CNY cross country, track and field coach retires after 50 years with same program

High School Media Day Fall 2022

Jamesville-DeWitt girls cross country coach Jim Lawton has retired after more than 50 years as a coach. Charlie Miller | cmiller@syracuse.com

A Central New York cross country and track coach is retiring after more than 50 years with the same program.

Jim Lawton, who coached runners at Jamesville-DeWitt since 1971, decided the 2022 girls cross country season would be his last.

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