Conditions held out just long enough for the Powell Panther boys’ track and field team to open the season, as the Panthers made the most of their first opportunity and took the team title at the Burlington Invite on Friday.

“The boys did a great job all throughout the events, especially considering how young we are,” coach Scott Smith said. “I really liked the way they came out and competed.”

The Panthers had one lone victor in Burlington, as Liam Taylor claimed the top spot in the 800 meters with a time of 2 minutes, 5.07 seconds.

Despite only one winner the Panthers had a host of top finishes to take the team title, as Breckyn Kobbe took second in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.59, qualifying for the state meet.

“It was good to see Breckyn get out to a fast start this season,” Smith said. “He has really improved in just one year and looks to have an even better future this season.”

In addition to Kobbe, Sawyer Wormald placed second in the 300 meter hurdles (44.19) and Karcher Foley took second in the long jump, leaping 19 feet, 11 3/4 inches.

Third place finishes belonged to Foley in the 200 meters (24.76), Lincoln Crawford in the 110 meter hurdles (16.96), and Braxton Nelson and Landon Hyde in the high jump, both clearing 6 feet.

Those two were the other Panther qualifiers for the state meet.

“Early season qualifiers are always great, but to see them jumping that well this early is really exciting,” Smith said.

Powell had one relay victory, as the quartet of Cobey Khan, Brayden Benander, Nelson and Kobbe won the 4x100 with a time of 46.88.

Other top five finishes included: Kobbe fourth in the 200 meters (25.11), Korbyn Warren fourth in the 800 meters (2:12.9), Michael Legerski fourth in the 300 meter hurdles (45.77), Crawford tied for fourth in the pole vault (11-0), Landon Smallwood and Brady Harvey tied for fourth in the shot put (40-0), Taylor fifth in the 1600 meters (4:51.09), Colin Walker fifth in the 3200 meters (11:06.28) and Wormald fifth in the 110 meter hurdles (18.07) and the triple jump (38-1).

Powell took the top spot with 146 points, 17.75 ahead of second place Thermopolis and 44.25 ahead of Lovell in third.

The Panthers now have a couple of weeks to prepare for their next meet, the LA Kohnke Invitational on April 12 at home.

BURLINGTON INVITE

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Powell 146, 2. Thermopolis 128.25, 3. Lovell 101.75, 4. Worland 88.25, 5. Burlington 72.5, 6. Tongue River 45, 7. Ten Sleep 28, 8. Wind River 11, 9. Greybull 7.75, 10. Riverside 7.5, 11. Western Heritage Lutheran Academy 5, T12. Rocky Mountain and Wyoming Indian 3

100 meters — 2. Breckyn Kobbe 11.59*, 11. Braxton Nelson 12.09, T20. Tristin Winninger 12.41, 24. Cobey Khan 12.55, 25. Brayden Benander 12.56, 38. David Yates 13.06, 42. Rowan Diaz 13.28, 51. David Stearns 13.65

200 meters — 3. Karcher Foley 24.76, 4. Breckyn Kobbe 25.11, 6. Braxton Nelson 25.26, 11. Brayden Benander 25.77, 12. Tristin Winninger 25.89, 15. Cobey Khan 26.38, 27. David Yates 27.86, 30. Troy Cheatham 28.23, 31. David Stearns 28.63, 36. Cash Peterson 29

400 meters — 16. Colin Walker 1:05.3

800 meters — 1. Liam Taylor 2:05.07, 4. Korbyn Warren 2:12.9, 16. Thomas Shuman 2:23.87, 18. Nathan Varian 2:25.35, 23. Michael Stensing 2:29.04, 24. Landon McDonald 2:29.51

1600 meters — 5. Liam Taylor 4:51.09, 6. Korbyn Warren 4:57.6, 13. Nathan Varian 5:18.27, 16. Michael Stensing 5:26.18, 20. Troy Cheatham 5:34.39, 21. Julian Frost 5:39.32

3200 meters — 5. Colin Walker 11:06.28

110 meter hurdles — 3. Lincoln Crawford 16.96, 5. Sawyer Wormald 18.07, 6. Michael Legerski 18.42, 9. Dayton Lawrence 19.51

300 meter hurdles — 2. Sawyer Wormald 44.19, 4. Michael Legerski 45.77

4x100 relay — 1. Cobey Khan, Brayden Benander, Braxton Nelson and Breckyn Kobbe 46.88

4x400 relay — 3. Thomas Shuman, Troy Cheatham, Korbyn Warren and Liam Taylor 4:08.13

4x800 relay — 2. Korbyn Warren, Liam Taylor, Michael Stensing and Colin Walker 9:31.59

High jump — T3. Braxton Nelson and Landon Hyde 6-0*

Pole vault — T4. Lincoln Crawford 11-0, T7. Dayton Lawrence 10-0, 10. Landon McDonald 9-0

Long jump — 2. Karcher Foley 19-11 3/4, 8. Lincoln Crawford 18-8 1/4, 9. Breckyn Kobbe 18-4 1/2

Triple jump — 5. Sawyer Wormald 38-1, 7. Karcher Foley 37-10

Shot put — T4. Landon Smallwood and Brady Harvey 40-0, 12. Conner Farwell 36-4, 17. Levi Cox 35-3, T19. Kaden Wolff 35-0, T27. Gabe McMillan 33-5, 29. JW Faulkner 32-10 1/2, 41. James Emmett 29-3, 44. Dane Smith 25-5

Discus — 6. Brady Harvey 114-2, 10. Kaden Wolff 105-8, 11. Landon Smallwood 103-11, 15. Gabe McMillan 95-7, 16. JW Faulkner 95-5, T20. James Emmett 91-2, 25. Levi Cox 83-5, 28. Conner Farwell 82-0, 42. Dane Smith 64-2