Big Spring High School and rural Cumberland County will host Pennsylvania’s biggest high school cross country meet for the first time Saturday.
For Bob Jumper, the long-time Big Spring coach and cross-country advocate, it’s the culmination of years of hard work. Even a man of such lofty ideals didn’t dream of hosting the state championships —at least not initially.
But when the Commonwealth’s fastest scholastic runners descend on Newville this weekend, they can thank Jumper, the Bulldogs coach of 41 years, and generations of other Big Spring locals for building a first-class, championship-worthy experience, quite literally, by hand…