There were small changes to the entries for the weekend. They are posted at these links.
Arvada West Cross Country Invitational entries-2
Nighthawks Invitational entries-2
Thanks to Shira Belman for taking the tent to and from Nighthawks. We still need someone to help out with Arvada. You can sign up here.
Weds 9/13 will be the third athlete-only potluck of the season. These will be held most Wednesdays from 6-8 this season at different families’ homes. (They are on the team calendar, under the schedule link and are optional.) Runners who are attending should bring items to share as follows:
9th—main course
10th—salad/side
11—dessert
12—drinks
This week Lindsey Weynant and her family will host. 668 Clarkson Street.
team tip: in addition to subscribing to follow the website, which you have done, you can separately follow the calendar by clicking the + sign on the bottom right. That should link the calendar and details to your own calendar. This should make it possible to map to meets and other events.
Here are the UPDATED Nighthawks Invitational entries-2 for Thursday’s meet (click on text). *Note that V means running varsity.
Nighthawk Invite info is here. boys open 3:00, girls open 3:10, boys varsity 4:00, girls varsity 4:30. (there is no map available)
BUS for Nighthawk–students are dismissed at 1:15 for 1:30 bus departure.
Here are the UPDATED Arvada West Cross Country Invitational entries-2, which is on Friday. *Note that V means running varsity.
BUS for Arvada West—students are dismissed at 12:45 for a 1:00 bus departure.
Remember! We need parents to bring the tent to the meet and take it home too. You can sign up here.
Please also plan to come to Patxi’s Uptown on Monday 9/18. We get 10% of all sales all day, so spread the word. Here is an easy link to pass on: www.yelp.com/events/denver-east-high-cross-country-fundraiser
Week three of the East Angel’s cross country season kicked off at the 40th Annual Liberty Bell Invitational at Heritage High School in Littleton. Teams from around the region go to Liberty Bell for the promise of fast times on the mostly flat and hard surfaced course, and despite warmer than ideal temperatures, fast times were delivered by the Angels.
Running at full strength for the first time this season, the Boys Varsity were off the line first. Harrison Scudamore led the Angels with a 5K personal record of 15:28 for 4th place, five seconds off the winning time. Harrison was followed by Asher Hoyt (38th, 16:41), Will Daley (87th, 17:42), Jackson Adams (104th, 18:01), and Ian Trautwein (124th, 18:18) who all ran personal best times. Together they totaled 357 points for 16th place of 25 schools in the large school division.
The Girls Varsity closely followed the boys, and were again led by Laurel Kruger who shattered her previous best time for 5K by 43 seconds on her way to a 19:27 finish for 31st place. Laurel was backed up by Nell Salzman (67th, 20:21), AlanaMarie Barros (69th, 20:24), Lilly Cory (80th, 20:38), Abby Howard (84th, 20:42), Anna Lucy Buddenhagen (86th, 20:45) and Emily Turner (106th, 21:26). The scoring five totaled 331 points for 14th place of 23 schools in the large school division.
The JV-1 squads toed the line about an hour later. The 10th place JV boys were led by Riley Nickols who ran a smartly paced race on his way to an 18:54 49th place finish – a 40 second improvement on his previous best 5K. Riley was closely followed by Patrick Cox (50th, 18:55). The Girls JV-1, made up exclusively of 9th and 10th graders, raced to a 5th place team finish with personal bests run by nearly every runner: Elena Thoman (26th, 21:27), Lindsey Weyant (29th, 21:32), Grace Burnett (32nd, 21:37), Grace O’Meara (34th, 21:39), Lilia Scudamore (44th, 21:51), and Maisie Moskowitz (55th, 22:06).
