NEWBERRY – Despite a cold and rainy morning, Griffin front-runner Hank White pulled a 17th place finish out of 113 runners at the SCHSL Class AA State meet on Saturday at Newberry College. White’s 17:20.27 finish was one second faster than his AA qualifier time last week and three seconds faster than his time on […]
Griffins end season at qualifiers; White to run at State
November 9, 2023 By
NEWBERRY – Fairfield Central’s Cross Country runners hit the ground in Newberry on Saturday for the SCHSL AA State Qualifiers. The Griffin boys’ team placed ninth out of 14 teams in their group, just missing the cut off to qualify for the State meet. Only the top eight teams in each race advance to the […]
Griffin boys finish region meet as runner-up
October 26, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – Fairfield Central runners took to Eau Claire High School on Wednesday for the Region 4-AA Championship cross country meet. The Griffin boys claimed the Region Runner Up title with 42 points, just two shy of Gray Collegiate first place, 40-point finish. Hank White pulled a first place finish out of 35 runners with […]
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 […]
Griffins steadily improve times in late season meets
October 12, 2023 By
CHARLOTTE – Hank White and the Fairfield Central Cross Country team continued to improve their times at the Wendy’s Invitational in Charlotte on Oct. 7. Four of the Griffins seven runners had season-best times. White led the way for Fairfield with an 11th place finish out of 185 runners. His 16:49:00 finish was his season […]
Griffins, Eagles run in Chester
October 5, 2023 By
CHESTER – Neither Richard Winn nor Fairfield Central’s cross country team claimed wins last Tuesday at Chester High School’s meet, but both schools had runners with top-three finishes. The Griffins and Eagles competed with runners from Chester, Clinton, Emerald, Gaffney, Great Falls, Lewisville, Woodruff and York High Schools as well as Hawthorn Christian Academy, Laurens […]
Griffins run in Lowcountry Invitational
September 28, 2023 By
JOHNS ISLAND – Griffin runners spent Saturday in the Lowcountry, competing against runners from 48 schools in South Carolina and Georgia. Hank White again led Fairfield runners with a 38th place finish out of 300 runners. White clocked a 17:11.31 finish. Kaleb Burroughs from West Florence High School claimed first place with a 15:46.78 finish. […]
Griffin boys XC finish 2nd at Westwood
September 21, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Fairfield Central cross country took to Blythewood last Wednesday for a 6-team meet at Westwood High School. The Griffins competed against Great Falls, Lower Richland, Richland Northeast, Sandhills School and Westwood. Fairfield’s boys finished second out of the six teams, just five points behind Westwood. Despite the Griffins second-place finish, Hank White led […]
Griffin XC sweeps region for 1st time
November 3, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – “History was made!” head coach Ediberto Vergara Crisanto wrote on Facebook last Wednesday. “Please allow me to introduce to the world your 2022 Region 4-2A Cross Country Champions, the Boys AND Girls Fairfield Central Griffins! “Today my kids ran their best races and my girls won their first ever school region championship in […]
Griffin boys, girls XC top field in final home meet
October 20, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central Cross Country hosted CA Johnson, Columbia, Eau Claire, Gray Collegiate, Keenan, Lewisville, Lower Richland and Midlands STEM last Wednesday in their final home meet of the regular season. Both Griffin teams clinched first place. The boys’ team had five of their runners place in the top 10. Hank White broke the […]
