This week’s potluck will be at the Buddenhagen home (2865 Clermont) from 6:00-8:00.

The assignments remain:

• Frosh: main dish;
• Sophs: side dish, salad or veggies;
• Juniors: dessert;
• Seniors: drinks/chocolate milk

Bring enough to serve 8 – 10.

GO ANGELS!

1.  The team will receive 20% of all Kona Ice sales at our meet today.  By treating yourself to a Kona Ice, you will be helping the team!
2.  Parent volunteers:  If you have a bright pink EA volunteer t-shirt,  remember to wear it at the meet.  If you don’t have one, we will give one to you.

Go Angels!

Dismissal:  1:30pm  Walk to the park.

Entries:  Everyone.

If you cannot race at the Angel Invite, please fill out this form: Runner Unavailability Form

If you are injured and can’t run, but can help with the race, please check in with one of your coaches, Ruth or Jennifer.

Schedule:

2:00 Coach check-in (at the finish line)

5:00 High School Awards Ceremony at Start Line

Fun stuff:  Kona Ice will be at our event.  Bring some money if you want to treat yourself!

Parents and friends of East XC

Four things:

1.  We still have course monitor positions available for the Angel Invite, click here to sign up: Volunteer for Angel Invite
2. We would love to have a volunteer take the tent after the Angel Invite and bring it to the St. Vrain Meet on Saturday, 9/21.  Click here if you are going to be that amazing parent: Tent Sign Up
3. Join us at the Chipotle on Colfax & Columbine after the meet to relax, refresh, and celebrate.  33% of the purchases go to the team!  🙂
4. Thank you for all you do for our team!  We are so lucky to have so many caring and helpful  XC friends!!

Since we will all be starving after tomorrow’s meet, we are doing a fundraiser at the Colfax & Columbine Chipotle!   Tell your family and friends to join us at Chipotle tomorrow evening to support our team.  Be sure to tell them you are dining for East XC.  Thank you!!

Class dismissal:  12:45pm

Bus leaves:  1:00pm

Meet Schedule:

2:45 Coach’s Meeting at Finish Line

3:15 Boys Varsity Race

3:45 Girls Varsity Race

4:15 Boys Open Race

4:45 Girls Open Race

Awards Following finish of last race

Entires:  all cleared XC Angels unless you have made other arrangements with your coaches.

If you cannot race at A West, please fill out this form: Runner Unavailability Form

GENERAL INFORMATION

There is ample parking for buses and cars at the Complex

Restrooms and additional Port-a-Lets are available

Please DO NOT bring pets to the facility!

Fine Designs will be selling items in the registration area

DIRECTIONS

From the East: Take I-70 west to Kipling Street – Exit 267. Turn right on Kipling Street. Turn left on West 58th Avenue. Take a left at Quail Street into the Stenger Soccer Complex.

GO ANGELS!

Just a reminder that tonight’s team potluck will be from 6:00-8:00 at the home of Elena Thoman: 1533 Madison Street. Assignments on what to bring remain the same as in prior weeks.

Go Angels!

Arrive at East: 6:45am

Bus leaves East:  7:00am

Entries: Liberty Bell Entries

Parents:  Please volunteer to bring the tent to Liberty Bell so our runners can have shelter and a “home” for the meet.  Tent Sign Up

Schedule:

2019 Divisions!!

Remember, the Angel Invitational is coming up on Sept 17.  We need more course monitors and help with clean up, click here to sign up:  Volunteer for Angel Invite

What:  Team potluck hosted by Abby Howard

Where:

When: Thursday, Sept 5 from 6:00 – 8:00pm

Who:  East Cross Country Team (no parents except for host parents)

What to bring: 

Frosh: main dish;

Sophs: side dish, salad or veggies;

Juniors: dessert;

Seniors: drinks/chocolate milk

Bring enough to serve 8 – 10.

GO ANGELS!

Many of you have reached out to ask how we as a community can support the Trautweins while Ian undergoes treatment for cancer. Below is a link to a gofundme site where you can donate to help them during Ian’s treatment. Please reach out to Jennifer (jareich424@gmail.com) or Coach Kohuth if you have any questions or want to discuss.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/supportforian

Arapahoe Warrior and Washington Park Invitational

East Angel Cross Country split squads on Friday, with Boys and Girls Varsity traveling down to the Arapahoe Warrior Invitational and the rest of the team competing at the Washington Park Invite.

