Almost 2,500 athletes set to preview state meet course

 Eighty-three schools and 2,489 athletes travel to Sandhills Research Facility in Columbia to preview the state meet course at the South Carolina Track and Cross Country Coaches Association Coaches Classic Saturday.

Dreher coach and SCTCCCA president Daniel Brooks will be inducted into the association's hall of fame Saturday.

SCTrackworld.us reported the numbers on their Web site.

Time schedule

8 a.m.: JV Girls - unlimited entries
8:45 a.m.: Varsity Boys Championship Division - seven runners only
9:15 a.m.: Varsity Girls Championship Division - seven runners only
10 a.m.: Varsity Boys International Division- seven runners only
10:30 a.m.: Varsity Girls International Division - seven runners only
11 a.m.: Junior Varsity Boys - unlimited entries

2007 champions
Boys International Luke Lovelace (Chapin) 15:32. Team: Wando 107.
Girls International: Kate Borowicz (Mann) 18:18. Team: Mauldin 87
Boys Championship: A.J. Fitzimmons (Bishop England) 16:27. Team: Hilton Head 222.
Girls Championship: Hannah Robinson (Rock Hill) 19:29. Team: Bishop England 167. 

scrunners.com will be onsite with photo and video coverage. A live finish line video stream may be available, depending on signal strength.

Electronic newsletter production will resume following this weekend. E-mail jolson@milesplit.us to join the e-mail list.