By Jennilyn Howell
scrunners.com reporter
"I love having a sibling on the team," Katie said. "I feel like it brings both the girls and guys teams closer together since we have a few sets of siblings on the team."
Katie, who has been running since elementary school, is a senior at Dorman. In addition to continuing her running career, she plans to major in elementary education while in college.
"We've had quite a few siblings on our team the past few seasons," said Dorman boys coach Jeff Buys. "Over just the past two seasons, we've had 11 different sets of siblings on our team. It's great to have so many families involved in the sport, I think it adds to the comradery of our team. We have all-time lists for our best brothers and sisters that siblings enjoy moving up on."
"Coming on the team as a seventh grader, our team consisted of about 15 people," Katie said. "Now it has over 50 people.... South Carolina [has] a large group of very talented runners, which makes it much more competitive.
"I have met many amazing people who I am honored to call my friends through the years."
"From Katie's side I see a girl that loves her brother and wants him to be the best he can be," said Dorman girls coach Jerry Kimbrell. "When he runs well she is excited and when he has an off day she hurts for him. It is a wonderful brother/sister
relationship."
Katie attributes some of her running success, including a personal record time at the Wendy’s Invitational in Charlotte to being on the same team as her brother.
"Charlie is much more of a researcher on running than I am, so he always can tell me stats on times, courses and teams," she said.
"Katie and Charlie have a great relationship and are very supportive of one another on and off the course," Buys said.
However, the siblings have different race strategies.
A sophomore Cavalier, Charlie started his running career while in seventh grade. He likes having Katie around because she has been in the sport longer.
"It is helpful to have a sibling on the team," he said. "She has more experience in the sport than I do."
A little bit of competition between the Inclans also keeps them running strong. They keep a record of who has the faster times for each course or event.
"As of now [Charlie] is about three races ahead in cross country, but I am winning in track," Katie said. "It keeps our car rides home from meets very fun!"
"I enjoy watching the interaction between Katie and Charlie," said Kimbrell. "They are very competitive and each wants the other to run their best each race. They also have a fun time joking about who runs the fastest times. It is a wonderful sibling relationship."