Noah Hammond raced to a second-place finish Tuesday to lead Polk County Middle School at a six-team cross country meet hosted by Rugby Middle School in Mills River.
Hammond covered the 2-mile course in 12:43, finishing nine seconds behind boys winner Jacob Baden of Rugby, who crossed in 12:34.
Both Polk Middle squads finished fifth in the team standings.
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Kelton Kitchen was the Wolverines’ second boys finisher, placing 32nd in 16:11. Eric Ramirez followed in 37th at 16:35.45, with Korbyn Holland 46th in 17:55 and Ellis Searcy 48th in 18:10.
Ross Castillo placed 60th in 19:26, Kaiden Kitchen was 65th in 20:14, Carter Ross took 73rd in 21:31 and Joe Delmas finished 76th in 21:53.
Millie Edwards led the Polk girls with a ninth-place finish, completing the course in 16:01. Hendersonville Middle’s Parker DeLizza won the girls race in 14:53.
Carolina Foster was Polk’s next finisher, placing 32nd in 18:03. Hayley Contreras took 38th in 18:16, with Nora Williams 43rd in 18:36, Rylie Klimstra 44th in 18:37 and Lucy Delmas 45th in 18:41.
Amelia LeCompte finished 67th in 21:20, while Maggie Holbert placed 71st in 22:42.
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