Karee Cooley

The Powell High School girls’ track and field team posted top results over the weekend. Paige Sanders won the triple jump at the Wyoming Track and Field Classic on Friday in Casper, while Karee Cooley broke the school record in the 1600 meters. The Panthers also finished second as a team in Lovell on Saturday.

Six Panther girls made the trip to Casper for the classic on Friday, a gathering of the top times and distances in every event regardless of classification.

Sanders proved to be the best of the best at Kelly Walsh High School, as she won the triple jump with a leap of 37 feet.

“Paige started finals in last and sealed the competition on her first jump in finals, then followed with two more really good jumps,” coach Scott Smith said.

The next highest Panther placement  came from Cooley, who took fourth overall in the 1600 meters with a time of 5 minutes, 13.88 seconds, breaking the record her sister Kinley set a year ago at the same event by approximately five seconds.

“Karee ran a fantastic race against the best in the state to break her sister’s record,” Smith said. “It’s always nice to see great competitors put out their best in a great competition like the classic.”

Kaytlee George earned a sixth place finish in the 400 meters with a time of 58.35 seconds, Nalani Jordan was sixth in the discus with a throw of 124-3 and eighth in the shot put with a throw of 35-6 1/4, Sanders added another sixth place finish in the long jump with a leap of 16-9, Anyston Keller took eighth in the 3200 meters with a time of 11:52.2 and Shelby Zickefoose ran the 1600 meters in a time of 5:32.22 to finish ninth.

As a team the Panthers scored 26 points, sandwiched between a pair of 3A teams as Lander had 32 and Worland had 25 — those were the three highest scoring 3A teams.

Kelly Walsh scored the most points in the girls’ race with 83.

Making the short trip to Lovell on Saturday, the Panthers were led by George who was the only two event winner, taking the 200 meters in 27.25 seconds and the 400 meters in 58.91 seconds.

Kate Williams won the pole vault clearing 8 feet, while Lucy Ostermiller won the triple jump with a leap of 33-8.

The Panthers added two relay wins, as the team of Keller, Lynea Christensen, Kara Sanders and Zickefoose won the 4x800 in 10:30.76 and the 1600 sprint medley team of Paige Sanders, Audrey Johnson, George and Cooley won in 4:21.05.

Additional top five individual Panther finishes included Keller who took second in the 1600 meters (5:37.99); Jordan placed second in the discus (124-5); Ashlee Jacobsen took third in the 100 meter dash (13.35); Keylyn Knuth was third in the high jump (4-9); Averie Warner took fourth in the 100 meters (13.43); Paige Sanders was fourth in the 200 meters (28.05); Sam Edgell took fourth in the shot put (34-9 1/2); Anai Torres placed fourth in the discus (112-9) and fifth in the shot put (34-9); George added a fifth place finish in the long jump (15-5) and Nyah Johnson was fifth in the discus (104-1).

As a team the Panthers had 149.5 points and finished just 7.5 points behind host Lovell but well ahead of Cody in third place with 115.5 points.

The Panthers continue on the road to end the regular season this week, making the trip to Cody for the Trackstravaganza at noon on Thursday with field events and the 4x800 relay. The remaining track events begin at 2 p.m.

WYOMING TRACK AND FIELD CLASSIC

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores — 1. Kelly Walsh 83, 2. Natrona County 63, 3. Thunder Basin 54, 4. Sheridan 53.5, 5. Laramie 44, 6. Cheyenne Central 39, 7. Lander 32, 8. Powell 26, 9. Worland 25, 10. Cheyenne East 19, 11. Wright 18, 12. Torrington 14, 13. Cody 13, 14. Lovell 10, 15. Burlington 9, 16. Big Horn 8, T17. Buffalo and Newcastle 7, 19. Greybull 6, 20. Douglas 5.5, T21. Burns and Upton 3.5, T23. Lingle Ft. Laramie and Riverton 1, T25. Rock Springs and Wheatland .5

400 meters — 6. Kaytlee George 58.35

1600 meters — 4. Karee Cooley 5:13.88*, 9. Shelby Zickefoose 5:32.22

3200 meters — 8. Anyston Keller 11:52.2*

Long jump — 6. Paige Sanders 16-9*

Triple jump — 1. Paige Sanders 37*

Shot put — 8. Nalani Jordan 35-6 1/4*

Discus — 6. Nalani Jordan 124-3*

LOVELL INVITE

Team scores — 1. Lovell 157, 2. Powell 149.5, 3. Cody 115.5, 4. Big Horn 83, 5. Burlington 46, 6. Greybull 38, 7. Rocky Mountain 25, 8. Riverside 9, 9. Meeteetse 4

100 meter dash — 3. Ashlee Jacobsen 13.35, 4. Averie Warner 13.43, 6. Paige Sanders 13.68, 7. Lucy Ostermiller 13.76

200 meters — 1. Kaytlee George 27.25, 4. Paige Sanders 28.05, 7. Averie Warner 28.52, 8. Ashlee Jacobsen 28.61

400 meters — 1. Kaytlee George 58.91*

800 meters — 11. Jordyn Nelson 3:19.22

1600 meters — 2. Anyston Keller 5:37.99, 10. Natalee Laing 6:37.65

100 meter hurdles — 11. Vera Thomas 19, 16. Stella Shoopman 19.58

300 meter hurdles — 6. Stella Shoopman 53.17, 10. Lucy Ostermiller 57.16

4x100 relay — 2. Ashlee Jacobsen, Paige Sanders, Lucy Ostermiller and Kindyle Floy 51.16*

4x800 relay — 1. Anyston Keller, Lynea Christensen, Kara Sanders and Shelby Zickefoose 10:30.76*

1600 sprint medley relay — 1. Paige Sanders, Audrey Johnson, Kaytlee George and Karee Cooley 4:21.05*

High jump — 3. Keylyn Knuth 4-9, T6. Kindyle Floy 4-5

Pole vault — 1. Kate Williams 8, 7. Ivy Lennon 6-6

Long jump — 5. Kaytlee George 15-5, 9. Cambree Dicks 14-5 3/4, 18. Kara Sanders 12-10 1/2, 24. Ryann Hutzenbieler 10-7

Triple jump — 1. Lucy Ostermiller 33-8, 9. Kara Sanders 30-7 3/4, 11. Cambree Dicks 30-4, 16. Keylyn Knuth 29-4 3/4, 18. Ryann Hutzenbieler 29-0 1/4, 19. Lainni Cary 28-1 1/2

Shot put — 4. Sam Edgell 34-9 1/2, 5. Anai Torres 34-9, 7. Nyah Johnson 32-5 3/4, 14. Noelle Leighton 28-6, 17. Meredyth Giltner 27-3, 18. Macey Davison 27-0 1/2, 19. Sharae Shoopman 26-10 1/2, 21. Rowan Borcher 26-4, 28. Raegan Carter 21-11 1/4, 29. Claire Hultgren 21-5 1/2

Discus — 2. Nalani Jordan 124-5*, 4. Anai Torres 112-9, 5. Nyah Johnson 104-1, 6. Meredyth Giltner 98-7, 8. Sharae Shoopman 95-10, 9. Sam Edgell 94-2, 11. Adrianna Torres 87-6, 12. Macey Davison 86-8, 21. Noelle Leighton 72-11, 25. Rowan Borcher 65-7, 28. Claire Hultgren 60-2, 31. Raegan Carter 57-8, 36. Sophie Erkkila 48-10