A sunny day allowed the Powell Middle School boys’ track teams to show their strengths Saturday in Cody — where the seventh-grade boys finished in first with 114 points, 62 ahead of second place, and the eighth-grade boys placed comfortably in second.

Keaton Bennett led the way for the seventh-grade Cubs in the hurdling events, sweeping both the 100 (18.52) and 200 (31.22) alongside winning the pole vault after clearing 9 feet, 0 inches, to earn a qualifying mark for the Best of the Best in all three events.

In the distance races the Cubs had two different winners, where Landon McDonald won the 800 meters (2:39.7) and Dylan DeBoer won the 1600 meters (5:34.51). DeBoer earned a qualifying time in his race.

Braxton Nelson won the high jump (4-9) and Levi Cox won the discus (74-5) as the final two individual winners on the day.

The relay team of Brayden Benander, Nelson, Tucker Muecke and DeBoer won the 4x100 (55.36).

Overall the Cubs added 11 marks for the Best of the Best at the end of the year, as they ran away from second place Lovell by 62 points.

“It was really great to see the athletes improving and getting better each week,” coach Zach Coombs said. “They have been working hard and it is starting to pay off.”

For the eighth-grade squad, Breckyn Kobbe led the way finishing first in the 200 meters (25.98), second in the 100 meters (12.47) and second in the 400 meters (57.03) while earning a qualifying time in all three events.

Broc Frank won the high jump (5-3) and earned a qualifying height, while Garrett Lennon won the pole vault (10-6) with a qualifying mark.

Brady Harvey was the final event winner for the Cubs, winning the discus (124-0) with a personal best mark to qualify.

Overall the eighth-graders added 13 qualifying marks on the day, finishing in second with 87.5 points — 30.5 behind winners Cody but 47 points ahead of third place Thermopolis.

Powell had a dual in Cody rescheduled from this week, and it’s expected to occur at some point next week. The Cubs will stay close to home this weekend, heading to Cowley at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday to take part in the Rocky Mountain Invite.

CODY INVITE

* Indicates Best of the Best qualifying mark

SEVENTH GRADE

Team scores: 1. Powell 114, 2. Lovell 52, 3. Cody 51, 4. Thermopolis 35, 5. Riverton 30, 6. Burlington 24, 7. Worland 2

100 meters: 3. Karcher Foley 13.52, 5. Santiago Gutierrez 13.73, 7. Cobey Khan 13.95, 8. Braxton Nelson 13.98

200 meters: 3. Karcher Foley 27.7*, 4. Cobey Khan 27.82*, 7. Braxton Nelson 29.32, 8. Brayden Benander 30.23, 17. Carter Clark 35.49

400 meters: 2. Karcher Foley 1:03.15*, 3. Cobey Khan 1:03.47*, 6. Santiago Gutierrez 1:07.68, 11. Cash Peterson 1:11.07

800 meters: 1. Landon McDonald 2:39.7, 3. Dylan DeBoer 2:41.14, 7. Orin Onstine 2:55.76, 8. David Stearns 2:57.47, 10. Cash Peterson 3:01.72, 12. Tanner Anderson 3:30.78

1600 meters: 1. Dylan DeBoer 5:34.51*, 3. Landon McDonald 5:39.68*, 8. Orin Onstine 6:02.89, 9. Tanner Anderson 6:57.88

100 hurdles: 1. Keaton Bennett 18.52*

200 hurdles: 1. Keaton Bennett 31.22*

4x100 relay: 1. Brayden Benander, Braxton Nelson, Tucker Muecke and Dylan DeBoer 55.36

High jump: 1. Braxton Nelson 4-9*, 4. Keaton Bennett 4-5, 10. Cash Peterson 4-0

Pole vault: 1. Keaton Bennett 9-0*

Long jump: 2. Karcher Foley 15-5 1/2*, 10. David Stearns 11-10, 11. Dante Lauk 11-6

Shot put: 3. JW Faulker 25-7, 8. Tucker Muecke 21-9, 10. Levi Cox 21-5, 14. Landon Peterson 18-5, 16. Talon Grau 9-0

Discus: 1. Levi Cox 74-5, 4. Tucker Muecke 66-9, 7. JW Faulker 58-9 1/2

EIGHTH GRADE

Team scores: 1. Cody 118, 2. Powell 87.5, 3. Thermopolis 40.5, 4. Lovell 26, 5. Riverton 16, 6. Burlington 15, 7. Worland 14, Meeteetse 10

100 meters: 2. Breckyn Kobbe 12.47*, 13. Derrick Tucker 13.61, 37. Rebel Kemper 16.61

200 meters: 1. Breckyn Kobbe 25.98*, 10. Tanner Seifert 28.57, 13. Derrick Tucker 28.68

400 meters: 2. Breckyn Kobbe 57.03*, 4. Garrett Lennon 59.6*, 10. Lincoln Crawford 1:03.02, 12. Broc Frank 1:03.46

800 meters: 2. Broc Frank 2:27.49*, 5. Mason Green 2:32.25, 10. Weston Hull 3:01

1600 meters: 7. Renzy Matthews 6:26

100 hurdles: 5. Lincoln Crawford 17.57*, 7. Garrett Lennon 17.86*, T9. Dayton Lawrence and Sawyer Wormald 19.06, 16. Tanner Seifert 20.93, Weston Hull 18. 22.68

200 hurdles: 4. Dayton Lawrence 31.57, 6. Lincoln Crawford 31.87, 7. Sawyer Wormald 32.05, 9. Weston Hull 36.64

4x100 relay: 5. Brady Harvey, Kaden Wolff, Derrick Tucker and Sawyer Wormald 54.82

4x400 relay: 2. Broc Frank, Garrett Lennon, Hayden Jensen and Sawyer Wormald 4:30.12

800 medley relay: 2. Derrick Tucker, Tanner Seifert, Mason Green and Brady Harvey 2:07

High jump: 1. Broc Frank 5-3*, 5. Mason Green 4-7

Pole vault: 1. Garrett Lennon 10-6*, 2. Dayton Lawrence 9-6*

Long jump: 2. Breckyn Kobbe 16-8*, 11. Dayton Lawrence 14-6

Triple jump: 4. Lincoln Crawford 32-8, 5. Sawyer Wormald 32-2 1/2, 12. Renzy Matthews 29-6

Shot put: 4. Kaden Wolff 35-11*, 8. Brady Harvey 34-7, 13. James Emmett 30-4, 18. Hayden Jensen 28-5 1/2

Discus: 1. Brady Harvey 124*, 5. Kaden Wolff 96-8, 12. Hayden Jensen 79-11, 13. James Emmett 76-1 1/2