This Wednesday will be an athlete-only potluck. Keep in mind that whatever you are assigned, please bring enough food or drink for 8-10 people. Runners who are attending should bring items to share as follows:

9th—main course
10th—salad/side
11—dessert
12—drinks

This week the McGlothen Family will host. from 6:00-8:00 pm. 528 Humboldt Street.

Next Tuesday, Sept 26, East High XC will get 50% of any purchases that come in and show this chipotle flyer or say they are with East. Please spread the word.

and… save the date: The East snow shoe trip is scheduled for Jan 20-21

We hope to see you tonight at Patxi’s Uptown!

1598 East 17th Ave
Denver, CO 80218
You can also order online or see the menu at  https://www.patxispizza.com/location/uptown-denver-pizza 

Please spread the word.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, the Angels compete at the North Viking Invitational at Willis Case Golf Course. North Viking Entries are at this link.

Runners will be dismissed at 12:45 for a 1:00 bus departure.

The team gets ten percent of all food ordered on Monday between 11:00 am -10:00 pm
so eat in, dine out, order half-baked to go.
Lunch or dinner ! $9.99 lunch special, includes salad and personal pizza
Or consider an order to go: delicious half baked pizzas that can be finished at home.

A flyer you can share with your co-workers and friends is here: East XC Patxi Fundraiser Flyer sept 18 2017

The Yelp event you can share is here. 

The Facebook event you can share is here.

This week, East Angel Cross Country split the squad between two meets: the inaugural Northfield Nighthawk Invitational and the Arvada West Cross Country Invitational.

At Northfield, high temperatures, wind, and a course not quite as flat as anticipated kept most Angels from running their fastest times of the season. Nonetheless, there were some great performances. The team highlight was the second place finish for the girls in the Varsity division, despite running a team primarily composed of East’s top JV runners. AlanaMarie Barros ran with the lead runners for the first half of the race and held on for a 6^th place finish overall in a time of 21:16. Fellow 9^th grader Grace Burnett was the next across the finish for the East (12^th, 22:34) followed closely by sophomore Lindsey Weyant (15^th, 22:40). Freshmen Grace O’Meara (17^th, 22:50) and Lilia Scudamore (18^th, 22:50) came across the line together to make up the rest of the scoring five.

The JV-1 Boys, also running in the Varsity division, finished a solid 6^th of 13 teams. Freshman Xander Pacini led the way with a 24^th place finish in 19:50.  Sophomore Kristian Laird (32^nd, 20:12), freshman Ben Hill (36^th, 20:26), senior Jack Thompson (37^th, 20:39), and freshman Gus Trautwein (44^th, 20:57) rounded out the scoring for the Angels.

In the JV races, senior Audrey McGlothlen turned in a 4^th place finish in 23:45 to lead the team to a second place finish in the JV division. Ellie McWhirter (9^th, 25:35), Maya Winfield (10^th, 25:37), Isabella Garcia (12^th, 26:10), MacKenzie Whitehead-Bust (14^th, 26:35), and Jane Port (16^th, 26:53) also all had top 20 finishes in the Girls JV division. Freshman Cyrus Jenkins-Nieto was the top East finisher in the Boys JV division with an 18^th place finish in 21:54, helping the team to a 4^th place finish.

The following day, most of the rest of the East’s cross country runners took to the generally fast course at the Stenger Soccer complex in Arvada against strong competition. Behind the ever steady running of Lauren Kruger’s 20:02 for 11^th place, the East Girls finished 4^th of 17 teams. Junior Lilly Cory had another outstanding race for 21^st in 20:52, followed not far behind by senior Nell Salzman (24^th, 21:07), sophomore Anna Lucy Buddenhagen (25^th, 21:13), and sophomore Elena Thoman who ran to a personal best of 21:20 for 28^th place.

In the Boys Varsity race, Asher Hoyt nearly broke 17:00 for the second time in as many weeks, leading the boys to an 8^th place finish with his individual 8^th place finish. Fellow sophomore Will Daley crossed the line in 18:05 for 32^nd place followed by senior Jackson Adams (46^th, 18:39), freshman Ian Trautwein (58^th, 18:52), and sophomore Elijah Bruggeman (61^st, 18:54).

JV highlights included Riley Nickols 8^th place finish as the JV Boys finished 10^th as a team, and the ninth place finish of ninth grader Christina Doolan and sixteenth place finish of tenth grader Serene Mather for the JV Girls who finished 4^th as a team.

Our next to last week of invitational competition will be another busy one. Most runners will compete at the North Viking Invitational at the Case Willis Golf Course on Tuesday and at the Pat Patten Invitational in Boulder on Saturday – a couple of great meets across grassy and hilly courses offering a true cross country experience. A small number of athletes will be heading to the Rim Rock Invitational at the University of Kansas to take on top regional competition from the Midwest.

PLEASE SIGN UP TO HELP WITH THE TENT at this link.

Upload photos to our shutterfly page:  https://eastcrosscountry.shutterfly.com

Full results of all of our meets are available at co.milesplit.com.

AND SEE YOU ALL AT PATXI’S ON MONDAY!

There were small changes to the entries for the weekend. They are posted at these links.

Arvada West Cross Country Invitational entries-2

Nighthawks Invitational entries-2

Thanks to Shira Belman for taking the tent to and from Nighthawks. We still need someone to help out with Arvada. You can sign up here.

Weds 9/13 will be the third athlete-only potluck of the season. These will be held most Wednesdays from 6-8 this season at different families’ homes. (They are on the team calendar, under the schedule link and are optional.) Runners who are attending should bring items to share as follows:
9th—main course
10th—salad/side
11—dessert
12—drinks
This week Lindsey Weynant and her family will host.  668 Clarkson Street.

team tip: in addition to subscribing to follow the website, which you have done, you can separately follow the calendar by clicking the + sign on the bottom right. That should link the calendar and details to your own calendar. This should make it possible to map to meets and other events.

Here are the UPDATED Nighthawks Invitational entries-2 for Thursday’s meet (click on text). *Note that V means running varsity.

Nighthawk Invite info is here. boys open 3:00, girls open 3:10, boys varsity 4:00, girls varsity 4:30. (there is no map available)

BUS for Nighthawk–students are dismissed at 1:15 for 1:30 bus departure.

Here are the UPDATED Arvada West Cross Country Invitational entries-2, which is on Friday. *Note that V means running varsity.

BUS for Arvada West—students are dismissed at 12:45 for a 1:00 bus departure.

Remember! We need parents to bring the tent to the meet and take it home too. You can sign up here. 

Please also plan to come to Patxi’s Uptown on Monday 9/18. We get 10% of all sales all day, so spread the word. Here is an easy link to pass on:            www.yelp.com/events/denver-east-high-cross-country-fundraiser

A  few more details for upcoming events.

1. SATURDAY: If you are going to St. Vrain, you should know they are charging $5 for parking to continue to raise money in support of their efforts to rebuild after the 2013 floods.
2. MONDAY 9/11: Team pictures will be right after school on the turf field. All runners need to have their uniforms with them.
3. WEDNESDAY 9/13: Team potluck at Lindsey Weynant’s home

And looking ahead, mark your calendars.

1. MONDAY 9/18: Patxi’s fundraiser– The team gets 10% of everything that day so eat in, dine out, order half-baked to go. Lunch or dinner… spread the word.
2. TUESDAY 9/26: Chipotle fundraiser. We get 50% of what we bring in, starting at 4:00 pmm. More details coming soon.