SALINA – The Great Bend girls swept the 1,600-meter relay (4:17.58) and the 3,200-meter relay (10:18.73) with season-best times. The Panther girls placed first to win their fifth consecutive track meet with 185 points.
"We posted 19 PRs today and the girls made it five in a row," said Great Bend coach Lyles Lashley.
Eliana Beckham, Sadie Spray, Emma Loomis and Daizy Gomez ran a season-best time in the 1,600 relay. Beckham, Olivia Rugan, Hannah Loomis, and Emma Loomis competed in the 3,200 relay.
Panther Makenzie Premer won the 300-meter hurdles (48.02) with a season-best time. Emilia Diaz won the 3,200 (12:19.37) and placed runner-up in the 1,600 (5:32.44) with a season-best time.
Finishing runner-up were Premer, 100-meter hurdles (16.49) and Taryn Warren, shot put (35-4).
GREAT BEND BOYS Panther Oliver Dominguez continues to shine with personal-best efforts with a first in the triple jump (43-6), a second in the 400 (51.97) and an eighth in the 200 (23.37).
Kaiden Esfeld posted his best time while winning the 800 meters (1:59.93) along with a first-place in the 1,600 (4:31.14).
The Panthers ran a season-best time with a runner-up finish in the 1,600-meter relay (3:38.58) with Madison Regehr, Braylon Council, Jaime Arellanes and Esfeld.
SALINA CENTRAL INVITATIONAL
GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Great Bend 185; 2—Buhler 76; 3—Hutchinson High 68; 4—Manhattan 64; 5—McPherson 53; 6—Salina Central 48.5; 7—Junction City 46; 8—Hays High 43; 9—Wichita SE 40; 10—Nickerson 22; 11—Salina South 16
GIRLS RESULTS
100m—1—Miller, WS, 12.54
100m hurdles—1—Seely, Buhler, 15.63; 2—Premer, 16.49; 5—Spray, 16.61
200m—1—Cooper, WS, 26.34; 5—Premer, 27.21
300m hurdles—1—Premer, GB, 48.02 (PR); 3—Spray, 49.07; 7—Smith, 51.68
400m—1—Denning, SC, 1:00.54; 4—Gomez, 1:04.85
800m—1—Bentley, Buhler, 2:24.32; 3—Emma Loomis, 2:32.62 (PR); 5—Beckham, 2:35.13
1,600m—1—Bentley, Buhler, 5:29.56; 2—Diaz, 5:32.44 (PR); 6—Nicholson, 5:49.67 (PR)
3,200m—1—Diaz, GB, 12:19.37; 3—Nicholson, 12:46.79
400m relay—1—WSE 50.84
800m relay—1—WSE, 1:47.37; 3—Great Bend, 1:49.66 (Premer, Luna, Gomez, Spray)
1,600m relay—1—Great Bend, 4:17.58 (PR) (Beckham, Spray, Emma Loomis, Gomez)
3,200m relay—1—Great Bend, 10:18.73 (PR) (Beckham, Rugan, Hannah Loomis, Emma Loomis)
High jump—1—Jones, Nickerson, 5-4; 3—Luna, 5-2
Long jump—1—Schwartz, Hutchinson, 18-13/4
Triple jump—1—Page, Hutchinson, 35-113/4; 5—Premer, 33-1; 7—Smith, GB, 32-73/4
Shot put—1—Toala, JC, 37-71/2; 2—Warren, 35-4;
Discus—1—Toala, JC, 124-4; 5—Warren, GB, 111-8; 6—Duvall, 110-9 (PR)
Javelin—1—Nachtigal, GB, 126-9 (PR); 7—Warren, 94-4 (PR)
Pole vault—1—Whisler, Buhler, 11-0; 3—Deines, 9-0; 6—Kuhlman, 8-0; 11—Ferguson, 7-6 (PR)
SALINA CENTRAL INVITATIONAL
BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Buhler 97; 2—Hays High 91; 3—Hutchinson High 78; 4—Manhattan 74; 5—Junction City 64; 6—Great Bend 61; 7—McPherson 42; 8—Salina South 35; 9—Wichita SE 24; 9—Salina Central 24; 11—Nickerson 19
BOYS RESULTS
100m—1—Kanak, Hays, 10.7; 20—Council, 11.79 (PR)
110m hurdles—1—Hunter, Hutchinson, 15.22 3—Regehr, 17.24
200m—1—Seamster, Hutchinson, 22.74; 8—Dominguez, 23.37
300m hurdles—1—Hunter, Hutchinson, 41.21; 5—Regehr, 44.2
400m—1—Dowling-Burnett, Manhattan, 51.34; 2—Dominguez, 51.97 (PR)
800m—1—Esfeld, GB, 1:59.93 (PR); 4—Arellanes, 2:06.86 (PR)
1,600m—1—Esfeld, GB, 4:31.14
3,200m—1—Lindahl, Buhler, 9:48.75
400m relay—1—Hutchinson, 42.92
1,600m relay—1—Junction City, 3:33.74; 2—Great Bend, 3:38.58 (PR) (Regehr, Council, Arellanes, Esfeld)
3,200m relay—1—Wichita SE, 8:26.01
High jump—1—Miller, Nickerson, 6-2; 16—Scheuerman, 5-4 (PR)
Long jump—1—Jones, Manhattan, 21-11
Triple jump—1—Dominguez, 43-6 (PR)
Shot put—1—O'Connell, Manhattan, 60-10; 9—Somers, 43-4 (PR)
Discus—1—Adams, Hays, 174-1
Javelin—1—Tamura, Manhattan, 167-3; 6—Wedel, 127-4 (PR)
Pole vault—1—Veach, Hays, 13-0