Powell Girls are 2X State Track Champions, Area Teams Excel

The 2022 Track and Field State Championship Meets concluded over the weekend.

We’ve already taken a look at how Cody performed in the Class 4A Meet, now a look at out the rest of the Big Horn Basin represented.

CLASS 3A RESULTS

We’ll start off with a look at Class 3A, starting on the girls side:

The Powell Lady Panthers repeated as team champions earning 96 total points. Worland finished in 12^th with Lovell 13^th and Thermopolis 14^th.

Jenna Hillman led the way for the lady Panthers claiming 1^st in the 100 with a time of 12.65. She was 1^st in the 200 with a time of 26.59 and came in 2^nd in the 400.

Anna Bartholomew was 5^th in the 800 and 7^th in the 400.

Lauryn Bennett was 7^th in the Pole Vault

Waycee Harvey was 3^rd in the 100, 4^th in the 200 and 2^nd in the Long Jump

Megan Jacobsen was 8^th in the 800.

Reagan Thompson was 2^nd in the Shot Put.

Powell’s 4×400 relay team took 1^st.

Leading the way for Lovell was Amee Newman who took 3^rd in the 800 and 4^th in the 1600. Kallie Owens was 8^th in the Shot Put and the Sprint Medley Relay team took 4^th.

Leading the way for Thermopolis was Ina King who took 2^nd in the Triple Jump. The 4×800 rleay team was 7^th.

Over on the boys side in Class 3A:

Powell would finish in 3^rd place with Worland 5^th and Lovell 7^th. Thermopolis took 15^th.

The Panthers were led by their All-State performers. Toran Graham was 2^nd in the Shot Put and 4^th in the Discuss.

Daniel Merritt was 2^nd in the 1600, 3^rd in the 3200 and 6^th in the 800.

Zach Ratcliff was 2^nd in the Long Jump and 8^th in the Triple Jump.

Sheldon Shoopman was 2^nd in the Discuss and 3^rd in the Shot Put.

Leading the way for Lovell was Quinn Lindsay who placed 1^st in both the Discuss and Shot Put. His Discuss throw was 174-3 and his Shot Put was 57-11.

Adnan Khan was 2^nd in the Triple Jump.

Ben Nichols was 2^nd in the 400 and 8^th in the 100.

Gavin Robertson was 5^th in the Long Jump.

CLASS 2A RESULTS:

And now a move over to Class 2A to look at top performers.

Starting on the girls side, where Riverside was the best placing girls team, taking 9^th. Rocky Mountin was 12^th, Greybull was 13^th and Shoshoni was 15^th.

Top individual performers:

Riverside was led by Vaidyn Vanderploeg who took 1^st in the 100 with a time of 12.85, 1^st in the 200 with a time of 26.47 and was 5^th in the Long Jump.

Rocky Mountain was led by Katie Christensen who took 4^th in the Long Jump whiel Brittly Boettcher was 6^th in the 100 hurdles and the 4×100 relay team took 4^th.

The Relays led the way for Greybull with the Sprint Medley Relay 4^th, 4×100 6^th and 4×800 8^th.

And Riana Tidwell led the way fro Shoshoni finishing 4^th in the 300 Hurdles.

As for the boys side in 2A:

The highest placing area team was Rocky Mountain, finishing in 4^th. Rvierside was 6^th with Greybull 13^th and Shoshoni 14^th.

Leading the way for Rocky Mountain was Kelden Boettcher who was 1^st in the Triple Jump at 41 feet, 10 inches. He was 3^rd in the Long Jump and 7^th in the Pole Vault.

Jackson Hanusa was first in the Pole Vault at 12 feet, 6 inches while Ben Simmons was 3^rd in the 300 hurdles.

Riverside was led by Nathaniel Boreen, taking 2^nd in the Pole Vault. Ryan Hoyt was 2^nd in the 3200, 4^th in the 1600 and 8^th in the 800.

Greybull was led by Aiden Reece who took 1^st in the High Jump at 6 feet.

CLASS 1A RESULTS:

And last but not least, a look at how area Class 1A teams performed:

Starting on the girls side, where Burlington was 7^th, Meeteetse was 13^th and Ten Sleep was 19^th.

Top performer from the area is Burlington’s Jessie Michaels who took 2^nd in the 3200 and was 3^rd in the 1600.

Meeteetse was led by Jaycee Erving who took 2nd in the Discuss.

On the boys side, Burlington took 4^th while Meeteetse was 10^th and Ten Sleep 15^th.

Leading the way for Burlington was Clayton Edwards who took 1^st in the High Jump at 6 feet, was 2^nd in the 200 and 4^th in the 100. Jack Godfredson was 1^st in the Pole Vault at 11 feet, 6 inches.

Dace Bennett led the way for the Longhorns finishing 2^nd in the Long Jump, was 6^th in the 100 and 7^th in the Triple Jump.

Full results from State Track can be viewed here: http://www.whsaa.org/stateevents/track/statetrack.asp