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Great Bend runner Depenbusch wins two WAC events
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Two-time WAC champion Kerby Depenbusch

DODGE CITY — Great Bend distance runner Kerby Depenbusch swept the 1,600 meters (4:38.68) and 3,200 (10:17.05) to win the Western Athletic Conference track titles Thursday.
Great Bend won the 3,200-meter relay (8:28.24) with Eric Vazquez, Connor Griffith, Jesus Sanchez and Mason YellowWolf competing.
The Panthers earned a runner-up medal in the 1,600 relay (3:34.75) with YellowWolf, Vazquez, Nick Reed and Deontre Hardiman competing. Jacob Murray threw the javelin a career best 146-9 to finish runner-up.
Liberal’s boys scored 112 points to place first. Great Bend scored 47 points and placed fourth.

WAC MEET
AT DODGE CITY
BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Liberal 112; 2—Garden City 93; 3—Dodge City 89; 4—Great Bend 47; 5—Hays High 34
100—1—Torres, Lib, 10.85; 7—Nick Reed, 11.58
110 hurdles—1—Mullens, Lib, 14.41
200—1—Mullens, Lib, 23.08; 6—Reed, 24.58; 7—Dalton Miller, 24.96; 11—Sam Ryan, 25.69
300 hurdles—1—Mullens, Lib, 40.27
400—1—Torres, Lib, 49.36; 3—Mason YellowWolf, 53.14; 12—Bryce Brown, 57.04; 13—Collin Hammond, 57.45
800—1—Luft, DC, 2:05.03; 3—Eric Vazquez, 2:05.84; 9—Connor Griffith, 2:13.58; 12—Jesus Sanchez, 2:16.01
1,600—1—Kerby Depenbusch, GB, 4:38.68; 10—Ryan Nicholson, 5:08.86; 11—Ray Kuhlman, 5;24.96
3,200—1—Depenbusch, 10:17.05; 9—Sage Cauley, 10:52.04; 11—Justin Owen, 10:55.49
400 relay—1—Dodge City, 44.01; 4—Great Bend, 45.69 (Reed, Miller, Ryan, Brown)
1,600 relay—1—Liberal, 3:29.95; 2—Great Bend, 3:34.75 (YellowWolf, Vazquez, Reed, Deontre Hardiman)
3,200 relay—1—Great Bend, 8:28.24 (Vazquez, Griffith, Sanchez, YellowWolf)
High jump—1—Karlin, GC, 6-2
Long jump—1—Eatmon, Lib, 22-9; 8—Brown, 18-9
Triple jump—1—Eatmon, Lib, 43-21/2; 7—Ryan, 37-10
Javelin—1—Murrison, GC, 162-5; 2—Jacob Murray, 146-9
Shot put—1—Berens, HH, 54-9; 8—Murray, 39-10; 10—Valentin Delgadillo, 38-11/2; 13—Zach Seymour, 36-9
Discus—1—Berens, HH, 160-10; 10—Seymour, 101-2; 12—Koby Schroeder, 86-0; 14—Trevor Fehr, 81-1
Pole vault—1—Huerta, GC, 15-0; 5—Braxton Schooler, 11-6