Twenty six senior cross country runners from the state will run a combined 32.7 miles Saturday morning as transporters of the official Shrine Bowl game ball.The runners were chosen based on their performances at the state meet on Nov. 7.
The Shrine Bowl Run starts at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Greenville and ends at Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg.
Running the ball on the field will be Kyle Coby (Woodmont), Aaron Ramirez (Woodmont) and Jeanne Stroud (Bishop England).
Coby is a former patient of the Greenville hospital. Prior to the run, that starts at 8 a.m., runners will tour the hospital.
The run was started in 1986 by the late Noble Everett J. Stoudenmire, Jr. (Jamil Shrine Center, Columbia), with the help of the South Carolina Track and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Bishop England coach Tony Collizi is the 2009 coach. Christ Church's Rodney Adamee is serving as the assistant.
Mark H. Jones is the run chairman.
scrunners.com will cover the run from Greenville to Spartanburg with photograph and video coverage.
Shriners Hospital for Children has received more than $51 million from Shrine Bowl Games across the United States. More than 475,000 children have been rehabilated at the Shriners Hospitals. The Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas is played to benefit the Greenville Shriners Hospital for Children and 21 other Shriners Hospitals across the nation. Since the first Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas in 1937, these athletes have help to raise over $67 million for Shriners Hospitals.
scrunners.com will cover the run from Greenville to Spartanburg with photograph and video coverage.
Previous coverage
Colizzi announced as Shrine Bowl Run coach
Tentative assignments
Erica Segars 1 Daniel
Brandon Easler 2 Dorman
Chase Wolfe 3 Dorman
Drew Harris 4 Lexington
Will Belue 5 Lexington
Tyler Tesch 6 Mauldin
Alexa Neiling 7 Mauldin
Andrew Spencer 8 Wade Hampton
Morgan Bateman 9 Wade Hampton
Grant Pensa 10 Dutch Fork
Zach Duskin 11 Dutch Fork
Spencer Wallace 12 Hilton Head
Sid Houting 13 Bishop E
Clarricia Golden 14 Sumter
Jesse Kremmerer 15 Travelers Rest
Jamie Sires 16 Airport
Jack Lewis 17 Irmo
Keely Gillespie 18 North Augusta
Cody Ridley 19 Landrum
Austin High 20 Chesnee
Park Edwards 21 JL Mann
Bobby O'Brien 22 Stratford
Lauren DiNicola 23 Wando
Jeanne Stroud 24 BE
Kyle Coby 24 Woodmont
Aaron Ramirez 24 Woodmont
Tentative route
Start at the front of the Shriner's Hospital in Greenville, 950 W. Faris Road
Follow the perimeter road around the hospital to the front (north); Take 1st exit (entrance 2 across from the Palmetto Bank) and turn right out of the entrance.
Take a left on Henry Dale to get over to Highway 29
Take a right onto Highway 29 (Mills Avenue @ CVS Pharmacy) 0.4 miles into run
Leg #1 (Shriner's Hospital to 1.0 miles) –Erica Segars
1 mile: Lyn Street and Mills (Mill Lofts) cross Augusta, then Mills changes name to S. Church Street
Leg #2 (1.0-2.5 miles) –Brandon Easler
2 mile: Intersection of University Road and Church Street
Leg #3 (2.5-4 miles) – Chase Wolfe
3 mile: Elford & Church (cemetery)
4 mile: Church Street turns to Wade Hampton - Phillips 66 (3/4 mile uphill - tough)
Leg #4 (4-5.5 miles) – Drew Harris
4.5 mile: Gumby's Food & Spirit across from Majesty Music Shoppe
5 mile: Quick Cash (top of hill)
Leg #5 (5.5-7 miles) – Will Belue
6 mile: RBC Liberty Insurance (uphill
7 mile: Intown Inn
Leg #6 (7-8.5 miles) – Tyler Tesch
7.5 mile: Sosby & Williams (across from Wendy's)
8 mile: Phillips 66 & Lil' Cricket
