With more runners meeting NCHSAA State Indoor Track meet qualifications, Polk County is crowding the heat assignments being formulated for the state meet to be held Saturday, February 8 at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem.
Polk’s 4×400-meter relay team (Jacob Collins, Matthew Darden, Eli Hall, Gage Stone) posted a long-sought state qualifying time of 3:39 Saturday at the David Oliver Classic meet held at JDL. Oliver, an American 60 and 110-meter hurdler, is the current world champion and 2008 Olympic medalist in the 110-meter hurdles.
Polk men’s 4×800-meter relay team (Jacob Collins, Mitchell Brown, Jacob Wolfe, Sean Doyle) bettered its qualifying mark to 8:52, earning a better seed for the state meet. Doyle qualified in the 1600-meter run with a personal best for the season in 4:45. Brown (4:57) sprinted his way into the “elite U5 club” by posting his first sub-five minute 1600-meter effort.
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Competing at the David Oliver meet for the Lady Wolverines:
Shot Put; Charlie Bullock , Jamie Greene
4×200 Meter Relay (Rhian Alley, AnaMarie Gunderson, Danielle Holtz, Emma Wagoner) 2:22
4×400 Meter Relay (Alley, Autumn Miller, Savannah Robbins, Shea Wheeler) 4:45
4×800 Meter Relay (Leah Hardin, Robbins, Shelby Wells, Wheeler) 11:38
55 Meter; Miller 8.36, Robbins 8.52
300 Meter; Wells 54.65
Competing for the Wolverines:
Shot Put; JC Suddeth 39-11.75, Stephen Stimac 36-3.5
4×200 Meter Relay (Collins, Darden, Hall, Stone) 1:39
55 Meter; Darden 7.09, Stone 7.43
300 Meter; Isaias Akers 45.85
500 Meter; Akers 1:19, Cole Morgan 1:20, Jake Russell 1:21
1000 Meter; Collins 2:50, Hall 2:55
This Wednesday’s Wolverine Polar Bear meet has been moved to Saturday, Feb. 1 at 11 a.m. Polk County will host this ‘last chance meet’ for area schools looking to meet state qualifications and possibly better their seeds for the upcoming state finals.
