The Powell Middle School track teams continued their strong starts in Riverton at the Spartan Invitational, as the eighth grade girls and boys won the team titles, while the seventh grade boys were fourth and the seventh grade girls finished ninth.

The eighth grade girls had several event wins, as Autumn Kleinfeldt won the 100 meter dash in 13.6 seconds, Maci MaGill won the 200 meters in 28.08 seconds, Aubree Kraft won the 800 meters in 2:38.24.

The 800 sprint medley relay team of Kraft, Kimber Allen, MaGill and Kleinfeldt won with a time of 2:05.19, winning by five seconds.

Other top eight individual finishes included Kleinfeldt who took second in the 200 meters (28.18) and fifth in the triple jump (29-10 1/2); MaGill placed second in the 400 meters (1:04.93) and sixth in the triple jump (29-6); Finley Franklin was second in the high jump clearing 4 feet, 4 inches, sixth in the 200 meter hurdles (34.58) and eighth in the 100 meter hurdles (19.65); Kraft was third in the 1600 meters (5:51.09); Charlee Muecke was third in the discus (73-8); Allen was fourth in the triple jump (30-2 1/2); Tabbetha Turner was fourth in the shot put (26); Addi Fetter was seventh in the high jump (4-2) and Teagan Gillett was seventh in the triple jump (28-11 1/2).

As a team the Cubs narrowly edged out Casper’s Centennial Junior High, winning with 112 points to Centennial’s 111.33.

Tucker McDonald was the lone winner for the eighth grade boys in the 200 meter hurdles (30.89).

The team also claimed the top spot in the 4x400 relay with the quartet of Kendall Matthews, Zaiden Powell, Xander Whitlock and Colson Sherman winning in 4:24.53.

Individual top eight finishes came from Carter Gambill who placed second in the 400 meters (56.76), second in the high jump (5-6) and fifth in the 200 meters (25.19); Tyler Cole placed second in the 100 meter hurdles (17.14), second in the triple jump (35-2) and seventh in the 200 meters (26.84); Dawson Engesser was third in the shot put (36) and discus (116-3); McDonald was fourth in the 100 meter hurdles (17.77); Bret Clausen was fourth in the 200 meter hurdles (32.7); James Heny was fifth in the discus (101-1); Matthews was sixth in the 800 meters (2:33.27) and Ryder DeBoer was eighth in the 400 meters (1:01.64).

The lone win for the seventh grade boys came in the 4x400 relay, as the team of Allan Fisk, Cyrus Graham, Keaton Keller and Ethan Kennedy won with a time of 4:48.14.

Top eight individual finishes for the Cub boys included Kaile Lasson who was third in the 400 meters (1:03.28), fourth in the shot put (27-11) and sixth in the discus (74-11); Carson Basso placed fourth in the 200 meters (28.36) and 400 meters (1:04.49); Manti Jeide was fourth in the 200 meter hurdles (32.67), fifth in the 400 meters (1:05.06) and seventh in the long jump (13-11 1/2); Keller was fifth in the 1600 meters (5:52.16); Jake Williams took sixth in the 200 meter hurdles (34.14), seventh in the 400 meters (1:06.43) and seventh in the triple jump (27-1 1/2); Keller was seventh in the 800 meters (2:40.75) and Kayson Brown was eighth in the shot put (25-8).

The seventh grade boys earned 67 points and finished fourth, 33.5 behind winners Lovell.

Top finishers for the seventh grade girls included Jade Miller who took third in the 100 meter dash (13.9) and sixth in the 400 meters (1:11.41); Malina Anderson tied for sixth in the discus (59-9) and Kalia Wisniewski placed eighth in the triple jump (25-5 1/2).

The seventh grade girls finished with 17.5 points, as Cody ran away with the team title with 161.5 points.

The Cubs are scheduled to visit Cody today (Thursday) for a triangular, weather pending, and to Shoshoni on Saturday before hosting their annual event next Saturday.