St. John’s Girls and Boys Cross Country teams traveled to Louisville, Kentucky, to run in the Trinity-Valkyrie Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, September 19. The Mavericks spent part of Friday touring Churchill Downs, the one-mile track famous for the Saturday “Run for the Roses” held in May. The Mavs were strong down the homestretch, with the boys finishing 7th out of 33 teams and the girls 10th out of 22 teams.
located northwest of Philadelphia, to compete against some of the nation's top teams. The Mavericks held their own, coming in with a preseason national ranking of 12th and 3rd in the West/Midwest Region. St. John’s opened up on Friday, September 18, with a 2-0 loss against Oak Knoll (NJ), and followed up with a 7-2 win over #6 The Hill School. The Mavs lost their game on Saturday 2-1 (OT) versus Conestoga HS.
Varsity Football won its home opener against Second Baptist 28-14, scoring all its points in the second half. The victory capped a special night for St. John’s School as two legends were honored under the Friday night lights.
The Boys Cross Country team traveled to Bozeman, Montana, in late July for their pre-season retreat. Higher altitudes near 5000 feet and lower temperatures in the 60s were a perfect blend for training. Upon their return, the Mavs took third place at the Greenhill 6-mile relay on August 29 at Norbuck Park. The Mavericks only trailed 6A Keller HS in the final standings and earned a third-place finish out of 74 teams. The race format is a 6-mile relay with each of the four runners completing a 1.5-mile loop over hay bales and up a steep hill. The baton is a garden glove, a tradition in the 41 years of the competition. The Mavs will return to Norbuck Park on November 7 for the SPC championship race. The St. John’s Boys won SPC 4A the past two years.
St. John's School is rededicating the newly constructed Skip Lee Field and the Frank McMurrey Memorial Track on Friday, August 28, during the first Varsity Football home game of the season. Please join Headmaster Dan Alig to honor two legends of St. John’s by celebrating these new facilities named in their honor, which will serve the school for years to come.
Early this year, Valentina Baizan ’27 was named to the U-18 Field Hockey USWNT. She was selected to the touring team and just finished playing for USA in the World Hockey Youth Festival in the Netherlands (August 17-23). Baizan finished the tour as joint top scorer and led the team in total points (4 goals and 2 assists). The U-18 USA Women’s National Team placed 1st at the festival.
Cheer started the summer with a team camp at the University of Texas. They were more than ready to cheer on the Varsity Football team last night for the first game of the season. The Mavericks prevailed 42-41 over Woodlands Christian. See below for the cheer recap and final results from Austin.
Congratulations to Ashley Yen '22 for winning the Molly Meyer Humanitarian Award for Yale this spring. The award is "presented annually to male and female senior student-athletes whose character exemplifies selfless devotion along with compassion and concern for their team and the community at Yale and beyond.”
Yen captained the Yale Varsity Golf team this past spring and played all four years for the Bulldogs. She is a three-time WGCA All-American Scholar, and she made the 2025-26 Ivy League Women's Golf Academic All-Ivy team.
St. John's Athletic Department honored the Class of 2026 college-bound student-athletes who are set to compete at the collegiate level starting in the fall of 2026. The ceremony took place on St. John's Liu Court on Wednesday, May 6. The recording can be viewed on Vype.