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Panthers qualify 200 freestyle relay for finals
5-1A girls state swimming championship
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Great Bend's state swimming qualifiers Emma Snapp, Braylee Carper, Josephine Mazouch, Clarise Snapp, Darcy Feist, Meredith Mazouch.

TOPEKA — Great Bend's 200-yard freestyle relay placed 15th (1:52.37) with Meredith Mazouch, Clarise Snapp, Darcy Feist and Josephine Mazouch) at the 5A state swimming championship Saturday. 

The quartet qualified for Saturday's consolation finals with a 14th-place finish (1:51.84) in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

In Friday's preliminaries, Josephine Mazouch placed 20th in the 50-yard free (26.94) and 20th in the 100-yard freestyle (59.41). Clarise Snapp placed 20th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:20.83).

Great Bend finished 21st in the 400-yard freestyle relay and 26th in the 200-yard medley relay. All three relays qualified for state at the Salina meet.

GREAT BEND STATE RESULTS

200 freestyle relay FINAL—15—Great Bend, 1:52.37 (Meredith Mazouch, Clarise Snapp, Darcy Feist, Josephine Mazouch) 

SWIM PRELIMINARIES

50 freestyle—20—J. Mazouch, 26.94

100 freestyle—20—J. Mazouch, 59.41

100 breaststroke—20—Clarise Snapp, 1:20.83

200 freestyle relay—14—Great Bend, 1:51.84 (M. Mazouch, Clarise Snapp, Feist, J. Mazouch) 

200 medley relay—26—Great Bend, 2:11.7 (M. Mazouch, C. Snapp, E. Snapp, Feist)

400 freestyle relay—21—Great Bend, 4:17.9 (M. Mazouch, Braylee Carper, Feist, J. Mazouch)