Charles Davis ran 8.00 for 55M hurdles en route to his 60M Hurdle school record time of 8. at the Penn Relays Showcase. Davis broke the record, which stood since 1975. It is the oldest record in Indoor Track and Field history!
Saint Mark's XC and Track & Field had its most impressive year in team history in 2025, setting an astonishing 32 news school records! Since the board was in installed in 2017, the teams have combined to break 67 out of 99 possible school records! **They have also already broken 4 more records in 2026!
Indoor Boys Records set in 2025
60M Hurdles- Charles Davis. 8.87
200M. Eli Burke - 21.98
300M -Brian Yeager - 35.95
500M - Brian Yeager - 1:05.65 - STATE ALL-TIME PERFORMANCE
800M - Brian Yeager - 1:52.89 - STATE ALL-TIME PERFORMANCE
1600M/1-Mile - Alec Jurgaitis - 4:23.41
3000M - Abner Murillo - 9:11.93
Triple Jump - Ace Odumosu - 45-2.25
4x200M Relay - Burke, Davis, McClain, Yeager - 1:31.22
4x400M Relay - Davis, Jurgaitis, Lamb, Yeager - 3:28.10
4x800M Relay Wrinn, Jurgaitis, Hogate, Yeager - 7:56.01 -STATE RECORD
Indoor Girls Records set in 2025
60M - Alexis Donovan - 7.78
60M Hurdles - Kiara Davis - 9.27
200M - Reagan Garibaldi - 25.17
300M - Reagan Garibaldi - 41.06
400M - Reagan Garibaldi - 59.15
500M - Reagan Garibaldi - 1:22.56
Long Jump - Kiara Davis - 18-5.25
4x200M Relay - Alexis Donovan, Arianna Donovan, Kiara Davis, Reagan Garibaldi -1:42.66 STATE RECORD
Outdoor Boys Records set in 2025
200M. Eli Burke - 21.75
800M - Brian Yeager 1:51.66
1600M - Alec Jurgaitis 4:17.21
2000M Steeplechase - Evan Paskevicius - 6:34.83
Triple Jump - Ace Odumosu - 46-8.25
Pole Vault - Michael Burgos - 11-9
4x200M - Lamb, Yeager, Davis, Burke - 1:28.63
Swedish Medley - Burke, Lamb, Yeager, Hankins - 2:01.20
Outdoor Girls Records set in 2025
Long Jump - Kiara Davis -19-5
4x100M - Donovan, Donovan, Kavis, Garibaldi - 47.90
4x200M - Donovan, Davis, Donovan, Garibaldi - 1:40.88
Swedish Medley - Muzzi, Donovan, Davis, Garibaldi - 2:22.17
Cross Country Records set in 2025
Fastest 5-Runner Average - Jurgaitis, Wrinn, Murillo, Paskevicius, Plouffe- 16:20
Congratulations to the boys' XC team for earning the 2025 Delaware Team of the Year award at the N5CTA All-State Banquet held at Saint Mark's! The boys capped an incredible season with the team title at the DIAA Division II state meet. Congratulations to the coaching staff and Coach DiGennaro for earning State Coach of the Year and New Castle County Coach of the Year!
Alec Jurgaitis- 1st-Team All-State, All County
Connor Wrinn- 2nd-Team All-State, All County
Evan Paskevicius- 2nd-Team All-State, All County
Abner Murillo- 3rd-Team All-State, All County
Sadie Trumbull- 3rd-Team All-State, All County
Nathan Plouffe- 3rd-Team All-State, All County
Natalie Murillo- 3rd-Team All-State
Landon Baker- All County
The boys took first by 42 points to win the New Castle County Championship on Saturday! The team combined for 73 points to take the win! The Spartans placed 6 on All-County (Top 25) and 7 in the top 27 to take their first team title since 2002! Alec Jurgaitis, Abner Murillo, Evan Paskevicius, Connor Wrinn, Landon Baker, and Nate Plouffe all earned ALL-COUNTY honors, with Tanner Ehemann finishing 27th. Tanner is the first #7 runner in school history to break 17 minutes!
The girls finished 8th overall, tying them with Newark Charter in total points. The girls were led by Sadie Trumbull's 23rd-place finish, good for ALL COUNTY!! Natalie Murillo and Tessa Palm finished 27th and 41st to help lead the team!
