* South Carolina's Cynteria James is among the top performers with the Gamecocks this season
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When Tim Hall took over as the University of South Carolina's head track coach last summer, he knew he was entering a challenging situation.
The Gamecocks' men's and women's teams had finished 12th of 13 teams at the 2023 Southeastern Conference Championships. And with the SEC adding the University of Texas in 2024, it will make an already loaded league even better.
Still, Hall eagerly accepted the job.
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He was friends with former South Carolina coach Curtis Frye and was a longtime assistant at Tennessee and Kentucky, so he was familiar with the Gamecocks and the SEC and thought they could compete at a higher level.
Truth be told, South Carolina has improved in Hall's first year at the helm, with the men's and women's teams each finishing 10th at last month's SEC outdoor meet. The futu...
