COLUMBIA – The Richard Winn Academy girls cross-country team claimed its second straight SCISA class 1A championship Saturday, beating out Marlboro County 23-33 at the Heathwood Hall campus. Freshman Hayden Branham was the individual winner of the 1A race, coming in at 20 minutes, 42.97 seconds. Teammate Ada Bass, an eighth grader, finished fourth with […]
Eagles run at region meet, girls claim first place
October 23, 2025 By
NEWBERRY – Richard Winn’s cross country runners returned to school Monday morning with some new hardware. Claiming the top three finish spots in the girls’ race in the Region Championship meet at Newberry on Saturday, the Eagle team claimed the Region title; the boys finished in third place. Richard Winn’s girls dominated the top positions […]
Eagles runners back on the course
September 11, 2025 By
CAMDEN – Richard Winn cross country season is well-underway. The Eagles hit the course in Camden on Tuesday for a meet with runners from 11 schools. With only four runners, the Eagle girls’ team did not qualify a score, but standout Hayden Branham took first place out of 65 runners with a time of 20:48.74. […]
Griffins, Mavs, Eagles run in Winnsboro
October 10, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central and Midlands STEM Charter were among schools who competed at Richard Winn’s cross country meet on Monday in Winnsboro. The Griffin boys finished the meet in second place behind Camden Military. Richard Winn finished third and Midlands STEM finished fifth. Fairfield Central junior Sidney Wilson was the highest boys’ finisher on […]
Eagles run at Westwood
September 12, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Richard Winn’s cross country team competed at Westwood High School on Sept. 4 against a few SCHSL 5A running powerhouses – namely Westwood & Blythewood High Schools. Without enough runners (5) to register a team score the Eagle girls were unable to compete as a team, but standout Hayden Branham finished in the […]
Richard Winn XC hits the trail
August 29, 2024 By
LANCASTER – Richard Winn’s cross country standout Hayden Branham found herself in a familiar spot at Lancaster High School’s scrimmage last week – first place. Branham, an eighth grader, finished at the 23:01.40 mark, taking the top spot out of 24 runners. Ada Bass followed Branham for a fifth place finish at 26:41.90, and Lillian […]
Branham claims 1st at SCISA state meet
November 2, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – For the second year in a row, Richard Winn runner Hayden Branham took first place at the SCISA Class A Cross Country State Championship meet. Branham, a seventh grader, finished the Heathwood Hall course at 20:25.94, over two minutes faster than the second place finisher from Cross Schools. Branham led the young Eagle […]
Eagle runners finish 2nd in region
October 26, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Richard Winn’s girls cross country team claimed second place in the region last weekend on their home course, and the boys’ team finished third. Our Lady of the Rosary claimed first place with 21 points. The Eagles finished the day with 52 points, and Oconee Christian came in third with 63. Hayden Branham […]
Branham, Griffins run in Coaches Classic
October 19, 2023 By
NEWBERRY – Fairfield Central’s Hank White and Richard Winn Academy’s Hayden Branham continue to get faster. Branham broke the 20 minute mark for the first time in the Eagle girls’ cross country program history last week when Richard Winn hosted their first home meet of the season. Branham’s 19:59.40 time was not only the fastest […]
Eagles host home XC meet
October 12, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Richard Winn hosted nine area and region schools for their first home meet of the season on Tuesday, including Midlands STEM Institute. Richard Winn seventh-grader Hayden Branham led the way with a first place finish out of the 40 runners competing. Branham’s 19:59.40 is her fastest time of the season and her career- […]
