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Panther swimmer Long wins race
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Panther swimmer Kasey Kennedy

Great Bend Panther Ellis Long broke up Manhattan’s dominance with a first-place medal in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.31) at Monday’s home swimming meet at Barton Community College.

Long earned a runner-up finish in the 50-yard freestyle (24.33) along with a pair of relay runner-up finishes. The Panthers quartet of Long, Beau Burkhart, Kasey Kennedy and Adam Hall (1:42.41) competed in the 200 freestyle relay. Long teamed with Ty Boone, Kennedy and Burkhart (1:53.51) on the 200 medley relay.

Manhattan (559) placed first followed by Garden City (450.5) and Great Bend (360.5). The Panthers recorded several season-best times for coach Clara Gilbert.

GREAT BEND INVITE

GREAT BEND RESULTS *season best

TEAM SCORES—1—Manhattan 559; 2—Garden City 450.5; 3—Great Bend 360.5; 4—Hays High 292; 5—Marion 58; 6—SE Saline 31

50 freestyle—1—Staedtler, Man, 23.84; 2—Long, 24.33; 3—Burkhart, 24.99; 12—Hall, 28.37; 17—Medlock, 33.59

100 freestyle—1— Staedtler, Man, 58.0; 12—Hall, *1:07.51; 13—Hirsch, *1:08.86; 14—Sharpe, *1:09.47; 16—Medlock, 1:27.7

200 freestyle—1—Grogg, Man, 2:16.03; 7—Hirsch, 2:40.73; 8—Sander, 2:46.39; 11—McQuade, 3:01.67; 12—Thurman, *3:02.0

200 IM—1—Graves, Man, 2:11.84; 6—Kennedy, 2:31.14; 8—Boone, 2:59.44

500 freestyle—1—Weimer, Man, 5:41.97; 8—Cross, 7:59.45; 10—Sander, *8:25.56

100 backstroke—1—Balman, Man, 1:01.38; 5—Boone, 1:15.0; 9—Wagner, 1:30.0; 11—McQuade, 1:32.39; 12—Sharpe, 1:39.08

100 butterfly—1—Steffensmeier, Man, 59.82; 3—Kennedy, 1:00.96; 6—Cross, 1:33.64

100 breaststroke—1—Long, GB, 1:04.31; 11—Thurman, *1:42.57

200 freestyle relay—1—Manhattan, 1:38.04; 2—Great Bend A, 1:42.41 (Burkhart, Hall, Kennedy, Long); 6—Great Bend B, 2:04.4 (McQuade, Sharpe, Cross, Hirsch)

200 medley relay—1—Manhattan, 1:47.62; 2—Great Bend A, 1:53.51 (Boone, Long, Kennedy, Burkhart)

400 freestyle relay—1—Manhattan, 3:44.65; 6—Great Bend A, 4:58.92 (Sharpe, Boone, Wagner, Cross); 8—Great Bend B, 5:33.33 (Medlock, Thurman, Sander, Hirsch)

 

 

 

Larned softball sweeps Ellis
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Larned pitcher Karley Lemuz - photo by Janet Fleske Special to the Tribune
Larned softball wins opener LARNED — Larned's softball team scored 39 runs to dominate the Ellis Railroaders 21-4 and 18-5 in Friday's doubleheader. LARNED 21, ELLIS 4 (G1) — Larned's Brooks Simmons tripled and drove home a trio of runs. Driving home a pair of runs were Eowyn Hedding, Maya Wilson, Teagan Walker, Jadyn Crosby and Jillian Hagerman. Hagerman and Karley Lemuz each doubled. Lemuz (2-0) pitched five innings to earn the victory. The Indians took advantage of nine walks, seven errors, six wild pitches and two hit batters. Ellis' Maleah Vine drove home two runs. Rylan Aschenbrenner had an RBI LARNED 18, ELLIS 5 (G2) — Larned's Hedding doubled and drove in three runs. Walker and Hagerman each drove in two runs. Driving home one run were Lemuz, Brooke Simmins, Crosby, Ivy Hope and Gillian Smith. Crosby (2-0) pitched five innings to earn the victory. Railroader Vine drove home two runs. Kia Mader and Raegan Jimenez drove in runs. Larned 010 938 — 21 15 1 Ellis 400 000 — 4 2 7 Lemuz and Brooke Simmons. Rome and Ashenbrenner. W—Lemuz, 2-0. L—Rome, 0-3. 2B—L—Hagerman, Lemuz. 3B—L—Brooke Simmons Larned 240 2(10) — 18 17 4 Ellis 00 14 — 5 6 2 Crosby and Hedding. Rome and Jimenez. W—Crosby, 2-0. L—Rome, 0-4. 2B—L—Hedding, Walker; E—Rome, Jimenez. 3B—L—Walker
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