 7. Sylvia Ofoma, 3:25.65.
100 freestyle — 6. Jessica Freund, 1:30.29.
200 freestyle — 7. Jessica Freund, 3:16.77.
400 freestyle — 3. Sylvia Ofoma, 6:43.08.
200 medley relay — 2. GBSS “A” relay (Michaela Cape, Jessica Freund, Hannah Hildebrand, Sylvia Ofoma), 2:44.99.

BOYS
Eight-and-under
100 freestyle relay — 2. GBSS relay (Isaac Mountain, Jacob Kennedy, Ross Phillips, Cal Dunekack), 1:35.79.
25 freestyle — 1. Cal Dunekack, 19.88; 8. Jacob Kennedy, 23.74; 10. Ross Phillips, 26.01.
25 butterfly — 1. Cal Dunekack, 28.13; 8. Isaac Mountain, 37.40.
25 backstroke — 1. Cal Dunekack, 26.26; 9. Jacob Kennedy, 33.78.
25 breaststroke —  4. Jacob Kennedy, 34.73; 5. Isaac Mountain, 38.03.
100 I.M. — 2. Cal Dunekack, 2:27.85.
50 freestyle — 3. Isaac Mountain, 50.97; 5. Cal Dunekack, 54.74; 6. Jacob Kennedy, 55.33; 8. Ross Phillips, 1:00.28.
100 freestyle — 2. Isaac Mountain, 1:49.57.
100 medley relay — 2. GBSS “A” relay (Ross Phillips, Jacob Kennedy, Isaac Mountain, Cal Dunekack), 2:09.31.

10-and-under
200 freestyle relay — 1. GBSS ‘A’ relay (Jordan Mountain, Brady Daniel, Brock Blessing, Isaac Panzer), 2:42.70; 3. GBSS ‘B’ relay (Allen To, Gunner Mayhugh, Tucker Mayhugh, Isaac Mountain), 3:25.46; 4. GBSS ‘C’ relay (Connor Stone, Aaron Stein, Malachi Williams, Zane Allen), 3:58.62.
50 freestyle — 1. Isaac Panzer, 36.51; 4. Jordan Mountain, 42.34; 9. Zachary Seymour, 48.47; 10. Brock Blessing, 50.81; 12. Brady Daniel, 51.82; 13. Owen Murphy, 51.89; 14. Malachi Williams, 52.26; 19. Allen To, 1:08.02; 20. Connor Stone, 1:08.94; 21. Aaron Stein, 1:10.66.
50 butterfly — 1. Isaac Panzer, 42.40; 7. Brady Daniel, 1:10.87; 8. Zachary Seymour, 1:19.69.
50 backstroke — 1. Isaac Panzer, 49.04; 4. Jordan Mountain, 57.45; 6. Brady Daniel, 58.71; 9. Allen To, 1:03.77; 10. Zachary Seymour, 1:05.85; 11. Malachi Williams, 1:06.16; 12. Brock Blessing, 1:07.20; 13. Joshua Hoisington, 1:07.31; 14. Owen Murphy, 1:07.39; 19. Aaron Stein, 1:12.63; 21. Connor Stone, 1:29.43.
50 breaststroke — 1. Isaac Panzer, 53.23; 6. Jordan Mountain, 1:07.35; 8. Zachary Seymour, 1:10.29; 9. Brock Blessing, 1:11.30; 12. Brady Daniel, 1:16.77; 13. Malachi Williams, 1:17.99; 15. Connor Stone, 1:26.71; 16. Owen Murphy, 1:28.55.
100 I.M. — 1. Isaac Panzer, 1:44.07; 2. Jordan Mountain, 1:57.43; 6. Brady Daniel, 2:21.85; 7. Brock Blessing, 2:24.07.
100 freestyle — 1. Jordan Mountain, 1:37.69; 5. Owen Murphy, 2:05.05.
200 freestyle relay — 1. GBSS “A” relay (Jordan Mountain, Zachary Seymour, Brady Daniel, Isaac Panzer), 2:58.27.
200 medley relay — 1. GBSS ‘A’ (Brady Daniel, Brock Blessing, Isaac Panzer, Jordan Mountain), 3:16.25.

