Panther swimmers capture WAC title
BY JIM MISUNAS
HAYS – Great Bend’s swimmers won seven individual events and three relays to dominate the Western Athletic Conference title with 249 points. Dodge City was second with 147 points.
Dawson Clark –1st, 100 butterfly, 100 back
Jordan Boone—1st, 200 freestyle
Isaac Panzer—1st, 50 freestyle
Connor Furrey—1st, 500 freestyle
Sean Williams –1st, 100 breaststroke
Corey Harbaugh—1st, 100 freestyle
Great Bend swept first place in the three relays:
200 free relay—1—Great Bend, 1:39.27 (Phane Pedigo, Corey Harbaugh, Sean Williams, Isaac Panzer); 400 free relay—1—Great Bend, 3:45.55 (Isaac Panzer, Jordan Boone, Connor Furrey, Dawson Clark)
200 medley relay—1—Great Bend, 1:50.82 (Phane Pedigo, Sean Williams, Dawson Clark, Corey Harbaugh)
“I'm thrilled for our seniors who get to finish their swimming careers with a WAC title. They've worked extremely hard. To finally say we are WAC champions, and for some of our swimmers to individual take home WAC titles is really awesome,” said Great Bend coach Steve Beaumont. “We've been waiting for something like this for years, and for it to finally happen is really special. This was such a great way to end our season. I couldn't be happier for this team and these swimmers.”
Beaumont said the team showed some time improvements.
“Overall, we swam well and had a few really nice time improvements to end the season,” he said. “The Hays pool is not a fast pool and a tough place to get fast times.”
Beaumont said he’s hopeful that Garden City and Liberal add boys swimming next year.
Great Bend has qualified individuals and relays in multiple events for the Class 5-1A state meet at Topeka next weekend.
“We are looking forward to the state meet in Topeka and racing against the best swimmers in Kansas.,” he said. “It will be a lot of fun.”
WESTERN ATHLETIC MEET
TEAM TOTALS—1—Great Bend 249; 2—Dodge City 147; 3—Hays High 64
GREAT BEND RESULTS
50 free—1—Isaac Panzer, 23.57; 2—Corey Harbaugh, 24.88; 3—Malachi Williams, 26.56; Wyatt Rugan, 27.1; Cal Marshall, 29.99; Daniel Cervantes, 30.92; Francisco Garcia, 31.81; Jose Reyes, 35.49; Armadno Levya, 37.48
100 butterfly—1—Dawson Clark, 55.61; 4—Isaac Panzer, 1:02.1; 7—Cal Kaiser, 1:13.49
100 free—1—Corey Harbaugh, 55.37; 2—Jordan Boone, 56.01; 4--Wyatt Rugan, 1:01.44; Daniel Abbott, 1:05.21; Jordan Popp, 1:06.68; Francisco Garcia, 1:15.36; Jose Reyes, 1:28.09
100 back—1—Dawson Clark, 1:03.1; 2—Phane Pedigo, 1:04.84; 4—Allan To, 1:14.85
100 breast—1—Sean Williams, 1:11.78; 2—Malachi Williams, 1:15.64; 4—Jordan Popp, 1:27.68
200 free—1—Jordan Boone, 2:03.97; 2—Connor Furrey, 2:09.44; 3—Allen To, 2:13.29
200 IM—2—Phane Pedigo, 2:18.24; 3—Sean Williams, 2:22.41; 8—Cal Kaiser, 2:58.71
500 free—1—Connor Furrey, 5:33.18; 3—Eli Hutchinson, 6:44.0; 4—Eduardo Prado, 6:56.52
200 free relay—1—Great Bend, 1:39.27 (Phane Pedigo, Corey Harbaugh, Sean Williams, Isaac Panzer); 2—Great Bend B, 1:48.73 (Jordan Boone, Wyatt Rugan, Jordan Popp, Malachi Williams); 8—Great Bend C, 2:18.25 (Francisco Garcia, Jose Reyes, Armendo Leyva, Daniel Abbott)
400 free relay—1—Great Bend, 3:45.55 (Isaac Panzer, Jordan Boone, Connor Furrey, Dawson Clark); 3--Great Bend B, 4:11.97 (Wyatt Rugan, Eduardo Prado, Daniel Abbott, Allan To); 6—Great Bend C, 4:48.98 (Daniel Cervantes, Cal Marshall, Cal Kaiser, Francisco Garcia)
200 medley relay—1—Great Bend, 1:50.82 (Phane Pedigo, Sean Williams, Dawson Clark, Corey Harbaugh); 2—Great Bend B, 2:03.71 (Connor Furrey, Malachi Williams, Allen To, Jordan Popp); 5—Great Bend C, 2:18.96 (Eli Hutchinson, Daniel Cervantes, Cal Kaiser, Eduardo Prado)
