Week 2: Fall XC 2026

Monday, August 24 – Saturday, August 29

Important Items for the Week

Updated Team Schedule:  CLICK HERE

Any volunteers for Friday, Oct 2 for a Pasta Party?

Any volunteers for a Friday, Oct 9 for a Pasta Party?

Uniforms

  • All athletes should have gotten a uniform on Friday. A top and bottom.
  • Shorts.  Athletes had the option of either a split short or a compression short.
  • The shorts are bought and kept by the athlete for sanitary reasons.  You can buy the shorts using cash, check (Payable to RHS) or you can pay online (CLICK HERE)
  • At the end of the season, ONLY THE SINGLET will be returned.
Split shorts are similar for both males and females.  Just cut slightly differently.  This is an example of a 4” female compression short.  The males come down a few inches from the knee. 

Spirit Wear/Warm-Ups.

  • You can still purchase spirit wear and team warm-ups.

o   The Team Spirit Wear is open until September 3rd .

o   Warm-Up Orders are DUE by end of the day Sunday (TONIGHT)

o   CLICK HERE for Spirit Wear and Warm-Up Ordering

 

Boosters

  • Please consider getting involved in the boosters.
  • Get a membership
  • Volunteer and get involved!
  • Every little bit helps and the Boosters give so much back to the school and our program!
  • Boosters Website:  CLICK HERE

 

 

Time Trial Results and Celebrations

  • Great job by all the athletes at the time trial on Friday!  Your hard work is paying off and we can already see progress being made!
  • Here are the results:  https://live.bullseyerunning.com/meets/76300
  • And here are some impressive improvements from last year to this year!  Based on Percentages:
Last Name First Name Gender 2026 2 TT 2025 2 TT % Improv
Sunwoo Aston M 13:25 17:37 23.8%
Mulira Vicky F 20:07 25:49 22.1%
Khalid Saif M 14:00 17:56 21.9%
Jackson Carter M 15:18 17:34 12.9%
Vu Justin M 14:52 16:45 11.2%
James JT M 14:13 16:01 11.2%
Iordanov Sam M 16:51 18:54 10.8%
Fritz Corrina F 14:56 16:40 10.4%
Monti Jensen M 17:24 19:01 8.5%
Eldridge Dooley Myles M 12:27 13:28 7.5%
Ellinghaus Griffin M 10:49 11:40 7.3%
Muhammad Hakim M 12:41 13:28 5.8%
Pascarello Jackson M 10:20 10:56 5.5%
Drummond Michael M 12:32 13:08 4.6%
Bloor Jacob M 13:18 13:47 3.5%
Cooley Dexter M 13:53 14:19 3.0%
Chung Conan M 13:58 14:24 3.0%
Poon Katie F 17:22 17:50 2.6%
Sullivan Braden M 13:46 13:49 0.4%

 

SPECIAL NOTES: 

9th Grader:  Grason Lawrence, ran the 9th best freshman time in school history!

9th Grader:  Sadie Sentman, ran the 2nd fastest time as a freshman in school history!

Griffin Ellinghaus ran the 6th best time in the 2 mile time trial in Reservoir History at 10:49

Jackson Pascarello, has THE Fastest 2 mile time trial in school history at 10:20!

 

 

Weekly Schedule (Monday – Saturday)

Monday
Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Progressive Intervals on the XC Course

 

Tuesday
Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Easy Run

 

Wednesday
Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Tempo Intervals on the XC Course

 

Thursday
Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Easy Run
ICEE POP DAY Courtesy of Avery and Madison!

 

Friday
Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Easy Run

 

Saturday
Practice @ Patuxent Valley Middle School 8:00am – 9:45am
Progression Long Run
DONUT DAY

 

Upcoming Events/Looking Ahead

Saturday, Sept 5:  Top of the Hill Invitational

  • This will be our first big Invitational.  Approximately 20 schools will be in attendance.
  • A Full Itinerary will come out 3 – 4 days prior to the meet.
  • A Bus WILL NOT BE provided. Drop off and Pick up will be at River Hill HS.
  • All athletes are required to attend, however, not everyone will compete.
  • Eligibility Requirements to run in the meet:
    • 20 days of practice
    • Returning runners hit summer mileage requirements.
    • Able to run a full 5k without stopping

 

Monday, Sept 7:

  • There is practice from 8:00am – 10:00am at Coach Rogers House.

Drop off and Pick up will be at Coach Rogers House
9716 Riverside Circle
Ellicott City, MD 21042

  • After practice, we will have a Team Breakfast and watch a movie!  10:00am – 12:30pm.
    • Recommended athletes bring a change of clothes
    • Breakfast will be from Bob Evans

More details will come out soon.

 

Wednesday, Sept 9:  Lynx Invite

  • This will be our second big Invitational but this meet will be smaller than Top of the Hill.
  • A Full Itinerary will come out 3 – 4 days prior to the meet.
  • All athletes are required to attend, however, not everyone will compete.
  • A Bus WILL BE PROVIDED for transportation to and from the meet.
  • Eligibility Requirements to run in the meet:
    • 20 days of practice
    • Able to run a full 5k without stopping