The boys JV had their best meet of the season, finishing 4th overall and just 6 points away from 2nd! Ryan Brooks had a breakthrough race, finishing 3rd overall in 17:36! Taylor Cook and Grant Thompson finished in the top-20 to medal for the team in the top-20! The girls' JV finished 8th overall, with Ariana Flickinger leading the team!
Season-Best through Counties
All-Time at Bellevue (updating soon)
The Saint Mark's Spartans brought up the Joe O'Neill Invite boys' team title for the first time in school history. Since 2008, the boys have been racing the Joe O'Neill Invite in honor of our late XC Coach. This fall they brought home the hardware!! The team was led by Evan Paskevicius's 10th place finish, which tied his PR at 16:15. Seniors Alec Jurgaitis, Connor Wrinn, and Abner Murillo finished 18th, 20th, and 22nd, respectively to lead the team to a 95-point score. Juniors Nate Plouffe, Landon Baker, and Tanner Ehemann came in just 15 seconds apart to round out our top 7 runners!
The girls finished 9th overall, with Natalie Murillo again leading the charge in 24th overall at 20:02. Sadie Trumbull finished in 20:20 to come in 2nd for the team.
The JV boys and girls both came in 6th overall.
Results
Season-Best Times through Joe O'Neill
Cary, NC. The boys varsity team earned a spot on the line in the Race of Champions at the Great American XC Festival and placed 21st out of 40 teams in the Nationally competitive race. The top 5 averaged 16:28 on the day, good for #2 all time! Alec Jurgaitis led the team, finishing 47th overall and establishing a new Wake Med team course record in 15:41. Abner Murillo ran the 2nd fastest time in school history at 16:15. Connor Wrinn also ran the fifth fastest time in school history with a 16:21 on the hilly course. Evan Paskevicius (16:47) and Landon Baker (17:13) rounded out the top five.
The girls varsity team placed 24th out of 52 teams in the Blue race at the Great American Cross Country Festival. The top 5 averaged 21:00 on the hilly course. Natalie Murillo and Sadie Trumbull ran the 5th and 7th fastest times in school history on the course, with Tessa, Olivia, and Mari rounding out the top-5 for the Spartans.
Both boys and girls JV teams finished 35th overall in this highly competitive meet.
Overall, the boys and girls combined to sets 21 personal bests on the day!
The Saint Mark's boys continue their historic season with a big win at the Six Flags Invite in the Varsity C Race. The boys combined to average 16:30 for the top-5 runners, which is #2 in school history. Abner Murillo led the way by setting a new school record on the course, being the first Spartan to ever dip under 16 minutes. His 15:57 is #6 in school history for a 5K on any course.
Evan Paskevicius broke the junior school record with a time of 16:15 to finish 8th overall! He holds the #3 time in school history. Junior Nate Plouffe had a 1:10 improvement from last year to come in 12th overall in 16:35.
The girls finished 4th overall out of 25 schools in the Varsity C Race. Natalie Murillo, Sadie Trumbull, and Tessa Palm led the way to medal for the team!
The boys JV finished 3rd overall to earn a team trophy, and the JV girls came in 6th!
BOYS FINISH 3RD, GIRLS FINISH 5TH AT THE SPARTAN MOONLIGHT INVITE
Award pics from Moonlight (Don Paul Photography)
All-Time Top Moonlight
Cross Country Under the Lights
Live results provided by Fulton Accurate Timing on FAT.LIVE.
Race splits
The 4K will have 3 race splits and a finish split. We will split at the 1100M, 1600M, 3200M, and the finish result.
The 3200M course will also have 3 live race splits at 1100M,1600M, 2400M, and the finish result.
The 1.1 mile course will have live race splits at 1000M and the finish result.
Meet information Page for 2025
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UPDATED COURSE MAP- NEW FINAL 400M
**Note** any car that parks along the driveway up the campus will be immediately towed. It is a safety concern and we need the road clear for ambulance and fire trucks.
Live Results 2024
Delaware Online Article - by Brandon Holvec
Pics- Don Paul Photography _ Feel free to download and use.
meet videos below
Join us LIVE on Friday and Saturday at 3:30 on instagram @spartanrunner_XCTF for a preview show and race analysis.
The Spartan boys and girls both kicked off the 5K season with big wins over Cape Henlopen and Sussex Tech!
