BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
LAKE BARTON — Great Bend freshman Decorah Schroeter (19:30.85) surprised herself with a third-place finish in her varsity debut at Thursdy's Lake Barton cross country invitational. Schroeter trailed Salina Central medalist Kaylie Shultz (17:47.86), who beat Wichita Carroll runner-up Gwen Sattler (19:07.92) by 79 seconds.
Schroeter enjoyed running in 60-degree weather with winds under 10 mph.
"I didn't expect to place third. It went really well," Schroeter said. "In the middle of the race, I felt tired, but I pushed myself. There was a girl from Carroll right there, and I told myself to go beat her. I ran better than I did during practice."
Schroeter was followed by fifth-place Bella Long (19:44.31) and freshman Sydney Stein (19:44.51), who competed side-by-side the entire 5-kilometer distance. Samantha Negaard (22:20.37) finished 57th and Makenzie Gwin (22:32.67) placed 67th.
Wichita Carroll (45) won the team title and Great Bend (125) finished runner-up.
:"We've got a whole new team competing, but it went well," Long said. "We'll do good things this year. I expected our freshmen to race well, and that's what they did. Race conditions were good, all you ask for as a runner. I was happy with my time and how I finished. I felt good throughout the race."
Central Plains runner Taylin Davis, a state track qualifier, placed 18th (20:44.55) with a strong performance. Hoisington's past state qualifier Tianna Lutters (21:04.75) finished 24th.
LAKE BARTON GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Wichita Carroll 45; 2—Great Bend 125; 3—Maize 149; 4—Buhler 169; 5—Valley Center 172; 6—SE Saline 187; 7—Newton 191; 8—Salina Central 194; 9—Ness City 212; 10—Dodge City 230.
TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Kaylie Shultz, SC, 17:47.86; 2—Satler, WC, 19:07.92; 3—Decorah Schroeter, GB, 19:30.85; 4—Thome, WC, 19:3.93; 5—Bella Long, GB, 19:44.31; 6—Sydney Stein, GB, 19:44.51; 7—Starkweather, Buhler, 19:58.42; 8—Treaster, Newton, 19:58.5; ; 9—Meyer, WC, 20:02.95; 10—Nora Thome, WC, 20:03.65.
GREAT BEND—57—Samantha Negaard, 22:20.37; 67—Makenzie Gwin, 22:32.67.
HOISINGTON—24—Tianna Lutters, 21:04.32; 80—Tristin Compton, 23:11.36.
CENTRAL PLAINS—18—Taylin Davis, 20:44.55
GREAT BEND JV—Sydney James; —Alyssa Prendergast
BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisuns@gbtribune.com
LAKE BARTON — All the off-season work paid immediate dividends for Great Bend's Brogan Lashley and Hoisington's Brody Rossman.
Lashley exceeded expectations
16—Brogan Lashley, 16:58.84
28—Brody Rossman, 17:42.29
LAKE BARTON BOYS TOP 10 TEAM SCORES—1—Wichita Carroll 65; 2—SE Saline 98; 3—Garden City 123; 4—Maize 127; 5—Derby 203; 6—Holcomb 207; 7—McPherson 217; 8—Ness City 239; 9—Salina Central 239; 10—Dodge City 270; 13—Great Bend 299; 15—St. John 404.
TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Brody Deniston, Holcomb, 15:47.55; 2—Muehler, Mc, 15:53.56; 3—Landon Englert, WC, 16:00.27; 4—Walker, SE, 16:09.09; 5—Fry, GC, 16:26.13; 6—Bircher, SE, 16:27.36; 7—Evan Englert WC, 16:31.45; 8—Perry, Derby, 16:33.55; 9—Gall, NC, 16:37.67; 10—Deniau-Young, SC, 16:38.4.
GREAT BEND—16—Brogan Lashley, 16:58.84; 46—Isaac Aldana, 18:10.17; 77—Sullivan Luttrell, 19:03.04; 83—Parker Coleman, 19:20.29; 107—Tavon Stroup, 19:48.16;
ST. JOHN—46—Aaden Gonzalez, 18:00.17; 65—Liam Knight, 18:40.12; 92—Emmett Delp, 19:26.1; 122—Jayce Feril, 20:34.79; 133—Jacob Rotert, 21:26.52; 144—Rafeael Gonzalez, 22:07.12.
HOISINGTON—28—Brody Rossman, 17:42.29; 115—Jasper Pawlowski, 20:13.23; 152—Harrison Henning, 23:31.1.
CENTRAL PLAINS—81—Cale Thompson, 19:06.91; 150—Alden Metro, 23:14.4
GREAT BEND JV—Monte Velasco, —Alexis Garcia, —Noah Kaiser, —Julian Hernandez, —Eli Leech
