Polk County’s annual WNC Polar Bear Championships indoor track meet is designed to offer area athletes one final chance to post a qualifying mark for the state indoor track championships.
Saturday, a handful of Polk County competitors did just that.
Three individuals and a relay team posted state qualifying marks for the Wolverines in Saturday’s meet held at Wolverine Stadium and attended by 16 area schools. Polk County’s boys placed third in the overall team standings and the girls placed eighth, but that wasn’t the goal of the day for Polk’s squad. State qualifying times were, and adding more competitors to those already bound for next week’s state meet brought a huge smile to the face of head coach Alan Peoples.
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“We had an excellent day,” Peoples said. “We qualified in the boys shot put, the 4×800 girls relay, the boys 1600 and the boys 1000. That’s an exceptional day.”
Perhaps no Wolverine had a better day than 1000-meter runner Jacob Wolfe, whose time of 2:48.10 easily surpassed the qualifying standard of 2:50 and earned Wolfe a second-place finish in Saturday’s event. It also represented an improvement of 12 seconds over his previous personal best.
“That’s wonderful,” Peoples said.
The Polk girls 4×800-meter relay squad, comprised of Emily Kocher, Savannah Robbins, Shelby Wells and Shea Wheeler, also posted a personal best with a time of 11:18.08, well under the qualifying standard of 11:30 and good for third place on Saturday.
Polk shot putter J.C. Suddeth finished fourth in the event with a throw of 42-6, matching the state qualifying standard, and Jacob Collins took third in the 1600-meter run with a time of 4:40.87, well below the standard of 4:50.
“We exceeded expectations because of the number of days we’ve had to practice,” Peoples said. “If you take out meets and just include practice time, we’ve really had three weeks of practice, 21 days.”
Complete results from Saturday’s meet:
Event 1 Women Shot Put ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= Finals 1 Yarborough, Amy H'Ville (2 A) 32-07.00 10 2 Gentry, Briona Pisgah (3 A) 30-01.50 8 3 Dudman, Brittany A C R (3 A) 29-03.00 6 4 Brown, Tameeia Polk Cty (2 A) 27-07.00 5 5 Rogers, Krystana Tuscola (3 A) 23-06.00 4 6 Boykins, Janee Shelby (2 A) 22-02.00 3 7 Ramsey, Emme N Buncombe (3 A) 21-02.00 2 8 McInnis, Haley N Buncombe (3 A) 20-11.00 1 9 Moloney, Maura N Buncombe (3 A) 20-08.00 10 Carachure, Yuriza H'Ville (2 A) 20-05.00 11 Sellers, Lauren Tuscola (3 A) 19-06.00 12 Gier, Christina A C R (3 A) 17-10.00 12 Austin, Maggie Mitchell (1 A) 17-10.00 Event 2 Women Long Jump ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Whiteside, Arianna T C R (4 A) 16-01.00 10 2 Soule, Kendall T C R (4 A) 15-06.00 8 3 Krug, Chesley T C R (4 A) 14-10.00 6 4 Rogers, Maggie Tuscola (3 A) 14-08.00 5 5 Brooks, Kania Shelby (2 A) 14-04.00 4 6 Denny, Hunter W. Hender. (3 A) 13-05.00 3 7 Morgan, Sydney E. Hender. (3 A) 12-09.00 2 8 Desmaris, Lindy Polk Cty (2 A) 10-06.00 1 Event 3 Women Triple Jump ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Krug, Chesley T C R (4 A) 32-01.00 10 2 Cannon, Catlin T C R (4 A) 31-07.50 8 3 Rogers, Maggie Tuscola (3 A) 30-02.25 6 4 