The Powell High School girls’ swimming and diving team finished the regular season with a flourish over the weekend, finishing first in the Powell Triangular Friday and winning a dual at Cody Saturday.

The two wins give the Lady Panthers momentum heading into the conference meet in Lander this week.

Powell Triangular

At the Powell Triangular at the Powell Aquatic Center Friday, the Lady Panthers finished in the top spot with 216 points. Cody followed in second with 122 and Riverton rounded out the three with 100.

Powell won nine of the 12 events and were led by double winners Elizabeth Liggett and Sidney O’Brien.

“Swimming with no close competition in either race, Elizabeth [Liggett] recorded significant personal bests by winning the 200 free (2:12.11) and the 500 free (5:58.12),” said PHS head coach Bob Smartt. “After a week of dealing with concussion-like symptoms, Elizabeth has had an excellent training week with her distance set teammates Addison Moretti and Anna Fuller.”

Fuller swam to personal bests in winning the 100 breaststroke (1:19.04) and in swimming a fast suited 50 free (27.20).

Moretti also had personal bests with her second-place finishes in the 100 fly (1:11.21) and the 100 backstroke (1:09.61).

Meanwhile, O’Brien took the 200IM by breaking her personal best by eight seconds (2:35.14) in a suited swim. She also won the 100 backstroke in an unsuited time of 1:09.05, which followed only a short rest after the 200 free relay, Smartt said.

With a time of 59.19, Caitlyn Miner led a Panther 1-2-3-4 sweep in the 100 free. She was joined by Katrina Twitchell (1:01.53), Madison Lowery (1:03.86) and Lily Halter (1:05.71).

Ashlyn Aguirre won the 100 butterfly in an exciting, come-from-behind swim that saw her trailing Cody’s Kaelee VanNortrick by over a second at the midway point of the race, winning in 1:09.13.

Powell posted double wins in the 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay. The 200 medley team of Moretti, Miner, Katrina Twitchell and Madison Lowery finished with a winning time of 2:03.59, while the 200 freestyle team of O’Brien, Twitchell, Miner and Lowery posted a time of 1:54.29.

The Lady Panthers recorded 19 personal best performances on the day. Hannah Hawley had personal bests in both the 100 free (1:43.86) and the 100 breast (2:06.44). Lily Halter earned double personal bests in the sprint free races (28.87 and 1:05.71). Emma Karhu narrowly missed the 50 free state cut by .06 second swimming (28.26-suited). Delainey Rayment broke 30 seconds in the 50 freestyle with a suited 29.31.

Cody Dual

The Lady Panthers didn’t miss a beat Saturday, following up their dominating performance at the Powell Triangular with a 105-80 win in a dual at Cody to end the regular season.

Powell was led by event winners Addison Moretti, Emma Karhu and Anna Fuller. Moretti recorded personal bests in winning the 200 IM (2:34.46) and the 500 freestyle (6:01.82).

In the 500 free, Moretti beat Cody’s Marissa Rosenbaum, who took fourth at state last year.

“Addison used very intelligent pacing: Her third through ninth 50 splits did not vary by more than 1.5 seconds, while Rosenbaum’s splits gradually increased from 36.1 to 40.1,” Smartt said. “While Addison trailed Rosenbaum by one second after 200 yards, her near-level pacing led to a nine-second margin at the end of the race.”

Karhu won diving with a score of 184.55 and placed second in the 50 freestyle (28.70). Anna Fuller placed first in the 100 free in a suited swim of 1:00.12. Smartt called Fuller’s accomplishment “a big improvement over her previous unsuited personal best of 1:03.00.”

The Lady Panthers recorded 14 personal best performances on the day. That included two personal records set by Lauren Lejeune in the 100 free (a four second drop to 1:09.05) and in the breaststroke (1:31.68). Other notable time drops included a suited time of 29.64 from Kylie Kahl in the 50 free — a “quantum drop from her previous personal best of 33.41,” according to Smartt. Madison Lowery cut enough time to qualify for state in the 100 backstroke, placing second in 1:10.52, compared with a previous unsuited best time of 1:13.54.

The Lady Panthers have benefited this season with the use of an LED pacing system — being one of the first high schools in the nation to use such technology, according to Smartt. The pacing system “enables the coach to activate traveling light pulses to lap times measured in the hundredths of a second,” he said. “We are now using the light pacing system at most afternoon practices.”

The Lady Panthers head to Lander Friday and Saturday for the 3A West Conference Meet. A “Last Chance” meet for swimmers and divers to qualify for the state meet has been scheduled for Oct. 25 in Lander. The state meet will be held in Laramie Nov. 2 and 3.

