Noah Hammond claimed another individual victory Tuesday to lead Polk County Middle School at a Blue Ridge Conference cross country meet hosted by Brevard Middle School at Brevard High School.
Hammond won the boys 2-mile race in 11:43, finishing 17 seconds ahead of Rugby Middle’s Jacob Baden. The eighth grader was the only runner in the 84-runner boys field to break 12 minutes.
Polk Middle finished fifth in the six-team boys standings with 120 points. Rugby won the team competition with 34 points, followed by Hendersonville Middle with 57 and Apple Valley Middle with 65.
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Eric Ramirez was Polk’s second finisher, placing 28th in 14:55. Kelton Kitchen followed in 30th at 15:01, with Korbyn Holland 43rd in 16:56 and Ellis Searcy 47th in 17:15 completing the Wolverines’ scoring five.
Kaiden Kitchen finished 57th in 18:44 and Ross Castillo was 59th in 18:56. Carter Ross crossed in 19:48 and Joe Delmas finished in 19:58.
Polk’s girls placed sixth with 140 points. Hendersonville Middle won the team title with 34 points, followed by Rugby with 66 and Apple Valley with 74.
Nora Williams led Polk, finishing 24th in 16:00. Carolina Foster placed 28th in 16:25, Heidi Klootwyk was 31st in 16:28, Rylie Klimstra took 40th in 16:54 and Lucy Delmas finished 47th in 17:34 to round out Polk’s scoring five.
Amelia LeCompte finished in 19:23, Maggie Holbert crossed in 22:28 and Olivia Brooks finished in 24:13.
Apple Valley’s Zia Miller won the girls race in 14:08.
