With the regular season quickly winding down the Powell Panther boys’ track and field team saw improvements at the Wyoming Track and Field Classic in Casper and the Lovell Invite on Friday where the Panthers placed third.

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Only two Panthers made the trip to Casper on Friday, with the highest placement coming from Braxton Nelson who took fifth in the high jump clearing 6 feet.

The other competitor for Powell was Colin Walker who placed 11th in the 3200 meters with a time of 11 minutes, 9.51 seconds.

In the team standings the Panthers mustered four points, as Sheridan ran away from the competition with 105 points more than doubling second place.

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The Panthers experienced more success in Lovell, with Powell earning several first place finishes.

The two individual wins for the Panthers came from Korbyn Warren, who won the 800 meters in 2:07.98 and the 3200 meters with a time of 10:35.43.

Powell also got a pair of relay wins, as the team of Dayton Lawrence, Liam Taylor, Warren and Sawyer Wormald won the 4x400 with a time of 3:48.26 and the 1600 sprint medley team of Breckyn Kobbe, Karcher Foley, Wormald and Taylor won with a time of 3:45.13.

Other top five finishes for the Panthers included Wormald who took second in the 300 meter hurdles (41.73) and fourth in the 110 meter hurdles (17.5); Breckyn Kobbe took third in the 100 meter dash (11.67); Nathan Varian placed fourth in the 3200 meters (11:59.26) and fifth in the 800 meters (2:16.17); Michael Legerski took fourth in the 300 meter hurdles (44.3); Troy Cheatham placed fourth in the pole vault (11-0) and Landon Hyde was fifth in the high jump (5-6).

“The boys had some good things happen from some of our young kids positioning themselves to help,” coach Scott Smith said. “We also had a couple kids get nicked up a bit but should be able to get back at it on Thursday.”

The Thursday meet will be the final one of the regular season, as the Panthers head to Cody for the Cody Trackstravaganza starting at noon.

With the season nearing its end, Smith said the Panthers are shifting their focus to get the best results at regionals and state.

“We will start working more on the mental parts of competing, race strategies and really fine tuning kids’ technique,” Smith said.

Powell hosts the 3A West Regional meet next weekend on May 16-17.

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* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Sheridan 105, 2. Natrona County 52, 3. Kelly Walsh 44, 4. Cheyenne Central 42, 5. Thunder Basin 32, 6. Cody 29, 7. Campbell County 23, 8. Cheyenne East 21, 9. Douglas 19, 10. Niobrara County 18, 11. Laramie 17.5, 12. Buffalo 17, 13. Cheyenne South 16, 14. Worland 14, 15. Midwest 13, 16. Lingle Ft. Laramie 12, 17. Riverton 10, 18. Burlington 9.5, 19. Newcastle 9, T20. Rock Springs and Tongue River 8, 22. Big Horn 7, 23. Wheatland 6, 24. Powell 4, T25. Lander and Ten Sleep 2, 27. Burns 1

3200 meters — 11. Colin Walker 11:09.51

High jump — 5. Braxton Nelson 6-0*

LOVELL INVITE

Team scores — 1. Lovell 180, 2. Big Horn 132, 3. Powell 97, 4. Burlington 80.5, 5. Tongue River 35, 6. Rocky Mountain 32, 7. Riverside 26, 8. Shoshoni 20, 9. Greybull 16.5, 10. Meeteetse 9

100 meter dash — 3. Breckyn Kobbe 11.67, 12. Cobey Khan 12.21, 14. Brayden Benander 12.25, 27. Tristin Winninger 12.66, 42. David Yates 13.18, 50. Damian Rakness 13.67, 51. David Stearns 13.95

200 meters — 12. Brayden Benander 24.63, 17. Tristin Winninger 25.33, 29. David Yates 27.04, 30. Troy Cheatham 27.16, 32. David Stearns 28.31, 36. Damian Rakness 29.04

400 meters — 7. Cobey Khan 58.09

800 meters — 1. Korbyn Warren 2:07.98, 5. Nathan Varian 2:16.17, 6. Liam Taylor 2:17.93, 10. Thomas Shuman 2:21.22

3200 meters — 1. Korbyn Warren 10:35.43, 4. Nathan Varian 11:59.26

110 meter hurdles — 4. Sawyer Wormald 17.5, 6. Michael Legerski 17.96, 11. Damian Rakness 22.02

300 meter hurdles — 2. Sawyer Wormald 41.73*, 4. Michael Legerski 44.3, 7. Renzy Matthews 45.77

4x100 relay — 7. David Yates, Brayden Benander, Tristin Winninger and David Stearns 49.36

4x400 relay — 1. Dayton Lawrence, Liam Taylor, Korbyn Warren and Sawyer Wormald 3:48.26

1600 sprint medley — 1. Breckyn Kobbe, Karcher Foley, Sawyer Wormald and Liam Taylor 3:45.13*

High jump — 5. Landon Hyde 5-6

Pole vault — 4. Troy Cheatham 11-0, T7. Renzy Matthews and Dayton Lawrence 9-6, 9. Landon McDonald 9-0

Long jump — 11. Karcher Foley 17-11 1/2

Shot put — 9. Conner Farwell 38-8 1/2, 13. Gabe McMillan 37-4, 16. Kaden Wolff 36-5 1/2, 20. Levi Cox 35-4, 36. JW Faulkner 30-3 1/2, 40. James Emmett 28-6 1/2, 45. Dane Smith 22-9

Discus — 16. Gabe McMillan 98-10, 19. James Emmett 94-1 1/2, 22. Levi Cox 92-7 1/2, 26. Conner Farwell 85-7 1/2, 27. JW Faulkner 83-4 1/2, 34. Dane Smith 66-9