A Myopic View of Summer Track Meet

By Jay SilvanimaI hadn’t run competitively on a track in over 2 decades, so I thought “what can I lose” as I pulled up to the Mike Long Track on June third. Once on the track, I was pleasantly surprised to see lots of youngsters loosening up. At...

Walker wins RRCA t-shirt contest

With a little over a month remaining before the third annual RRCA National Run to Work Day (Friday, September 17th), the RRCA announced the winning slogan for the back of a new Run to Work T-Shirt. The design, submitted by Jim Walker of Leon County, Florida, will show...

Footlocker Track & Field Championship

Note: The Footlocker Track and Field Championship is one of the top two high school meets in the United States. This year the event coincided with the Pontiac Grand Prix Track Meet, one of the USTAF Golden Spike Tour Meets (the Pontiac Meet was on Saturday, June 12th....

Area youths awarded at Pot Luck Bash

This year’s Chenoweth Award winners are 400/800 meter speedster Theresa Daniels of Lincoln High School and shot/discus standout Travis Woullard of Port St. Joe High School. Coaches Perry Shaw of Lincoln and Scott Gowan, Port St. Joe, were obviously proud of...

Young, old(er) meet at Tom Brown Bash

By David Yon The Tom Brown Bash has become a great place for the local high school runners and the GWTC geriatric division to meet and socialize. The 23rd running of the Bash Sept. 4 was a great success in getting them all together. Well they don’t quite meet; the...