DODGE CITY — Great Bend runners Kerby Depenbusch (16:16.8) and Karen Razo (15:13.5) captured Western Athletic Conference cross country titles Thursday at Mariah Hills Golf Course.
Depenbusch avenged an earlier home loss with a victory over Garden City runners Marcus Tula (16:23.8) and Erik Chaparro (16:35.2). Depenbusch improved his time by 30 seconds over his first home meet. Great Bend’s Eric Vazquez (17:10.87) was ninth medalist.
Dodge City captured the team title (33) with Garden City second (44). Great Bend finished third (70) with Connor Griffith, 12th, 17:35.71; Sage Cauley, 22nd, 18.04.91; and Ryan Nicholson, 26th, 18:29.22, also counting in the team score.
Great Bend’s Razo beat Liberal’s Cameryn Slatten (15:32.1) by 18 seconds. Liberal’s girls (53) edged Dodge City (60) and Garden City (61) in a tight team race.
Panthers also counting in the team score were McKenna Esfeld, 12th, 16:44.0; Paloma Sandoval, 20th, 17.07.6; Angela Enriguez, 21st, 17:07.6 and Ema Millard,. 29th, 18.01.1.

WESTERN ATHLETIC
BOYS VARSITY
TEAM SCORES—1—Dodge City 33; 2—Garden City 44; 3—Great Bend 70; 4—Hays High 102; 5—Liberal 108
TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1. Kerby Depenbusch, GB, 16:16.8; 2—Marcus Tula, GC, 16:23.8; 3—Erik Chaparro, GC, 16:35.2; 4—Marcelo Cruz, DC, 16:41.3; 5—Alejandro Ultreras, DC, 16;50.2; 6—Jason Luft, DC, 16:53.1; 7—Javier Cervantes, GC, 17:00.3; 8—Brett Groth, DC, 17:07.3; 9—Eric Vazquez, GB, 17:10.7; 10—Javier Marquez, DC, 17:11.3
GREAT BEND RESULTS—12—Connor Griffith, 17:35.71; 22—Sage Cauley, 18.08.5; 26—Ryan Nicholson, 18:29.2; 29—Ray Kuhlman, 18:51.9; 31—Josh Tomlin, 19:02.7

VARSITY GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Liberal 53; 2—Dodge City 60; 3—Garden City 61; 4—Hays High 80; 5—Great Bend 83
TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Karen Razo, GB, 15:13.5; 2—Camryn Slatten, Liberal, 15:32.1; 3—Katie Horyna, Liberal, 15:44.7; 4—Marie Reveles, Hays, 15:52.6; 5—Mikaylee Longoria, GC, 16:00.2; 6—Ayanna Hensley, DC, 16:17.3; 7—Coral Neave, DC, 16:18.2; 8—Aileen Gurrola, GC, 16:30.0; 9—Ametrica Garcia, DC, 16:36.1; 10—Saw Ahmara, Liberal, 16:40.8
GREAT BEND RESULTS—12—McKenna Esfeld, 16:44.0; 20—Paloma Sandoval, 17.07.6; 21—Angela Enriguez, 17:07.6; 29—Ema Millard, 18.01.1; 34—Jaclynn Schroeder, 18:42.0; 35—LaCora Bryant, 19:00.2

JV GIRLS
TEAM SCORES—1—Dodge City 19; 2—Garden City 41; 3—Liberal 82
TOP 5 MEDALISTS—1—Andrea Verela, DC, 17:27.9; 2—Ailyn Gomez, GC, 17:35.0; 3—Denise Dominguez, DC, 17;35.2; 4—Caroline Williams, DC, 17:43.7; 5—Shahira Sanchez, DC, 17:53.3
GREAT BEND RESULTS—28—Calista Long, 19:35.4; 34—Jaci Bacon, 19:50.9; 45—Katelyn Schrerer, 20:39.0; 48—Ruth Reyes, 20:53.0

JV BOYS
TEAM SCORES—1—Dodge City 29; 2—Garden City 37; 3—Hays High 92 (32); 4—Great Bend 92 (34); 5—Liberal 121
TOP 5 MEDALISTS—1—Sotero Salazar, GC, 17:51.8; 2—Montel Love, DC, 18:09.1; 3—Giovanni Valverde, DC, 18;14.0; 4—Brandon Montoya, DC, 18;23.0; 5—Jair Martinez, DC, 18:23.1
GREAT BEND RESULTS—9—Alex Smith, 19:02.6; 18—Rigo Miranda, 19:43.3; 21—Justin Owen, 19:56.4; 27—Daniel Abbot, 22:20.0; 28—Quan Garcia, 23:20.1; 66—Nate Dawes 21:45.3; 97—Eli Hutchinson, 24:06.1