https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=85gnA6uIAh8

Sophomore Haley Heironiums takes 14th place at the VHSL Class 6 State Championship! Congratulations Haley on your All-State Finish!

Full Results below:

https://va.milesplit.com/meets/442156-vhsl-class-6-state-xc-meet-2021/results#.YZKy42ZKigQ

2021 Occoquan Regional Championships

Today the Falls Church Jaguar Cross Country team had an amazing day.Sophomore Haley Heironimus qualified for the VHSL State 6A Cross Country Championships next week at Great Meadow. She ran the second fastest time in FC girls XC history after running the fastest time last week at Districts. She is currently ranked top 10 in 6A. Freshman Isabella Phillips was also close to making the state finals by placing in the top ten for individual runners.The top 5 make states. Junior Anna Gray and Sophomore Evelyn Keefer also ran their personal records for the girls. The FC boys team also had an amazing day with all 7 runners running personal records. Full Results below.

 Regional Pictures

https://va.milesplit.com/meets/450460-2021-occoquan-region-cc-championship-2021/results#.YYMQAmZKigQ

2021 VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS CROSS COUNTRY MEET INFORMATION:

Great Meadow, 5089 Old Taven Road, The Plains, VA 20198 

Saturday November 13, 2021

Girls Race: 10:30 

Boys Race:  11:15 AM

Website: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/442156-vhsl-class-6-state-xc-meet-2021/info%23.YVHSKi2z0n0#.YYMQ12ZKigQ

ADMISSION: Tickets are only available through Go Fan for $10 per ticket. Please visit https://www.vhsl.org/cross- country/ to purchase state tickets. 

Class 6 Girls - https://gofan.co/app/events/396563?schoolId=VHSL

The Falls Church Cross Country team had 4 All-District Runners at the 2021 National District Championships. Freshman Haley Heironimus took 2nd with a school record 18:17 and Freshman Isabella Phillips took 4th with a top 10 all time FC girl time. In the boys race Sophomore Sam Ross took 9th in a PR 17:24 and Sophomore Aymane Askari took 11th in a PR 17:26. Both the boys and girls teams took 3rd.

2021 National District Championship XC Results

Boys Results

1 Thomas Jefferson S&T 55 

2 Thomas Edison 58 

3 Falls Church 83 

4 Justice 106

5 Hayfield Secondary School 121 

6 Annandale 170 

7 Mount Vernon 188 

8 John R. Lewis High School 201

Girls Results

1 Hayfield Secondary School 48 

2 Thomas Jefferson S&T 67 

3 Falls Church 79 

4 Thomas Edison 88 

5 Annandale 96 

6 Justice 139 

Full results at:

https://va.milesplit.com/meets/449664-2021-national-district-cc-championship-2021/results#.YX7nfGZKigT

FCPS JVJamboree Results October 20, 2021

The Falls Church Boys and Girls competed great yesterday with multiple personal records. Robbie, Trey, Liam, Graham, Gabe, Daniel, Zach, Cici, Maia, and Amy all ran their best times of the year. Congrats!

Full Results at:

https://va.milesplit.com/meets/447609-fcps-jv-jamboree-2021/results#.YXGAqmZKhp8

October 16, 2021 MileStat Invitational

The Falls Church Cross Country Team traveled to Mechanicsville, Virginia for the highly anticipated Milestat Invitational. With over 100 teams, a fast course and great competition it did not disappoint. The FC boys stole the show at this meet.

The JV Boys WON the JV race! Junior Leo Miracle led the way with his first HS win with a PR 18:45. He was smiling all the way! He was followed by Freshman Trey Gagermeir (3rd-PR-19:18), Junior Robbie Potter (5th-19:28), and Junior Liam Glavin (11th-20:17). All four were medalist. The 5th scoring runner was Sophomore Graham Ingalls with a PR 20:54 in 23rd place.