The boys defeated Cape 23-34, and also broke a new school record with the win. Alec Jurgaitis, Abner Murillo, Alec Jurgaitis, Evan Paskevicius, Connor Wrinn, and Nathan Plouffe averaged 16:20 to shatter the 5-runner record set last year at 16:35. Alec's 15:38 is #2 in school history and just 1 second off the school record. Abner's 16:14 is a new lifetime PR and is #10 in school history!
The girls win over Cape was capped off by Natalie Murillo's first place overall victory in 20:00! She was followed up by Sadie Trumbull (3rd) Tessa Palm (4th) Ally Kushkieva (9th) and Olivia Hardy (10th)!
Calling all alumni, coaches, friends, family, teachers, administrators, and fans! This year, The Community Race presented by V.O2 will be scored, and the top team will win a trophy! For scoring, teams must have at least 4 runners finish the race, with at least 1 male and 1 female. Medals will also be awarded to the top 25 finishers in the race. Coaches can race for free. $15 entry fee for all other registrants. Day of registration for the community will be located at packet pickup and will close at 5:00pm.
Coach Registration Link (FREE!)
As a reminder, the registration deadline for Spartan Moonlight Showcase 2025 is approaching. All athlete entries must be submitted before Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM (EDT). Invoices can be paid directly on athletic.net or via check and brought to the packet pickup tent on race day.
We can't wait to see you on September 20th for the second Spartan Moonlight Showcase!
Senior Abner Murillo led the Spartans by finishing 11th overall and setting a new senior record on Saturday at the Unionville 2-Mile Bash. Murillo covered the 2-mile course in 10:09 to break the existing senior record by 20 seconds. The current varsity boys now earn the top-4 spots all time and 7 of the top 13 times in school history! Abner, Evan,Nate, and Landon all medaled for the Spartans!
For the girls, Natalie Murillo and Tessa Palm lead the way with top finishes in their respective races. Natalie ran 12:56 to be the 5th fastest girl in school history on the course! Tessa finished 18th overall in her race to medal in the senior race! The breakout of the day was Olivia Hardy's 38th place finish in 13:41!
The team has the weekend off before returning next Tuesday to Sand Hill to take on Cape Henlopen High School!
Natalie Murillo #4 All Time for girls!
Click here for the complete 2025 Fall Racing Schedule
WEEK 3
Wed, Aug 27 3:15-5:00 at Saint Mark's
Thur, Aug 28. 7:00-9:00pm at Saint Mark's Track under the lights
****Races will be live streamed on Instagram and will be posted on our Youtube page!
Friday, Aug 29- On your own
Sat, Aug 30- On your own
Monday, Sept 1 On your own
The boys' team repeated on Saturday as Division II State Champions with 108 points! The girls finished 2nd overall for the 3rd straight year with 135.5 points! Congrats to both teams.
The senior class has combined to earn 4 State Championships and 3 Runner Up trophies in the last 4 years!
NATIONALS SCHEDULE
Boys- Boston, MA, at the New Balance Indoor Nationals.
Girls- New York, NY at the Nike Indoor Nationals
We are proud to send our finest athletes off to compete against the best athletes in the country at the National Championship meets this week. Please wish them luck as they look to represent our very own Pike Creek Track Club.
Thursday, March 13
New Balance Nationals 4x800M at 5:00pm (Wrinn, Jurgaitis, Hogate, Yeager)
Friday, March 14
New Balance Nationals 4x200M at 2:00pm (Burke, McClain, Davis, Yeager)
Nike Nationals 4x200M. 5:12PM (Al Donovan, Davis, Ar Donovan, Garibaldi)
Saturday, March 15
Nike Nationals 60M Dash at 10:55am Kiara Davis
New Balance Nationals 200M at 2:32PM Eli Burke.
Nike Nationals 400M at 3:56PM Reagan Garibaldi
New Balance Nationals 800M at 4:24PM Brian Yeager
Sunday, March 16
Nike Nationals Long Jump Championship at 12:30PM Kiara Davis
Congratulations to Eli Burke for running 21.98 at AAU Nationals on Saturday and breaking his own 200M indoor school record! He finished 2nd overall in the event down in Virginia Beach.
https://flashresults.com/2025_Meets/Indoor/03-07_AAU/040-2_compiled.htm
Saint Mark's girls finished 3rd overall and the boys came in 7th at the DIAA State Meet.
