The REDS Track Club for boys and girls ages 7-14 will launch this fall to promote a lifelong love of running
Roland Park Country School, located in the Roland Park neighborhood north of Baltimore, recently announced the appointment of Patrick Donohue as Director of Track & Field - a newly established role at the school. As Director of Track & Field, Patrick will provide comprehensive leadership across divisions for all three of the school’s running programs – cross country, indoor track and track & field. In addition to his new role, Patrick will be teaching next year in the Upper School History Department and The Gore Leadership Institute. He has also worked diligently to create the REDS Track Club, a program launching this fall on campus that will provide year-round club running opportunities for boys and girls in the Baltimore community.
“As Director of Track & Field, I hope to bring a ‘program approach’ to our teams,” said Patrick. “Success comes not just from good teams but a healthy and holistic running program that starts early. This approach incorporates our annual Red Hot Summer Running Camps and Middle School running program. Additionally, this fall we are starting the REDS Track Club, a club training and racing group for kids ages 7-14. All of these pieces will help to strengthen our Upper School teams and make RPCS the destination school for running in the Baltimore area.”
Patrick joined RPCS Athletics in 2019 as Assistant Track & Field Coach before being named Head Coach for the Varsity Cross Country program in June of 2021. He has over 20 years of coaching experience in cross country and track & field and is both a USA Track & Field Certified Level 1 Coach and Road Runners Club of America Certified Distance Running Coach.
Prior to RPCS, Patrick was the Head Cross Country and Track & Field Coach for Notre Dame of Maryland University. In this role, he built the cross country program by managing the recruiting, training and competition of the team while also building both the cross country and track & field programs. From 2005-2015, Patrick was the Head Coach at Parkville High School for the varsity men’s cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field programs, where he had the privilege of coaching several state champions and coached multiple teams that were ranked in the top 10 of the state.
Learn more at www.rpcs.org/athletics.
