A school record shattered by two distance runners and multiple event winners were not enough to separate the Powell and Worland girls’ track and field teams, as two of the top schools in the state tied at 188 points on a warm Saturday in Lovell.

The record breaking performance once again came from Kinley Cooley, who was joined by junior teammate Kenna Jacobsen who also broke the school’s 3200 record in Lovell.

Cooley finished second in the event but broke the record she set last year of 12:04.12 by a considerable amount with a new time of 11:43.75.

Jacobsen also broke the record after racing under 12 minutes, finishing in 11:51.19 to take home third.

“Extremely impressive performances by both girls to obliterate the old record. It also puts them in a good position to qualify for the track classic this week,” coach Scott Smith said.

Cooley had already qualified for the state meet in the event, while Jacobsen added that mark alongside Karee Cooley who finished fourth in 12:20.89.

Powell had a pair of double event winners on Saturday, with Waycee Harvey winning the long jump at 17 feet even and the triple jump with a 35-5 1/2, and Katie O’Brien winning the shot put at 36-11 and qualifying in the discus with a 120-11.

“It was great to see our kids get out and win events with this field of teams,” Smith said.

Harvey also added the 400 meters and 100 meters to her qualifying standards, finishing third in the 100 (13.17) and second in the 400 meters (59.85).

Other event winners included Lauryn Bennett in the pole vault (9-0) and Jacobsen in the 800 with a qualifying time of 2:24.81.

Powell added a third out of four potential relay qualifiers to the state meet, placing second in the 1600 sprint medley relay in 4:37.26 via the team of Ashlee Jacobsen, Naomi Whipple, Audrey Johnson and Myah Rakness.

“It is always nice to get another relay qualified for state,” Smith said. “To have that insurance policy going into regionals sometimes plays out to have a huge effect on state results.”

Powell and Worland finished well ahead of third place Lovell which had 54 points.

The top two teams from last year’s state meet continue to battle it out, as Smith expects the battle to continue down the stretch the rest of the regular season and into the postseason.

“The Worland girls and our girls are really closely matched as teams but our strongest areas of depth are different,” Smith said. “Both teams had great performances in Lovell and every meet matches up differently with different teams. We will see them at every meet after our dual, so we will have a lot of fun competing with them down the stretch.”

The next opportunity for the Panthers to get on the track will be a quick turnaround, hosting a meet on Tuesday (today), which is expected to be a dual against Park County rival Cody.

That meet is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. start at Powell High School, before the Panthers head back on the road the remainder of the season.

LOVELL INVITATIONAL

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Powell and Worland 188, 3. Lovell 54, 4. Rocky Mountain 38, 5. Burlington 27, 6. Greybull 16

100 meters — 3. Waycee Harvey 13.17*, T7. Averie Warner 13.95, 9. Audrey Johnson 14.05, 14. Naomi Whipple 14.83, 16. Ashlee Jacobsen 14.85, 26. Lainni Cary 15.59, 27. Cambree Dicks 15.6, 28. Ryann Hutzenbieler 15.62, 33. Abigail LeBlanc 16.86, 34. Alexis Helfrich 17.18

200 meters — 5. Averie Warner 28.93, 10. Naomi Whipple 30.35, 11. Paige Sanders 30.69, 15. Cambree Dicks 31.42, 17. Melissa Merritt 31.62, 18. Lainni Cary 31.9, 19. Ryann Hutzenbieler 32.15, 23. Abigail LeBlanc 34.87, 24. Alexis Helfrich 36.37

400 meters — 2. Waycee Harvey 59.85*, 8. Ashlee Jacobsen 1:12.14

800 meters — 1. Kenna Jacobsen 2:24.81*, 2. Kinley Cooley 2:27.98, 4. Myah Rakness 2:36.43, 5. Brynn Hillman 2:39.34, 6. Karee Cooley 2:42.41, 8. Shelby Zickefoose 2:42.66, 12. Salem Brown 2:55.56, 13. Gracie Wolff 2:58.99

1600 meters — 2. Myah Rakness 5:57.4, 4. Salem Brown 6:20.38, 5. Gracie Wolff 6:22.48

3200 meters — 2. Kinley Cooley 11:43.75*, 3. Kenna Jacobsen 11:51.19*, 4. Karee Cooley 12:20.89*, 5. Brynn Hillman 12:30.58, 6. Shelby Zickefoose 12:30.82, 7. Melissa Merritt 13:27.36

100 meter hurdles — 4. Lauryn Bennett 17.93, 6. Charity Siggins 18.38, 7. Leah Graham 18.49, 10. Addy Thorington 19.6, 13. Jamie McKenna 21.05, 14. Kate Williams 21.12, 15. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 21.22

300 meter hurdles — 3. Lauryn Bennett 51.37, 6. Leah Graham 54.46, 9. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 57.97, 10. Jamie McKenna 58.38

4x100 relay — 3. Ashlee Jacobsen, Averie Warner, Naomi Whipple and Paige Sanders 56.59

4x400 relay — 2. Kenna Jacobsen, Audrey Johnson, Lauryn Bennett and Kinley Cooley 4:22.13*

1600 sprint medley relay — 2. Ashlee Jacobsen, Naomi Whipple, Audrey Johnson and Myah Rakness 4:37.26*

High jump — 4. Addy Thorington 5-1*, T8. Charity Siggins 4-9, T13. Hali Hancock 4-7

Pole vault — 1. Lauryn Bennett 9-0*, 2. Kate Williams 8-0

Long jump — 1. Waycee Harvey 17-0*, 5. Cambree Dicks 13-11 3/4, 11. Paige Sanders 13-5, 12. Hali Hancock 13-4, 18. Lainni Cary 12-1 1/2, 19. Ryann Hutzenbieler 12-1 1/4, 21. Alexis Helfrich 10-5 1/4

Triple jump — 1. Waycee Harvey 35-5 1/2*, 2. Addy Thorington 32-6 3/4, 3. Paige Sanders 32-4 1/2, 10. Nalani Jordan 29-8 3/4, 13. Cambree Dicks 28-6 3/4, 16. Lainni Cary 26-10 1/2, 19. Ryann Hutzenbieler 26-1 1/4, 21. Charity Siggins 25-1

Shot put — 1. Katie O’Brien 36-11*, 9. Anai Torres 29-8, 11. Nyah Johnson 28-0, 12. Nalani Jordan 27-1, 13. Adrianna Torres 26-9, 15. Sharae Shoopman 25-9, T16. Noelle Leighton 25-8, 20. Rowan Borcher 24-8, 22. Cheyenne Laing 24-5, 31. Kenedi Clevenger 20-6 1/2

Discus — 1. Katie O’Brien 120-11*, 7. Nalani Jordan 102-9, 8. Nyah Johnson 98-1, 10. Anai Torres 87-8, T14. Adrianna Torres 81-11, 16. Sharae Shoopman 80-9, 24. Rowan Borcher 66-5 1/2, 28. Cheyenne Laing 57-10, 29. Kenedi Clevenger 56-11, 31. Noelle Leighton 51-4