Powell Triangular Results

1. Powell 216, 2. Cody 122, 3. Riverton 100

200 Medley Relay

1. Addison Moretti, Caitlyn Miner, Katrina Twitchell, Madison Lowery 2:03.59, 6. Sarah Hampton, Colette Sanders, KayCee Twitchell, Hannah Hawley 2:45.97

200 Freestyle

1. Elizabeth Liggett 2:12.11, 7. Natalie Dillivan 3:19.34, 8. Juanita Martinez 3:20.80

200 IM

1. Sidney O’Brien 2:35.14, 2. Ashlyn Aguirre 2:40.90, 6. Grace Harder 2:57.81

50 Freestyle

3. Anna Fuller 27.20, 4. Katrina Twitchell 27.81, 5. Madison Lowery 27.95, 6. Emma Karhu 28.26, 7. Lily Halter 28.87, 9. Delainey Rayment 29.31, 15. Colette Sanders 33.21, 18. Sarah Hampton 37.06

1 Mtr Diving

2. Emma Karhu 152.15, 3. Maddi Hackenberg 140.80, 4. Delainey Rayment 132.55, 5. Taycee Walker 111.90, 6. Kylie Kahl 103.75

100 Butterfly

1. Ashlyn Aguirre 1:09.13, 2. Addison Moretti 1:11.21, 6. Lauren Lejeune 1:22.54, 8. Jaunita Martinez 1:54.83

100 Freestyle

1. Caitlyn Miner 59.19, 2. Katrina Twitchell 1:01.53, 3. Madison Lowery 1:03.86, 4. Lily Halter 1:05.71, 14. Sarah Hampton 1:25.31, 15. Natalie Dillivan 1:26.35, 17. Hannah Hawley 1:43.86

500 Freestyle

1. Elizabeth Liggett 5:58.12, 4. Grace Harder 6:56.64

200 Freestyle Relay

1. Sidney O’Brien, Katrina Twitchell, Caitlyn Miner, Madison Lowery 1:54.29, 3. Emma Karhu, Delainey Rayment, Lily Halter, Taycee Walker 2:02.37

100 Backstroke

1. Sidney O’Brien 1:09.05, 2. Addison Moretti 1:09.61 3A 34.36 35.25, 4. Kylie Kahl 1:17.49

100 Breaststroke

1. Anna Fuller 1:19.04, 5. Colette Sanders 1:40.97, 10. Hannah Hawley 2:06.44

400 Freestyle Relay

2. Elizabeth Liggett, Ashlyn Aguirre, Addison Moretti, Anna Fuller 4:16.94, 3. Lily Halter, Grace Harder, Delainey Rayment, Emma Karhu 4:47. 22

Cody v. Powell Dual

1. Powell 105, 2. Cody 80

200 Medley Relay

2. Madison Lowery, Anna Fuller, Addison Moretti, Elizabeth Liggett 2:08.62

200 Freestyle

2. Katrina Twitchell 2:19.80, 4. Sidney O’Brien 2:28.17, 5. Ashlyn Aguirre 2:29.17, 6. Natalie Dillivan 3:20.08

200 IM

1. Addison Moretti 2:34.46, 2. Anna Fuller 2:37.57, 5. Jaunita Martinez 3:45.91

50 Freestyle

2. Emma Karhu 28.70, 3. Kylie Kahl 29.64, 4. Delainey Rayment 30.28, 9. Taycee Walker 34.18, 10. Sarah Hampton 36.99, 11. Hannah Hawley 45.41

1 Mtr Diving

1. Emma Karhu 184.55, 2. Maddi Hackenberg 160.20, 3. Delainey Rayment 141.50, 4. Taycee Walker 111.35, 5. Kylie Kahl 108.40

100 Butterfly

2. Katrina Twitchell 1:14.18, 4. Elizabeth Liggett 1:17.06, 5. Sidney O’Brien 1:17.97

100 Freestyle

1. Anna Fuller 1:00.12, 3. Ashlyn Aguirre 1:07.22, 5. Lauren Lejeune 1:09.05, 9. Juanita Martinez 1:31.11

500 Freestyle

1. Addison Moretti 6:01.82, 4. Grace Harder 6:59.69

200 Freestyle Relay

1. Anna Fuller, Katrina Twitchell, Sidney O’Brien, Elizabeth Liggett 1:54.37, 3. Emma Karhu, Delainey Rayment, Kylie Kahl, Ashlyn Aguirre 2:01.98

100 Backstroke

2. Madison Lowery 1:10.52, 4. Maddi Hackenberg 1:26.01, 5. KayCee Twitchell 1:28.04, 6. Sarah Hampton 1:29.34, 7. Natalie Dillivan 1:34.99, 9. Hanna Hawley 2:04.14

100 Breaststroke

2. Elizabeth Liggett 1:22.58, 3. Lauren Lejeune 1:31.68, 4. Grace Harder, 1:35.07

400 Freestyle Relay

1. Katrina Twitchell, Sidney O’Brien, Addison Moretti, Madison Lowery 4:12.19, 3. Emma Karhu, Ashlyn Aguirre, Delainey Rayment, Kylie Kahl 4:51.01, 5.  Taycee Walker, Jaunita Martinez, Sarah Hampton, Natalie Dillivan 5:57.71