We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the end of the season banquet tonight. If you did not get a ticket and still want to attend, please email Jennifer to see it there is room (jareich424@gmail.com).
Doors open at 6:00 pm at Montview Presbyterian Church in Park Hill. 1980 Dahlia St, Denver, CO 80220. If you arrive late and the doors are locked, please text 720-210-4175.
We have fantastic donations in the team auction, great food, awards, and more.
Come ready to shop and celebrate!
Nov 10 is the last day to get your tickets for the end-of-season celebration on Friday, November 15 at 6:00 pm at the Montview Presbyterian Church in Park Hill. 1980 Dahlia St, Denver, CO 80220
Join us for dinner, awards, and a celebratory end-of-season party.
Runners and their families and fans are invited. Each person who attends, inlcuding athletes, needs a ticket.
You can buy tickets here: https://east-xc-banquet-tickets-2024.cheddarup.com
(You can also contribute to coaches gifts at the ticket purchase link)
If cost feels like a barrier to coming, please see Coach Kohuth or text or email Jennifer (303-725-7900 or jareich424@gmail.com). We have scholarships available to make sure everyone can attend.
We look forward to celebrating this amazing season with you!
A friendly reminder. You have until Sunday to get your tickets for the end-of-season banquet and party on Friday, November 15 at 6:00 pm at the Montview Presbyterian Church in Park Hill. 1980 Dahlia St, Denver, CO 80220
Join us for dinner, awards, and a celebratory end-of-season party.
Runners and their families and fans are invited. Each person who attends, inlcuding athletes, needs a ticket.
You can buy tickets here: https://east-xc-banquet-tickets-2024.cheddarup.com
(You can also contribute to coaches gifts at the ticket purchase link)
If cost feels like a barrier to coming, please see Coach Kohuth or text or email Jennifer (303-725-7900 or jareich424@gmail.com). We have scholarships available to make sure everyone can attend.
We look forward to celebrating this amazing season with you!
The team will be meeting at 4pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, at 3:30pm on Wednesdays and 2pm on Thursdays. Some practices will be senior/captain led. Workouts and changes in the schedule will be posted on Coach Kohuth’s office door.
2-mile Race
Runners going to NXR have usually run a 2-mile track race as part of their preparation. There is an opportunity to race in Niwot on Tuesday, November 12th. Athletes must enter themselves and arrange their own transportation. Information on entering is here: Niwot 2 mile.
Great job to everyone who hit the track today in the snow!
On Saturday Denver East sent both Girls and Boys Teams to the Colorado State Meet for only the 3rd time in 25 years (2017, 2022, 2024), and was one of seven schools in 5A to have both teams be among the top dozen statewide. By almost every measure, 2024 has been one of the best years in program history. While some of the more ambitious goals were not achieved, there was a lot for which to celebrate following the State Meet.
It was a beautiful afternoon for spectating and running at the Norris Penrose Center in Colorado Springs. With the Angels running in two of the last races of the meet, the Girls 5A race was competed under midday sun with temperatures in the low 60’s. Senior Rosie Mucharsky, in her last race in Colorado leading the Angels, which she has done for every race of her East career, raced her way to the awards podium again with a 10th place finish in 17:55, having worked her way up from 15th at the 2-mile mark. Sophomore Corrine Kennedy executed her race plan perfectly, moving up from 78th place at the 1-mile mark to a 56th place finish in 19:28. Junior Julieta Ochoa moved up along side Kennedy much of the race, going from 79th to 68th to finish in 19:46. Sophomore Lola Carhart had one of the best races of her career, moving up from 85th to 75th place in 19:59, followed closely by classmate Avery Johnson in 20:05 for 89th. Junior Scout Chomas was steady, finishing 93rd in 20:10, and ninth-grader Lila Brown finished in 20:28 for 105th in her state meet debut.
At the 1-mile and 2-mile marks, the Angel Girls were in 10th place with a total of 292 points. The Angels closed well and moved into 9th place with a total of 272 points at the finish. Colorado 5A Girls is a rough neighborhood, with five teams ranked in the top-20 nationally and a couple more ranked just outside the top 30. The 2024 edition of the Denver East Cross Country is certainly one of the two best in school history and would likely win state meets in more than half the nation.
In the Boys race, the Angels were again led by senior Jonas Scudamore, running in his 4th State Meet – possibly just the second Angel boy to do so (though the archives are incomplete). Scudamore finished 17th in his final race at Norris Penrose in 16:00. Behind him junior Henry Bennett left it all on the course, moving up from 63rd at the mile to 49th at the finish in 16:29. The rest of the Angel scorers, all running their first state meet, started out conservatively and moved up aggressively. Junior Isaiah Springer went from 126th at the mile to a 93rd place finish in 17:06, senior Ben Brown went from 129th to 112th in 17:22, and sophomore Emery Wagner went from 131st to 117th in 17:28. Rounding out the finishers for the Angels were juniors Jackson Gertge in 18:17 for 146th and Abraham Morginsky in 18:39 for 151st.
As a team, the Angel Boys were in 17th place of 20 teams at the mile mark with 408 points, then moved up to 13th with 348 points at the 2-mile mark, and finished with a total of 332 points to finish in 12th place overall. The Angel Boys had flown under the radar most of the year, not running their top line-up until championship season. The Angels proved that they more than deserved to be at State, beating teams from every other region at the State Meet and undoubtedly surprising many followers of the sport around Colorado.
Looking ahead, those Angels going to the Nike Southwest Regional will continue to train daily. For now, anticipate practice at 4pm, but given the weather forecast and earlier sunset, adjustments may be made. Please check Coach Kohuth’s office window for details of practice plans.
The bus to State Meet will leave at 9am. Teammates not racing may take the bus down to Colorado Springs to support the team; please let Coach Kohuth know if you would like to travel with the team.
Girls race at 12:20pm and Boys at 1:40pm. The races start and finish at the Norris Penrose Center. It looks like there will be near ideal conditions for spectating, so come down and support your Angels. Links to additional information below.
Nike Southwest Regional Championship
Please remember to use this spreadsheet to indicate your intention to compete in Arizona on November 23rd. Coach Kohuth will be doing entries next week. NXR intent.
The end-of-season celebration will be on Friday, November 15 at 6:00 pm at the Montview Presbyterian Church in Park Hill. 1980 Dahlia St, Denver, CO 80220
Join us for dinner, awards, and a celebratory end-of-season party.
Runners and their families and fans are invited. Each person who attends, inlcuding athletes, needs a ticket.
You can buy tickets here: https://east-xc-banquet-tickets-2024.cheddarup.com
(You can also contribute to coaches gifts at the ticket purchase link)
Please buy your tickets no later than Nov 10. If cost feels like a barrier to coming, please see Coach Kohuth or text or email Jennifer (303-725-7900 or jareich424@gmail.com). We have scholarships available to make sure everyone can attend.
We look forward to celebrating this amazing season with you!
Denver East High XC 