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Depenbusch, Razo finish in top 20 at Rim Rock
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The GB Middle School 8th-grade girls win the Western Athletic Conference. Team members feature front row—Diane Alvarez, Diana Piedra, McKayla Smith; back row—Raegan Ketch, Kate Welcher, Darcy Feist, Reese King, Marissa Boone.

LAWRENCE— Kerby Depenbusch placed eighth with a time of 16:36 to lead the Great Bend boys in Saturday’s annual Rim Rock Classic cross country meet. Karen Razo finished 15th in 20:58 in the girls’ race.

“This was a tough meet for us today,” said coach Todd Kaiser. “Kerby and Karen both medaled in a very tough field in their races which was a positive. They have been steady for us all season. We also had a number of our runners who ran within 10-30 seconds of their season best time on a very tough course which was good to see.”

Ema Millard (139th, 24:02) tied her season best time at Rim Rock.

Individual GBHS results

GIRLS
Karen Razo; 15th place in a time of 20:58
Ema Millard; 139th place in a time of 24:02
Ashley Weingrad; 161st place in a time of 24:29
Autumn Weingrad; 198th place in a time of 25:34
Calista Long; 201st place in a time of 25:40
Abby Stiner; 222nd place in a time of 26:28
Paloma Sandoval; 226th place in a time of 26:50

BOYS
Kerby Depenbusch; 8th place in a time of 16:36
Eric Vazquez; 52nd place in a time of 17:34
Armando Jaquez; 141st place in a time of 18:28
Isaiah Davis; 230th place in a time of 19:32
Jeffery Muiruri; 287th place in a time of 21:08
Anthony Martinez; 288th place in a time  of 21:11
Chandler Miller; 293rd place in a time of 21:35

As a team the Panther girls placed 27th out of 36 teams with a point total of 628. The boys came in 26th out of 42 teams in competition scoring 692.

“Teamwise we didn’t run as well as I had hoped,” Kaiser said. “We got too spread out again and that can happen in a large field like they ran in today.”

“The effort needs to be there to try to close the gaps and we didn’t do that today,” he continued. “We have to get tougher mentally and work through the mental fatigue.  That is something we have to get corrected over the last month of the season for us to be successful as teams.”
 
“We just have to get back to work and get ready for the home stretch of our season. We have runners who have the ability. They just need to have confidence in that ability and go out and compete,” he said.

The Runnin’ Panthers will compete at Junction City this Saturday.