Polk County runners India Godlock and Mariah Overholt

Godlock, Doyle race to wins at R-S meet; Polk girls top field

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Sean Doyle and India Godlock raced to victories Tuesday at the R-S Central Invitational cross country meet in Rutherfordton.

Godlock led Polk County to a team victory in the girls race, the Wolverines finishing three points ahead of Chesnee in the seven-team field.

Godlock posted a time of 21:35 to top Chesnee’s Lauren Mossburg by nearly two minutes. Mariah Overholt cracked the top 10 to finish ninth in 25:43, Savannah Robbins finished 12th in 26:24, Leah Hardin took 14th in 27:37, Danielle Holtz placed 17th in 28:05 and Selena Chavez finished 19th in 28:28 as the Wolverines took six of the top 19 spots.

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Doyle won the boys race with a time of 17:58, almost a minute ahead of Draughn’s Josh Ross, with teammate Mitchell Brown taking third in 19:23. Jacob Wolfe placed 10th in 19:52 and Caleb Potter earned 19th in 21:00 as the Wolverines finished second in the nine-team boys field, 11 points behind Draughn.

The Wolverines will compete again on Saturday, traveling to Greensboro to run in the 32th Annual Greensboro Cross Country Invitational

TEAM SCORES
Boys
1. Draughn 48; 2. Polk County 59; 3. R-S Central 80; 4. East Burke 82; 5. Chesnee 129; 6. McDowell 134; 7. Crest 175; 8. East Rutherford 235; 9. Chase 236

Girls
1. Polk County 51; 2. Chesnee 53; 3. Draughn 74; 4. R-S Central 94; 5. McDowell 119; 6. East Burke 130; 7. Crest 170

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Boys
Top 20 and Polk County finishers

PlaceNameSchoolTime
1Sean DoylePolk County17:58
2Josh RossDraughn18:55
3Mitchell BrownPolk County19:23
4Isaac ShufordEast Burke19:27
5Austin NealR-S Central19:30
6Logan ChisholmDraughn19:36
7Dakota MerrillMcDowell19:39
8Jonas BradshawEast Burke19:48
9Evan RevisR-S Central19:48
10Jacob WolfePolk County19:52
11Noah StephensDraughn19:56
12Tommy PearsonChesnee20:04
13Josh BetancourtDraughn20:11
14Andrew GilbertEast Burke20:24
15Christian JusticeCrest20:41
16Dalton AlbrightDraughn20:49
17Caleb SpearsR-S Central20:58
18Caleb PotterPolk County21:00
19n/aMcDowell21:10
20Nathan TreadwayDraughn21:13
28Connor HoltzPolk County21:56
33Emmett ZachariasPolk County22:35
72Luke CollinsPolk County25:34
91Jackson HansonPolk County26:54
110Tyler LawrencePolk County35:20


Girls
Top 20 and Polk County finishers

PlaceNameTimeSchool
1India Godlock21:35Polk County
2Lauren Mossburg23:33Chesnee
3Lauren Revis23:43R-S Central
4Amber Froemel24:40Chesnee
5Leanna Seagraves24:43Draughn
6Bentley Strong24:46East Burke
7Faith Haynes24:54Chesnee
8Sophie Fowler25:11McDowell
9Mariah Overholt25:43Polk County
10Lauren Harkey26:00Draughn
11Emily Fleming26:23R-S Central
12Savannah Robbins26:24Polk County
13Laine Bailey26:58East Rutherford
14Leah Hardin27:37Polk County
15Madison Chesney27:43Chesnee
16Kirsten Blalock28:04Draughn
17Danielle Holtz28:05Polk County
18Marianne Smith28:12East Burke
19Selena Chavez28:28Polk County
20Taylor Smith28:44McDowell
40Sophie Young31:18Polk County
42Izzy Jackson31:26Polk County
44Drew Bailey31:40Polk County
62Makayla Staley40:11Polk County
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