November 17:  State Meet at Northfield Mountain
Boys' Division I race at 12:20 PM

The team bus will leave SJ at 9:00 AM; please arrive by 8:45.
We should return to SJ between 3:30 and 4 PM.

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Congratulations to the team for its 3rd-consecutive District Championship
- our 20th in the last 29 years!
(Results are on the 'Schedule & Results' link below.)

Senior co-captain Jonathan Green won the individual DI championship for the 2nd-consecutive year.  Jon's time of 13:50.8 broke the Gardner course record
of 14:00 set at the 1998 State DII Meet by Andy Powell of Oliver Ames HS.

2012/2011 District Meet comparison
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Schedule & Results (updated 11/14/2012)


Dual-meet Results:

Holy Name       Wachusett        SPM          Doherty        Shrewsbury


SJ results at Invitationals:

Ocean State          Wachusett          Bay State & Brown          CMC Meet / Girls

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Please join us for the 30th Annual Alumni Race
on Thanksgiving Day, November 22 at 9:00 AM.

(after the Alumni Mass at 8:00 and
before the football game vs SPM at 10:30)
      
All are welcome to run or watch!

Head Coach: Mr. Raúl Laborde '76 (voicemail ext. 527)
 
Assistant Coach: Mr. Gerard Frew '67 
 
Assistant Coach: Mr. Richard Ovian


Season     Fall

Levels     Varsity, Junior Varsity, and  Freshman - There are no cuts for this team.


Overview 

There are two types of competitions (meets) in Cross Country: dual meets, a meet between two teams, and an invitational, races among many teams. The District and State meets are in the invitational category. In a dual meet there are three possibilities:

1. One race with no limits on the number of runners.

2. Two races - one varsity (12 runners max. per team), and one JV (non-varsity) or one freshman and one non-freshman (no limit).

3. Three races - one varsity (12 max.), one JV (no limit) and one freshman (no limit).

In an invitational there is usually a Varsity race (7 max.), a JV race that has no limit on runners, and a freshman race that has no limit on runners. At districts and states, ten runners are eligible to compete, but a maximum of 7 can actually run.

 

 

 

 


Practices 

Practices start on the Thursday of the week before school starts (August 28, 2010).  Summer running - starting in late June or early July - is very helpful. Practice goes from 2:30 to 4 or 4:30 pm, plus weight lifting 2-3 times a week.

Equipment 

For every practice, you will need a good pair of relatively-new, brand-name running shoes (training shoes, not racing flats), some good running clothes, and a digital watch with a stopwatch.

Team members need to purchase a uniform from the school.