The first year for a female state meet was 1976. Wando girls won the Class AAAA title with 35 points. Irmo finished second with 50 points.
The only state meet not held on a Saturday was 1988. It was held on Election Day.
The first year of the boys state meet was 1969 (listed as an unofficial meet). There was only a Class AAAA race and Edmunds (where was this school, what is it now? - email scrunners if you know) won with 35 points. Brookland-Cayce finished second with 66 points.
The 1969-1973 meet was held the 22nd week of the SCHSL calendar. This would be the first or second week in December.
Class AAA and AA boys races started in 1980. Class A boys ran separate starting in 2006.
Swansea (Class AA) alumnus Diana Willard won state titles from 1999-2004. Willard ran for both Pelion and Swansea. Her last two titles were won at Swansea. Two females have three-straight titles (Kala Boulware (Spring Valley) and Lindsey Rogers (Hanna)).
Spring Valley alumnus Kate Niehaus holds the state meet best (17:36, Sandhills, 2003). Niehaus won four titles.
No boys have won more than four individual titles. Christ Church alumnus James Quattlebaum won four titles.
Hilton Head alumnus David Adams holds the state meet best (14:36, Fort Jackson, 1999). Adams will be in attendance Saturday morning.
In 1976 and 1977 females ran two miles for the state meet. The winning times were 14:12 in 1976 (Betty Cox, North Myrtle Beach) and 13:01 in 1977 (Shelli Woolridge, Mt. Pisgah).
The 1969 boys state meet was on a 2.25 mile course won by Steve Bolin of York in 11 minutes, 30 seconds.
Bolin won again in 1970, this time on a 2.5 mile course in 11 minutes, 33 seconds.
Jim Kilbreth coached the first Shrine Bowl Run team in 1986. This is the 29th year of the Shrine Bowl Run. The run used to be a competition between North Carolina and South Carolina.
The state meet has been held at four different sites (Alice Drive Jr. High in Sumter, Sesquicentennial State Park in Columbia, Hilton Field at Fort Jackson and Sandhills Research Center).