Two for two is a hall of fame average. After qualifying one relay team for state in the first meet of the season, the Lady Panther swimmers did it again Thursday at Campus in Haysville. The host Colts won the meet with 591 points. Great Bend followed with 491 points, still well-ahead of third-place El Dorado with 269 points. The Lady Panthers did not compete in the diving competition.
The 200-yard medley relay already qualified for state. Three of those four swimmers are now headed to state in the 200-yard free relay after a four-second win in 1:52.50 Thursday. Emilee Hall, Elly Somers, and Josephine Mazouch were joined by Kamryn Johns for the win. A 2:11 was needed to automatically qualify. The 400-yard free relay team of Hall, Mazouch, Somers, and Johns placed second in 4:14.02, 16 seconds behind the winners from Campus, and just three seconds behind state qualification.
Clarise Snapp, who qualified in the other relay in meet one, finished second in the 200-yard IM in 2:54.38, 30 seconds behind a future state swimmer from Campus. Somers placed second in the 100-yard fly in 1:09.49 to miss the gold by six seconds, and Hall swam fourth in 1:12.65.
The Lady Panthers took three of the top-five spots in the 100-yard breast. Somers led the trio in 1:21.09 for the silver, just two seconds from the win. Snapp followed her in 1:21.32, and Ava Gregg placed fifth in 1:29.45. Somers missed the state qualification time by four seconds.
Hall swam third in the 200-yard free in 2:20.18 to miss the silver by three-plus seconds. Braylee Carper placed fifth in 2:28.62. Mazouch won the 50-yard free bronze in 27.91 to miss the silver by a second. Johns placed fourth in 28.78.
Mazouch won another bronze in the 100-yard free in 1:02.56 to miss the silver by two seconds. Johns finished behind her in 1:04.25. Carper finished third in the 500-yard free in 6:48.65 to miss the silver by 35 seconds. Reggie Huslig finished third in the 100-yard back in 1:20.15, eight seconds behind the silver.