The Spartans stole the show at the state meet with two state relay records! The Boys' 4x800M and the girls 4x200M cracked state records and are nationally ranked athletes! The team of Connor Wrinn, Alec Jurgaitis, Patrick Hogate ran 7:56.01 to break the record by over 2 seconds! They are also ranked #16 in the nation! Alexis Donovan, Kiara Davis, Arianna Donovan, and Reagan Garibaldi broke their own state record in running 1:42.66! They are ranked #
Kiara Davis is also state champion and ALL STATE in the long jump, the first win in that event in state history! Eli Burke broke the school record in the 200M in finishing 4th in 22.16. The boys 4x400M finished 3rd overall in 3:28.10 to break the existing school record! Brian Yeager also finished 3rd overall in the 400M in a new PR of 49.88.
Freshman Sophia Montee also took home a 3rd place medal in the triple jump!
The boys finished 5th overall at the New Castle County Champs. They were led by Evan Paskevicius and Connor Wrinn who both earned All County! The girls were led by a trio of Sienna Trumbull (29th), Tessa Palm (30th) and Natalie Murillo (33rd).
The boys' JV took 2nd overall, placing 5 runners in the top 15! The girls rose to 5th overall in the JV race!
The Saint Mark's XC Team made history on Saturday at the Six Flags Wild Safari Invitational. The boys became the fastest team in school history, eclipsing a record that stood since 2007! The 5-runner varsity average of 16:35 was shattered by over 12 seconds. The team also won the entire merged field race, which brought together over 140 schools!
Alec Jurgaitis (16:17) Brian Yeager (16:37) Connor Wrinn (16:37) Abner Murillo (16:41) Evan Paskevicious (16:44) Patrick Hogate (17:11) and Michael Witkowski (18:10) took first overall in the C Race and became the fastest team in the school's 55-year history. They also ran the 3rd, 5th,6th,7th, and 8th fastest times on the course in school history. Alec Jurgaitis broke the junior record, with Evan Paskevicious breaking the sophomore record along the way.
The boys' JV also took first overall and won the merged JV score as well. Sophomores Nate Plouffe (17:40) and Tanner Ehemann (17:41) took 2nd and 3rd overall to pace the team to victory!
The girls finished 9th overall in the varsity race and WON the JV C Race!
Sadie Trumbull (20:19) Tessa Palm (20:29) and Natalie Murillo (20:30) ran the 8th, 10, and 11th fastest times in school history on the course on Saturday. Mary Cantoran ran a 2-minute PR to finish in 22:20, with Ashley Geisewite, Katelyn Rybaltowski, and Paige Bienkowski rounding out our top 7. The JV team placed 4 girls in the top-20, with Ally Kushkieva finishing 2nd overall!
Girls varsity took 9th overall, with the JV girls taking home the C team Championship!
The first ever Spartan Moonlight Showcase kicked off on Saturday night with 13 races in 4 hours. The teams brought home 3rd in both races, and 1st in both JV races as well!
Results.-
The Spartans headed to Sussex County to take on Cape Henlopen, Milford, Sussex Academy, Sussex Tech, and Wilmington Christian at the beautiful Sand Hill Fields course.
The boys came away with a win and a near school record, as the top boys averaged 16:51 over 5K for the first five runners. That is just 4 seconds off the existing record of 16:47 set in 2008. They were led by Abner Murillo's 16:32 finish. The 1-5 split was under 30 seconds!
The girls finished 2nd overall. The Spartans were led by junior captain Tessa Palm who ran 20:26 for a 90 second personal best by 1:32! Freshmen Natalie Murillo (20:44) and Sadie Trumbull (21:18) finished 3rd and 7th, respectively.
Click here to preview our fall preseason and racing schedule
All changes to the schedule will be marked in RED. Our XC schedule with more information is also found on the tabs at the top (2024 XC Schedule)
Our 13th annual SMXC Summer Kickoff party will take place this Monday, June 17th, 6:00PM at Papermill Park. We will go for a short run, play games, eat food, and hear from our guest speaker.
the guest speaker for 2024 is Connor Nisbet. Connor was the state and county champion in 2016, 2016, and 2017 with Wilmington Friends. He holds the state record for 5000M with a 15:00 his senior year. He also ran 14:44 indoor his senior year. Connor just recently graduated from Princeton University.
