Competition brought out the best in the Powell High School boys’ track and field team, as the Panthers brought back three medals from the Wyoming Track and Field Classic Friday in Casper and won the Lovell Invitational on Saturday by more than 50 points and adding new qualifying marks.

The Panthers took three competitors to Kelly Walsh High School on Friday. This meet pits the best of the best from around Wyoming against each other regardless of classification.

Powell’s highest placer was Braxton Nelson in the long jump, as he took second with a leap of 21 feet, 9 1/2 inches.

Sawyer Wormald added a pair of third place finishes in the hurdles, as he finished the 110 meter hurdles in 15.46 seconds and the 300 meter hurdles in 39.37 seconds.

Korbyn Warren was the final Panther competitor, as he took 10th with a time of 10:15.79 in the 3200 meters.

“I was really proud of the boys with how they competed,” coach Scott Smith said. “Like the Olympics, they only give medals to the top three, and they all either brought back medals or personal records. I was very impressed with how all nine of the kids (boys and girls) competed.”

As a team the Panther boys had 20 points, tying with Thunder Basin and Riverton for 10th.

Lovell was the highest 3A team in fourth with 44 points, as Sheridan dominated the competition with 96 points, 50 ahead of second place.

Making the trip to Lovell on Saturday paid off for the Panthers, as they won three individual events and two relays.

Nelson took the top spot in the 200 meters in 22.61 seconds and the high jump clearing 6-5 while Brayden Benander won the 400 meters in 53.15 seconds.

The relays the Panthers won were the 4x800 relay with the team of Alex Werner, Michael Stensing, Colin Walker and Warren taking the top spot in 8:51.48 and the 1600 sprint medley relay team of Tanner Seifert, Karcher Foley, Wormald and Warren winning in 3:43.32.

The 4x800 relay was a new qualification for the Panthers, as Warren also added the 1600 meters (4:39.15) to his qualification list with a second place finish and a brand new qualifier in Harper Havron placed seventh in the 200 meters with a time of 23.6.

“The Lovell meet was a big meet for us as we now have all relay teams with automatically qualified teams and many of them with multiple versions that give us a lot of flexibility to put our kids in the best position to bring home medals at regionals and state,” Smith said.

Additional top five individual Panther finishes included Nelson who took second in the 100 meter dash (11.3); David Stearns took second in the 200 meters (23.04) and fifth in the 100 meters (11.7); Dayton Lawrence tied for second in the pole vault (11-6); Brady Harvey was second in the triple jump (39-2 3/4); Nathan Varian took third in the 1600 meters (5:04.15); Walker took third in the 3200 meters (10:44.47); Lincoln Crawford was third in the 300 meter hurdles (43.5); Havron placed fourth in the 100 meters (11.69); Tristin Winninger was fourth in the 400 meters (57); Stensing placed fourth in the 1600 meters (5:14.28); Foley was fifth in the 200 meters (23.31); Thomas Shuman placed fifth in the 400 meters (58.42); Renzy Matthews was fifth in the 300 meter hurdles (47.4) and Landon McDonald placed fifth in the pole vault (11).

As a team the Panthers claimed the top spot with 172.5 points, 51 ahead of host Lovell which was second.

Powell heads back on the road to Cody to end the regular season on Thursday for the Trackstravaganza at noon. Field events and the 4x800 relay start at noon before the remainder of track events start at 2 p.m.

Smith is hopeful the Panthers will continue to compete well in the final meet of the regular season before heading further on the road for the remainder of the postseason.

“We are still seeing a lot of PR’s or competing with better consistency which is what we always ask for. I think we are progressing well towards regionals and state,” Smith said.

TRACK AND FIELD CLASSIC

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Sheridan 96, 2. Natrona County 46, 3. Cheyenne East 44.5, 4. Lovell 44, 5. Cheyenne Central 43, 6. Kelly Walsh 35, 7. Laramie 34,T8. Cody and Douglas 22, T10. Powell, Thunder Basin and Riverton 20, 13. Thermopolis 17, 14. Big Horn 16, 15. Burns 14, 16. Buffalo 10, 17. Lander 9, 18. Wright 7, T19. Tongue River and Campbell County 4, T21. Worland, Rawlins and Niobrara County 3, T24. Burlington and Farson-Eden 2, 26. Rock Springs 1.5

