Week 9: Fall XC 2025

October 14, 2025

Monday, October 13 – Saturday, October 18

Important Items for the Week

Atheltes of the Meet

  • Each of the major meets we like to recognize a few athletes for being AWESOME! That could be running a really fast time, Personal best effort, or other amazing feats!
  • For the MDXC Invitational we wanted to recognize the following:
  • Connor Walsh: WOW!  He ran a 52s personal best time to break 17 minutes for the first time!  That is HUGE!  He is now ranked 14th in Reservoir History.  WAY TO GO!
  • Colin Poon: A 32s personal best time!  He is ranked 20th all time at Reservoir HS.  Colin works so hard and is a wonderful captain!  Great Job Colin!
  • Daniel Lucinski: A 2:30 improvement! From 26:32 to 23:36… great job!  What a great race!  That is more than 60s improvement per mile!  Very proud of you Daniel!
  • Ella Linera: Ella with a 30s improvement!  She is now in the top 25 all time for RHS and she is only a Sophomore!  Way to rock it Ella!
  • Sam Iordanov: Since last Fall, Sam has show tremendous consistency and improvement.  He has run PR’s just about every meet this season.  So far he has improved by more than 3 minutes since the end of the season 5k time trial from the Fall of 2024.  About a minute of that came at MDXC!  Great job Sam!
  • Michael Drummond: Not only did he run a 30s PR, but he now knocking on the door of a sub 18 minute 5k.  He has also positioned himself firmly in the top 7 boys!  As a sophomore he is a Varsity Runner!  Congratulations Michael.
  • Jacob Bloor: Nothing can hold Jacob back!  Last Spring he broke his foot.  He has been working really hard to get back to a high level of fitness.  Slow and steady wins the race!  In Jacob’s case, he ran a seasonal best by quite bit and officially a new PR by 20s.  Coming back from an injury like that is amazing!
  • Luke Emad: He has improved by more than 2 minutes from last year.  Last year he PR’d 4 out of the 5 invites we ran and so far this year he has PR’d at each invite as well!  Rockstar status!  Luke’s PR at MDXC was about 26s, but from this time last year it was almost 3 minutes!
  • Boys Varsity Team: The boys varsity 8, Griffin, Colin, Jack, Connor, Jackson, Michael, Shaun, & McKenzie… way to put on the line.  You got out hard and put yourself in a great position.  Excellent JOB!

Fantasy XC for MDXC Invitational

  • Dominic Ye dominated the results this week.  Winning by over 4 minutes.
  • Jackson P, Griffin E, Eric Pascarello and Coach Rhys were all within 20s!
  • Full results are posted online:  https://xctf.rhsgators.com/cross-country/rezzixc-fantasy-cross-country/
  • If you are not in the top 12 (RED), you have been eliminated from competition.  Only those who qualify will move on to Round 2.

 

 

Weekly Schedule (Monday – Saturday)

Monday

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

Tuesday

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

Wednesday

Meet at Oakland Mills HS
All athletes will race at 5:30pm
JV will race the event
Varsity will help pace and get in a Long Run for the day
Meet Information:  CLICK HERE

Thursday

Practice @ RHS 3:00pm – 4:45pm
Easy Run

Friday

No Team Practice
Submit run to Strava by the end of the Day
Easy Run

Saturday

Practice at Centennial HS
7:30am – 9:30am
VO2 Effort Session

Upcoming Events/Looking Ahead

Team Pictures

  • Our team pictures will take place at Practice on Thursday, October 23rd at 2:45pm.  I will send out more information as time gets closer, but plan on being at practice.
  • Plan on talking with your Clubs and Sponsors about missing those clubs on Thursday to attend team pictures.

End of the Season

  • As a reminder: Athletes are required to finish the season with the team.  Meaning they will attend all races all the way up until the state meet.  If a team/individual qualifies to the state meet, we will all attend the state meet to support our teammates.
    • This is a team requirement.
  • Banquet.  We are working out the final details of the team banquet.
    • Tentatively the banquet is scheduled for Thursday, November 13
    • The banquet is a team affair.  Immediate family and athletes are invited to attend.
    • Dress is Business Casual:  Khakis – Polo Shirt
      • NO sweats or shorts or T Shirts.

Volunteer Opportunites

Lime Kiln Middle School Color Run on Oct 26:    

There is an upcoming 5k Color Run Lime Kiln MS. This is open to all in the community, all ages, students, family, & friends.

Reservoir’s Pookie Trot 5k.  (CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS)   

On November 22, please join Us for the First Annual "Pookie Trot" – Honoring Reservoir Alumni, Amy Armstrong and Raising Awareness About Relationship Abuse. On November 22nd, 2025, we will gather in Fulton, Maryland, for the first annual Pookie Trot 5K Walk/Run, honoring the life and spirit of Amy Armstrong – lovingly known as “Pooks". Amy was a vibrant, loving soul whose life was tragically cut short due to domestic violence in October 2024. In her memory, we are coming together as a community to celebrate her life, raise awareness about relationship abuse, and support those who may be suffering in silence.

Here is the volunteer sign up:   https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfl9D2YE4T9fwJHzAb-S5tunVxy_a7rkwlJvIB1aSHUuu0VA/viewform