Sunshine, warm weather and a home crowd helped push the Powell Panther girls’ track and field team to a victory in the LA Kohnke Invite on Saturday — earning seven individual first place finishes en route to a 59 point team victory over second place Cody.

“I was very happy with the kids’ performances,” coach Scott Smith said. “We had great performances across the board for both boys and girls.”

Leading the way for the Panthers with three top two finishes was Waycee Harvey, who won the 100 meters (13.13), the long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 11 1/2 inches, and placed second in the 200 meters (27.04).

Other individual winners on the day included Anna Bartholomew in the 400 (1:00.94); Kinley Cooley in the 3200 (12:18.22); Lauryn Bennett in the 300 hurdles (50.44); Sydney Spomer in the triple jump (32-6) and Grace Coombs in the discus (110-07) — with Coombs earning her first qualifying mark of the season in the victory.

“Seeing Grace automatically qualify in the discus was really nice,” Smith said. “She has been consistently improving and she had a very consistent series, which shows that her technique is coming together.”

Two more new Panther qualifiers were Megan and Kenna Jacobsen, who placed second and third in the 800 meters with times of 2:24.4 and 2:25.13 respectively.

“The Jacobsen sisters really came through with fast times in the 800 that set them up nicely, along with Anna Bartholomew, to qualify for the track classic in two weeks,” Smith said. “It is also a great evidence of how hard they and our distance group have all been working.”

Powell had one relay victory on the day, with the team of the Jacobsen sisters, Bartholomew and Harvey winning the 4x400 (4:16.42).

Smith said he would like to thank the volunteers who helped work the meet, and the Powell Athletic Roundtable for helping put on the meet and supporting the kids in Powell.

LOVELL INVITE

Powell remains in the Big Horn Basin this week, taking a majority of the week to train before making the short trip for a 9:30 a.m. start Saturday in Lovell.

Smith said they hope to get a full week of training outside but hopes the team will be able to adapt to the weather as cooler temperatures are predicted for this upcoming weekend.

LA KOHNKE INVITE

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores: 1. Powell 225.2, 2. Cody 166, 3. Worland 118.2, 4. Lovell 55.5, 5. Rocky Mountain 33, 6. Thermopolis 22.5, 7. Burlington 17.2, 8. Greybull 5.2, 9. Meeteetse 2.2, 10. Ten Sleep 0

100 meters: 1. Waycee Harvey 13.13*, 11. Averie Warner 13.93, 17. Catelynn Floy 14.18, 24. Kadence DelBiaggio 14.69, 27. Peyton Borcher 14.86, 30. Amiya Love 15.04, 37. Hayden Watts 15.71, 40. Blake Nissen 15.96, 43. Hali Hancock 16.94, 46. Maria Mendoza 17.34

200 meters: 2. Waycee Harvey 27.04*, 4. Anna Bartholomew 27.54*, 5. Audrey Johnson 28.4, 6. Averie Warner 28.87, 11. Kodee Asay 29.81, 19. Peyton Borcher 31.23, 20. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 31.24, 25. Amiya Love 32.29, 27. Hayden Watts 32.86, 31. Blake Nissen 34.09, 32. Kaitlyn Griffith 35.26

400 meters: 1. Anna Bartholomew 1:00.94, 4. Audrey Johnson 1:04.83

800 meters: 2. Megan Jacobsen 2:24.4*, 3. Kenna Jacobsen 2:25.13*, 9. Melissa Merritt 2:47.04, 11. Shelby Zickefoose 2:48.54

1600 meters: 5. Kinley Cooley 5:38.68, 11. Melissa Merritt 5:58.35, 12. Shelby Zickefoose 5:58.92, 13. Myah Rakness 6:01.15, 15. Salem Brown 6:30.78, 17. Gracie Wolff 6:49.72, 18. Emma Sapp 7:05.6

3200 meters: 1. Kinley Cooley 12:18.22*, 3. Salem Brown 14:10.03, 4. Gracie Wolff 14:32.85

100 meter hurdles: 2. Lauryn Bennett 17.45, 4. Kami Jensen 17.88, 6. Addy Thorington 18.09, 10. Charity Siggins 18.89, 12. Kate Williams 19.27, 15. Gretel Opps 19.77, 16. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 19.98, 18. Saige Kidd 20.2, 26. Jamie McKenna 22.74, 28. Sharae Shoopman 23.86

300 meter hurdles: 1. Lauryn Bennett 50.44, 5. Kami Jensen 53.1, 9. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 56.33, 11. Kate Williams 1:01.9

4x100 relay: 2. Averie Warner, Ine Kolstad, Sydney Spomer and Catelynn Floy 52.19*

4x400 relay: 1. Kenna Jacobsen, Megan Jacobsen, Anna Bartholomew and Waycee Harvey 4:16.42*

4x800 relay: 2. Anna Bartholomew, Kenna Jacobsen, Megan Jacobsen and Kinley Cooley 10:49.53*

1600 sprint medley: 4. Kami Jensen, Averie Warner, Audrey Johnson and Myah Rakness 4:41.39

High jump: 2. Addy Thorington 4-11, T8. Hali Hancock 4-7, T13. Saige Kidd and Blake Nissen 4-5

Pole vault: 2. Lauryn Bennett 9-0, 5. Kate Williams 7-0

Long jump: 1. Waycee Harvey 15-11 1/2, 3. Ine Kolstad 15-3, 9. Kadence DelBiaggio 14-6 1/2, 12. Nalani Jordan 13-7, 18. Kodee Asay 12-6 1/2, 24. Hali Hancock 11-4, 27. Maria Mendoza 11-0 1/4, 28. Kaitlyn Griffith 10-6 3/4 

Triple jump: 1. Sydney Spomer 32-6, 3. Ine Kolstad 31-10 3/4, 4. Catelynn Floy 31-8 3/4, 7. Nalani Jordan 29-5, 12. Charity Siggins 27-6 1/2, 21. Maria Mendoza 24-2

Shot put: 4. Katie O’Brien 34-2, 7. Grace Coombs 31-11 1/2, 13. Nyah Johnson 26-8, 15. Anai Torres 26-5 1/2, T24. Sharae Shoopman and Cheyenne Laing 22-9 ½

Discus: 1. Grace Coombs 110-07*, 6. Addy Thorington 90-10, 8. Katie O’Brien 88-10, 10. Nyah Johnson 81-10, 11. Nalani Jordan 80-08, 12. Anai Torres 80-07, 17. Sharae Shoopman 73-11, 21. Saige Kidd 69-04, 34. Cheyenne Laing 55-09