July runs will be starting soon! These runs are optional but encouraged!
Tuesdays 9:45 AM-10:30 AM at Al’s Cafe/Rite Aid Montour Trail Entrance (parking available at the Elementary School which sits behind the Rite Aid (Washington Elementary School, 515 Clifton Rd, Bethel Park, PA 15102):July 2,9,16,23,30
Wednesdays at 6:30 PM-7:15 PM at Tandem Bike Shop Montour Trail Entrance (Tandem Connection Bike Shop, 5 Georgetown Rd., Hendersonville, PA):July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Thursdays9:45 AM-10:30 AM at Al’s Cafe/Rite Aid Montour Trail Entrance (parking available at the Elementary School which sits behind the Rite Aid (Washington Elementary School, 515 Clifton Rd, Bethel Park, PA 15102):July 11, 18, 25
ANY CANCELLATIONS or changes will be done through SportsYOU. The Join code for SportsYou is: WL28FRND.
We will use this as the primary information platform from Coaches to Athletes/Parents. Additionally, athlete attendance will be done each day when the official season starts in August
Returning and prospective parents, please plan to join our Google meet, tomorrow, Monday June 10, at 7:00 PM. Please use this following link: https://meet.google.com/pmm-sxrm-prg We need returning parents to attend in order to vote our new slate of board members in. We also will have a few new items to point out and will have an overview of cross country especially for prospective parents. Returning parents, let’s give our prospective parents a warm welcome. Check your email (sent on June 5) for more information.
Anyone interested in running for USCXC in the Fall of 2024, mark your calendars for TUES 6/4/24 right after school in room 226. We will hold an informational meeting to get ready for the summer training. Also if you have not started logging your miles, it is not too late! See the Summer training information packet for all the needed details (https://docs.google.com/document/d/11mcMBm52YgkyTHLdQcmHUJfN0-Nyy2QCr6XkIropMhg/edit?usp=sharing) If you know you are going to be part of the team in the Fall but cannot attend the June 4th meeting, please reach out to Mr. Petrick or Mrs. Chermak. If you know someone who wants to join the team, but cannot attend the meeting and is not a member of this SprotsU page, please ask them to contact Mr. Petrick or Mrs. Chermak for details.
Wishing Sawyer Weinmann, Lydia Rhodes, and Meredith Rhodes a fantastic race as they represent USC at the PIAA state meet in Hershey, PA tomorrow, Saturday 11/4. The girls run at 11:00 and the boys run at 1:15. Live coverage can be found here: https://pcntv.com/sports/piaa-sports/crosscountry/
All non-WPIAL athletes, please stay after school tomorrow in Cafe 321 to make signs. There will be snacks!
If you are on Instagram, follow our NEW account at @usc.xc
It’s our final pasta dinner! Wednesday 10/25 6-7:30 at the Hess home, 2519 Morton Rd. However please do not park on Morton Rd. Cars can be parked on Lattidome, or on Shenandoah, in front of the Weinmann home (2528 Shenandoah)
Banquet is on 11/1. Thanks to all those who RSVPd already. If you have not done so, please check your email and RSVP on the Google form. Don’t forget to send payment by your method of choice.
WPIALS on THURS 10/26, students will arrive at school then go directly to the athletics location. They will NOT check into homeroom. Students will miss the entire day of school, so remind them to plan accordingly with academics.
1 bus will depart for White Oak Park promptly at 7:55am.
WPIAL typically sells shirts, hoodies, so bring cash if you plan to purchase.
Bring drinks, snacks, to stay properly fueled.
ALL ATHLETES must have identical uniform tops and school issued shorts= Coaches will coordinate this next week for the team so everyone matches.
Race times are the same as they were for TriStates at the WPIAL meet
Northwest design will have a truck on site for the purchase of cross-country championship merchandise. I have provided a link below if you would like to go online to purchase merchandise.
Hi all- the service project will go on tomorrow regardless of the weather (just like cross country). Dress for rain. Also, boys, please don’t forget to inform the Aryas if you’re coming to lunch afterwards. Here’s some details:
There will be folks on hand to help direct volunteers, but here’s a list of what we’d like to accomplish:
1. Remove veggie plants in field, particularly those in rows with trellises. Shovel rotten tomatoes into buckets and dump into the compost bin on the other side of the fence. Plant material will be dumped at the fence line just to the left of the manure pile (marked with straw bale)
2. Move remaining compost under tarps into raised beds
3. Place cardboard on raise beds, except those that will be planted with garlic
4. Move cattle panels (trellises) over to cover raised beds that have cardboard down. Remaining panels will be placed along the fence.
5. Remove tbar stakes and move them to area behind the shed
Secondary tasks if weather and time allows:
1. Plant garlic unless it’s too mucky
2. Weed around berry cage
3. Move wood chip pile near berries to raise bed area
4. Weed marigold bed
5. Spread mulch near the marigold beds along fence, pull up plastic, and move roller to a spot behind the shed
6. Harvest sunchokes
Hope to see you and your volunteers tomorrow. Please dress for the weather!
