Bus for Pat Patten We will have a bus on Saturday for the Pat Patten Meet. Please arrive on Detroit St around 6:45 – 6:50am. The bus will leave at 7:00am. All athletes are running at Pat Patten.

Team Potluck tonight: Remember we have a team potluck tonight at 6:00pm at 1655 Filbert Ct, Denver

Bring enough for around 8 people. 

Freshmen: main dish

Sophomores: side dish or salad

Juniors: Dessert

Seniors: Drinks/chocolate milk

Friday Practice: We will have our pre meet practice at 3:45pm on Friday at Central Park. Meet at the place on the map below where the starting line would be. Students do not have school on Friday, so we will run our pre meet at Central Park to become more familiar with the City Championship course. City Championships are on Oct 12 and all XC athletes will be running at City.

We need a few more volunteers for the Hot Chocolate Run: This is a great way for runners to get service points and/or just hang out with your friends.

If you want to volunteer at the Hot Chocolate run this Sunday (10/2) 5:30-11am at Wash Park please fill out this form! We need at least 8 volunteers but if more are interested just let Lillian know. Sign up for Hot Chocolate Run

Bring your uniform with you to school on Wednesday! Meet at 3:45 in your uniform at the big E in front of the school.

Hot chocolate run:

If you want to volunteer at the Hot Chocolate run this Sunday (10/2) 5:30-11am at Wash Park please fill out this form! We need at least 8 volunteers but if more are interested just let Lillian know. Sign up for Hot Chocolate Run

It was a busy and exhausting week for the Angels who competed in three meets in two states, and managed a lot of disruptions to normal routines.

On the course, the Angels first competed on Tuesday at the North Viking Invitational on the Case Willis Golf Course. The East coaches really like this course – a true cross country course that is 100% grass with challenging hills. They like it so much they have generally brought athletes to workout there even if the plan was not to race – which was the case for most of the athletes racing varsity. Senior Ben Hopper ran the strongest workout of the boys team, while ninth grader Abraham Morginsky was a highlight for the Angels with his 50th place finish in 21:06 – the 4th best finish of any freshman in the race. Junior Anna Rothman-Haji ran the best race of the East Girls with a 23:04 for 17th place. The Denver East Girls really flexed their depth in the JV Girls race, where they finished 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 7^th and 20^th, giving them an easy team win. Senior Eleanor Goldstein (24:46) led the way for the Angels, followed by ninth grader Daniela Maldonado-Ramos (25:08) and a trio of sophomores: Ella Terch (25:36), Grace Taub (26:10), and Yelena Konowal (27:30). The JV Boys were led by sophomore Donovan Aggeler (21:27), freshman Mason Harper (21:33), and sophomore Noah Shurz (21:39) with 8^th, 9^th and 10^th place finishes, followed by juniors Carson Lerner (22:29) and Linus Cole (23:08) in 19^th and 28^th respectively. The team’s 67 points was good enough for 2^nd place of 13 teams.

Over the weekend, the Angel Varsity and JV1 teams took the long drive across the eastern half of our fine state and nearly the entire length of Kansas to get to the Rim Rock Farm Invitational. University of Kansas’s Rim Rock Farm cross country course is one of the most iconic in the nation, and the Angels were thrilled to return for the first time since 2019. The meet attracts 300 schools from seven states, with the Angels competing in the prestigious Gold Division. JV raced Friday evening under nearly perfect overcast conditions. The course is a challenging one, with the worst of the hills–Cemetery Hill– coming 2.5 miles into the race. The East JV Girls were not the most aggressive team off the starting line, but by the time they had crested Cemetery Hill, they had buried their competition. Sophomore Lila Cypers led the charge kicking to a 3^rd place finish in 21:30. Ninth grader Mary Clare Nussbaum covered the course in 21:44 for 5^th place, followed closely by junior Avery Ash (21:46) and senior Helen Miller (21:28) in 6^th and 7^th. Senior Bri O’Meara closed out the scoring for Angels with her 10^th place finish in 22:04. The Angels scored a mere 31 points for a dominating win.