The FC Varsity Boys also came home with a trophy taking 3rd place in the Varsity Race. The Varsity boys were led this week by Junior Peter Kratz (PR-18:12-28th). He was followed by Sophomore Aymane Sakari (PR, 18:18-33rd), Sophomore Sam Ross (18:44, 50th), Senior Brayan Cruz Cruz (18:56), Senior Will Salisbury (18:59), Junior Jamie Perez (19:16), and Senior Finn Kelleher in 19:18. 

In the Elite Girls race Sophomore Haley Heironimus medaled with a time of 19:01. She placed 20th in a highly competitive girls race with girls from many surrounding states. This was just 2 seconds off her best and the second fastest girls time in FC girls XC history. In the Varsity Girls race Freshman Isabella Phillips again medaled with a 10th place finish in 20:50. Isabella is in the top 5 girls in FC XC history with her PR time of 20:13. Running 2nd for the girls in the Varsity race was Junior Damierah Walker in 23:16, followed by Junior Anna Gray (23:33), Junior Harper Tran (24:17), Sophomore Evelyn Keefer (24:50), Sophomore Eden Burton (29:20), and Freshman Cici Steinhauer (29:50.)

History Stats at:

Girls:https://va.milesplit.com/rankings/events/high-school-girls/cross-country/5000m?team=290&year=all

Boys: https://va.milesplit.com/rankings/events/high-school-boys/cross-country/5000m?year=all&team=290

Full Results at: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/436326-milestatcom-xc-invitational-2021/results#.YWwYHmZKigQ

Pictures at:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/kujrjNKzwHfqH4nL9

Oct. 9, 2021 Glory Days Invitational Results

The Falls Church girls and boys team had an outstanding weekend  at the Glory Days Invitational at Bull Run Regional Park. 30 of the top teams in Virginia and out of state competed in a very muddy course where many of our runners finished without shoes! Falls Church was led by Sophomore Haley Heironimus placing 6th in 19:29 out of 114 runners in the race. Freshman Isabella Phillips was 2nd on the team in 21:15.  She was followed by Junior Damierah Walker in a season PR of 23:42, Junior Anna Gray(23:48), Junior Harper Tran(24:04), Sophomore Evelyn Keefer (24:07) and Sophomore Eden Burton 27:49. 

The FC Varsity boys were led this week by Senior Julian Scott in 18:14. He was followed by Junior Peter Kratz PR (18:20), Sophomore Aymane Askari (18:37), Senior Finn Kelleher (19:04) Junior Jamie Perez (19:04), and Senior Jack Kearney (20:59). In the Varsity B race Junior Leo Miracle in PR 19:05 led the way followed by Junior Robbie Potter PR(19:34), Freshman Trey Gagermeir in PR 19:56,  Junior Liam Glavin (20:25), Sophomore Graham Ingalls (21:29) Junior Daniel Shutov (21:34),), Senior Albert Caceres-Rosales (21:41).

Full results at: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/439653-2021-glory-days-grill-invitational-2021/results#.YWhCg2ZKigR

October 15th at Mason District.

The Falls Church JV boys were led by  Sophomore Gabriel Keelor PR (21:16),Senior Albert Caceres-Rosales PR(21:17), Junior Michael Messah (22:49), Sophomore Sebastian  Ramthun (23:05), Junior Joseph Gallacher (23:05), Freshman Zachary Bogan (25:02), Sophomore Nolan Vu (26:00) and sophomore Keven Reyes-Silva (33:51)

The Falls Church Girls were led by Freshman Amy Fernadez in 29:03.

Full results at: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/449236-justice-hayfield-falls-church-edison-2021/results#.YWeBhdrMJEY

Oct. 2, 2021 Octoberfest Invitational Results

The Falls Church girls and boys team had an outstanding weekend in the Plains, Virginia at the Oktoberfest Invitational. 50 of the top teams in Virginia and out of state competed. Falls Church was led by Sophomore Haley Heironimus placing 10th in 18:58 out of 352 runners in the race. This was a NEW SCHOOL 5K RECORD and her first time under 19 minutes. Freshman Isabella Phillips running in the Freshman/Sophomore race WON with a PR time of 20:12. Isabella won out of 205 of the best Freshman/Sophomores in the State. In the Varsity Race Senior Madison Wood ran a PR(22:48), Junior Anna Gray PR(23:12), Sophomore Evelyn Keefer PR (23:42), and Junior Harper Tran PR(23:52). Sophomore Eden Burton was also a PR 27:00 and Freshman Amy Fernandez ran a PR of 29:03. She was followed by Junior Abbey Breehey in 30:29. 