3200 meters — 10. Korbyn Warren 10:15.79*

110 meter hurdles — 3. Sawyer Wormald 15.46*

300 meter hurdles — 3. Sawyer Wormald 39.37*

Long jump — 2. Braxton Nelson 21-9 1/2*

LOVELL INVITE

Team scores — 1. Powell 172.5, 2. Lovell 121.5, 3. Big Horn 113.5, 4. Burlington 87.5, 5. Cody 58, 6. Greybull 32, 7. Rocky Mountain 21, 8. Meeteetse 5, 9. Riverside 4

100 meter dash — 2. Braxton Nelson 11.3*, 4. Harper Havron 11.69, 5. David Stearns 11.7, T6. Lincoln Crawford 11.71, 8. Breckyn Kobbe 11.74, T9. Cobey Khan 11.76, 17. Brayden Benander 12.01, 20. Alex Werner 12.04, 21. Tristin Winninger 12.07, 38. Tucker Phillips 12.73, 46. Austin Weller 13.64, 50. Kooper Arends 14.52

200 meters — 1. Braxton Nelson 22.61*, 2. David Stearns 23.04*, 5. Karcher Foley 23.31*, 7. Harper Havron 23.6*, 8. Cobey Khan 24.02, 10. Tristin Winninger 24.57, 13. Breckyn Kobbe 25.02, 19. Cash Peterson 26.75, 22. Austin Weller 30.06

400 meters — 1. Brayden Benander 53.15, 4. Tristin Winninger 57, 5. Thomas Shuman 58.42, 8. Wyatt Hill 1:00.14, 9. Cash Peterson 1:00.14, 13. Austin Weller 1:07.95

800 meters — 8. Nathan Varian 2:16.05, 9. Michael Stensing 2:19.33, 10. Colin Walker 2:20.89, 17. Wyatt Hill 2:46.04

1600 meters — 2. Korbyn Warren 4:39.15*, 3. Nathan Varian 5:04.15, 4. Michael Stensing 5:14.28, 7. Karson Howe 5:39.9

3200 meters — 3. Colin Walker 10:44.47

110 meter hurdles — 7. Lincoln Crawford 16.58*, 12. Renzy Matthews 20.04

300 meter hurdles — 3. Lincoln Crawford 43.5, 5. Renzy Matthews 47.4

4x100 relay — 2. Lincoln Crawford, David Stearns, Tanner Seifert and Breckyn Kobbe 44.3*

4x800 relay — 1. Alex Werner, Michael Stensing, Colin Walker and Korbyn Warren 8:51.48*

1600 sprint medley relay — 1. Tanner Seifert, Karcher Foley, Sawyer Wormald and Korbyn Warren 3:43.32*

High jump — 1. Braxton Nelson 6-5*

Pole vault — T2. Dayton Lawrence 11-6, 5. Landon McDonald 11, 7. Renzy Matthews 10, 8. Russell Goolsbey 9-6, 11. Mason Cheatham 8-6

Long jump — 7. Karcher Foley 18-6 3/4, 13. Tristin Winninger 17-7 1/4, 19. Isaiah Torres 16-10 1/4, 29. Tucker Phillips 15-4 1/2, 30. Mateo Smith 14-6 3/4, 31. Kooper Arends 14-4 3/4, 34. Austin Weller 13-1 1/2, 35. KC Nelson 11-0 1/4

Triple jump — 2. Brady Harvey 39-2 3/4, 7. Russell Goolsbey 35-5 1/2

Shot put — 8. Kaden Wolff 42-5 3/4, 13. Brady Harvey 40-6 3/4, T14. Levi Cox 40-3, 19. Gabe McMillin 39-5, 26. Conner Farwell 36-1 3/4, 34. James Emmett 33-7, 35. Eli Bear 33-5 1/2, 37. Jacob Christofalos 31-11 3/4, 41. Dane Smith 30, 46. Andrew Walker 26-9 1/4, 47. Conner Lohrenz 26-8 3/4

Discus — 7. Brady Harvey 119-6, 10. Gabe McMillin 117, 21. Conner Farwell 105-3, 22. Kaden Wolff 104-2, 23. James Emmett 102-8, 26. Levi Cox 99, 30. Jacob Christofalos 90-9, 32. Dane Smith 87-5, 33. Eli Bear 85-3, 47. Andrew Walker 69-1, 49. Conner Lohrenz 62-8