WICHITA — The Great Bend High School boys’ swim team finished in sixth place in the 17-team field of the Wichita Northwest meet on Saturday.
The Panthers finished with 146 points to fall behind first-place Maize, which scored 412 points.
Justin Kuhlman was the top individual finisher, taking fourth place in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of one minute, 58.91 seconds.
Great Bend’s “A” relay team in the 200 medley relay, comprised of Kuhlman, Michael Haines, Ky Heeke and Kade Cook, entered the race as the 15th seed in the event. They took fourth place, touching in at 1:50.84.
— Kevin Price
HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING
At Wichita Northwest
Saturday
BOYS
Team results
1. Maize, 412; 2. Derby, 274; 3. Hutchinson, 162 4. Newton, 157; 5. Maize South, 148; 6. Great Bend, 146; 7. Bishop Carrol, 138; 8. Wichita Heights, 129; 9. Wichita Northwest, 122.5; 10. Wichita North, 112; 11. Hutchinson Trinity, 99.5; 12. Wichita South, 96; 13. Salina South, 89; 14. Wichita Independent, 80; 15. Salina Central, 70; 16. Wichita Collegiate, 68; 17. Maize junior varsity, 1.
GBHS results
200-yard medley relay
4. GBHS “A” relay (Justin Kuhlman, Michael Haines, Ky Heeke, Kade Cook), 1:50.84; 23. GBHS “B” relay (Nick Moyers, Kyle Bussen, Jake Kohman, Nathan Brungardt), 2:08.46; 40. GBHS “C” relay (Nick Porter, David Webster, Alex Bratic, Chris Falck), 2:47.17.
200 freestyle
4. Justin Kuhlman, 1:58.91; 22. Nick Moyers, 2:14.25; 32. Tristan Yount, 2:23.94.
200 individual medley
10. Michael Haines, 2:21.03; 25. Nathan Brungardt, 2:42.34; 26. Cory Merten, 2:43.53.
50 freestyle
18. Dylan Dreiling, 25.36; 34. Kyle Bussen, 27.10; 51. Alex Bratic, 30.75; 59. JB Slater, 35.27.
100 fly
5. Kade Cook, 1:00.73; 27. Tristan Yount, 1:17.98; 35. Jake Kohman, 1:23.95.
100 freestyle
20. Dylan Dreiling, 56.64; 49. Nick Porter, 1:10.46; 55. Alex Freund, 1:15.25.
500 freestyle
11. Ky Heeke, 5:44.26.
200 freestyle relay
10. GBHS “A” relay (Dylan Dreiling, Michael Haines, Kyle Bussen, Ky Heeke), 1:42.02; 24. GBHS “B” relay (Nick Moyers, Tristan Yount, Nick Porter, Cory Merten), 1:51.26; 46. GBHS “C” relay (David Webster, Chris Falck, JB Slater, Alex Freund), 2:23.15.
100 backstroke
6. Justin Kuhlman, 59.58; 12. Kade Cook, 1:04.05; 17. Nick Moyers, 1:06.39.
100 breaststroke
7. Michael Haines, 1:11.63; 25. Kyle Bussen, 1:21.94; 45. Alex Bratic, 1:36.90.
400 freestyle relay
4. GBHS “A” relay (Justin Kuhlman, Ky Heeke, Dylan Dreiling, Kade Cook), 3:36.87; GBHS “B” relay (Tristan Yount, Nathan Brungardt, Jake Kohman, Cory Merten), 4:19.20.
Great Bend swim team takes sixth
High school swimming