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• Running Opportunities this fall/winter

  10/28/2025
  Hey Team, 
  
  Although our season is over, there are still local races happening here and there. Here is an event out in Howard county that was shared with me from the Bulleye Run Club from Howard County. They had a large presence at the Spalding race and would be very competitive. If you are interested, please send me an email and I will connect you with Coach Lang. 
  
  

  Bullseye Running Club is hosting a cross country meet at Centennial High School in Howard County on Sunday. Coach Lang has said in the past, if St. Mary's Middle School kids want to participate, just let him know. These are pretty competitive meets. Most of the top 10 runners in their age groups go on to run in college. But we have some middle schoolers who can definitely run well with these guys. It is also good for them to have more people of their ability so they can practice race strategy. And there are plenty of slow runners as well -- your runners shouldn't come in last. 

   

  You don't need a full team.

   

  The minimum age is 5 years old, I think. 6 years and under run 1000 meters, 7-8 years old run 2000 meters, 9-12 run 3000 meters and 13-14 run 4000 meters. I think 15-18 also run 4000 meters. I think the high shoolers could run since their HS season is over. 

   

  And if they want to go to Districts and Nationals, those dates are Nov 16 and Dec 6, respectively.

   

  Sunday's meet:

  https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/269015/info

  There is a link to a meet flyer on this page. 
  
  Another 5k run in the area is November 30th at Kinder Farm Park. It's put on by the Bullseye Timing Company and is a fundraiser for the St. Mary's Basketball Program. Find more information here:
  
  Here is the link on my page for the boys basketball 5k, St. Mary’s Boys Basketball Annual 5K Run and 1-Mile Fun Run – Bullseye Running.
  
  * From that link they have an events tab that will show more running opportunities for those athletes looking to stay running from now until track season.
  
  If you have any questions, please send me an email. 
  
  Coach Norman
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• YOU ARE INVITED! To the HS Athletic Open House

  10/27/2025
  The HS Athletic Open House is on
  Tuesday, October 28 from 5:00-7:00pm. 
  The High School coaches would love to meet you and talk to you
  about being a part of the St. Mary's HS Cross Country and Track & Field Programs.
  Hope you can make it!
  -Coach Norman, Coach Ward & Coach Sears

   
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• Results from XC Championship and Uniform Info!!

  10/23/2025
  Good morning team and parents,
  
  First and foremost, what a great season of Cross Country. In just a few weeks, runners made huge progress and took minutes off of their 2 mile times. Here is the spreadsheet I was keeping from our first timed mile to yesterday's championship:
  
  

  	1 mile time trial	1 mile 10/14	Jericho	AACC	Bates	Spalding	Champs
  Gavin McAndrews	8:37	8:01	18:07	18:53	x	16:37	x
  Maxwell Mauro	5:31	5:34	11:56	12:03	11:24	11:27	11:34
  Maddox Mauro	6:51	6:46	14:32	15:45	14:11	13:55	14:10
  Lorenzo Fabbri	13:24	12:51	29:57	30:38	x	26:46	x
  Dominic Russo	8:50	7:14	15:24	16:16	14:30	14:16	14:04
  Declan Phelan	7:53	8:04	18:02	18:22	17:22	16:47	x
  Drew Ahlstrom	6:44	6:41	15:01	16:47	14:49	14:59	14:55
  Kellan Phelan	8:33	7:28	16:44	18:18	15:57	15:02	14:56
  Landon Jacobs	7:20	6:47	15:00	x	14:59	15:04	14:59
  Sam Gallagher	7:15	x	17:22	18:17	15:03	15:17	15:06
  Brooks Benjamin	6:45	6:09	13:57	14:28	12:55	13:13	13:03
  Dominic Emory	8:13	7:47	20:19	23:23	18:03	16:26	16:20
  Roman Ferrer	12:18	11:11	25:05	28:22	23:27	x	x
  Drew Novella		9:41	x	24:07	20:37	22:10	x
  Nicholas Videla		6:11	14:16	14:45	x	14:03	x
  Pierce Ward	6:24	6:10	14:04	14:47	12:56	13:12	13:02
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  Mae Hall	10:05	9:19	x	x	20:17	19:03	18:02
  Addie Scorzafava	10:35	9:53	25:58	x	24:32	22:09	21:16
  Collins Hayes	9:33	8:20	20:59	x	x	18:46	18:01
  Kali Wiley	13:47	14:43	26:44	24:58	23:47	22:19	22:40
  Gracen McGrath	8:28	7:12	16:30	16:25	14:49	14:38	14:29
  Clara Kruthapt	8:34	x	x	x	x	x	x
  Lilian Soderquist		10:15	x	26:02	22:49	20:58	22:43
  Nora Novella			x	19:08	19:05	17:39	16:33
  Lark Jillson		11:18	15:19*	26:16	x	22:36	22:11
  Sada Russell			14:39	15:13	x	13:29	14:10

