64 images are now online for viewing only from the SCISA Championships, held April 29 at Heathwood Hall in Columbia.

Race for Morgan is a 5k run/walk to fight drunk driving and raise awareness of brain injuries. Morgan would have been a senior in high school this year, but she was in an alcohol-related accident last June and has been in a coma since then.

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place. Rankings are from all meet results submitted up to 4-30-06

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place. Rankings are from all meet results submitted up to 4-30-06

The Brooke Point girls squeaked out a two point win over the Rachel Butler-led Lee-Davis squad, while the Fork Union boys rolled to their second consecutive team title at the Dogwood Track Classic. Axel Mostrag of Fork Union set a meet record in thrilling 1600 meter battle with Alex Bowman of Hermitage in 4:13.42, while Brooke Point\'s April Sinkler (5\'8\" HJ\") tied the old high jump mark. Less than four inches separated Angela Jenkins of Buffalo Gap(19\'0.50\" LJ/39\'2\" TJ) from breaking two meet records in the long jump and triple jump held by Gar-Field great Sheena Johnson. Hermitage senior Queen Harrison posted two impressive times in her victories in the 300 meter hurdles (42.15) and 200 meter dash (24.65). The Dogwood Track Classic once again proved itself to the be biggest and deepest meet in the state of Virginia.

Hundreds of photos by Jerry Harris from Friday\'s 1A State Meet at Wolfson.

2005 800-meter 4A State Champion Toma Walker did not start the 800-meter run at Sumter during the state qualifier earlier today.

99 photos from the \"Region of Death\" at Kissimee Gateway High School, south of Orlando. 6 under 4:25 in boys 1600, only 4 can qualify. Harbor qualifies in 3 events, wins two: 4:18.09 1600m, 1:55.93 800m, and 9:36.06 3200.

At one count there were 91 teams and around 1800 athletes entered for this year\'s Dogwood Track Classic. Those numbers may or may not have risen since then, but regardless, when a meet gathers that many teams and athletes, there is bound to be a day of track and field filled with outstanding performances as should be the case this Saturday at the University of Virginia\'s Lannigan field in Charlottesville. The meet kicks off bright and early with the ever popular morning sections of the 3200 meter runs at 8:30 AM. Queen Harrison, Rachel Butler, Kathy Howard, Ashley Early, Christi Harsha, Ashton Bishop, and Rachel Rose highlight the girls entered the meet. While Brandon Caleb, Sean Holston, Axel Mostrag, Alex Bowman, and Rashad Kelso are the big names among the boys on Saturday.

Senior Zach Buffington signed papers to continue his running career at Bryan College beginning in the fall of 2006. Buffington has been a standout distance runner for the Owls this spring, as well as helping lead the cross country back to the state meet.

When Spartanburg Christian Acadent student-athlete Hannah-Lee Fitter searches for motivation, she looks to Dorman track and field team leader Stephanie Buffo.

Wendy Barr is the head girls track and field coach at Dorman HS. Barr talks about Stephanie Buffo, her leadership role and the impact Buffo has made on the sport.

Hannah-Lee Fitter is a member of Spartanburg Christian Academy\'s cross country and track and field teams. Fitter talks about her training and role model Stephanie Buffo.

Stephanie Buffo is a junior at Dorman HS. Buffo talks about her recovery from injury, motivation, future plans in the sport, and SCA\'s Hannah-Lee Fitter.

SCA coach Steve Conway talks about Hannah-Lee Fitter and Stephanie Buffo, along with other thoughts on athletics.

WHEELING, W.VA)---West Virginia Wesleyan\'s women and Wheeling Jesuit\'s men hold the lead after one day at the WVIAC Track & Field Championships. The event wraps on Friday at Wheeling Jesuit University.