Braving Friday afternoon traffic, the varsity squads rendezvoused at DeKovend Park in Littleton where thirty-five teams were getting ready for one of the most competitive early season meets. The crowded field would take on a course that features a couple wet creek crossings and an equal number of short hills and circles around grass fields and a portion of the Highline Canal Trail.  The boys would take to the course first. Senior Will Daley put himself in the lead pack from the beginning, closely following the eventual winner before settling for third place at the finish in a time of 16:09. Fellow senior Asher Hoyt would take a more conservative strategy moving up from around 40th early on to a 24th place finish in 17:24. Sophomore Eamon Nussbaum also moved up nicely throughout the race for a 90th place finish in 18:49. Senior Ballard Kauffman (18:56, 99th) and junior Xander Pacini (19:19, 112th) would complete the scoring for the Angels and were followed by seniors Jack Beardsheer (19:33, 128th) and Otto Kauffman (19:33, 129th). When the final scores were tallied, Denver East had finished a very respectable 10th of 29 teams, behind mostly teams currently ranked in the top-15 in 4A or 5A in the state.

The Varsity Girls took off from the starting line immediately after the boys had finished. The East Angels asserted their intention to finish as one of the top teams early. Junior Laura Romero started among the top-10 and would fight her way up to 5th place by the finish in 19:47, a really good time on the DeKovend Park course. Junior Julia Schor (21:00) and seniors Anna Buddenhagen (21:03) and Lindsey Weyant (21:07) put themselves in the top-30 from the start and hung on to finish 24th, 26th and 30th, while juniors Maya Winfield (49th, 21:38), Lilia Scudamore (58th, 21:57), and Grace O’Meara (71st, 22:33) raced in shortly behind them. Denver East’s score of 129 points place them 4th of 24 teams, right amongst some of the top ranked teams in the state.

Slightly closer to home, East Angels would take on a large field of athletes over the mostly flat asphalt and grass course of the Washington Park Invitational. There, the JV-1 teams would take on varsity competition and hold their own quite well. Juniors Abigael Howard and Maya Nussbaumer would lead a pack of Angels over the 5K course, finishing 20th and 22nd respectively in 21:50 and 21:51. Sophomore Annabel Filippini opened her season with a 34th place finish in 22:14, followed by junior AlanaMarie Barros (42nd, 22:40), senior Ellie McWhirter (48th, 22:59) and sophomore Naomi Fry (57th, 23:22). The team finished 5th of 20 teams in this varsity race – the JV finishing only a handful of points behind the varsity teams from South and Northfield.

The Boys Varsity were led by sophomores David Anderson and Jack Kriekels who raced to 75th and 79th place finished in 19:39 and 19:45 respectively. Senior Stephen Evans finished next for the Angels in 87th (20:01), followed by 9th grader Benjamin Hopper (102nd, 20:24), 10th grader Charlie Kruger (115th, 20:44), 9th grader Ian Logan (122nd, 21:02), and 10th grader Allen Harder (132nd, 21:22). The JV-1 boys finished 16th of 26 teams in varsity competition.  

Those racing in the Open Divisions at the Washington Park Invite got the opportunity to race over a 3200m course. Highlights for the Angels included senior Elena Thoman’s 14th place finish in 14:33 and 9th grader Bri O’Meara’s 16th place finish in 14:42, as well as the runs by Grace Chambers (24th, 15:01), Sarah Hoffer (25th, 15:01) and Sophia Charles (30th, 15:15). The Girls finished 5th of 19 teams. For the boys, sophomore Frank Buddenhagen (32nd, 12:39) led the way in the open race, followed by James Johnson (47th, 13:06), Elijah Bruggeman (50th, 13:07), Adam Schwartz (56th, 13:13) and 9th grader Jaxson McGuire (60th, 13:16) as the Boys finished a respectable 5th of 21 teams.

Next week nearly everyone will get to compete at the very competitive and fast Liberty Bell Invitational at Heritage High School.  

AND REMEMBER, we need your help with TRANSPORTING THE TENT and SHARING PICTURES. Please lend a hand– or trunk!