Holy Trinity (Melbourne)

Cecil Field. Five-man average 21:19.4, spread 1:27.0.
Kelly Geraghty 20:28, Taylor Geraghty 20:38, Juelle Maaser 21:43, Caleigh Schmoll 21:53, Abby Connors 21:55, Frances Hale 22:13, Ava Nazareno 25:16.

First by one point, and it is a real one point — the closest margin on any class board this week.

Holy Trinity was fourth in the preseason at a 21:13.5 average with a 2:31.4 spread. What changed is the back of the lineup. Against a field that ran 28.8 seconds slow in August, Schmoll came in 42.9 seconds faster than her state time and Hale 63.5 seconds faster — meaning both effectively improved by well over a minute once the conversion is applied. Kelly Geraghty gave back only 15.3 seconds, half the field-wide tax. And Juelle Maaser, who did not run the 2025 state meet at all, slotted straight in at 21:43 as their third.

The result is a 1:27.0 spread, the second-tightest of any team in the top ten, on a squad that raced without Elizabeth Stewart. Abby Connors was the one who struggled, 63.8 seconds off. This is the most complete evidence any 1A girls team produced this month.

Cecil Field. Five-man average 18:06.0, spread 1:28.0.
Jesus Martinez 17:25, Zamari Blumenberg 17:31, Roman La Starza 18:12, Kaden Nazareno 18:29, Tedd Du 18:53, Alex Darlington 19:00, Jack McFadden 19:04.

The most improved team in Class 1A, and it happened without their best runner. Holy Trinity was tenth in the preseason at a 19:30.3 average with a 6:52.3 spread — one of the worst structural profiles of any ranked team in the class. They are now fourth at 18:06.0 with a 1:28.0 spread.

Three things did it. Martinez took 34 seconds off. Nazareno went from 19:55.7 at state to 18:29 — 86.7 seconds. Du went from 23:50.2 to 18:53, a swing of nearly five minutes that is either a runner who was hurt in November or a runner who found the sport this summer. And Blumenberg, at 17:31, did not run the state meet at all.

One caution. Aiden Darlington, their returning number one at 16:57.9, finished the Cecil Elite race in 21:09. That is four minutes off, and Holy Trinity ranks fourth without a single point from him. It is also the kind of number that is sometimes a bad day and sometimes a timing or identification error — there is a second Darlington in the same race at 19:00. We are reporting it as it appears in the results and not projecting anything from it. If Aiden Darlington is healthy, this team's five-man average has another 30 seconds in it and the top three gets crowded.

5-man average 17:33.4 · 1-5 spread 1:12.1 · finished 8-11-20-41-54 · Indian River Fairgrounds

Jesus Martinez 17:31.1 (17:00.3); Zamari Blumenberg 17:35.7 (17:04.9); Daniel Penny 18:01.6 (17:30.8); Roman La Starza 18:29.3 (17:58.5); Cormac Schutte 18:43.2 (18:12.4). Then Sackett Foster 19:48.2 (19:17.4); Kaden Nazareno 19:55.3 (19:24.5).

5-man average 21:16.0 · 1-5 spread 1:19.8 · finished 16-21-31-39-43 · Indian River Fairgrounds

Taylor Geraghty 20:38.5 (20:30.7); Kelly Geraghty 20:55.9 (20:48.1); Abby Connors 21:35.6 (21:27.8); Caleigh Schmoll 21:50.8 (21:43.0); Juelle Maaser 21:58.3 (21:50.5). Then Frances Hale 22:01.9 (21:54.1); Ava Nazareno 25:33.6 (25:25.8).

Season average 21:17.1 · 1-5 spread 1:14.9 · finished 14-17-39-47-48 in the class · Indian River Fairgrounds

Taylor Geraghty 20:38.5 (20:30.7); Kelly Geraghty 20:55.9 (20:48.1); Abby Connors 21:35.6 (21:27.8); Caleigh Schmoll 21:50.8 (21:43.0); Juelle Maaser 21:58.3 (21:50.5). Then Frances Hale 22:01.9 (21:54.1); Ava Nazareno 25:33.6 (25:25.8).

