The Powell Lady Panthers ended their swim season last week with a 10th place finish at the Wyoming State Swim Finals.With only seven swimmers qualified and facing a loaded field of top swimmers, the Lady Panthers were unable to place anyone in the individual championship heats. Seniors Maddy Jones and Monique Zorgati both qualified for the consolation finals in two events, the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events, and all three relay teams swam in the consolation finals to account for all of Powell's team scoring.Zorgati recorded the top finish for the Lady Panthers with a seventh place in the 20. Zorgati was in 11th place in the event following the preliminaries, but cut more than three seconds on Saturday to move up to seventh. In the 100, she finished 11th.Jones broke one minute in her preliminary swim in the 100, her best time ever and a time that would have put her in the championship finals last year, but this year left her in the consolation finals and she finished ninth. In the 200, she stood in seventh place after the preliminaries, but was unable to match that time on Saturday and finished 10th.The two freestyle relay teams both cut time on Saturday. Jones and Zorgati joined Anya Tracy and Belen Quillen to cut more than 2.5 seconds from their preliminary time in the 200 relay, an effort that moved them from 12th place to 10th. In the 400, Quillen, Zorgati, Jones and Jessica Wurzel combined to cut nearly four seconds and finish eighth. Tracy, Wurzel, Brittany Christensen and Alyssa Smith finished 11th in the medley relay.Coach Luke Robertson said that, despite the low finish, his girls did well. “They swam as fast as they could,” Robertson. “It's tough when you look at the final score, but they gave it everything they had. They left it all in the pool.”Jones cut time in both of her events, Robertson said, and Zorgati's time in the 200 was her best of the season. Quillen also swam her best time of the season in the 500 and just missed the consolation finals.Robertson acknowledged that the girls were disappointed at the end, but said they “had trained as hard as any group I've ever had,” and the meet was “a good way to end the season.”

The Powell Lady Panthers ended their swim season last week with a 10th place finish at the Wyoming State Swim Finals.

With only seven swimmers qualified and facing a loaded field of top swimmers, the Lady Panthers were unable to place anyone in the individual championship heats. Seniors Maddy Jones and Monique Zorgati both qualified for the consolation finals in two events, the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events, and all three relay teams swam in the consolation finals to account for all of Powell's team scoring.

Zorgati recorded the top finish for the Lady Panthers with a seventh place in the 20. Zorgati was in 11th place in the event following the preliminaries, but cut more than three seconds on Saturday to move up to seventh. In the 100, she finished 11th.

Jones broke one minute in her preliminary swim in the 100, her best time ever and a time that would have put her in the championship finals last year, but this year left her in the consolation finals and she finished ninth. In the 200, she stood in seventh place after the preliminaries, but was unable to match that time on Saturday and finished 10th.

The two freestyle relay teams both cut time on Saturday. Jones and Zorgati joined Anya Tracy and Belen Quillen to cut more than 2.5 seconds from their preliminary time in the 200 relay, an effort that moved them from 12th place to 10th. In the 400, Quillen, Zorgati, Jones and Jessica Wurzel combined to cut nearly four seconds and finish eighth. Tracy, Wurzel, Brittany Christensen and Alyssa Smith finished 11th in the medley relay.

Coach Luke Robertson said that, despite the low finish, his girls did well.

“They swam as fast as they could,” Robertson. “It's tough when you look at the final score, but they gave it everything they had. They left it all in the pool.”

Jones cut time in both of her events, Robertson said, and Zorgati's time in the 200 was her best of the season.

Quillen also swam her best time of the season in the 500 and just missed the consolation finals.

Robertson acknowledged that the girls were disappointed at the end, but said they “had trained as hard as any group I've ever had,” and the meet was “a good way to end the season.”