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Panthers Lashley, Schroeter win WAC titles
2026 Western Athletic cross country
Brogan Lashley
Panther Brogan Lashley - photo by JIM MISUNAS Great Bend Tribune

DODGE CITY — Great Bend's Decorah Schroeter (14:55.34) defended her Western Athletic Conference cross country title to spark the Panthers to its record-breaking sixth consecutive league championship and 20th in school history.

The Panthers (38) required all five runners with a 5-point victory over Dodge City (43). Great Bend's senior runners are the third consecutive class to sweep four straight titles.

Third-place Bella Long (16:04.5) fourth-place Sydney Stein (16:06.11) and ninth-place Samantha Negaard (16:41.96) earned top 10 medals for the second consecutive year in the 4-kilometer race. Panther Sydney James (17:54.49) placed 21st.

PANTHER BOYS — Great Bend's Brogan Lashley (17:08.76) edged Dodge City's Gerardo Gamez Mora (17:09.02) in a photo finish for the Western Athletic cross country title.

GREAT BEND—15—Noah Kaiser, 18:15.1; 16—Isaac Aldana, 18:16.53; —Julian Hernandez, 18:17.34; 21—Alexis Garcia, 18:37.49; 33—Deacon Singleton, 19:45.35.

WESTERN ATHLETIC GIRLS

TEAM TOTALS1—Great Bend 38; 2—Dodge CIty 43; 3—Garden City 97; 4—Hays High 81; 5—Liberal 92

TOP 10 MEDALISTS 4K—1—Decorah Schroeter, GB, 14:55.34; 2—Springer, DC, 15:35.51; 3—Bella Long, GB, 16:04.5; 4—Sydney Stein, GB, 16:06.11; 6—Carroll, Lib, 16:09.97; 7—Barragan, DC, 16:13.93; 8—Romero, GC, 16:24.86; 9—Samantha Negaard, GB, 16:41.96; 10—Yarmer, Hays, 16:52.76.

GREAT BEND—21—Sydney James, 17:54.49; 23—McKenzie Gwin, 17:57.51; 29—Alyssa Prendergast, 18:39.22; 30—Rhayna Jording, 18:43.9; 34—Mia Bauer, 19:24.77; 40—Emma Hammeke, 20:20.69.

WESTERN ATHLETIC BOYS

TEAM TOTALS—1—Garden City 38; 2—Hays High 40; 3—Dodge City 59; 4—Great Bend 70; 5—Liberal 113.

TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Brogan Lashley, GB, 17:08.76; 2—Gerardo Gamez Mora, DC, 17:09.02; 3—Zimmerman, Hays, 17:18.37; 4—Werth, Hays, 17:19.82; 5—Argueta, GC, 17:29.22; 6—Delgado, GC, 17:32.71; 7—Boyd, GC, 17:35.67; 8—Marquez, DC, 17:44.75; 9—Hoff, GC, 17:50.28; 10—Dreiling, Hays, 17:50.71.

GREAT BEND—15—Noah Kaiser, 18:15.1; 16—Isaac Aldana, 18:16.53; 17—Julian Hernandez, 18:17.34; 21—Alexis Garcia, 18:37.49; 33—Deacon Singleton, 19:45.35.