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Ram Clash Recap and Results | Cohort 2

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Cohort 2 got its first real taste of serious competition at the Ram Clash on Tuesday night. The course near the APEX Center in Arvada gave us a little bit of everything from road and sidewalk, to dirt hills, wood chips, and single track – true cross country. The racing started off with a speedy first mile in the boys race, but the Angels collectively used some strong second miles surging on hills to really put themselves in positions to race in mile three. While heat affected some of the boys performances, some solid closing at the finish yielded a second place team finish, and top-20 finishes by David Anderson (4th), Elliott Brumbaugh (13th), Jameson Leigh (14th), Jay Cory (16th), and Marcus Burnett (20th).

Running in the second race, the girls followed their typical pack strategy that has carried them to a lot of success so far. Collectively taking the first mile at a more controlled pace, everyone moved up consistently throughout the race and it was looking like we were going to run away with the win as Sophia Charles (1st) ran to the win, Sasha Bull (2nd) held off a late charge for second, and Grace Burnett (6th)  was just edged out to finish 6th. In a surprise though, some of the wave 2 runners paced through the wave 1 runners, and despite placing 6 more runners in the top-20, Bri O’Meara (11th), Claire Ely (13th), Alia Quinby (14th), Helen Miller (16th), Ellie Goldstein (17th), and Clara Artley (19th), we were edged by just 2 points in the final scoring 31-33 by race host Green Mountain.

But with a pair of second place finishes and some really fast times, we have a lot to celebrate about today, and to look forward to going into our final race of the season on Saturday against Northfield.

Complete Results:

Boys Results: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=222993

Girls Results: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=223006

Updates for the week of Sept 21

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Hi Runners!

Here is what is happening with East XC this week:

Cohort 1

East is hosting a cohort 1 meet at City Park on Saturday, Sept 26 at 8:00am. We are looking for parent, family and fan volunteers.  Please sign up here if you can help:  8/26 Cohort 1 Volunteer Sign Up  

More details about this meet will be posted soon.

Cohort 2

Tuesday, Sept 22:  Ram Clash in Arvada at the APEX Center 13150 W 72nd Ave Arvada, CO US 80005. The coaches were able to add more athletes, see complete lists below:

Boys Entries for Ram Clash (ranked for entries)*

  1. David Anderson
  2. Nathan Turner
  3. Elliott Brumbaugh
  4. Charlie Keglovitz
  5. Jameson Leigh
  6. Jay Cory
  7. Liam Cook
  8. Quinn Higgins
  9. Frank Buddenhagen

*These athletes will need to be released at 1:30 for a 3:15 race time in Arvada.

Girls Entries for Ram Clash (ranked for entries)**

  1. Sophia Charles
  2. Grace Burnett
  3. Sasha Bull
  4. Claire Ely
  5. Bri O’Meara
  6. Helen Miller
  7. Evelyn Higgins
  8. Alia Quinby
  9. Clara Artley
  10. Ellie Goldstein
  11. Clara Lorenzo

**These athletes will need to have a 2:15 early release for a 4:00 race time in Arvada.

It would be a good idea for these athletes to ask their teachers if it would be possible to attend the morning session of synchronous learning on Tuesday, Sept 22 since the boys will miss almost the entire afternoon and girls will miss their entire second class. 

Saturday, Sept 26:  Cohort 2 will run at Northfield.  More details to follow.

Cohort 3 (virtual running club)

Monday meeting at 6:00pm  Google meets link

Guest speaker at 6:15 on the above link.  Cohorts 1,2 and 3 are welcome to attend.

Our guest speaker will be Laurel Kruger.  Laurel is an East High School alumna from the class of 2018. Over the course of the 3 years she ran at East, she took 4 and half minutes off her 5k time, going from JV to one of the top female runners in school history. In 2017, she was a member of the first East girls’ 4×800 relay to qualify for state track championships, and the first (since 1995) East girls’ cross country team to qualify for state XC championships. Despite a string of injuries and other challenges, she continues to run competitively at the DIII collegiate level at Smith College in Northampton, MA. 

Cohort 2 Recap and Details for Ram Clash Meet

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Cohort 2 Recap

Cohort 2 had to two very successful days on our home course with Saturday’s race against Northfield, and yesterday’s race against South. Both races played out very similarly, and given the pristine conditions Saturday morning, and the hazy, smoky conditions, yesterday that’s saying something about the untapped speed many of our runners are discovering they have.

On Saturday in the boys race, the lead pack got out quick and led the race throughout. A patient first mile translated into a 30 second victory for David Anderson, followed by Nathan Turner, and Elliott Brumbaugh. The rest of the boys all finished well also, with our top-11 having a pack time of 1:08.

In the girls race Sophia Charles and Sasha Bull took the lead out early. But a smart race by Grace Burnett kept her just back of them for most of the first two miles, before capturing the lead and securing her first win of the season by seven seconds over Sasha. The middle of the pack saw some impressive jockeying for the finish over the final mile as runners 4-10 finished within 38 seconds of each other.

