COLUMBIA -- Two-time Olympic gold medalist Monique Hennagan will be in the stands this weekend at Spring Valley, returning to an event she dominated in the early 90s.

MOUNT PLEASANT -- Her given name is Rosa Marie Compton, but those who know the Wando High freshman call her Rorie, a nickname given to Rose Marie shortly after her birth by her sister, Georgia.

scrunners.com will announce athletes of the week, presented by USATF-S.C., throughout the season.  An anonymous panel helps in making the decisions.

scrunners.com will announce athletes of the week, presented by USATF-S.C., throughout the season.  An anonymous panel helps in making the decisions.

COLUMBIA -- If results are an accurate measure of performance, then Shekara Martin’s “work in progress” is close to completion -- at least for this track season.  

COLUMBIA -- The Lexington Wildcats’ boys 4x800 relay quartet has been on an impressive streak over the past month or so and it appears there’s more ahead based on the team’s performance Friday night at Spring Valley High.

scrunners.com will announce athletes of the week, presented by USATF-S.C., throughout the season.  An anonymous panel helps in making the decisions.

scrunners.com will announce athletes of the week, presented by USATF-S.C., throughout the season.  An anonymous panel helps in making the decisions.

scrunners.com will announce athletes of the week, presented by USATF-S.C., throughout the season.  An anonymous panel helps in making the decisions.

LEXINGTON -- Lexington Wildcats Track Coach Matt Oberly has been trying different combinations this season in hopes of finding ones that will give his team the best chance to compete in the various relay distances.  He may have found them at last week's Mellow Mushroom Relays in Wando.

LEXINGTON -- Colby Coulter has said he wasn't planning to drift to far from home once he made his decision on a college, and this week he kept to those plans by signing a letter of intent to compete in track and cross country at Winthrop University.

Fort Mill senior distance runner Meredith Kilburn shares her experience at New Balance Nationals in New York.

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Since my running days at Furman, I have been fascinated by running on the oval of an indoor track.  The short fast races, the quick tight turns, the sound of the starter’s pistol echoing off the walls and ceiling, and the opportunity to compete during the winter months was an exciting time in my life.  When I started coaching, I wanted my athletes to have the same experiences, so I would take many of them off to Knoxville or Clemson or Johnson City or anywhere close where other high school athletes would compete against us.  The idea of new, indoor school records, traveling to new cities in a different venue, and much better performances in May brought many athletes out for track and field that may never have come out before.  But rules in South Carolina were either changed or more strictly enforced and the opportunities to do these meets started slipping away. 

ROCK HILL -- Five years ago, Brandon Hudgins was in a hospital bed at MUSC, receiving chemotherapy and other treatments to ward off a rare disease that was destroying his body's immune system.