Members of the Powell High School track team posted wins and personal bests last week — and several athletes pre-qualified for state — in the final invite before the regional competition in Rock Springs.

Additionally, as a team, both the Powell boys and the girls finished first at Thursday’s Northern Wyoming Ophthalmology Trackstravaganza in Cody.

“Finally got a chance to get some good weather: nice, warm, not much wind,” said PHS head track coach Scott Smith. “Kids did a good job of getting out and doing a nice job in it.”

The PHS boys scored 310.5 points, followed by Cody with 191.5 points, Worland third with 26 points and Riverton fourth with 21.

The Lady Panthers, meanwhile, scored 224.5 points, besting Cody’s 213.5 points and four points from Worland.

“We still got some things to work on, we’ve got to get better in the next week or two, but they’re learning and catching on. It’s a young team,” said Smith. “We’re young and inexperienced and they are doing a nice job of figuring it out.”

The warm weather also helped the Powell tracksters get an understanding of the importance of staying out of the sun and heat — something Smith said they did well — as they prepare for the upcoming regional and state track meets; at those competitions, the athletes could potentially face eight-hour days in the sun.

Three of Powell’s relay teams qualified for state last week: both 4x400 meter relays and the boys 4x800 meter relay.

Maddy Hanks, Sabrina Shoopman, Natalie Dillivan and JuliaKay O’Neill ran the girls’ 4x400 meter relay and bested the field with a time of 4:21.43. O’Neill also pre-qualified in the 400 meter dash with a first place finish in 1:01.26.

In the boys’ 4x400 relay, Jay Cox, Mason Olsen, Paige Gann and Brody Karhu raced to third with a time of 3:35.86; the boys’ 4x800 team — comprised of Colin Queen, Cox, Jesse Erickson and Alan Merritt — finished second with a time of 8:44.81.

Merritt also competed in the 3200 meter run and cut 26 seconds off of his previous personal best, winning the race in 10:33.84. He just barely missed pre-qualifying for state in the event, which traditionally has the fewest number of pre-qualifiers.

Three other Powell runners cut time off their personal bests in the roughly 2-mile event: Dylan McEvoy cut 10 seconds, Jayden Yates knocked off four seconds and Jesse Erickson ran three seconds faster.

In pole vaulting, Garret Henderson finished second clearing 13 feet — 1 inch below his personal best. Karhu tied his personal best at 12 feet, 6 inches for a third place finish. Brooks Asher qualified for state with a fourth place finish leap of 12 feet.

On the girls side, Hanks tied her personal best at 9 feet, 6 inches for a second place finish.

The 3A West Regional track meet will be in Rock Springs on Friday and Saturday, starting at 9 a.m.

Coach Smith said the west side of the state is competitive and regionals will be tough.

“It’s going to be a great meet. It’s going to be a lot of fun and when we get through that, we will be well-prepared for state,” said Smith. The coach added that he “just hopes we can go out and get lots of PR’s and bring home lots of medals and get a lot of kids going to Casper the next week.”

The state track meet will be in Casper May 18-20.

100 Meter Dash

1. TJ Abraham 11.54, 2. Paige Gann 11.99, 5. Jacob Harrison 12.20, 8. Kaelan Groves 12.52, 9. Jon Morrow 12.59

200 Meter Dash

1. TJ Abraham 23.40, 6. Jon Morrow 25.33, 8. Kaelan Groves 25.64

400 Meter Dash

1. Joe Rogers 55.68

800 Meter Dash

1. Jay Cox 2:19.18, 3. Dylan Cordes 2:19.61

1600 Meter Run

1. Aidan Jacobsen 5:03.41, 3. Jesse Erickson 5:06.55, 4. Jayden Yates 5:09.78, 7. Alex Smith 5:53.31

3200 Meter Run

1. Alan Merritt 10:33.84, 4. Jayden Yates 11:36.19, 5. Aidan Jacobsen 11:51.16, 7. Dylan Cordes 12:31.45, 8. Dylan McEvoy 13:47.77, 9. Zane Cordes 13:38.23

