Polk County’s boys track and field team finished second while the girls placed eighth at Saturday’s 16th Annual Reindeer Games at J. Alan Peoples Track.
The annual event also serves as a fundraiser for Outreach.
The Wolverine boys scored 62 points to finish behind champion T.C. Roberson’s 102. R-S Central (58), Pisgah (57) and North Henderson (54) rounded out the top five in the 16-team field.
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Polk County’s girls finished eighth with 24 points. Pisgah won the team title with 99 points, followed by T.C. Roberson (65), R-S Central (60), Hendersonville (58.5) and Asheville Christian Academy (51) in the 12-team field.
The Wolverines claimed one individual event title on the day.
Jesse Moore won the boys 55-meter hurdles in 9.67 seconds. Moore also placed sixth in the 55 meters (6.83) and fifth in the long jump (19-7).
Danny Bradley finished second in the 300 meters (37.03) and fourth in the long jump (18-0).
Sam Rhein claimed three medals, taking second in the shot put (39-5) and triple jump (38-1) and third in the long jump (19-10).
Jayvin Clark placed fourth in the pole vault (9-6), while Austin Martin finished 11th (6-6) and Reese Huysman took 12th (6-0). Ethan Jenne finished 13th in the 1,600 meters (5:23.97) and William Finch placed 15th (5:42.44). Max Butterfield took 20th in the 1,000 meters (3:31.06). Jadyn Bramer finished ninth in the shot put (22-9).
The boys 4×200 relay team placed fourth.
For the girls, Renee Bright finished fourth in the 500 meters (1:37.34) and sixth in the 55-meter hurdles (11.05). Amberina Jenne placed eighth in the 300 meters (47.65). Alaysia Hamrick finished 11th in the 55 meters (8.29) and 17th in the 300 (52.44). Adrianne Dyson took 21st in the 55 meters (9.46).
Khloe Kitchen placed sixth in the 1,600 meters (6:44.35) and Sadie Schweitzer finished 11th (7:03.07). Schweitzer also took 12th in the 1,000 meters (4:20.64). Kendra Kitchen placed 13th in the 1,600 (8:31.04). Brianna Dyson finished fifth in the shot put (23-7).
The girls 4×400 relay team placed second.
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