
Outreach the big winner at13th Annual Reindeer Games
Rain delayed but unbowed, the 13th Annual Reindeer Games track and field meet proceeded Saturday morning under sunny skies in G.M. Tennant Stadium.
The annual event serves first and foremost to benefit Outreach with donations of canned goods and money, and that it did again this year. Polk County assistant coach Amanda Simoncic, who had the original idea for the Games, said Saturday’s meet produced more than 900 canned goods and more than $700 in donations for Outreach.
Tuscola’s girls and West Henderson’s boys won the Reindeer team titles, with the Polk County boys taking second and the Polk girls placing sixth. Nine girls teams and 10 boys teams participated on the cool day.
Polk County’s boys 4×800-meter relay team and pole vaulter Kristopher Brooks had the only event wins for the Wolverines.
Reindeer Games of Polk County - 12/17/2022 Polk County High School Results Women 55 Meter Dash ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= Name Year School Finals H# ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= Finals 1 Jasmine Banks 11 West Henderson 7.61 3 2 Zoie Shuler 11 Robbinsville 7.70 3 3 Alex Thomas 12 Asheville 7.73 1 4 Heidi Goebel 12 Asheville 8.00 1 5 Gracie Rinker 10 Tuscola 8.04 1 6 Kensley Phillips 12 Robbinsville 8.38 3 7 Elise Gomez 9 Tuscola 8.40 3 8 Claire Barlow 10 Robbinsville 8.42 3 Women 300 Meter Dash ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= Name Year School Finals H# ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= 1 Jasmine Banks 11 West Henderson 43.62 4 2 Heidi Goebel 12 Asheville 44.83 4 3 Avery Ponder 11 Pisgah 45.55 4 4 Briley Jordan 9 Tuscola 46.91 4 5 Skylar Ball 10 Tuscola 47.76 4 6 Olivia Agan 12 Asheville 47.88 2 7 Eva Rinker 12 Tuscola 49.50 1 8 Anna Williams 9 Robbinsville 49.62 3 Women 500 Meter Run ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Charlotte Goebel 10 Asheville 1:29.71 2 Olivia Arnold 9 Tuscola 1:30.26 3 Sierra Early 12 Pisgah 1:31.79 4 Peyton Draper 11 Charles D. Owen 1:34.59 5 Eleanor Sutton 10 Tuscola 1:37.22 6 Harper Todd 10 Asheville 1:37.46 7 Rowen Dollar-Raynolds 11 Asheville 1:40.48 8 Luci Lowe 10 Tuscola 1:40.94 Women 1000 Meter Run ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Paisley Stepp 12 West Henderson 3:14.61 2 Eva Rinker 12 Tuscola 3:15.44 3 Alysia Madera 10 West Henderson 3:23.79 4 Andromache Lemmel 9 Asheville 3:34.39 5 Eleanor Sutton 10 Tuscola 4:21.01 6 Gaby Lara Arredondo 11 Pisgah 4:23.41 7 Raquel Munoz 10 Pisgah 4:31.22 8 Luna Gonzalez 11 Polk County 4:39.95 Women 1600 Meter Run ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Eva Rinker 12 Tuscola 5:19.41 2 Breanna Budzinski 11 West Henderson 5:21.51 3 Sadie Hambright 9 Asheville 5:22.85 4 Lily Buenting 12 Smoky Mountain 5:50.28 5 Susanna Ashworth 12 Polk County 6:23.12 6 Piper Berry 11 Charles D. Owen 6:24.53 7 Luci Lowe 10 Tuscola 6:29.04 8 Gaby Lara Arredondo 11 Pisgah 7:20.84 Women 3200 Meter Run ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Noelle Houlihan 10 West Henderson 11:58.04 2 Lauren Sochia 12 West Henderson 12:00.65 3 Sadie Hambright 9 Asheville 12:45.92 4 Olivia Arnold 9 Tuscola 13:04.72 5 Gerogia Crowder 9 Tuscola 14:46.99 Women 55 Meter Hurdles ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= Name Year School Finals H# ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= 1 Alex Thomas 12 Asheville 9.45 2 2 Delany Brooms 11 Robbinsville 10.92 2 3 Gracie Rinker 10 Tuscola 10.97 1 4 Eleanor Sutton 10 Tuscola 11.02 1 5 Annika McElreath 12 Pisgah 11.23 2 6 Jessica Ross 9 Pisgah 11.28 1 7 Miley Stover 10 Tuscola 12.36 1 Women 4x100 Meter Relay Throwers' Re ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Tuscola 