Information for the Denver West High School Cowboy Classic on Tuesday, Sept 11, 2018.

Dismissal time:  1:45 pm

Bus leaves East:  2:00 pm

Entires:  Denver West Cowboy Classic Entries

Course Map West HS Course Map 2017

Please join us at the 2018 Denver West Cowboy Classic. This event is being held at Sunken Gardens Park, attached to Denver West High School. This unique course in the heart of Downtown Denver is FLAT and FAST and will give athletes a confidence boost early in the season. The meet will be held on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 and will start at 3:45 PM. The meet will include a Varsity & Open 5K.

3:30 — Coach check-in (at the finish line)

3:45 — Boys Open 5K (unlimited entries – score 5)

4:15 — Girls Open 5K (unlimited entries – score 5)

4:45 — Boys Varsity 5k (seven entries — score 5)

5:15 — Girls Varsity 5k (seven entries — score 5)

It was a busy Saturday morning for the East Angels as the team was split between two meets – the Liberty Bell Invitational at Heritage High School and the St. Vrain Invitational at Lyons High School.

The 4A/5A Girls Varsity race at St Vrain featured many of the best teams in the Colorado. Over the three loop course, the Angels got out quickly and were mostly able to hold their positions over the tough course. Junior Anna Lucy Buddenhagen led the team with a 53^rd place finish in 20:58. Sophomore Maya Winfield, running her first race of the season, was the next finisher for East in 21:08. Junior Lilly Cory (21:14), sophomore Abigael Howard (21:22) and junior Lindsey Weyant (21:54) were 68^th, 74^th and 94^th, and the Angels’ final tally landed them in 12^th place of 30 teams.

In the Boys 4A/5A Varsity race Will Daley ran to a 12^th place finish in 16:37, and Asher Hoyt finished 19^th in 17:03. Ian Trautwein and Xander Pacini raced to seasonal bests of 18:28 and 18:30 with their 110^th and 112^th place finishes. Jack Beardshear (19:12) rounded out the scoring in 160^th along with Eamon Nussbaum in 161^st in an identical time, and the Angels finished 13^th of 31 teams.

Laura Romero crushed the competition in the Girls JV race by nearly a minute, running the course in a seasonal best 20:56. Ninth grader Tsige Kaufman (24:11) was 41^st, junior Sarah Hoffer (24:48) 58^th, sophomore Isabel Fawley 73^rd (25:21) and ninth grader Sara Abdulkadir (25:33) 82^nd, and the Angels finished 6^th of 25 schools entered.

Sophomore Gus Trautwein, ninth grader Allen Harder, and junior Teddy Hickenlooper had breakout races for the season with their 85^th, 88^th and 96^th place finishes in 20:40, 20:44, and 20:48 respectively, leading the JV Boys to a 20^th place finish of 28 teams.

Meanwhile, another set of JV runners was racing across the blazing fast course over the roads of Littleton, doing their best against some of the state’s best varsity teams. Liberty Bell always delivers seasonal best times and this year was no different. For the boys, junior Taylor Lucas led the way with a time of 20:14, followed by sophomore Jacob Silverman in 20:33 and ninth grader Josh Bruggeman in 20:35. Running her first race of the season, Christina Doolan was the first Angel girl across the finish line with a time of 21:50. Fellow sophomores Grace Burnett and Claire Ely finished in 22:07 and 22:10, and junior Ellie McWhirter finished in 22:20.

The week ahead takes the Angels to the Denver West Cowboy Invitational on Tuesday and the Arvada West Invitational on Friday. These are both flat and fast courses, though the forecast for hot weather may slow things down a bit. The Angels will bring large squads to both meets and will be competitive at all levels.

Finally, this week’s alumni report: At the Smith College Cross Country Invitational, Laurel Kruger (class of 2018) of Smith College finished 15^th to help her team win the 6-team D3 meet.

The team really appreciates having the tent at the meets. Please help.

You can sign up to bring the tent to the meet or bring it back at this link.

The tent fits in most cars if you can put the backseat down.

Thanks in advance for jumping in.

All Runners:  Please fill out the following google form after your race.  Race Review Form

Liberty Bell bus leaves East at 7:00 am on Saturday, Sept 8.

Liberty Bell Entries:  2018 Liberty Bell entries

St. Vrain bus leaves East at 6:30 am on Saturday, Sept 8.

St. Vrain Entries: 2018 St Vrain entries

St.Vrain HS Course Map – 5K

Note from St. Vrain race director about parking:   Please encourage your fans to carpool to the meet, and let them know they will have a 5 to 10 minute walk to get to the course. We are going to continue to ask for a $5 donation per car to be given to the Lyons Community Foundation for parking in Bohn Park and the south parking lot, and we’ll have a donation bucket at the gate for folks coming from the neighborhood. At the request of the Mormon church on 2nd Ave, we will not be asking for donations for anyone who parks in their lot, which they have been gracious enough to give us access to. Needless to say, this will be a work in progress, and we would appreciate it if you let your parents and fans know we need their cooperation and patience to have this go well. 

This week’s team potluck will be tomorrow night from 6:00-8:00 at the Kienast home: 1760 Niagara Street

Freshmen: main dish (8 servings)

Sophomores: side dish or salads

Juniors: dessert

Seniors: drinks

Go Angels!

If you have a red varsity uniform from last year, please text Ruth at (303) 525-3829 to make arrangements to return it.  Please do not give it to the coaches, text Ruth.

