Senior night in front of the home crowd gave a boost to the Powell High School girls’ swim team — helping the Panthers finish ahead of visiting Cody and Buffalo on Thursday to finish the regular season unbeaten.

Overall, Powell was paced by six individual event victories, with each one coming from a different Panther.

Gabby Paterson won the 200 free (2:08.77); Emma Mitchell won the 50 free (26.23); Kik Hayano won the 100 fly (1:06.21); Kaitlin Diver won the 500 free (5:53.42); Patricia Christensen won the 100 back (1:07.65) and Aubree Fisher won the 100 breast (1:18.65).

All four swimmers in the 500 free finished the day with a personal best time, something coach Bob Smartt attributed to the way they finish practice.

“Our distance swimmers have a culture of hard work in their aerobic distance sets at the end of practice,” Smartt said.

On top of the six individual wins, the Panthers claimed victory in two out of the three relays.

The team of Grace Sapp, Mitchell, Paige Thomas and Hayano won the 200 medley (1:59.74) and the team of Sapp, Paterson, Hayano and Mitchell won the 200 free relay (1:47.95).

Powell helped separate itself from the competition by placing all four divers in the top five.

“Our divers provided a 46-27 edge over the Cody divers by finishing 2-3-4-5,” Smartt said.

Overall, the Panthers finished with 26 personal best performances.

CONFERENCE MEET

After that final home meet, the Panthers head out on the road for the remainder of the season.

That starts in Buffalo this Friday and Saturday, taking part in the 3A North Conference Championship. Start times had not been determined as of press time.

Powell is expected to compete against Cody to defend its throne after winning the conference title last year in Worland. 

Other teams in attendance will be Worland, Buffalo, Douglas, Newcastle and Riverton.

Team scores: 1. Powell 472; 2. Cody 337; 3. Buffalo 195

* Denotes state qualifying mark

200 medley relay: 1. Grace Sapp, Emma Mitchell, Paige Thomas and Kik Hayano 1:59.74; 4. Emma Brence, Aubree Fisher, Croix Tryon and Brooke Brown 2:24.62

200 free: 1. Gabby Paterson 2:08.77*; 3. Patricia Christensen 2:15.88*; 4. Addy Powell 2:16.38*; 7. Emma Sapp 2:34.42*

200 IM: 2. Grace Sapp 2:28.31*; 3. Kik Hayano 2:28.63*; 4. Charlee Brence 2:35.78*; 6. Baylee Brence 2:42.79

50 free: 1. Emma Mitchell 26.23*; 3. Paige Thomas 28.16; 10. Cassidy Reimer 30.85; 13. Brinly Casey 32.86; 16. Brooke Brown 38.61; 17. Leah Sockey 45.81

1-meter diving (six dives): 2. Kami Jensen 204.75*; 3. Tori Black 167.50*; 4. Aramonie Brinkerhoff 161.70*; 5. Emma Brence 154.55*

100 fly: 1. Kik Hayano 1:06.21*; 4. Addy Powell 1:10.71*; 5. Croix Tryon 1:12.67*; 7. Baylee Brence 1:18.31

100 free: 2. Emma Mitchell 57.41*; 3. Gabby Paterson 59.77*; 8. Aubree Fisher 1:08.50; 10. Cassidy Reimer 1:10.36

500 free: 1. Kaitlin Diver 5:53.42*; 2. Charlee Brence 6:06.39*; 4. Paige Thomas 6:18.70*; 7. Emma Sapp 7:01.31

200 free relay: 1. Grace Sapp, Gabby Paterson, Kik Hayano and Emma Mitchell 1:47.95; 5. Addy Powell, Baylee Brence, Cassidy Reimer and Emma Sapp 2:02.06

100 back: 1. Patricia Christensen 1:07.65*; 5. Croix Tryon 1:17.43; 8. Emma Brence 1:30.19; 9. Brooke Brown 1:31.66; 10. Leah Sockey 1:49.20

100 breast: 1. Aubree Fisher 1:18.65*; 2. Grace Sapp 1:19.23*; 3. Brinly Casey 1:22.21; 4. Kaitlin Diver 1:23.87

400 free relay: 2. Gabby Paterson, Paige Thomas, Addy Powell and Kaitlin Diver 4:12.62; 3. Patricia Christensen, Baylee Brence, Charlee Brence and Croix Tryon 4:31.99; 7. Emma Sapp, Emma Brence, Brooke Brown and Leah Sockey 5:43.62