The girls and boys track and field team competed in the 2025 IAAM and MIAA indoor track championships, on January 24.

The championship meet, along with all the other meets, took place at the PG County Sports Complex. This year the competition was super challenging for all the teams on the boys’ side while the girls’ side had only a slight competition between Garrison Forest and John Carroll.

The girls finished the meet with over a 30-point lead, allowing the Patriots to have a comfortable win over runners-up Garrison Forest with 102 points. The boys finished the meet with a lot of amazing races and season bests but, unfortunately, couldn’t triumph over the Calvert Hall Cardinals, who defended their indoor track champion title once again.

Junior Lily Holcomb was excited about all the new possibilities and opportunities from earning this championship title. “It felt good knowing we won again, but I also felt excited at the hope of moving up to A conference as we would still be a competitive team, and, hopefully, with that competition, we’d keep pushing our PRs.”

Lily also had many highlights from championships and things that she had done differently from past seasons. “The best part of champs was noticing my own improvements, by seeing how I approached my races more confidently and strategized better to place higher,” she said.

The Indoor Track and Field Championship was filled with a high-level of energy within every race and people who were ecstatic and cheering for their friends from the bleachers.

Every race included runners who got personal records, season bests, or first places, which secured a spot in receiving All-Conference.

Coach Torres shared some of his favorite moments from the championships as well. “It’s always fun to see the team do well and have PRs and overall be successful, whether we win or not. Winning was just the icing on the cake,” Mr. Torres said.

Coach Monaghan also explained things that they might have done differently from last season.

“I think what was different was the mindset of the team. They saw that they could run as well or better than anyone in the B Conference and for the most part as well as anyone in the A Conference. We were more aggressive, had more heart, and were more willing to do whatever was needed to stay on top,” Mr. Monaghan said.

Both the girls and boys indoor track teams worked super hard over the winter season, allowing them to be strong competitors for their opponents, and, hopefully, this is an amazing start to having a successful spring season as well.