Guest column: The impact of sleep on running performance Sep 26, 2013

So you are a typical high school student. You go to school every day (usually!), you do homework (again, usually), you work part-time, have a social life, etc… Oh, and you run cross-country and put in 30-50 (or more) miles a week. At some point, sleep becomes optional or it happens in the middle of 3rd period English. But is losing sleep a big deal?

Hare & Hound recap: Demarest runs 15:09, S.C. no. 1 Sep 23, 2013

The two JV runners were talking fast--possibly faster than they had run earlier in the day. "Did you hear that both of those guys just broke the course record?"  The other nodded. Sorry, kids--this is McAlpine Park. The meet record for the Hare & Hounds Invitational went down on Saturday, and the top two runners both notched the top marks for their home states (S.C. and Ga.) so far this season. 

Smith builds a top program at Greer Middle College Terry Cregar Sep 13, 2013

GREER – Seven years ago, David Smith stepped away from cross-country in Greenville County following the death of his wife, Patti.  He took a similar job forty-five minutes away in Oconee County, where he also would be closer the couple’s two children who at the time were attending Clemson University.