-General season outlook –
We look to take another step forward this Fall. We have 15 distance runners on the XC team and have added some exciting new additions. We return Baara Stewart (2:11 800, 4:38 1500, 5:00 Mile, 22:02 6k), Rebekka Hillier (5:11 Mile, 10:31 3k, 23:03 6k), Jennifer Maxwell (4:52 1500, 23:09 6k) and Mari Collick (4:52 1500, 11:44 Steeple, 23:54 6k). We added Anna Amato (Fluvanna County HS, VA – 5:00, 11:28, 18:38), Whitney Duhon (Northwest HS, MD – 5:18, 11:24, 19:30), Camille Swirsding (North Allegheny HS, PA – 11:35, 19:05), Addison Mau (West Springfield HS, VA – 2:16, 3:02 (1k), 19:33) among others. Last Fall, we won the Baltimore Metro Meet, the DSU Sting Invite and placed 2nd at the Delaware Invite before finishing 8th out of 13 teams at CAAs. We look to continue to improve upon our CAA and Mid-Atlantic Regional placements with more depth and continued progression from our top returners.
-Athletes to watch –
Baara Stewart ran some big PRs in both XC and Track last year as a Sophomore. She dropped her 6k from 23:24.2 to 22:02.6 and in the spring ran a PR of 2:11.97 at the CAA Outdoor Championships. She was 5th indoors in the 800m and our #2 runner at the CAA XC Championships.
-Athletes looking to make a big splash or a big jump –
Rebekka Hillier. As a freshman she ran 23:03 for 6k and split 5:05 on the anchor leg of our DMR school record indoors before having to miss the outdoor season. She had a great summer of training and was our #1 runner at our first meet in 18:50 for 5k.
-Conference/Regionals Expectations –
We are looking to finish in the Top 7 of the CAA and in the Top 25 of the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region
-Program Highlights –
Broke the DMR school record two years in a row (now sits at 11:59.18) and placed 6th at CAAs in 2024. Baara Stewart has finished 5th in the 800m both indoor and outdoor at CAAs (the highest finish for any Tiger in the event at CAAs in program history). Her 2:13.05 indoor sits second all time and her 2:11.97 outdoor sits third all time in the program. – Won the ECAC Team Championship Outdoor in 2023 and Indoor in 2025.
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