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Polk County’s track and field athletes delivered several strong performances at Friday’s Swain County High School Invitational held at Montreat College.

In a meet featuring more than 20 schools from across Western North Carolina, the Wolverines secured multiple top-10 finishes and achieved an important milestone as all three girls relay teams qualified for the 1A West Regional scheduled for May.

Karsyn Huskey led the Polk County girls with a third-place finish in the 800-meter run, posting a time of 2:20.41. The girls 4×200-meter relay team earned the school’s highest finish of the day, taking second with a time of 1:53.58.

On the boys side, Khristian Littlejohn cleared 5-10 in the high jump to place third, while the boys 4×200-meter relay team finished fourth with a time of 1:38.17.

Other top performances for the Wolverines included fifth-place finishes in boys 4×400-meter relay (3:44.45) and 4×800-meter relay (9:24.77). Akeela Cunningham placed fifth in the girls shot put with a throw of 29-9, and Sofia Avellaneda took fifth in the pole vault, clearing 5-6.

Lorenzo Sanchez recorded Polk’s best individual track result in the boys running events, placing seventh in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 45.81. Nolan Simpson also earned a seventh-place finish in the boys triple jump with a distance of 36-1.

Danny Bradley posted a time of 23.97 in the 200-meter dash to place 14th, while Davis Young finished 12th in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:02.69.

Polk County teams will be back in action on Saturday, competing in the Coach Odell Williams Raider Invitational at North Iredell High School in Statesville.