Beautiful weather and the largest meet of the season greeted the Cub girls’ track teams on Saturday, as the seventh and eighth-grade girls set sights on two team titles at the Lovell Invitational.

The seventh grade team fell short in its pursuit, as the team finished third, 14 points behind Lovell and 43 points behind meet winner Cody.

On the eighth grade side, the girls came up just short of meet winners Cody, as the Cubs finished with 124 points just behind Cody with 132.

The seventh graders had one individual winner on the day, as Ashlee Jacobsen won the 400 meters with a time of 1:07.39.

Jacobsen was also part of the winning 4x400 relay team, along with Elizabeth Halberstadt, Eleasah Horsley and Montana Mixon, that finished with a time of 4:56.54.

The Cubs picked up points in the throwing events, as the trio of Leah Graham, Maddie Valdez and Rowan Borcher finished with three of the top eight spots in both the shot put and discus.

“The weather was great,” Cubs coach Zach Coombs said. “It played a big role in the kids’ performances.”

For the eighth graders, the Cubs again had one individual winner in Anai Torres, who won the shot put with a throw of 30 feet even.

The 4x400 team of Audrey Johnson, Nalani Jordan, Melissa Merritt and Josie Werner was victorious, crossing the finish line with a time of 4:41.42.

Despite not having her best day throwing the discus, Torres also placed second in the event, throwing 81 feet, 7 inches. 

Coombs said that Torres is the third girl in history to throw over 30 feet in shot put and 85 feet in discus.

Johnson, who Coombs described as the workhorse of the eighth-grade girls’ team, also placed second in both the 200 and 400, and continues to place in the top two. Coombs added she has an amazing attitude.

Merritt picked up key points placing third in the 800 meters and second in the 1600 meters with a time of 5:52.40.

In addition to Torres, the Cubs held five of the top eight spots in the discus to help close the gap against Cody.

The Cubs now head to Thermopolis on Saturday to take part in the conference meet starting at 9 a.m.

Any athletes who have qualified for the best of the best will then compete in Lander on Tuesday at the final meet of the season, which starts at 10 a.m.

Lovell Invitational

SEVENTH GRADE

Team scores: 1. Cody 110.50, 2. Lovell 81.50, 3. Powell 67, 4. Thermopolis 54, 5. Worland 40, T6. Big Horn 28, T6. Tongue River 28, 8. Rocky Mountain 27, 9. Burlington 16, T10. Riverside 10, T10. Greybull 10, 12. Ten Sleep 7

100 meters: 23. Ryann Hutzenbieler 16.00, 26. Alexis Helfrich 16.40, 27. Elainna Cary 16.50

200 meters: 4. Ashlee Jacobsen 29.68, 12. Cambree Dicks 32.16, 20. Kaylen Greenwald 38.33

400 meters: 1. Ashlee Jacobsen 1:07.39

800 meters: 7. Eleasah Horsley 2:48.81

1600 meters: 5. Eleasah Horsley 6:32.08

100 meter hurdles: 10. Lea Graham 20.53, 13. Montana Mixon 21.00, 19. Elizabeth Halberstadt 24.70

200 meter hurdles: 4. Montana Mixon 34.44, 6. Leah Graham 35.28, 11. Elizabeth Halberstadt 41.98

4x100 meter relay: 8. Anika Anderson, Kaylen Greenwald, Alexis Helfrich and Maddie Valdez 1:08.19

4x200 medley relay: 4. Elainna Cary, Cambree Dicks, Ryann Hutzenbieler and Maddie Valdez 2:26.42

4x400 meter relay: 1. Elizabeth Halberstadt, Eleasah Horsley, Ashlee Jacobsen and Montana Mixon 4:56.54

High jump: 7. Ashlee Jacobsen 4’, 0”, 9. Montana Mixon 3’, 10”

Pole vault: 2. Kaylen Greenwald 5’, 6”

