BUHLER — The Great Bend High School girls’ track and field team took first place with 133.5 points on Thursday at the Buhler Invitational.
The Lady Panthers finished 18.5 points ahead of second-place Goddard.
“Overall I think the meet went real well,” GBHS head coach Bo Black said. “The girls competed real well on Thursday. It was one of the bigger meets we’ve been to this year and to win, we were very pleased.
“The boys competed well, too.”
Alex Reed’s return headlined the boys division for Great Bend, which took third place, scoring 82 points. The defending Class 5A state champion the past two years in the 400-meter dash, Reed won that event at Buhler in a time of 50.88 seconds, beating Hays’ Ebu Camera (51.36).
Reed also competed in the 4x100 relay and the 4x400 relay.
“This was his first full meet coming back,” Black said. “He competed a couple of relays as well as the 400 dash. I thought he did very good for his first time back.
“He still has a ways to go before he is back. We wanted him competing by April 21 and we’ve done that. I think it’s just a matter of him trusting that he can run at full speed again.”
The Lady Panthers were led by Rubi Torres, who finished in first place in the 1,600 run with a time of 5:35.51. Torres also took second place in the 800, crossing the finish line at 2:29.31.
“She also competed in the 4x800 and 4x400 relays,” Black said of Torres. “All of our distance runners did well on Thursday. Kaitlyn Tuey had some good finishes as well, but the girls track team is really led by Rubi.”
Tuey took second in the 3,200 (12:28.73) and fourth in the 1,600 (5:49.17).
Jacy Quade continues to dominate the field events for the Lady Panthers, taking first place in the shot put and the discus.
“She is a young lady who continues to get better every day out there,” Black said of Quade. “She leads our field events, but we got some good points from our pole vaults and triple jumps.”
In the shot put, Quade reached a distance of 38 feet, 1 1/2 inches and she threw the discus a distance of 126-3.
Great Bend competes again on Friday in Hutchinson, one of only two meets before the Western Athletic Conference meet in Dodge City.
“We strive really hard to peak at the right time, which is at the conference meet,” Black said. “I think we made great strides towards doing that on Thursday in Buhler.”

BUHLER INVITATIONAL
Thursday
At Buhler
 BOYS
Team standings
1. Hays, 208; 2. Buhler, 90; 3. Great Bend, 82; 4. Goddard, 81.5; 5. Andover, 68; 6. Dodge City, 65l 7. Wichita Collegiate, 29; 8. Maize South, 28; 9. Salina Central, 21.5; 10. Andover, 20; 11. Salina South, 4.
 
Individual (Top 3)
& Great Bend results
100-meter dash — 1. Brendan Criner, Maize South, 11.45; 2. Sheldon LeShore, Great Bend, 11.46; 3. JP Lohrentz, Buhler, 11.58.
200 dash — Ebu Camera, Hays, 23.17; 2. Sheldon LeShore, 23.38; 3. Sam Massey, Buhler, 23.6.
400 dash — 1. Alex Reed, Great Bend, 50.88; 2. Ebu Camera, Hays, 51.36; 3. JP Lohrentz, Buhler, 51.45; 8. Mauricio Uribe, Great Bend, 53.88.
800 run — 1. Tanner Staab, Hays, 2:01.31; 2. Eric Stumon, Hays, 2:02.43; 3. Oscar Carmona, Dodge City 2:05.23.
1,600 run — 1. Seth Tophoj, Hays, 4:37.19; 2. Ethan Fort, Hays, 4:37.21; 3. Manuel Ultreas, Dodge City, 5:07.82; 8. Chon Chavez, Great Bend, 4:44.23.
3,200 run — 1. Seth Tophoj, Hays, 10:21.30; 2. Michael Just, Andover, 10:21.65; 3. Eric Lightfott, Andover Central, 10:26.11.
110 hurdles — 1. Adam Deterding, Hays, 15.19; 2. Matthew Moyd, Great Bend, 15.25; 3. Cole Krethmar, Andover Central, 15.73.
300 hurdles — 1. Cole Kretchmar, Andover, 41.21; 2. Isaiah Bradshaw, Dodge City, 41.85; 3. Lucas Fitch, Andover Central, 42.67; 7. Matt Moyd, Great Bend, 43.91.
Triple jump — 1. Nick Betts, Goddard, 47-0.
Long jump — 1. Isaiah Bradshaw, 19-11 3/4; 2. Allen Riley, Buhler, 19-11 3/4; 3. Jordan Windholtz, Hays, 19-11 1/2.
High jump — 1. Adam Deterding, Hays, 6-6; 2. Derek Bixeman, Hays, 6-2; 3. Zach Bush, Goddard, 5-10.
Pole Vault — 1. Andrew Pope, Buhler, 13-6; 2. Brady Baumgarn, Hays, 13-0; 3. Simon Sullivan, Great Bend, 13-0; 4. Chris Burley, Great Bend, 13-0.
Shot put — 1. David Simmons, Great Bend, 53-5 1/2; 2. Zach Gaughan, Hays, 52-1; 3. Cade Sharp, Hays, 49-0.
Discus — 1. Zach Guaghan, Hays, 156-9; 2. Cade Sharp, Hays, 147-11; 3. Bryce Sonday, Dodge City, 146-4 1/2.
Javelin — 1. Austin Novotny, Buhler, 155-1; 2. Simon Sullivan, Great Bend, 152-7; 3. Jordan Stiles, Buhler, 148-10.
4x100 — 1. Buhler, 44.14; 2. Goddard, 44.71; 3. Hays, 44.78; 4. GBHS relay (LeShore, Reed, Blair (Yager), Moyd), 44.89.
4x400 relay — 1. Hays, 3:27.57; 2. Buhler, 3:29.04; 3. Goddard, 3:37.46; 5. GBHS relay (Uribe, Burley, LeShore, Reed), 3:40.57.
4x800 relay — 1. Hays, 8:08.43; 2. Goddard, 8:32.86; 3. Great Bend (Chavez, Valenzuela, Garcia, M.Sullivan), 8:35.5
 
