HUTCHINSON — The Great Bend High School girls’ swim team finished second at a Hutchinson swim meet on Tuesday evening.
The Lady Panthers finished with 353 points, trailing Andover, which scored 393.
“I was pleased,” GBHS head coach Steve Beaumont said. “We had some good times. I think we’re continuing to show improvement both individually and in our relays.
“We need to pay attention to the details in terms of our turns, starts and finishes. The little things that, come the end of the season, that are going to make a difference.”
Beaumont said he was happy with how his team is competing with three meets remaining in the regular season.
“I think the next two meets are going to be good for us,” Beaumont said. “Our invite, we’re going to have some good competition. We’re at the point in our season where we need good competition to push us.”
Hannah Hildebrand led Great Bend with a pair of first-place finishes — 50-meter freestyle (27.58 seconds) and 100 butterfly (1:06.96).
“She was solid as always,” Beaumont said. “She had a couple good races.”
Hildebrand was also part of the 400 freestyle relay that touched in at 4:14.89 for first place. Allison Damm, Kylee Spray and Michaela Cape swam the other legs of the event.
Cape clocked 1:09.51 in the 100 backstroke, a Class 5-1A state-qualifying time.
“We’ve got several individuals who have qualified this year,” Beaumont said. “Michaela put together a solid race today. We’re proud of her, and Maddie Vesta, Allison Damm, Hannah Hildebrand and all of our relays.
“Brianna Schartz is close on her breaststroke. We’d like her to get that in the next couple meets.”
The Lady Panthers host the Great Bend Invitational at Kirkman Activity Center on Friday, starting at 4 p.m.
Andover, Dodge City, Hays, McPherson, Manhattan, Newton, Salina Central, Salina South and Thomas More Prep Marian will be in attendance.
— Kevin Price
HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING
GIRLS
At Hutchinson
Tuesday
Team standings
1. Andover, 393; 2. Great Bend, 353; 3. Hutchinson, 248; 4. El Dorado, 186; 5. Rose Hill, 70
Great Bend results
200-yard medley relay — 2. GBHS “A” relay (Michaela Cape, Brianna Schartz, Maddie Vesta, Sylvia Ofoma), 2:11.10; 4. GBHS “B” relay (Katy Jerke, Taylor Huslig, Kalyn Blessing, Sarah Mauler), 2:23.79; 10. GBHS “C” relay (Heather Schneider, Morgan Harwood, Rachel Bussen, Georgia Zimmerman), 2:43.15
200 freestyle — 4. Allison Damm, 2:17.55; 8. Jerke, 2:34.28; 9. Blessing, 2:37.64; 13. Anna Frizell, 2:51.26; 17. Amber Basden, 3:06.76; 18. Michala Bieker, 3:14.04
200 individual medley — 7. Brenna Haines, 2:43.97; 8. Vesta, 2:46.52; 9. Kylee Spray, 2:47.51
50 freestyle — 1. Hannah Hildebrand, 27.58; 3. Cape, 28.79; 4. Ofoma, 29.30; 13. Harwood, 33.37; 20. Karah Stewart, 35.50; 21. Zimmerman, 35.63; 24. Estella Schumacher, 36.05; 26. Schneider, 36.38; 33. Maddie Unruh, 40.97
100 butterfly — 1. Hildebrand, 1:06.96; 4. Vesta, 1:11.32; 11. Stewart, 1:39.21
100 freestyle — 3. Damm, 1:02.70; 7. Spray, 1:05.23; 10. Mauler, 1:12.60; 12. Schartz, 1:13.63; 15. Bussen, 1:19.49; 19. Harwood, 1:20.61; 28. Schneider, 1:29.86; 29. Huslig, 1:30.50; 30. Unruh, 1:34.11
500 freestyle — 3. Haines, 6:43.25; 6. Frizell, 7:25.38; 11. Basden, 8:19.18; 12. Schumacher, 8:32.57; 13. Bieker, 8:45.21
200 freestyle relay — 3. GBHS “A” relay (Spray, Damm, Blessing, Hildebrand), 1:56.97; 8. GBHS “B” relay (Schartz, Basden, Bussen, Haines), 2:10.36; 11. GBHS “C” relay (Zimmerman, Jordan Otten, Frizell, Harwood), 2:20.45; 14. GBHS “D” relay (Paige VanSteenburgh, Huslig, Unruh, Bieker), 2:39.34
100 backstroke — 2. Cape, 1:09.51; 4. Jerke, 1:16.90; 7. Ofoma, 1:25.75; 9. Mauler, 1:29.51; 13. Schneider, 1:36.85
100 breaststroke — 2. Schartz, 1:22.89; 3. Blessing, 1:25.96; 7. Huslig, 1:31.51; 11. Zimmerman, 1:36.09
400 freestyle relay — 1. GBHS “A” relay (Damm, Spray, Cape, Hildebrand), 4:14.89; 5. GBHS “B” relay (Haines, Jerke, Basden, Vesta), 4:49.75; 8. GBHS “C” relay (Frizell, Stewart, Schumacher, Bussen), 5:29.85
