The Great Bend Middle School eighth-grade girls earned seven first place medals in the recent Western Athletic Conference track meet. The eighth-grade girls (148) placed runner-up led by head coach Stacey Magnett.
Panther Sydney Stein won the WAC 800 meters (2:31.1) and 3,200 meters (12:32.04). Decorah Schroeter won the 1,600 meters (5:36.67). Other winners were Jaya Stroup, high jump (4-10); Catalina Schenek, discus (102-1); the 800-meter relay (1:55.3) with J'Lynn Bittner, Stroup, Emma Fanshier, Hallie Rodriguez; and the 1,600-meter relay (4:19.73) with Stroup, Emma Fanshier, Stein, Schroeter.
The eighth-grade girls broke seven school records, including relay marks that had lasted 25 and 35 years.
The 800-meter relay (1:54.11) broke the 2000 record (1:54.73) with Bittner, Fanshier, Hallie Rodriguez, Stroup.
The 1,600-meter relay (4:19.73) broke the 2000 record (4:25.0) with Stroup, Schroeter, Fanshier, Stein.
The 1,600-meter medley relay (4:55.01) broke the 1990 record (5:09.05) with Rodriguez, Peyton Smith, Schroeter, Stein.
Other record-breakers included Rodriguez, pole vault (9-6) with the prior record (8-0) in 2004, 2009; Stein, 800 meters (2:31.1) with the prior record in 1999 (2:34.5); Stein, 3,200 meters (12:31.14) broke the previous record (12:36.63) in 1998.
7TH GRADE GIRLS—Genevieve Pivonka captured first place in the 100-meter hurdles (*17.48) and 200-meter hurdles (*33.06).
7TH GRADE BOYS—Wilson Hofflinger captured the discus (106-10).
8TH GRADE BOYS—Eighth-grade WAC champions are Luke Beck, 100-meter hurdles (*15.03); Christian Alcala, long jump (18-91/2)
TEAM SCORES
7TH GIRLS—6—Great Bend 48; 8TH GIRLS—2—Great Bend 131; 7TH BOYS—4—Great Bend 60; 8TH BOYS—4—Great Bend 581/2
GREAT BEND MIDDLE SCHOOL *season best
7TH GIRLS
100m—3—D'Kari Gray, *14.13; 6—Kami Williams, *14.54
100m hurdles—1—Genevieve Pivonka, *17.48; 3—Kyndall Chansler, *17.78
200m hurdles—1—Pivonka, *33.06; 6—K. Chansler, 35.28
400m—4—Pivonka, 1:10.19; 5—Williams, 1:10.74
1,600m relay—2—Great Bend, 4:47.15 (Chansler, Williams, Jacqueline Garay, Pivonka)
8TH GIRLS
100m—5—J'Lynn Bitner, 14.2
100m hurdles—6—Emma Fanshier, 19.66
200m—3—Hallie Rodriguez, 29.52
200m hurdles—2—E. Fanshier, 33.8
400m—3—Jaya Stroup, 1:08.32
800m—1—Sydney Stein, 2:31.1; 2—Decorah Schroeter, 2:35.48
1,600m—1—Schroeter, 5:36.67
3,200m—1—Sydney Stein, *12:32.04
400m relay—3—Great Bend, 56.22 (Bittner, Peyton Smith-Ellis, Hallie Rodriguez, Giselle Leyva Castillo)
800m relay—1—Great Bend, 1:55.3 (Bittner, Jaya Stroup, Fanshier, Rodriguez)
1,600m—1—Great Bend, 4:19.73 (Stroup, E. Fanshier, Stein, Schroeter)
High jump—1—Stroup, 4-10
Long jump—2—Bitner, 14-101/2; 5—Giselle Leyva Castillo, 13-6
Shot put—3—Stevie Mayers, 34-9
Discus—1—Catalina Schenek, 102-1; 3—Mayers, 78-10
Pole vault—3—Peyton Smith-Ellis, 6-6
7TH BOYS
100m hurdles—5—Kason Stone, *17.06
200m—5—Hayden Bulcao, 27.11
400m—4—Hayden Bulcao, 59.66
800m—6—Sebastian Acosta. 2:38.17
400m relay—6—Great Bend, 56.88 (Jett Kern, Jakoby Sundahl, Keelon Anderson, Khalen Richards)
800m relay—5—Great Bend, 2:04.06 (Kern, Sakston Herrera, Sundahl, Anderson)
1,600m relay—2—Great Bend, 4:17.56 (Stone, Reid, Urban, Bulcao)
3,200m—2—Great Bend, 11:07.9 (Troy King, Deacon Singleton, Bentley Peschka, Brayden Bodine)
High jump—5—Acosta, 4-8
Long jump—4—Stone, 15-43/4
Discus—1—Wilson Hofflinger, 106-10
Shot put—2—Hofflinger, 31-5; 3—Carlos Rodriguez, 31-0; 5—Richards, 29-7
8TH BOYS
100m hurdles—1—Luke Beck, *15.03
200m—2—Christian Alcala, 24.96
200m hurdles—2—Beck, 28.02; 5—Zakery Yoder, 32.05
400m—2—Alcala, *56.79; 6—Beck, *58.9
3,200m—6—Eli Leech, 13:13.75
1,600m relay—3—Great Bend, 4:03.33 (Beck, Yoder, Dreiling, Alcala)
Long jump—1—Alcala, 18-91/2; 6—Carter Dreiling, 16-101/2
Triple jump—6—Dreiling, 35-0
Shot put—6—Colby Spore, 35-5
