Shorewood High School Cross Country Schedule – Fall 2025

Shorewood High School’s 2025 cross country slate for both boys and girls includes invitationals, a conference championship, and the WIAA sectional, with meets across southeastern Wisconsin and select out-of-state competition. This listing consolidates each event’s date, venue, and posted start time where available.

Details and times are subject to change by hosts and timing partners. Verify final information with Shorewood Athletics and meet organizers before traveling. Updated Aug. 27, 2025.

August 2025

• Thursday, Aug 28 – Hoehnke-Hill Milwaukee River Invitational: An evening meet co-hosted by Shorewood and Milwaukee King, held at Veterans Park along Milwaukee’s lakefront. Races are scheduled for the late afternoon/early evening (in past years, the boys’ 5k has started ~4:30–5:30 PM). This invitational typically features a combined varsity/JV 5k race for boys and girls.

• Thursday, Aug 28 – PrimeTime Timing Night Race (Arrowhead Night Invite): A unique night-time invitational at Arrowhead High School’s campus in Hartland. Location: Arrowhead HS (Schwarz XC course), Hartland. Start times: 8:30 PM – Boys 5k race; 9:00 PM – Girls 5k race.

September 2025

• Friday, Sep 12 – Nightfall Classic 920 (Neenah): A night cross country meet hosted by Neenah at Winagamie Golf Course in Neenah. Start time: Approximately 8:30 PM for the main varsity races as the event is a “nightfall classic” run under floodlights.

• Saturday, Sep 20 – Angel Invitational: A large, long-running invitational meet held at the UW-Parkside Cross Country Course in Kenosha. The Angel Invite is hosted by St. Catherine’s (Racine) and takes place on Parkside’s nationally recognized 5k course. Races are in the morning. Dozens of teams compete, making this one of the season’s marquee events.

• Saturday, Sep 27 – Midwest Invitational (High School): A major mid-season invitational at Blackhawk Golf Course in Janesville. This meet is one of the largest in Wisconsin, with over 3,000 runners in some years. Races start in the morning (the first varsity races around 9:30 AM). Shorewood’s athletes will run against top competition from across the state at the Midwest Invite

October 2025

• Fri–Sat, Oct 3–4 – Nike XC Town Twilight (Terre Haute, IN): A special out-of-state invitational spanning two days at the LaVern Gibson Championship XC Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. Shorewood’s team will travel to compete against regional and national-caliber teams. Events take place Friday evening and Saturday, with the premier “Race of Champions” under the lights on Saturday night. (This meet is commonly known as the Nike XC Town Twilight, held in conjunction with the annual XC Town Festival in Indiana.)

• Thursday, Oct 9 – Shorewood Invitational: Shorewood’s home invitational meet, held at Lincoln Park Golf Course in Milwaukee. Start time: approximately 4:00 PM for the first race. This weekday afternoon invite features multiple teams (high school varsity and junior varsity, and sometimes middle school races) on Shorewood’s 5k course through Lincoln Park.

• Thursday, Oct 16 – Woodland Conference Championship: The championship meet for the Woodland Conference. Location: McCarty Park, West Allis. Start: ~4:00 PM (boys varsity race) on Thursday afternoon with girls and JV races to follow. All Woodland member schools compete for the conference title at this meet, which serves as the final tune-up before the state series.

• Thursday, Oct 23 – 30th Annual JV State Meet: An invitational meet for junior varsity runners from across Wisconsin (often dubbed “JV State”). In 2025 it is hosted by Menomonee Falls. Location: Rotary Park, Menomonee Falls
  Start time: about 3:15 PM for the JV boys race (with JV girls afterward). This meet gives JV athletes a championship-style season finale, unofficially crowning a “JV state champion.”

• Friday, Oct 24 – WIAA Division 2 Sectional (Sectional 7): The WIAA postseason qualifying meet for Shorewood. Location: Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School course. This Sectional 7 meet is held Friday afternoon (exact race times TBD, generally in the late afternoon). Competing schools in this sectional include Shorewood and other regional D2 teams. The top two teams and top five individuals at Sectionals advance to the WIAA State Championships on Nov. 1 at Wisconsin Rapids.

NOTE: All dates and times are subject to change; it’s recommended to confirm with the school’s athletic department or the host meet information closer to each event.