A busy weekend on the track put the Powell Panther girls’ track and field team to the test — finishing fourth at the Cody Trackstravaganza on Thursday and running away with the Bobcat Invite team title in Thermopolis on Friday.

CODY TRACKSTRAVAGANZA

The weather was hit and miss for the Panthers on Thursday, as a beautiful day transitioned to a windy competition by its conclusion.

Luckily for the Panthers the fireworks came early in the day, with the 4x800 relay team of Kinley Cooley, Kenna Jacobsen, Megan Jacobsen and Anna Bartholomew smashing the school record with a time of 9:42.3 to finish second.

“That relay was incredible to watch,” coach Scott Smith said. “Records are usually broken by less than a second, shattered by a couple of seconds so I’m not sure how to describe how big a deal their record breaking performance was.”

The previous record was 9:53.29 set in 2012 by Desiree Murray, Tally Wells, Sierra Morrow and Kassey MacDonald.

The mark in Cody is the best time in the state this season for 3A, 17 seconds ahead of Rawlins as the Panthers hold two of the top three times this year after improving their initial time by 31 seconds.

Overall the Panthers had two first place finishes, with Addy Thorington winning the high jump clearing 5 feet, 1 inch, and Ine Kolstad winning the triple jump with a distance of 33-8.

Katie O’Brien shot past the state qualifying mark in the shot put (36-5) to get her first qualifying mark of the season.

Powell was unable to overcome top competition from 4A Sheridan (173) and Cody (157.5) in the team standings and was just behind Worland (143.5) with 123.5 points.

BOBCAT INVITE

After a difficult competition Thursday, the Panthers made their way to Thermopolis on Friday to experience a different set of teams in a larger team setting — running away with the team competition with 171.5 points, nearly 100 ahead of second placed Pinedale.

Individually Powell won five events including sweeping the distance races.

Bartholomew won the 800 (2:27.58); Myah Rakness won the 1600 meters (5:47.03); Cooley won the 3200 meters (12:44.9); Thorington won the high jump (4-11) and Waycee Harvey won the triple jump (34-4).

The 4x400 relay team of Audrey Johnson, the Jacobsen sisters and Bartholomew won with a time of 4:14.13.

Powell added another qualifying mark for Grace Coombs, who qualified in the shot put (34-10).

“It was really nice to see the hard work both Grace and Katie put in since January come through — with both going into regionals pre-qualified in the shot put,” Smith said.

Powell saw multiple new opponents for the first time this season, such as Pinedale, Rawlins and Riverton.

REGIONAL MEET

Powell now heads down to Worland to take part in the 3A West Regional meet on Friday and Saturday at Worland High School.

The Panthers head in as the two-time defending regional champions, and are looking to make it three straight.

“Our kids are positioned well in the team races and we really are looking forward to seeing a lot more personal records this week,” Smith said.

Powell has every relay prequalified for the state meet, and 21 prequalified marks in track and field events.

The top eight individual finishers at the regional meet and top four relays will automatically advance to the state meet.

Field events are set to begin at noon on Friday with track events to begin shortly after at 12:15 p.m.

Saturday kicks off early with field events beginning at 9 a.m. followed by track events beginning at 9:15 a.m.

After this weekend the Panthers will have one weekend of competition with the state meet in Casper beginning next Thursday.

CODY TRACKSTRAVAGANZA

Team scores: 1. Sheridan 173, 2. Cody 157.5, 3. Worland 143.5, 4. Powell 123.5, 5. Green River 33, 6. Burlington 21.5

100 meters: 6. Waycee Harvey 13.07*, T10. Ine Kolstad 13.53, 19. Kadence DelBiaggio 14.24

400 meters: 2. Waycee Harvey 1:00.31*, 3. Anna Bartholomew 1:00.6*, 7. Audrey Johnson 1:06.66

800 meters: 8. Melissa Merritt 2:45.7, 15. Emma Sapp 3:18.31

1600 meters: 7. Kinley Cooley 5:47.87, 9. Megan Jacobsen 5:51.9, 12. Myah Rakness 5:57.81, 13. Kenna Jacobsen 6:01.2, 14. Melissa Merritt 6:01.21, 15. Shelby Zickefoose 6:01.68, 19. Salem Brown 6:29.3, 21. Gracie Wolff 6:58.74

3200 meters: 5. Myah Rakness 13:25.75, 6. Salem Brown 14:09.27, 7. Gracie Wolff 14:49.69

