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Panthers, Tigers, Indians shine at Wichita State track
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WICHITA – Great Bend athletes won four events at the Shocker Pre-state Track Challenge Thursday and Friday at Wichita State University.

Great Bend’s Valarie Luna cleared 5-61/2 in the Elite high jump to break the Panther school record held bySally Boyd (5-6) in 1979.

Madison Regehr captured the Elite 300-meter hurdles (40.24). Eliana Beckham won the 4-6A 800 (2:27.06). The Panthers’ 400-meter shuttle relay (1:11.07) placed first with Paige Sanders, Sadie Spray, Hailey Peterson and Makenzie Premer competing.

The Panthers earned seven runner-up medals. Kaiden Esfeld placed runner-up in the Elite 800 (1:59.37) and the Panther girls placed second in the Elite 1,600-meter relay (4:09.46) with Beckham, Premer, Spray and Kara Feist.

Other runner-up finishers in the 4-6A division were Jordyn Harbaugh, triple jump (33-0); Mathew Moeder, shot put (43-11); Rylie Duvall, discus (106-9); Macy Nachtigal, javelin (119-2); and Cayden Scheuerman, 200 (23.08).

LARNED – Larned’s Jayme Hagerman captured first place in the Elite triple jump (37-73/4), first in the 3-1A 100 meters (12.92) and second in the 3-1A 200 meters (27.29).

PAWNEE HEIGHTS – Returning 1A state champion Alec Carlson of Pawnee Heights earned a triple crown with first-place gold medals in the Elite high jump (6-61/2); Elite Long jump (21-10); and Elite triple jump (44-31/2). Carlson captured the 1A gold medal in the triple jump (46-5) and finished second in the long jump (22-03/4) last year.

SHOCKER PRESTATE

GREAT BEND RESULTS

Elite high jump—1—Luna, 5-61/2; 3—Spray, 4-10

Elite Javelin—3—Blessing, 136-1

Elite Javelin—6—Moeder, 167-0

Elite 100m—6—Scheuerman, 11.33

Elite 110m hurdles—5—Regehr, 15.75

Elite 300m hurdles—1—Regehr, 40.24

Elite 300m hurdles—3—Premer, 46.98

Elite 800m—2—Esfeld, 1:59.37

Elite 3,200m—3—Esfeld, 9:39.01

Elite 3,200m—6—Nicholson, 12:08.42

Elite 400m relay—5—Great Bend, 52.01 (Luna, Feist, Spray, Premer)

Elite 1,600m relay—2—Great Bend, 4:09.46 (Beckham, Premer, Spray, Feist)

Elite 1,600m relay—3—Great Bend, 3:30.11 (Dominguez, Esfeld, Spray, Regehr)

Elite 3,200m relay—3—Great Bend, 10:19.6 (Beckham, Ellegood, Smith, Nicholson)

High jump—3—Spray, 5-8

High jump—6—Ellegood, 4-6

Long jump—11—Harbaugh, 13-10; 14—Bullard, 13-1

Long jump—7—Dominguez, 19-3; 13—Spray, 18-1

Triple jump—2—Harbaugh, 33-0

Shot put—7—Blessing, 30-1; 9—Gerhardt, 29-9

Shot put—2—Moeder, 43-11; 18—Johnson, 37-7

Discus—18—Nieto, 112-9; 24—Johnson, 77-10

Discus—2—Duvall, 106-9; 3—Hofflinger, 105-0

Pole vault—3—Kuhlman, 9-0; 7—Teri, 7-6

Pole vault—7—McMullen, 10-0

Javelin—2—Macy Nachtigal, 119-2

Javelin—15—Johnson, 125-1

100m hurdles—8—Peterson, 18.19; 10—Sanders, 20.1

110m hurdles—8—Hall, 17.93

200m—2—Scheuerman, 23.08

200m—14—Gomez, 29.07

300m hurdles—5—Peterson, 52.09

300m hiurdles—7—Hall, 47.35

400m—7—Gomez, 1:06.11; 9—Bullard, 1:07.4

400m—15—Rocho, 56.82; 17—Moore, 57.56

800m—1—Beckham, 2:27.06; 13—Welcher, 2:40.47

800m—21—Galindo, 2:13.18

1,600m—14—Stroup, 4:57.14

3,200m—4—Beckwith, 12:46.21

3,200m—12—Ramirez, 11:02.95

400m relay—3—Great Bend, 45.14 (Council, Regehr, Dominguez, Scheuerman)

400 shuttle relay—1—Great Bend, 1:11.07 (Sanders, Spray, Peterson, Premer)

3,200m relay—3—Great Bend, 8:40.03 (Esfeld, Galindo, Enriquez, Rocho)

LARNED RESULTS

Elite Long jump—4—Jayme Hagerman, 15-9

Elite triple jump—1—J. Hagerman, 37-73/4

3-1A 100m—1—J. Hagerman, 12.92

3-1A 200m—2—J. Hagerman, 27.29

PAWNEE HEIGHTS RESULTS

Elite High jump—1—Alec Carlson, 6-61/2

Elite Long jump—1—A. Carlson, 21-10

Elite Triple jump—1—A. Carlson, 44-31/2

4-6A discus—4—Hamby, 127-0