OK....maybe it's best to start from scratch.
Go to
www.xml-sitemaps.com and create a new sitemap, only this time save it as an ROR formatted file. Upload it to your public_html/ directory, and then go back and change the links on your pages to "XML ROR" in a nice smaller size font which is colored to blend in more. Link up the ROR part to the file just created.
Go back and re-create a totally new XML sitemap file, and then upload that to the server as well. Re-configure the XML part of the links to be sure it is written properly, and to the properly named file.
Create a transparent rectangle to place over these links, to keep visitor fingers off of them.
Now.....no need to submit any further to any engines: let the natural process take over during the normal botscan cycle. The XML file/map will be particularly attractive to Google, which will
also index the ROR (which is the more "common" and universally effective format used for all the other engines) as a sort of 'verification' measure ---
often simple comparisons like this are crucial to establishing values, especially when it comes to Content/relevancy/highlights, etc.
The more you fiddle with Google, the more they start regarding erroneous efforts as possible schemes or suspicious efforts .... and they take too long to release any characterizations....