Sunny weather brought tough competition at the LA Kohnke Invitational on Saturday at Powell High School, as the Panther girls finished second paced by three event wins and four new state qualifying marks.

Two new individual state qualifying marks came from Karee Cooley, who took the top spot in the 3200 meters with a time of 11 minutes, 55.51 seconds, and second in the 1600 meters with a time of 5:30.78 to qualify in both events.

The Panthers also qualified the only two relays that hadn’t yet achieved that mark, as the 4x800 relay team of Macie Velasco, Kara Sanders, Anyston Keller and Shelby Zickefoose qualified with a time of 10:31.86 to take second, and the 1600 sprint medley team of Paige Sanders, Ashlee Jacobsen, Kaytlee George and Cooley qualified with a time of 4:25.3 to also take second.

“It is always good to get relays qualified early and it was great to see how much they exceeded the marks,” coach Scott Smith said.

Powell also had an individual two event winner, as Paige Sanders claimed the top spot in the long jump with a leap of 16 feet, 10 inches, and the top spot in the triple jump with a leap of 37-0 1/4.

The Panthers added a number of top five finishes, as Nalani Jordan took second in the discus (115-8) and third in the shot put (36-0 1/2); George finished third in the 400 meters (1:01.37) and fifth in the 200 meters (27.09); Zickefoose was third in the 1600 meters (5:39.33); Kindyle Floy and Keylyn Knuth tied for third in the high jump (4-9); Kate Williams finished fifth in the pole vault (8-6) and Anai Torres placed fifth in the discus (108).

As a team the Panther girls took second, earning 116 points, finishing behind Sheridan which won with 141 points and just ahead of Worland in third with 109.

“There is no shame taking second to Sheridan any time, they are one of the top programs in 4A both boys and girls,” Smith said.

The Panthers don’t have to go far for their next meet, as they are set to host a triangular with Cody and Worland this week.

That meet was originally scheduled for Thursday, but due to projected weather that meet has been moved up to today (Tuesday).

Events will begin at 4 p.m. with field events, followed by track events beginning at 5 p.m.

That will be the only meet for the Panthers this week, as there are several meets scheduled for next week.

LA KOHNKE INVITATIONAL

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Sheridan 141, 2. Powell 116, 3. Worland 109, 4. Cody 97, 5. Lander 87.5, 6. Lovell 71.5, 7. Greybull 23.5, 8. Burlington 22.5, 9. Riverton 14, 10. Rocky Mountain 7, 11. Riverside 3

100 meter dash — T6. Ashlee Jacobsen 13.54, 11. Averie Warner 13.95, 16. Lucy Ostermiller 14.11, 33. Ivy Lennon 15.38

200 meters — 5. Kaytlee George 27.09*, 10. Ashlee Jacobsen 28.41, 11. Paige Sanders 28.57, 14. Averie Warner 29.23

400 meters — 3. Kaytlee George 1:01.37*

800 meters — 11. Macie Velasco 2:42.5, 15. Kara Sanders 2:49.55, 27. Natalee Laing 3:10.83

1600 meters — 2. Karee Cooley 5:30.78*, 3. Shelby Zickefoose 5:39.33, 6. Anyston Keller 5:47.25, 20. Natalee Laing 6:43.96, 27. Jordyn Nelson 7:29.78

3200 meters — 1. Karee Cooley 11:55.51*, 8. Anyston Keller 13:02.05, 14. Jordyn Nelson 16:39

100 meter hurdles — 11. Vera Thomas 18.45, 17. Ivy Lennon 19.92

4x800 relay — 2. Macie Velasco, Kara Sanders, Anyston Keller and Shelby Zickefoose 10:31.86*

1600 sprint medley relay — 2. Paige Sanders, Ashlee Jacobsen, Kaytlee George and Karee Cooley 4:25.3*

High jump — T3. Kindyle Floy and Keylyn Knuth 4-9, T8. Ashlee Jacobsen 4-3

Pole vault — 5. Kate Williams 8-6, T13. Lynea Christensen 7-0

Long jump — 1. Paige Sanders 16-10*, 6. Kaytlee George 15-5 1/4, 10. Lucy Ostermiller 14-8 3/4, 19. Kara Sanders 13-7, 20. Cambree Dicks 13-6 1/2, 34. Ryann Hutzenbieler 12-5, 35. Lainni Cary 12-4 1/2, 40. Natalee Laing 10-11

Triple jump — 1. Paige Sanders 37-0 1/4*, 14. Kara Sanders 29-7, 22. Cambree Dicks 27-8 1/2, 24. Lainni Cary 27-3 1/4, 25. Keylyn Knuth 27-1, 26. Ryann Hutzenbieler 26-9 1/2

Shot put — 3. Nalani Jordan 36-0 1/2*, 8. Anai Torres 33-4 1/2, T11. Nyah Johnson 30-11, 13. Sam Edgell 30-8 1/2, 18. Meredyth Giltner 29-4 1/4, 22. Noelle Leighton 28-5 3/4, 24. Macey Davison 27-11 1/2, 26. Adrianna Torres 27-1 1/2, 28. Sharae Shoopman 26-10, 31. Rowan Borcher 26-3 1/2, 38. Claire Hultgren 24-0 1/2, 58. Raegan Carter 18-5 1/2, 59. Sophie Erkkila 18-3, 63. Kenedi Clevenger 17-10

Discus — 2. Nalani Jordan 115-8*, 5. Anai Torres 108, 7. Nyah Johnson 106-2, 10. Sam Edgell 95-10, 11. Sharae Shoopman 95-5, 15. Macey Davison 89-1, 17. Adrianna Torres 88-1, 23. Meredyth Giltner 82, 26. Noelle Leighton 77-11, 37. Rowan Borcher 70-3, 44. Kenedi Clevenger 59-1, 49. Claire Hultgren 56-4, 59. Raegan Carter 44-11, 62. Sophie Erkkila 29-8