After a meet cancellation on Thursday the Powell Panther girls’ track team put up strong performances Saturday at the Rocky Mountain Invite, claiming the team title by 25.5 points, winning six events and adding a new state qualifier in the process.

The new qualifier came in the pole vault, where Kate Williams cleared 9 feet to earn her spot at the state meet.

Powell also got a strong contribution in the discus, where Nyah Johnson took the top spot throwing 102 feet as the Panthers took 1-2-3 in that event.

“The girl throwers, hurdlers and vaulters continued to score a lot of points for us and the sprinters competed well but times didn’t show it with a head wind,” coach Scott Smith said.

Powell also got a pair of wins from Kinley Cooley who won the 800 meters in 2 minutes, 26.71 seconds, and the 3200 meters in 11:40.04.

Paige Sanders took the top spots in the long jump and triple jump with leaps of 16-9 and 35-0 1/4 respectively.

The Panthers got a number of top five finishes in addition to the victors, including Kindyle Floy who took second in the 100 meter dash (13.5) and third in the 200 meters (27.95); Audrey Johnson placed second in the 400 meters (1:00.22); Kenna Jacobsen placed second in the 1600 meters (5:40.82); Karee Cooley took second in the 3200 meters (11:45.16) and third in the 800 meters (2:30.87); Nalani Jordan placed second in the shot put (32-11) and discus (101-8); Anai Torres took third in the shot put (32-2) and discus (101-5); Shelby Zickefoose took fourth in the 3200 meters (12:29.56); Abigail Visocky placed fourth in the pole vault (7-6); Salem Brown took fifth in the 1600 meters (6:56.67); Macie Velasco placed fifth in the 3200 meters (13:08.82) and Vera Thomas placed fifth in the 100 meter hurdles (18.51).

Karee Cooley added the 3200 meters as a qualifying time, and the Panthers also added a second option in the 1600 sprint medley relay as the team of Floy, Sanders, Johnson and Jacobsen took second with a time of 4:23.91.

“This turned out to be a very good team meet, a lot of personal records, new state qualifiers and people starting to solidify their varsity spots,” Smith said.

Powell finished in the top spot with 186.5 points, while Worland was second with 161 and Lovell was third with 93.

The Panthers have the rest of this week to prepare for one of two meets on Friday, with some Panthers earning their spots at the Wyoming Track Classic in Casper and the rest of the team heading to Lovell for an invitational.

“This will be the last week for the entire team, then we have the Cody meet to pare down to our regional team,” Smith said.

Smith added that full entries for the classic will not be known until Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, but several Panthers should have the opportunity to compete against the best from all classifications.

The top eight competitors in sprints and hurdles qualify, the top nine in field events and the top 12 in the 1600 and 3200 races will be invited.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN INVITE

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Powell 186.5, 2. Worland 161, 3. Lovell 93, 4. Riverside 51.5, 5. Burlington 48, 6. Rocky Mountain 43, 7. Greybull 29, 8. Meeteetse 4, 9. Ten Sleep 3

100 meter dash — 2. Kindyle Floy 13.5, 11. Ashlee Jacobsen 14.48, 12. Addy Brown 14.5, 18. Peyton Ott 14.96, 19. Cambree Dicks 15.03, 20. Autumn Kidd 15.11, 21. Lainni Cary 15.39, 22. Ryli Belliston 15.49, 25. Ryann Hutzenbieler 15.64

200 meters — 3. Kindyle Floy 27.95, 16. Ashlee Jacobsen 30.75, 17. Peyton Ott 30.76, 19. Alaja Love 31.33, 25. Salem Brown 34.3

400 meters — 2. Audrey Johnson 1:00.22*, 6. Eleasah Horsley 1:06.03, 10. Kenna Jacobsen 1:06.87, 11. Autumn Kidd 1:07.21, 13. Alaja Love 1:08.69, 15. Ashlee Jacobsen 1:11.33

800 meters — 1. Kinley Cooley 2:26.71, 3. Karee Cooley 2:30.87, 6. Myah Rakness 2:38.26, 9. Shelby Zickefoose 2:43.37, 11. Macie Velasco 2:45.14

1600 meters — 2. Kenna Jacobsen 5:40.82, 5. Salem Brown 6:56.67

3200 meters — 1. Kinley Cooley 11:40.04*, 2. Karee Cooley 11:45.16*, 4. Shelby Zickefoose 12:29.56, 5. Macie Velasco 13:08.82

100 meter hurdles — 5. Vera Thomas 18.51, 6. Abigail Visocky 18.59, 14. Kate Williams 20.83, 16. Addy Brown 22.25

300 meter hurdles — 7. Abigail Visocky 52.13, 11. Vera Thomas 58.47

4x400 relay — 2. Myah Rakness, Autumn Kidd, Eleasah Horsley and Audrey Johnson 4:21.38

1600 sprint medley relay — 2. Kindyle Floy, Paige Sanders, Audrey Johnson and Kenna Jacobsen 4:23.91*

Pole vault — 1. Kate Williams 9-0*, 4. Abigail Visocky 7-6

Long jump — 1. Paige Sanders 16-9*, 8. Peyton Ott 14-7 1/2, 9. Addy Brown 14-3, T10. Cambree Dicks 14-0, 17. Ryli Belliston 13-4 1/2, 18. Lainni Cary 13-3 1/4, 19. Ryann Hutzenbieler 13-0 1/2, 23. Alaja Love 12-3

Triple jump — 1. Paige Sanders 35-0 1/4*, 8. Ryann Hutzenbieler 30-5 1/4, 15. Cambree Dicks 29-2, 16. Lainni Cary 28-4

Shot put — 2. Nalani Jordan 32-11, 3. Anai Torres 32-2, T8. Adrianna Torres 27-11, 11. Rowan Borcher 27-6, 12. Noelle Leighton 26-7, 15. Nyah Johnson 26-4, 17. Sam Edgell 25-8, 20. Claire Hultgren 23-4, 27. Kenedi Clevenger 20-2, 28. Kamryn Schuler 17-9

Discus — 1. Nyah Johnson 102-0, 2. Nalani Jordan 101-8, 3. Anai Torres 101-5, 7. Sam Edgell 93-3, 8. Adrianna Torres 90-5, T14. Noelle Leighton 80-8, 16. Rowan Borcher 79-10, 25. Kamryn Schuler 66-4, 26. Claire Hultgren 64-3, 28. Kenedi Clevenger 59-2