SCHSL State Championships 2013

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Spring Valley's John Jones was selected as National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Coaches Association Coach of the Year for 2013 in boys track and field. 

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Beaufort alumna Kaila Smith talks about traveling to Central America and how she performed. 

Database summaries from 2013 outdoor high school season

HOPKINS -- Bishop England's Griffie Loy broke the discus record of 185 feet from 1996 (Cleveland Pickney, Sumter) with a personal best of 196 feet, six inches. The mark is a U.S. no. 5. Loy also won the Class AA boys shot put. 

HOPKINS -- Fort Dorchester's Jasmine Quinn broke Pendleton alumna Jasmin Stowers' 100-meter hurdles record of 13.90 in the Class AAAA girls race with a time of 13.84 seconds. 

CCU's board of trustees rescinded its decision to identify million in savings and will preserve the men's cross country and track and field program among others. (via www.goccusports.com)

Spring Valley boys broke the state record in the 4x800-meter relay with a time of 7 minutes, 45 seconds. Lexington ran the previous record last season of 7 minutes, 48 seconds.

COLUMBIA – A half dozen members of the South Carolina USATF will be on the track at Lower Richland High Friday and Saturday, representing the association as officials overseeing the various running events at the SCHSL’s State Track and Field Championships.  

Click on the meet page for all-state standards, time schedule and coach appeal form - as received from meet management.

Runners, co-workers, fishing buddies and family came to celebrate the life and passion of longtime York County coach Bob Jenkins, who died Monday at age 79. (via www.heraldonline.com)

Lisa Nichols, a junior from Fort Mill, is raising money for Muscular Dystrophy Association kids who can’t walk, let alone run. (via www.heraldonline.com)

Busy weekend with SCISA Championships and high school league qualifiers

Bob Jenkins, longtime coach and a founding member of the South Carolina Track and Cross Country Coaches Association, died overnight, the SCACA told its members in an email.

Bob Jenkins, the hall of fame track coach who spent more than four decades coaching high school athletes in Rock Hill and across South Carolina and the country, died Monday morning at age 79, his daughter said. (via www.heraldonline.com)

Results posted as received and added to athlete profiles as time allows. Official complete results need to be submitted in racetab txt format or hytek flat html from meet director. 

Beaufort senior Kaila Smith talks about moving to Beaufort and goals for the season and future.

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)

It was a preseason track meet, it was cold and Christ Church junior James Quattlebaum, like the others at Riverside High School on Wednesday night, was just getting started. (via www.greenvilleonline.com)

scrunners.com has announced its tentative coverage schedule for 2013. Each meet page on the 2013 outdoor calendar has the ability for readers and meet directors to upload photographs and video. Help support scrunners.com, subscribe. 

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)

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