The East Angels currently have three former athletes competing collegiately this season and a fourth who is red-shirting.

Will Daley, Denver East Class of 2020, leads the Dartmouth College Cross Country team. He returns as one of the top Division 1 cross country runners in the Northeast. Thus far for the Green this season, he has finished 2^nd at the Vermont Invitational, 8^th in the Battle in Beantown, and 15^th at the Pre-Nationals Meet at University of Virginia in 23:34 for 8K. 

Julia Schor, Denver East Class of 2021, is one of the top-2 runners for the Amherst College Mammoth, currently ranked #13 nationally among Division III teams. Julia finished 2^nd at the Little Three Championship Meet and 28^th at DIII Pre-Nationals. She has a seasonal best for 6K of 22:14. 

Quinn Higgins, Denver East Class of 2023, looks to be securing a spot on Division III Lewis & Clark’s varsity team. He finished 28^th at the Ash Creek Collegiate Invitational, 124^th at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, and 67^th at the Linfield Cross Country Invitational in a personal best 25:53 for 8K.

Corbin Hobert, Denver East Class of 2023, is redshirting his first season at University of California, San Diego.

Conference championships are in two weeks for these runners, with NCAA Regional qualifying meets two weeks after their conference championships. 

Fun facts about these athletes’ progression: Will Daley ran his first cross country race as a sophomore, running 18:28 in his first 5K; he ran 15:19 as a senior. Schor ran 23:48 for 126^th place in her first cross country meet; she finished 6^th in the Colorado State Track Meet in the 800m her senior year. Higgins’s best 5K as a freshman was 21:16; he broke 16 minutes as a senior. Hobert, who ran 15:21 as a senior, had a freshman personal best of 20:16. 

Julia shared this document for athletes who have interest in running in college (some of the NCAA rules described might be dated). (You can access it at the link below.)