The FC Varsity boys were led again this week by Sophomore Sam Ross with a PR of 17:57. He was followed by Junior Peter Kratz PR (18:21), Sophomore Aymane Askari PR (18:23), Junior Jamie Perez PR (18:39), Senior Will Salisbury (18:50), Senior Brayan Cruz Cruz (18:51), Junior Leo Miracle in PR 19:31, Junior Robbie Potter (19:43), and Junior Liam Glavin (19:43). The JV boys were led by Junior Joseph Gallacher in 20:48, Sophomore Graham Ingalls (21:33), Senior Albert Caceres-Rosales (21:34), Junior Daniel Shutov (21:50),  Sophomore Gabriel Keelor (22:34), Freshman Zachary Bogan (22:44), and Sophomore Nolan Vu (25:32). 

Full results at:

https://va.milesplit.com/meets/435855-octoberfest-invitational-2021/results#.YVjFi2ZKigQ

Homecoming 2021 Cross Country Meet

Sept 22, 2021

Both the girls XC and Boys XC team won their homecoming meets on a rainy, windy, muddy day. Seniors Ayelen Soto-Arze, Madison Wood, Albert Caceres-Rosales, Brayan Cruz Cruz,  Jack Kearney, Finn Kelleher, Will Salisbury, and Julian Scott were all honored on Senior Day at the meet. All will be sorely missed next year! We love you all!

The girls cross country also won over Justice, Mount Vernon, and Lewis with a score of 18 points. The girls were led by Sophomore Haley Heironimus with a NEW COURSE RECORD of 19:33 in first place. In 2nd place was Freshman Isabella Phillips with a time of 20:57. She was followed by Senior Madison Wood (23:36-4th), Junior Anna Gray (23:36-5th), Junior Harper Tran (6th-24:25), and Sophomore Evelyn Keefer (7th-24:25). Sophomore Eden Burton was also 11th in 27:11.

Full results at: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/446512-falls-church-lewis-justice-mount-vernon-2021/results#.YUyaU9NKjUo

The boys won over Justice, Mount Vernon, and Lewis with a perfect score of 15 points. The boys took the first 9 places with Sophomore Sam Ross leading the way in first place with a time of 18:30. He was followed by Senior Finn Kelleher (18:36-2nd), Junior Peter Kratz (18:37-3rd), Sophomore Aymane Askari (18:40-4th), Senior Brayan Cruz Cruz (18:44-5th), Senior Jack Keanery (19:06-6th), Senior Will Salisbury (19:08-7th), Junior Jamie Perez (19:11-8th), and Junior Liam Glavin (19:34-9th)

Full results at: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/446512-falls-church-lewis-justice-mount-vernon-2021/results#.YUyaU9NKjUo

Friday, September 24-No XC practice due to Homecoming Festvities

9-14-2021 Cross Country Meet Summary

The Falls Church Boys and Girls both won their cross country meets today on a hot and humid day. 

The boys won with a perfect score of 15 points taking first through 5th places. Hayfield was 2nd with 57 pts, Annandale 3rd with 74 pts, and Edison 4th with 115 pts. The boys were led by sophomore Sam Ross in 20:05 (1st). Sam took the lead early and never looked back. Junior Peter Kratz  followed in (20:21-2nd), Amayne Askari (20:35-3rd), Will Salisbury (20:43-4th), and Brayan Cruz Cruz in (20:47-5th.)

