Home field advantage paid off for the Powell Panther girls’ track team, as the Panthers pushed ahead of the field at the L.A. Kohnke Invite on Saturday in Powell with 183.5 points, which included junior Kinley Cooley breaking another school record.

That broken record came in the 1600 meters, as Cooley finished in second with a 5:26.39 but broke the previous record by .02 seconds, which was set by Katie Thiel in 2006.

She now holds the indoor and outdoor records in the 1600 and 3200, in addition to the Powell High School cross country record.

Event winners for the Panthers included Waycee Harvey winning the 200 (26.52) and the triple jump with a leap of 35 feet even.

Katie O’Brien claimed the top spot in the shot put (39-10) as the other individual event winner.

The one relay victory for the Panthers came from the team of Kinley and Karee Cooley, Brynn Hillman and Kenna Jacobsen, who won the 4x800 with a time of 10:14.09 and earned a spot at the state meet with their time.

Other top three finishes for the Panthers included Jacobsen taking second in the 800 (2:26.53); Kinley Cooley second in the 3200 (12:42.44); Lauryn Bennett second in the pole vault (10-0) and 300 hurdles (50.52); Paige Sanders second in the triple jump (32-9 1/2); O’Brien second in the discus (108-1); Karee Cooley third in the 1600 (5:45.42); Salem Brown third in the 3200 (15:06.53); Harvey third in the long jump (15-7 1/2) and Addy Thorington third in the triple jump (32-7).

Powell finished the day with 183.5 points, 11 ahead of Park County opposition Cody and 71.5 points ahead of Worland in third with no other team scoring over 100 points.

The Panther girls were paced in the distance events, with the team placing 2-8 in the 1600 along with two top eight finishes in both the 800 and 3200. 

Powell also picked up key points in the triple jump after taking the top three spots.

The Panthers will head out on the road the rest of the year but stay close to home, starting with a trip to Lovell on Saturday to take part in its invitational.

A select group will then head to the Wyoming Track Classic in Casper next weekend on Friday, April 26, which will feature the top athletes in every event regardless of classification, with the Panthers also making the trip to Rocky Mountain on April 27.

L.A. KOHNKE

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Powell 183.5, 2. Cody 172.5, 3. Worland 112, 4. Riverton 64, 5. Lovell 51, 6. Rocky Mountain 30.5, 7. Burlington 15.5, 8. Greybull 3

100 meters — 7. Audrey Johnson 13.6, T16. Averie Warner 13.87, 30. Ashlee Jacobsen 14.47, 31. Naomi Whipple 14.48, 33. Paige Sanders 14.55, 39. Cambree Dicks 15.02, 40. Lainni Cary 15.08, 56. Alexis Helfrich 16.75

200 meters — 1. Waycee Harvey 26.52*, 7. Audrey Johnson 28.13, 8. Averie Warner 28.5, 15. Naomi Whipple 29.77, 16. Ashlee Jacobsen 29.78, 28. Paige Sanders 31.94

400 meters — 6. Audrey Johnson 1:04.05, 16. Melissa Merritt 1:13.66

800 meters — 2. Kenna Jacobsen 2:26.53, 7. Eleasah Horsley 2:41.54

1600 meters — 2. Kinley Cooley 5:26.39*, 3. Karee Cooley 5:45.42, 4. Brynn Hillman 5:45.69, 5. Myah Rakness 5:46.29, 6. Shelby Zickefoose 5:55.8, 7. Eleasah Horsley 6:10.33, 8. Salem Brown 6:23.63, 9. Melissa Merritt 6:26.93, 11. Gracie Wolff 6:36.36

3200 meters — 2. Kinley Cooley 12:42.44, 3. Salem Brown 15:06.53

100 meter hurdles — 4. Lauryn Bennett 17.61, 10. Leah Graham 18.44, 13. Addy Thorington 19.03, 16. Charity Siggins 19.1, 18. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 19.53

300 meter hurdles — 2. Lauryn Bennett 50.52, 5. Leah Graham 53.53, 11. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 56.03

4x100 relay — 5. Ashlee Jacobsen, Averie Warner, Naomi Whipple and Cambree Dicks 55.29

4x400 relay — 2. Kenna Jacobsen, Audrey Johnson, Myah Rakness and Leah Graham 4:31.12

4x800 relay — 1. Kinley Cooley, Karee Cooley, Brynn Hillman and Kenna Jacobsen 10:14.09*; 4. Shelby Zickefoose, Melissa Merritt, Gracie Wolff and Myah Rakness 11:05.97

High jump — T4. Addy Thorington 5-1*, T9. Charity Siggins and Hali Hancock 4-9

Pole vault — 2. Lauryn Bennett 10-0*

Long jump — 3. Waycee Harvey 15-7 1/2, T12. Paige Sanders 13-8 1/2, 23. Hali Hancock 12-3, 24. Lainni Cary 11-10 1/4, 27. Ryann Hutzenbieler 10-4 3/4

Triple jump — 1. Waycee Harvey 35-0*, 2. Paige Sanders 32-9 1/2, 3. Addy Thorington 32-7, T11. Nalani Jordan and Charity Siggins 29-6 1/2, 19. Cambree Dicks 27-11 1/4, T22. Lainni Cary 26-10, 24. Ryann Hutzenbieler 26-4

Shot put — 1. Katie O’Brien 39-10*, 9. Nyah Johnson 30-5 1/2, 15. Anai Torres 28-4 1/2, 18. Noelle Leighton 27-9, 20. Nalani Jordan 26-1 1/2, 21. Adrianna Torres 25-10, T24. Cheyenne Laing 24-7, 37. Rowan Borcher 21-6 1/2, 41. Kenedi Clevenger 20-6 1/2, 48. Kamryn Schuler 18-1

Discus — 2. Katie O’Brien 108-1, 4. Nalani Jordan 107-10, 6. Nyah Johnson 100-9, 9. Adrianna Torres 95-9, 11. Anai Torres 91-10, T27. Rowan Borcher 69-11, 34. Kamryn Schuler 64-1, 42. Cheyenne Laing 54-7, 43. Kenedi Clevenger 53-11, 49. Noelle Leighton 47-1