To finish off April the Powell Panther girls’ track and field team shined through in the sunshine — putting in strong performances at the Wyoming Track Classic in Casper on Friday and the Rocky Mountain Invite on Saturday in Cowley.

WYOMING TRACK CLASSIC

After five years of absence the Wyoming Track Classic made its grand return to Harry Geldien Stadium at Kelly Walsh in Casper on Friday.

The WTC is a meet that invites the top eight performers in track events and top nine in throwing events in the state to compete to see who is the best of the best before the state meet in just three weeks’ time.

The top three participants in each event receive medals for the meet.

Powell had multiple athletes break through and finish near the top, with Addy Thorington placing second in the high jump clearing 5 feet, 1 inch, and Anna Bartholomew placing third in the 800 meters (2:24.54).

“The meet was very highly competitive and it was great to see so many great performances from all of our kids,” coach Scott Smith said.

The Panthers had the most competitors in the 800  event with Megan Jacobsen also placing sixth (2:25.93) and Kinley Cooley (2:35.07) placing eighth.

Waycee Harvey broke under a minute in the 400, placing sixth in a competitive field with a 59.8.

Kenna Jacobsen placed eighth in the 1600 meters (5:37.74) and Cooley also placed sixth in the 3200 meters (12:35.54).

Overall 27 teams made the trip to Casper for the Friday evening meet, with the Panthers finishing eighth as a team with 25 points — 4A competition ruled throughout having the top five spots as Cheyenne Central won with 74 points.

For the girls, a couple of event records fell on Friday — Central’s Sydney Morrell broke the 1600 meter record (4:59.68) and Addie Pendergast of Sheridan broke the 400 meter record (54.25).

ROCKY MOUNTAIN INVITE

After several athletes competed on Friday, the Panthers turned their attention to the Rocky Mountain Invite on Saturday in Cowley.

Overall the Panthers had a strong day, winning 10 events at the smaller meet.

Event winners included Lauryn Bennett winning the 300 hurdles (52.61) and the pole vault (9-0); Bartholomew in the 200 meters (26.37); Kenna Jacobsen in the 800 meters (2:28.88); Cooley in the 1600 meters (5:40.3); Shelby Zickefoose in the 3200 meters (13:07.84); Thorington in the high jump (5-3); Ine Kolstad in the long jump (15-9); Harvey in the triple jump (34-8 1/4) and Grace Coombs in the discus (104-11).

Powell added three new triple jump qualifiers including Harvey, Sydney Spomer (33-10) and Kolstad (33-7 1/2) to give Powell four automatic qualifying spots in the triple jump in addition to Catelynn Floy who had previously qualified and also placed fourth on the day (33-6 1/4).

“It was great to see our girls compete so well in the triple jump and a great accomplishment for Waycee to hit such a big jump the first time she has done it in high school,” Smith said. “It just shows how talented that young lady is.”

The 1600 sprint medley of Audrey Johnson, Kolstad, Bartholomew and Megan Jacobsen won with a time of 4:31.24.

Powell had 26 top three finishes on the day, including the top three places in the 3200 meters, triple jump and long jump.

No team scores were kept for the meet.

FINAL REGULAR SEASON MEETS

Powell now has two final opportunities to earn pre-qualifying times for state before the regional meet in Worland in just under two weeks.

“These meets we will be down to making our final determinations on who will be entered in what events,” Smith said. “These two meets will be very helpful to help us make those decisions.”

The first chance will come on Thursday at 1 p.m., with the Panthers heading to Cody to take part in the Trackstravaganza.

Powell will then make a trip at 1 p.m. on Friday, heading down to Thermopolis to take part in the final meet of the regular season.

