Mark Benedabaugh
Main Street Mile
Mark Benedabaugh ran Track & Cross Country and Track at Brookland-Cayce High School (Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1998), then went to Francis Marion University (Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2003), and has coached at Pelion High School for 35 years (Inducted into South Carolina Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame in 2019).
The very first Road Race that Mark ever ran in was the 1980 Governor's Cup 5 miler! He has run in it dozens of times since then.