Junior Kai Luna steadily moved his way up through the top-10 runners in the Boys JV race, competing for the win in the final straight away, eventually coming a mere 3 tenths of a second short of the win with his 2^nd place 17:36.6 finish. Seniors Garrett Johnson (18:08) and Charlie Keglovitz (18:27) both cracked the top-25 with their 9^th and 19^th place finishes respectively. Sophomore Ben Brown crossed the finish in 18:46 for 27^th, junior Finn Egan 37^th in 19:05 and sophomore Finley Steed in 19:23 for 51^st. The Angels totaled 85 points for 3^rd place – the best finish for an East Boys JV team at this meet. 

The Angels returned to the Farm on Saturday for the Varsity races. The East Girls would once again be led by sophomore Rosie Mucharsky who stuck with the lead pack for an 8^th place finish in 19:11. Junior Sophia Shiroff finished 32^nd in 20:16, followed closely by ninth graders Scout Chomas (38^th, 20:23) and the late charging Julieta Ochoa (52^nd, 20:37). Junior Sasha Bull closed out the scoring with her 58^th place finish in 20:49, followed by ninth grader Kairine Brown (93^rd, 21:41) and Evelyn Higgins (95^th, 21:45). The Angel Varsity Girls made the podium for the first time at this meet with a 3^rd place finish of 22 of the best teams from the Heartland. 

Sophomore Jonas Scudamore led the Varsity Boys for the first time in his career, breaking into the top-25 of all finishers with his 23^rd place finish in 16:29. Senior Quinn Higgins was just a handful of seconds back with his 30^th place finish in 16:37. Freshman Henry Bennett moved up to 59^th in 17:06, senior Ian Logan held on to 77^th in 17:19, and junior Connor Beardsley rounded out the top-5 Angels with his 89^th place finish in 17:26, followed closely by seniors Harry Hittle in 93^rd and 17:28, and Ben Hopper in 95^th and 17:31. The Boys varsity finished a solid, if somewhat humbling, 11^th of 25 teams in the Gold Division. 

As things were finishing up in Kansas, the Angels remaining in Colorado were taking the course at the Northfield Nighthawk Invitational. In the Varsity Girls race, the athletes that had powered the JV teams at the North Viking Invite on Tuesday paced the varsity teams on Saturday. For the Girls, it was senior Eleanor Goldstein to be first across the line for the Angels with her 24:29, 51^st place finish. Daniela Maldonado-Ramos was 56^th in 24:47, Grace Taub 58^th in 24:54, senior Siena Berry 62^nd in 25:12, and sophomores Yelena Konowal 70^th and Rae Tatel 91^st in 25:56 and 27:54 respectively. Abraham Morginsky led the Varsity Boys in 20:02 for 41^st, with Noah Shurz (20:24) 51^st, Mason Harper (20:40) 55^th, and sophomore Ben Parish (21:02) and Donovan Aggeler (21:08) 70^th and 71^st. The Angel Boys took 10^th of 16 schools and the Girls 9^th of 12 schools –  East’s JV2 teams holding their own in varsity competition. The remaining JV runners finished even better as teams in the Open Division, with the Boy taking 6^th of 11 teams and the Girls 4^th of 8 teams. Scoring for the Boys were Linus Cole (20^th, 21:30), freshman Jonathan Martin (27^th, 22:04), junior Isaac Ely (34^th, 22:14), and freshmen Cash Griffin (41^st, 22:31) and Ved Mohare (46^th, 22:53). For the Girls it was junior Emma Pieracci (24^th, 26:25), ninth grader Thea Shaff (38^th, 27:57), senior Lillian McGlothlen (47^th, 28:58), ninth grader Liza Cathey (51^st, 29:22) and sophomore Lucia Artley (53^rd, 29:38).

Since the Washington Park Invitational a month ago, the Angels have run a gauntlet of incredibly competitive meets against State and Nationally ranked teams weekly, while the JV has been asked to race at the varsity level at smaller meets three times in the last two weeks. The Invitational season concludes for the Angels on Saturday at the Pat Patten Invitational in Boulder (Viele Lake Park). The level of competition does not let up – of the 22 teams competing, the majority are ranked in the top-10 of their respective divisions in Colorado, including a couple nationally ranked teams. The Angels approach the season with the philosophy that tough competition forges tough competitors, and that this relentlessly challenging invitational schedule will prepare the team for the Championship season – a mere 2 weeks away!