Sophomore Haley Heironimus led the girls XC team again this week in 1st place with a time of 21:06. She was followed by Freshman Isabella Phillips in 2nd place in 23:12.The girls had a battle with Hayfield and were behind at the 2 mile until Senior Captain Madison Wood (4th- 24:47), Junior Harper Tran (6th-25:27), and Junior Evelyn Keefer (8th-25:50) fought to pass a few more runners to make the win possible.  The Jaguar girls won with 21points, Hayfield 2nd-37 pts, Annandale-3rd-69 pts, and Edison 4th with 110pts.

Full Results at: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/445436-annadale-hayfield-falls-church-edison-2021/results#.YUFKLNNKiqA

The Mattress Sale Fundraiser needs athletes from each team to sign-up to hold a sign for advertisements. This is important as these funds help fund our athletic program.

We need five athletes to sign up per session and hold the signs up.

The store has the signs for our student to hold. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054BAAA82CABF85-falls

Wednesday September 22nd Home Meet

Location: Falls Church High School Stadium

**Parent Volunteers needed to help with meet. Email msmith@fcps.edu to volunteer***

4:30pm Senior Recognition at Starting Line

5:00pm Boys Race

5:40pm Girls Race

Tuesday September 14th

Meet at Lee District Park: 6601 Telegraph Rd, Alexandria, VA 22310

Bus Departure: 3:15 pm

Meet Starts Boys 5pm, Girls 5:30pm

Bus Arrival at Falls Church: 6:45pm

Teams: Annandale, Edison, Hayfield, Falls Church

Pacers Running in Fairfax will give FC athlete 15% off of shoes and gear! Mention you area Falls Church athlete at check out!

Pacers running address: 10420 North St, Fairfax, VA 22030

This week the team had split meets. The JV ran at Mason District Park and the Varsity at Oatlands Invitational.

The girls cross country team finished in 21st place in a meet with 89 teams! They outran many of their local rivals including George Marshall.  The girls were led by Sophomore Haley Heironimus's top 25 finish in 20:05. She was followed by Freshman Isabella Phillips in 21:46. Senior Madison Wood (23:04), Junior Harper Tran (23:55), Evelyn Keefer (23:56) and Junior Anna Gray (25:20) round out the top 7.

The boys cross country team running without 3 of their 4 top runners in Senior Finn Kelleher, Junior Robbie Potter, and Senior Jack Kearney finished in 47th place out of 89 teams. The team was led by Sophomore Sam Ross in 18:41, followed by Junior Peter Kratz (19:17), Junior Jamie Perez (19:39), Senior Will Salisbury (19:40), Junior Liam Glavin (20:19), and Junior Leo Miracle (20:30.)

Full Results at: https://va.milesplit.com/meets/435756-oatlands-invitational-2021/results#.YTz3hNNKiqA

Team Time Spreadsheet at: //bigteams-public-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/library/files/fallschurchsports_21/files/2021%20Race%20Times%20as%20of%20sept%20111.pdf

 (PR's in yellow)

The following athletes were top ten at the Mason Meet: Bayran Cruz Cruz (4th-20:49), Leo Miracle (5th-20:44), Jamie Perez(6th-20:52) and Trey Gagermeier in 10th place 21:33. The JV boys team running against the varsity teams was second to Justice. 1st Justice-23pts, 2nd FC-42 pts, 3rd-Annandale-85 pts, 4th-Mount Vernon-108pts, 5th-TJ-116pts. The FC girls had an incomplete team.

The following athletes ran personal records this week: 

Isabella Phillips, Madison Wood, Harper Tran, Eveylyn Keefer, Anna Gray, Eden Burton, Sam Ross, Jamie Perez, Leo Miracle, Brayan Cruz Cruz, Trey Gagermeier, Albert Cacerese-Rosales, Joseph Gallacher, Graham Ingalls, Daniel Shutovm and Kai Ferrro.

