LANDRUM – Saturday will mark the last time Sarah Cash and Elizabeth Walter run competitively for the Landrum girls cross country team when the pair competes again in the 5,000-meters at State.
Christ Church's James Quattlebaum favorite to win title.
Bishop England girls look to be the team favorite.
Academic Magnet boys favorite for Class AA title
James Island, Hilton Head favorites for team title. James Island's Mary Stewart Wilson and A.C. Flora's Susannah Cate, both sophomores, have run under 19 minutes this season. Twenty-one girls have broken the 20 minute barrier in Class AAA girls.
Hilton Head boys Class AAA team favorite, Eastside second. Individual title up for grabs with six that have run under 16 this season.
Riverside girls look to be team favorite, Carolina Forest's Lisa Pieterse and Aiken's Ashbrook Gwinn both have run under 18-minutes this season.
Mauldin, Wade Hampton and Wando are in contention for team title with defending champion in the top four. Lexington senior Zack Langston is favorite for the team title with eight in the field that have run under 16 minutes this season.
Carolina Forest’s Lisa Pieterse talks about running sub-18 at the Class AAAA Lower State meet and her start in the sport.
Andrew "AJ" Gawryluk talks about goals for the state meet and why he wasn’t able to run this past summer.
Individual girls champions from the state.
Individual boys champions from the state.
A.C. Flora sophomore Susannah Cate talks about how she became a runner and goals. Cate won the Class AAA girls Lower State title.
Bishop England senior Cristian Widenhouse looks back at his growth as a runner and goals for the future.
Pelion sophomore Antoinette Fulton talks about her goals for this weekend and how she started in the sport. Fulton is ranked second in the Class AA girls database.
The Newberry men’s cross country team finished 10th, while the women raced to an 11th place finish at the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Championships.
Team champions from when cross country was started in South Carolina. Individual data coming later this week.
South Carolina, on a rapidly warming day on the Mark Bostick Golf Course, saw Mary Reiser take a spot on the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team in the SEC Championships on Friday morning. As a team, the Gamecocks finished 12th overall. (via www.gamecocksonline.com)
Team champions from when cross country was started in South Carolina. Boys and individual data coming later this week.
Best times since 2006 on Sandhills course. Editor's note: Times do not factor in any changes in the course.
Best times since 2006 on Sandhills course. Editor's note: Times do not factor in any changes in the course.
Sophomore Letitia Saayman was the individual champion at the Vista Links Golf Course on Saturday as she led the Coastal Carolina women's cross country team to a conference-record 13th Big South championship.
Birmingham, Ala. -- The Furman men's and women's cross country teams swept the team titles at the 2013 Southern Conference Cross Country Championships at Veterans Park in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday. (via furmanpaladins.com)
College of Charleston cross country performed well on Saturday morning in their first appearance at the Colonial Athletic Association's Championship event, just outside of Baltimore, Md. (via www.cofcsports.com)
Tigers' next competition will be Friday, Nov. 15 at the Southeast Regionals in Virginia. (via ClemsonTigers.com)
Highlights from qualifying meets, check back throughout the week for coverage leading up to the state meet.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND – Over the past four years, the boys and girls cross country teams at Hilton Head High have either finished as state champs or runners up, and both teams are in very good positions to improve on that remarkable run heading into the 2013 finale next weekend at Sandhills.
The USC Upstate cross country teams are set to compete this weekend in the 2013 Atlantic Sun Conference Championships at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tenn.
Check for teams attending later this week, virtual meets and more coverage.