Polk County will send seven runners to Kernersville on Friday for the NCHSAA 3A state cross country championships at Ivey Redmon Sports Complex.
Junior Liam Jackson will represent Polk in the boys race, which begins at 9 a.m. The Polk girls will compete as a team at 10:20 a.m., marking the program’s first state appearance since 2019.
Jackson enters the state meet with the 16th-fastest seed time in the field at 17:29.50, the time he ran while placing sixth at last week’s 3A West Regional at Tryon International.
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Wake Prep Academy’s Johnathon Barnett owns the top boys seed time at 16:44.07. Eduardo Ramirez Romero of Surry Central, who won the 3A West Regional, is seeded seventh at 17:06.40.
Freshman Sophia Junge leads the Polk girls into the state meet. Junge is seeded 19th with a time of 21:20.80 after finishing seventh at the regional.
Patton’s Elisabeth Sawdy has the top girls seed time at 19:05.20.
Joining Junge in the Polk lineup will be Ethne Broyles, Kendra Kitchen, Khloe Kitchen, LilliAnna Rhymer and Sadie Schweitzer.
Polk earned its state berth with a sixth-place finish at the 3A West Regional.
