Contact Shannon Freese at the number above.

spokane mercury

Text or Call 509-939-4620

practice days overview

Fall XC Season $175 Registration fee

***After you register your youth, I will manually send an invoice via square/TEXT ***

The first day of practice for the 2024 cross-country season is August 25th.

Practices will be divided between Manito Park/Hart Field/River Front Park.

Our club is a distance-oriented running club. We train our athletes to compete in the following events:

Ages 6-18

(Middle School can join while running with their school wait...High school should wait till their season is complete)

Uniforms are not included in the registration fee. They are a separate cost.

Uniform orders typically take four weeks - we will order a bulk order from PCS.

I will send the order no later than the first week of September and post items on the Stack Team App.

The singlet top and shorts are required; everything else is optional for competition.

What to do on days we don't practice

If you are involved with other sports teams, that's probably enough in addition to what we do. If not, please see each week's detailed schedule below for what do do on days we don't have practice.

Spokane Mercury Mountainside Madness XC Invite Information

Meet Information November 3, 2024 (Sunday)

This inaugural Mercury Mountainside Madness Meet will take place at Mountainside Middle School just north of Spokane, WA. It's a standard youth meet setup with a few exceptions, we've added a 6 and under 1K race and we've added a 3 member 3k relay (each team member runs a 1k course batons required) The athletic.net system doesn't allow athletes to register for more than one event so I will likely have team coaches email me their relay team(s) members via excel spreadsheet...more to come on details for the relay registration process.

Medals will be awarded to top 15 athletes in each age group race for both boys and girls. Awards to top 3 relay teams in both the 10 and under and 11-14 age groups.

The courses at Mountainside include both ope grass and trails and we are planning to throw in a few obstacles on the course as well...i.e., jumping over hay bales...etc...

We hope you and your team will join us for this late season event as a tune up before your USATF association meet.

This meet is open to Club - Middle School teams - UNATTACHED. If you are an unattached youth athlete in grade K-8 and want to compete, please email race directors at nick_freese@hotmail.com or nannabells@gmail.com

Races

2,000 Meters 8U

3,000 Meters 9-10

3,000 Meters 11-12

4,000 Meters 13-14

1,000 Meters 6 and under

*Based on age as of 12/31/24

UPCOMING EVENTS

CURRENT SCHEDULE

Coaches send communications through the Stack TEAMAPP - all practices and locations will be sent via text/email.

Tentative Meet Schedule

Sept 2 - Josh Wright Memorial Jamboree, Colbert, WA

Sept 14 - Highlander Invitational, Missoula, MT

Sept 21 - Fort Steilacoom Invitational, Steilacoom, WA

Oct 5 - 7th Annual Battle for the 509, Spokane, WA

Oct 12 - 55th Max Jensen/Richland Invitational, Richland WA

Oct 19 - Halloween Dash Bash, Vancouver, WA

Oct 25 - E. Oregon MS Championships, Pendleton, OR

Nov 2 - 2024 Mercury Mountainside Madness XC Invite, Mead, WA

Nov 16 - USATF Junior Olympics Association Championship, Spokane, WA

Nov 16 - Nike Cross Regional (NXR) NW, Boise, ID

Nov 23 - USATF Junior Olympics Region 13 Championships, Tacoma, WA

Nov 23 - Coaches Cross Country National Youth Championship - Lexington, KY

Dec 14 - USATF Junior Olympic National Championships, Louisville, KY

Our Programs

Fall Cross Country (XC) - (Aug - Dec) Registration Fee $175

Meets are predominantly on the weekends. Practices are: Tuesdays/Thursdays 6:00-7:30 PM & Sundays 12:00-2:00 PM

Indoor Track - (Jan - March) $200

Our club will train youth to run as much as possible either at the Spokane Podium or at Fairchild Airforce Base - Coaches Nick and Shannon will help sponsor our team to gain access to the base for training on their indoor track facility - Because of the cost for the Spokane Podium, the fee will be slightly higher than the other seasons as we try to offset the costs.

If an athlete is unable to pay, full or partial scholarships are always available. We never turn an athlete away because of financial reasons.

Spokane Mercury Coaches

Coach Nick Freese

Coach Kaylynn Martin

Coach Nick Freese

Coach Nick has been coaching youth runners for over ten years. As a former personal trainer and father of three, all of whom run distance, he has used his knowledge to train his youth and other athletes to better their running skills while teaching strategies on the track or trail.

Nick has coached at the elementary and middle school levels while simultaneously coaching our club team for several seasons in XC/Indoor Track/Outdoor Track in Wisconsin and Virginia.

He and his wife Shannon's former clubs have generated countless individual accolades, including 50+ cross country All American placings, 20+ top ten placings at the AAU indoor/outdoor Championships, including our first National Champions this past March (2023) Girls 11/12 1500m & Girls 15/16 3000m races.

In 2021, Nick and Shannon's Club - Kenosha Shockwaves

was awarded the AAU's Small Team of the Year Award.

Past Coaching Experience:

Holy Cross Catholic School - Dover, DE

Deleware Elite - Dover DE

St. Joseph Catholic Academy - Kenosha, WI

Kenosha Shockwaves - Kenosha, WI

St. Thomas More Catholic School - Arlington, VA

Virginia Shockwaves - Fairfax, VA

Spokane Mercury - Spokane, WA

Shannon Freese

Coach Kaylynn Martin

Coach Nick Freese

Team Director: Coach Shannon, given the nickname back in Wisconsin, has been helping run the club as much as she can behind the scenes.

She coaches the littles while Coach Nick assists the older athletes in drills or long runs.

Shannon has been helping co-coach for as long as Coach Nick has been coaching.

Shannon is the unofficial photographer and social media person. She enjoys sharing photos and videos of the kids' efforts they've put in during races/meets.

Coach Kaylynn Martin

Coach Kaylynn has been helping with Spokane Mercury for a few years now. She stepped in as coach while the former Coaches moved to another city before Coach Nick moved to Spokane. She helped keep the kids going and worked hard while implementing programs to support the athletes in getting in shape and ready to race at meets.

As a mother of four boys, she's not shy about keeping the kids in line but with a smile. She's a great motivator and corrals the kids to keep them on track and execute drills.

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practice days overview

Fall XC Season $175 Registration fee

What to do on days we don't practice

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Spokane Mercury Mountainside Madness XC Invite Information

Meet Information November 3, 2024 (Sunday)

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Our Programs

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Our Programs

Fall Cross Country (XC) - (Aug - Dec) Registration Fee $175

Indoor Track - (Jan - March) $200

outdoor Track Season - (April - July) Registration Fee $150 2024

Spokane Mercury Coaches

Coach Nick Freese

Coach Kaylynn Martin

Coach Nick Freese

Shannon Freese

Coach Kaylynn Martin

Coach Nick Freese

Coach Kaylynn Martin

Coach Kaylynn Martin

Coach Kaylynn Martin