12-and-under
200 freestyle relay — 3. GBSS “A” relay (Ozioma Ofoma, Phane Pedigo, Sean Williams, Connor Furrey), 2:52.61.
50 freestyle — 6. Dawson Clark, 37.38; 7. Cole Pierce, 38.35; 11. Connor Furrey, 40.69; 13. Phane Pedigo, 41.64; 15. Sean Williams, 43.41; 16. Ozioma Ofoma, 43.83.
50 butterfly — 2. Dawson Clark, 38.02; 4. Cole Pierce, 48.01; 7. Jordon Boone, 52.50; 8. Ozioma Ofoma, 57.24; 9. Connor Furrey, 1:02.19.
50 backstroke — 3. Cole Pierce, 46.03; 4. Phane Pedigo, 47.19; 5. Dawson Clark, 47.90; 8. Connor Furrey, 50.08; 10. Jordon Boone, 54.74; 10. Sean Williams, 54.74.
50 breaststroke — 4. Dawson Clark, 53.05; 7. Sean Williams, 58.24; 8. Phane Pedigo, 1:01.16; 10. Ozioma Ofoma, 1:02.27; 11. Jordon Boone, 1:06.47.
200 I.M. — 4. Jordon Boone, 4:17.95.
100 freestyle — 8. Connor Furrey, 1:39.08; 9. Phane Pedigo, 1:39.69; 11. Sean Williams, 1:43.29; 13. Ozioma Ofoma, 1:45.70.
200 freestyle — 3. Dawson Clark, 3:01.81; 5. Cole Pierce, 3:08.94; 7. Jordon Boone, 3:31.44; 9. Connor Furrey, 3:52.54.
200 medley relay — 3. GBSS “A” relay (Connor Furrey, Sean Williams, Ozioma Ofoma, Phane Pedigo), 3:35.31.

14-and-under
200 freestyle relay — 1. GBSS “A” relay (Dawson Clark, Cole Pierce, Jordan Mountain, Joshua Schridde), 2:29.92.
50 freestyle — 4. Joshua Schridde, 35.87; 6. Jordan Mountain, 42.34.
100 backstroke — 4. Jordan Mountain, 2:02.31.
100 breaststroke — 4. Joshua Schridde, 1:55.75.
100 freestyle — 6. Jordan Mountain, 1:40.63.
200 freestyle — 5. Joshua Schridde, 3:04.75.
200 medley relay — 1. GBSS “A” relay (Cole Pierce, Joshua Schridde, Dawson Clark, Jordan Mountain), 3:06.90.

15-and-over
200 freestyle relay — 2. GBSS “A” relay (Nick Elliott, Tristan Yount, Brandon Ball, Dylan Dreiling), 2:01.87.
50 freestyle — 4. Dylan Dreiling, 28.85; 6. Nick Elliott, 31.30; 8. Tristan Yount, 32.41; 10. Nathan Brungardt, 34.23; 11. Austin Levingston, 36.27.
100 backstroke — 3. Tristan Yount, 1:30.64.
100 breaststroke — 1. Nick Elliott, 1:29.03; 2. Dylan Dreiling, 1:32.07; 5. Nathan Brungardt, 1:45.06; 6. Austin Levingston, 1:55.59.
100 freestyle — 2. Dylan Dreiling, 1:05.26; 6. Tristan Yount, 1:14.64; 7. Brandon Ball, 1:14.87; 9. Austin Levingston, 1:23.03.
200 freestyle — 3. Dylan Dreiling, 2:33.87; 6. Nick Elliott, 2:50.38; 8. Tristan Yount, 2:52.98.
400 freestyle — 4. Nathan Brungardt, 5:59.67.
200 medley relay — 1. GBSS “A” relay (Tristan Yount, Nick Elliott, Nathan Brungardt, Austin Levingston), 2:40.34.

— Kevin Price