Cecil Field and the Indian River Fairgrounds, and nothing since. Taylor Geraghty 20:38.5 and Kelly Geraghty 20:55.9 at Indian River, then Abby Connors, Caleigh Schmoll and Juelle Maaser inside 22 seconds of each other. The 1:14.9 spread is the second-tightest of any raced team in the class and the whole reason a team that averages 21:17 is first. Second to first while sitting out.

Season average 17:48.9 · 1-5 spread 1:22.7 · finished 13-15-50-58-80 in the class · Indian River Fairgrounds

Jesus Martinez 17:31.1 (17:00.3); Zamari Blumenberg 17:35.7 (17:04.9); Roman La Starza 18:29.3 (17:58.5); Daniel Penny 18:01.6 (17:30.8); Cormac Schutte 18:43.2 (18:12.4). Then Tedd Du 18:53.0; Alex Darlington 19:00.0.

Have not raced since the Indian River Fairgrounds on August 29, and slid from second to fourth without doing anything wrong. Jesus Martinez and Zamari Blumenberg were 17:31 and 17:35 there, worth 17:00 and 17:05 at Cecil, and the season averages 17:48.9 on a 1:22 spread. Three teams raced past them on Saturday. They need to run.

Season average 20:19.1 · 1-5 spread 1:50.9 · finished 4-7-18-19-31 in the class · This week: 1st of 17 at the Astronaut Invitational (66). Won in week 2; that run is not held against them.

Taylor Geraghty 19:20.6; Kelly Geraghty 19:52.4; Abby Connors 20:34.4; Juelle Maaser 20:36.8; Caleigh Schmoll 21:11.5.

Won the Astronaut Invitational with 66 over Ransom Everglades 2A's 98 in a 17-team field: Taylor Geraghty fifth in 19:42.7, Kelly Geraghty eighth in 20:25.0, Abby Connors twelfth in 20:55.8, Juelle Maaser fourteenth in 21:01.8, Caleigh Schmoll 28th in 21:42.6. Every one of the five ran the best time of her season on a slow course, so this win counts; the Indian River win before it is left out because it would lower the figure. An eighth grader and a freshman up front, and first by 80 points.

Season average 17:35.3 · 1-5 spread 1:09.1 · finished 14-18-30-51-60 in the class · This week: 4th of 32 at the Astronaut Invitational (210).

Zamari Blumenberg 17:00.8; Jesus Martinez 17:08.5; Daniel Penny 17:38.9; Roman La Starza 17:58.4; Cormac Schutte 18:09.8.

Fourth at the Astronaut Invitational with 210 in a 32-team field, behind Tavares 3A, Wiregrass Ranch 4A and Seminole 4A. Zamari Blumenberg, an eighth grader, 17th in 17:21.2, Daniel Penny 17:47.2, Cormac Schutte 18:23.8, Roman La Starza 18:25.1, on a course that reads slow. Jesus Martinez, their best runner on the season at 17:08.5, did not run. Fourth to third past Cornerstone, on a 1:09.1 spread that is the second-tightest in the class.

Season average 20:26.2 · 1-5 spread 2:02.9 · finished 3-10-22-26-41 in the class Won in week 2; that run is not held against them.

Taylor Geraghty 19:22.3; Kelly Geraghty 19:57.7; Abby Connors 20:36.1; Juelle Maaser 20:50.0; Caleigh Schmoll 21:25.2.

Won the Class 1A scoring of the Spanish River Invitational with 21: Taylor Geraghty first in 18:50.7 out of 301, Kelly Geraghty fourth in 19:29.6, Abby Connors eleventh in 20:04.4, Juelle Maaser 21st in 20:29.8, Caleigh Schmoll 27th in 21:05.6. Westminster Academy was next in the 1A scoring with 77. An eighth grader and a freshman up front and all five inside 21:06 on a fast-reading course; the Indian River win is the one dropped because it would lower the figure. First by 63 points.