We are looking forward to celebrating all our athletes! The End of Season Banquet to celebrate all our athletes will be held at the Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South (164 Ft. Couch Rd.) on Wednesday, November 1 beginning at 6:30 PM. All athletes and parents are invited to attend. Buffet dinner will be served beginning at 6:45 PM to accommodate a variety of dietary choices. The dinner will be followed by recognition of athletes and our year-end slide show. Please RSVP as soon as possible, but no later than Sunday, October 22. Please then note that after you RSVP you will send payment either by Zelle or check. See your email (sent 10/17) for the RSVP link and more details.
Service Project details! Saturday, October 21. We will meet in Gilfillan’s garden/parking area at 9am. (off Orr Rd just past the corner of Washington and Orr). (This location is a correction from a previous post) Since there will be riding classes for Horses With Hope, we’re asking our volunteers to park in Westminster Presbyterian Church’s lot across the street. We’ll meet at the picnic tables near the shed and form teams. There will be a variety of tasks and I anticipate we’ll work until 11 or 12. Please dress for the weather and plan to get dirty. Waterproof shoes are recommended. We’ll provide tools, gloves, and some light refreshments.
Please see your email for Gilfillan’s waiver release form that we ask that each volunteer complete and bring with you Saturday morning. If you’ve already filled out the form earlier this year, you won’t need to again.
The Arya family has graciously offered to host lunch at their home for all BOYS on the team after the service project, approximately 11:30 AM-1:00PM. The Arya home is located at 1245 Sky Ridge Dr. So the right amount of food can be provided, please RSVP to Payam at payamarya@gmail.com or the boys can RSVP directly to Ryan.
Seeking miscellaneous pictures for the slide show (pasta dinners, bus, hanging out, etc). Drop them here! https://albums.memento.com/uscxc
Monday 10/16- regular practice for TSTCA-eligible athletes; optional practice for other athletes. The list of TSTCA athletes (top 12 boys and top 12 girls) will be finalized from coaches today at practice. For the remainder of the week, the coaches ask that only athletes that have advanced to TSTCA Invite show up to practice.
TSTCA (TriStates) THURS 10/19 at White Oak Park
Kids go to HR check in then head out directly to the athletics entrance.
8am bus time to depart for White Oak Park.
Upon arrival, coaches will distribute timing bibs/chips and do a walk through as time allows.
USC AAA GIRLS at 11am
USC AAA BOYS 11:45am
12:30 pm AAA awards
Students should bring lunch as we WON’T stop on the way home and may get back to the HS after Lunches end… probably around 2:30-3:00pm? We may get back prior to buses leaving or after the buses leave. This depends on traffic and exit from the park.There will be shirts sold at the meet $20 each- bring cash if you wish to purchase one.
If you took any photos at a pasta dinner, car wash, practice, etc. we need your help to make a great slide show. Parents and athletes can sign up for a Memento account if they have not done so already. Click on the individual photo links for the meets below, and then login to Memento. At that point you will be able to view, add, and download photos to whatever meet link you choose. If parents/athletes would like to upload their own photos from an event (miscellaneous photos, bus rides, pasta dinners etc,) you can log into Memento, click on the “Create Shared Album”, then upload photos. Once photos are uploaded, the website will assign a link to the photos. If you create a new album, please email the link to uschsxc@gmail.com for distribution.
Pasta Dinner open to ALL athletes Wednes 10/18 6-7:30 PM at Polochak Home 1210 Turnberry Dr
Please watch your email for the banquet invite for all athletes and parents. Will be held November 1.
Our volunteer project for all athletes is Saturday 10/21 9-11 AM at Gilfillan Farms, assisting SHIM. The volunteers will be assisting with garden clean-up efforts. Please RSVP or direct questions to John Unice jgunice87@gmail.com
All non-WPIAL athletes are invited to make WPIAL signs on Monday 10/23 after school in Cafe 321.
It’s hard to believe the season is going so quickly, but we are headed to our last all-athlete meet this week and into championship season next week! We are ready to celebrate our seniors tomorrow and celebrate the whole team on Thursday. The banquet will be quickly approaching. It is scheduled for November 1 so please mark your calendars if you haven’t already. Invitations will be coming soon. We are in need of a volunteer to put together a slide show for the banquet.
Also please mark your calendars for our service project on October 21. We will be supporting the gardens at SHIM. Details to come.
Here’s the list of the meets and the photo links for the Memento website. Parents and athletes can sign up for a Memento account if they have not done so already. Click on the individual photo links for the meets below, and then login to Memento. At that point you will be able to view, add, and download photos to whatever meet link you choose. If parents/athletes would like to upload their own photos from an event (miscellaneous photos, bus rides, pasta dinners etc,) you can log into Memento, click on the “Create Shared Album”, then upload photos. Once photos are uploaded, the website will assign a link to the photos. If you create a new album, please email the link to uschsxc@gmail.com for distribution.
Monday 10/16- regular practice for TSTCA-eligible athletes; optional practice for other athletes. The list of TSTCA athletes (top 12 boys and top 12 girls) will be finalized from coaches today at practice. For the remainder of the week, the coaches ask that only athletes that have advanced to TSTCA Invite show up to practice.
open to ALL athletes Wednes 10/18 6-7:30 PM at Polochak Home 1210 Turnberry Dr
Please RSVP or direct questions to John Unice jgunice87@gmail.com
on Monday 10/23 after school in Cafe 321. 
Upper St. Clair High School Cross Country Boosters 