City Park 5K runners!
The packets have been picked up and we’ll get them to you before the race. We apologize for the late notice and hope you haven’t gone to the zoo to get your packet.
More race details soon…
City Park 5K runners!
The packets have been picked up and we’ll get them to you before the race. We apologize for the late notice and hope you haven’t gone to the zoo to get your packet.
More race details soon…
Hello East Cross Country Team Members, Families and Coaches,
We are excited to announce the first ever East Cross Country End-of-Season Virtual Banquet!
When: (THIS) Sunday, November 8 at 3:00pm
Join with Google Meet |
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Please contribute to coaches’ gifts and donate to the team via Venmo: @Ingrid-Burnett-1
If you prefer to donate via cash or check, please contact Sara Cook at arasmot@comcast.netor 303-809-2936.
If you have photos from the season, please share/post them to: https://eastrunning2020.shutterfly.com/ OR https://link.shutterfly.com/wc7M7Cql6ab
so an end-of-season slide show can be put together (sooner the better please!)
Please let us know if there are any questions or if you have any ideas on how to make this event special for our runners and seniors.
Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing everyone (virtually) verysoon!
FYI – Team letters and pins will be distributed (physically) at a later date.
The 2020 t-shirts designed by the seniors have arrived! You can pick up your shirt from Grace at Thursday’s uniform return between 3:45 and 4:30pm on the sidewalk between East and the baseball field. Bring cash, a check or Venmo to get your shirt.
Remember to bring your uniform for check-in on Thursday. Same time, same place.
Cohorts 1 and 2: Please return your uniform on Thursday, 10/29 anytime between 3:45pm and 4:30pm to Abby and Kai’s moms. Return will be on the sidewalk between the north side of East HS and the baseball field. Wear your mask and maintain social distancing.
Do not turn your uniform in to a coach. If you can’t return it tomorrow, please text Ruth at (303) 525-3829 to make other arrangements. If you do not return your XC uniform, your student account will be charged $100. We would rather have your uniform, not your money.
Please return any checked out warm ups on Thursday at the same time. Thank you!
Cohorts 1,2 & 3 (VRC), families and coaches please save the date for our first ever Covid 19 virtual end of season banquet!
November 8, 2020 at 3:00pm
Stay tuned for more details!
The State meet is Saturday, Oct 17 at the Norris Penrose Event Center, 1045 Lower Gold Camp Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80905 Our race is a 4:45pm. Athletes need to arrive by 3pm and meet at the parking circle in front of stadium entrance.
We encourage families, teammates and fans to cheer on our athletes, either in person or via live stream. A mask must be worn at all times by spectators, coaches and those athletes that are not participants in the race.
Spectator Attendance
Please see the “State XC Site Map” below. Spectators must remain in the “Spectator Area” indicated on the“State XC Site Map”. Spectators are also allowed on the Bear Creek side of the course. Spectators will not be allowed at the start or finish. You can access the event livestream by clicking HERE.
Spectator Parking
For those spectators planning to watch the meet from the allowable areas at Norris Penrose or the Bear Creek side of the course, please see the “State XC Site Map” for parking locations. The available parking locations are indicated on the map in the black outlined areas. Parking for these lots is $10. Spectators will need to walk through Norris Penrose to get to Bear Creek Park. Cars that park at Bear Creek Park East will be ticketed/towed.
Travel
I-25 Construction – There are several places where there is construction going on along I-25. Please plan accordingly.
Course Map
The course map can be viewed by clicking HERE.
The following are the next three community races. If you want to keep running, you can register for these and continue to run with your teammates!
5A Region 3 Championships – October 8, 2020
After some races there is a feeling of exaltation. After other races there is a feeling of disappointment. Following the 5A Region 3 Championships at Monarch High School on a warm smoky day, what most of the Angel harriers seemed to be feeling was relief. The East Girls, as expected, qualified for the Colorado State Championship Meet with their 3rdplace finish, and the East Boys, competing with only single runner with previous Regionals experience and not a single senior, demonstrated the tenacity that will make them a threat in the Region in the years to come.
The Girls got to race first in Louisville, over a deceptively rough course described by Coach Kohuth as “a grinder.” Pomona High School super-soph Emma Stutzman took off from the start and never looked back on her way to an easy and highly anticipated individual win. The lead chase pack consisted of East senior Laura Romero, a couple runners from Broomfield High School, and a runner each from Legacy High School and Fairview High School, with East senior Julia Schor trailing not far behind. This pack would not breakup significantly until the final 1000m of the race with Romero taking 3rdplace in 19:20 and Schor 6thin 19:35. Senior Maya Winfield, who along with senior Abby Howard, had also started in the first wave, came through with a strong 15thplace finish overall in 20:55 with an evenly paced effort. With 3 runners finishing in the top-15, East looked to be in good shape. However, as has been the case with trying to watch these wave start races this year, what was transpiring farther back in the race was hard to decipher. The 2ndwave, which included East junior Annabel Filippini and senior Maya Nussbaumer, had taken off at a scorching pace and the lead runners were clearly making up ground on much of the back half of the 1stwave. East’s runners seemed to have held their competitors close, but two teams (Broomfield and Fairview) had clearly placed more runners in the top-20 and it appeared there were at least 3 teams in the hunt for the final state qualifying spot. To add to the confusion, the initial results shared by the timing company failed to correct for the wave starts. Coaches Fehrman and Scudamore huddled over their phones and manually added up the scores themselves with anxious athletes asking “did we qualify?” The math looked favorable for the Angels, and there was great relief when delayed official results showed that Howard’s 32ndplace (21:48), Filippini’s 35th(22:01) and Nussbaumer’s 37th(22:14) were good enough for a 91-point total and the 3rdand final qualifying spot – 12 points ahead of 4thplace Boulder and 13 points ahead of 5thplace Ralston Valley.
For the Boys Team, only junior Eamon Nussbaum would race from the first wave, while the rest of the team started with the second wave. Nussbaum, nursing an injury for the last 2 weeks, ran near the back of his wave and moved up nicely to secure a 16thplace finish in 17:35. Back in the 2ndwave, sophomore Ben Hopper demonstrated poise as he moved steadily up into the middle of the pack to take 31stin 18:24. Led by junior Charlie Kruger, the rest of the East Angels would move up from the very back of the 2ndwave, picking off runners who could not stay with the aggressive pace up front. Similar to the week prior, junior Jack Kreikels would out sprint Kruger in the final stretch, this time taking 36thin 18:58 to Kruger’s 37thin 19:00. Ninth grader Grant Elliott, also nursing an injury in the week leading up to the race, finished 44thin 19:34, while fellow 9thgrader Kai Luna finished 49thin 19:54. The Angel’s 7thplace finish would officially bring this strange season to an end for the Boys. While the Regional finish was a bit humbling, the team exceeded pre-season expectations. The entire team returns in 2021, and the East Boys look likely to defend their DPS League title for a 4thconsecutive year and well positioned to threaten for a State qualifying spot.
On Saturday, October 17, the Girls will look to repeat their top-10 Colorado 5A finish from a year ago. The Colorado State Meet returns to the Norris-Penrose Event Center where the Girls will race at 4:45pm in a meet limited to 4 waves of 25 athletes. Among other changes to this year’s meet, spectators and all but 2 coaches will be limited to the Bear Creek side of the course. Follow the website for more details on the race and spectating options as we learn more.
Click here for complete results: 5A Region 3 Championships – Results
When | Thu Oct 8, 2020 4pm – 4:30pm Mountain Time – Denver |
Joining info | Join with Google Meet |
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