Menchville junior Nicole Saunders had an impressive showing in the 400 meter hurdles at Penn Relays as she ran a US #1 time of 59.65 to win her section and finish second overall to Jamaica\'s Sherene Pinnock of Edwin Allen. Allen ran a meet record time of 56.09. Saunders did it the hard way as she was not in the fast section as beat some of the best in America in Krystal Cantey of New Jersey (1:00.05) and Ryan Krais of Pennsylvania (1:00.11). An excellent start for Virginia with the first high school running event of the meet. Ashley Gatling won the high jump competition in a tiebreaker with two other athletes at 5\'8.50\". The Lake Braddock girls ran a smoking time of 9:16 to qualify for the Championships of America finals in the 4x800 meter relay with nearly four legs all splitting under 9:20. Francena McCorory ran a 52.8 split as Bethel\'s third leg on their 3:46, which is the fourth fastest time overall. Bethel also posted a swift 47.07 in the 4x100 meter relay to qualify for the finals in that event as well. Three state best times recorded in three relay events proves that Penn Relays is the place to run fast. Virginia takes two of the top four in the 3K with Catherine White (3rd, 9:49) and Sarrah Hadiji (4th, 9:58) and Katie Doswell also finishes fourth in the mile (4:54). Don Rich of MileSplit Network sister site penntrackxc.com is on-site taking photos for MileStat.com and the rest of the Network. Expect frequent updates of Virginia athletes and relays at Penn Relays.

Here is all the information on the 2006 Chattanooga Area Best of Preps meet at GPS.

Have you ever glimpsed a high school practice, and noticed the whoosh of young bodies flying around the track or cross-country course? Most high school distance runners have modest talent. What they do have are coaches who know how to train and motivate them to enjoy running, make steady progress and reach their potential. You can get a piece of the action.

Here are 25 more Photos from the 43rd Volunteer Track Classic for your viewing.

Earlier this spring, Raines was named the Female Sprint DSL Scholar-Athlete of the Week and was also a standout on the Lady Warrior basketball team. She\'s a four-time All-Watauga Conference and All-Region 1-A/AA selection for Happy Valley and is a co-captain this season.

WHEELING, W.VA)---West Virginia Wesleyan seeks the school\'s 14th WVIAC women\'s track title in 16 years when the conference\'s annual championship meet begins on Thursday at Wheeling Jesuit University. On paper, the men\'s side looks to be a battle between WVWC, WJU, and Concord.

The 112th annual Penn Relays gets underway this week with many of Virginia\'s best individual athletes and relays in attendance. Several individuals are in contention for individual glory and wins such as Great Bridge senior Mike Morrison going after the Penn Relays meet record in the pole vault and Northside junior Catherine White in 3K. The Bethel girls, Deep Creek boys, Menchville girls, and Huguenot boys among other Virginia relays will be looking to advance into the Championships of America finals in the sprint relays.

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

Westminster Catawba distance star Chrystal Haire talks about her college choice and why she is not running at the collegiate level.

\" I think that track will continue to grow in Tennessee. With the attention that Bumby, Sorrell, Smalling, and others have brought to our sport I don\'t think people can ignore us anymore. I have confidence that the younger runners, like Josh Vasquez and Griff Graves, will only help track and field grow in the future.\"

The 18th Annual Germantown Track Classic started it

Walt Murphy, who publishes Eastern Track and X-Country X-Press, has published his annual preview of the Penn Relays Carnival. It\'s an event-by-event look at the meet. Take a read, enjoy, and should you see any mistakes or if you feel he neglected a deserving individual or team, send him an email (his request) to WMurphy25@aol.com. Conestoga coach Ryan Comstock and his teams have high expectations, including Central League 4x400 records, hot 4x100\'s, and a great race at the front of the Girls\' DMR. We\'ve also included the top PA seeds in the individual events.

This is a low resolution clip of both the boys and the girls 100/110 hurdles. The clips are from the finals.

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place. Calculated as of Apr 24, 2006

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place. Calculated as of Apr 24, 2006

Photo Gallery from the Sea Ray Relays. Thanks to Pat Davey for this gallery.

133 images are now online for viewing only from the 43rd Volunteer Track Classic.

56 images are now online for viewing only from the Kevin Logan Memorial meet, held April 22 at Eastside High School.