Complete Results Northfield East Dual

Last night, the boys race duplicated their effort, resulting in another perfect score. David Anderson secured his third straight victory, but the real stand-out performances were by Charlie Keglovitz (3rd), who finished with a career PR of 20:00, and Liam Cook (4th) in 20:21; both runners moved up several spots over Saturday’s finishes.

On the girls side, Sophia Charles set a blistering pace early, and wasn’t challenged to the finish for her first victory of the season, and bettering her Saturday time by 25 seconds. Grace Burnett came in second followed by Sasha Bull. Claire Ely and Bri O’Meara, who have been pushing each other throughout the season rounded out our top-5, with Claire just outkicking Bri at the finish, both shaving off 18 and 30 seconds respectively on their Saturday times.

Thank you to all of the current and alumni parent volunteers for helping with the East South Dual meet.  Cathy Daley, Jason Keglovitz, Sara and Tom Cook, Erin Egan, Michelle Miller and Jen Artley came out yesterday to help make this meet happen!  There is a reason East XC has amazing student athletes, they come from great parents!

JV South at East Results 9-17-20-2

Ram Clash Details: 

Boys Entries for Ram Clash (ranked for entries)*

  1. David Anderson
  2. Nathan Turner
  3. Elliott Brumbaugh
  4. Charlie Keglovitz
  5. Jameson Leigh
  6. Jay Cory
  7. Liam Cook

*These athletes will need to be released at 1:30 for a 3:15 race time in Arvada.

Girls Entries for Ram Clash (ranked for entries)**

  1. Sophia Charles
  2. Grace Burnett
  3. Sasha Bull
  4. Claire Ely
  5. Bri O’Meara
  6. Helen Miller
  7. Evelyn Higgins

**These athletes will need to have a 2:15 early release for a 4:00 race time in Arvada.

It would be a good idea for these athletes to ask their teachers if it would be possible to attend the morning session of synchronous learning on Tuesday, Sept 22 since the boys will miss almost the entire afternoon and girls will miss their entire second class. 

Meet Location: APEX Center 13150 W 72nd Ave Arvada, CO US 80005

Tues 9/22 – JV – Boys 3:15 / Girl 4:00

Restricted Area
There will be a restricted parking area that is for teams/officials/volunteers only.  There will also be a restricted area that will contain the start/finish line along with the team camps.

We ask that you request your parents and spectators cooperate in respecting this restricted area and also emphasize how important it is to avoid future meets being cancelled this season.

Spectator Parking
There will be parking for spectators also in the southwest area of the APEX Center parking lot.

Spectator Viewing
Masks must be worn by all spectators at ALL times when outside their vehicle.  Spectators must socially distance between family units at all times.

On the map we have provided recommended spectator viewing areas that will allow spectators and parents to see athletes on the course multiple times.  These areas will also minimize impact on public trail use along heavily used Ralston Creek Trail.

 

PARKING, CAMPS, START/FINISH LINE
APEX Center 13150 W 72nd Ave Arvada, CO US 80005

Ram Buster Meet Results & TJ meet info | Cohort 1

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Here are the results from the Ram Blaster Varsity Meet at the NAAC:

Eamon Nussbaum            17:49.10

Benjamin Hopper             19:32.3 

Grant Elliot                         19:54.1

Jack Kriekels                       20:10.0

Kai Luna                               20:11.40

Owen Congdon                 20:13.1

Allen Harder                       20:31.40

 The Angels ran well on tired  legs and the toughest course we have faced so far—Eamon Nussbaum ran a smart race to finish third and the team finished fourth.  A very good showing three days after the last race.  As Allen Harder accurately stated—this race was about putting in the work.

Full Results for Ram Blaster

Up next, Cohort 1 Angels vs TJ on Thursday, Sept 17.

The meet will take place at Bible Park (6802 E Yale Ave.). The boys are scheduled to run at 4:30, and the girls are scheduled to run at 5:15— although if everyone is okay with it, the TJ coach thinks we can move the girls up to 5pm.  Course map is shown below.  The start is at the green dot and they will run clockwise around the perimeter of the park 1.5x and then cut in and end behind the baseball field near the start line.

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Cohort 2 Race | East Angels vs South Rebels @ East on 9/17

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Cohort 2 parents, families and fans!

We would like to give a huge thank you to Erica Crosby, Sarah Bull, Robert Anderson, Sara and Tom Cook, Michelle Miller and Jason Keglovitz for volunteering on Saturday. We are so lucky to have such amazing volunteers!!

We are hosting the East South Dual meet at City Park on Thursday, Sept 17 and we need parent/family volunteers to help host.  Please click here to sign up:  East South Dual Volunteer Sign Up

Volunteers, please meet Coach Fehrman at the starting line at 4:00pm.

Boys race:  4:30pm

Girls race:  5:00pm

It was a four race weekend!

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The Angels participated in four different races this weekend.  Here is how it went:

Cohort 1:

Cohort 1 split off into two races this weekend.  

