Polk County's Sean Doyle, center in left group, and India Godlock, center right, both qualified for next week's state 2A cross country championships.

Doyle takes second, Godlock third in 2A West cross country regional

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PS Staff

Polk County senior Sean Doyle and junior India Godlock each ran to top top-five finishes Saturday in the 2A West cross country regional in Morganton, earning berths in next week’s state championship meet.

Doyle completed the 5K course at Freedom High School in 16:55, finishing five seconds behind regional champion Noah Graham of Brevard. The top four teams and top seven runners not on a qualifying team advance to the state final.

Seniors Mitchell Brown and Jacob Wolfe placed 26th and 29th, respectively, as the Polk boys placed sixth in the team standings.

Godlock finished third overall with a time of 19:58. Lake Norman Charter’s Izzy Evely won the regional title with a time of 19:01.

Freshman Mariah Overholt placed 41st as the Polk girls placed ninth in the team competition.

GIRLS
Team Scores (top 10)
1. Lake Norman Charter 56; 2. Brevard 71; 3. Hendersonville 114; 4. Smoky Mountain 131; 5. Franklin 135; 6. Owen 153; 7. East Lincoln 183; 8. West Lincoln 204; 9. Polk County 211; 10. Shelby 291.

Individual Results (Winner and PCHS)
1. Izzy Evely (Lake Norman) 19:01; 3. India Godlock 19:58; 41. Mariah Overholt 22:48; 56. Savannah Robbins 23:45; 57. Haven Dufford 23:49; 73. Selena Chavez 24:40; 88. Leah Hardin 25:46; 90. Jessica Bailey 25:51.

BOYS
Team Scores (top 10)
1. Smoky Mountain 64; 2. Lake Norman Charter 102; 3. Franklin 143; 4. Bandys 152; 5. Draughn 200; 6. Polk County 207; 7. East Burke 220; 8. Hunter Huss 227; 9. Bunker Hill 250; 10. Newton-Conover 281.

Individual Results (Winner and PCHS)
1. Noah Graham (Brevard) 16:50; 2. Sean Doyle 16:55; 26. Mitchell Brown 18:23; 29. Jacob Wolfe 18:30; 44. Caleb Potter 18:53; 112. Conner Holtz 20:43; 127. Emmett Zacharias 21:23; 158. Luke Collins 23:59.