The Powell Panther boys’ track and field team finished third and added a new individual qualifier at the D&D Invitational in Worland on April 15, which was moved up due to projected weather.

“I thought the kids that we were able to take mostly did a good job of taking advantage of the good weather we had with a short turnaround,” coach Scott Smith said.

The new Panther qualifier was Liam Taylor, who won the 800 meters and finished in 2 minutes, 1.06 seconds to earn his first individual state qualifying mark.

In addition to Taylor the Panthers claimed the top spot in the 4x100 relay with a time of 45.79 seconds. That relay consisted of Lincoln Crawford, Karcher Foley, Braxton Nelson and Breckyn Kobbe, adding a second qualifying team for the Panthers in that event.

In addition to the two wins the Panthers had a host of top five finishes, as Crawford took second in the 110 meter hurdles (16.75); Renzy Matthews placed second in the 300 meter hurdles (46.68); Sawyer Wormald placed third in the 110 meter hurdles (17.22) and fifth in the 400 meters (54.08); Brady Harvey took third in the discus throwing 123 feet, 2 inches, and fourth in the shot put (41-9 1/4); Kobbe tied for fourth in the 200 meters (23.85) and Michael Legerski finished fifth in the 110 meter hurdles (18.61).

Smith said the Panthers are continuing to show growth at the midway point in the season, but need to continue focusing on the small things in order to keep that growth going to the end of the year.

“Our young kids are showing potential and really need to learn how to focus on fundamentals to make the improvements they will need when regionals and state come up,” Smith said.

As a team the Panthers finished third with 106 points, as Lovell took the team title with 171.5 points, just ahead of Cody with 167. Host Worland was fourth with 98.5 points.

This week Powell will have plenty of opportunities to get on the track after taking the rest of last week off, starting with a quick trip to Sheridan today (Tuesday) for the Gary Benson 3A/4A Clash.

Other opportunities closer to home include a meet in Cody on Thursday before another meet in Cowley on Saturday at the Rocky Mountain Invite.

D&D INVITATIONAL

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Lovell 171.5, 2. Cody 167, 3. Powell 106, 4. Worland 98.5, 5. Burlington 45, 6. Ten Sleep 25, 7. Rocky Mountain 14

100 meter dash — 7. Breckyn Kobbe 11.61*, 20. Cobey Khan 12.21, 27. Tristin Winninger 12.49, 29. Brayden Benander 12.58, 37. Cash Peterson 13.02, 44. Xander Clark 13.22, 47. David Yates 13.33, 51. David Stearns 13.73, 52. Damian Rakness 13.82

200 meters — T4. Breckyn Kobbe 23.85, 7. Karcher Foley 24.17, 15. Brayden Benander 24.92, 17. Cobey Khan 25.15, 23. Tristin Winninger 25.46, 39. Troy Cheatham 26.92, 43. David Yates 27.21, 44. Cash Peterson 27.26, 47. David Stearns 27.41, 48. Jude Thomas 28.55, 51. Damian Rakness 29.11

400 meters — 5. Sawyer Wormald 54.08, 9. Landon Hyde 56.89, 18. Troy Cheatham 1:00.09, 20. Michael Legerski 1:00.73

800 meters — 1. Liam Taylor 2:01.06*, 7. Thomas Shuman 2:20.96, 9. Nathan Varian 2:36.46

1600 meters — 6. Korbyn Warren 4:48.76, 8. Colin Walker 4:59.08, 10. Nathan Varian 5:14.2, 17. Jude Thomas 6:41.46

110 meter hurdles — 2. Lincoln Crawford 16.75, 3. Sawyer Wormald 17.22, 5. Michael Legerski 18.61, 6. Dayton Lawrence 18.82, 9. Xander Clark 19.6, 11. Renzy Matthews 20.08

300 meter hurdles — 2. Renzy Matthews 46.68

4x100 relay — 1. Lincoln Crawford, Karcher Foley, Braxton Nelson and Breckyn Kobbe 45.79*; 7. David Yates, Brayden Benander, David Stearns and Tristin Winninger 49.87

4x400 relay — 3. Liam Taylor, Korbyn Warren, Michael Legerski and Sawyer Wormald 3:43.89

4x800 relay — 2. Korbyn Warren, Nathan Varian, Colin Walker and Liam Taylor 9:15.25

High jump — 6. Braxton Nelson 5-10, T7. Landon Hyde 5-8

Pole vault — T7. Lincoln Crawford 10-6

Long jump — 7. Lincoln Crawford 18-7 1/2, 10. Karcher Foley 18-0 1/2, T13. Breckyn Kobbe 17-3

Triple jump — 6. Sawyer Wormald 37-4 1/2, 13. Renzy Matthews 32-9

Shot put — 4. Brady Harvey 41-9 1/4, 11. Landon Smallwood 38-4 1/4, 12. Kaden Wolff 37-8 1/2, 14. Conner Farwell 37-0 1/2, 15. Levi Cox 37-0 1/4, 18. Gabe McMillan 36-3 1/4, 28. JW Faulkner 32-4 3/4, 38. James Emmett 28-2 3/4, 46. Dane Smith 23-0

Discus — 3. Brady Harvey 123-2, 8. Kaden Wolff 111-9, 11. Gabe McMillan 103-8, 15. Landon Smallwood 93-6, 18. JW Faulkner 90-9, 21. James Emmett 87-11, 25. Conner Farwell 83-10, 31. Levi Cox 76-2, 37. Dane Smith 63-6