A strong season for both the Powell Middle School Cub boys’ track and field teams rolled on in Lovell on Saturday — with the seventh grade team running away with the team title and the eighth grade team finishing in a close second to Cody.

The seventh grade team’s strong day was led in part by six individual first place finishes, along with three relay victories.

Individual winners for the Cubs were Keaton Bennett winning the 100 hurdles (17.52), 200 hurdles (31.69) and the pole vault clearing 9 feet, 0 inches; Cobey Khan in the 400 (1:01.82); Landon McDonald in the 800 meters (2:40.52) and Levi Cox in the shot put (30-1 1/2).

The 4x100 relay of Brayden Benander, Braxton Nelson, Santiago Gutierrez and Dylan DeBoer won in 54.29; the 4x400 relay of Orin Onstine, Noah Young, Cash Peterson and David Stearns won in 4:53 and the 800 sprint medley team of Benander, Tucker Muecke, Khan and Bennett won in 2:01.24.

“The seventh grade boys love track and love their events,” coach Zach Coombs said. “They are always pushing themselves and each other to improve. They encourage each other every day.”

The strong team effort allowed the Cubs to pull significantly ahead of the competition — finishing with 188 points total, 90 ahead of second place Cody.

The eighth grade Cubs also had a productive day, earning five first place finishes in Lovell.

Breckyn Kobbe was the only two event winner, winning the 200 meters (25.01) and the 400 meters (57.51); Garrett Lennon won the pole vault (10-6); Kaden Wolff won the shot put (40-8) and Brady Harvey won the discus (116-3 1/2).

“Brady and Kaden love to throw,” Coombs said. “They put a ton of time in over the summer by attending throwing camps. They are both technicians and students of the throw. They are great leaders and help coach their teammates.”

Coombs said they have shown great improvement and he is excited for their next two meets after a great week of practice.

The only relay win of the day came in the 800 medley relay where the team of Derrick Tucker, Tanner Seifert, Harvey and Mason Green won in 2:01.21.

Overall the eighth grade team finished second at the Lovell Invite with 141 points, just 15 behind winner Cody.

Powell now heads down to Thermopolis at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday for the conference meet.

“We are hoping to bring home four conference championships,” Coombs said. “No matter what happens this weekend, this has been a great season for Powell Middle School track.”

Those who have earned the opportunity to compete will have another opportunity to prove they belong at the top after Saturday, with the Best of the Best Meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesday in Lander.

LOVELL INVITE

* Denotes qualifying mark for Best of the Best

SEVENTH GRADE

Team scores: 1. Powell 188, 2. Cody 98, 3. Thermopolis 92, 4. Lovell 59, 5. Riverside 23

100 meters: 3. Cobey Khan 12.94*, 5. Dylan DeBoer 13.37, 6. Braxton Nelson 13.41, Santiago Gutierrez 13.81, 11. Noah Young 14.16, 17. Carter Clark 17.11

200 meters: 3. Cobey Khan 26.85*, 4. Braxton Nelson 28.67*, 12. Carter Clark 35.97

400 meters: 1. Cobey Khan 1:01.82*, 4. Santiago Gutierrez 1:06.36*, 5. Dylan DeBoer 1:07.6, 7. Landon McDonald 1:09.65

800 meters: 1. Landon McDonald 2:40.52, 3. Tucker Muecke 2:45.48, 5. Orin Onstine 2:47, 6. David Stearns 2:48

1600 meters: 2. Landon McDonald 5:37*, 3. Tucker Muecke 5:43.07, 4. Orin Onstine 5:56, 5. Tanner Anderson 6:41, 6. Cash Peterson 6:51

100 hurdles: 1. Keaton Bennett 17.52*

200 hurdles: 1. Keaton Bennett 31.69*

4x100 relay: 1. Brayden Benander, Braxton Nelson, Santiago Gutierrez and Dylan DeBoer 54.29

4x400 relay: 1. Orin Onstine, Noah Young, Cash Peterson and David Stearns 4:53

800 sprint medley: 1. Brayden Benander, Tucker Muecke, Cobey Khan and Keaton Bennett 2:01.24

High jump: 2. Braxton Nelson 4-10*, 5. Santiago Gutierrez 4-6, 9. Cash Peterson 4-4

Pole vault: 1. Keaton Bennett 9-0*, 2. Landon McDonald 7-6*, 3. Dylan DeBoer 7-0*

Long jump: 6. Brayden Benander 13-6, 8. Noah Young 12-3 1/4, 11. David Stearns 11-7

Triple jump: 9. Tanner Anderson 23-4

Shot put: 1. Levi Cox 30-1 1/2*, 3. Landon Peterson 26-5, 7. JW Faulkner 24-10, 9. Talon Grau 13-9

Discus: 3. Landon Peterson 70-5, 4. JW Faulkner 67-7, 5. Tucker Muecke 61-4 1/2, 8. Talon Grau 27-3

EIGHTH GRADE

Team scores: 1. Cody 156, 2. Powell 141, 3. Lovell 68, 4. Thermopolis 66, 5. Riverside 21, 6. Meeteetse 16, 7. Greybull 4

100 meters: 2. Breckyn Kobbe 11.93*, 5. Derrick Tucker 13.07, 15. Weston Hull 15.06, 20. Rebel Kemper 15.72

200 meters: 1. Breckyn Kobbe 25.01*, 6. Derrick Tucker 27.83, 13. Weston Hull 32.89

400 meters: 1. Breckyn Kobbe 57.51*, 6. Garrett Lennon 1:00.39*, 9. Kaz Lee 1:04.02

800 meters: 2. Mason Green 2:30.74, 8. Kason Sherman 2:43.5, 10. Weston Hull 2:53.09

1600 meters: 5. Kason Sherman 6:02

100 hurdles: 5. Lincoln Crawford 17.56*, 8. Sawyer Wormald 19.74, 12. Renzy Matthews 22.38

200 hurdles: 4. Garrett Lennon 29.84*, 6. Dayton Lawrence 30.86*, 7. Sawyer Wormald 31.8*

4x100 relay: 3. Kaz Lee, Derrick Tucker, Tanner Seifert and Mason Green 53.45

4x400 relay: 3. Kason Sherman, Dayton Lawrence, Hayden Jensen and Sawyer Wormald 4:27

800 medley relay: 1. Derrick Tucker, Tanner Seifert, Brady Harvey and Mason Green 2:01.21

High jump: 4. Broc Frank 5-2*, 9. Mason Green 4-6

Pole vault: 1. Garrett Lennon 10-6*, 2. Dayton Lawrence 9-0*

Long jump: 3. Breckyn Kobbe 16-0*, 6. Dayton Lawrence 15-5 1/2, 15. Tanner Seifert 13-3 3/4, 19. Kason Sherman 12-10 3/4

Triple jump: 2. Brady Harvey 33-10 1/4*, 5. Lincoln Crawford 32-10*, 8. Sawyer Wormald 31-0, 9. Tanner Seifert 28-8

Shot put: 1. Kaden Wolff 40-8*, 3. Brady Harvey 37-10*, 6. Hayden Jensen 31-6, 9. James Emmett 29-2, 13. Rebel Kemper 21-9

Discus: 1. Brady Harvey 116-3 1/2*, 7. James Emmett 85-10, 8. Hayden Jensen 83-0 1/2, 9. Kaden Wolff 70-0, 22. Rebel Kemper 43-6