Meeting Minutes
13:15 John Jones (Spring Valley) opened the meeting with a call to order.
13:16 Pledge of Allegiance
13:17 A moment of silence was observed for the death of Jarrett Foster, an assistant track and field coach at Clemson University.
13:18 Bob Jenkins (South Pointe) proposed that the minutes of the winter meeting be approved. Ed Boehmke (Eastside) seconded the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously.
13:19 Jeff Buys (Dorman) gave a budget report.
13:20 Jerome Singleton (HSL Executive Director) gave a brief report.
13:40 John Jones (Spring Valley) presented state record trophies to the following athletes:
Ridge View High School (David Mead, Cornelius Harvin, Devin Blue, Richard Williams) Boys 4 x 800 7:53.13
Jasmin Stowers Pendleton HS Girls 100HH 13.90
Kate Niehaus Spring Valley HS Girls 1600m 4:55.45
13:42 John Jones (Spring Valley) recognized Frank Tice (Northwestern) as the Assistant Cross Country Coach of the Year for 2005.
13:43 John Jones (Spring Valley) announced Benny Isaac (Dreher) as the Assistant Track Coach of the year for 2006.
13:45 The vice presidents handed out the Track Coach of the Year awards:
4A Boys: Frank Marrero, Ridge View
4A Girls: Shay Rice, Spartanburg
3A Boys: Tom Jordan, Seneca
3A Girls: Rhett Moss, JL Mann
2A Boys: Skip Frye, Broome
2A Girls: Tony Colizzi, Bishop-England
1A Boys: Charlie Poole, Lamar
1A Girls: Stevie Phillips, Johnsonville
13:49 Bob Jenkins (South Pointe) announced Calvin Hudgins (Northwestern) as the fall inductee into the SCTCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame.
13:51 Jackie ORourke (West Ashley) gave a report on the Coaches Advisory Council.
13:56 Ed Boehmke (Eastside) announced the 2006 cross country schedule and informed members that meet information can be found at the association website: http://www.eastsideathletics.com/sctrackworld. Also, the meet calendar will now be posted on www.scrunners.com, under the link for meets and then calendar.
14:08 Kevin Shaw (Spring Valley) gave a report on the Shrine Bowl run.
14:09 Jeff Buys (Dorman) discussed the coaches association email list. To be added to the email list, coaches should send an email to Jeff Buys at BuysJS@Spart6.org.
14:11 John Jones (Spring Valley) asked members to pick up their all-state certificates.
14:16 Bob Jenkins (South Pointe) discussed Win / Loss records in cross country. Continued discussion of this topic can be found on the association website at http://www.eastsideathletics.com/sctrackworld.
14:18 Rick Crumpler (Spring Valley) proposed that the cross bar in the pole vault at the state meet final will start six inches below the height of the lowest qualifying competitor. The bar will be raised six inches until a winner is determined. The maximum starting height will be 9 0 for girls and 12 0 for boys. The motion was seconded by Calvin Hudgins (Northwestern). The motion passed unanimously.
14:27 Bob Jenkins (South Pointe) proposed that beginning in the 2007 season, the track season be extended one week to a 14 week season. The motion was seconded by Glover Smiley (Spartanburg). The motion passed 59 1.
14:33 The date of the winter clinic was announced as being Saturday, January 13th.
14:34 The site of the 2006 cross country state championships will be Sandhills.
14:35 Sammy Owen (Easley) proposed that the start times of the cross country state championship be rotated yearly with each classification moving to the next later time slot each year with the classification running last moving to running first the following year. The motion was seconded by Jerry Kimbrell (Dorman). The motion passed unanimously.
14:38 Jeff Buys (Dorman) proposed that the association purchase another race clock to be used in cross country and track. The motion was seconded by Rick Crumpler (Spring Valley). The motion passed unanimously.
14:40 Jeff Buys (Dorman) proposed that 4a use an automatic qualifying system to advance athletes to the 4a qualifier. The motion was seconded by Kevin Shaw (Spring Valley). The motion failed 11 22.
14:52 Elections for the SCTCCCA officers were held. The following officers were elected:
President Danny Brooks, Dreher
Vice Presidents
4A Sammy Owen, Easley
3A Mike Massey, Union
2A Jimmy Copeland, Gilbert
1A Rodney Adamee, Christ Church
14:54 President Jones closed the meeting.
Addendum from the Cross Country Coaches meeting on 7/25/06:
15:15 Calvin Hudgins (Northwestern) was announced as the Assistant Shrine Bowl Coach for 2006.
15:17 Ed Boehmke (Eastside) announced that the High School League has decided to split the 1A / 2A boys race into two races. Should 2A not have at least 12 schools participating, they will be combined with 3A.
15:20 Kevin Shaw (Spring Valley) proposed that the girls division of the Coaches Classic cross country meet be divided into two divisions, and that awards for those divisions match the boys races. The proposal was seconded by Jerry Kimbrell (Dorman). The motion passed 353.