Photo by © Susan Lloyd/Clemson Sports Talk
Draped in the dim golden haze of Death Valley’s floodlights, Ronan Hanafin bends—hands on knees, chest rising in steady breaths, helmet off—his face flooded with neither exhaustion nor elation. The roar of the Tiger faithful drifts around him, but he’s locked on a single truth: out here, amid the chaos, he can finally breathe.
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