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A young Powell Panther boys’ track and field team competed well and tallied a relay title at the 3A Wyoming State Track and Field Championships in Casper, while finishing ninth and gaining …
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A young Powell Panther boys’ track and field team competed well and tallied a relay title at the 3A Wyoming State Track and Field Championships in Casper, while finishing ninth and gaining valuable experience.
The title for the Panthers came in the 1600 sprint medley, composed of the team of Breckyn Kobbe, Karcher Foley, Sawyer Wormald and Liam Taylor, which finished with a time of 3 minutes, 40.3 seconds.
“Any state championship performance is special, but they all ran their legs perfectly and ran away from the field,” coach Scott Smith said.
Another Panther who put on a strong performance was Braxton Nelson, who finished third in the high jump clearing 6 feet, 2 inches.
He cleared the same height as the champion but finished third due to earlier misses.
Nelson also had a strong showing in the long jump with a leap of 22 feet, 1/4 inch.
“Braxton had a phenomenal state meet for any age, but even more so as a freshman,” Smith said. “He was able to get fully healthy and put it all together at the right time of the season.”
Powell also added a pair of hurdle finalists in the short form race, as sophomores Lincoln Crawford and Wormald made the final.
Crawford took sixth with a time of 17.25 seconds and Wormald was eighth with a time of 17.36 seconds.
“Hurdlers tend to get much better as they age so having those two young men make finals as sophomores was outstanding for them,” Smith said.
In the team standings the Panthers earned 32 points, and will bring back a majority of competitors who advanced to the state meet this year moving forward.
Lovell claimed the team title with 117 points to take its first ever 3A state championship just ahead of Cody in second with 110 points.
Smith said with a number of records being broken this year, it brought more excitement for the young Panthers to experience and hopefully take with them moving forward.
“It is always nice for the young kids to see the atmosphere related to the state meet to prepare for next year,” Smith said. “But for them to get to see the unusually large number of state records get broken really makes it fun.”
Powell will lose one competitor from this year’s state team, looking to build towards the future and return to contention.
3A state championships
P denotes preliminary mark
Team scores — 1. Lovell 117, 2. Cody 110, 3. Douglas 71, 4. Buffalo 68, 5. Mountain View 61.33, 6. Worland 57, 7. Lander 52, 8. Burns 45, 9. Powell 32, T10. Wheatland and Glenrock 21, 12. Newcastle 20.66, 13. Pinedale 8, T14. Lyman and Rawlins 7, 16. Torrington 4
100 meter dash — 12. Breckyn Kobbe 11.6p, 14. Braxton Nelson 11.68p
200 meters — T15. Karcher Foley 23.79p
800 meters — 10. Liam Taylor 2:04.71
1600 meters — 13. Korbyn Warren 4:54.01
3200 meters — 12. Korbyn Warren 10:53.46
110 meter hurdles — 6. Lincoln Crawford 17.25, 8. Sawyer Wormald 17.36
300 meter hurdles — 9. Sawyer Wormald 43.68p
4x100 relay — 3. Lincoln Crawford, Karcher Foley, Braxton Nelson and Breckyn Kobbe 44.56
4x800 relay — 7. Korbyn Warren, Colin Walker, Nathan Varian and Liam Taylor 8:55.04
1600 sprint medley relay — 1. Breckyn Kobbe, Karcher Foley, Sawyer Wormald and Liam Taylor 3:40.3
High jump — 3. Braxton Nelson 6-2, T12. Landon Hyde 5-8
Pole vault — T14. Troy Cheatham 11-0
Long jump — 5. Braxton Nelson 22-0 1/4
Discus — 14. Brady Harvey 123-9
