GARDEN CITY — Great Bend Panther Kale Mermis (2:39.84) finished runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle at the Garden City Swimming Invitational held Dec. 19.

Panther Mark Sperlein (1:20.99) placed runner-up in the 100-yard butterfly.

Great Bend's 200 freestyle relay placed third (2:05.72) with Matthew Williams, Randy Weber, Sperlein and Mermis. The Panthers' 200-yard medley relay (2:26.35) finished fourth with Logan Urban, Williams, Sperlein and Mermis.

Garden City (427) placed first and Great Bend (146 points) finished fourth.

GARDEN CITY INVITE

TEAM SCORES—1—Garden City 427; 2—Hutchinson 310.5; 3—Dodge City 184.5; 4—Great Bend 146; 5—Liberal 97

GREAT BEND RESULTS

50 freestyle—4—Williams, 28.57; 8—Weber, 32.68; 14—Schartz, 36.76

100 backstroke—10—Weber, 1:45.97; 11—Urban, 1:50.37; 29—Bashor, 1:55.2

100 breaststroke—4—Williams, 1:25.36

100 butterfly—2—Sperlein, 1:20.99

100 freestyle—10—Schartz, 1:21.5; 13—Bashor, 1:30.08; 14—Scheuerman, 1:39.83

200 freestyle—2—Mermis, 2:39.84; 8—Urban, 3:22.77; 10—Scheuerman, 3:30.59

200 IM—4—Sperlein, 2:51.45

500 freestyle—5—Mermis, 7:28.54

200 free relay—3—Great Bend, 2:05.72 (Williams, Weber, Sperlein, Mermis)

200 medley relay—4—Great Bend, 2:26.35 (Urban, Williams, Sperlein, Mermis)

400 free relay—8—Great Bend, 5:38.99 (Schartz, Bashor, Scheuerman, Weber)