Liam Jackson and Sophia Junge each earned top-six finishes Tuesday as Polk County turned in a pair of top-five team performances at the Armentrout Invitational at R-S Central High School in Rutherfordton.
Jackson placed fifth in the boys 5K, finishing in 17:19.88 to lead Polk County to fourth place among eight scoring teams. Junge took sixth in the girls race in 21:47.17 as the Wolverines finished fifth among 10 teams.
Brevard swept the team championships, winning the boys competition with 35 points and the girls race with 43.
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Polk’s boys totaled 121 points, finishing behind Brevard, Shelby (40) and Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (88). The Wolverines finished 10 points ahead of fifth-place Owen.
Benji Ballenger was Polk’s second finisher, placing 26th in 19:52.48. Grayson Rowe took 34th in 20:43.15, Caleb Young was 37th in 20:52.68 and Silas Amorelli finished 41st in 21:26.52 to complete Polk’s scoring five.
Logan Baird placed 45th in 21:58.46, Austin Martin was 49th in 22:22.90 and Jack Baughman finished 53rd in 22:39.95. Jayvin Clark, Talan Martin and Hunter Tadlock also competed for the Wolverines.
Keaton Campbell of Brevard won the boys race in 16:30.84.
The girls team race was tight around Polk, with Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy taking fourth with 124 points, just three ahead of the Wolverines’ 127.
Sadie Schweitzer followed Junge with a 30th-place finish in 25:04.24. Khloe Kitchen was 33rd in 25:47.56, Ethne Broyles placed 49th in 27:25.92 and LilliAnna Rhymer finished 55th in 28:21.27. Kendra Kitchen took 59th in 28:55.16.
Brevard’s Hadley Merritt won the girls race in 20:17.81.
