XC 2023: Week 10
WOW! What an amazing week! This week was full of fun and excitement. Last week the kids were celebrating all sorts of fun events and spirit activities for Homecoming. The athletes had the opportunity to have fun by dressing up each day in class colors or as dynamic duos, attending the football game against our rivals of Atholton and dressing up and looking amazing at the homecoming dance.
Oh yeah, we also did some running, workouts and had a few meets in there as well!
Wednesday, we had our annual home meet where we got to recognize our seniors. Special thank you to Scarlett Guenin and Coach Laura for leading the way with our Senior Celebration. The sweatshirts and cupcakes were all from the imagination and creative minds of Scarlett and Coach Laura. Well Done!
Our Class of 2024: Delaney Lortz, Samantha Swirsky (Captain), Evan Chan, Elijah Dickie, Duc Hoang, Leo Lim, Vijay Maheswaran, Josh McDerment, Jimmy Steinbaum, Kidus Zeleke (Captain)
On Thursday, we got to enjoy a little downtime and enjoyed a lovely game of capture of the flag. The two teams played three games for a best of three match-up. It was an intense match-up but most importantly the athletes had fun!
Saturday was an early start for the MDXC Invite at Shawan Downs. Despite the rain and cooler temperatures, it didn’t deter our athletes from having a great day on the Cross Country course. Reservoir had 36 athletes run on Saturday. 31 of the athletes ran personal best times. Another three athletes ran season best times. Despite the rain, cold, wind and mud the kids showed up to race! Side note, in the boys JV race, there were over 800 athletes in the JV race. One of the biggest races I have ever seen I my coaching career!
| Girls | Time (Improvement) |
| Scarlett Guenin Ela Muniz Delaney Lortz Samantha Swirsky Celeste Martin Aleena Hasan Debbie Rivas Neha Hasan |
20:33 (24s) - PR 20:42 – Season Best 22:37 23:17 (57s) – PR 23:30 (2:32) – PR 27:00 (4:26) – PR 27:50 – Season Best 42:25 (6:54) – PR |
| Boys | Time (Improvement) |
| Kiduz Zeleke Shaun Desai Josh McDerment Jack Waltman Jackson Pascarello Connor Walsh Griffin Ellinghaus Colin Poon Vijay Maheswaran Jimmy Steinbaum Eli Dickie Cheren Song Adeniyi Adegbuyi Evan Chan Duc Hoang Leo Lim Jacob Bloor Jonathan Ye Dexter Cooley Aaron Blam Conan Chung Myles Eldridge-Dooley Tam Vo Chris Miller Justin Vu Daniel Vaquez McKenzie Eldridge-Dooley Jonah Coler |
16:15 – Season Best 18:15 (20s) – PR 18:20 (35s) – PR 18:31 (28s) – PR 18:33 (23s) – PR 18:53 (67s) – PR 19:08 (63s) – PR 19:18 (74s) – PR 19:36 (67s) – PR 19:41 (52s) – PR 19:56 (38s) – PR 20:10 20:21 (2:39) – PR 21:02 (34s) – PR 21:19 (53s) – PR 21:20 (73s) – PR 21:22 (58s) – PR 21:27 (2:48) – PR 21:40 (1:53) – PR 21:59 (1:51) – PR 22:12 (12s) – PR 22:13 (4:13) – PR 22:14 (24s) – PR 22:23 (64s) – PR 22:52 (75s) – PR 23:51 (65s) – PR 24:12 26:08 (2:12) – PR |
A few other notes about some of the stellar performances:
- Jackson Pascarello (18:33) – Tied for 7th fastest freshman in school history
- Griffin Ellinghaus (19:08) – 17th fastest freshmen in school history
- Shaun Desai (18:15) – 19th fastest sophomore in school history
- Ela Muniz (20:42) – 4th fastest sophomore in school history
- Scarlett Guenin (20:33) - 11th fastest junior in school history
Overall, Scarlett’s time of 20:33 ranks her as the 17th overall fastest time in school history.
Weekly Schedule (Weekly Workouts):
Monday: No Official Team Practice
Objective: Long Run with Reps
Run on your own or with your teammates and post to Strava.
Tuesday: 3:00pm – 4:30pm @ RHS
Objective: Easy Run
Wednesday: We will have a bus that takes us to and from Atholton
Objective: Race Day at Atholton HS
Girls Race at 4:30pm and Boys Race at 5:10pm.
After we talk with the kids on Tuesday, we will make a decision on our plan for Wednesday’s event. We will be at Atholton for a 4:15pm start time.
Thursday: 3:00pm – 4:30pm @ RHS
Objective: Easy Run
Friday: 3:00pm – 4:30pm @ RHS
Objective: Easy Run
Saturday: 7:30am – 9:30am @ Centennial Park North (9801 Old Annapolis Rd, Ellicott City, 21042)
Objective: Hill Reps