PHILOSOPHY
Royal ‘s philosophy is developing a young person physically, mentally and morally.
1. Physically: Our goal is to build endurance, strength and speed.
2. Mentally: Competitive spirit, responsibility towards training and the enjoyment of racing.
3. Morally: Royal looks for a caring attitude towards all members of the XC team and the development of the quiet pride of success. Being a fair competitor (racing tactics) towards other schools is an important concept to nurture.
Thank you to the following businesses that are supporting our team this year.
If you know of, or have a business, that would like to support our team, please contact Coach Valadez at royal.track.field@gmail.com .
We will be holding our annual End-of-Season Team Banquet on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. The Banquet will be held on campus, in the Royal High School - MPR (Multi-Purpose Room), from 6pm to 8pm.
We will be dividing the dish responsibilities by Class:
Freshmen - Main Dish
Sophomores - Main Dish
Juniors - Sides/Salads
Senior - Desserts
End of Season Slideshow will be screened.
Season awards and certificates will be presented during the banquet.
We will go to Camarillo this Thursday, for League Finals.
Class Release: 10:00am
Bus Leaves: 10:30am
First Race: 1:00pm
Monday, 11/02/2025: XC Practice - 2:45pm
Tuesday, 11/03/2025: XC Practice - 2:45pm
Wednesday, 11/04/2025: XC Practice - 2:45pm
Thursday, 11/05/2026: CCL League Finals, 1pm
Bus Departure - 10:30am
Friday, 11/06/2026: XC Practice - 2:45pm
Monday, 11/09/2025: TEAM BANQUET, MPR - 6:00pm
Tuesday, 11/10/2025: XC Practice - TBD
Wednesday, 11/11/2025: XC Practice - TBD
Thursday, 11/12/2026: Hillside MS XC Race, 3:30pm
We need helpers for the race.
Friday, 11/13/2026: XC Practice - XC Practice - TBD
Saturday, 11/14/2026: CIF SS D3 League Prelims, TBA
Mt. SAC Race Course
Monday, 11/16/2025: XC Practice - TBD
Tuesday, 11/17/2025: XC Practice - TBD
Wednesday, 11/18/2025: XC Practice - TBD
Thursday, 11/19/2026: XC Practice - TBD
Friday, 11/20/2026: XC Practice - TBD
Saturday, 11/21/2026: CIF SS D3 League Finals, TBA
Mt. SAC Race Course
**THANKSGIVING BREAK - No Practice**
Monday, 11/23/2025: No Practice
Tuesday, 11/24/2025: No Practice
Wednesday, 11/25/2025: No Practice
Thursday, 11/26/2026: No Practice
Friday, 11/27/2026: No Practice
We had a good start to the season. Our new kids got a taste of HS competition and our veterans established new PR's.
Our Highlanders had a good day at Moorpark. We ran away with 6 medals and a good prep going into the Woodbridge Invite, next week.
You get a PR!!! You get a PR!!! Everyone Gets a PR!!
...and Angie Busco wins her race.
We had many great performances in this meet.
Results in the link below:
This turned out to be a fast course, with many of our athletes getting PR's and medals.
Results are in the link below:
Our Royal XC athletes had a good showing at the Ventura County Championships. It was an early day, but the results were good.
We had a great showing at the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational...and we missed the rain.
Angie Busco won her race, with a time of 18:59. Tony Montano, Jensen Correa and Yana Oliinyk all medalled in their races. Makayla Provenzano ran a PR time on the Mt. SAC Course.
Angie Busco
Lauren Villafana
Jorge Santos
Tony Montano
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BPD Sports Therapy (associated with Body Logic)
4165 Thousand Oaks Blvd STE 150, Westlake Village, CA 91362
(805) 371-9116
Brett Darrington has helped out numerous sports programs in the region. He has been putting Royal runners back together since I met Brett in the early 2000's. Being a runner and competitor himself, Brett understands that taking long periods of time off for an injury is not an option. He has continually helped many of my athletes get back to the trails training in the shortest amount of time possible. Brett takes the time to determine the injury, explain to the athlete why the injury most likely occurred, treats the injury and the most important, assigning strengthening exercises to keep the injury from reoccurring. Brett accepts most major insurance companies. If insurance is not an option, he has a affordable "walk-in" price.