Polk County athletes will chase individual state championships in two sports starting Friday.
A group of Wolverines will compete Friday in the state 1A/2A indoor track and field championships in Winston-Salem while another group of Polk athletes will begin competition in the 1A West Regional wrestling tournament in Cherryville.
The state track meet will begin at 4 p.m. at JDL Fast Track. Polk County has four entries in the event:
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- Karsyn Huskey enters as the third seed in the girls 1000-meter run, ranked behind Swain’s Annie Lewis and Pine Lake Prep’s Maya Little. Huskey faced Little last week at JDL, finishing less than three seconds behind, and has also raced against Lewis this season.
- Leah Dotson enters seeded 10th in the pole vault. Avery’s Abby Burleson is favored to win the event, with her best jump this season two feet higher than anyone else in the field.
- Polk’s girls 4×400-meter relay team enters seeded 11th. Huskey is part of a quartet that will likely include Renee Bright, Naomi Martinez and Louisa Wood. Christ The King is the top seed in the field.
- Polk’s boys 4×400-meter relay team enters as the eighth seed and will include some combination of Joshua Chavez, Matt Jarrett, Nate Martinez, Blake Anderson, Sam Rhein and Davis Young. Salisbury enters as the top seed.
The state meet will be broadcast live on NFHS Network.
Action in the 1A West Regional wrestling competition is slated to begin Friday at 5 p.m. Two rounds will be held Friday, with the remainder of the event s;ated for Saturday.
The top four wrestlers in each weight class will advance to next week’s state 1A meet in Greensboro.
For the second straight year Polk County qualified 13 wrestlers for the regional, including:
106: Cole Huntley
113: Liam Jackson
120: Efrain Rivera
126: Amon Villarreal
132: Brody Wolfe
138: Jaxtyn Virgil
144: Conner Ahlert
150: Jacob Ed
157: Styler Blackwell
165: Carson Bell
175: Zalen McCraw
190: Chester Wilson
215: Donte Tingling
The Wolverines had five state qualifiers a year ago and will be looking to top that mark this weekend.
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