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Great Bend track team wins two events
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Great Bend Panther Sage Cauley (17:01.1) works for a runner-up finish in Thursday's Western Athletic Conference cross country meet at the Lake Barton course. - photo by JIM MISUNAS Great Bend Tribune

WICHITA — Great Bend captured the prestigious elite 3,200-meter relay (8:20.95) with Evan Hammond, Josh Tomlin, Alex Smith and Jesus Sanchez competing at Friday’s Wichita State Shocker Prestate Challenge.

Great Bend Panther Sage Cauley recorded a career-best time (10:05.95) while winning the boys 6-4A 3,200-meters.

Great Bend Panther McKenna Esfeld enjoyed a strong day with a runner-up 2,000m steeplechase (8:35.98) and a third-place 800 meters (2:33.2). 

The Panther boys finished runner-up in the 6-4A 1,600-meter relay (3:35.47) with Korbin Widiger, Evan Hammond, Bryce Brown and Dalton Miller competing.

Great Bend’s girls placed runner-up in the 3,200m relay (10:45.25) with Emma Loomis, Olivia Rugan, Emilia Diaz and McKenna Esfeld competing. Candice Smith placed third in the long jump (15-53/4).

Evan Hammond placed third in the 800 (2:04.49).

Ellinwood’s Ashtin Klepper (5:51.22) placed third in the girls 3-1A 1,600 meters.

SHOCKER PRESTATE CHALLENGE

BOYS RESULTS, GREAT BEND, ELLINWOOD

100m 6-4A—Widiger, GB, 11.84 

110m hurdles 6-4A—9—Duvall, GB, 17.25

200m 6-4A—D. Miller, 24.24

200m 3-1A—Joslin, E,  25.18

300 hurdles 6-4A—16—Duvall, GB, 45.15

400m 3-1A—Joslin, E,  57.15

800 3-1A—29—Ricker, E, 2:18.25

800m 6-4A—1—Bina, KMC, 2:04.29; 3—Evan Hammond, GB, 2:04.49; 5—Sanchez, 2:06.19

1,600 3-1A—16—Ricker, E, 5:17.46

1,600 ELITE—1—Pearce, Kingman, 4:31.35; 9—Tomlin, GB, 4:47.66

2,000m steeplechase—1—Munsell, Salina South, 6:43.54; 6—Arellanes, GB, 7:14.1; 27—Joslin, Ellinwood, 8:28.6

3,200m 6-4A—1—Sage Cauley, GB, 10:05.95

400m 6-4A relay—1—Salina South 45.36; 4—Great Bend, 45.69

1,600 6-4A relay—1—Arkansas City, 3:34.86; 2—Great Bend, 3:35.47 (Widiger, Evan Hammond, Brown, Dalton Miller)

3,200m ELITE relay—1—Great Bend, 8:20.95 (Evan Hammond, Josh Tomlin, Alex Smith, Jesus Sanchez)

Long jump 6-4A—Brown, GB, 19-41/2; Sam Ryan, 18-9

Triple jump 6-4A—Brown, GB, 38-51/4

Shot put—16—Murray, GB, 41-11; 21—Seymour, GB, 41-31/2

Discus 6-4A—10—Seymour, 128-2; 17—Lamb, GB, 120-91/2 

Javelin 6-4A—1—Hankins, Manhattan, 201-6; 8—Duvall, GB, 146-0

Pentathlon—1—Hunter Jones, Nickerson, 3,245; 110m hurdles—15.64; long jump—18-61/2; shot put—42-101/4; high jump—6-41/4; 1,500m—5:03.64  

SHOCKER PRESTATE CHALLENGE

GIRLS RESULTS, GREAT BEND, ELLINWOOD

100m 3-1A—Gray, E, 13.42

100m 6-4A—25—Latham, GB, 14.07

200m 3-1A—Gray, E, 29.14; Doll, E, 31.62

400m 3-1A—Doll, 1:11.52

400m 6-4A—25—Lindberg, GB, 1:06.67

800m 3-1A—Klepper, E, 2:29.64

800m 6-4A—1—King, Bethany, Okla. 2:28.39; 3—Esfeld, GB, 2:33.2; 7—Rugan, GB, 2:36.42

1,600m 3-1A—1—Schroeder, Halstead, 5:44.2; 3—Klepper, E, 5:51.22; 25—Cook, E, 6:56.24

1,600m 6-4A—1—Moon, Mulvane, 5:47.87; 15—Diaz, GB, 6:06.52

2,000m steeplechase—1—Hensley, DC, 8:25.65; 2—Esfeld, GB, 8:35.98

3,200m ELITE—1—Jackson, Wichita Carroll, 11:30.78; 8—Erin Hammeke, E, 12:25.8

3,200m 3-1A—9—Sarah Hammeke, E, 13:45.69

3,200m 3-1A relay—6—Ellinwood, 11:25.3

3,200m 6-4A relay—1—Abilene, 10:35.88; 2—Great Bend, 10:45.25 (Emma Loomis, Rugan, Diaz,  Esfeld)

High jump 6-4A—Schroeder, GB, 5-2; Smith, 4-6 

Long jump 6-4A—1—Mullens, Lib, 15-91/4; 3—Smith, GB, 15-53/4; 15—Herter, GB, 14-31/4 

Triple jump 6-4A—1—Ta, Carroll, 33-111/2; 4—Smith, GB, 32-93/4; 16—Herter, GB, 31-01/4

Shot put 3-1A—Ward, E, 30.27

Shot put 6-4A—13—Warren, GB, 9.72; 22—Brack, GB, 88-01/2

Discus 3-1A—Ward, E, 28-51/4

Discus 6-4A—10—Warren, GB, 96-83/4; 20—Kaiser, GB, 26.84

Pole vault 6-4A—10—Deines, GB, 77-6