EL DORADO  — The Great Bend High School Panthers swim team had another successful swim meet in El Dorado on Friday, where they finished in first place by 131 points.
The Panthers won all three relays, including a state-qualifying time in the 400-yard freestyle relay set by Ian Sheppard, Kort Cook, Kade Cook and Justin Kuhlman.
“We swept the relay events, and  I was really pleased with out “B” relays,” Great Bend head coach Steve Beaumont said. “They continue to work hard and turned in some great relay splits.”
Beaumont said that he was pleased with Ky Heeke’s performance, including a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle, a third-place finish in the 500 freestyle and a vital part of the Panthers’ “B” relays.
“Ky Heeke had an outstanding meet for us in the distance freestyle events,” Beaumont said. “He just continues to improve every race.”
The Panthers also continue to get quality races from Dylan Dreiling and Ian Sheppard.
“Dylan Dreiling and Ian Sheppard both swam well for us and Justin Kuhlman continues to swim solidly for us wherever we put him,” Beaumont said.

El Dorado Swim Invite
Team results
1. Great Bend, 420; 2. Newton, 289; 3. Derby, 258; 4. Winfield, 124; 5. Wichita Trinity Academy, 112; 6. El Dorado, 106; 7. Thomas More Prep-Marian, 44.
GBHS results
200-yard medley relay
1. GBHS “A” relay (Kort Cook, Michael Haines, Kade Cook, Josh Prescott), 1:53.59; 6. GBHS “B” relay (Nick Moyers, Kyle Bussen, Jacob Simmons, Nick Elliott), 2:11.59; GBHS “C” relay (Tristan Yount, Cory Merten, R.J. Seidel, Kyle Riggs), 2:27.57.
200 freestyle
1. Ian Sheppard, 2:05.83; 2. Ky Heeke, 2:07.48; 4. Nick Moyers 2:23.34.
200 individual medley
1. Justin Kuhlman, 2:16.75; 2. Kort Cook, 2:19.84; 10. Kyle Bussen, 2:45.87.
50 freestyle
4. Josh Prescott, 25.90; 5. Dylan Dreiling, 26.39; 9. Jonathon Baker, 27.27; Nick Elliott, 28.34; Andrew Koster, 29.19; Cory Merten, 29.69; Tristan Yount, 30.49; Nathan Brungardt, 31.42; David harris, 32.10; Jake Kohman, 32.37; R.J. Siedel, 32.50; Paden Thornburgh, 33.28; Austin Levingston, 36.50.
100 Butterfly
1. Kade Cook, 1:01.92; 2. Michael Haines, 1:04.81.
100 Freestyle
1. Ian Sheppard, 54.75; 2. Josh Prescott, 57.15; 3. Dylan Dreiling, 59.83; 10. Andrew Koster, 1:07.83; Kyle Riggs, 1:08.45.
500 Freestyle
2. Kort Cook, 5:54.21; 3. Ky Heeke, 6:05.87; 6. Nathan Brungardt, 6:51.23.
200 Freestyle relay
1. GBHS “A” relay (Ian Sheppard, Josh Prescott, Michael Haines, Justin Kuhlman), 1:41.49; 3. GBHS “B” relay (Dylan Dreiling, Jonathan Baker, Nick Elliott, Ky Heeke), 1:47.99; 8. GBHS “C” relay (Jacob Simmons, Andrew Koster, R.J. Seidel, Kyle Riggs), 2:01.30; 12. GBHS “D” relay (Jake Kohman, David Harris, Austin Levingston, Paden Thornburgh), 2:19.60.
100 Backstroke
1. Justin Kuhlman, 59.27; 3. Kade Cook, 1:04.09; 6. Nick Moyers, 1:15.40.
100 Breaststroke
2. Michael Haines, 1:12.34; 9. Kyle Bussen, 1:23.90; 10. Nick Elliott, 1:25.19.
400 Freestyle relay
1. GBHS “A” relay (Ian Sheppard, Kort Cook, Kade Cook, Justin Kuhlman), 3:41.62; 3. GBHS “B” relay (Dylan Dreiling, Jonathan Baker, Nick Moyers, Ky Heeke), 4:01.49; 8. GBHS “C” relay (Cory Merten, Nathan Brungardt, Tristan Yount, Andrew Koster), 4:40.29.