  
  As for yesterday's meet: the boys finished 3rd out of 11 teams and Maxwell finished 1st overall! (2x conference champ)
  Final results here-https://www.mdtiming.com/2025/AMS2025-11-M-Results.TXT  (Note: Dominic Russo must have been wearing Declan Phelan's bib?!)
  
  Our girls finished 5th out of 10 teams with Sada Russell coming in 7th and Gracen McGrath coming in 10th overall.
  Girls final results:https://www.mdtiming.com/2025/AMS2025-11-F-Results.TXT
  
  Huge congrats to all runners from yesterday and special shoutout to the team members who showed up and cheered on your fellow runners.
  
  Lastly, all fall sports uniforms must be returned before Tuesday, October 28. — uniforms must be turned in prior to that date.

  📌 Please note: School is closed on Monday, October 27 (which is when we originally said they were due)

  Uniforms should be clean, placed in a labeled Ziploc bag, and returned to the front office or to Coach Norman.
  
  
  Thank you for the amazing season,
  
  Coach Norman
  Coach Ward
  Coach Sears
  
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• Bring Your Uniform Top for Photots Today!

  10/22/2025
  Good Morning!
  We will have our X-C team photo taken this morning at 8:55. Bring your blue singlet top and we will throw it on over uniforms. No need to change completely.
  See you there!
  X-C Coaches
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• XC Championship 10/22

  10/17/2025
  Here are the details for our final XC of the season:

   

   Date: Wednesday, October 22
   Location: Kinder Farm Park
  1001 Kinder Farm Park Rd, Millersville, MD 21108

   

  • Parking Instructions
  • Course Map - Same course as previous years.

   

   Race Eligibility:
  All Chesapeake Co-Op teams are eligible to participate. Each team may enter up to 10 boys and 10 girls in their respective races.

   

  *Since we don't have 10 girls, all girls have qualified for this race. Our top ten boys as of our last meet at Spalding are as follows:

  1. Maxwell 11:27

  2. Pierce 13:12

  3. Brooks 13:13

  4. Maddox 13:55

  5. Nicholas 14:03

  6. Dominic R. 14:16

  7. Drew A. 14:59

  8. Kellan 15:02

  9. Landon 15:04

  10. Sam 15:17

  If any of these boys are unable to attend the meet, please let me know as soon as possible so we can have our next athlete attend. For the boys that didn't make the Championship, I'd like for you to attend and cheer on both the boys and girls that are competing for St. Mary's

  Timer/Results:

  Robert Hall - Maryland Timing

   Schedule:

  • 3:15 PM – Optional Course Walk-Through
  • 4:00 PM – Boys 2-Mile Race
  • 4:30 PM – Girls 2-Mile Race
  • 5:00 PM – Awards Ceremony
    • Ribbons will be awarded to the top 10 runners from each race.

  Volunteers will be needed for the finish line chute and course monitors, helping to direct the runners. 

   

  Please let me know if you have any questions!

   

  Coach Norman
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• Meet Canceled!!

  10/13/2025
  
  The XC meet for this afternoon at Kinder Farm Park has been cancelled due to the ongoing rain. The Severn AD said that with Championships next week they don't want to run and risk someone getting hurt or sick. 
  
  

  We will meet our runners at practice tomorrow at Bates track.  3:45pm

   

  Thanks,

   

  Coach Norman
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• Monday's Meet at Kinder Farm Park

  10/12/2025
  Due to wet weather at AACC the meet has been moved to Kinder Farm Park. We will meet here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VqdvSm2Ffsq7QrvR8

   

  The first race will be at 4:00pm. I haven't heard who is starting the race. 

   

  Apologies for the late notice, but I am just getting these myself.

