With snow, rock slides and cold disrupting sporting events around Wyoming, that Powell High School was able to host a track meet last week was something of an accomplishment in itself.

The Make-A-Wish Invitational took place Thursday in the face of 30 mile an hour winds and cold temperatures — which was better than the forecast for Friday, when many meets in Wyoming were canceled.

“We did get the meet in, which is better than pretty much anybody else in the state can say, so good bad or indifferent,” said PHS head coach Scott Smith, adding, “I was pleased with how the kids got out and competed. It was rough going, to say the least.”

First place finishes on the track included JuliaKay O’Neill in the 400 meter dash, Sabrina Shoopman in the 100 meter hurdles and Nate MaGill in the 110 meter hurdles.

Both the girls’ and boys’ 4x400 meter relay teams finished first — with the girls team comprised of Shoopman, Natalie Dillivan, Maddy Hanks and O’Neill and the boys team made up of Dacen Phister, TJ Abraham, Paige Gann and Brody Karhu.

Due to the weather conditions, five running events —  the 3200 meter run, 300 meter hurdles, 200 meter dash, 800 meter run and 4x100 meter relay — were canceled.

In field events, first place finishes were taken by Gabri Lundberg in the triple jump, Mason Olsen in the shot put and Zach Easum in the discus. Easum also finished second in the shot put.

Coach Smith said that at first kids seemed unsure about competing in the weather conditions, but towards the end, kids were laughing and smiling some.

“I saw some kids that probably for the rest of their lives will be talking about the track meet where they came around the first corner and the wind almost knocked them down and those kind of things,” said Smith.

With the weather making times or distances hard to achieve qualifying times or personal records, some good did come of the invitational:

Smith said some Powell tracksters beat competitors they had narrowly lost to in previous races.

“[It] kind of helped them figure out maybe, you know sometimes kids just have to figure out they are little tougher than they give themselves credit for,” said Smith.

The coach thanked everyone who helped out with the Make-A-Wish Invitational meet, because “it was cold for the workers too.”

“Some people came down to help till the very end which was very nice,” Smith said.

Proceeds from the concession stand were donated to the student council’s Make-A-Wish fundraiser.

Next year, Smith hopes to have a coordinating event/fundraising activity with the PHS student council and the other schools competing in a track invite.

For this week, the PHS track team will have some participants in the Track Classic in Casper today (Tuesday) which starts at 4 p.m. (That meet had been set for Friday before being rescheduled.)

In another change to the track schedule, the Trackstravangza in Cody has been switched to Thursday instead of Friday. Smith said he is “glad the forecast for Cody [on Thursday] is in the 60s.”

100 Meter Dash

3. TJ Abraham 11.55, 5. Paige Gann 11.71, 9. Jacob Harrison 12.04, 11. Jon Morrow 12.14

400 Meter Dash

5. Mason Olsen 55.80, 6. Joe Rogers 57.63

1600 Meter Run

2. Alan Merritt 5:03.19, 5. Jayden Yates 5:25.23, 6. Jesse Erickson 5:31.09, 7. Dylan Cordes 5:40.33, 8. Alex Smith 6:03.55, Dylan McEvoy 6:11.74, 10. Zane Cordes 6:46.56

110 Meter Hurdles

1. Nate MaGill 16.04, 2. Morgan Erickson 17.34, 4. Dacen Phister 18.26, 7. Kacey Creed 18.98, 8. Alexis Reynoso 20.11

4x400 Meter Relay

1. Sabrina Shoopman, Natalie Dillivan, Maddy Hanks and JuliaKay O’Neill 3:50.75

4x800 Meter Relay

2. Alan Merritt, Aidan Jacobsen, Colin Queen and Brody Karhu 9:12.76

Pole Vault

2 Garret Henderson 12’ 6”, 4. Kaelan Groves 10’, 5. Kacey Creed 9’ 6”

Long Jump

3. Zach Easum 19’ 2”, 6. Garret Henderson 18’ 7.75”, 8. Dylan Preator 16’ 2.75”, 9. Charlie Hall, 10. Brinson Cozzens 15’ 10”, 13. Tyler Lynn 14’ 11.5”, 14. Justin Johnston 14’ 2”

