Commitment is a very important tenet to a Jesuit student, and on October 28, 2011, the Jesuit cross-country team skipped out on Ranger Day so that they could fulfill their track duties. The running Rangers faced off against track teams from Skyline, Lake Highlands, Berkner, Sunset, W.T. White, and Richardson in the District Championship Cross Country meet. The cross-country...
Bam! The gun fires. 262 runners thunder forward into the grueling 5000-meter race. After months of training in the summer heat, the Jesuit Cross Country team surges across the hot, sunny field at the Plano ISD Invitational, marking the beginning of XC season.
THE RACE
On Saturday, August 17th, 2019, the grueling heat had reached the 90s by 8 o’clock. A...
Cross country is starting again for Jesuit. In their first three meets, they looked to make an early season statement by asserting themselves as miles ahead of the competition (get it? Because they run? Nothing? Okay...). They began the new season with Thursday Night Lights right here at Postell Stadium. At Norbuck Park, they took part in Luke's Locker...
Every runner knows each race is unique. Lovejoy is one of the biggest and baddest XC meets in all of Texas. With 217 runners in Elite Varsity and 698 in JV, the Jesuit XC team has faced some fearsome competitors. After 3.11 miles of climbing hills, fighting fatigue, and sweating hard, Jesuit shows great improvement and greater potential.
As Ethan...
The Jesuit Cross Country team has been familiar with winning for years. Through the tremendous coaching of Bob Molyet and Jonathan Segal, the Jesuit XC team does not hope for awards or medals or titles, they expect them. Andrew Pott ’14 revealed how this attitude pushes the Rangers, “The coaches are what push us to be so great. I...
One of the first sports at Jesuit to begin training, Cross Country requires a great amount of time and physical effort. Practicing at 6:30 in the morning, the Jesuit Cross Country team, sometimes called distance crew, puts in an immense amount of training to say the least.
After an impressive outing at the Greenhill Relays, the first meet of the...
“Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It’s part of racing.” (Frank Shorter)
At Norbuck Park on October 12th, the Jesuit Cross Country team raced in the District 9-6A Championships. The JV team came in third place and the varsity team came...
Well, hey! I'm here to answer the question in the title!
In all seriousness, the Jesuit cross country team advanced to the UIL Regional I-6A Championship, coming out with a very solid second-place finish in the District 7-6A meet. Furthermore, they finished in second by persevering through rough weather conditions. Yes, I'm fully aware that the cross country season did...
