Polk County's Davis Young, right, and Jayln Thomas reach the finish line of The Farm Invitational (William Lowe photo via Chase High School)

Polk boys race to team win at Farm Invitational

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Polk County’s boys cross country team raced to a narrow win Tuesday at The Farm Invitational 2023 at Chase High School in Forest City.

Davis Young and Jayln Thomas delivered a 1-2 finish to help the Wolverines record a one-point team win over Chase. McDowell placed third in the event, which included runners from six schools tackling the difficult Chase course.

Polk’s Karsyn Huskey raced to a third-place finish to pace the Wolverine girls.

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Young completed the course in a time of 19:05.42, with Thomas soon following in 19:05.66. Phillip Teague added a sixth-place effort in 21:09.91 and Jordy Rojas-Argate crossed the line in 22:10.58.

Austin Shipman then delivered what proved to be the key finish, his time of 24:58.27 good for 19th place just ahead of a Chase runner.

Kingston White (26:41.28) came home 24th, with Cannon Iamurri (28:25.91) in 40th overall and Ardon Malan (29:38.07) in 33rd.

Huskey’s time of 25:05.78 trailed only East Rutherford’s Dyalla Abuzir and McDowell’s Elyse Foster. Polk’s Kendra Kitchen took 21st with a time of 34:13.30.

East Rutherford topped Chase to win the girls team title.

Polk County’s Kendra Kitchen tackles the tough Chase course during Tuesday’s meet
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