LowcoSports.com’s Justin Jarrett and Wes Kerr interview key figures in the local sports scene each week on the Lowco Sitdown with excerpts from these extended interviews appearing in the LowcoSports Lowdown podcast. This week’s interview is with Beaufort High cross country and track star Nash Mills, who recently committed to run at UNC Wilmington and is working his way back from a broken femur suffered in a car accident in July.
Tag: Track & Field
🎧 LowcoSports Lowdown S3E8: The First Champs Have Been Crowned
LowcoSports.com’s Justin Jarrett and Wes Kerr get you up to speed on all the latest local sports news from around the South Carolina Lowcountry every week in the LowcoSports Lowdown. This week’s show is full of news from the links, the basketball court, the football field, the soccer pitch, and the cross country course — from the Lowco and beyond. Plus, Beaufort High cross country and track standout Nash Mills stops by to discuss his career thus far and his commitment to run at UNC Wilmington in the Lowco Sitdown.
Poona Ford heads list of six inductees into HHIHS Athletics Hall of Fame
Six former Seahawk stars, including the only alumnus currently playing in the National Football League, will go into the Hilton Head Island High School Athletics Hall of Fame at halftime of the Seahawks’ first game on their new home turf Friday night.
WES’s WISDOM: Inspiration lurks everywhere in the Lowco
One of the greatest parts of producing our podcast here at LowcoSports has been the opportunity to talk with some incredible student-athletes, coaches, and community ambassadors. Over this second season of our LowcoSports Lowdown podcast, we’ve been able to learn so much about what it takes to succeed in athletics and life, and more importantly how to be a compassionate and respectful individual. There have been so many memorable guests these past 12 months, but here are a few that have left a mark on myself and our listeners.Â
Battery Creek announces six new head coaches for 2021-22 school year
There will be some new faces on the sidelines at Battery Creek this season. The Dolphins had a busy offseason, as athletics director Sarah Hayes has announced six coaching staff changes for the 2021-22 school year.Â
Beaufort’s Dickson comes up short in Olympic qualifying
Beaufort’s Michael Dickson reached the finals of the 110-meter hurdles Saturday night at the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., but he finished sixth, failing to make the U.S. Olympic Team.
T&F: Having high school career cut short couldn’t derail former Seahawk Tori Herman
It was just over a year ago when Tori Herman received the unthinkable news. Her senior season of track and her high school sports career were suddenly all wiped away. But the heartbreak only fueled her as the Hilton Head Seahawk became a Kentucky Wildcat. Just a handful of months later, she etched herself in the school’s record books and punched her ticket to the mecca of track and field in Oregon to compete for a national title.Â
🎧 LowcoSports Lowdown S2E39: Legends in the Lowco
LowcoSports.com’s Justin Jarrett and Wes Kerr discuss the latest local sports news from around the South Carolina Lowcountry each week on the LowcoSports Lowdown podcast. In this week’s episode, JJ and Wes wrap up the high school baseball and softball playoffs, share news from USCB softball and track, shoutout a former Hilton Head Seahawk headed to the NCAA Track & Field Championships, and much more. Plus, LPGA legend Rosie Jones stops by to discuss how she brought a field of her peers to Moss Creek for a one-day event coming up on Friday.
T&F: Former Seahawk Herman breaks UK record, qualifies for nationals
In just her freshman year of college, Tori Herman has earned herself a spot on the national stage. The Kentucky sensation and former Hilton Head Seahawk rewrote the Wildcat record books Saturday, setting a program-best mark in the 1500 meters and qualifying for the NCAA Championships in June.
T&F: USCB’s McKeever, Deacon claim NAIA All-America honors
Led by stellar All-American performances from Iyana McKeever and Shamar Deacon, the USCB men’s and women’s outdoor track teams impressed at the NAIA Championships from Wednesday through Friday at Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium in Gulf Shores, Alabama.Â