Week 12 Pools and Palms, Athletes of the Week are Layla Holladay and Brayden Partridge, Varsity Cross Country. This past week, Layla finished 11th overall running a 20:50 and Brayden finished 15th overall running a 17:22 in the state qualifier race in Newberry last Friday, securing their spot to run in the state championship race on Saturday in Aiken. Both athletes have worked extremely hard this season, and their efforts did not go unnoticed. Layla chose to recognize Mr. Weeks, her Honors Science Teacher and Brayden chose to recognize Coach Curran. Both athletes voiced that Mr. Weeks and Coach Curran are excellent instructors and they do a terrific job getting their message across to their students.