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Watch day one of the 2026 Eye Opener - college women's 5K and men's 8K - in photos and videos.

See all the action MileSplit South Carolina captured from Saturday's NCAA Division III National Championships in Spartanburg.

See photos from day one of the 2025 Eye Opener cross country meet - the men's 8K and women's 5K. High school races start at 8 a.m.

Stay tuned to this article for updates, race previews and coverage Friday and Saturday as the 2025 Eye Opener nears on Aug. 29-30.

Day one of the 2023 Eye Opener was made up of two college races. Watch the races here.

- Maureen Ortiz of Dutch Fork talk to scrunners for the first salute to seniors of the South Carolina class of 2023.

Wilson Hall senior Jordan Thornton talks with scrunners about the past season, Shrine Bowl Run experience and future.

The 2022 Eye Opener meet has concluded. See complete results. More coverage coming.

112 teams and 3,083 runners are entered in Saturday's Eye Opener. See the list of teams entered.

The NCAA recently named Spartanburg as the destination for the 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country Regional Championship.

We talk with Wade Hampton's Jamie Sitton before the outdoor track and field season in South Carolina.

Newberry College Director of Athletics Ralph Patterson announced that Jimmy Stephens has been named the new track and field and xc for the Wolves.

Eddie Urban talks with scrunners about his time at Dorman as the spring season was canceled. 

Carolina Homeschool's Joseph Wilson talks about the sport, college choice and his journey. 

Josh Lee should be celebrating his 21st birthday next week. Instead, his parents and friends are remembering the infectious smile and bubbly personality taken from them too soon. Via wspa.com

The 2015-2016 school year has provided some great highlights in both cross country and track across the Sunshine State. In the coming weeks many of our seniors will head out to start their college careers both athletically and academically. We wanted to salute them one more time in this special feature and say thank you for your support over the years.

On March 30, 2015 Josh Lee sent out a tweet that read, “I’m not striving to make my presence known but instead to make my absence felt.” (via USC Upstate News)

Joshua Lee, 20, of Bethesda Road was a runner at USC Upstate and graduate of Broome.

The 2013-2014 school year has provided some great highlights in both cross country and track across the Sunshine State. In the coming weeks many of our seniors will head out to start their college careers both athletically and academically. We wanted to salute them one more time in this special feature and say thank you for your support over the years.  

The 2013-2014 school year has provided some great highlights in both cross country and track across the Sunshine State. In the coming weeks many of our seniors will head out to start their college careers both athletically and academically. We wanted to salute them one more time in this special feature and say thank you for your support over the years.  

Riverside senior Dan Castello talks about his time as a Warrior and choosing USC Upstate.