Panthers show promise

Posted 3/22/16

Sheridan and Cody were the dominant teams on the day, with the Powell girls taking third out of nine competing teams and the Panther boys placing fifth out of eight.

“The cold was bad, but no wind is awesome,” head coach Scott Smith said. …

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Panthers show promise

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Panthers take fourth at season opener

The temperatures belied the clear and sunny conditions Saturday as a quite chilly day greeted the track and field season-opening Yellowstone Sports Medicine Invitational at Cody High School.

Sheridan and Cody were the dominant teams on the day, with the Powell girls taking third out of nine competing teams and the Panther boys placing fifth out of eight.

“The cold was bad, but no wind is awesome,” head coach Scott Smith said. “It being the early season was the biggest factor. We look at these early meets as fun practice. We are finding out where the kids are and what things we really need to work on.”

“All the other schools, except Burlington and us, sponsor indoor track, so that showed,” Smith added. “Sheridan and Riverton are 4A schools, and Cody’s girls are eight-time defending state champs.”

Danna Hanks, who was competing in the state basketball tournament just one week ago, got an early win for the Lady Panthers, taking first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.85 seconds, while Emily Sweet would finish sixth in 18.80.

Powell would get a second-place finish in the girls 1600-meter run from Teo Faulkner, who crossed the finish line in 5:48.35, and Caitlyn Miner and Hanks would go fifth and sixth in the 200-meter dash with times of 28.41 and 28.50, respectively.

Lexee Craig would finish in 29.49 seconds to place 11th in the event out of 35 competitors.

Faulkner would place fifth in the 3,200-meter run in 13:05.71 and Rachelle Cole took eighth out of 19 runners in the 400, with a time of 1:11.36.

In the field events, the Lady Panthers got a win in the high jump, with state indoor champion Anissa Warner clearing 5-feet, 1-inch.

Freshmen Rachel Bonander and Coby Calcotte would then place fifth and sixth in the discus with throws of 82-feet, 11-inches and 80-feet, 3-inches, respectively.

McKenna Hanson leapt 13-feet, 6-inches to take 11th out of 24 long jumpers, with Bonander placing third in the shot put with a toss of 29-feet, 10-inches.

Haylee Ugalde was fourth in the event, just an inch behind Bonander, reaching 29-feet, 9-inches, while Calcotte was one foot further back at 28-feet, 9-inches for seventh place.

Powell then took fourth and fifth in the girls triple jump with Hanson and Craig, respectively, leaping to distances of 30-feet, 9.75-inches and 30-feet, 5.25-inches.

Sophomore A.J. Lewis had a big day for the Panther boys, taking sixth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.33 seconds, seventh in the 200 in 25.08, sixth in the long jump at 17-feet, 8-inches and a win in the triple jump, reaching a distance of 38-feet, 3.75-inches.

Freshman Alan Merritt would also show promise for Powell by taking sixth in the 1600 with a time of 5:10.66 and third in the 3,200 in 11:27.14.

Senior Cody Akin would take third in the 800-meter run in 2:10.56, less than one-half second out of second place, and Zach Easum got third in the discus with a throw of 121-feet while also placing third in the shot put, putting it to 41-feet, 11-inches, just 10 inches off the first-place toss.

Brooks Asher, Shay Dillon and Reece Hackenberg went 12th, 15th and 17th in the event among a field of 46 throwers.

The high jump saw four Panthers place in the top 10 as Charlie Hall took third, Colby Warner fourth, Kolter McGlaughlin eighth and Aaron Jacobsen 10th, and in addition to Lewis placing sixth in the long jump, freshman Dalton Woodward took 15th out of 35 competitors.

In the 49-man field in the shot put, with Easum third, Powell also took 21st with Dillon, 22nd with Eli Briggs and 24th with McGlaughlin.

And after Lewis took first in the triple jump, Nate MaGill took third with a leap of 36-feet, 8-inches, while Kaelan Groves and Colby Warner both also finished top-10.

“I thought our kids really competed well and put out great effort,” Smith said. “I was pleased with how our young kids competed and we have a very good future in track as they develop.”

Next up for Powell track and field will be the inaugural Park County Classic meet at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Meeteetse.

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