Personal Bests High School:
1600M-4:12 (DE #3)
3200M-9:00 (DE #2)
5000M XC- 15:00 (State record) 4000M XC 12:28 (state record)
14:44 indoor 5000M (State all time #1)
Collegiate Personal Bests:
5000M Track -13:49
10000M- 28:56
Individual accomplishment:
DIAA Division II State Champion2016, 2017, 2018
New Castle County XC Champion 2016, 2017, 2018
3x DII state Champion at 3200M
NCAA Nationals Competitor in XC 2022, 2023
59th in USA at 2023 Nationals
High School Team Accomplishments:
2019 DIAA Division I State Champions
Congratulations to our boys track and field team for winning the DIAA State Championship on Saturday! Congratulations also to our girls for finishing runners up at states. The boys and girls combined to score 245 points over the weekend!
The Spartans had multiple state champions at the meet. The boys' 4x800 team finished 1st overall, set a new school record, broke the state meet record at 7:51, and ran the 89th fastest time in the nation! The girls' 4x200M finished 1st overall as well, just missing their school record, but ran a US nationally ranked time of 1:43.15.
Reagan Garibaldi broke the 200M outdoor record by 1/100th of a second in running 24.95! The record stood since 1993. Alexis Donovan won the 100M dash in 12.30, a new PR! Ava Malgiero took first in the triple jump with a mark of 34-5.5, and finally Ellie Brown concluded her career by winning the vault on Friday, clearing 8-6 for the win!
The team also had 8 2nd place finishes on the day!
The boys finished out the year as the #1 ranked team in all of Delaware after concluding an undefeated season!
Season-Best Through States BOYS
Season-Best Through States GIRLS
The boys track and field team took 1st out of over 40 schools at the 81st New Castle County Championship! The girls showed their strength as they claimed 3rd overall, their 4th straight top-3 finish!! The teams combined for 17 athletes on ALL COUNTY (top 3 in each event).
The teams also combined to win 5 events and set 2 new school records over the weekend.
Chad Dohl- 100M Champion
Max Batten- High Jump Champion
Tahj Johnson, Jude Rykaczewski, Keigan Barnes, Chad Dohl- 4x100M Champions and school record! 42.79
Matthew Cox, Brandon Smith, Connor Gehbardt, Brian Yeager- 4x400M Champions
Arianna Donovan, Alexis Donovan, Angel Rizzo, Reagan Garibaldi- 4x200M Champions and school record 1:43.03
Girls School Records
The Saint Mark's boys, led by Michael Burgos's new school record, defeated Salesianum on Tuesday in a close-fought Catholic Championships. The girls were led by 4x200M school record holders Arianna Donovan, Alexis, Donovan, Angel Rizzo, and Reagan Garibaldi!
The team had an epic day on Tuesday, qualifying 27 boys and 17 girls for the DIAA state meet on the same day. The Spartans had impressive double wins from Chad Dohl, Brian Yeager, and Arianna Donovan as both boys and girls cruised to 5-0 on the season.
Records Fall at the 2024 N5CTA Twilight Invitational
Saint Mark's broke 3 school records on Monday night at the 2024 Twilight Invitaitonal at Saint Mark's. Chad Dohl ran 10.97 to become the fastest runner in school history, breaking the record of 10.99 set by Scott Veri and Zion Glover. Michael Burgos pole vaulted 10-6 to tie the existing record set by Patrick Palm. Finally, the Distance Medley Relay team of Alec Jurgaitis, Sean Kemske, Connor Gebhardt, and Brian Yeager ran 10:46.07 to break the old record by 12 seconds. That record has stood since 1987!
The boys took 1st overall in 9 events on the evening!
The girls were led by big wins by Arianna Donovan (100h and 300H) and Hailey Isabell (1st in discus and 2nd in shot). They also took 1st overall in the distance medley relay!
The Spartans are 2-0 after wins on Wednesday at Newark Charter and Archmere. Logan Klein led the way with three wins. He took first in the shot put, discus, and 4x200M Relay.
Season-Best Performances (coming soon)
Brian Yeager, Connor Gebhardt, Brandon Smith, and Alec Jurgaitis ran 8:00.84 to finish first in their race and 15th overall. They ran the #2 time in STATE HISTORY. They shattered our school record this season by 21 seconds.
School Records
All-time in Delaware
You can watch their race live HERE.
Results are found HERE.
Friday, March 8 Practice 3:10-5:00
Saturday, March 9 No Practice
Monday, March 12 1:15-3:00pm (no school that day)
Tuesday, March 13 3:10-5:00
Wed< March 14 3:10-5:00
Thurs March 15 3:10-5:00
Friday, March 16 3:10-5:00
Saturday, March 17 10:00-11:45PM