Triple Jump

5. Kanyon Gann 38’ 11”, 8. Dylan Preator 36’ 6.75”

Shot Put

1. Mason Olsen 42’ 4”, 2. Zach Easum 41’ 4”, 5. Eli Briggs 38’ 5”, 9. Cayden Lynn 35’ 11”, 10. Luke Washington 35’ 6”, 11. Shay Dillon 34’ 5”, 13. Weston Moore 32’ 7”, 14.Terrance McLaughlin 32’ 3”, 15. Zach Meredith 31’ 4”, 17. Macen Thomas 29’, 20. Zack Griffin 26’ 1”, 21. Ryan Good 25’ 3”, 22. Michael Dimas 20’ 6”

Discus

1. Zach Easum 113’ 8”, 4. Ryan Good 115’ 2”, 6. Cayden Lynn 110’ 9”, 7. Shay Dillon 110’ 1”, 11. Reece Hackenberg 10’, 12. Luke Washington 99’ 3”, 15. Zach Meredith 93’ 5”, 17. Weston Moore 83’ 5”, 18. Macen Thomas 83’ 2”, 20. Terrance McLaughlin 73’ 10”, 21. Zack Griffin 72’ 11”, 22. Michael Dimas 46’ 8”

100 Meter Dash

10. Jaz Haney 14.77, 11. Gabby Harshman 15.13, 14. Samantha Herchkorn 15.19

400 Meter Dash

1. JuliaKay O’Neill 1:03.62, 5. Rachelle Cole 1:11.59

1600 Meter Run

2. Teo Faulkner 6:22.68, 5. Kaitlyn Decker 6:54.91

100 Meter Hurdles

1. Sabrina Shoopman 16.96, 3. Caitlyn Miner 17.43, 4. Sidney O’Brien 18.63, 5. Emily Sweet 19.18

4x400 Meter Relay

1. Dacen Phister, TJ Abraham, Paige Gann and Brody Karhu 4:36.31

High Jump

4. Samantha Herchkorn 4’ 1”

Pole Vault

3. Maddy Hanks 8’ 6”, 5. Caitlyn Miner 8’

Long Jump

3. Aubrie Stenerson 14’ 3.5”, 5. Gabri Lundberg 14’ 2.75, 9. Jaz Haney 12’ 9”, 10. Aspen Aguirre 12’ 5.5”, 11. AnaMia Davila 12’ 4.5”, 14. Rylie Ramsey 11’ 5.75”

Triple Jump

1. Gabri Lundberg 31’ 9.25, 2. Natalie Dillivan 31’ 3”, 3. Jaz Haney 29’ 9”, 4. Aspen Aguirre 29’ 7.5”, 5. Sidney O’Brien 29’ 5.25”

Shot Put

2. Isabelle Wambeke 27’ 1”, 3. Rachel Bonander 26’ 10”, 4. Coby Calcotte 26’ 6”, 6. Jasmyne Lensegrav 24’ 2”, 7. Marie Ramier 23’ 9”, 10. McKenna Werbelow 22’ 7”, 11. Kortny Feller 21’ 9”, 13. Katie McKenzie 21’ 5”, 15. Scarlette Mendoza 20’ 1”, 16. Hannah Saville 19’ 11”

Discus

3. Rachel Bonander 94’ 3”, 5. Jasmyne Lensegrav 83’, 6. Coby Calcotte 81’ 5”, 7. Kortny Feller 76’ 6”. 8. Marie Ramier  69’ 11”, 9. Hannah Saville 67’ 10”, 10. Katie McKenzie 64’ 3”, 11. Isabella Wambeke 63’ 7”, 13. McKenna Werbelow 59’ 11”, 15. Scarlette Mendoza 55’ 10”, 16. Rachel Gutierrez 52’ 7”