South Carolina S 217: Wilson Hall boys XC champs

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2025-2026 Bill 217 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 15, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 217

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A senate RESOLUTION

TO SALUTE THE WILSON HALL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM ON 
CAPTURING THE 2024 SOUTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CLASS 4A STATE 
CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AND TO CONGRATULATE THE TEAM'S COACHES AND RUNNERS ON A 
SUPERLATIVE SEASON.

Whereas, the air on 
your face and the ground under your feet feel different when you reach the top 
of the mountain. The Wilson Hall Barons found that out on Saturday, October 26, 
2024, when they bested all comers to claim the South Carolina Independent 
School Association (SCISA) Class 4A State Championship in boys cross country; 
and

Whereas, competing on 
the campus of Columbia's Heathwood Hall, Wilson Hall edged out John Paul II by 
one point to nail the state title; and

Whereas, in a field 
that demands discipline, practice, and focused energy, Head Coach Reid Schwartz 
and his fine staff capitalized on their own athletic skills to mold a 
championship team and teach their runners lessons that will prove invaluable 
throughout life, both on and off the course; and

Whereas, making a sweet 
victory even sweeter, two top-ten runners from Wilson Hall at the title meet 
were tapped for All-State, Caulder Williamson (second) and Trip Hunt (eighth). 
Others among the Barons' top five scorers were Abel Ayres (eleventh), Ben Rabon 
(seventeenth), and Gavin Getz (thirty-third). In addition, Caulder Williamson, 
who set a new school record at the title meet, was voted Hines Furniture 
Athlete of the Week by the readers of The Sumter Item; and

Whereas, the members of 
the Wilson Hall boys cross country team have given their school and community 
reason to be proud of their accomplishments, and the Senate takes great 
pleasure in adding its collective voice to the encomiums flowing in to this 
outstanding group of young athletes. Go, Barons! Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, salute the Wilson 
Hall boys cross country team on capturing the 2024 South Carolina Independent 
School Association Class 4A State Championship title and congratulate the 
team's coaches and runners on a superlative season.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to Head of School Brent C. Kaneft and Head Coach Reid Schwartz of 
Wilson Hall.

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