After a quick turnaround and with a lighter squad, the Powell Panther girls’ track and field team finished third at the D&D Invitational in Worland on Tuesday, April 15.

Individually the Panthers were led by Paige Sanders, who continued her impressive sophomore campaign with victories in both the long jump and triple jump, traveling 16 feet, 7 inches, and 35 feet, 5 3/4 inches respectively.

“Paige works hard and focuses on the important fundamentals,” coach Scott Smith said. “She is still young and has great potential. She is a lot of fun to watch.”

In addition to Sanders the Panthers had one more victory in Worland, as the 4x100 relay team of Averie Warner, Addy Brown, Sanders and Kindyle Floy won in 52.55 seconds and earned a state qualifying mark in the process.

Powell also had a number of top five finishes, as Kenna Jacobsen finished second in the 1600 meters (5:34.66); Kate Williams took second in the pole vault (8-6); Nalani Jordan took second in the discus (113-11); Floy placed third in the 200 meters (27.52); Anai Torres took third in the discus (108-10); Sanders placed fourth in the 200 meters (28.17); Myah Rakness finished fourth in the 800 meters (2:38.05); Abigail Visocky took fourth in the pole vault (7-6); Shelby Zickefoose took fifth in the 3200 meters (12:27.75) and Adrianna Torres took fifth in the discus (100-7).

In the team standings the Panthers finished third with 122 points, as Cody won with 201 points, Worland was second with 190.5 and Lovell was fourth with 34.5 points.

After the D&D Invitational the Panthers took the rest of the week off from competition, but have a busy schedule ahead this week. There are three meets planned in a five day span, and Smith said the Panthers will likely each go to a couple of the meets.

“With the weather and break we are trying to set our kids up to be ready to compete mentally since most of them will get two meets in this week,” Smith said. “We just need to stay focused on the basics.”

The first opportunity on the calendar is a meet in Sheridan today (Tuesday) at the Gary Benson 3A/4A Clash, with additional opportunities coming Thursday in Cody and Saturday in Cowley at the Rocky Mountain Invite.

D&D INVITATIONAL

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Cody 201, 2. Worland 190.5, 3. Powell 122, 4. Lovell 34.5, 5. Burlington 33, 6. Rocky Mountain 17, 7. Ten Sleep 12

100 meter dash — 7. Averie Warner 13.91, 11. Addy Brown 14.41, 14. Autumn Kidd 14.86, 19. Lainni Cary 15.16, 20. Ryli Belliston 15.31, 21. Genevieve Moran 15.49, 22. Ryann Hutzenbieler 15.55, 27. Tallia Cheatham 16.38

200 meters — 3. Kindyle Floy 27.52, 4. Paige Sanders 28.17, 12. Averie Warner 28.79, 17. Peyton Ott 29.78, 22. Autumn Kidd 30.6, 32. Tallia Cheatham 35.45

400 meters — 7. Alaja Love 1:09.51

800 meters — 4. Myah Rakness 2:38.05, 12. Jordyn Nelson 3:20.21

1600 meters — 2. Kenna Jacobsen 5:34.66, 6. Eleasah Horsley 6:08.45, 7. Macie Velasco 6:11.01, 9. Salem Brown 7:02.13, 10. Jordyn Nelson 7:03.88

3200 meters — 5. Shelby Zickefoose 12:27.75

100 meter hurdles — 6. Vera Thomas 18.01, 7. Kate Williams 18.04, 8. Stella Shoopman 18.11, 11. Abigail Visocky 18.97, 14. Addy Brown 19.57

300 meter hurdles — 6. Stella Shoopman 52.85, 7. Abigail Visocky 52.86

4x100 relay — 1. Averie Warner, Addy Brown, Paige Sanders and Kindyle Floy 52.55*

4x400 relay — 3. Eleasah Horsley, Myah Rakness, Autumn Kidd and Kenna Jacobsen 4:28.38

Pole vault — 2. Kate Williams 8-6, 4. Abigail Visocky 7-6

Long jump — 1. Paige Sanders 16-7*, 9. Peyton Ott 14-8 1/2, 11. Addy Brown 14-6, 15. Alaja Love 13-4, 16. Lainni Cary 13-2 1/2, 20. Ryann Hutzenbieler 12-6 1/2, 21. Ryli Belliston 12-5 1/2, 24. Genevieve Moran 11-2

Triple jump — 1. Paige Sanders 35-5 3/4*, 7. Ryann Hutzenbieler 30-6 1/2, 10. Stella Shoopman 28-2 3/4, 13. Lainni Cary 27-6 1/2

Shot put — 7. Rowan Borcher 28-11, 10. Sam Edgell 27-8, 11. Adrianna Torres 27-4, 12. Sharae Shoopman 26-11 1/2, T13. Nyah Johnson 26-11, 21. Noelle Leighton 24-7 1/2, 23. Kamryn Schuler 24-4 1/4, 30. Kenedi Clevenger 21-7 1/2, 31. Claire Hultgren 21-5 1/4

Discus — 2. Nalani Jordan 113-11*, 3. Anai Torres 108-10, 5. Adrianna Torres 100-7, 6. Nyah Johnson 99-2, 10. Sharae Shoopman 88-10, 12. Sam Edgell 87-5, 22. Noelle Leighton 72-3, 23. Rowan Borcher 71-10, 24. Kamryn Schuler 70-10, 29. Kenedi Clevenger 60-7, 33. Claire Hultgren 52-2