2025 Skip Grant Cross Country Invitational: Info

Friday, September 19, 2025

Athletes will be granted a 12:15pm dismissal from classes. The bus will depart from DeMatha promptly at 12:45pm. It is, approximately, a 45-minute drive to the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, Md.

Note the following meet details:

Location
Agricultural History Farm Park
18400 Muncaster Rd
Derwood, MD 20855

Meet Schedule
3:15p - Packet Pick-up
4:00p - Boys JV (Unlimited entries)
4:30p - Girls JV
5:00p - Boys Varsity (Max 10 entries)
5:30p - Girls Varsity
6:15p - Awards Ceremony

Registered athletes
Our Varsity team at Skip Grant will consist of Elijah Hawkins, Dominic Hilton, Jesse Holland III, Darius Jones-Humphrey II, Jeremy Juste, Phillip Marshall II, Arvin Mirchandani, Lucas Moisiuk, Andrew Stinson, Roman Zentek

All other athletes on the roster who have broken 30 minutes* in the 5k this season are entered in the Boys JV race: Oluwatoni "Toni" Adefiyiju, Oladimeji "Akin" Alade, Ian Andrews, Nicholas Berry, Michael Bridges, Emilio Chicas, Jaidon Contreras, Don DeRocha Jr, Satchel Drabinski, John Tomas Felicio, Nathaniel Garvin Jr, Dawit Gezae, William Herman, Ryan Hickey, Ryan Jones, Dane Kuzner, Cameron Lamb, Stephen Lawrence Jr, Joseph LeGloahec, Chase Osby, Ryan Pickett, Luke Anthony Quach, Fareed Rahi, Terence Rascher, Xavier Raymond, Julian Righi, Sebastian Righi, Stavros Rodousakis, Alexander Soto, Renaud Williams, Tyson Woods

*Because the JV race is being run first and the schedule has only 30 minutes between races, we are following the 30-minute performance standard requirement for entries this week.

Award Ceremony
JV Races - Shirts for the Top 7 finishers of the winning team; medals to Top 10 individual finishers

Varsity Races - Shirts for all members of 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place teams; medals to Top 10 individual finishers

Estimated return to DeMatha
7:30pm (give or take depending on traffic, which will hopefully have dissipated by the time of our departure)

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). [I will submit a request to the school for our athletes to be permitted to wear their cross country warmups to school that day and will follow up later this week once I have an answer]

  • 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. However, please note that I expect athletes to stay with the team until the conclusion of the meet to support their teammates. 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 Skip Grant Invitational

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

• As of Saturday, September 13, the forecast for September 19 is partly cloudy with a high of 86. Hydrate well, it will be warm.

If you have any questions, contact Coach Puffett directly.