Great Bend High School Boys Swim Team competed in Hays on Jan. 19.
“Obviously, we competed against some teams that are rebuilding this year and are down. I just challenged the kids to go out and race hard. With only a limited number of opportunities left in the season to race, we needed to keep competing hard and trying to improve our times regardless of who we were competing against.” said Coach Steve Beumont. “Our middle distance and distance swimmers are really starting to drop times. Those were strong events for us today. Many of our new and younger swimmers had the opportunity to try some new events today. Max Jerke and Logan Oneil both swam the 100 fly for the first time and did a great job. Eduardo Prado, Matthew Hapes, Jordan Popp, Cal Kaiser, and Eli Hutchinson all swam the 200 free for the first time. Malachi Williams competed in his first 500 Freestyle and swam well. I am really pleased with how our new and younger swimmers have competed in their first year on the team.”
Great Bend swimmers placed first and second in six events and swept the top three places in three other events.
The next meet will be the Wichita Heights Invitational at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Team Scores - Great Bend 412   Hays 167   Junction City 121
Men  Open 200 Medley
1, A ‘GBHS’ (Connor Furrey, Antoine Flipo, Isaac Panzer, Dawson Clark), 1:56.85. 2, B ‘GBHS’ (Cole Pierce, Malachi Williams, Corey Harbaugh, Aron Vainer), 2:02.64. 4, C ‘GBHS’ (Phillip Otten, Garrett Roddey, Max Jerke, Logan O’Neil), 2:21.02. D ‘GBHS’ (Wyatt Rugan, Jordan Popp, Alan Bobbitt, Matthew Hapes), 2:25.40.
Men  Open 200 Free
1, Phane Pedigo, GBHS, 2:12.57Y. 2, Jordan Boone, GBHS, 2:15.61Y. 3, Connor Furrey, GBHS, 2:16.78Y. 0, Eduardo Prado, GBHS, X 2:47.10Y. Elijah Hutchinson, GBHS, X 2:47.77Y. Matthew Hapes, GBHS, X 2:49.60Y. Jordan Popp, GBHS, X 2:51.90Y. Cal Kaiser, GBHS, X 3:06.04Y.
Men  Open 200 IM
1, Dawson Clark, GBHS, 2:25.64Y. 2, Cole Pierce, GBHS, 2:27.90Y. 3, Brady Daniel, GBHS, 2:29.05Y. Corey Harbaugh, GBHS, X 2:36.65Y.
Men  Open 50 Free
1, Josh Schridde, GBHS, 25.04Y. 2, Isaac Panzer, GBHS, 25.30Y. 6, Phillip Otten, GBHS, 27.83Y. Antoine Flipo, GBHS, X  29.17Y. Wyatt Rugan, GBHS, X  30.22Y. Anthony Martinez, GBHS, X   34.04Y. Robert Frizzell, GBHS, X 36.66Y.
Men  Open 100 Fly
1, Josh Schridde, GBHS, 1:05.03Y. 3, Corey Harbaugh, GBHS, 1:10.62Y. 5, Max Jerke, GBHS, 1:19.46Y. Logan O’Neil, GBHS, X 1:33.60Y.
Men  Open 100 Free
2, Jordan Boone, GBHS, 1:00.03Y. 4, Aron Vainer, GBHS, 1:03.06Y. Alan Bobbitt, GBHS, X 1:07.30Y. 6, Garrett Roddey, GBHS, 1:08.38Y. Wyatt Rugan, GBHS, X 1:09.73Y. Eduardo Prado, GBHS, X 1:12.42Y. Elijah Hutchinson, GBHS, X 1:13.33Y. Anthony Martinez, GBHS, X 1:16.07Y. Matthew Hapes, GBHS, X 1:19.38Y. Cal Kaiser, GBHS, X 1:19.52Y.
Men  Open 500 Free
1, Phane Pedigo, GBHS, 6:04.34Y. 2, Brady Daniel, GBHS, 6:04.88Y. 4, Malachi Williams, GBHS, 7:42.67Y.
Men  Open 200 Free
1, A ‘GBHS’ (Isaac Panzer, Dawson Clark, Aron Vainer, Josh Schridde), 1:45.73. 2, B ‘GBHS’ (Jordan Boone, Max Jerke, Garrett Roddey, Phillip Otten), 1:53.99. 4, C ‘GBHS’ (Elijah Hutchinson, Wyatt Rugan, Jordan Popp, Antoine Flipo), 2:00.56. D ‘GBHS’ (Cal Kaiser, Robert Frizzell, Matthew Hapes, Anthony Martinez), 2:27.00.
Men  Open 100 Back
1, Connor Furrey, GBHS, 1:08.17Y. 2, Cole Pierce, GBHS, 1:09.40Y. 3, Dawson Clark, GBHS, 1:10.95Y.
Men  Open 100 Breast
1, Antoine Flipo, GBHS, 1:15.73Y. 2, Malachi Williams, GBHS, 1:20.69Y. Jordan Popp, GBHS, X 1:33.10Y. 4, Garrett Roddey, GBHS, 1:36.03Y. Robert Frizzell, GBHS, X 1:47.77Y.
Men  Open 400 Free
1, A ‘GBHS’ (Phane Pedigo, Corey Harbaugh, Jordan Boone, Josh Schridde), 3:54.22. 2, B ‘GBHS’ (Brady Daniel, Phillip Otten, Max Jerke, Connor Furrey), 4:11.65. 5, C ‘GBHS’ (Elijah Hutchinson, Eduardo Prado, Logan O’Neil, Alan Bobbitt), 4:53.20.