   

  If you have any questions please let me know,

   

  Coach Norman

   

   

  Updates/confirmations for tomorrow's meet:

   

  Monday 10/13
  Kinder Farm Park- Park in the parking lot at the very top of the park (above all of the fields) & walk the paved trail around to the field where the race will start/finish
  Hosted by: Severn
  Team's Running: St. Mary’s, Indian Creek, St. Andrew's, Grace Christian, Summit, St. John's, Severn

   

  Course Description:

  Runners will begin at the start line in the large field & run straight into the terrain trail that will go past the back of the farm, across the paved trail, up through the hills, back down & over the paved trail & on to the terrain trail again that will put them back into the field. Runners will run this lap 2x so after lap 1, they will go straight through the field & turn left back into the course. After lap 2, runners will veer to the right into the finish line!

   

  We marked this course with fresh white lines & arrows all the way through this afternoon so runners will follow the bright white lines!

   

  Map: Follow the orange line on this map (blue is the extended upper school course)

  
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• Results from Spalding Meet

  10/10/2025
  Great race today Saints! 
  
  See results here: https://live.bullseyerunning.com/meets/57866
  
  and photos here:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-8y3YsGmWJboPqzH7ViTsK7yCjo4ESeA?usp=sharing
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• Details for Spalding Meet 10/10

  10/8/2025

  Good afternoon athletes and parents. Here are details for this Friday's XC meet at Archbishop Spalding.  From their HS XC coach: Firstly thank you all for your participation in the meet. We have 11 teams competing in the meet this Friday. Below you will find all the information you need for Friday. Can't wait to see you all then.  Schedule 3:15 pm - Course Opens 3:45 pm - Coach's Meeting 4:30 pm - Girls Race 5:00 pm - Boys Race 5:30 pm - Awards Awards Top 10 finishers for boys and girls Top 2 teams for boys and girls

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• Results from St. Mary's Meet at Bates

  10/3/2025
  Good evening team, 
  
  Another great showing from all our athletes. All the hard work from each practice shows up on your race times at these meets. Enjoy your weekend and don't forget to stretch, foam roll and hydrate as needed. Also, thank you to the parents that brought snacks and gatorades for our runners. 
  
  Coach Norman
  Coach Ward
  Coach Sears 
  
  Boys Results
  
  Girls Results
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• AACC Meet Results

  9/23/2025
  Another great showing from our Saints today on a tough course. The boys team took first place and the girls team took second place! 
  
  Here are the full results: 
  https://www.mdtiming.com/2025races.html
  
  Back to work on Thursday at Bates track 3:45pm.
  
  *Also we have finally secured a permit to host a meet at Bates. It will be on Friday 10/3 at 4pm. Stay tuned for more details!*
  
  Thank you for your support!
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• Details for next Tuesday's Meet

  9/19/2025

  Just some details for our XC Meet this coming Tuesday, 9/23 at Anne Arundel Community College.

   

   

  Please pass on to your coaches & XC parents attending:

  • Take the 2nd AACC campus entrance, College Drive, off College Parkway.
  • Follow up the hill & turn left at the stop sign & follow to LOT C to park. 
  • Teams should set up to the far right of the Clauson Center building.
  • The Clauson Center Building is OFF LIMITS for bathroom use / water. (There are classes going on while we are there.)
  • Bathrooms can be found at the top of Lot C in the Careers Center.
  • We will have a table with water cooler for water refills.
  • We will not have a Medic / Trainer at the Meet. Please be prepared with First Aid Kit for your team.
  • Course Walk-through will be around 3:30.
  • The AACC AD has informed me that some of the trail in the woods has even more exposed roots from erosion than last year. These areas will be spray painted, but can wear off, so please inform your runners. 
  • Boys Race at 4pm; Girls Race 4:20.

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• Jericho Park Meet results

  9/19/2025
  Awesome job at the meet everyone. Here is a link to the final results. After clicking link scroll down to September 18th.
  
  https://www.mdtiming.com/2025races.html
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• Jericho Park Meet 9/18/2025

  9/17/2025
  Location: 9510 Laurel - Bowie Rd, Bowie, MD 20720
  
  Time: Girls race will start at 4:00pm, Boys will follow with a 4:30pm start time. 
  
  Athletes are to wear black shorts and uniform top. If they have not received their uniform they can stop by and see Coach Norman or Coach Sears in the Gym today. Otherwise we will bring them to the meet tomorrow. Please remember to bring water and proper shoes to the meet. 
  
  **Once the 4pm race starts the park will be closed and parents/spectators will have to park outside the gate and walk in. **
  
  If you have any questions, please let me know.
  
