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BUHLER — Great Bend's Makenzie Premer (300 hurdles) and Taryn Warren (shot put) placed first and the Panthers shattered season-best times in the 1,600-meter relay and 3,200-meter relay while winning Friday's Buhler Track Invitational. The Panthers (126.33) edged Maize South (119) for the team title.
Premer improved her 300 hurdles (47.74) followed by runner-up Sadie Spray (48.25). Warren won the shot put (37-91/2).
The first-place 3,200-meter relay (10:07.49) improved by 37 seconds with Eliana Beckham, Emilia Diaz, Hannah Loomis and Emma Loomis competing. The runner-up 1,600-meter relay improved by 20 seconds (4:08.74) with Beckham, Premer, Spray and Valarie Luna running.
The Panthers' other runner-up finishers were Luna, high jump (5-0) and Lexi Deines, pole vault (9-6).
"That's three first places in a row for the girls," said Great Bend coach Lyles Lashley. "We set a bunch of PRs on both sides today."
BOYS DIVISION — Panther Kaiden Esfeld won the 3,200-meter with a season-best time (9:44.34). The Panthers' third-place 1,600-meter relay improved 10 seconds (3:33.93) with Oliver Dominguez, Braylon Council, Madison Regehr and Jaime Arellanes competing.
Athletes competed in 55-degree temperatures.
BUHLER INVITATIONAL
GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Great Bend 126.33; 2—Maize South 119; 3—Buhler 73; 4—Hutchinson 65; 5—Dodge City 62; 6—Salina Central 58; 7—Andover Central 54.33; 8—Andover High 29; 9—Salina South 25.33
GIRLS RESULTS
100m—1—Rich, MS, 12.68; 6—Luna, 13.58
100m hurdles—1—Walker, Andover, 16.05; 4—Premer, 16.71; 6—Spray, 17.29; 8—Smith, 18.09
200m—1—Rich, MS, 26.08
300m hurdles—1—Premer, GB, 47.74; 2—Spray, 48.25; 12—Peterson, 54.24
400m—1—Denning, SC, 1:01.66; 3—Gomez, 1:04.16; 14—Hannah Loomis, 1;10.82
800m—1—Bentley, Buhler, 2:25.24; 4—Beckham, 2:31.44; 11—Kaiser, 2:52.91
1,600m—1—Rios, MS, 5:17.02; 11—Kaiser, 6:06.45
3,200m—1—Larson, DC, 12:00.53; 5—Nicholson, GB, 12:30.2
400m relay—1—Maize South, 51.36; 5—Great Bend, 54.0 (Nachtigal, Gomez, Kuhlman, Hannah Loomis)
1,600m relay—1—Andover Central, 4:08.7; 2—Great Bend, 4:08.74 (Beckham, Premer, Spray, Luna)
3,200m relay—1—Great Bend, 10:07.49 (Beckham, Diaz, Hannah Loomis, Emma Loomis)
High jump—1—Cunningham, SC, 5-4; 2—Luna, 5-0; 4—Smith, 4-10; 7—Spray, 4-8
Long jump—1—Dawes, Hutchinson, 16-3; 5—Smith, 15-23/4; 6—Nachtigal, 15-01/4; 10—Gomez, 13-81/2
Triple jump—1—Page, Hutchinson, 34-101/2; 4—Smith, 32-51/2; 5—Premer, 31-111/2
Shot put—1—Warren, GB, 37-91/2; 5—Duvall, GB, 32-01/2
Discus—1—Geihsler, SC, 116-8; 3—Warren, 112-7; 4—Duvall, 97-7
Javelin—1—Geihsler, SC, 127-9; 3—Nachtigal, 126-10; 10—Blessing, 90-4; 15—Warren, 81-10
Pole vault—1—Whisler, Buhler, 10-6; 2—Deines, 9-6; 3—Kuhlman, 8-0; 11—Ferguson, 6-6
BUHLER INVITATIONAL
BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Andover Central 147; 2—Andover High 122; 3—Hutchinson 69; 4—Buhler 61; 5—Maize South 58; 6—Salina South 56; 7—Great Bend 40; 8—Dodge City 28; 9—Salina Central 25
BOYS RESULTS
100m—1—Seamster, Hutchinson, 11.2; 18—Austin Miller, 12.24; 19—Council, 12.29; 26—Montes, 14.75
110m hurdles—1—Lang, AC, 15.81; 6—Regehr, 17.96
200m—1—Seamster, Hutchinson, 23.0; 5—Dominguez, 24.01; 14—Scheuerman, 24.95
300m hurdles—1—Lang, AC, 41.64; 7—Regehr, 45.47
400m—1—McDavitt, Andover, 50.19; 3—Dominguez, GB, 52.41
800m—1—McDavitt, Andover, 1:58.54
1,600m—1—McDavitt, Andover, 4:33.06
3,200m—1—Esfeld, GB, 9:44.34
400m relay—1—Andover, 43.55
1,600m relay—1—Andover, 3:30.6; 3—Great Bend, 3:33.93 (Dominguez, Council, Regehr, Arellanes)
3,200m relay—1—Andover, 8:24.16
High jump—1—Evans, SS, 6-0; 13—Scheuerman, 5-2
Long jump—1—Klein, Andover, 21-101/4; 15—Council, 17-01/4; 21—Austin Miller, 14-83/4
Triple jump—1—Johnson, SS, 42-7; 3—Dominguez, 41-6; 13—Jerke, 33-43/4
Shot put—1—Daniels, AC, 48-73/4; 20—Somers, GB, 37-6; 21—Nieto, 35-11/4
Discus—1—McCormick, MS, 140-9; 10—Nieto, 106-6; 17—Somers, 96-0
Javelin—1—Sparks, Andover, 146-3; 15—Wedel, 115-2
Pole vault—1—Barkdull, AC, 12-0
