
Rhein’s school record highlights Polk efforts in season-opening track and field meet
Nathaniel Rhein knew what he’d accomplished Saturday as soon as the announcement of his time in the 300-meter hurdles filled the air in G.M. Tennant Stadium.
“New school record,” Rhein shouted as teammates surrounded him to celebrate.
Rhein, of course, had good reason to know his time of 42.11 at Saturday’s Wolverine Co-Ed meet set a new school mark – he held the existing record of 42.28, set last spring.
Rhein’s effort highlighted Polk County’s first track and field meet of the outdoor season, with athletes from Hendersonville, East Rutherford and Christ School also competing. Most of those schools brought smaller teams, and Polk easily dominated the boys and girls team scores.
Polk athletes won the majority of events, with several Wolverines taking the top spot in two individual events – Avia Cunningham in both the shot put and discuss, Antonio Simpson in the 100 and 200-meter runs, Kris Littlejohn winning the long jump and high jump, Kole Powell the shot put and discus and Rhein also winning the 110-meter hurdles.

2023 Wolverine Co-Ed Polk County High School - 3/11/2023 Results Women 100 Meter Dash ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ Finals 1 Bailey Staton Polk County 14.43 2 Bianca Pitts Polk County 14.74 3 Zha'miah Lattimore East Rutherford 15.41 4 Chelsea Booker Polk County 15.80 5 Amirra Ortiz East Rutherford 16.33 Women 200 Meter Dash ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Akyla Cunningham Polk County 29.03 2 Sophia Overholt Polk County 29.40 3 Bailey Staton Polk County 30.29 4 Haylie Walsh East Rutherford 32.65 5 Zha'miah Lattimore East Rutherford 34.26 6 Amirra Ortiz East Rutherford 34.96 Women 400 Meter Dash ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Sophia Overholt Polk County 1:04.34 2 Akyla Cunningham Polk County 1:17.51 3 Presley Drum East Rutherford 1:41.37 Women 800 Meter Run ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Gracie Shuford East Rutherford 3:36.29 Women 1600 Meter Run ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Cora Lawrence Polk County 7:17.95 2 Kayla Kitchen Polk County 7:37.33 3 Gracie Shuford East Rutherford 7:41.83 4 Carly Holland Polk County 7:42.12 Women 100 Meter Hurdles ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Clarissa Razo East Rutherford 18.48 2 Haylie Walsh East Rutherford 22.15 Women 300 Meter Hurdles ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Clarissa Razo East Rutherford 56.54 2 Haylie Walsh East Rutherford 1:01.45 Women 4x100 Meter Relay ================================================================ School Finals ================================================================ 1 Polk County 'A' 58.54 1) Sophia Overholt 2) Bailey Staton 3) Bianca Pitts 4) Akyla Cunningham Women Pole Vault ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Kristen Shuford East Rutherford 6-06.00 2 Addison Huntley East Rutherford 6-00.00 2 Leah Dotson Polk County 6-00.00 4 Elizabeth Vitale Polk County 5-06.00 4 Alayah Moore East Rutherford 5-06.00 4 Kairo Holbert Polk County 5-06.00 4 Abigail Greene East Rutherford x5-06.00 8 Mary Grace Tisdale East Rutherford x5-00.00 8 Naomi Martinez Polk County x5-00.00 8 Sofia Avellaneda Polk County x5-00.00 Women Long Jump ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Sophia Overholt Polk County 15-05.50 Women Shot Put (4 KG) ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Avia Cunningham Polk County 27-09.00 2 Amaris McEntire East Rutherford 26-08.00 3 Bailey Staton Polk County 25-04.00 4 Lindsey Dotson Polk County 23-09.00 5 Tali Thompson Polk County x23-08.00 6 Abby Wegman East Rutherford 20-06.00 7 Jeri Allen Polk County x18-11.00 Women Discus Throw (1 KG) ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Avia Cunningham Polk County 71-07 2 Akeela Cunningham Polk County 65-01 3 Lindsey Dotson Polk County 63-00 4 Tali Thompson Polk County x60-07 5 Amaris McEntire East Rutherford 57-01 6 Abby Wegman East Rutherford 52-08 7 Jeri Allen Polk County x50-10 Men 100 Meter Dash ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Antonio Simpson Polk County 11.50 2 Ceaanj Jackson East Rutherford 11.75 3 Cole Pereria Polk County 11.76 4 Arkeyne Cureton East Rutherford 12.26 5 Sergio Merida East Rutherford 12.48 6 Damon Williams Polk County 12.70 7 Wesley Butler East Rutherford x12.82 8 Omar Razo East Rutherford x14.16 Men 200 Meter Dash ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Antonio Simpson Polk County 23.71 2 Ceaanj Jackson East Rutherford 25.20 3 Arkeyne Cureton East