'A' 1:05.14 Women 4x200 Meter Relay ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Robbinsville 'A' 1:57.28 2 Pisgah 'A' 1:58.86 3 Tuscola 'A' 2:04.16 Women 4x400 Meter Relay ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Asheville 'A' 4:29.47 2 Pisgah 'A' 4:36.38 3 Tuscola 'A' 4:43.30 Women 4x800 Meter Relay ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Tuscola 'A' 11:35.71 Women High Jump ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Zoie Shuler 11 Robbinsville 5-02.00 2 Sierra Early 12 Pisgah 4-04.00 3 Anna Williams 9 Robbinsville J4-00.00 4 Tia Hall 11 Robbinsville J4-00.00 Women Pole Vault ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Sasha Ledford 12 Pisgah 9-06.00 2 Raina Markulis 12 Asheville 8-00.00 3 Sarah Gorgas 11 West Henderson J7-06.00 4 Delany Brooms 11 Robbinsville J7-06.00 5 Elizabeth Vitale 10 Polk County 5-06.00 Women Long Jump ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Zoie Shuler 11 Robbinsville 17-01.00 2 Claire Barlow 10 Robbinsville 15-07.50 3 Sasha Ledford 12 Pisgah 14-11.00 4 Taelyr Jackson 11 Robbinsville 13-05.00 5 Sarah Gorgas 11 West Henderson 13-00.00 6 Elise Gomez 9 Tuscola 12-05.50 7 Sarah Vitale 10 Polk County 12-04.50 8 Laney Littlefield 10 Polk County 11-02.50 Women Triple Jump ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Claire Barlow 10 Robbinsville 30-07.25 2 Briley Jordan 9 Tuscola 27-09.75 Women Shot Put ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Charley Seagle 10 Franklin 33-06.50 2 Sam Morgan 11 Pisgah 31-07.50 3 Kensley Phillips 12 Robbinsville 26-09.50 4 Mikaela Hyatt 11 Tuscola 25-04.00 5 Tia Hall 11 Robbinsville 24-09.00 6 Eden Orr 12 Robbinsville 24-04.00 7 Lindsey Dotson 11 Polk County 24-01.75 8 Sarah Robertson 10 Pisgah 23-05.00 Men 55 Meter Dash ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= Name Year School Finals H# ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= 1 Brendan Henby 12 West Henderson J6.75 3 2 Evan Byrd 11 Pisgah J6.75 3 3 Elijah Cochran 11 Franklin 6.76 3 4 Ian Hicks 12 West Henderson 6.88 3 5 Cole Pereria 12 Polk County 6.92 3 6 Nathan Porter 11 Smoky Mountain 7.26 1 7 Ashton Sutton 11 Pisgah 7.32 3 8 Cooper Adams 10 Robbinsville 7.36 2 Men 300 Meter Dash ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= Name Year School Finals H# ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= 1 Evan Byrd 11 Pisgah 36.18 3 2 Brendan Henby 12 West Henderson 36.76 3 3 Ian Hicks 12 West Henderson 37.08 3 4 Nathaniel Rhein 12 Polk County 38.18 1 5 Cooper Adams 10 Robbinsville 39.54 3 6 Trent Maillie Concord 42.24 1 7 Alex Adams 9 West Henderson 43.16 3 8 Oisin Ledford 9 Pisgah 43.39 2 Men 500 Meter Run ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Elijah Cochran 11 Franklin 1:08.71 2 Nolan Ray 11 Asheville 1:10.43 3 Cole Pereria 12 Polk County 1:11.00 4 Finlay Graham 10 Asheville 1:11.43 5 Sam Rattigan 12 Asheville 1:11.47 6 Kadien Griffin 10 Tuscola 1:13.39 7 Nathaniel Martinez 10 Polk County 1:13.71 8 Bruce Helms 11 Robbinsville 1:19.39 Men 1000 Meter Run ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Tad Sloan-Westmoreland 12 Charles D. Owen 2:47.34 2 Jeremy Kemper 11 Asheville 2:57.76 3 William Cable 12 Robbinsville 3:00.56 4 Cade Bright 11 Polk County 3:01.98 5 Jordan Lombard 12 Tuscola 3:04.55 6 Daniel Sayblack 10 Pisgah 3:08.54 7 Devin Velasquez 10 Pisgah 3:12.36 8 Zeb Stewart 11 Robbinsville 3:14.56 Men 1600 Meter Run ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Elijah Jones 12 Charles D. Owen 4:39.31 2 Caleb Phillips 12 Smoky Mountain 4:45.91 3 Harding Kinnaird 10 Charles D. Owen 5:05.95 4 William Cable 12 Robbinsville 5:14.22 5 Zeb Mathis 10 Smoky Mountain 