Tony Colizzi of Bishop England talks with scrunners about his recent induction to the SCTCCCA Hall of Fame and life in the sports.
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Raven Saunders is a 2014 graduate of Burke in Charleston. Relive the 2014 national record in shot put set at the now Bojangles Track Classic. The meet was named Taco Bell Classic in 2014.
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New Jersey thrower Alyssa Wilson broke Raven Saunders' national shot put record.
Watch the video from Raven Saunders' national record throw (56-8).
Burke alumna Raven Saunders, indoor and outdoor national record holder, is competing Saturday in the shot put at the USATF Junior Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene.
Raven Saunders has been named the 2013-14 Gatorade National Track & Field Athlete of the Year (via USA Today High School Sports)
Burke's Raven Saunders shares a video saying thank you for helping her reach the fundraising goal.
This past week history started happening again, this time it was Caroline Alcorta's turn to join an elite group of athletes to rank themselves in the top two all-time in the state of Virginia. She joined Chantel Ray (Hurdles) and Matthew Zajac (Discus) who have already made history this season.
Raven Saunders has a little extra motivation behind every rep and every toss now. (via Moultrie News)
Meet management is pleased to announce the addition of a Bob Jenkins Memorial 3K open road race to support Yellow Mountain Enterprises prior to the start of the SCRUNNERS Meet of Champions, presented by Winthrop University track and field and Mitchell Timing, on May 24.
CHARLESTON – The best thrower in South Carolina – and one of the best at her sport in the country – has hopes of performing this summer on a much bigger stage, but she needs your help.
High school level track and field athletes will have the opportunity to compete against top athletes from other state classifications and leagues in post season SCRUNNERS Meet of Champions this summer.
Longtime coach Jim Kilbreth was honored Saturday during the Low Country Tri-County Meet of Champions during a surprise ceremony where meet directors named the boys 4x800-meter relay after him.
Bob Jenkins, the legendary track and field and cross country coach at many area schools, was remembered fondly by coaches and athletes at the countywide track meet named in his honor on Thursday. (via www.heraldonline.com)
A look at the current season in database summary format.
The word of the week is Trust. Trust yourself, trust your coach, trust your athlete, trust the process. Any meaningful relationship in life is built on trust. This is especially true for the coach-athlete relationship. It is natural as a human to question authority, your situation, or your process.
These rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We took the individual rankings and relay rankings and scored them as a normal meet: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Ashbrook Gwinn has adjusted to a lot of change in recent years. Before enrolling at Aiken High School this school year, where she won the Class AAAA... (via Aiken Standard)
These rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We took the individual rankings and relay rankings and scored them as a normal meet: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood High track and field coach Lawrence Terry expects his boys and girls teams to finish in the top three next month at State, an expectation that indicates how far the Redhawk program has come under his direction in a very short period of time.
Fort Dorchester's Jasmine Quinn has signed with University of Kentucky, the college told scrunners today.
Hampton (VA) senior Chantel Ray ran a US #1 wind-legal 13.53 in the 100 meter hurdles finals at the Taco Bell Classic in a victory against the US #1 all-conditions ranked hurdler Jasmine Quinn of Fort Dorchester (SC) in a close second at 13.55. Quinn had run a 13.33 F.A.T. clocking the previous weekend at a meet without a wind reading. Ray's time is #2 all-time in Virginia high school history behind only Latasha Colander at 13.30.
MileStat ran in overdrive this weekend getting video coverage Friday's Gojekian Twilight Classic, Saturday's Glen Allen Invitational, and The Gus Lacy Track Classic. All these videos are here as well as videos from Taco Bell Classic (SC) and Aracadia Invitational (CA).
COLUMBIA -- Raven Saunders threw herself into the limelight at the 22nd annual Taco Bell Track & Field Classic at Spring Valley High School's Harry Parone Stadium over the weekend.
Burke's Raven Sanders talks about setting a national record, meet records and post high school in the sport.
COLUMBIA -- Day two action of the Taco Bell Classic is underway at Harry Parone Stadium. Check back for updates throughout the day.
Burke High School (Charleston, SC) senior Raven Saunders set the high school national indoor record last month in the girls shot put at the New Balance Nationals Indoor. Saunders did not get too far into her outdoor season before setting the all-time best performance in US high school history for outdoor in the event. At the Taco Bell Classic on Saturday in Columbia, South Carolina, Saunders shattered the old rrecord by nearly two full feet with a incredible mark of 56'8".