An opening meet filled with good weather and top performances helped propel the Panther girls’ track team to an opening meet team win. The Powell High School girls came away with six individual event winners and a relay team win, piling up 229.70 points to finish nearly 90 points ahead of runner-up Worland.

Individual event winners for Powell included: senior Jenna Hillman in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.78; junior Anna Bartholomew in the 400 with a time of 1:04.15; junior Megan Jacobsen in the 800 with a time of 2:34.97; sophomore Lauryn Bennett in the pole vault with a height of 8 feet, 6 inches; junior Sydney Spomer in the triple jump with a leap of 31 feet, 11 inches; and senior Reagan Thompson in the shot put with a throw of 33 feet, 11 1/2 inches.

The relay team of Bartholomew, Jenna Hillman, Jacobsen and sophomore Waycee Harvey won the 4x400 relay with a state qualifying time of 4:20.12; Harvey and Hillman also both qualified for state in the 100.

Panther track head coach Scott Smith said the team is still trying to figure out a majority of their relay teams, as they sometimes don’t put their top runners on the relays in order to give them more flexibility in open events.

Other top three finishers for the Panthers included: freshman Kenna Jacobsen, who placed second in the 800 just behind her sister and second in the pole vault; Brynn Hillman placed second in both the 1600 and 3200 in personal record times; senior Abi Urbach placed second in the 100 hurdles; junior Grace Coombs placed second in the discus; Harvey placed third in both the 100 and long jump; freshman Kinley Cooley placed third in the 3200; Bennett placed third in the 100 hurdles; junior Gretel Opps placed third in the 300 hurdles; sophomore Kenzie Ratcliff placed third in the high jump; freshman Caitlynn Floy placed third in the triple jump; and sophomore Katie O’Brien placed third in the shot put.

The Panthers will head back on the road this week, as they will head to Buffalo on Saturday to compete against top Class 3A East teams Buffalo and Douglas, plus 4A competition from Gillette, Sheridan and Casper.

“The kids should feel good about their performances and be looking forward to a big test this week in Buffalo,” Smith said.

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* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores: 1. Powell 229.70, 2. Worland 140.20, 3. Burlington 53, 4. Riverside 52, 5. Wind River 51.70, 6. Rocky Mountain 39, 7. Dubois 22, 8. Greybull, 9. Western Heritage Lutheran Academy 14.50, 10. Meeteetse 12, 11. St. Stephens 10, 12. Ten Sleep 2.70

100 meters: 1. Jenna Hillman 12.78*, 3. Waycee Harvey 12.99*, 21. Mikayla Graham 15.30, 28. Blake Nissen 15.55

200 meters: 9. Caitlynn Floy 29.87, 10. Saige Kidd 30.40, 14. Blake Nissen 31.81

400 meters: 1. Anna Bartholomew 1:04.15, 12. Alexa Richardson 1:12.80

800 meters: 1. Megan Jacobsen 2:34.97, 2. Kenna Jacobsen 2:35.53, 6. Ava Stearns 3:14.25

1600 meters: 2. Brynn Hillman 5:55.23, 4. Kinley Cooley 5:58.50, 8. Gracie Wolff 7:02.28

3200 meters: 2. Brynn Hillman 12:15.34, 3. Kinley Cooley 13:35.97, 7. Gracie Wolff 15:20.38

100 meter hurdles: 2. Abi Urbach 17.93, 3. Lauryn Bennett 18.06, 5. Gretel Opps 18.58, 6. Caitlynn Floy 18.59, 8. Charity Siggins 19.03, 9. Saige Kidd 19.71, 11. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 22.34, 12. Addy Thorington 22.52

300 meter hurdles: 3. Gretel Opps 54.34, 4. Lauryn Bennett 55.74, 5. Abi Urbach 57.02, 7. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 1:04.71

4x400 relay: 1. Anna Bartholomew, Waycee Harvey, Megan Jacobsen and Jenna Hillman 4:20.12*

High jump: T3. Kenzie Ratcliff 4’, 7”, T6. Charity Siggins 4’, 5”, T11. Blake Nissen 4’, 3”, T11. Saige Kidd 4’, 3”, T15. Alexa Richardson 4’, 1”

Pole vault: 1. Lauryn Bennett 8’, 6”, 2. Kenna Jacobsen 7’, 6”, 5. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 5’, 6”

Long jump: 3. Waycee Harvey 15’, 4 1/2”, 7. Sydney Spomer 14’, 4 3/4”, T9. Kenzie Ratcliff 14’, 1 1/4”, 14. Charity Siggins 13’, 4 1/2”

Triple jump: 1. Sydney Spomer 31’, 11”, 3. Caitlynn Floy 30’, 10”, 4. Charity Siggins 30’, 1 1/4”, 9. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 26’, 4 1/2”

Shot put: 1. Reagan Thompson 33’, 11 1/2”, 3. Katie O’Brien 30’, 8 1/4”, 4. Megan McDaniel 29’, 4 1/2”, 7. Grace Coombs 28’, 4 1/2”, 20. Regan Sapp 22’, 11 3/4”

Discus: 2. Grace Coombs 95’, 8”, 4. Katie O’Brien 83’, 0”, 7. Megan McDaniel 79’, 9”, 9. Reagan Thompson 75’, 7”, 10. Saige Kidd 75’, 3”, 16. Regan Sapp 65’, 9”