2023 MD Private School Championship: Info

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Athletes will be dismissed from school at 9:45am and the bus will depart from DeMatha at 10:00am. It is, approximately, a 45-minute drive to Bullis School in Potomac, MD.

Note the following meet details [SUBJECT TO CHANGE]:

Location
Bullis School
10601 Falls Rd.
Potomac, MD 20854

Meet Schedule
12:30p - Coaches meeting
1:00p - Varsity Boys (Allowed 10 entries)
1:30p - Varsity Girls
2:00p - Combined Junior Varsity (Unlimited entries)

Registered athletes
Our Junior Varsity team at the MD Private Schools State Championship will consist of Peter Brown, Alexander Davis, Don DeRocha Jr, Brendan Dougherty, Josiah Jones-Humphrey, Jesse Kliman, Cameron Lamb, Joseph LeGloahec, Devin Lewis, Kasapo Mwanza, Ryan Pickett, Aleko Rodousakis, Akintunde Shoetan, Daniel Traves, and Tyson Woods

Our Varsity team at the MD Private Schools State Championship will consist of Maxwell Ellison, William Herman, Jesse Holland, William Jackson, Brandon Smoot and Roman Zentek

Award Ceremonies
There is not an advertised awards ceremony. However there usually are awards for this meet. If more information is provided before meet day, this section will be updated. In any case, if there is an awards ceremony we will plan to remain through it as this is a championship meet and it is good sportsmanship to support all of the athletes in this meet.

Estimated return to DeMatha
4:00pm (give or take depending on traffic)

Athletes:

• • Wear your racing uniforms

    • SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPRESSION GEAR WORN UNDER THE UNIFORM: Compression shorts, if worn, MUST be the same BLUE as our school color (ROYAL BLUE) and stop above the knee. Compression shirts may be short or long sleeve (though I recommend no compression shirts unless the weather is exceptionally cold) but MUST be WHITE . If a logo is visible on either piece of apparel, it must be Under Armour.

  • Wear your team gear (if you did not order any or yours has not arrived, you MUST wear Under Armour clothing to warm up in; do not show up in just your uniform).

  • Wear your training shoes. No flip-flops or crocs until after you've cooled down.

  • Pack your racing spikes, if you have them. These should not be your primary shoes for the course walk and warmup/cool down; these are only to be worn during the race.

  • Everyone must pitch in during set-up and/or take-down in regards to the tent, tarp, etc.

Additional Important Details

• • The distance for this course is 5 kilometers.

  • Parents/guardians can sign up to bring water, gatorade, and/or snacks for the athletes to have before and after their races by using this Signup Genius link for this week.

  • Parents and relatives are encouraged to attend

    • Please note that I expect athletes to stay with the team until the conclusion of the meet to support their teammates. Additionally, this is a championship meet. Please do the best you can to avoid missing your teammates' races. In the event that you absolutely must leave the meet early, you must check in with me first because I need to remain aware of each athlete's location until either I dismiss them to leave with their guardian or until we arrive back at DeMatha. Please do not leave the meet location with your son unless I have dismissed him.

    • IMPORTANT: If you intend to bring your son home from the meet (whether he rode to the meet with you or not), you MUST sign the Return Trip with Parents form and return it to coach before you leave the meet.

    • IMPORTANT: If your son will drive to/from the meet, or if your son will leave the meet with another athlete or parent, you MUST sign the Transportation Verification Carpool form and return it to coach before we depart for the meet.

  • Anybody who takes photos during the meet is encouraged to share them to this shared Google drive folder for the MD Private Schools State Championship

  • Athletes will be told to call/text their ride when we leave Bullis School. I will also send an alert via Remind with an estimated time of arrival at DeMatha.

• As of Saturday, November 4, the forecast for November 9 is partly cloudy with a high of 72. With the early afternoon race times, conditions should be comfortably warm if this forecast holds.

If you have any questions, contact Coach Puffett directly.