TOPEKA — Great Bend qualified three relays and three individual qualifiers for the 5A state swimming championship Friday and Saturday.

Great Bend qualified for Saturday's consolation finals with a 14th-place finish (1:51.84) in the 200-yard freestyle relay with Meredith Mazouch, Clarise Snapp, Darcy Feist and Josephine Mazouch. The Panthers were just off their season-best time.

Josephine Mazouch placed 20th in the 50-yard free (26.94) and 100-yard freestyle (59.41). Clarise Snapp placed 20th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:20.83).

Great Bend finished 21st in the 400-yard freestyle relay and 26th in the 200-yard medley relay. All three relays qualified for state at the Salina meet.

PANTHER 5A PRELIMS

50 freestyle—20—Josephine Mazouch, 26.94

100 freestyle—20—Josephine Mazouch, 59.41

100 breaststroke—20—Clarise Snapp, 1:20.83

200 freestyle relay—14—Great Bend, 1:51.84 (Meredith Mazouch, Clarise Snapp, Darcy Feist, Josephine Mazouch) 

200 medley relay—26—Great Bend, 2:11.7 (Meredith Mazouch, Clarise Snapp, Emma Snapp, Darcy Feist)

400 freestyle relay—21—Great Bend, 4:17.9 (Meredith Mazouch, Braylee Carper, Darcy Feist, Josephine Mazouch)