Competing closer to home last week the Powell Panther girls’ swim and dive team made the trip to Cody on Friday for the Terry Bartlett Invitational, battling against most of the conference foes as well as the top team in the state in Lander.

The Panthers were led once again by Kaitlin Diver, who added qualifying marks for the state meet in the 500 free after placing second with a 5:54.5, and fifth in the 200 IM with a 2:31.09.

Patricia Christensen added a second place finish in the 100 breast and improved her time with a 1:20.95, while also qualifying in the 200 free (2:31.09) after taking fifth.

Kate Miller added a second qualifying event after taking third in the 100 breast with a 1:24.25 to take third.

Addy Powell added a third place finish in the 100 fly (1:14.23) to improve her qualifying time in the event.

The Panthers garnered an additional top eight finish from Samantha Young in the 100 fly (1:29.91).

Powell saw improvement from its lone diver Myah Rakness, who saw her score leap from 99 points up to 128 points.

“Myah had a sterling performance on the board placing ninth,” coach Bob Smartt said.

Overall the Panthers scored 176 points to finish in fourth place behind Lander (369), Cody (277) and Buffalo (201); while being ahead of Worland (151) and Newcastle (71).

“Eleven of our athletes were able to score individual points for the team,” Smartt said.

After taking this week to train, the Panthers will be set to host the Gene Dozah Invitational on Saturday, with the meet set to begin at 10 a.m. at the Powell Aquatic Center.

TERRY BARTLETT INVITATIONAL

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Lander 369, 2. Cody 277, 3. Buffalo 201, 4. Powell 176, 5. Worland 151, 6. Newcastle 71

200 medley relay — 4. Patricia Christensen, Kate Miller, Addy Powell and Tempie Day 2:14.08; 11. KaitLynn Linnebur, Kumora Snell, Charlotte Beeton and Anna Librato 2:51.05

200 free — 4. Patricia Christensen 2:18.41*, 15. Samantha Young 2:45.86, 20. Baylee Kraft 3:07.26, 22. Leah Sockey 3:36.8

200 IM — 5. Kaitlin Diver 2:31.09*, 14. Kate Miller 2:49.74, 18. Anika Anderson 3:01.95, 20. Brooke Brown 3:09.77

50 free — 5. Addy Powell 29.79, 17. Kumora Snell 33.73, 21. Tempie Day 34.45, 25. Anna Librato 38.08, 26. KaitLynn Linnebur 40.49, 28. Michelle Hedges 40.84, 31. Ellidi Joy 1:22.54

1-meter diving (six dives) — 9. Myah Rakness 128.95

100 fly — 3. Addy Powell 1:14.23*, 8. Samantha Young 1:29.91, 9. Claire Hultgren 1:43.6, 11. Tempie Day 1:46.75

100 free — 14. Charlotte Beeton 1:19.3, 19. Anna Librato 1:27.23

500 free — 2. Kaitlin Diver 5:54.5*, 12. Claire Hultgren 8:04.11, 13. Michelle Hedges 8:49.92

200 free relay — 7. Anika Anderson, Tempie Day, Kaitlin Diver and Samantha Young 2:12.41; 10. Claire Hultgren, Brooke Brown, Anna Librato and Michelle Hedges 2:33.07

100 back — 9. Kumora Snell 1:22.55, 10. Brooke Brown 1:25.11, 11. Charlotte Beeton 1:27.27, 13. KaitLynn Linnebur 1:31.87, 14. Baylee Kraft 1:32.38, 18. Leah Sockey 1:43.09

100 breast — 2. Patricia Christensen 1:20.95*, 3. Kate Miller 1:24.25*, 13. Anika Anderson 1:34.06

400 free relay — 4. Kaitlin Diver, Addy Powell, Patricia Christensen and Kate Miller 4:22.92; 9. Samantha Young, Charlotte Beeton, Brooke Brown and Anika Anderson 5:11.8; 12. Claire Hultgren, Baylee Kraft, KaitLynn Linnebur and Kumora Snell 5:43.93