Thursday August 26th: 7pm-8:15pm in Round Tree Park 

Friday August 27th: 7pm-8:30pm in Round Tree Park (Pizza party still on)

Saturday August 28th: 8a.m-9:30am at Falls Church High School Stadium

Just as games and activities are ramping up, so are class elections!. We believe that our school's athletes would be great candidates for class officer roles. That said, we'd greatly appreciate your cooperation in spreading awareness about elections and encouraging your athletes to run for office. 

Class elections are on September 9th and the applications are due on September 5th at 12 PM. Players can use this link to complete the application. Please direct students with questions to Ms. Sherman in Room 135 or have them contact her at mesherman@fcps.edu. 

September 22nd Senior Recognition at Home Meet starting 4:30pm in the Stadium

Concession stands at games help all athletics at FCHS. Field Hockey has a match TOMORROW without any volunteers. Please provide this link to your families so they can help. It's really easy and on not-so-great weather days, it can be an ideal place to watch a game. 

https://signup.com/group/129578468099?utm_source=group-badge-volunteer-green

On Wednesday, September 8^th we will be hosting an All athletes meeting from 315-4pm in the cafeteria. All Fall athletes and coaches are expected to attend. We will be focusing on what it means to be a Falls Church athlete and good sportsmanship.

Monday August 23rd Practice starts at school 3:30-5:30pm. Meet at the stadium Monday- Friday.

• Be checked in at the stadium by 3:30pm (if your late we could already be off running and you will miss practice.)
• Use your phone to scan in with the QR code each day. 
• Have a mask when we go into the school for weight room or buses.
• Have a minimum 32oz of water daily. 
• Be ready for changing weather conditions. Have change of clothes, sweats, etc.

Check the season calender in the files for changes.

https://fallschurchsports.org/main/teamfiles/id/28369/seasonId/4641234

Please use the order link below to order your singlet and shorts for cross country. This same uniform can be worn for cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track. Shorts and singlets are required. You can choose to order additional items if you like. Uniforms take 3-4 week to arrive from the close of the close of the order. 

STORE OPEN until August 25th.

https://zerolimitlifestyle.tuosystems.com/stores/fallschurchcrosscountry

Pre-Season Conditioning:

Summer training begins at Roundtree Park @ 8am on Mondays starting on JULY 12TH, Wednesdays at Falls Church High School@8am July 14th, and Fridays at Eakin Park@8am July 16th. 

Official practice begins Monday August 2nd,( Mon-Friday at 8 am-9:30-am).  After school practice will begin August 23, 3:30-5:30pm.

Check the team calendar in the files for updated practice times and meets:

https://fallschurchsports.org/main/teamfiles/id/3291/seasonId/4641235

Coaches contact information:

Matt Smith-Head Coach, msmith@fcps.edu and Ben Ryan-Assistant Coach, bhryan@fcps.edu

Workouts posted at https://www.strava.com/clubs/jaguarsrun

Also, make sure you have registered for sports at this link. Sports registration site:

Fallschurch-ar.rschooltoday.com

Student Physical form can be handed into the athletic office or at the first practice and need to be completed before you practice. Physical form can be found at: https://fallschurchsports.org/main/filesLinks/

Appointments at:  https://fallschurchsports.org/main/adnews/ID/53602635

Parents and athletes please fill out thqt you have read the team rules and understand them:

https://forms.gle/kBx1XL5L8UtnFYgDA

Equipment Needed

You must purchase a school cross country uniform (cost approx $35) to be worn at all competitions. The uniform can be used in cross country, indoor and outdoor track. Order link below will be given at a later time. You need a singlet and green shorts.

Good running shoes, racing spikes, socks, shorts, t-shirts, black warm-up pants, 32 oz water bottle with name on it, cold weather gear-long sleeves,wind/rain resistant jacket,gloves,winter hat, and tights.  A running watch is helpful. Dress for the weather!

Here are the names and addresses of two excellent, local running stores to help with shoes/spikes: 

Road Runner Sports, 1120 W Broad St, Falls Church, VA 22046

Potomac River Running Store, 111 Maple Ave W, Vienna, VA 22180

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.

This article was written by an independent journalist not affiliated with Falls Church High School and the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Falls Church High School.