LENEXA — Great Bend's swimmers recorded season-best times in three events in Saturday's consolation finals in the 5-1A girls state swimming meet.
Emilee Hall moves up three spots to place 11th in the 100-yard backstroke (1:05.24). Josephine Mazouch (58.75) moved up one spot to place 15th in the 100 freestyle.
The Panthers' 200-yard freestyle relay moves up two spots to place 13th (1:49.83) with Josephine Mazouch, Meredith Mazouch, Sydney Kruckenberg and Hall. In the 400-yard freestyle relay Great Bend improved two seconds to place 12th (4:03.99) with Josephine Mazouch, Kruckenberg, Darcy Feist and Hall.
The Panthers scored 26 points and placed 23rd.
Josephine Mazouch won the 50-yard freestyle (26.95) and 100-yard freestyle (58.67) at the WAC Tournament. Hall captured the 100-yard backstroke (1:07.07). The Panthers won the WAC 200-yard freestyle relay (1:50.84) with Josephine Mazouch, Meredith Mazouch, Kruckenberg and Hall.
PANTHER STATE PRELIMS *season best
50 freestyle—19—Josephine Mazouch, *26.83
100 backstroke—14—Emilee Hall, 1:06.05
100 butterfly—20—Hall, *1:06.68
100 freestyle—16—J. Mazouch, 58.97
200 freestyle relay—15—Great Bend, 1:51.56 (Josephine Mazouch, Meredith Mazouch, Sydney Kruckenberg, Emilee Hall)
200 medley relay—21—Great Bend, 2:14.3 (Meredith Mazouch, Clarice Snapp, Darcy Feist, Josephine Mazouch)
400 freestyle relay—12—Great Bend, 4:06.52 (Josephine Mazouch, Sydney Kruckenberg, Darcy Feist, Emilee Hall)
CONSOLATION FINALS *season best
100 backstroke—11—Emilee Hall, *1:05.24
100 freestyle—15—Josephine Mazouch, 58.75
200 freestyle relay—13—Great Bend, *1:49.83 (Josephine Mazouch, Meredith Mazouch, Sydney Kruckenberg, Emilee Hall)
400 freestyle relay—12—Great Bend, *4:03.99 (Josephine Mazouch, Sydney Kruckenberg, Darcy Feist, Emilee Hall)