Polk County Middle School’s boys and girls track teams competed in the Blue Ridge Conference Finals on May 3, 2011, hosted by Apple Valley Middle School in Hendersonville.
Polk girls finished 10th with 10 points and the boy’s team placed seventh with 33 points.
Girls events
100 meter dash – Nakiyah Miller, 4th, 14.62; Alyse Bulleit, 21st, 16.46; Mary Eagle, 22nd, 16.67.
200 meter dash: Miller, 4th, 29.75; Jessa Jackson, 18th, 34.04; Bulleit, 19th, 34.14;
400 meter dash: Jackson, 14th, 1:14; Bulleit, 16th, 1:16.
600 meter: Eargle, 17th, 2:12; Emma Wagoner, 21st, 2:23.
800 meter: Shelby Wells, 13th, 3:01; Lacee Kell: Portia Carson, 19th, 21.78.
4×200 relay: 9th 2:27.
4×400 relay: 9th, 5:44. Long jump: Kaylee Price, 17th, 9’9.75”. Shot put: Carson, 23’4”.
Boys events
100 meter dash: Jordan Smith, 8th, 13.35; Jamal Tanner, 11th, 13.62.
200 meter: Will Spencer, 5th, 26.56.
400 meter: Marcus Twitty, 3rd, 59.93; Larry Dyer, 9th, 1:02.
600 meter: Jacob Wolfe, 9th, 1:53.15; Nate Smart, 10th, 1:53.17; Nathaniel Watkins, 15th, 1:55.
800 meter: Caleb Brown, 5th, 2:31; Vinny Davis, 18th, 2:45.
1600 meter: Brown, 11th, 5:39; Eli Hall, 15th, 5:55; Jake Russell, 26th, 6:23.
110 meter hurdles: Anthony Marino, 3rd, 18.90; Spencer, 10th, 20.52; Tanner Garrett, 15th, 21.14.
4×400 relay: 4th, 4:16.
High jump: Dyer, 8th, 4’10”.
Long jump: Spencer, 3rd, 17’.75”; Hall, 15th, 14’2”.
Triple jump: Garrett, 17th, 29’2.5”; Will Sachse, 18th, 28’5.25”.
– article submitted
by Jenny Wolfe