On Saturday, East Angel Cross Country, minus its Varsity and JV-1 runners, would take on the tough competition at the St. Vrain Invitational in Lyons over the challenging Lyons High School cross country course. In Girls Varsity competition, the Angels were led by sophomore Serene Mather (82nd in 22:54), followed by freshmen Julia Schor (126th, 23:48), Maya Nussbaumer (133rd, 23:52), and Maya Winfield (142nd, 24:17). Despite the challenging conditions, junior Henry Kaufman ran to a new personal best of 20:05 for 152nd place in the Varsity Boys race; sophomore Jack Beardshear also ran a personal best time of 20:41 for 169th. For the second time in as many weeks, Teddy Hickenlooper was the first Angel to run across the finish line in a JV boys race, this time running 21:00 and 74th place over the St. Vrain 5K course. Ninth graders Clara Lorenzo (26:18, 93rd) and Laurel Supplee (27:01, 114th) were the first Angels in the JV Girls race, which completed the weekend of racing for Denver East High School Cross Country.
This week brings East two opportunities to run seasonal best times as the squads will be split between the inaugural Nighthawk Invitational hosted by Northfield High School at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Thursday and the Arvada West Invitational at the Stenger Soccer Complex in Arvada on Friday. Both courses promise to be flat and fast. Check the website for meet entries this week; Varsity runners selected for the Rim Rock Invitational in Kansas (September 21st – 24th) should expect to hear from Coach Kohuth at the beginning of this week.
TEAM PICTURES ON MONDAY 9/11. BRING YOUR UNIFORM.
Remember to see and share photos from the meets at https://eastcrosscountry.shutterfly.com/pictures. If you are not yet a member, request to join.
A few more details for upcoming events.
And looking ahead, mark your calendars.
Each meet, we need parents to take the tent to the meet (on the early side so kids have shade and a place for their stuff) and then to take it home from the meet and pass off to the next parent. The task is not difficult and the kids set it up and pack it up for you.
We need someone to get the tent after today’s meet and take it to St. Vrain’s in Lyons by 7:15 Saturday morning and then someone to take it back to Denver.
You can sign up to help here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ucHoULNb2yxzpwhRtWYVhAU6LxyUjONUleTzUh3hXI0/edit?usp=sharing
Keep in mind DPS does not allow the tent to be on the bus, so we rely on parents every week to help.
As always, you can email Jennifer with questions.
Here’s to another great weekend of running!
Tonight will be the second athlete-only potluck of the season. These will be held most Wednesdays from 6-8 this season at different families’ homes. (They are on the team calendar, under the schedule link and are optional.) Runners who are attending should bring items to share as follows:
9th—main course
10th—salad/side
11—dessert
12—drinks
This week Elena Thoman and her family will host. 1533 Madison.
team tip: in addition to subscribing to follow the website, you can separately follow the calendar by clicking the + sign on the bottom right. That should link the calendar and details to your own calendar. This should make it possible to map to meets and other events.
This week the Angels will compete at two meets:
Friday is the Liberty Bell meet at Heritage High School, Littleton.
entries are here: Liberty Bell Cross Country Entries
Students competing will be released at 1:15 for a 1:30pm departure.
Meet details are here: http://co.milesplit.com/meets/286284/info#.Wa99yLJ9670
Saturday East will compete at St. Vrain at Lyons High School.
Entries are here: St Vrain Entries
Students competing should arrive at East at 5:50am for 6:00am departure
Meet information with schedule is here: http://co.milesplit.com/meets/283701/info#.Wa-E_LJ9670
Course map is here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ll=40.215275331372666%2C-105.26747700000004&spn=0.013403%2C0.016544&msa=0&mid=1nuaejpUyhFMivDkZvG4YAj2YvDk&z=17
Remember to pack lots of water and snacks.
East Angel Cross Country had a busy start to the Labor Day weekend, spread across 13 races at three different meets.
On Friday, the Open Girls and Open Boys 2-mile races at the Washington Park Invite would kick things off as temperatures hovered near 90 degrees. The Girls Team would race to a 6th place finish led by the impressive debut performance of freshman Maya Nussbaumer who finished 12th with a time of 15:36. Sophomore Teddy Hickenlooper opened his season with a 27th place finish in 13:09 to lead the boys to an 8th place finish.
