Great Bend's girls focused on team relays and earned 5A state consideration times with season-best times in the 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays at the Barton Cougar pool.

The strategy of Great Bend girls swimming coach Lauren Jordan worked to perfection.

The first-place 200 freestyle relay (*1:56.94) raced with Sydney Piland, Emma Beahm, Emma Snapp and Meredith Mazouch.

The first-place 400 freestyle relay (*4:24.84) competed with Piland, Braylee Carper, Snapp and Mazouch.

The runner-up 200 medley relay (*2:11.62) competed with Mazouch, Beahm, Snapp and Piland.

Runner-up medals were earned by Hadley Gregg, 200 freestyle (2:34.75) and Piland, 500 freestyle (6:53.3).

Great Bend placed fourth with 249 points, 114 points in the three relays.

GREAT BEND INVITATIONAL

TEAM SCORES—1—Hays High 439; 2—Salina South 330.5; 3—Newton 253.5; 4—Great Bend 249; 5—Dodge City 220; 6—Salina Central 212; 7—Holcomb 180; 8—Liberal 141.

GREAT BEND RESULTS

50 freestyle—5—Carper, *31.89

100 breaststroke—3—Gregg, 1:23.3; 15—Sperlein, 1:44.49

100 butterfly—3—Beahm, *1:28.09

200 freestyle—2—Gregg, 2:34.75; 7—Hoff, 3:03.05

200 IM—7—Beahm, *3:03.05; 11—Sperlein, 3:19.12

500 freestyle—2—Piland, 6:53.3; 4—Carper, 7:01.86; 9—Hoff, *8:11.13

200 medley relay—2—Great Bend, *2:11.62 (SC) (Mazouch, Beahm, Snapp, Sydney Piland)

200 freestyle relay—1—Great Bend, *1:56.94 (SC) (Piland, Beahm, Snapp, Mazouch)

400 freestyle relay—1—Great Bend, *4:24.84 (SC) (Sydney Piland, Carper, Snapp, Mazouch)