Maria Dalzot of Morgantown qualified for the United States of America Track & Field Junior National Championships at the Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton, New Jersey late Friday night with a time of 17:49 for 5 kilometers. The qualifying time for the national championships was 17:55 so Dalzot easily achieved the standard in her second attempt at the distance. Dalzot placed 11th among 29 college and post-college runners and had the good fortune of being in a pack of runners from Syracuse, Columbia and Princeton who were attempting to hit the Big East Conference qualifier of 17:53 which helped pull her along to an 18 second personal record for the distance. Dalzot said \"I was one second over pace at two miles but was feeling confident that I could drop the pace over the final mile. I\'m thrilled with how I raced and I\'m even happier with the time.\" After a 5:45 first mile and 5:46 second, a 5:35 last mile proved she ran a very smartly paced race.

On Friday night, the Tornado from King College blew through Western Carolina University en route to two AAC tournament championships. King College led from start to finish, taking home first place in both the men\'s and women\'s Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Championships which were held as a part of the Catamount Classic.

Milligan sophomore Kortney Goulds (Johnson City, Tenn.) won the 800 meters (2:21.62), the 1500 meters (4:50.54) and ran the second leg of the of the winning 4 x 400 meter relay team at the 2006 Appalachian Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The inaugural championships were held in conjunction with the Catamount Classic Friday afternoon in Cullowhee, N.C.

I got this great e-mail from Coach Sean Cleary of West Virginia I would like to share with you.

32 images are now online for viewing only from the Region 7-4A Championships.

The 43rd Volunteer Track Classic will take place Friday and Saturday at Tom Black Track. Over 1200 athletes from 12 states ( AL / GA / NC / SC / KY / VA / TN / FL / CONN / OH / IL / PA) and Canada. Competition will start Friday evening at 5PM and Saturday at 8 AM.

(Johnson City) - Science Hill senior distance runner Todd Smalling has decided who he will be competing for next fall. Smalling is signing with ACC Cross Country powerhouse North Carolina State University on Thursday, April 20, at 1:00 PM at Science Hill High School.

Interview with White Station High School\'s Rita Jorgensen.

Lindsay Flynn is the first four-year-letter-woman on the JCS track & field team. She has participated in the last three state meets in the 1600m and 800m. In 2005, she was a member of the women\'s 4 x 400m relay that qualified for state. She joined teammates Rachel Pugh, Erin Jackson, and Chantel Mangrum in placing third in a new JCS school record time of 4:10.75.

Whether he is on a local news channel being interviewed regarding an educational issue or giving a written analysis of the Southern Illinois vs. Creighton basketball game for a national sports network or winning a prestigious cross country invitational; make no mistake, Smalling has it together. How together?

Bryan College added another area athlete to its men\'s roster when they signed Walker Valley High standout Caleb Morgan. Morgan was named to the Chattanooga Times Free Press Cross Country All Area Second Team for 2005. He holds school records in the 800 and 1600 meter runs for the Mustangs. Earlier this winter he set an indoor personal best with a 4:38.70 mile at the Niswonger Invite held in Johnson City, TN.

Meagan Brandli runs cross country and track and field for Ashley Hall. Brandli is entered in the SCISA state meet, slated for April 29 at Heathwood Hall in Columbia.

Interview with Karns High School\'s distance runner Chris Kane.

Ed Boehmke is the head cross country coach at Eastside High School. Boehmke is entered in today\'s Boston Marathon and has been coaching for 28 years. Boehmke is training with Team in Training for the Mayor\'s Marathon in Anchorage, AK June 17.

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

TennesseeRunner.com talks with West High school hurdler and 2005 USATF Junior Olympic champion Jacquelyn Coward about every thing from when she started running, her plans for this year , and her plans beyond high school.

Freshmen Josh Cloyd, Marcus Lomans, Caleb McDaniel and David Krenik combined to run 3:16.98 for the 4x400 relay Saturday evening at the University of Tennessee.

