Early 1980s Rabun County girls cross country outraces foes to region titles, state top 3

By Tom Law 

The Toccoa Record 

  • The entire team membership of the 1982 cross country team included Tracy Watts, Kelly Shropshire, Gigi Beck, Tara Dixon, Suzanne Beck, Caroline West, Von Taylor, Perri McCraw, Chrystal King, Kim Whitaker, Tracy Gragg, Ann Reeves, Robin Sprague, Cindy Keener, Valarie Florence and coach Gail Crowe. Submitted.
    The entire team membership of the 1982 cross country team included Tracy Watts, Kelly Shropshire, Gigi Beck, Tara Dixon, Suzanne Beck, Caroline West, Von Taylor, Perri McCraw, Chrystal King, Kim Whitaker, Tracy Gragg, Ann Reeves, Robin Sprague, Cindy Keener, Valarie Florence and coach Gail Crowe. Submitted.
Allyn Stockton of the Rabun County Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame Committee vividly remembers watching the Rabun County High School girls cross country team practicing back in the early 1980s. …

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