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Panther girls finish as WAC swim runner-up
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Josephine Mazouch - photo by JIM MISUNAS Great Bend Tribune

GARDEN CITY – Great Bend’s girls won four events, but Garden City outscored the Panthers 419-366 to capture the 2024 Western Athletic Conference swimming championship. The Buffaloes won two relays and three individual events to edge last year's Great Bend WAC champions.

Great Bend’s Josephine Mazouch won the 50-yard freestyle (26.95) and 100-yard freestyle (58.67). Emilee Hall captured the 100-yard backstroke (1:07.07). The Panthers won the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:50.84) with Josephine Mazouch, Meredith Mazouch, Sydney Kruckenberg and Hall.

Hall was runner-up in the 100-yard butterfly (1:06.73).

WESTERN ATHLETIC

TEAM TOTALS—1—Garden City 419; 2—Great Bend 366;  3—Hays High 258;  4—Dodge City 138;  5—Liberal 97

50 freestyle—1—Josephine Mazouch, GB, 26.95; 3—Meredith Mazouch, 28.26; 7—Lutt, 29.77; Gilkison, 32.68; Bonine, 33.77; Newton, 35.03; Johnson, 38.89; Boone, 39.02; Gallant, 48.13

100 backstroke—1—Hall, GB, 1:07.07; 6—Boone, 1:36.79; 12—Murphy, 1:49.75

100 butterfly—1—Schmidt, Hays, 1:01.58; 2—Hall, 1:06.73; 8—Holden, 1:34.61; 10—Newton, 1:45.32

100 breaststroke—1—Sekavec, GC, 1:17.16; 3—Snapp, 1:21.13; 5—Gregg, 1:25.55; 7—Siefkes, 1:31.95; Bonine, 1:54.24

100 freestyle—1—Josephine Mazouch, GB, 58.67; 5—Feist, 1:03.87; 6—Meredith Mazouch, 1:04.15; Johnson, 1:31.51; Murphy, 1:36.52; Gallant, 1:59.72

200 freestyle—1—West, GC, 2:10.89; 5—Kruckenberg, 2:27.81; 6—Carper, 2:28.33; 9—Mermis, 2:45.34

200 IM—1—Schmidt, Hays, 2:19.58; 3—Snapp, 2:51.17; 4—Gregg, 2:52.59; 8—Siefkes, 3:06.33

500 freestyle—1—Sekavec, GC, 6:16.69; 3—Carper, 6:43.7; 5—Lutt, 7:00.27; 6—Mermis, 7:14.74

200 free relay—1—Great Bend A, 1:50.84 (J. Mazouch, M. Mazouch, Kruckenberg, Hall); 4—GB B, 2:00.06 (Feist, Gregg, Siefkes, Snapp); GB C, 2:12.6 (Mermis, Newton, Holden, Gilison); GB D, 2:48.11 (Johnson, Gallant, Murphy, Bonine)

200 medley relay—1—Garden City, 2:06.45; 3—GB A, 2:13.45 (M. Mazouch, Snapp, Feist, Kruckenberg); 4—GB B, 2:27.24 (Mermis, Gregg, Carper, Lutt); GB C, 2:35.56 (Boone, Siefkes, Holden, Gilkison)

400 free relay—1—Garden City, 4:02.37; 3—GB A, 4:05.32 (J. Mazouch, Kruckenberg, Feist, Hall); 7—GB B, 4:49.58 (Lutt, Gilkison, Holden, Carper); GB C, 6:05.46 (Newton, Murphy, Boone, Bonine)