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Panthers capture first at McPherson meet
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McPHERSON — The Great Bend High School boys’ track and field team won the McPherson meet on Thursday evening.
The Panthers finished with 160 points, topping Wichita North’s 115 points.
The Lady Panthers finished with in sixth place with 34 points.
Great Bend’s boys had six first-place finishes.
Antonio Carrasco won the 400-meter dash, clocking in at 52.33.
Cristian Garcia placed first in the 800 run at 2:03.34.
Jayce Brack won the shot put with a heave of 60-11.
All three of the Panthers’ relay teams won their events.
Garcia, Carrasco, Nick Gerdes and Ty Yager combined to win the 4x100 (44.75) and the 4x400 (3:34.72).
Garcia joined Keaton Elliott, Bobby Chavez and Michael Prieto in the 4x800 relay, crossing the finish line at 8:34.94 for first place.
The Lady Panthers’ top finisher was the 4x800 relay team of Mariah Stein, Kaylan Lagerman, Mary Williams and Morgan Harwood. They combined to win the event with a time of 10:36.04.

                                        — Kevin Price

PREP TRACK & FIELD
McPherson meet

Thursday
At McPherson

BOYS
Team scores
1. Great Bend, 160; 2. Wichita North, 115; 3. Valley Center, 111; 4. McPherson, 104; 5. Pratt, 85; 6. Newton, 30; 7. Goddard Eisenhower, 28

Great Bend results
100-meter dash — 6. Cal Marshall, 11.80
200 dash — 3. Antonio Carrasco, 23.74; 6. Marshall, 24.62
400 dash — 1. Carrasco, 52.33; 2. Ty Yager, 53.88; 5. Nick Gerdes, 55.34
800 run — 1. Cristian Garcia, 2:03.34; 3. Eric Vazquez, 2:10.40; 6. Mason Yellowwolf, 2:14.09
1,600 run — 3. Christian Graham, 4:51.67; 7. Quinton Elliott, 4:58.70
3,200 run — 2. Graham, 10:30.72; 4. Q. Elliott, 10:50.73
110 hurdles 7. Mason Sateren, 18.26
300 hurdles — 5. Jeffery Muiruri, 46.12
1,500 steeplechase — 5. Vazquez, 5:06.39; 7. Earving Morales, 5:11.70
4x100 relay — 1. GBHS (Garcia, Gerdes, Yager, Carrasco), 44.75
4x400 relay — 1. GBHS (Gerdes, Garcia, Yager, Carrasco), 3:34.72
4x800 relay — 1. GBHS  (Garcia, K. Elliott, Prieto, Chavez), 8:34.94
Long jump — 3. Keaton Elliott, 19-1.5
Triple jump — 2. K. Elliott, 39-7
High jump — 2. Yager, 5-6
Pole vault — 4. Cameron Jackson, 10-0; 6. Isaiah Davis, 9-6
Shot put — 1. Jayce Brack, 60-11.5; 5. Zane Pierce, 43-11.5
Discus — 2. Brack, 166-11; 3. Nick Warren, 152-8

GIRLS
Team scores
1. McPherson, 132; 2. Valley Center, 129; 3. Goddard-Eisenhower, 96; 4. Pratt, 90; 5. Wichita North, 82; 6. Great Bend, 34; 7. Newton, 31

Great Bend results
100-meter dash — 7. Shelby Tracy, 14.20
200 dash — 7. Tracy, 30.56
800 run — 4. Kaylan Lagerman, 2:36.85; 5. Mariah Stein, 2:37.84
1,600 run — 3. Stein, 5:53.71
3,200 run — Mary Williams, 12.50.49
4x800 relay — 1. GBHS (Stein, Lagerman, Williams, Harwood), 10:36.04
Long jump — 3. Tracy, 15-5.25
Triple jump — 7. Mikayla Lang, 27-9.5