Morgan, Sydney E. Hender. (3 A) 29-08.00 5 5 Brooks, Kania Shelby (2 A) 27-09.00 4 Event 4 Women High Jump ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Cobb, Michelle T C R (4 A) 4-10.00 10 2 Hara, Katie E. Hender. (3 A) 4-08.00 8 3 Krueger, Madelyn T C R (4 A) 4-06.00 6 4 Horton, Molly E. Hender. (3 A) 4-04.00 5 5 Houston, Ashlea Burns (3 A) 4-02.00 4 -- Williams, Mackenna E. Hender. (3 A) NH Event 5 Women Pole Vault ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Waldbart, Bailey E. Hender. (3 A) 9-00.00 10 2 Hara, Katie E. Hender. (3 A) 7-06.00 8 -- Kidd, Kaylee E. Hender. (3 A) NH Event 6 Women 4x800 Meter Relay ======================================================================= School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 East Henderson (3 A) 'A' 10:57.06 10 2 Tuscola (3 A) 'A' 11:06.47 8 3 Polk County (2 A) 'A' 11:18.08 6 4 West Henderson (3 A) 'A' 11:23.62 5 5 North Buncombe (3 A) 'A' 11:49.08 4 Event 7 Women 55 Meter Hurdles ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Soule, Kendall T C R (4 A) 9.54 10 2 Frempong, Anu A C R (3 A) 9.95 8 3 Akmal, Jessica W. Hender. (3 A) 10.35 6 4 Kidd, Kaylee E. Hender. (3 A) 10.51 5 5 Rogers, Maggie Tuscola (3 A) 10.55 4 6 Selfridge, Danielle Shelby (2 A) 11.91 3 7 Medina, Mercedes Shelby (2 A) 12.38 2 8 Metcalf, Erica Polk Cty (2 A) 12.41 1 Event 8 Women 55 Meter Dash ========================================================================== Name Year School Finals H# Points ========================================================================== 1 Whiteside, Arianna T C R (4 A) 7.53 3 10 2 Arnaut, Dasha T C R (4 A) 7.57 3 8 3 Brooks, Kania Shelby (2 A) 8.25 1 6 4 Greene, Lindsey N Buncombe (3 A) 8.37 3 5 5 Johnston, Hope W. Hender. (3 A) 8.47 2 4 6 Thompson, Nataleya Shelby (2 A) 8.48 1 3 7 Askew, Ashelyn H'Ville (2 A) 8.57 2 2 8 Griffin, Jennifer Polk Cty (2 A) 8.94 2 1 9 Allison, Katelyn Polk Cty (2 A) 8.97 2 10 Smalls, Tyanna A C R (3 A) 9.24 2 11 Shanahan, Joy Polk Cty (2 A) 9.40 2 12 Sparrow, Elizabeth N Buncombe (3 A) 9.50 3 13 Carachure, Yuriza H'Ville (2 A) 9.51 1 14 Phillips, Cheryl N Buncombe (3 A) 9.71 1 15 Schuller, Kerri H'Ville (2 A) 9.78 1 -- Crawley, Brittany T C R (4 A) DQ 3 Event 9 Women 1600 Meter Run ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Anderson, Lily T C R (4 A) 5:17.98 10 2 Himelein-Wachowiak, Kenz A C R (3 A) 5:33.38 8 3 Anderson, Ladeja Shelby (2 A) 5:41.18 6 4 Spiro, Sarah Smoky Mtn (2 A) 5:42.35 5 5 Link, Elena T C R (4 A) 5:56.52 4 6 Hill, Christi E. Hender. (3 A) 6:01.29 3 7 Himelein-Wachowiak, Emma A C R (3 A) 6:04.35 2 8 Housman, Alyssa N Buncombe (3 A) 6:07.94 1 9 Fish, Aimee E. Hender. (3 A) 6:11.37 10 Baldwin, Jade E. Hender. (3 A) 6:13.23 11 Hardin, Leah Polk Cty (2 A) 6:34.98 12 Messer, Daryiann N Buncombe (3 A) 6:40.42 13 Switch, Shannon Tuscola (3 A) 6:43.54 14 Boggess, Kerry N Buncombe (3 A) 6:54.64 15 Roper, Milinda H'Ville (2 A) 7:13.00 16 Thompson, Taryn Tuscola (3 A) 8:12.07 17 Bailey, Jessica Polk Cty (2 A) 8:52.92 Event 10 Women 500 Meter Run ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Walker, Valerie Burns (3 A) 1:23.80 10 2 Hogan, Olivia W. Hender. (3 A) 1:28.70 8 3 Weinrib, Claire T C R (4 A) 1:29.40 6 4 Howle, Emma Tuscola (3 