Hounds, Lady Hounds get visit from Hall of Famer at Awards Banquet

CROSS COUNTRY

  • Hall of fame cross country runner Grace Tinkey shares bits of wisdom from her running career prior to awards being presented on Thursday. BRAD HARRISON/Staff Jones County’s cross country runners received various recognitions during Thursday’s awards banquet.
    Hall of fame cross country runner Grace Tinkey shares bits of wisdom from her running career prior to awards being presented on Thursday. BRAD HARRISON/Staff Jones County’s cross country runners received various recognitions during Thursday’s awards banquet.
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    Following a record-setting season that was arguably the best in program history, Jones County officially celebrated its cross country program’s banner season with its annual awards banquet last Thursday.

    And they welcomed an appropriately accoladed guest speaker to mark the occasion.

    Grace Tinkey – regarded as the greatest middle- and high-school cross country runner in the history of the state of G…