  Coach Norman
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• XC Practice 9/16 Canceled

  9/16/2025
  Due to the ongoing rain and chance of thunder, practice this afternoon is canceled. 
  
  Uniforms for the season can be picked up in the gym at 3pm today or tomorrow at school.
  
  Apologies for the late notice.
  
  Coach Norman
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• Weather Alert

  9/4/2025
  Please come to Bates for early pick up. We will have athletes secured in vehicles of parents and coaches in the Bates lot. 
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• Welcome 2025 XC Athletes and Families

  8/22/2025
  

  August 2025

  Hello Cross Country Athletes and Families:

   

  We are so excited to have you as part of our team this year! We’re looking forward to a great season of competition and fun representing St. Mary’s School.

  Coach Norman will be the head coach this season assisted by Coach Ward.

  Practices will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:45 to 4:45 at Bates Middle School track. 

  We ask parents that are available to stay for a few moments at drop off and pick up times to assist in monitoring the students as they come and go. This will help keep our practices running smoothly and safely. Below you will find the schedule for the season and this is a fluid schedule. We will update you as soon as we hear of any changes.  All communication will be through My Saint Mary’s cross country page that will be linked to your students profile under extracurricular activities.(Please turn on notifications) If there is a weather cancellation or we need to change something last minute, we will post it on My Saint Mary’s and email you directly.

   

  *Our first practice will be held on Tuesday September 2nd at 3:45 at Bates Middle School track.

  We are looking forward to an amazing season! Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns we will see you all on the track!

  
  
  

  Clothing: Runners are to wear appropriate clothing for all practices. Running shoes are required for each practice and meet. For your child’s safety, they may not participate in practices or meets if they do not have their running shoes. Uniform tops will be provided and are to be worn to all meets. Athletes are to wear black shorts for meets.  

  
  

  Practices: Practices run from 3:45-4:45 pm Tuesday and Thursday at Weems Whalen sports center, which is the track at Bates Middle School. Please do not drop off your child at Bates without one of the SMES coaches present. Please arrive at 4:35pm so that we can promptly dismiss at 4:45pm. Parents provide all transportation to and from practices and meets. Students will need to bring a water bottle to each practice and meet. Please make sure students use the restroom prior to arrival as the bathrooms at Weems Whalen are not always unlocked. 

  
  

  Meets: Meets usually begin with a course walk through at 3:30-3:45 pm, with the first race at 4 or 4:15 pm.  It is very beneficial for runners to walk the course prior to the race. Runners will complete a 2 mile course.   More detailed  information regarding times and locations will be provided prior to each meet.

  
  

  Our team policy is that each runner must attend practices in order to compete in the meets. If we have a meet on Monday or Wednesday, we will only have one practice that week. We ask that students remain at the course once they have finished to cheer on their teammates. 

  
  

  When SMES hosts a meet, we will need parent volunteers to bring snacks, distribute and collect bibs/numbers, and to be on course to guide runners during the meet. Please look for additional  information to be provided.   

  
  

  MSM: ​​ All communication for the XC team is done through MSM.  You can access the information through your child's MSM login and/or by setting up your notifications to receive email alerts. 

  
  

  Please mark your calendars with the following practice and meet dates. 

  Please note: meets and practices might be canceled/rescheduled due to inclement weather.

  
  

  9/2 ~  First practice at Bates  3:45 - 4:45pm

  9/4 ~ Practice 3:45 - 4:45pm

  9/9 ~ Practice 3:45 - 4:45pm

  9/11 ~ Practice 3:45 - 4:45pm

  9/16 ~ Practice 3:45 - 4:45pm

  9/18 ~  Meet at Jericho Park 

  9/21 ~ Kellie Thompson Shiley 5k 10am Terrapin Park

  9/23 ~ Meet at AACC

  9/25 ~ Practice 3:45-4:45pm

  9/29 ~ Home Meet at TBD location, Bates or other

  9/30 ~ Practice 3:45-4:45pm

  10/2 ~ Practice 3:45-4:45pm

  10/7 ~ Meet at AACC

  10/9 ~ Practice 3:45-4:45pm

  10/10 ~ 3rd Annual Cavalier Invitational

  10/14 ~  Practice 3:45-4:45pm

  10/16 ~ Meet at SOTI

  10/21 ~ Practice 3:45-4:45pm

  10/22 ~  XC Championship at KinderPark

  
  

  We are looking forward to a wonderful season!

  
  

  Sincerely,

  
  

  Coach Norman & Coach Ward
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