110 Meter Hurdles

1. Nate MaGill 16.21, 2. Paige Gann 17.29, 3. Morgan Erickson 17.39, 4. Kacey Creed 18.64

300 Meter Hurdles

1. Nate MaGill 44.16, 2. Morgan Erickson 45.11, 3. Kacey Creed 47.88

4x100 Meter Relay

1. AJ Lewis, Mason Olsen, Paige Gann and TJ Abraham 44.87

4x400 Meter Relay

3. Jay Cox, Mason Olsen, Paige Gann and Brody Karhu 3:35.86

4x800 Meter Relay

2. Colin Queen, Jay Cox, Jesse Erickson and Alan Merritt 8:44.81

High Jump

1. Colby Warner 6’, 4. Charlie Hall 5’ 8”

Pole Vault

2. Garret Henderson 13’, 3. Brody Karhu 12’ 6”, 4. Brooks Asher 12’, 6. Kaelan Groves 11’, 7. Dacen Phister 11’, 8. Kacey Creed 10’

Long Jump

5. Luke Washington 17’ 5”, 6. Dylan Preator 17’ 2.25”, 7. Dylan Woodward 17’ 0.5”, 10. Jon Morrow 16’ 1.75”

Triple Jump

2. Kanyon Gann 39’ 0.5”, 3. Dalton Woodward 38’ 10”, 4. Dylan Preator 38’

Shot Put

2. Zach Easum 41’ 8”, 3. Luke Washinton 39’ 5”, 4. Cayden Lynn 39’ 4”, 5. Eli Briggs 39’ 4”, 7. Shay Dillon 36’ 10.25”, 9. Ryan Good 35’ 7”

Discus

1. Mason Olsen 138’ 8”, 2. Zach Easum 122’ 4”, 4. Ryan Good 116’ 7”, 5. Shay Dillon 114’ 4”, 6. Cayden Lynn 112’ 21”, 8. Reece Hackenberg 108’ 10”, 10. Eli Briggs 100’ 4”

100 Meter Dash

3. Aubrie Stenerson 14.08, 4. Gabri Lundberg 14.19, 5. Jaz Haney 14.81, 7. Gabby Harshman 15.45

200 Meter Dash

2. Kady Wells 28.44, 4. Rachelle Cole 31.03, 5. Gabi Metzler 31.06

400 Meter Dash

1. JuliaKay O’Neill 1:01.26, 2. Kady Wells 1:04.58, 3. Natalie Dillivan 1:06.48, 4. Rachelle Cole 1:13.12

800 Meter Dash

1. Hailee Paul 3:04.11

1600 Meter Run

4. Hailee Paul 6:47.28

100 Meter Hurdles

1. Sabrina Shoopman 17.01, 3. Caitlyn Miner 17.59, 4. Sidney O’Brien 18.66, 5. Emily Sweet 19.19

300 Meter Hurdles

2. Sidney O’Brien 55.59, 3. Emily Sweet 1:01.50,

4x400 Meter Relay

1. Maddy Hanks, Sabrina Shoopman, Natalie Dillivan and JuliaKay O’Neill 4:21.43

Pole Vault

2. Maddy Hanks 9’ 6”, 4. Caitlyn Miner 8’

Long Jump

1. Aubrie Stenerson 15’ 10.50”, 3. Gabri Lundberg 15’ 0.50”, 6. Jaz Haney 14’ 5.5”, 7. Aspen Aguirre 12’ 11.50”

Triple Jump

1. Jaz Haney 31’ 7”, 2. Natalie Dillivan 31’ 5”, 3. Sidney O’Brien 30’ 5”, 4. Aspen Aguirre 29’ 2.75”

Shot Put

2. Rachel Bonander 30’ 1.5”, 3. Coby Calcotte 28’ 5.5”, 6. Marie Ramier 25’ 3.5”, 7. Jasmyne Lensegrav 24’ 9.5”, 8. Isabella Wambeke 24’ 8”, 11. Katie McKenzie 23’

Discus

4. Rachel Bonander 88’, 5. Coby Calcotte 84’, 6. Jasmyne Lensegrav 77’ 9”, 7. Hannah Saville 75’ 9”, 8. Marie Ramier 70’ 2”, 12. Katie McKenzie 58’ 11”, 13. Isabella Wambeke 49’ 7”