Rutherford 25.80 3 Cole Pereria Polk County 25.80 5 Wesley Butler East Rutherford 25.93 6 Jaylen Hinton East Rutherford x27.25 7 Austin Shipman Polk County 28.37 Men 400 Meter Dash ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Cole Pereria Polk County 55.89 2 Jaylen Hinton East Rutherford 57.77 3 Austin Shipman Polk County 58.14 Men 800 Meter Run ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Dawson Reeves Christ School 1:57.40 2 Luke Parrish Christ School 2:05.19 3 Turner Knox Hendersonville 2:10.00 4 Nathanael Martinez Polk County 2:11.34 5 Cade Bright Polk County 2:13.93 6 Dallas Reeves Christ School 2:14.83 7 Blake Anderson Polk County 2:22.49 8 Tommy Jackson Christ School x2:26.69 9 Landon Smith East Rutherford 3:10.52 Men 1600 Meter Run ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Dawson Reeves Christ School 4:17.86 2 Luke Parrish Christ School 4:35.48 3 Dallas Reeves Christ School 4:46.23 4 Jalyn Thomas Polk County 5:02.19 5 Tommy Jackson Christ School x5:21.79 6 Jordy Rojas-Argate Polk County 5:35.40 7 Ardon Malan Polk County 5:55.33 8 Landon Smith East Rutherford 7:04.22 Men 3200 Meter Run ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Davis Young Polk County 11:34.06 Men 110 Meter Hurdles ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Nathaniel Rhein Polk County 16.44 2 Lorenzo Sanchez Polk County 19.13 3 Ryan Rogerson Polk County 20.62 4 Cannon Iamurri Polk County x23.93 Men 300 Meter Hurdles ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Nathaniel Rhein Polk County 42.11 2 Lorenzo Sanchez Polk County 47.64 3 Ryan Rogerson Polk County 49.18 4 Nolan Simpson Polk County x49.51 5 Cannon Iamurri Polk County x56.25 Men 4x100 Meter Relay ================================================================ School Finals ================================================================ 1 Polk County 'A' 46.49 1) Kris Littlejohn 2) Wayne Carson 3) Antonio Simpson 4) Damon Williams 2 East Rutherford 'A' 52.68 1) Arkeyne Cureton 2) Ceaanj Jackson 3) Sergio Merida 4) Wesley Butler Men 4x200 Meter Relay ================================================================ School Finals ================================================================ 1 Polk County 'A' 1:46.17 1) Mykah Hills 2) Khristian Littlejohn 3) Lorenzo Sanchez 4) Nolan Simpson Men 4x800 Meter Relay ================================================================ School Finals ================================================================ 1 Polk County 'A' 8:58.49 1) Cade Bright 2) Nathanael Martinez 3) Jalyn Thomas 4) Blake Anderson Men High Jump ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Kris Littlejohn Polk County 5-08.00 2 Aaron Dickey Polk County 5-04.00 3 Ryan Rogerson Polk County 4-08.00 3 Khristian Littlejohn Polk County x4-08.00 -- Cannon Iamurri Polk County NH Men Pole Vault ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Noah Graham Christ School 9-06.00 2 Jacob Shuford East Rutherford J9-00.00 3 Kristopher Brooks Polk County J9-00.00 4 Sebastian Mendoza East Rutherford 6-00.00 -- Mykah Hills Polk County NH Men Long Jump ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Kris Littlejohn Polk County 19-09.00 2 Aaron Dickey Polk County 18-00.75 3 Lorenzo Sanchez Polk County 17-03.50 4 Gage Wood East Rutherford 16-02.50 5 Khristian Littlejohn Polk County x14-03.00 Men Triple Jump ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Nolan Simpson Polk County 34-06.00 2 Gage Wood East Rutherford 33-07.00 Men Shot Put (12 pound) ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Kole Powell Polk County 36-09.00 2 John Rich East Rutherford 33-06.50 3 Zalen McCraw Polk County 28-01.50 4 Nicholas Batiato Polk County 28-01.00 5 Chris Melgar-Canseco East Rutherford 27-04.00 6 Derrick Griffin Polk County x23-02.00 7 Lucas Johnson Polk County x23-00.00 Men Discus Throw (1.6 KG) ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 Kole Powell Polk County 95-08 2 Sebastian Mendoza East Rutherford 84-11 3 John Rich East Rutherford 83-06 4 Chris Melgar-Canseco East Rutherford 80-11 5 Derrick Griffin Polk County 66-05 6 Lucas Johnson Polk County 57-10 7 Curtis Simmons Polk County x54-05 8 Nicholas Batiato Polk County x42-04 Women - Team Rankings - 12 Events Scored =============================================================================== 1) Polk County 60 2) East Rutherford 34 Men - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored =============================================================================== 1) Polk County 135.50 2) East Rutherford 48.50 3) Christ School 29 4) Hendersonville 3