New qualifying times highlighted a strong home performance for the Powell High School boys’ track and field team at the LA Kohnke Invitational on Saturday, as the Panthers placed second as a team and added two new qualifiers to the state team.

Those new qualifiers were Dayton Lawrence and Lincoln Crawford, as Lawrence finished fifth in the pole vault and cleared 12 feet, while Crawford was seventh in the 110 meter hurdles and qualified with a time of 16.71 seconds.

“It was a pleasant surprise to see Dayton with a 1-1/2 foot personal best in his first meet to qualify and great to see Dayton get automatically qualified into a headwind. He’s starting to look better and better each week,” coach Scott Smith said.

Braxton Nelson again had a strong day for the Panthers, winning the high jump clearing 6-7 while also winning the long jump with a leap of 22-1 1/2.

The final win for the Panthers came in the 4x100 relay, as the team of Breckyn Kobbe, David Stearns, Karcher Foley and Cobey Khan won with a time of 44.45 seconds and became the third combination to qualify in the 4x100 for the boys’ team.

Additional top eight Panther finishes included Nelson who took second in the 100 meter dash (11.31); Korbyn Warren took third in the 1600 meters (4:49.76) and fourth in the 800 meters (2:11.87); Sawyer Wormald was third in the 110 meter hurdles (16.13) and fourth in the 300 meter hurdles (39.81); Foley was fifth in the 200 meters (23.73) and sixth in the long jump (19-7 3/4); Stearns was sixth in the 200 meters (23.87); Troy Cheatham tied for seventh in the pole vault (11-6); Kaden Wolff was seventh in the discus (117-10) and Brayden Benander was eighth in the 400 meters (54.08).

As a team the Panther boys finished second with 93 points, just half a point ahead of Cody which was third while Sheridan ran away with the boys’ team title with 185 points.

“Great performance in a great competition,” Smith said. “I was really happy with the way all of our kids performed against some of the best in the state in all classes.”

The Panthers won’t have to wait long to get back on the track, as they will host a triangular between themselves, Worland and Cody this week.

The meet was originally scheduled to take place on Thursday, but due to forecasted weather the meet has been moved up to today (Tuesday).

“With the meet changing to Tuesday, we will use it to kick off a good week of conditioning to prepare for next week where we may have some kids doing three meets,” Smith said.

Tuesday’s meet will begin with field events at 4 p.m. and track events beginning at 5 p.m.

LA KOHNKE INVITATIONAL

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Sheridan 185, 2. Powell 93, 3. Cody 92.5, 4. Lovell 64, 5. Riverton 55, 6. Lander 51.5, 7. Worland 36, 8. Burlington 32, 9. Rocky Mountain 18, 10. Greybull 6, 11. Riverside 5

100 meter dash — 2. Braxton Nelson 11.31*, 10. Breckyn Kobbe 11.9, 11. Cobey Khan 11.91, 14. Lincoln Crawford 12.02, T17. Harper Havron 12.09, 22. David Stearns 12.19, 39. Tristin Winninger 12.56, T44. David Yates 12.77, 58. Tucker Phillips 12.38, 63. Austin Weller 13.67

200 meters — 5. Karcher Foley 23.73, 6. David Stearns 23.87, 10. Harper Havron 24.08, 12. Tanner Seifert 24.25, T13. Breckyn Kobbe and Lincoln Crawford 24.27, T23. Alex Werner 24.67, 26. Tristin Winninger 25.02, 33. David Yates 25.83, 48. Tucker Phillips 27.05, 49. Cash Peterson 27.24, 56. Austin Weller 28.66

400 meters — 8. Brayden Benander 54.08, 11. Alex Werner 55.61, 16. Tristin Winninger 59.91, 17. Thomas Shuman 1:00.77, 20. Cash Peterson 1:03.22, 26. Austin Weller 1:06.91, 27. Memphis Solberg 1:08.3

800 meters — 4. Korbyn Warren 2:11.87, 13. Michael Stensing 2:23.07, 22. Wyatt Hill 2:37.86, 28. Memphis Solberg 2:45.03

1600 meters — 3. Korbyn Warren 4:49.76, 14. Nathan Varian 5:23.58, 17. Michael Stensing 5:30.84, 25. Kooper Arends 5:58.4, 27. Wyatt Hill 6:16.48

3200 meters — 9. Nathan Varian 11:37.6

110 meter hurdles — 3. Sawyer Wormald 16.14*, 7. Lincoln Crawford 16.71*

300 meter hurdles — 4. Sawyer Wormald 39.81*, 15. Renzy Matthews 47.71

4x100 relay — 1. Breckyn Kobbe, David Stearns, Karcher Foley and Cobey Khan 44.45*

4x800 relay — 2. Alex Werner, Colin Walker, Michael Stensing and Korbyn Warren 8:57.33

1600 sprint medley relay — 4. David Yates, Brady Harvey, Thomas Shuman and Nathan Varian 4:00.86

High jump — 1. Braxton Nelson 6-7*, T14. Braxton Batt 5-5, 19. Tucker Phillips 5-1

Pole vault — 5. Dayton Lawrence 12*, T7. Troy Cheatham 11-6, 10. Landon McDonald 10, 11. Sam Williams 9-6

Long jump — 1. Braxton Nelson 22-1 1/2, 6. Karcher Foley 19-7 3/4, T17. Tristin Winninger 18-0 1/4, 29. David Yates 16-10, 30. Lincoln Hull 16-8 3/4, 36. Braxton Batt 15-10, 41. Tucker Phillips 15-2 3/4, 44. KC Nelson 12-3 3/4, 45. Austin Weller 11-11 1/4

Triple jump — 9. Braxton Batt 34-3 3/4

Shot put — 11. Kaden Wolff 40-11, 13. Brady Harvey 40-9, 21. Levi Cox 38-8, 26. Connor Farwell 36-9, 39. Jacob Christofalos 34-1 1/2, 41. James Emmett 33-10 1/2, 55. Eli Bear 28-9 1/2, 63. Dane Smith 27-0 1/2, 67. Andrew Walker 25-7 1/2, 68. Conner Lohrenz 25-6

Discus — 7. Kaden Wolff 117-10, 14. Connor Farwell 113-3, 21. Gabe McMillin 106-4, 30. James Emmett 91-11, 31. Dane Smith 91-9, 37. Levi Cox 88-2, T45. Jacob Christofalos 78-5, 47. Eli Bear 76-4, 60. Andrew Walker 65-5, 67. Conner Lohrenz 51-1