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Panther swimmers compete at home meet
Kasey Kennedy1
Panther swimmer Kasey Kennedy

Great Bend placed fourth in three events to highlight the scoring at Tuesday’s home meet at the Barton Community College pool.

Fourth-place finishers were Joshua Sharpe, 100 backstroke (1:25.68); Jordan Sander, 500 freestyle (7:36.22); and the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:54.3) with Adam Hall, Matthew Williams, Andrew McQuade and Kale Mermis.

"We're focusing on personal bests," said Panther coach Kari Carper. "I'm hopeful we'll have big-time cuts."

GREAT BEND INVITATIONAL

PANTHER RESULTS

50 freestyle—5—Kennedy, 25.92; 10—Hall, 26.97; 15—Williams, 29.08; Heath, 43.81; Kalivoda, 51.91

100 backstroke—4—Sharpe, 1:25.68; 10—Mermis, 1:34.78;

100 breaststroke—7—Williams, 1:29.03; 13—Thurman, 1:45.08

100 butterfly—7—Mermis, 1:43.33

100 freestyle—9—Hall, 1:05.2; 15—Armendariz, 1:46.19; 16—Heath, 1:46.73; Kalivoda, 2:02.69

200 freestyle—7—McQuade, 2:48.09; 10—Sharpe, 3:03.69; 12—Henrickson, 3:18.82; Armendariz, 4:07.92

500 freestyle—4—Sander, 7:36.22; 5—McQuade, 7:51.34

200 free relay—4—Great Bend A, 1:54.3 (Hall, Williams, McQuade, Kennedy); 9—Great Bend B, 2:18.72 (Sharpe, Henrikson, Sander, Thurman)

400 free relay—6—Great Bend, 5:22.24 (Thurman, Sharpe, Sander, Mermis)