Hutchinson Swim Meet
Team results
1. Great Bend, 444; 2. Hutchinson, 336; 3. Hays, 238; 4. El Dorado, 123.
Great Bend results
200-yard medley relay
1. GBHS “A” relay (Kort Cook, Michael Haines, Ian Sheppard, Josh Prescott), 1:54.32; 5. GBHS “B” relay (Nick Moyers, Nick Elliott, Jacob Simmons, Dylan Dreiling), 2:11.49; 7. GBHS “C” relay (Tristan Yount, Cory Merten, Nathan Brungardt, Paden Thornburgh), 2:35.33.
200 freestyle
1. Justin Kuhlman, 2:01.46; 2. Ky Heeke, 2:09.12; 5. Kyle Bussen, 2:22.94; 8. Cory Merten, 2:43.12; 9. Andrew Koster, 2:47.68; 10. Kyle Riggs, 2:47. 81; 12. Tristan Yount, 2:52.38; 13. Jake Kohman, 2:53.45.
200 individual medley
1. Kade Cook, 2:19.44; 2. Michael Haines, 2:19.80; 7. Nick Moyers, 2:48.64; Jacob Simmons, 2:51.10.
50 freestyle
2. Ian Sheppard, 25.01; 4. Josh Prescott, 26.45; 5. Dylan Dreiling, 26.48; 7. Jonathan Baker, 26.87; 11. David Harris, 31.00; 23. Austin Levingston, 37.38.
100 butterfly
1. Justin Kuhlman, 1:02.01; 2. Kort Cook, 1:03.41; 5. Nathan Brungardt, 1:24.61.
100 freestyle
2. Kade Cook, 54.69; 3. Ian Sheppard, 54.88; 8. Jonathan Baker, 1:02.64; 11. Nick Elliott, 1:06.73; 12. Andrew Koster, 1:09.98; 16. David Harris, 1:15.88; 18. Jacob Simmons, 1:17.76; 19. Paden Thornburgh, 1:17.99; 23. Austin Levingston, 1:22.85.
500 freestyle
1. Michael Haines, 5:44.65; 5. Nick Moyers, 6:50.06; 7. Jake Kohman, 8:14.43.
200 freestyle relay
1. GBHS “A” relay (Justin Kuhlman, Josh Prescott, Kade Cook, Ian Sheppard), 1:39.78; 3. GBHS “B” relay (Jonathan Baker, Kyle Bussen, Nick Elliott, Dylan Dreiling), 1:49. 52; 6. GBHS “C” relay (Kyle Riggs, Cory Merten, Ky Heeke, Andrew Koster), 1:54.16; GBHS “D” relay (Paden Thornburgh, David Harris, Austin Levingston, Jake Kohman), 2:21.39.
100 backstroke
1. Kort Cook, 1:03.77; 3. Ky Heeke, 1:09.23; 4. Josh Prescott, 1:12.70; 7. Nathan Brungardt, 1:20.34; 8. Tristan Yount, 1:31.53.
100 breaststroke
4. Kyle Bussen, 1:24.90; 5. Nick Elliott, 1:25.96; 6. Kyle Riggs, 1:29.51; 8. Cory Merten, 1:35.40; Dylan Dreiling, 1:28.38.
400 freestyle relay
1. GBHS “A” relay (Kade Cook, Ky Heeke, Kort Cook, Justin Kuhlman), 3:49.82; 3. GBHS “B” relay (Michael Haines, Jonathan Baker, Andrew Koster, Nick Moyers), 4:14.00; 6. GBHS “C” relay (Jacob Simmons, Nathan Brungardt, Paden Thornburgh, Tristan Yount), 5:04.64.
The Great Bend High School boys’ swim team has finished in first place in every swim meet it has attended since finishing second to Salina South in the season opener.
Tuesday’s meet in Hutchinson was no different.
The Panthers took first place with 444 points, 108 points ahead of second-place Hutchinson.
Overall, the Panthers had 31 time improvements, meaning 37 percent of the team’s times were improved, but Panthers head coach Steve Beaumont said that 37 percent wasn’t enough.
“Our goal is 50 percent,” Beaumont said. “I think the last two meets we’ve been underneath 40 percent. It is a little lower than we’d like to see, but I’m not terribly concerned.”
The Hutchinson meet was an opportunity for Beaumont to give some different kids a chance at events they usually don’t swim.
“We swam OK,” Beaumont said. “It wasn’t our best meet in terms of our time, but we knew how we’d stack up against most of the teams at the meet so we used the opportunity to mix things up.
“We try to get new kids in new races. It helps us build some more depth.”
The Panthers are on hiatus until Jan. 12, when Great Bend travels to Manhattan. Beaumont said the team is progressing well.
“I think we’re where we need to be right not,” Beaumont said. “Coming in, we had some question marks about who was going to fill in holes left from last year, but I think we have those spots filled. We’re on track.”
