JUNCTION CITY — A pair of 2012 Class 5A state track and field meet qualifiers highlighted Great Bend High School’s season-opening meet at Junction City on Thursday night.
Junior pole vaulter Selam Ball claimed first place for the Lady Panthers, who finished fourth overall, and sophomore thrower Jayce Brack claimed first in the shot put and second in the discus for the Panthers, who took third out of seven teams.
“I thought we did just fine,” Great Bend head coach Bo Black said. “The kids competed hard. We had a lot of kids who were good athletes for us last year picked right back up again.
“We also had a lot of young kids compete well.”
Ball reached a height of 10 feet to claim the top spot. Great Bend senior Hannah Middleton cleared 9-6 for second place.
Brack had a toss of 50-7 in the shot put, and 136-5 in the discus.
Senior Kole Stiner had a great meet for the Panthers, according to Black, claiming two individual first-place finishes and one as part of the 4x800-meter relay team.
Stiner won the 800 run (2:06.47) and the 1,600 (2:42.64).
Stiner joined teammates Chon Chavez, Cristian Garcia and Richard Lara for a winning time of 8:26.74 in the 4x800.
GBHS is idle for a week before hosting the Great Bend Invitational on Tuesday, April 9. The meet starts at 3:30 p.m.
The junior varsity squad will compete at a meet in Ellinwood on Tuesday, starting at 4 p.m.
— Kevin Price
PREP TRACK & FIELD
At Junction City
Friday
BOYS
Team standings
1. Shawnee Heights, 146; 2. Salina South, 122; 3. Great Bend, 96; 4. Junction City, 89; 5. Salina Central, 48; 6. McPherson, 36; 7. Kansas City Turner, 12
Great Bend results
800 run — 1. Kole Stiner, 2:06.47; 4. Ky Heeke, 2:11.91
1,600 run — 1. Stiner, 4:42.64; 4. Chon Chavez, 4:47.99; 6. Christian Graham, 4:57.97
3,200 run — 3. Graham, 10:37.37; 4. Chavez, 10:42.32
300 hurdles — 4. Darion Yager, 44.17
4x400 relay — 4. GBHS relay team (T. Yager, Garcia, D. Yager, Carrasco), 3:37.71
4x800 relay — 1. GBHS relay team (Chavez, Stiner, Garcia, Lara), 8:26.74
Pole vault — 2. Elijah Connor, 9-6; 3. Cameron Jackson, 9-6
Triple jump — 6. Anthony Valenzuela, 38-3
Shot put — 1. Jayce Brack, 50-7; 5. Cody Helsel, 43-5 1/2
Discus — 2. Brack, 136-5; 4. Nick Warren, 132-0
GIRLS
Team standings
1. Salina Central, 135.5; 2. Shawnee Heights, 103.5; 3. Junction City, 91; 4. Great Bend, 70; 5. McPherson, 68; 6. Salina South, 63; 7. Kansas City Turner, 20
Great Bend results
400 dash — 4. Kaylan Lagerman, 1:07.35
800 run — 3. Mariah Stein, 2:41.19; 6. Abby Stiner, 2:47.89
1,600 run — 3. Stein, 6:05.76
3,200 run — 2. Mary Williams, 13:18.50; 3. Kaitlynn Tuey, 13:38.05
100 hurdles — 5. Maggie Loera, 18.47
300 hurdles — 6. Sarah Niederee, 55.36
4x100 relay — 6. GBHS relay team (S. Ball, Loera, Ryan, Johnson), 54.46
4x400 relay — 5. GBHS relay team (Lagerman, Bates, G. Ball, Stein), 4:46.90
4x800 relay — 2. GBHS relay team (Williams, Stein, Lagerman, Tuey), 10:56.36
Pole vault — 1. Selam Ball, 10-0; 2. Hannah Middleton, 9-6
Long jump — 4. Loera, 14-3 1/4
Triple jump — 5. Niederee, 28-11
Discus — 6. Laura Black, 87-4
