The Powell Panther girls’ track and field team battled during its first look at competition from around the Big Horn Basin, securing eight individual qualifying marks and one relay qualification with a second place team finish at the D&D Invitational in Worland last Thursday.

Powell was paced by a host of first place finishes, which included a new school record set by Waycee Harvey in the triple jump.

She cleared 36 feet, 8 1/2 inches, breaking the old record by 5 inches which was set by her former teammate Sydney Spomer at the state meet last year.

She also had strong performances in the long jump to place second (16-5) and was third in the 200 meters (26.72) before being part of the winning 4x400 relay team consisting of herself, Kinley Cooley, Kenna Jacobsen and Audrey Johnson.

“Waycee had a great meet, automatically qualifying in all four events and a new school record in the triple jump,” coach Scott Smith said. “Her long jump and 200 performances were both into a pretty stiff wind which makes them even more outstanding.”

Cooley had a strong day in the distance races, qualifying in the 1600 (5:29.59) and the 3200 (12:15.62) while winning both.

“Kinley has been working hard all year with cross country, indoor and since indoor ended and it really showed by not only her two individual wins, but she brought us from second to first in the 4x400 relay and set Waycee up to really extend the lead over a very good Worland team,” Smith said.

Other victories came in field events, with Lauryn Bennett winning the pole vault (9-0), Addy Thorington won the high jump (5-1) and Katie O’Brien won the shot put (39-3) to all earn qualifying marks for the state meet.

“Katie, Addy and Lauren picking up wins and automatic qualifications in the first meet was really nice to see in our first meet,” Smith said. “It was great to see them pick up where they left off at the end of last year.”

Other top three finishes included Bennett taking second in the 100 hurdles (17.93) and 300 hurdles (52.3); Jacobsen placing second in the 800 meters (2:36.93) and third in the 1600 (5:43.27); Brynn Hillman placing second in the 3200 (12:27.19); O’Brien placed second in the discus (107-2), just ahead of Nalani Jordan in third (105-6).

Powell was paced with strong finishes throughout, but placed behind the host Warriors who dominated the sprints to finish with a 209-196 margin, with both teams well ahead of third placed Lovell which had 55.

HOME MEET

After establishing a baseline last week, the Panthers will turn right around and welcome teams from the Basin to town this weekend, hosting the L.A. Kohnke Invitational on Saturday.

Events will start at 9 a.m. with field events, with the first track events at 9:15 a.m. with the 1600 sprint medley relay and the 4x800 following at 9:30 a.m.

A majority of the track events will begin at 11 a.m. with the short distance hurdle events.

This will be the Panthers only home event of the season.

D&D INVITATIONAL

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Worland 209, 2. Powell 196, 3. Lovell 55, 4. Riverside 47, 5. Thermopolis 45, 6. Burlington 41, 7. Cody 23.5, 8. Shoshoni 7.5, 9. Ten Sleep 6, 10. Greybull 3.5

100 meters — 8. Audrey Johnson 13.8, 13. Averie Warner 14.42, 18. Naomi Whipple 14.57, T23. Kadence DelBiaggio 15.13, 25. Paige Sanders 15.18, 33. Cambree Dicks 15.69, 35. Lainni Cary 15.79, 42. Alexis Helfrich 17.46

200 meters — 3. Waycee Harvey 26.72*, 9. Audrey Johnson 28.2, 13. Averie Warner 30.08, 17. Ashlee Jacobsen 30.67, 18. Naomi Whipple 30.73

400 meters — 4. Audrey Johnson 1:02.3, 11. Ashlee Jacobsen 1:10.67

800 meters — 2. Kenna Jacobsen 2:36.93, 4. Eleasah Horsley 2:48.28

1600 meters — 1. Kinley Cooley 5:29.59*, 3. Kenna Jacobsen 5:43.27, 5. Brynn Hillman 5:50.33, 6. Karee Cooley 6:01.87, 7. Myah Rakness 6:03.33, 8. Shelby Zickefoose 6:04.2, 11. Melissa Merritt 6:17.28, 13. Eleasah Horsley 6:21.64, 14. Salem Brown 6:33.07

3200 meters — 1. Kinley Cooley 12:15.62*, 2. Brynn Hillman 12:27.19, 4. Karee Cooley 13:01.28, 5. Myah Rakness 13:39.89, 6. Salem Brown 14:20.19

100 meter hurdles — 2. Lauryn Bennett 17.93, 10. Kate Williams 18.69, 15. Leah Graham 18.85, 16. Addy Thorington 19, 17. Charity Siggins 19.23, 24. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 20.39

300 meter hurdles — 3. Lauryn Bennett 52.3, 6. Leah Graham 53.54, 9. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 55.28, 12. Kate Williams 56.84

4x100 relay — 5. Averie Warner, Naomi Whipple, Paige Sanders and Cambree Dicks 57.08

4x400 relay — 1. Kenna Jacobsen, Kinley Cooley, Audrey Johnson and Waycee Harvey 4:15.97*

High jump — 1. Addy Thorington 5-1*, 7. Charity Siggins 4-7, 8. Hali Hancock 4-7

Pole vault — 1. Lauryn Bennett 9-0*, 2. Kate Williams 8-0

Long jump — 2. Waycee Harvey 16-5*, 12. Paige Sanders 13-1, T21. Hali Hancock 11-8, 24. Ryann Hutzenbieler 11-3, 26. Alexis Helfrich 10-5, 27. Kadence DelBiaggio 9-11

Triple jump — 1. Waycee Harvey 36-8 1/2*, 4. Addy Thorington 32-10, 8. Nalani Jordan 30-11, 10. Paige Sanders 30-4, 15. Charity Siggins 28-4 1/2, 18. Cambree Dicks 27-8, 19. Kadence DelBiaggio 27-3, 20. Ryann Hutzenbieler 27-2, 22. Lainni Cary 26-4

Shot put — 1. Katie O’Brien 39-3*, 11. Anai Torres 27-10 1/2, 12. Nyah Johnson 27-6, 17. Adrianna Torres 25-7, 19. Sharae Shoopman 25-5 3/4, T22. Rowan Borcher 24-3, 24. Cheyenne Laing 24-2, T25. Noelle Leighton 23-11, T41. Kenedi Clevenger 19-10, 43. Kamryn Schuler 19-8

Discus — 2. Katie O’Brien 107-2, 3. Nalani Jordan 105-6, 6. Anai Torres 96-11, 7. Nyah Johnson 95-4, 9. Adrianna Torres 83-2, 16. Sharae Shoopman 74-7, 26. Rowan Borcher 67-4, 31. Cheyenne Laing 61-5, 33. Kamryn Schuler 60-6, 40. Kenedi Clevenger 56-5, 54. Noelle Leighton 44-8