If you are unavailable to participate in a race, please submit this form as soon as possible, but ideally no later than Sunday on the week of the race. This will help us ensure that you are not taking a place on our roster from another athlete and will help us with accountability for attendance purposes.

Runner Unavailability Form

The East Angels took to two large meets this week, traveling to the Washington Park Invitational on Thursday and the Centaurus Invitational in Lafayette on Saturday. Seasonal bests were run by a majority of Angels who raced.

With most of the Varsity and JV-1 runners heading to Centaurus, it was up to the JV-2 to step up against varsity competition at Washington Park. In the Girls Varsity race the Angels were up to the task, finishing 5^th of 16 teams. Juniors Elena Thoman and Ellie McWhirter led the way with 10^th (22:35) and 18^th (23:10) place finishes. Ninth grade Annabel Fillipini (23:14) came in close behind in 19^th, followed by junior Maisie Moskowitz in 33^rd (23:40) and sophomore Kerra Hendrickson in 43^rd (24:21). The boys representing East in the varsity race at Washington Park found themselves a bit overmatched, finishing 19^th of 20 teams. The Angels were led by senior Diego Quintos de Peterson in 100^th (21:50), followed by junior Adam Schwartz (102^nd, 22:18), ninth grader Josh Bruggeman (103^rd, 22:23), sophomore Nicholas Virnich (104^th, 22:31), and ninth grader Paul Buffington (106^th, 22:38).

The Girls JV team fared very well at Washington Park, finishing 2^nd only to thee varsity squad from George Washington. Over the 2-mile course, ninth graders Amelia Brogden (14:16), Grace Chambers (14:17) and Alia Quinby (15:13) led the way, placing 3^rd, 4^th and 14^th. Sophomore Isabella Garcia (16^th, 15:27) and ninth grader Gemma Haller (17^th, 15:28) made up the remainder of the five scoring runners. The JV boys finished a very respectable 6^th place. Junior Kristian Laird covered the 2-miles in 12:24 for 11^th place, followed by ninth grader Jack Kriekels (12:53) and Allan Harder (13:37) in 26^th and 54^th. Sophomore Jacob Silverman (64^th, 13:48) and junior Theodor Hopfer (71^st, 13:58) were the final scorers for East.

It was a near perfect morning for racing and spectating in Boulder County at the Centaurus Invitation at Waneka Lake Park on Saturday where the Varsity Girls were the first to take on the fierce competition. Abby Howard ran across the finish line first of all the Angels, moving up nicely in the last mile to finish in 19^th place in a time of 20:25 for 5K. Junior Anna Lucy Buddenhagen and senior Lilly Cory also ran smart and had seasonal bests of 20:39 and 20:53 for 28^th and 38^th place. A series of East sophomores, Alana Marie Barros (21:37), Lilia Scudamore (21:58), Julia Schor (22:20), and Maya Nussbaumer (22:31) finished 52^nd, 60^th, 69^th, and 76^th, helping to secure an outstanding 4^th place finish of 29 schools, behind only host Centaurus High School and top-10 ranked teams Broomfield and Monarch.

The Boys Varsity team finished 11^th of 29 teams, hot on the heels of new regional rivals Broomfield and Legacy. Juniors Will Daley and Asher Hoyt led the way for the Angels with 9^th and 16^th place finishes in 16:35 and 16:57. For the second meet in a row, sophomore Xander Pacini (19:02) and junior Elijah Bruggeman (19:03) finished together, placing 97^th and 98^th on Saturday. First year student Eamon Nussbaum finished 102^nd in 19:14, and juniors Ballard Kauffman 125^th in 19:41 and Riley Nickols 134^th in 19:52, to round out the finishes of the varsity seven.

The Girls JV at Centaurus matched the best team finish of the week for the Angels with their second place finish. Running her first race for East, sophomore Laura Romero fought for the win for the full 5K, eventually finishing 2^nd in 21:21. Junior Lindsey Weyant, running her first race of the season, ran to a strong 4^th place finish in 21:49. The tightly packed trio of sophomores Grace O’Meara (23:05) and Claire Ely (23:14) and senior Emily Turner (23:21) finished 21^st, 23^rd, and 25^th to round out the scoring for the Angels.

The JV Boys were the last to race for the weekend. Similar to the JV Girls race, the East Boys were well represented in the lead packs. Senior, and four-year high altitude camp attendee, Sam Crippen rallied in the third mile for a 5^th place finish in 18:52 in what was his first official cross country race. Junior Jack Beardshear and sophomores Ian Trautwein and Cyrus Jenkins-Nieto finished 11^th, 12^th and 29^th, in 19:01, 19:06, and 19:43 respectively. Senior Eden Scott, another altitude camp alum running his first career cross country race, grinded out a 20:05 for 43^rd place as the 5^th scorer. Junior Taylor Lucas (21:27) and senior Jack Thompson (21:29) were the final finishers for East in 91^st and 92^nd place.

Next Saturday features two of the biggest meets in the Colorado invitational schedule, and East will be represented at both. The team will split up again between the always fast Liberty Bell Invitational at Heritage High School in Littleton and the super competitive St. Vrain Invitational at Lyons High School, which will be run over the same course to which East will return for State Meet qualifying (5A Region 3 Championship) in October.

Finally, this week’s alumni report: East graduates Rafael Marmalejo-Daher (UC-Colorado Springs) and Nikita Cordier (Metro State) finished 14^th and 33^rd respectively at the UCCS Rust Buster XC Jamboree over an 8000m course in Colorado Springs.