A) 1:30.50 5 5 Savage, Carson E. Hender. (3 A) 1:31.50 4 6 Wong Chong, Summer W. Hender. (3 A) 1:33.20 3 7 Wells, Shelby Polk Cty (2 A) 1:37.30 2 8 Hickman, Sarah H'Ville (2 A) J1:37.30 1 9 Houston, Ashlea Burns (3 A) 1:38.10 10 Wagoner, Emma Polk Cty (2 A) 1:38.90 11 Johnson, Makayla E. Hender. (3 A) 1:39.60 12 Skelton, Julia Tuscola (3 A) 1:44.00 13 Holtz, Danielle Polk Cty (2 A) 1:45.60 Event 11 Women 1000 Meter Run ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Soule, Anastasia T C R (4 A) 3:09.20 10 2 Callison, Patricia N Buncombe (3 A) 3:18.10 8 3 Salgado, Nicole T C R (4 A) 3:29.50 6 4 Murphy, Mackenzie Pisgah (3 A) 3:31.30 5 5 Jones, Hannah Tuscola (3 A) 3:41.00 4 6 Turlington, Amy W. Hender. (3 A) 3:48.20 3 7 Fisher, Kayla N Buncombe (3 A) 3:50.80 2 8 Warren, Hannah Pisgah (3 A) 3:53.20 1 9 Patton, Catherine Tuscola (3 A) 4:46.80 Event 12 Women 300 Meter Dash ========================================================================== Name Year School Finals H# Points ========================================================================== 1 Horton, Molly E. Hender. (3 A) 41.89 3 10 2 Motley, Mary T C R (4 A) 42.65 3 8 3 Cobb, Michelle T C R (4 A) 43.42 3 6 4 Soule, Kendall T C R (4 A) 44.72 3 5 5 Frempong, Anu A C R (3 A) 45.48 3 4 6 Smith, Brooke E. Hender. (3 A) 48.02 3 3 7 Griffin, Jennifer Polk Cty (2 A) 50.95 2 2 8 Yarborough, Amy H'Ville (2 A) 51.91 1 1 9 Destino, Anna N Buncombe (3 A) 52.05 2 10 Sours, Peyton N Buncombe (3 A) 52.48 2 11 Thompson, Nataleya Shelby (2 A) 52.51 1 12 Rossell, Lila N Buncombe (3 A) 52.52 2 13 Alley, Rhian Polk Cty (2 A) 53.14 1 14 Skelton, Julia Tuscola (3 A) 58.69 2 Event 13 Women 3200 Meter Run ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Anderson, Lily T C R (4 A) 12:13.90 10 2 Himelein-Wachowiak, Kenz A C R (3 A) 12:20.60 8 3 Spiro, Sarah Smoky Mtn (2 A) 12:23.80 6 4 Anderson, Ladeja Shelby (2 A) 12:37.10 5 5 Earley, Amber N Buncombe (3 A) 15:31.20 4 Event 14 Women 4x400 Meter Relay ======================================================================= School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 North Buncombe (3 A) 'A' 4:16.37 10 2 Polk County (2 A) 'A' 4:40.36 8 3 West Henderson (3 A) 'A' 4:45.53 6 Event 15 Men Shot Put ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Bolden, John A C R (3 A) 46-02.00 10 2 Louzader, Logan A C R (3 A) 45-00.50 8 3 Friel, Dalton Christ School 43-01.00 6 4 Suddeth, J. c. Polk Cty (2 A) 42-06.00 5 5 Frost, Cole A C R (3 A) 38-08.00 4 6 Jackson, Michael Mitchell (1 A) 38-05.00 3 7 Stimac, Stephen Polk Cty (2 A) 36-03.50 2 8 Mollette, Ryan Polk Cty (2 A) 35-07.50 1 9 Sherrill, Noah N Buncombe (3 A) 35-07.00 10 Jackson, Cody N Buncombe (3 A) 32-10.00 11 Szeiwach, Pete T C R (4 A) 30-02.00 12 Wilson, Ruben Mitchell (1 A) 27-03.00 13 Kay, Matthew Burns (3 A) 23-11.00 14 Page, Earle N Buncombe (3 A) 23-00.00 Event 16 Men Long Jump ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Gibbard, Richard T C R (4 A) 18-07.00 10 2 Morris, Jonathan Christ School 18-05.00 8 3 Klepper, Brandon T C R (4 A) 18-01.00 6 4 Thorn, Caleb H'Ville (2 A) 15-02.00 5 5 Marable, Michael Shelby (2 A) 14-04.00 4 6 Suber Brown, Andrew Polk Cty (2 A) 12-05.00 3 Event 17 Men Triple Jump ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Klepper, Brandon T C R (4 A) 38-04.00 10 2 Thorn, Caleb H'Ville (2 A) 33-07.00 8 Event 18 Men High Jump ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Culbertson, Wesley E. Hender. (3 A) 5-10.00 10 2 Morelock, Cody N Buncombe (3 A) 5-06.00 8 3 Morris, Jonathan Christ School 5-02.00 6 4 Curriden, Cason T C R (4 A) 5-00.00 5 5 Davis, Jacob T C R (4 A) 4-10.00 4 -- Marable, Michael Shelby (2 A) NH Event 19 Men Pole Vault ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Myers, Bryce N Buncombe (3 A) 13-06.00 10 2 Lacorte, Matthew N Buncombe (3 A) 13-00.00 8 3 Glynn, Josh E. Hender. (3 A) 11-06.00 6 4 Juarez, Eric E. Hender. (3 A) 11-00.00 5 5 Gibbard, Richard T C R (4 A) 10-00.00 4 -- Davis, Jacob T C R (4 A) NH Event 20 Men 4x800 Meter Relay ======================================================================= School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 West Henderson (3 A) 'A' 8:35.78 10 2 T.C. Roberson (4 A) 'A' 8:39.18 8 3 Hendersonville (2 A) 'A' 8:55.23 6 Event 21 Men 55 Meter Hurdles ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Barker, Drew T C R (4 A) 7.96 10 2 Morelock, Cody N Buncombe (3 A) 8.46 8 Event 22 Men 55 Meter Dash ========================================================================== Name Year School Finals H# Points ========================================================================== 1 Pace, Ellis Christ School 6.70 3 10 2 King, Jalen Burns (3 A) 6.77 3 8 3 Kimble, Zyelon Shelby (2 A) J6.77 3 6 4 Lacorte, Matthew N Buncombe (3 A) 6.97 3 5 5 Surratt, Dashawn Shelby (2 A) J6.97 1 4 6 Myers, Bryce N Buncombe (3 A) 7.04 3 3 7 Young, Blake Burns (3 A) 7.10 2 2 8 Heavlin, Miles Mitchell (1 A) 7.34 2 1 9 Shand, Alex T C R (4 A) 7.47 2 9 Davis, Quay Shelby (2 A) 7.47 1 9 Thomas, Cy Mitchell (1 A) 7.47 2 12 Davis, Grant N Buncombe (3 A) 7.77 2 13 Dimitris, Hunter T C R (4 A) 7.98 1 14 Mooney, James E. Hender. (3 A) 8.14 1 15 Blevins, Nick E. Hender. (3 A) 8.31 1 16 Lee, James T C R (4 A) 8.34 1 -- Darden, Matthew Polk Cty (2 A) DQ 3 Event 23 Men 1600 Meter Run ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Baldwin, Tanis E. Hender. (3 A) 4:27.40 10 2 Houser, Zach T C R (4 A) 4:40.25 8 3 Collins, Jacob Polk Cty (2 A) 4:40.87 6 4 Sewell, Logan E. Hender. (3 A) 4:42.02 5 5 Doyle, Sean Polk Cty (2 A) 4:47.65 4 6 Hooper, Kaseson Murphy (1 A) 4:48.05 3 7 Graham, Noah Brevard (2 A) 4:50.16 2 8 Tucker, Justin Shelby (2 A) 4:55.25 1 9 Brown, Mitchell Polk Cty (2 A) 4:58.24 10 Harpe, Charles T C R (4 A) 5:10.45 11 Trezise, Zeke A C R (3 A) 5:16.93 12 Erickson, Jake A C R (3 A) 5:23.85 13 Shealy, Luke N Buncombe (3 A) 5:32.54 14 Brown, Nathan E. Hender. (3 A) 5:37.80 15 Benton, Bill Burns (3 A) 5:39.95 15 Lawrae, Jackson T C R (4 A) 5:39.95 17 Bowen, Joseph H'Ville (2 A) 5:40.15 18 Naisang, Bear A C R (3 A) 5:42.42 -- Lindsay, Reagan Murphy (1 A) DNF Event 24 Men 500 Meter Run ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Fernandez, Brian Pisgah (3 A) 1:08.60 10 2 Tompa, Robbie Murphy (1 A) 1:08.90 8 3 Deaton, Jacob T C R (4 A) 1:09.20 6 4 Dollinger, Zach T C R (4 A) 1:09.50 5 5 Curriden, Dallin T C R (4 A) 1:09.70 4 6 Winn, Drew E. Hender. (3 A) 1:11.50 3 7 Heavlin, Miles Mitchell (1 A) 1:13.80 2 8 Sluder, Issac Tuscola (3 A) 1:16.10 1 9 Morgan, Avery W. Hender. (3 A) 1:18.20 10 Russell, Jake Polk Cty (2 A) 1:18.50 11 Marable, Michael Shelby (2 A) 1:19.10 Event 25 Men 1000 Meter Run ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Leppi, Travis N Buncombe (3 A) 2:39.90 10 2 Wolfe, Jacob Polk Cty (2 A) 2:48.10 8 3 Lindsay, Reagan Murphy (1 A) 2:50.10 6 4 Kovacs, Jesse T C R (4 A) 2:51.70 5 5 Doyle, Sean Polk Cty (2 A) 2:55.40 4 6 Collins, Jacob Polk Cty (2 A) 3:01.10 3 7 Costner, Austin Shelby (2 A) 3:03.20 2 8 Swaney, Alex T C R (4 A) 3:10.90 1 9 Juarez, Bryan E. Hender. (3 A) 3:31.90 10 Koon, Josh T C R (4 A) 3:34.50 11 Gonzalez, Justin E. Hender. (3 A) 3:36.70 12 Houston, Bailey Burns (3 A) 4:39.80 Event 26 Men 300 Meter Dash ========================================================================== Name Year School Finals H# Points ========================================================================== 1 Barker, Drew T C R (4 A) 37.40 3 10 2 Tompa, Robbie Murphy (1 A) 37.57 3 8 3 Darden, Matthew Polk Cty (2 A) 37.80 3 6 4 Davis, Quay Shelby (2 A) 39.13 1 5 5 Heavlin, Miles Mitchell (1 A) 39.54 3 4 6 Surratt, Dashawn Shelby (2 A) 39.87 1 3 7 Kimble, Zyelon Shelby (2 A) J39.87 1 2 8 Sluder, Issac Tuscola (3 A) 40.47 2 1 9 Curriden, Cason T C R (4 A) 40.57 2 10 Jackson, Scot N Buncombe (3 A) 40.71 3 11 Smart, Ed Christ School 40.81 3 12 Harris, Ian T C R (4 A) 41.77 2 13 Price, Jackson Polk Cty (2 A) 41.87 2 14 Sherrill, Noah N Buncombe (3 A) 42.50 2 15 Blevins, Nick E. Hender. (3 A) 45.10 1 16 Brown, Nathan E. Hender. (3 A) 55.88 1 Event 27 Men 3200 Meter Run ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Baldwin, Tanis E. Hender. (3 A) 9:57.20 10 2 Duque, Devin T C R (4 A) 10:09.90 8 3 Tucker, Justin Shelby (2 A) 11:07.50 6 4 Brown, Mitchell Polk Cty (2 A) 11:39.10 5 5 Erickson, Jake A C R (3 A) 12:01.00 4 6 Trezise, Zeke A C R (3 A) 12:16.30 3 7 Benton, Bill Burns (3 A) 12:30.70 2 8 Draper, Cole T C R (4 A) 12:56.10 1 Event 28 Men 4x400 Meter Relay ======================================================================= School Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 T.C. Roberson (4 A) 'A' 3:33.69 10 2 West Henderson (3 A) 'A' 3:37.10 8 3 North Buncombe (3 A) 'A' 3:39.33 6 4 Polk County (2 A) 'A' 3:41.50 5 5 Hendersonville (2 A) 'A' 3:57.32 4 6 Shelby (2 A) 'A' 3:59.72 3 Women - Team Rankings - 14 Events Scored =============================================================================== 1) T.C. Roberson (4 A) 151 2) East Henderson (3 A) 73 3) West Henderson (3 A) 38 4) North Buncombe (3 A) 37 5) Shelby (2 A) 36 5) Tuscola (3 A) 36 5) A.C. Reynolds (3 A) 36 8) Polk County (2 A) 26 9) Burns (3 A) 14 9) Pisgah (3 A) 14 9) Hendersonville (2 A) 14 12) Smoky Mountain (2 A) 11 Men - Team Rankings - 14 Events Scored =============================================================================== 1) T.C. Roberson (4 A) 115 2) North Buncombe (3 A) 58 3) Polk County (2 A) 52 4) East Henderson (3 A) 49 5) Shelby (2 A) 36 6) Christ School 30 7) A.C. Reynolds (3 A) 29 8) Murphy (1 A) 25 9) Hendersonville (2 A) 23 10) West Henderson (3 A) 18 11) Burns (3 A) 12 12) Mitchell (1 A) 10 12) Pisgah (3 A) 10 14) Brevard (2 A) 2 14) Tuscola (3 A) 2
