AIKEN – In the 5A Division 2 races Saturday at Aiken Steeplechase, Westwood sophomore Rebecca Ashley was the school’s only representative. Ashley finished 56th in the girls race out of 109 runners. Ashley had a time of 21:34.73. Fort Mill won both the girls and boys races. The girls placed all five runners among the […]
Westwood XC closes season at State Qualifiers
November 13, 2025 By
FLORENCE – Westwood High School’s cross country teams capped off their 2025 season at the Region V 5A meet and the SCHSL 5A Division 2 State Qualifiers. At the region meet, held Oct. 28 at West Florence High School, the Westwood girls finished sixth overall with 128 points. Sophomore Rebecca Ashley led the Redhawks with […]
BHS, WHS run in Coaches Classic
October 16, 2025 By
NEWBERRY – Blythewood and Westwood runners got a taste of their competition at the Bob Jenkins Coaches Classic in Newberry on Saturday. Blythewood raced in the International Division; Westwood competed in the Championship division. Blythewood’s Jacob Powell finished 5th at 15:49 out of 260 runners in the International Boys division. Luke Hurley from Boiling Springs […]
Bengals, Redhawks run in Lake Murray Invitational
October 2, 2025 By
CHAPIN – Blythewood and Westwood cross country teams took to Chapin on Sept. 20 for the Lake Murray Invitational. Blythewood’s Jacob Powell finished first in the Varsity Boys run out of 276 runners. Bengal senior Anna Kelly finished just seconds behind Julia McKenna in the Varsity Girls run for second place out of 273 runners. […]
Redhawks, Bengals are back on the course
September 18, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood and Westwood cross country teams have returned to the course, both opening their seasons in late August. The two teams met up for the second time at the Mike More Classic at Saulda Shoals Park in Irmo on Saturday. With 21 teams competing in the girls’ run, Blythewood took third place and […]
Emma Ashley, Camryn Jeffery ink college plans
December 12, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Following their exceptionally good senior seasons, Westwood High School standouts Emma Ashley and Camryn Jeffery made official their plans to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level – Ashley at the University of South Carolina, and Jeffery at Louisiana State University. Emma Ashley Ashley wrapped her high school cross country career on […]
Emma Ashley claims 5A individual XC state title
November 27, 2024 By
NEWBERRY—Westwood senior and South Carolina signee Emma Ashley scored a first-place finish in the Class 5A Division 2 girls’ cross-country championship race Thursday morning at The Farm cross-country course. “It means so much,” Ashley said. “This has been many years in the making. I started running cross country in seventh grade, so to have this […]
Bengals make clean sweep of region
November 14, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School has two new region champions on the cross country course. Both the boys and girls team claimed region titles last week in the SCHSL 5A Region 5 championship at Westwood. Blythewood’s boys’ team finished in first out of seven teams with a score of 38. Spring Valley finished in second […]
Blythewood, Westwood have top-10 finishers in Coaches’ Classic
October 17, 2024 By
NEWBERRY – Blythewood and Westwood Cross Country teams competed in the Bob Jenkins Coaches Classic on Saturday. Both Blythewood teams and Westwood’s girls’ team competed in the International level. Westwood’s boys competed in the Championship division. Highlighting both schools were top-10 finishes from Blythewood’s Anna Kelly and Jacob Powell and from Westwood’s Emma Ashley. Blythewood […]
Redhawks run at Highlander Invitational
October 10, 2024 By
COLUMBIA – Westwood High School’s cross country team competed in the Highlander Invitational at Heathwood Hall on Oc. 5. Senior standout Emma Ashley was a highlight on the day. Ashley had her season-fastest time of 18:24.32 to finish in fourth place out of 193 runners. The Redhawk girls finished 13th out of 21 teams. Philip […]
