Polk County runners produced three top-20 finishes Saturday at the Hagan Stone XC Classic at Keeley Park in Greensboro, with Noah Hammond earning the Wolverines’ best individual placement.
Hammond finished second in the middle school boys 4K, covering the course in 14:19.36. He finished just more than four seconds behind race winner Grayson Karshner, who crossed in 14:14.97. Hammond was Polk Middle’s only entrant in the race.
In the high school championship races, Sophia Junge led the Polk girls with a 19th-place finish in 23:01. Liam Jackson paced the Wolverine boys, taking 20th in 18:08.91.
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Liam Finch was Polk’s second boys finisher, placing 68th in 20:30.54. Benji Ballenger followed in 72nd at 20:48.78, with Caleb Young 88th in 21:19.21 and Grayson Rowe 97th in 22:12.81. Silas Amorelli finished 98th in 22:21.88 and Logan Baird was 105th in 22:41.50.
Sadie Schweitzer was the second Polk finisher in the girls championship race, placing 43rd in 26:11.71. Khloe Kitchen took 53rd in 27:22.72, LilliAnna Rhymer was 67th in 29:41.68 and Kendra Kitchen finished 75th in 31:11.16.
Polk also had five runners in the boys JV race. Austin Martin led that group, finishing 42nd in 22:33.01. Jack Baughman placed 68th in 23:49.23, Jayvin Clark was 74th in 24:08.09, Talan Martin finished 95th in 27:16.20 and Hunter Tadlock was 98th in 27:54.76.
Noah St. Julien of Fork Union won the boys championship 5K in 16:55.52, while Corinth Holders’ Nikol Makarevych won the girls race in 19:22.92.