Season average 17:51.8 · 1-5 spread 1:19.3 · finished 19-29-31-56-86 in the class

Zamari Blumenberg 17:16.4; Jesus Martinez 17:40.4; Daniel Penny 17:41.9; Roman La Starza 18:04.3; Cormac Schutte 18:35.7.

The first 1A team in the Spanish River 1A-2A race on Friday, 63 to Southwest Florida Christian's 75 in the 1A scoring: Zamari Blumenberg, an eighth grader, tenth overall in 17:10.6, Daniel Penny 17:18.4, Jesus Martinez 17:31.8, Roman La Starza 17:44.7, Cormac Schutte 18:44.2. Fourth at Astronaut with 210 a week earlier. Spanish River reads about half a minute fast, so Friday's times leveled slower than the Astronaut ones and Cornerstone's figure went past. Third to fourth, and above Southwest Florida Christian on Friday's result.

Converted average 20:26.2 · 1-5 spread 2:02.9 · finished 3-9-21-25-38 in the class

Taylor Geraghty 19:22.3; Kelly Geraghty 19:57.7; Abby Connors 20:36.1; Juelle Maaser 20:50.0; Caleigh Schmoll 21:25.2.

Did not race. Won Astronaut on Sept. 12 with 66 and the Indian River Fairgrounds meet in August. Taylor Geraghty and Kelly Geraghty are the best one-two in 1A, and Abby Connors and Juelle Maaser follow. First.

Converted average 17:51.8 · 1-5 spread 1:19.3 · finished 18-28-30-56-86 in the class

Zamari Blumenberg 17:16.4; Jesus Martinez 17:40.4; Daniel Penny 17:41.9; Roman La Starza 18:04.3; Cormac Schutte 18:35.7.

Did not race. Fourth at Astronaut on Sept. 12 and second at the Indian River Fairgrounds meet in August. Zamari Blumenberg leads, and Jesus Martinez and Daniel Penny are close behind. Fourth.

Converted average 20:26.8 · 1-5 spread 2:36.6 · finished 3-7-25-28-54 in the class

Taylor Geraghty 19:00.6; Kelly Geraghty 19:48.5; Juelle Maaser 20:50.6; Abby Connors 20:57.2; Caleigh Schmoll 21:37.2.

Tenth of 47 in the Blue Invitational at the Great American XC Festival with 366: Taylor Geraghty second in 18:34.3, Kelly Geraghty 21st in 19:23.5. Two of the top runners in the class on one team. First.

Converted average 18:01.1 · 1-5 spread 1:18.1 · finished 22-31-52-54-97 in the class

Zamari Blumenberg 17:26.7; Jesus Martinez 17:41.5; Daniel Penny 18:06.0; Roman La Starza 18:06.6; Cormac Schutte 18:44.8.

Twenty-ninth in the Blue Invitational at the Great American XC Festival in North Carolina. Zamari Blumenberg, an eighth grader, and Jesus Martinez finished 1.5 seconds apart, Martinez with a 13-second personal best. Fifth.

Converted average 20:26.8 · 1-5 spread 2:36.6 · finished 3-7-28-29-54 in the class

Taylor Geraghty 19:00.6; Kelly Geraghty 19:48.5; Juelle Maaser 20:50.6; Abby Connors 20:57.2; Caleigh Schmoll 21:37.2.

Did not race. Tenth of 47 in the Blue Invitational at the Great American XC Festival on October 3 with 366: Taylor Geraghty second in 18:34.3, Kelly Geraghty 21st.

Converted average 18:01.1 · 1-5 spread 1:18.1 · finished 22-31-53-55-97 in the class

Zamari Blumenberg 17:26.7; Jesus Martinez 17:41.5; Daniel Penny 18:06.0; Roman La Starza 18:06.6; Cormac Schutte 18:44.8.

Did not race. Twenty-ninth in the Blue Invitational at the Great American XC Festival on October 3. Zamari Blumenberg, an eighth grader, and Jesus Martinez lead.