Long jump: 19. Cambree Dicks 11’, 1”, 28. Elizabeth Halberstadt 10’, 3”, 30. Ryan Hutzenbieler 9’, 11”, T31. Elainna Cary and Alexis Helfrich 9’, 10”

Triple jump: 5. Cambree Dicks 25’, 7”, 13. Elainna Cary 22’, 8 1/2”, 16. Alexis Helfrich 22’, 3”, 17. Ryann Hutzenbieler 22’, 2 1/4”

Shot put: 3. Leah Graham 24’, 4 1/5”, 5. Maddie Valdez 21’, 11 1/2”, 8. Rowan Borcher 21’, 2”, 9. Anika Anderson 20’, 9 1/2”, 22. Kaprina Haney 15’, 1”

Discus: 2. Maddie Valdez 75’, 5”, 3. Leah Graham 72’, 10”, 8. Rowan Borcher 52’, 3”, 9. Anika Anderson 49’, 9”, 12. Kaylen Greenwald 45’, 11 1/2”

EIGHTH GRADE

Team scores: 1. Cody 132, 2. Powell 124, 3. Worland 72.50, 4. Lovell 28.50, 5. Thermopolis 28, 6. Big Horn 22, T7. Tongue River 20, T7. Riverside 20, 9. Burlington 17, 10. Rocky Mountain 11, 11. Greybull 9, 12. Meeteetse 1

100 meters: 17. Kate Williams 15.20, 23. Maria Mendoza 15.60, 25. Elaina Kousoulos 15.80, 30. Neveah Garcia 16.30, 32. Ginny Summers 16.60

200 meters: 2. Audrey Johnson 28.78, 8. Kadence Knuth 30.80, 13. Cheyenne Laing 32.77, 16. Lucy Dees 33.10

400 meters: 2. Audrey Johnson 1:03.79, 6. Nalani Jordan 1:08.43, 7. Josie Werner 1:13.13

800 meters: 3. Melissa Merritt 2:46.81, 4. Myah Rakness 2:47.80

1600 meters: 2. Melissa Merritt 5:52.40, 6. Myah Rakness 6:16.24

100 meter hurdles: 5. Isabelle Urbach 19.30, 7. Kate Williams 19.70, 8. Hayden Watts 19.90, 13. Cheyenne Laing 21.10, 17. Kaitlyn Griffith 21.60

200 meter hurdles: 2. Hayden Watts 33.15, 3. Isabelle Urbach 33.64, 17. Kaitlyn Griffith 39.30, 18. Neveah Garcia 40.65, 20. Ginny Summers 45.39

4x100 meter relay: 2. Cheyenne Laing, Isabelle Urbach, Kate Williams and Hayden Watts 59.22

4x200 medley relay: Lucy Dees, Kadence Knuth, Hayden Watts and Josie Werner 2:13.75

4x400 meter relay: 1. Audrey Johnson, Nalani Jordan, Melissa Merritt, Josie Werner 4:41.42

High jump: 8. Elaina Kousoulos 4’, 3”, 14. Audrey Johnson 3’, 11”

Pole vault: 2. Nalani Jordan 6’, 6”, 3. Kate Williams 6’, 6”

Long jump: 10. Kadence Knuth 12’, 7 1/2”, 14. Josie Werner 12’, 4”, 19. Neveah Garcia 10’, 11”, 20. Maria Mendoza 10’, 9 1/2”

Triple jump: 16. Kadence Knuth 24’, 7”, 18. Maria Mendoza 23’, 7 1/2”

Shot put: 1. Anai Torres 30’, 0”, 3. Nyah Johnson 25’, 7”, 11. Lucy Dees 22’, 2”, 14. Lexi Reeves 21’, 10”, 19. Cheyenne Laing 20’, 5”

Discus: 2. Anai Torres 81’, 7”, 3. Lucy Dees 75’, 6 1/2”, 5. Nalani Jordan 68’, 4”, 7. Nyah Johnson 66’, 0”, 8. Lexi Reeves 65’, 6”