Leg #7 (8.5-9.5 miles) – Alexa Neiling
9 mile: St Claire Signs (Hardee's)
Leg #8 (9.5-11 miles) – Andrew Spencer
10 mile: Hillside Drive & Wade Hampton (@ Wade Hampton Self Storage)
10.5 mile: across street from Spring Well Church entrance
11 mile: bottom of hill before Antique stores
Leg #9 (11-12.5 miles) – Morgan Bateman
12 mile: Suber Road & Highway 29
Leg #10 (12.5-14 miles) –Grant Pensa
13 mile: Taco Bell
14 mile: Tryon Street (just past Comfort Inn)
Leg #11 (14-15.5 miles)- Zach Duskin
15 mile: top of hill (Waffle House/Spinx) (Enter Spartenburg County at 15.2 miles
Leg #12 (15.5-17 miles) – Spencer Wallace
16 mile: Wal-Mart (before Jack in the Box)
17 mile: just before Tab's Flea Market
Leg #13 (17-18.5 miles) – Sid Houting
18 mile: before Import Auto Salvage (just before going uphill)
Leg #14 (18.5-19.5 miles) – Clarricia Golden
19 mile: @ transmission towers
Leg #15 (19.5-21 miles) – Jesse Kremmerer
20 mile: bottom of hill before you enter Lyman town limits; 12403 Highway 29
21 mile: @ Fred's Store
Leg #16 (21-22.5 miles) – Jamie Sires
22 mile: S. Craft Street in Wellford (boiled peanut stand across the street)
Leg #17 (22.5-24 miles) – Jack Lewis
23 mile: past US Lumber
24 mile: Where 1-85 exits onto Highway 29 (just after runners go under 1-85)
Leg #18 (24-25 miles) – Keely Gillespie
25 mile: near reservoir; just before Woodlake Subdivision on your left
Leg #19 (25-26.5 miles) – Cody Ridley
26 mile: halfway up the hill; before Fairforest-Cleveland Road
Leg #20 (26.5-28 miles)- Austin High
27 mile: 8891 Abernathy (Highway 29); just before Import Auto Dealer
28 mile: spotlight at McDonald's (by Lowe's)
Leg #21 (28-29.5 miles)- Park Edwards
29 mile: Dorman Centre Drive (in front of Golden Corral)
Leg #22 (29.5- 31 miles) – Bobby O’Brien
30 mile: just past Sweetbriar Court; Exchange at Arrowhead Circle
Leg #23 (31-32)- Lauren DiNicola
31 mile: Main Street Motel on Highway 29/W.O. Ezell Boulevard
32 mile: Daniel Morgan & W. Main Street
Leg #24 (32-33.4)- Jeanne Stroud, Aaron Ramirez, and Kyle Koby
Left on Church Street
Right on Memorial Drive @ Krispy Kreme (going behind baseball stadium)
33 mile: just across from Wofford Library
Left onto E. Cleveland Street (behind soccer stadium)
Enter the gate behind Richardson Physical Activities Building; follow concrete walkway to Gibbs
Stadium gate
Total distance is approximately 33.4 miles
File photographs by Kyle Nowlin.
Editor's note: We apologize for the delay in cross country coverage, we are working on finishing up state meet coverage and the rest of the season. Following the Shrine Bowl Run, scrunners.com will update the outdoor schedule for 2010.
Tentative assignments
Erica Segars 1 Daniel
Brandon Easler 2 Dorman
Chase Wolfe 3 Dorman
Drew Harris 4 Lexington
Will Belue 5 Lexington
Tyler Tesch 6 Mauldin
Alexa Neiling 7 Mauldin
Andrew Spencer 8 Wade Hampton
Morgan Bateman 9 Wade Hampton
Grant Pensa 10 Dutch Fork
Zach Duskin 11 Dutch Fork
Spencer Wallace 12 Hilton Head
Sid Houting 13 Bishop E
Clarricia Golden 14 Sumter
Jesse Kremmerer 15 Travelers Rest
Jamie Sires 16 Airport
Jack Lewis 17 Irmo
Keely Gillespie 18 North Augusta
Cody Ridley 19 Landrum
Austin High 20 Chesnee
Park Edwards 21 JL Mann
Bobby O'Brien 22 Stratford
Lauren DiNicola 23 Wando
Jeanne Stroud 24 BE
Kyle Coby 24 Woodmont
Aaron Ramirez 24 Woodmont
Tentative route
Start at the front of the Shriner's Hospital in Greenville, 950 W. Faris Road
Follow the perimeter road around the hospital to the front (north); Take 1st exit (entrance 2 across from the Palmetto Bank) and turn right out of the entrance.