In a three way meet with Collierville, Houston, and Germantown Renae Van Wyhe ran a 10:42.27 (FAT) 3200. This just a week after running a 10:47.74 at the Ole Miss High School Invite. She followed up the new state record time with a 5:03.13 in the 1600.

MileStat.com creator Brandon Miles announced today plans to host a high-caliber post-season high school track meet to be held at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond, Virginia on Saturday, June 10th and Sunday, June 11th.

There will be 15 boys teams and 15 girls teams entered in the meet. If you have not already paid your entry fee, please do so at the beginning of the meet. The meet begins at 3:30.

The Milligan College men\'s and women\'s track and field teams picked up 11 top five finishes at the Brevard Invitational Wednesday afternoon in Brevard, N.C.

Cheryl Terrio is a senior at the University of South Carolina. Terrio attended West Florence High School and competed in pole vault during the first year the event was introduced. Terrio is undefeated this season and holds indoor and outdoor vault records at USC.

32 images are now online for viewing only from the Bobcat Invitational at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C.

MileStat.com creator Brandon Miles announced today plans to host a high-caliber post-season high school track meet to be held at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond, Virginia on Saturday, June 10th and Sunday, June 11th. The meet lies on the June weekend in between the Virginia public schools\' outdoor track state meets and the Nike Outdoor Nationals. Meet promoter and director Brandon Miles is hoping to gather many of Virginia\'s top track and field athletes for the post-season invitational as well as bring in talent outside of the state. The event called the MileStat.com Elite Track Gala will be a meet that serves several different purposes for high school track athletes and others.

The Ocala Vanguard distance star will not compete in the Florida state series, ending a very successful high school career. She will focus on getting ready for the University of Tennessee this fall.

Negative Splitting (second part of the race faster than the first part) in both the 1600 and 800, Ketron came from behind down the homestretch in both events to capture victories at the Frank Carver Invitational in Bristol, Tennessee on Saturday.

Allison Nicosia a sophomore at South Aiken High School. Nicosia finished first in the pole vault at the Coaches Classic meet in March. Nicosia rounded out the top three in the vault at the 2005 state meet. Nicosia has a personal best vault of 12-feet.

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

80 images are now online for viewing only from the Taco Bell Classic.

The 15th annual Taco Bell Track and Field Classic led for a great weekend of racing with over 100 schools competing at Spring Valley HS in Columbia.

(MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN) April 8th, 2006 --- For the second time in as many weeks the Milligan College women\'s track and field team swept the middle distance and distance events, this time at the Lees McRae Bobcat Invitational in Banner Elk, NC. The Lady Buffs finished second overall in the team scoring behind Roanoke College.

Chuck King, scrunners.com staff writer, provides a results update from the Taco Bell Classic at Spring Valley HS.

49 images are now online for viewing only from the Greenville County championships.

24 images are now online for viewing only from the Charleston County championships.

Megan Fulks is a junior at Spring Valley HS. Fulks has been running at Spring Valley since the seventh grade. The Viking is focusing on the 800-meter run this year. Prior to running for Spring Valley, Fulks ran for Classics Track Club in Columbia.

TennesseeRunner.com talks with Bolton High school distance runner and 05 cross-country state champion Rob Sorrell about every thing from when he started, his plans for this year , and his plans beyond high school.

45,497 entrants, over 2,000 volunteers, 10 kilometers, two cities, and one bridge, all stand for the 29th annual Cooper River Bridge run.

The Cordova Wolfpack Invitational seemed more like a summer event than an early spring meet. The temperatures on Saturday peaked over 80 degrees and the sun gave a lot of people a spring break kind of tan (burn!). This invitational usually brings a solid group of Division I and Division II schools. The competition also brought out the heat in the Cordova girls team that was lead by Jessica Townsend

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

Kenny Stephens is a senior at Spring Valley. Stephens finished first in the shot put and discus earlier this season at the Coaches Classic meet.

50 images are now online for viewing only from the Cooper River Bridge Run.

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

66 images are now online for viewing only from the Winthrop Invitational. The meet was held from March 31-April 1.

25 images are now online for viewing only from the Furman Invitational, held April 1.