100 meter hurdles: 2. Lauryn Bennett 17.07, 8. Kami Jensen 17.97, 9. Addy Thorington 18.02

300 meter hurdles: 17. Saige Kidd 55.69

4x100 relay: 4. Kami Jensen, Audrey Johnson, Catelynn Floy and Sydney Spomer 52.1*

4x800 relay: 2. Kinley Cooley, Kenna Jacobsen, Megan Jacobsen and Anna Bartholomew 9:42.3*

High jump: 1. Addy Thorington 5-1*, T7. Blake Nissen 4-7, T10. Charity Siggins and Hali Hancock 4-5, T16. Saige Kidd 4-3

Pole vault: T7. Kami Jensen and Lauryn Bennett 8-6

Long jump: 2. Waycee Harvey 16-5 1/4*, 4. Ine Kolstad 16-1*, 9. Kadence DelBiaggio 14-8 3/4, 12. Catelynn Floy 14-3 1/2, 13. Kodee Asay 14-2 1/4

Triple jump: 1. Ine Kolstad 33-8*, 2. Sydney Spomer 33-5 1/4*, 4. Catelynn Floy 31-9 3/4

Shot put: 2. Katie O’Brien 36-5*, 4. Grace Coombs 33-0, 10. Anai Torres 30-0, T14. Nyah Johnson 27-8

Discus: 4. Grace Coombs 106-11, 8. Katie O’Brien 92-8, 9. Anai Torres 85-8, 10. Nalani Jordan 85-5, 13. Nyah Johnson 82-6

BOBCAT INVITE

Team scores: 1. Powell 171.5, 2. Pinedale 75, 3. Saratoga 70, 4. Riverside 68, 5. Rawlins 58, 6. Kemmerer 43.5, 7. Riverton 40, 8. Lovell 39.5, 9. Thermopolis 31.5, 10. Rocky Mountain 30.5, 11. Dubois 23, 12. Big Piney 11, 13. Wind River 7.5, 14. Greybull 5.5, 15. Wyoming Indian 5, 15. Burlington 5, 17. Meeteetse 4.5, T18. Fort Washakie, Farson-Eden and St. Stephens 3, 21. Hanna Elk Mountain 2, Ten Sleep 1

100 meters: 2. Waycee Harvey 13.07*, 19. Catelynn Floy 14.12

200 meters: 2. Waycee Harvey 27.03*, 7. Ine Kolstad 28.01

800 meters: 1. Anna Bartholomew 2:27.58, 2. Kenna Jacobsen 2:30.99, 4. Kinley Cooley 2:31.9

1600 meters: 1. Myah Rakness 5:47.03, 8. Salem Brown 6:20.93, 11. Gracie Wolff 6:45.25

3200 meters: 1. Kinley Cooley 12:44.9, 2. Melissa Merritt 12:57.75, 3. Shelby Zickefoose 12:58.19

100 meter hurdles: 5. Lauryn Bennett 17.88, 6. Kami Jensen 18, 10. Kate Williams 18.19, T16. Addy Thorington 18.83

300 meter hurdles: 11. Saige Kidd 55.28

4x100 relay: 2. Kami Jensen, Audrey Johnson, Catelynn Floy and Sydney Spomer 53.62*

4x400 relay: 1. Audrey Johnson, Kenna Jacobsen, Megan Jacobsen and Anna Bartholomew 4:14.13*

4x800 relay: 3. Melissa Merritt, Shelby Zickefoose, Myah Rakness and Salem Brown 11:08.21

1600 sprint medley: 2. Ine Kolstad, Kami Jensen, Audrey Johnson and Megan Jacobsen 4:33.46*

High jump: 1. Addy Thorington 4-11*, 3. Charity Siggins 4-9, T9. Blake Nissen and Hali Hancock 4-5

Pole vault: 2. Lauryn Bennett 8-6, 6. Kami Jensen 8-0

Triple jump: 1. Waycee Harvey 34-4*, 5. Sydney Spomer 33-4 1/2*, 7. Ine Kolstad 33-1 1/2*, 9. Catelynn Floy 31-9

Shot put: T3. Katie O’Brien 35-9*, 6. Grace Coombs 34-10*, T15. Anai Torres 28-5, 29. Nyah Johnson 25-8

Discus: 4. Katie O’Brien 101-9, 13. Anai Torres 89-7 1/2, 24. Nalani Jordan 80-1