5:24.83 6 Leo Parmenter 11 Charles D. Owen 5:28.75 7 Brady Merrill 9 West Henderson 5:33.77 8 Harrison Ashworth 11 Polk County 5:36.45 Men 3200 Meter Run ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Elijah Jones 12 Charles D. Owen 10:00.07 2 Logan Russo 11 Franklin 10:00.87 3 Hudson Rice 11 West Henderson 10:19.02 4 Caleb Phillips 12 Smoky Mountain 10:25.42 5 Holden Hamlin 10 West Henderson 10:45.22 6 Harding Kinnaird 10 Charles D. Owen 11:01.64 7 Daniel Sayblack 10 Pisgah 11:30.19 8 Davis Young 10 Polk County 11:34.55 Men 55 Meter Hurdles ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= Name Year School Finals H# ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>======= 1 Tayman Howell 10 West Henderson 7.92 2 2 Elijah Cochran 11 Franklin 8.27 2 3 Nathaniel Rhein 12 Polk County 8.47 2 4 Finlay Graham 10 Asheville 9.58 2 5 Easton Edwards 9 Tuscola 10.33 2 6 Jared Webb 11 Pisgah 10.52 2 7 Ryan Rogerson 9 Polk County 10.53 2 8 Felix Lopez 9 Tuscola 10.55 1 Men 4x200 Meter Relay ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Tuscola 'A' 1:47.20 2 Polk County 'A' 1:48.15 3 Smoky Mountain 'A' 1:49.72 Men 4x400 Meter Relay ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Asheville 'A' 3:43.32 2 Pisgah 'A' 4:00.53 3 Tuscola 'A' 4:01.90 4 Smoky Mountain 'A' 5:14.05 Men 4x800 Meter Relay ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Polk County 'A' 9:40.70 2 Tuscola 'A' 10:31.06 Men High Jump ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Royce Johnston 10 West Henderson 6-02.00 2 Cal Drake 12 Franklin 6-00.00 3 James Swaringen 11 Asheville 5-08.00 4 Talon Smith 10 Franklin 5-04.00 5 Nathan Porter 11 Smoky Mountain J5-02.00 6 Felix Lopez 9 Tuscola J5-02.00 7 Brayden Boissoneault 9 Tuscola J4-10.00 8 Brandon Jordan 9 Tuscola J4-10.00 Men Pole Vault ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Kristopher Brooks 11 Polk County J8-00.00 2 Oisin Ledford 9 Pisgah J8-00.00 3 Ryan Rogerson 9 Polk County 7-00.00 4 Alex Adams 9 West Henderson 6-00.00 Men Long Jump ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Nathan Porter 11 Smoky Mountain 17-11.50 2 Royce Johnston 10 West Henderson 17-10.50 3 Ashton Sutton 11 Pisgah 17-09.50 4 Caleb Borchelt 12 Smoky Mountain 17-04.00 5 Logan Morris 10 Tuscola 16-01.50 6 Easton Edwards 9 Tuscola 16-01.00 7 Brady McGee 11 West Henderson 15-06.50 8 Felix Lopez 9 Tuscola 15-03.50 Men Triple Jump ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Ashton Sutton 11 Pisgah 38-04.75 2 Caleb Borchelt 12 Smoky Mountain 36-03.75 3 Felix Lopez 9 Tuscola 35-02.00 4 Easton Edwards 9 Tuscola 30-02.00 5 Cannon Iamurri 9 Polk County 29-09.00 6 Caden Graning 10 Smoky Mountain 29-02.00 Men Shot Put ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== Name Year School Finals ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==== 1 Antonio Lorenzo 12 Smoky Mountain 43-09.75 2 Donovin Hall 11 Robbinsville 37-08.00 3 Will Durham 12 Asheville 35-10.00 4 Preston Wright 10 Pisgah 35-05.00 5 Bryson Owen 12 Polk County 35-01.25 6 Carter Wingrove 12 West Henderson 30-04.50 7 RJ Ruff 10 Polk County 29-09.50 8 Thomas Deese 10 West Henderson 28-08.50 Women - Team Rankings - 16 Events Scored ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>=================== 1) Tuscola 124 2) Robbinsville 103 3) Asheville 82 4) Pisgah 74 5) West Henderson 72 6) Polk County 14 7) Franklin 10 8) Charles D. Owen 8 9) Smoky Mountain 5 Men - Team Rankings - 15 Events Scored ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>=================== 1) West Henderson 82 2) Polk County 76 3) Smoky Mountain 71 4) Pisgah 68 5) Tuscola 61 6) Asheville 52 7) Franklin 45 8) Charles D. Owen 42 9) Robbinsville 26 10) Concord 3