GIRLS
Team standings
1. Great Bend 133.5; 2. Goddard, 115; 3. Dodge City, 101.5; 4. Buhler, 80; 5. Hays, 74; 6. Andover Central, 52; 7. Maize South, 38; 8. Andover 30; 8. Wichita Collegiate, 30; 10. Salina South 22; 11. Salina Central, 15.
 
 
Individual (Top 3)
& Great Bend results
100 dash — 1 Kierra Johnson, Dodge City, 12:61; 2. Natali Engle, Goddard, 12.95; 3. Hannah Grubbs, Maize South, 12.97.
200 dash — 1. Kierra Johnson, Dodge City, 27.17; 2. Karissa Severud, Buhler, 27.92; 3. Kylie Williams, Maize South, 28.34; 5. Hannah Wondra, Great Bend, 28.93.
400 dash — 1. Natali Engle, Goddard, 1:00.31; 2. Rachel Grubbs, Maize South, 1:00.68; 3. Hannah Wondra, Great Bend, 1:02.82.
800 run — 1. Bailey Zimmerman, Hays, 2:28.12; 2. Rubi Torres, Great Bend, 2:29.31; 3. Sydney Lower, Wichita Collegiate, 2:33.13.
1,600 run — 1. Rubi Torres, Great Bend, 5:35.51; 2. Megan Ballinger, Goddard, 5:40.87; 3. Caitlyn Hollinger, Goddard, 5:41.32.
3,200 run — 1. Megan Ballinger, Goddard, 12:52.52; 2. Kaitlynn Tuey, Great Bend, 12:28.73; 3. Jesse Eaton, Dodge City, 13:31.60.
100 hurdles — 1. Summer Wilson, Dodge City, 16.6; 2. Brenna Briggs, 17.24; 3. Allie Niederee, Great Bend, 17.34; 5. Maggie Loera, Great Bend, 18.21.
300 hurdles — 1. Hannah Grubbs, Maize South, 50.62; 2. Allie Niederee, Great Bend, 51.95; 3. Jordan Koehn, Dodge City, 52.37; 5. Maggie Loera, Great Bend, 53.95.
High jump — 1. Summer Wilson, Dodge City, 5-0; 2. Kimberly, Andover, 4-10; 2. Wendy Zimmerman, Hays, 4-10; 5. Sara McAfee, Great Bend, 4-8; 7. Alexandrea Eye, Great Bend, 4-4.
Long jump — 1. Stephanie Knab, Andover Central, 15-11; 2. Bree Kiser, Hays, 11-3 1/2; 3. Ciara VanBruggen, Buhler, 15-3 1/4.
Triple Jump — 1. Wendy Zimmerman, Hays, 34-2 1/2; 2. Sabrina Hurtado, Dodge City, 30-4; 3. Selam Bail, Great Bend, 29-5; 5. Sara McAfee, Great Bend, 30-8 1/2.
Pole vault — 1. Holly Holland, Buhler, 9-6; 2. Hannah Middleton, Great Bend, 8-6; 3. Sydni Pfannenstiel, Hays, 7-6; 5. Selam Ball, Great Bend, 7-6.
Discus — 1. Jacy Quade, Great Bend, 126-3; 2. Abagayle Spilinek, Goddard, 117-1 1/2; 3. Rebecca Oberley, Dodge City, 106-5 1/2; 5. Abby Mitchell, Great Bend, 96-8 1/2.
Shot put — 1. Jacy Quade, Great Bend, 38-1 1/2; 2. Brae Stiverson, Andover Central, 35-7 1/2; 3. Abagayle Spilinek, Goddard, 34-2 1/2.
Javelin — 1. Abagayle Spilinek Abagayle, Goddard, 115-8; 2. Alexa Fritz, Andover, 113-1; 3. Emily Webb, Salina South, 105-3.
4x100 relay — 1. Dodge City, 51.21; 2. Maize South, 51.86; 3. Hays, 52; 6. GBHS relay (Langer, McAfee, Ryan, Wondra), 54.78.
4x400 — 1. Goddard 4:19.28; 2. Great Bend (Wondra, Bates, Niederee, Torres), 4:19.82; 3. Wichita Collegiate, 4:31.96.
4x800 relay — 1. Great Bend (Heilman, Torres, Harwood, Basye), 10:25.40; 2. Hays, 10:30.72; 3. Buhler, 10:33.91.

— Kevin Price