Sunshine and clear skies met the Panther boys track team on Thursday in Lovell, as it fought to a third place finish. The Panthers finished with 94 points, placing behind second place Lovell, who had 102 points, and Worland, who won with 154.

“The kids got out and competed very well,” Panthers’ track coach Scott Smith said. “Some rust showed through, but that was for most every kid at the meet.  So it was good to work out the kinks.”

The day’s lone victory for the Panthers came from sophomore Adam Williams, who won the pole vault after clearing an even 12 feet.

Panther sophomore Isaiah Woyak tied for second in high jump, clearing 6 feet; reaching the automatic qualifying mark for the state meet.

Other top finishers for the Panthers included junior Hyrum Jeide, who placed second in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 17.03 and second in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 43.68; senior Sheldon Shoopman, who placed third in the discus with a throw of 135 feet, 9 inches, and third in the shot put with a throw of 47 feet, 9 inches.

Fellow senior Toran Graham placed second in the discus with a throw of 143 feet, 7 inches.

“I think there are kids that don’t realize what they are capable of, and I hope to see more kids laying it out on the line instead of holding back,” Smith said.

The Panthers will get a week to rest and practice, as they head to Rocky Mountain this Saturday to take part in an invitational. No start time has been set for the meet at this time.

The Panthers have three more scheduled meets before the regional meet scheduled for May 13 and 14 in Kemmerer. 

Smith said both the girls and boys teams are working to finalize events heading toward regionals and state, but he still expects breakout performances, as some kids are close to automatically qualifying.

LOVELL INVITE

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores: 1. Worland 154, 2. Lovell 102, 3. Powell 94, 4. Burlington 79, 5. Rocky Mountain 40, 6. Riverside 34, 7. Meeteetse 25

100 meters: 13. Marshall Lewis 12.10

200 meters: 13. Adam Williams 26.33, 17. McKale Foley 26.87, 22. Seeger Wormald 27.89, 28. Tevon Schultz 28.96

400 meters: 5. Dylan Escalante 55.83, 11. Evan Whitlock 57.96, 13. McKale Foley 58.85, 19. Ben Whitlock 1:00.83

800 meters: 12. Ben Whitlock 2:27.85, 15. Jon Hawley 2:37.81

1600 meters: 7. Nelson Ho 5:13.97, 10. Liam Taylor 5:25.28, 11. Breckin Streeter 5:36.03

3200 meters: 4. Liam Taylor 12:16.31, 5. Breckin Streeter 12:17.48, 8. Jon Hawley 13:26.10

110 meter hurdles: 2. Hyrum Jeide 17.03, 4. Simon Shoopman 17.52, 7. Eli Weimer 18.32, 9. Stuart Shoopman 19.26

300 meter hurdles: 2. Hyrum Jeide 43.68, 7. Simon Shoopman 46.26, 9. Stuart Shoopman 49.41, 10. Eli Weimer 49.53, 12. Wyatt Heffington 51.49, 14. Jeremy Harms 54.32

4x400 meter relay: 2. Jace Hyde, Hyrum Jeide, Evan Whitlock and Dylan Escalante 3:52.26

1600 meter sprint medley: 2. McKale Foley, Marshall Lewis, Evan Whitlock and Jace Hyde 4:02.49

High jump: T2. Isaiah Woyak 6’, 0”*, 8. Jace Hyde 5’, 8”

Pole vault: 1. Adam Williams 12’, 0”, 5. Jeremy Harms 10’, 6”, 11. McKale Foley 8’, 6”

Long jump: T7. Marshall Lewis 17’, 8”, 9. Isaiah Woyak 17’, 7 3/4”, 12. Evan Staidle 16’, 7 3/4”, 13. Dylan Escalante 16’, 5 1/2”, 23. Seeger Wormald 14’, 9”, 33. Sam Blough 13’, 1 3/4”

Triple jump: 4. Isaiah Woyak 38’, 7 3/4”, 10. Tevon Schultz 33’, 3 1/4”, 11. Evan Staidle 33’, 3”, 12. Seeger Wormald 32’, 3 3/4”, 19. Cole Young 27’, 9”

Shot put: 3. Sheldon Shoopman 47’, 9”*, 4. Lane Shramek 45’, 2”, 5. Toran Graham 44’, 9 1/4”, 6. Sam Belmont 42’, 11 1/2”, 12. Dusty Carter 36’, 4 3/4”, 13. Jonathan Harms 35’, 8 1/4”, 16. Doug Bettger 32’, 7 1/2”, 20. Jase Hall 31’, 2 1/2”, 27. Jacob Eaton 29’, 1 1/2”, 30. Colin Wilson 27’, 10”, 34. Baylor Harvison 23’, 8”

Discus: 2. Toran Graham 143’, 7”*, 3. Sheldon Shoopman 135’, 9”, 7. Dusty Carter 106’, 4”, 8. Sam Belmont 105’, 8”, 10. Jonathan Harms 102’, 7”, 12. Lane Shramek 100’, 2”, 13. Jase Hall 94’, 10”, 18. Doug Bettger 84’, 3”, 20. Colin Wilson 80’, 2”, 28. Jacob Eaton 72’, 5”, 37. Baylor Harvison 51’, 0”