Take a left on Henry Dale to get over to Highway 29
Take a right onto Highway 29 (Mills Avenue @ CVS Pharmacy) 0.4 miles into run
Leg #1 (Shriner's Hospital to 1.0 miles) –Erica Segars
1 mile: Lyn Street and Mills (Mill Lofts) cross Augusta, then Mills changes name to S. Church Street
Leg #2 (1.0-2.5 miles) –Brandon Easler
2 mile: Intersection of University Road and Church Street
Leg #3 (2.5-4 miles) – Chase Wolfe
3 mile: Elford & Church (cemetery)
4 mile: Church Street turns to Wade Hampton - Phillips 66 (3/4 mile uphill - tough)
Leg #4 (4-5.5 miles) – Drew Harris
4.5 mile: Gumby's Food & Spirit across from Majesty Music Shoppe
5 mile: Quick Cash (top of hill)
Leg #5 (5.5-7 miles) – Will Belue
6 mile: RBC Liberty Insurance (uphill
7 mile: Intown Inn
Leg #6 (7-8.5 miles) – Tyler Tesch
7.5 mile: Sosby & Williams (across from Wendy's)
8 mile: Phillips 66 & Lil' Cricket
Leg #7 (8.5-9.5 miles) – Alexa Neiling
9 mile: St Claire Signs (Hardee's)
Leg #8 (9.5-11 miles) – Andrew Spencer
10 mile: Hillside Drive & Wade Hampton (@ Wade Hampton Self Storage)
10.5 mile: across street from Spring Well Church entrance
11 mile: bottom of hill before Antique stores
Leg #9 (11-12.5 miles) – Morgan Bateman
12 mile: Suber Road & Highway 29
Leg #10 (12.5-14 miles) –Grant Pensa
13 mile: Taco Bell
14 mile: Tryon Street (just past Comfort Inn)
Leg #11 (14-15.5 miles)- Zach Duskin
15 mile: top of hill (Waffle House/Spinx) (Enter Spartenburg County at 15.2 miles
Leg #12 (15.5-17 miles) – Spencer Wallace
16 mile: Wal-Mart (before Jack in the Box)
17 mile: just before Tab's Flea Market
Leg #13 (17-18.5 miles) – Sid Houting
18 mile: before Import Auto Salvage (just before going uphill)
Leg #14 (18.5-19.5 miles) – Clarricia Golden
19 mile: @ transmission towers
Leg #15 (19.5-21 miles) – Jesse Kremmerer
20 mile: bottom of hill before you enter Lyman town limits; 12403 Highway 29
21 mile: @ Fred's Store
Leg #16 (21-22.5 miles) – Jamie Sires
22 mile: S. Craft Street in Wellford (boiled peanut stand across the street)
Leg #17 (22.5-24 miles) – Jack Lewis
23 mile: past US Lumber
24 mile: Where 1-85 exits onto Highway 29 (just after runners go under 1-85)
Leg #18 (24-25 miles) – Keely Gillespie
25 mile: near reservoir; just before Woodlake Subdivision on your left
Leg #19 (25-26.5 miles) – Cody Ridley
26 mile: halfway up the hill; before Fairforest-Cleveland Road
Leg #20 (26.5-28 miles)- Austin High
27 mile: 8891 Abernathy (Highway 29); just before Import Auto Dealer
28 mile: spotlight at McDonald's (by Lowe's)
Leg #21 (28-29.5 miles)- Park Edwards
29 mile: Dorman Centre Drive (in front of Golden Corral)
Leg #22 (29.5- 31 miles) – Bobby O’Brien
30 mile: just past Sweetbriar Court; Exchange at Arrowhead Circle
Leg #23 (31-32)- Lauren DiNicola
31 mile: Main Street Motel on Highway 29/W.O. Ezell Boulevard
32 mile: Daniel Morgan & W. Main Street
Leg #24 (32-33.4)- Jeanne Stroud, Aaron Ramirez, and Kyle Koby
Left on Church Street
Right on Memorial Drive @ Krispy Kreme (going behind baseball stadium)
33 mile: just across from Wofford Library
Left onto E. Cleveland Street (behind soccer stadium)
Enter the gate behind Richardson Physical Activities Building; follow concrete walkway to Gibbs
Stadium gate
Total distance is approximately 33.4 miles
File photographs by Kyle Nowlin.
Editor's note: We apologize for the delay in cross country coverage, we are working on finishing up state meet coverage and the rest of the season. Following the Shrine Bowl Run, scrunners.com will update the outdoor schedule for 2010.