SCTCCCA winter meeting 2013

The South Carolina Track and Cross Country Coaches Classic announced today going forward starting in 2013 cross country season all Coaches Classic meets will be renamed The Bob Jenkins' Coaches Classic.

The SCTCCCA Coaches Classic meet is this Saturday at Lower Richland in Hopkins. Online registration closes at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. 

The South Carolina High School League has chosen Lower Richland as host venue for the state track and field championships in May. The meet was previously held at Spring Valley.

The House has approved an amended measure allowing the High School League to continue overseeing middle and high school sports in South Carolina. (via The Greenville News)

Spartanburg alumnus and now coach at Spartanburg Christian Steve Conway talks about the past and present with cross country and track and field.

ALLENDALE – Youshi Kirkland is a hero in this farm town, where boarded-up shops line streets and weeds stand tall in the cracked pavement of U.S. Highway 301, once a major East Coast traffic corridor. (via The Post and Courier)

Mauldin alumna Megan Fischer Weis talks about running and her present part of life. 

Hilton Head alumnus David Adams (state record holder, 14:37) looks back at running in high school and college, along with life now.

Irmo alumnus Scott Wietecha talks about his high school career, college and the present. 

SCISA distance runners Logan Morris (Spartanburg Christian) and Brent Demarest (Porter Gaud) were named 2012 runners of the year by Gatorade.

Mann alumnus Brandon Bartholomew talks about high school running, the college level and what he is doing now. Bartholomew lives in Sweden.

OnTrack marks a decade of awarding the company’s Jeff Truman Memorial Pole Vault Summit–Ship with the announcement of 2013 winner coach Rusty Shealy of Columbia. (via www.ontrackandfield.com)

Green Sea-Floyd alumnus Calesio Newman (2005) talks about the present and looks back at high school and college.

COLUMBIA -  The South Carolina Track and Cross Country Coaches Association announced three as hall of fame inductees for 2013 outdoor season.  

COLUMBIA -- Longtime coach and SCTCCCA Hall of Fame member (2006) Kenneth Fitzroy Sandiford (C.A. Johnson, Allen University, Voorhees College) died Wednesday. 

Meeting scheduled for Saturday at high school league office in Columbia.

Spring Valley alumna Kate Niehaus looks back at her high school and college experiences. Niehaus also gives insight on what she is currently looking to achieve.

Lawrence Johnson, director of the Clemson University track and field and cross country programs for the past five years, resigned today.

Sara (Young) Lannom talks about her track and field career and current part of life.

Dorman alumnus Ryan Jank recaps his running career and what he is doing presently. 

Chesterfield alumnus Craig McPhail talks about his high school and college days of running and the present.

I started to bonk on Saturday at around the 17th mile.  Part of me worries how the extra six miles will affect me on race day, but this is my first marathon, so I’m going to focus on mentally preparing myself and maintaining a steady pace when the day comes.

Runners of the year are chosen by an anonymous panel from cross country meet results for 2012 season ending with the state championship.

From here on out, each week will rotate between a 20 mile long run and a recovery week.  Because I ran 20 miles at the Kiawah half-marathon last weekend, this week is a step-back week.

Gaffney track and field coach Aaron Anderson died Tuesday night, the school's cross country coach Bill Conley told scrunners.com. 

CLEMSON – In one sense, the Geer family will have come full circle by the time son Matthew hands the game ball to the referee next weekend, prior to the start of the annual Shrine Bowl football game in Spartanburg.  

Porter Gaud's Brent Demarest finished 25th out of 39 finishers at Foot Locker Nationals earlier today at Balboa Park in San Diego. 

USATF South Carolina told scrunners.com that the organization with help of Myrtle Beach has won its bid for the 2014 USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships. 

Hilton Head's Jack Manesiotis has committed to University of Florida, his family told scrunners.com tonight. 

The Shrine Bowl Run coaching staff released an updated route for the Dec. 15 Shrine Bowl Run that runs from Greenville to Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg, a 33-mile course. 

Gaffney track and field coach Aaron Anderson was injured in a car accident and is intensive care, Gaffney coach Bill Conley said in a statement. 

NORTH CHARLESTON – Tami Dennis was packing her team’s equipment after a long day of USATF cross-country competition last Saturday at Wannamaker Park, only to be interrupted repeatedly by parents thanking her with a handshake, a hug or both.