Polk County High School hosted the 15th annual Tony Waldrop Invitational Friday, March 5. Seven area schools: Asheville, Crest, East Henderson, Hendersonville, Landrum, Polk, and RS Central competed in events all hoping to achieve state qualifying marks or gain experience in the first meet of the 2010 outdoor track season. (SQ) indicates athletes who met state qualifying standards.
The Polk Wolverines registered the following marks or times in their prospective events: 4×800 Meter Relay – (Robby Franklin, Cabell Brand, Bruce Butler, Flynn Chapman) 9:29; 100 Hurdles – Kayce Martin 15.99 (SQ); 100 Meter Dash Cary Littlejohn 11.76, Bryan Lieberman 11.80, Roosevelt Douglas 12.47, Jalon Twitty 12.82, Tyler Hanson 12.98, Keenan Littlejohn 13.41, Mason Umlauf 13.84, Dallas Boone 14.39, Maverick Yoder 16:54; 4×200 Meter Relay (Andy Conner, Zach Bright, Jacob Christiansen, Valentine Santos) 1:34; 1600 Meter Run (Ricky Mozqueda 5:24, Eric Lauer 6:02, Alex Schaub 6:15, Kyle Whitson 6:22, Dylan Walker 6:28; 4×100 Meter Relay (Bright, Hugo Santos, C. Littlejohn, Douglas) 49.43; 400 Meter Dash – Brand 57.7, Markece Cunningham 63.2, Jose Ramirez 63.9, Carlos Chavez 65.9; 300 Meter Hurdles Martin 43.62; 800 Meter Dash John Spencer Wolfe 1:53, Are Farstad 2:26.16, Chapman 2:26.62, Diego Guiterrez 2:37, Kevin Angier 3:12; 200 Meter Dash – Christiansen 23.89, Franklin 24.44, C. Littlejohn 24.86, Twitty 27.92, C. Chavez 29.47; 4×400 Meter Relay (Ethan Rhodes, V. Santos, Conner, Wolfe) 3:41; Long Jump Rhodes 20-1.75, Conner 18-5, Ramirez 15-7; Triple Jump Rhodes 40-8.5, Trey Couch 33-3, Twitty 32-8.5; C. Littlejohn 5-2; Pole Vault Lieberman 13-0 (SQ), Mozqueda 10-6; Shot Put Tanner Ramsey 44-9.5, Seth McCool 40-7.5, Cunningham 39-5, Ramon Chavez 33-2.5, Jay Sutton 33-1, Daquawn Williams 29-8.5; Discus Michael Bell 113-6.5, Rhodes 105, Cunningham 98-2, Sutton 97-5.5, Jario Nevaro 70-10, Lane Bradley 31-6.
The Lady Wolverines posted the following times or marks: 100 Meter Hurdles – Maggie Conner 16.91 (SQ); 100 Meter Dash Mary Kate Christianson 13.95, Ashley Kershaw 14.43, Aliyha Mullins 14.45, Heather Holbert 16.02, Maranda Pack 16.97, Sara Weihert 17.05, Nicole Andrade 17.05, Savanna Mitchell 17.8; 4×200 Meter Relay (Brittany Parra 37.01, Kensley Stanfield 34.76, Holbert 30.57, Haley Hendrix 37.75) 1:54; 1600 Meter Run Rebecca Elliott 6:18, 4×100 Meter Relay (Jamie Miller, Savannah Marino, Mullins, A. Kershaw) 63.41; 400 Meter Dash Sara Weihert 1:23, Anna Costine 1:26, Maria Nava 1:38; 300 Meter Hurdles Conner 53.34; 800 Meter Run Elliott 2:55, Anna Koenig 3:10, Channing Marshall 3:35; 200 Meter Dash Tori Madigan 29.20; 4×400 Meter Relay (Conner, Elliott, Madigan, Christianson) 5:10; Long Jump Latoya Twitty 15-2, Miller 13-10, Holbert 11-5.75, Madigan 10-4.5; Triple Jump Twitty 34-3 (SQ), Miller 26-3; High Jump Conner 4-10 (SQ), Pole Vault Amanda DeFisher 8-6 (SQ), Mitchell 7-0; Shot Put Jonai Dawkins 23-7, Megan Anderson 21-3, Cassie Silvers 18-7.5; Discus Dawkins 54-3.5, Melinda Morgan 48-2, Anderson 39-2.
Two Polk County indoor track prep stars will attend the National Scholastic Indoor Championships at New York, New York this Saturday and Sunday, March 13-14. Polks John Spencer Wolfe will race in the Mens 800 Meter Dash competition and Bryan Lieberman will compete in the Mens Pole Vault. Donations to cover travel and meal expenses for these two athletes are tax deductible and may be made to Coach Alan Peoples or Coach Jenny Wolfe at Polk County High School 828-894-2525. The Wolverines will be back in action on Friday, March 19 when they host the Wolverine Co-Ed Invitational; 4:00 start time for field events, with running events to follow on a rolling schedule.