The Panther swimmers and divers landed second among an eight-team field in Lander at the Bruce Gresly Invitational on Saturday.

“We had a pretty good meet,” reported coach Stephanie Warren. “Out of our 16 qualifiers, each one had at least one personal record in the meet either in swimming or diving. That is good to see this time of year. Some added more qualifying events.”

Tarren Blackmore, Cole Frank and Bryce Hogen added the 100 breaststroke to their qualifications, Rui Parker and Francis Rogers picked up the 100 butterfly and Josh Wright qualified in the 500 freestyle, all setting their season bests in the process.

The Panthers posted several top three finishes.

Richard Spann won the 100 backstroke with a time of 57.81 seconds (a 0.25 second improvement), while Parker took the bronze in 1:02.72.

“Back was a good event for Powell,” coach Warren noted.

Meanwhile, Nate Johnston was the runner up in the 100 breaststroke in 1:03.51 (a 0.39 second improvement); Spann, Johnston, Jay Cox and Blackmore took third in the 200 medley relay (1:49.46); and Hogen took third in diving, amassing 329.45 points in the season’s first 11 dives competition.

Other personal bests, listed by event, included:

• Rogers cut 0.85 seconds in the 200 free (2:13.35).
• 200 IM: Kobus Diver cut 0.57 (2:37.98); Kyler Warren cut another 3.58 seconds (2:39.22); Nathan Fuller knocked off nearly 5 seconds (2:50.20).
• 50 free: Cox (24.63) cut 0.39 seconds and Davis Polson swam 1.55 seconds faster (34.08).
• 100 free: Cox cut 1.25 seconds (55.69), Ben Hawley slashed 1.18 seconds (1:03.24), Caiden Gerhts trimmed 3.85 seconds (1:03.63) and David Polson (1:14.31) smashed his prior best by 6.49 seconds.
• 100 back: Wright posted a personal record of 1:06.45; Aidan Cannizzaro took off 0.56 seconds (1:15.53); Hunter Davis shaved a healthy 3.12 seconds (1:22.03).
• 100 breast: Ashtin Prentiss took off 0.03 seconds, nearly making the state meet qualifying time with a swim of 1:19.06.

The Panthers return to the water today (Tuesday), as they head to Worland for a 4:30 p.m. triangular with the Warriors and Cody. The squad will then be off until hosting the conference meet on Feb. 7-8.

Lander Bruce Gresly Invite results

1. Lander 352, 2. Powell 216, 3. Cheyenne South 172, 3. Buffalo 172, 5. Riverton 146.5, 6. Worland 139.5, 7. Rawlins 70, 8. Douglas 52, 9. Newcastle 30

200 Medley Relay

3. Spann, Johnston, Cox, Blackmore 1:49.46, 9. Diver, Frank, Ben Cannizzaro, Rogers 2:04.64

200 Freestyle

7. Johnston 2:00.15, 16. Rogers 2:13.35, 18. Ben Cannizzaro 2:18.24

200 Individual Medley

3. Spann, 2:17.12, 9. Diver 2:37.98, 10. Warren 2:39.22, 15. Fuller 2:50.20

50 Freestyle

7. Cox 24.63, 33. Polson 34.08, 37. Davis 35.36

1 Meter Diving (11 dives)

3. Hogen 329.45, 5. Frank 274.10, Prentiss 249.90, 10. Hawley 234.25, 12. 211.50

100 Butterfly

5. Parker 1:02.68, 8. Rogers 1:08.30

100 Freestyle

6. Cox 55.69, 7. Blackmore 55.93, 20. Hawley 1:03.24, 22. Gerhts 1:03.63, 24. Aidan Cannizzaro 1:07.15, 29. Polson 1:14.31

500 Freestyle

11. Diver 6:06.65, 15. Wright 6:17.70, 16. Ben Cannizzaro 6:18.75, 17. Warren 6:34.57, 23. Fuller 7:33.22

200 Freestyle Relay

6. Parker, Hogen, Ben Cannizzaro, Blackmore 1:43.74, 15. Polson, Aidan Cannizzaro, Fuller, Wright 2:09.52

100 Backstroke

1. Spann 57.81, 3. Parker 1:02.72, 7. Wright 1:06.45, 16. Aidan Cannizzaro 1:15.53, 21. Davis 1:22.03

100 Breaststroke

2. Johnston 1:03.51, 9. Hogen 1:13.71, 10. Blackmore 1:14.59, 13. Frank 1:17.06, 21. Prentiss 1:19.06

400 Freestyle Relay

5. Spann, Parker, Johnston, Cox 3:43.57, 9. Wright, Hogen, Rogers, Diver 4:16.23, 11. Prentiss, Hawley, Frank, Warren 4:28.10