By The Telegram Sports Staff

The Garden City High School boys and girls track and field teams placed fifth at the Western Athletic Conference meet in Dodge City on Thursday.

It is the Buffaloes final action before the Class 6A regional meet May 16, in Maize.

The boys team finished with 44 points. Dodge City won the boys crown with 106 1/2 points, as the Buffaloes were 9 1/2 points away from fourth place Great Bend. The Lady Buffaloes scored 25.67 points to finish behind Liberal by 20.17 points.

Great Bend won the girls conference title with 109 points.

"It's a little bit of a disappointment," Garden City coach Mike Smith said. "It's part of our depth problem. We do better at bigger meets. We don't have three kids in every event like some other teams."

Still, the usual people performed as expected for the Buffaloes.

Scott Duesing scored the bulk of Garden City's points, placing first in the pole vault, second in the triple jump and third in the high jump.

After sitting out of the pole vault because of weather conditions May 2 in Goddard, Duesing cleared 14 feet for the second meet in a row. He cleared 14-6 at Garden City's home meet April 29.

Garden City's 3,200-meter relay team of Ismael Arteaga, Erik Chester, Josh Stewart and Logan Schultz also took first, clocking a 8:29.02 to beat Dodge City by more than seven seconds.

Schultz and Chester placed third and fourth respectively in the 400, with Schultz finishing in 2:07.57. Chester came in less than a second behind at 2:08.37.

"Scott still won the pole vault and we still won the (3,200 relay)," Smith said. "We did good in things we have been doing well in, but the points aren't as spread out."

The Lady Buffaloes were le d by their 1,600 relay team of Jordan Ortega, Allie Rios, Lexi Josserand and Chinwe Ekweariri, which finished first with a time of 4:19.17. The win was the first for the relay team this season.

Ortega also took second in the 400 with a time of 2:32.70 to finish two seconds off Kaley Temaat from Dodge City.

Temaat, who has been clocked in the 2:20's this season, ran a 2:30.22 into a strong wind from the south that Smith said hampered some of the times.

"That wind got pretty bad," Smith said. "Jordan finished right behind (Temaat), who finished probably 10 seconds off her best time. It was pretty windy."

Ortega also pitched in along with Ekwiariri, Josserand and Cathy Boos to finish second in the 400 relay with a time of 53.00.

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Garden City High School track and field

Western Athletic Conference Championship

Thursday, May 8

at Dodge City

Team Standings

Boys

1. Dodge City 106.5; 2. Hays 100; 3. Liberal 71; 4. Great Bend 53.5; 5. Garden City 44.

Girls

1. Great Bend 109; 2. Dodge City 97.83; 3. Hays 95; 4. Liberal 45.5; 5. Garden City 25.67.

Garden City event results

Boys

100-meter Dash

8. Zach Stapleton 11.58; 10. Kyle Rupp 11.61; 14. Martin Riggs 12.75.

200-meter Dash

7. Zach Stapleton 23.57; 10. Kyle Rupp 24.33; 13. Martin Riggs 25.86.

400-meter Dash

6. Ismael Arteaga 55.37; 8. Josh Stewart 55.55; 14. Kyle Rupp 1:02.78.

800-meter Run

3. Logan Schultz 2:07.57; 4. Erik Chester 2:08.37.

1600-meter Run

5. Breven Dawes 4:58.27; 9. Brennan Rieth 5:12.78; 11. Jacob Wheeler 5:15.57.

3200-meter Run

6. Breven Dawes 11:06.48; 7. Brennan Rieth 11:21.70; 10. David Rios 11:47.60.

110-meter Hurdles

5. Tanner Parr 16.22; 10. David Ramirez 17.89.

300-meter Hurdles

5. Tanner Parr 43.02; 9. David Ramirez 46.32.

4x100-meter Relay

3. Garden City 18:06.49.

4x400-meter Relay

5. Logan Schultz, Ismael Arteaga, Erik Chester, Josh Stewart 3:44.38.

4x800-meter Relay

1. Logan Schultz, Ismael Arteaga, Erik Chester, Josh Stewart 8:29.02.

High Jump

6. Tanner Parr J5-8.00

Pole Vault

1. Scott Duesing 14-00.

Long Jump

3. Scott Duesing 20-0.25; 4. Tanner Parr 19-11.75; 14. Mike Ta 17-04.

Triple Jump

2. Scott Duesing 31-4.25; 5. John Le 40-1.75; 8. Juan Hernandez 38-10.25.

Shot Put

7. Lance Hagerman 42-7.25; 9. Ryan Peterson 41-8.25; 10. Harley Stapleton 40-3.50.

Discus

4. Lance Hagerman 125-9; 10. Ryan Peterson 106-2.5; 12. Harley Stapleton 101-6.

Javelin

9. Ryan Peterson 119-0; 10. Harley Stapleton 110-8.

Girls

100-meter Dash

9. Cathy Boos 13.41; 10. Audrey Siebert 14.13.

200-meter Dash

7. Allie Rios 27.53.

800-meter Dash

2. Jordan Ortega 2:32.70.

1600-meter Dash

9. Shelby Knoll 6:53.85; 10. Christine Macias 6:57.50.

3200-meter Run

7. Shelby Knoll 15:00.90; 8. Christine Macias 6:57.50.

100-meter Hurdles

8. Lexi Josserand 17.62.

300-meter Hurdles

4. Lexi Josserand 51.07.

4x100-meter Relay

2. Garden City 53.00.

4x400-meter Relay

1. Garden City 4:19.17.

Pole Vault

5t. Valerie Melin J7-00; 5t. Cassy Culver J7-00.

Long Jump

5. Cathy Boos 15-06; 6. Allie Rios 15-01; 10. Melissa Lopez 13-07.25.

Triple Jump

6. Cathy Boos 31-09.75; 7. Allie Rios 31-06.25; 9. Britney Kuhlman 30-04.5.

Shot Put

9. Gloria Johnson 29-01.75; 10. Regan Hill 27-01.25.

Discus

7. Gloria Johnson 88-09; 11. Regan Hill 72-02; 12. Rachel Klaus 57-08.

Javelin

5. Regan Hill 94-11; 7. Nancy Sauceda 79-09; 12. Gloria Johnson 71-01.