How to Score a Cross Country Meet   The first five runners from each team to cross the finish line receive the points that correspond to their place. The first place runner receives one point, the second place runner two, and so on. The team receiving the lowest score wins. The sixth and seventh runners on a team, although they don’t receive a score, can also...

  Season Opener Invitational Darlington park Saturday, September 8th   Good meet for some of our first time runners! Everyone has to start somewhere and you now have a benchmark to work and improve from. Yutong in 26:19.7 for 35th in a field of 103 runners (JV small school) is an impressive start! Nice job by the Varsity B Boys placing 7th. Brandon Vasquez was top...

    Without question, one of the harder meets we have attended in program history to open the season. I think we did well against great comp and on a tough course. Congrats to both squads. PATRIOT PROUD !   *Special Mention to Alexandra, Kirsten, and Mo for their medal winning performances. A few others came close to medals as well. We can expect more to come our...

  Congratulations to all for a splendid job of summer training. Let’s have a great season !!!!      ...

A GUIDE TO THE DAILY RUNNER’S NEEDS A small back pack or small athletic bag (for away practices and meets)Now stuff the bag with some important items (you may also have your own selection of needs:   Icy Hot and/or Ben Gay (for tight and sore muscle relief) A small towel or wash cloth i(n the event of rain or mud – to wipe off) An extra T-shirt and socks (in the...

  1. Getting involved in the hype by reading the papers, social media and/or looking up your stats. After your season is over, then you can check this stuff out. During the season, focus on always improving. 2. Associating with negative people. They will slow you down and taint your progress during the season. Keep your distance from them. 3. Making any particular...

I found an old article on line from a copy of Teen Ink dated 2008. It does not matter that it was 10 years ago because I think you will enjoy to hear what people had to say a decade ago about this great sport. It is a good read.. hope you enjoy it. I know I did. The question asked of them was,”What does cross country mean to you?”...