Doyle, Godlock race to Friday Night Lights victories

Friday Night Lights proved all right Friday for Polk County’s Sean Doyle and India Godlock.

Running on the course where the state 2A championship meet will be held later this year, Doyle and Godlock each ran to victories in their respective races at the Friday Night Lights meet at Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville.

Competing in the race’s boys invitational class, Doyle covered the 5K course in a time of 16:55.46 for his second meet win of the season. Randleman’s Trevor Deaton placed second with a time of 16:57.87 in the field of 208 runners.

Godlock covered the course in 20:21.66 to win the girls invitational class by almost 15 seconds. Ragsdale’s Alex Apple placed second in 20:36.14 in the field of 176 runners.

Polk County placed 17th in the boys team competition, with Mitchell Brown placing 52nd with a time of 19:09.95. The rest of the Polk County boys:

* Caleb Potter, 20.04.19
* Conner Holtz, 22:05.58
* Emmett Zacharias, 22:42.23
* Luke Collins, 24:06.19
* Jackson Hanson, 28:17.95
* Tyler Lawrence, 30:00.05

Mariah Overholt cracked the top 100, placing 97th in 24:51.66, as the Wolverine girls also placed 17th in the team competition. The rest of the Polk County girls:

* Haven Dufford, 25:47.24
* Leah Hardin, 26:00.14
* Savannah Robbins, 26:12.23
* Selena Chavez, 28:27.45
* Drew Bailey, 30:37.80
* Izzy Jackson, 30:39.33