Panther swimmers ninth at State

In a very competitive meet, the Powell Panthers finished in the top 10 at the State 3A Swimming and Diving meet last weekend. Local swimmers Hugh Carpenter, Will Fuller, Conner Mayes and Taggart Shumway all contributed points to the team score with places in individual and relay B events.

Fuller swam to ninth place in the 100 back with a time of 1:00.66, just behind teammate Adam Williams (1:00.50). He and Carpenter joined Gabe Rose and Williams in the 200 medley and 400 free relays to place eighth in both. Mayes and Shumway teamed up with Jon Hawley and Garrett Lennon to grab 10th in the 200 free relay. 

Lander won their 28th state 3A title with first place in two relays and second in the other, and had 20 individual swims in the finals. After classification changes Evanston, Green River and Riverton will move to 4A next year.

STATE 3A TIMES

Top 12 are finals times; p denotes preliminary race time.

200 medley relay — 8. Hugh Carpenter, Gabe Rose, Will Fuller and Adam Williams 1:48.82

200 free — 16. Hugh Carpenter 2:02.01p

200 IM — 11. Gabe Rose 2:15.83, 28. Trystan Preator 2:31.92p

50 free — 12. Will Fuller 24.02, 28. Garrett Lennon 25.66p

1-meter diving (11 dives) — 10. Garrett Lennon 325.3, 11. Jon Hawley 308.1, 14. Taggart Shumway 214.55p

100 fly — 9. Gabe Rose 59.45, 16. Trystan Preator 1:04.02p, 23. Conner Mayes 1:07.13p

100 free — 8. Adam Williams 52.56

500 free — 19. Hugh Carpenter 5:55.28p

200 free relay — 10. Conner Mayes, Taggart Shumway, Jon Hawley and Garrett Lennon 1:42.85

100 back — 8. Adam Williams 1:00.5, 9. Will Fuller 1:00.66

400 free relay — 8. Hugh Carpenter, Gabe Rose, Will Fuller and Adam Williams 3:38.

Team scores — 1. Lander 308, 2. Buffalo 242, 3. Evanston 175, 4. Riverton 143, 5. Cody 116, 6. Green River 104, 7. Kemmerer 102, 8. Lyman 72, 9. Powell 52, 10. Rawlins 27, 11. Sublette County 21, T12. Newcastle and Douglas 15.