Adam’s City:  Adams City Girls Results

East-North-West Triangular at Garfield Lake Park:

            Denver West High School hosted this Triangular on a beautiful morning for racing at another new cross country venue for the Angels – three laps around Garfield Lake Park in southwest Denver.  North is the last team in DPS in recent memory to have beat East’s girls in cross country.  What the North Vikings lack in depth they generally make up for in high quality front runners and this year is no exception.

            In the Boys 5k race, junior Eamon Nussbaum battled back and forth with North’s top runner, eventually taking command over the last 800m to win in a time of 17:01 – his third personal best of the season. Nussbaum was followed by 9thgrader Grant Elliot in 3rdplace (17:53) and sophomore Ben Hopper in 4thplace (17:55), both dipping under 18 minutes for the first time this season. Junior Jack Kriekels nearly dipped under 18 minutes, placing 5thin 18:02.  After a couple additional North runners crossed the line, the Angels swept places 8ththrough 14thwith 9thgrader Kai Luna (18:52), senior Xander Pacini (19:02), juniors Allen Harder and Josh Bruggeman (19:11 and 19:16), 9thgrader Conner Beardsley (19:23), and sophomore Ian Logan (19:28). The Angel boys remain undefeated, solidly beating North 21-38 on Saturday.

            In the Girls race, a depleted East squad, with most of Cohort 1 competing at Adams City, gamely pushed a very good North Viking team. Senior Grace O’Meara initially went out with the top North runners, before giving up a little ground to finish in 3rdin a seasonal best 21:27. Fellow Senior Lilia Scudamore came up for 4thplace in 21:42. Junior Gemma Haller closed with great finishing sprint to grab 6thplace in 22:17 and senior Kerra Hendrickson followed in 8thplace with 22:33. The Angels were a runner short of a full scoring team, so conceded the team win to the worthy North Vikings team.

            On Tuesday, Nussbaum, Elliot, Hopper, Kriekels, Luna, Harder and Kruger will head to the Ram Blaster Invite at the North Area Athletic Complex in Arvada – race time 2:30pm. Everyone else in Cohort 1 will practice at East.

           On Thursday, the rest of Cohort 1 will run a Triangular Meet against Northfields HS and Thomas Jefferson HS and Cohort 2 will host South High School – check the website for details of these meets.

Cohort 2

JV Northfield Nighthawks @ East Angels Results

September 12, 2020

Boys

  1. David Anderson (EA) 19:33
  2. Nathan Turner (EA) 20:03
  3. Elliott Brumbaugh (EA) 20:13
  4. Jameson Leigh (EA) 20:30
  5. Charlie Keglovitz (EA) 20:30
  6. Marcus Burnett (EA) 20:35
  7. Jay Cory (EA) 20:35
  8. Quinn Higgins (EA) 20:36
  9. Jack Rianda (EA) 20:36
  10. Liam Cook (EA) 20:41
  11. Sammy Berman (NN) 21:25
  12. Ben Whitney (NN) 22:15
  13. Justin Green (NN) 22:21
  14. Frank McGinn (NN) 22:22
  15. Finn Egan (EA) 22:24
  16. Zachary Holsinger (NN) 22:25
  17. Bode Mathes (NN) 24:42
  18. Dom Matera (NN) 25:33
  19. Evan Englefolchert (NN) 28:36

Girls

  1. Grace Burnett (EA) 22:03
  2. Sasha Bull (EA) 22:10
  3. Sophia Charles (EA) 22:28
  4. Claire Ely (EA) 23:42
  5. Bri O’Meara (EA) 23:55
  6. Alia Quinby (EA) 23:58
  7. Helen Miller (EA) 24:00
  8. Clara Artley (EA) 24:11
  9. Evelyn Higgins (EA) 24:12
  10. Ellie Goldstein (EA) 24:20
  11. Clara Lorenzo (EA) 25:19
  12. Hannah Priddy (NN) 25:39
  13. Kelsey Dennis (NN) 25:45
  14. Tuesday Ness (NN) 28:32
  15. Regan Hayes (NN) 28:33
  16. Samantha Stelloh (NN) 28:57
  17. Katie Olson (NN) 29:05
  18. Cassidy Johnson (NN) 29:09
  19. Elisabeth Hispa (NN) 32:19
  20. Maddie Covington (NN) 32:20
  21. Lee Weselman (NN) 36:02
  22. Bella Putnam (NN) 36:02
  23. Nya Taylor (NN) 36:07
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Cohort 3 (virtual running club)

The Denver 5K at Sloan’s Lake

Grace Todd 22:53.2
Jonas Scudamore 23:14.7
Conrad Branch 23:26.4
Brandon Ogin 23:26.5
Devin Morse 23:58.0
Lila Port 24:15.3
Kendall Ogin 25:42.1
   
Charlie Hite 27:43.3
Jane Port 27:58.7
Lillian McGlothlen 29:13.3