Please mark your calendars. The team end of season banquet will be Sunday December 4 from 1:00-4:00. Details to follow.

Practice will start today at 3:45 in the back of the Auditorium.

Pat Patten Invitational | Saturday, Oct 1, 2022

Unavailability form: This will be the last invitational before our City League Meet on Oct 12. If you can’t participate in the Pat Patten Invite, please fill out this Unavailability Form

Location: Viele Lake XC Course, Boulder, CO

Parking/Buses:

Buses drop off on Knox Drive. Buses can park in Fairview’s lot on Greenbriar Drive or behind Southern Hills Middle School. Parents must find neighborhood parking. Please be respectful. We are working on getting a bus for this meet. Stay tuned for more info…

Schedule

Varsity: Boys 9:30, Girls 10AM 

Open: Boys:10:30, Girls 11:05 

Awards at conclusion of races~ 11:45

Course Map:

Practice will start today at the back of the Auditorium at 3:45pm.

Location: Central Park, 8801 Martin Luther King Blvd, Denver, CO 80238 Parking is very limited so you will likely have to park in neighborhoods. We are not allowed to park in the parking lot that is crossed out in orange on the course map below.

Unavailability Form: Click HERE if you can’t race at the Northfield Invite.

Arrival Time: Plan to be at Northfield 90 minutes before your race. Remember to cheer on your teammates when you aren’t racing. There will not be a bus, so you will need to get yourself there.

Carpool: If you need a ride or can give a ride, sign up for carpool HERE

Race Schedule:

9:45am High School Coaches Meeting at Start Line

10:00am HS Girls Varsity

10:30am HS Boys Varsity

11:00am HS Boys Open

11:30am HS Girls Open 

12:30 High School Award Presentation at Pavilion

Awards: Plaques will be awarded to the top 3 Varsity teams and top 1 Open team. Top 10 Varsity individuals will get medals. Top 10 individuals in open race will get ribbons.

Spikes: Spikes are not recommended for this course.

See Kohuth’s window to find out who is running varsity and JV.

Course Map:

There is another event going on the same day so there is a section near the main pavilion in the center of the park so there is some area that is off limits for this meet including the parking lot right there. This is included in the HS course map 

Team Potluck

This week’s potluck will be at 6:00pm at 1965 Krameria St, Denver, CO 80220.

Bring enough for around 8 people.

Freshmen: main dish

Sophomores: side dish or salad

Juniors: Dessert

Seniors: Drinks/chocolate milk

Denver East Cross Country Runners,

East will still compete tomorrow at the North Viking Invitational. No athlete is required to race.Those athletes who wish to race should arrive 90 minutes before their race. Information about the meet is below.

CARPOOL UPDATE: We will not have a bus and will rely on carpooling to the meet. Carpools should meet at the fountain at City Park rather than at East High School. You can sign up to drive others or to get a ride here. (Please text or make arrangments for yourselves using information on this link.)

Varsity athletes not competing are encouraged to meet at Case Willis Golf Course at 2:30pm to do their 40-55 minute maintenance run and support their teammates who are racing. If you cannot make it to the meet, we encourage you to run on your own. 

We know this has been a challenging day and hope that you are finding whatever support you need. Your coaches (and teammates) are here for you. Please let us know if you need anything.

The link for the Viking Unavailability form did not work. If you can’t run Viking, please click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFaSN8x7mDN92KCY0c-7433X8a2dI15Qd0WS93yc4mjScScQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Car pool for Viking will meet at the fountain in Coty Park where we do our warm up drills.

Rim Rock varsity runners can do their run at Willis Case Golf Course on Tuesday.

We still need tent volunteers so we can have a tent at the Viking and Northfield meets. Click here if you can help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VW1DULPa-usP8a4YycmEIPF_uQ32aa6CSPS5J3xs82A/edit?usp=sharing

All runners except Rim Rock varsity teams should do a pre meet workout on their own.

Rim Rock Varsity: 15-20 min warmup. 3 x 4 minutes at 5k pace, 3 x 2 minutes at mile race pace. 3 x 1 minute sprint, Equal minutes recovery at maintenance pace. 15-20 minutes cool down.