HAYS — Great Bend standout Camryn Dunekack captured the 50 freestyle (25.45) and 100 freestyle (56.1) and anchored the winning 200 free relay and 400 free relay to lead the Panther girls to the Western Athletic Conference swimming meet.
Panther Kira Cook captured the 200 freestyle (2:06.8) for Great Bend’s orther individual first-place finish.
The Panthers scored 400 points to beat Garden City (350) for the WAC championship.
The Panthers posted season-best times while winning the 200 free relay (1:49.75) with Kira Cook, Olivia Mull, Sheridan Beaumont and Dunekack; and the 400 free relay (4:03.56) with Cook, Calista Long, Katherine Snapp and Dunekack competing.
Runner-up finishes were earned by Cook, 500 freestyle (5:54.44); and Long, 100 butterfly (1:11.01),
Dunekack has surpassed state-qualifying stanards in the 50 free (25.42), 100 free (55.67), 100 backstroke (1:06.42) and 100 butterfly (1:04.79). Cook has qualified in the 200 free (2:06.8). Three Panther relays have qualified — 200 medley relay (2:05.32) with Dunekack, Cook, Calista Long and Emma Williams; the 200 free relay (1:49.75) with Cook, Olivia Mull, Sheridan Beaumont and Dunekack, and the 400 free relay (4:03.56) with Cook, Long, Katherine Snapp and Dunekack.
The state meet is scheduled May 19-20 at the Topeka-Capitol Federal Natatorium.

WAC MEET
TEAM SCORES—1—Great Bend; 2—Garden City; 3—Dodge City; 4—Hays High
50 freestyle—1—Camryn Dunekack, GB, 25.45; 6—Delaney Buehler, 30.0; 7—Sheridan Beaumont, 30.22; Trista Wilt, 33.88; Jadon Ward, 34.39; Parker Smith, 34.67; Darian Harbaugh, 37.99; Talaya Stout, 45.9
100 backstroke—1—Tull, GC, 1:06.51; 3—Calista Long, 1:12.47; 5—Katherine Snapp, 1:18.5; 8—Elizabeth Linenberger, 1:23.5; Willow Jones, 1:28.3; Parker Smith, 1:36.09
100 breastroke—1—Tull, GC, 1:17.52; 3—Olivia Mull, 1:21.4; 5—Beaumont, 1:25.9; 8—Elizabeth Gerdes, 1:29.99; Darian Harbaugh, 1:39.99; Alyssia Strickland, 1:40.7
100 butterfly—1—Neff, GC, 1:10.08; 2—Long, 1:11.01; 6—Elizabeth Gerdes, 1:21.78; 8—Linenberger, 1:26.96
100 freestyle—1—Dunekack, 56.1; 5—Piper Libeer, 1:07.72; 7—Gentry Schneider, 1:11.2; Strickland, 1:18.16; Ward, 1:20.0; Ema Millard, 1:25.94; Stout, 1:44.66
200 IM—1—Neff, GC, 2:34.82; 3—Mull, 2:44.66; 7—Emma Williams, 2:56.72; 10—Accacia Pedigo, 3:16.26
200 freestyle—1—Kira Cook, GB, 2:06.8; 4—Katherine Snapp, 2:30.77; 6—Piper Libeer, 2:39.01
500 freestyle—1—Flavin, HH, 5:53.79; 2—Cook, 5:54.44; 4—Williams, 6:32.31; 9—Grace Soupiset, 7:24.55
200 free relay—1—GB A, 1:49.75 (Cook, Mull, Beaumont, Dunekack); 3—GB B, 1:59.45 (Libeer, Buehler, Schneider, Gerdes); 6—GB C, 2:10.19 (Hunter Ruppe, Pedigo, Wilt, Monica Lang); GB D, 2:22.16 (Smith, Millard, Strickland, Harbaugh)
200 medley relay—1—DC, 2:04.63; 3—GB A, 2:14.71 (Williams, Mull, Gerdes, Buehler); 4—GB B 2:16.59 (Snapp, Beaumont, Long, Schneider)
400 free relay—1—GB A, 4:03.56 (Cook, Long, Snapp, Dunekack); 4—GB B, 4:37.74 (Williams, Schneider, Lang, Libeer); 6—GB C, 5:10.27 (Ruppe, Linenberger, Pedigo, Soupiset)
GREAT BEND STATE QUALFIERS
50 free—Dunekack (25.42)
100 backstroke—Dunekack, 1:06.42
100 free—Dunekack (55.67)
100 butterfly—Dunekack (1:04.79)
200 free—Kira Cook (2:06.8)
200 medley relay—2:05.32 (Dunekack, Cook, Calista Long, Emma Williams)
200 free relay—1:49.75 (Cook, Mull, Beaumont, Dunekack)
400 free relay—4:03.56 (Cook, Long, Snapp, Dunekack)