WYOMING TRACK CLASSIC

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores: 1. Cheyenne Central 74, 2. Kelly Walsh 71.5, 3. Natrona County 54, 4. Sheridan 41, 5. Cody 36.5, 6. Torrington 32, 7. Rawlins 28, 8. Powell 25, 9. Worland 23, 10. Buffalo 20, 11. Riverside 17, 12. Thunder Basin 16.5, 13. Wheatland 16, 14. Southeast 12, 15. Lander 11, 16. Riverton 10, 17. Pine Bluffs 9, 18. Rock Springs 8, 19. Rocky Mountain 7.5, 20. Campbell County 7, 21. Thermopolis 6, T22. Green River and Saratoga 5, 24. Burlington 4, 25. Lingle-Ft. Laramie 3, 26. Glenrock 2, 27. Kemmerer 1

400 meters: 6. Waycee Harvey 59.8*

800 meters: 3. Anna Bartholomew 2:24.54*, 6. Megan Jacobsen 2:25.93*, 8. Kinley Cooley 2:35.07

1600 meters: 8. Kenna Jacobsen 5:37.74

3200 meters: 6. Kinley Cooley 12:35.54

High jump: 2. Addy Thorington 5-1

ROCKY MOUNTAIN INVITE

100 meters: 2. Averie Warner 13.61, 4. Audrey Johnson 13.82, 9. Kadence DelBiaggio 14.39, 10. Peyton Borcher 14.43, 13. Amiya Love 14.98, 17. Blake Nissen 15.82, 20. Sophia Petrie 16.17, 22. Kaitlyn Griffith 16.25, 25. Maria Mendoza 16.78

200 meters: 1. Anna Bartholomew 27.37*, 2. Kodee Asay 28.44, 5. Catelynn Floy 29.2, 7. Megan Jacobsen 29.85, 12. Melissa Merritt 31.89, 17. Blake Nissen 34.26

400 meters: 3. Audrey Johnson 1:04.63, 4. Megan Jacobsen 1:04.87, 8. Saige Kidd 1:12.01

800 meters: 1. Kenna Jacobsen 2:28.88, 2. Emma Sapp 3:13

1600 meters: 1. Kinley Cooley 5:40.3, 3. Myah Rakness 5:52.11, 4. Melissa Merritt 6:07.99, 5. Salem Brown 6:38.11, 6. Gracie Wolff 6:57.37

3200 meters: 1. Shelby Zickefoose 13:07.84, 2. Salem Brown 14:08.31, 3. Gracie Wolff 14:23.01

100 meter hurdles: 3. Kami Jensen 17.69, 4. Lauryn Bennett 17.82, 6. Kate Williams 18.46, 7. Addy Thorington 18.85, 8. Saige Kidd 18.95, 9. Gretel Opps 19.01, 12. Charity Siggins 19.64, 13. Jamie McKenna 21.37, 14. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 22.59

300 meter hurdles: 1. Lauryn Bennett 52.61, 3. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 56.25, 5. Kate Williams 59.15, 6. Jamie McKenna 1:03.19

4x100 relay: 2. Catelynn Floy, Sydney Spomer, Kami Jensen and Kadence DelBiaggio 52.16*

1600 sprint medley: 1. Audrey Johnson, Ine Kolstad, Anna Bartholomew and Megan Jacobsen 4:31.24

High jump: 1. Addy Thorington 5-3*, T3. Hali Hancock and Blake Nissen 4-9, T7. Charity Siggins 4-5

Pole vault: 1. Lauryn Bennett 9-0*, T4. Kate Williams 7-0

Long jump: 1. Ine Kolstad 15-9, 2. Waycee Harvey 14-11 1/2, 3. Kodee Asay 14-9, 5. Catelynn Floy 14-8, 7. Nalani Jordan 13-6 1/2, 13. Kadence DelBiaggio 12-5, 17. Amiya Love 11-9, 21. Kaitlyn Griffith 10-5

Triple jump: 1. Waycee Harvey 34-8 1/4*, 2. Sydney Spomer 33-10*, 3. Ine Kolstad 33-7 1/2*, 4. Catelynn Floy 33-6 1/4*, 6. Nalani Jordan 30-6 1/2, 9. Kodee Asay 29-11 1/2, 11. Kadence DelBiaggio 28-3, 12. Maria Mendoza 27-10, 15. Amiya Love 25-8

Shot put: 4. Katie O’Brien 32-8, 7. Nyah Johnson 28-6 1/2, 12. Anai Torres 24-1

Discus: 1. Grace Coombs 104-11, 3. Anai Torres 96-0, 4. Katie O’Brien 93-7, 8. Nalani Jordan 83-7, 9. Nyah Johnson 82-1