SPORTS BRIEFS

The Polk County Recreation Department is accepting registration for fall soccer, grades 1-12 through Aug. 6.

Registration forms are available at the recreation department or by going online to www.polknc.org. For more information, call 894-8199.

TRC running clinic set

The Tryon Running Club and Malone Coaching will present their first running clinic beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, July 31 at the Harmon Field Track.

Triathlete and coach Katie Malone will teach Running 101, a session that will include warm-up, stretching, running form/biomechanics, group skills and drills, individual evaluation of running form, and Q&A. Malone will be there for one hour and participants should be prepared to run/walk 2-3 miles. Students K-12 may attend for free, while the cost for non-students is $10.

The Tryon Running Club (TRC) is an informal group of local runners that regularly meets on Tuesday mornings at 5:45 a.m. at Harmon Field for speed work and most Saturday mornings for longer runs. For more information, visit www.tryonrunners.blogspot.com or find Tryon Running Club on Facebook and sign up to receive group run emails.

Zumba class offered

The Polk County Recreation Department is offering a Zumba class beginning Tuesday, Aug. 3.

The six-week-long class will be held from 6-7 p.m. each Tuesday at Stearns Gym. Class instructor is Edith Riley.

For more information, call 894-8199.