For some, the act of running is a chore. It's visible in each stride they take and reflected in the pain displayed on their face. ...more

May 20, 2008

When you are living in a mobile home and working odd jobs to get through college, a couple of thousand dollars can mean a lot. And for 22-year-old Austin Richmond, winning the local-prize purse at Saturday's Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Distance Classic could help him achieve his dream of one day running the marathon at the Olympics. ...more

February 10, 2008

Scott Mackley says he's had a rough time the last few months or so. "I haven't been training very well - a bad breakup, drinking a lot," said Mackley, a former state track champion from Lakeland Kathleen High now competing for Florida Southern College. "I'm just not in that good of shape." ...more

February 10, 2008

When Palmetto High School sophomore Richard Reyna is running, his past fades away. ...more

December 28, 2007

If the boys basketball teams from Plant City and Durant have their way, there will be at least three meetings between the rivals this season. Two are on the regular schedule. ...more

December 1, 2007

SEBRING — Doug Morton wasn't exactly in it to win it. The 36 year-old environmental analyst from Sebring, who competed last week in a half-Iron Man competition in Miami, outpaced two of Highlands County's top prep runners to capture the overall title at the 15th annual Turkey Trot 5K at Highlands Hammock State Park. "I'm really surprised to win it," said Morton, who finished the 3.2-mile course in 17 minutes, four seconds. "I expected [Sebring's Connor Bauer and Hardee's Gilberto Guiterriez] to be all over me at the end. They sprint a bit faster than I can." Bauer, Sebring's lone state cross-country qualifier this past season, took top honors among 15-to 19-year old men with a 17:06, two seconds behind Morton. Guiterriez, meanwhile, held off top female finisher Laura Woznicki with a 17:25. ...more

November 24, 2007

Just about every type of emotion seemed to be experienced by area runners and coaches in Saturday's 3A state cross country meet. ...more

November 18, 2007

For the first time in 36 years, the Tampa Bay area failed to produce a team or individual champion at the state cross country championships. And for the first time since 1964, the area did not boast at least a runner-up at the meet. ...more

November 18, 2007

DADE CITY — Connor Bauer said he felt "horrible" heading into Saturday's Class 2A state cross-country meet. As the lone member of the Sebring XC team competing at the event, the sophomore said it was tough for him to get excited about his first state race without his teammates at his side. Oh, what a difference less than 17 minutes makes. Bauer finished 25th in the final race of the season, burning up a slow, hilly Little Everglades Ranch course with a time of 16:58, his second-best mark of the year. ...more

November 18, 2007

Jesuit coach Greg Maurin is not the type to offer excuses. But after finishing third in Saturday's Class 2A state cross country meet after holding the No. 1 spot much of the season, he knows the recent flu that is running through his squad was a factor. ...more

November 18, 2007