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)