In the Varsity Girls 5K at Wash Park, the all 9th grader team of Isabella Garcia, Claire Ely, Maya Winfield, Charlie Hite, and Clara Lonrenzo scored a 10th place team finish overall against their more experienced competition. The boys, similarly depleted of varsity experience at other races, were led by freshman Cyrus Jenkins-Nieto who finished 78th in 21:18.
Meanwhile, things were also getting started at the Arapahoe Warrior Invitational under similarly sultry conditions. There, things kicked off with the Boys Frosh/Soph race. Showing the same team leading form as the week prior, sophomore Will Daley ran to a 13th place finish in 18:41. Will was backed up by freshmen Ian Trautwein (19:11, 21st) and Xander Pacini (19:33, 26th) and sophomore Riley Nickols (19:34, 28th) for a 6th place finish of 25 teams. The Frosh/Soph Girls finished 2nd of 25 teams! The tight Angel pack included freshman Lilia Scudamore (17th, 22:24), sophomore Elena Thoman (19th, 22:41), freshmen Grace Burnett (22nd, 22:47) and Christina Doolan (23rd, 22:48), sophomore Maisie Moskowitz (26th, 22:51) and freshman Grace O’Meara (27th, 22:52). With most runners divided across other meets and races, the Angels ran only a handful of runners in the other races at Arapahoe. Notable performances came from a pair of East juniors; Lilly Cory (21:59) and Emily Turner (22:06) rolled over the trails and through the creek crossings at deKoevend Park in the fastest times for East girls for the day.
On Saturday morning, most of Denver East’s Varsity girls and boys took an early bus to Waneka Lake Park for the very competitive Centaurus Invitational. The Girls ran to a 7th place finish of 23 teams, finishing only behind teams ranked in the top-10 in the State in their respective divisions. Senior Laurel Kruger led the Angels with a 21st place finish in 20:10. Freshman AlanaMarie Barros finished in 20:50 for 37th, followed by a group of Angels who ran together for most of the 5K: senior Nell Salzman (21:17, 46th), junior Lilly Cory (21:20, 51st), sophomore Anna Lucy Buddenhagen (21:25, 53rd) and freshman Abigael Howard (21:42, 60th). For the boys, senior Harrison Scudamore raced to a second place finish in 15:50, behind only the top ranked runner in Colorado. Sophomore Asher Hoyt (17:08, 16th) was the top underclassmen in the race. Senior Jackson Adams (18:41, 67th) and sophomore Elijah Bruggeman (19:01, 81st) also had solid races and the Angel Boys finished 10th of 23 teams.
This coming week two of the most competitive meets of the Colorado invitational season fall on the same weekend: the Liberty Bell Invitational hosted by Heritage High School in Littleton on Friday and the St. Vrain Invitational hosted by Lyons High School on Saturday. Expect fast times and stiff competition.
NOTE: You can see and share photos from all these meets at https://eastcrosscountry.shutterfly.com (if you are not a member, request to join!)
The Angels will race at three different meets Friday and Saturday: Arapahoe and Wash Park on Friday and Centaurus on Saturday. Meet locations are on the calendar.
PHOTOS: You will soon receive an invitation to join the team Shutterfly account. From there you will see an album for each meet. Please open the meet album and add photos. We rely on parents to take pictures of kids racing and share them so please help out if you can. (You can request to join here or by going to https://eastcrosscountry.shutterfly.com
TENT: The tent needs to go to and from the meets and cannot be on the bus with kids. Please look at the schedule and sign up to either get it from the last parent and bring it to the meet or take it from the meet. The schedule is here. The kids rely on having this for shade, so please help.
ENTRIES for each race can be found below.
Bus to Arapahoe: early release is 1:50. Bus leaves East at 2:00. (Arapahoe Warrior Invitational entries)
Bus to Wash Park: early release is 1:50. Bus leaves East at 2:00 (WashPark invite entries)
Bus to Centaurus: Arrive at East at 6:15 am. Leave East at 6:30 (Centaurus Cross Country Invitational entries)
Course maps are available too:
Denver East High XC 