We will meet at noon on Tuesday, 10/24. If you can’t make it, you can run on your own (royo).
50 minutes + strides
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The Denver East Angel Cross Country Alumni Report
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 2nd at the Vermont Invitational, 8th in the Battle in Beantown, and 15th 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 2nd at the Little Three Championship Meet and 28th 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 28th at the Ash Creek Collegiate Invitational, 124th at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, and 67th 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 126th place in her first cross country meet; she finished 6th 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.)
Banquet Sunday Nov 5! Buy tickets, lend a hand
The end-of-season celebration will be on Sunday, November 5 from 1:00-4:00 at the Mercury Cafe (2199 California St. Denver CO 80205). Runners and their families and fans are invited. Each person who attends needs a ticket. Please buy your tickets no later than October 30 at https://east-xc-banquet-tickets-2023.cheddarup.com. We will not have tickets available at the door.
If cost feels like a barrier to coming, please see Coach Kohuth or email Jennifer (jareich424@gmail.com). We have scholarships available to make sure everyone can attend.
If you would like to lend a hand with the event, you can sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E48ACA92BA20-45189924-xcbanquet
UNIFORM REMINDER: Please make sure your uniform is returned with your name pinned on it or in a labeled bag. Questions? Email Jenn Todd jbt_id@yahoo.com
Revised Race Schedule for Regionals
Schedule:
12:00pm – Coaches meeting
12:30pm – Girls
1:15pm – Boys
2:00pm – Awards
5A Region 3 Meet | Friday, Oct 20, 23
Location: Northwest Open Space. 2100 W 112th Ave, Northglenn, CO 80234
Dismissal from class: 9:45am
Bus leaves East: 10:00am
Schedule:
12:00pm – Coaches meeting
12:30pm – Boys
1:15pm – Girls
2:00pm – Awards
Course Map: link The course will follow the same course that has been used for the Pat Amato Classic.
Box assignments are as follows:
| 1 | Broomfield |
| 2 | Fairview |
| 3 | Monarch |
| 4 | Northglenn |
| 5 | Boulder |
| 6 | Arvada West |
| 7 | Pomona |
| 8 | Legacy |
| 9 | Erie |
| 10 | Ralston Valley |
| 11 | Denver East |
The timing company will be HAL Sports. Live results can be found here. You can also download their free app by following these links:
- Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.halsports.app
- iOS Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hal-sports-2022/id1639479668
One last note, we will be sharing our site with the 3A Region 3 meet, so you might see some additional schools there who will be competing after us.
GO ANGELS!
JV team: What’s next after your season has ended?
After reading the recap about our league championship and all of the hard work you have put in this season, you might feel you are in great condition if not the best condition of your life and, for many of our JV runners, your season has suddenly ended.
We like runners to take a couple weeks off of running sometime between the end of cross country and the beginning of pre-season track. Here are some ideas to help you maintain your amazing conditioning level, and perhaps, bring it up a notch or so.
- Running club – If you enjoy running with friends and want to continue running after school, come to running club! Running club will begin on Oct 26 (Thursday) and will meet on Tuesdays at 3:50 and Thursdays at 3:40pm. Meet at the E. See Sophie, Rae or Coach Kohuth if you have any questions.
- Run on your own, with a dog, friends, family etc…, enjoy your running time. Think about signing up for community 5Ks.
- If you feel like you need one more race and are willing to travel to Arizona in November, think about signing up for Nike Southwest Regionals. Click here for more info:
- Pre-season track for distance will begin mid-January with Coaches Kohuth, Scudamore, St. Clair, Hess and Sanders. Subscribe to the East Track and Field site to be notified when more information becomes available. https://easthightrack.org
Congratulations on a great season!
GO ANGELS!!
RECAP: Denver/Aurora City League Championship (and post-season fun)
The East Angels had plenty of highlights at the League Championship. Among them:
- Denver East JV Girls scored a mere 18 points on their way to the team title – just 3 points from a perfect score. The Angels have won the JV Girls League title for at least 15 consecutive years (we couldn’t find records going back further).
- Denver East Varsity Girls defended their league championship with just 24 points – like their JV counterparts, the team was dominant enough to have beaten the rest of the league combined. This is the Varsity Girls 7th consecutive title.
- Denver East runners took home three individual league titles (the most the Angels have secured in a few years) with huge margins of victory: sophomore Mary Clare Nussbaum won the JV Girls race by 29 seconds; junior Jonas Scudamore the Varsity Boys race by 21 seconds; and junior Rosie Mucharsky in the Varsity Girls race by an obscene 67 seconds.
- Five East runners made first team All-City League (Scudamore, Connor Beardsley, Mucharsky, Grace Todd, Julieta Ochoa, and Corrine Kennedy) and an additional three made second team (Avery Johnson, Sophia Shiroff, and Scout Chomas).
- Thirty-three Angels ran personal or seasonal bests on Tuesday.
- Denver East parents and coaches hosted such a good championship meet we get to do it again next year! Thank-you parents! Save Saturday, October 5, 2024 on your calendar when we will host the Middle School AND High School Championships at City Park.
The Angels hosted the City League Championship on a course modified from the usual City Park course due to construction around the Museum of Nature and Science. The 3-loop course was spectator-friendly and the weather even more so, with sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 70’s. The JV Boys were the first race of the day, with runners from Denver South and Northfield High Schools dominating most of the first twenty-five finishers. Senior Linus Cole was the first Angel across the line for the day in 17th place in 19:44, followed closely by Mason Harper in 19:49 for 18th place. Sophomore Alexandros Mays held on for 26th in 20:21 followed by senior Carson Lerner in 27th in 20:25. Sophomore Jackson Gertge closed out the scoring for the Angels running a massive personal best of 20:44 for 29th place. In all, fourteen JV boys ran personal or seasonal bests on their last meet of the season. The JV Boys took 3rd of 9 scoring teams.
In the Girls JV race, senior Sasha Bull and ninth-grader Abby Forsberg were up near the lead most of the first 2 miles, but it was Nussbaum who moved into the lead in the final mile to claim the victory in 21:29. Bull was the runner-up in 21:58, while Forsberg held on for 4th in 22:10, closely followed by senior Avery Ash in 5th, also in 22:10. Senior Anna Rothman-Haji closed out the scoring for the Angels with her 6th place finish in 22:29. A pair of Northfield runners crossed the line before an additional cluster of Angels, including sophomores Helen Love (9th, 22:34) and Daniela Maldonado-Ramos (10th, 23:11), and junior Abby Purvis (11th, 23:15). With a trio of runners in the top-7 early on, it looked as if Northfield might make the team race interesting, but by the finish, the Angels’ dominance was clear, taking the team title with 18 points to Northfield’s 47. Sixteen Denver East girls in the JV race posted personal bests for the season.
Following an inspirational Unified Division Cross Country race (the first in City League history), the Boys Varsity took to the course. Scudamore and senior Connor Beardsley were among a pack of at least 10 runners that stuck together through nearly 2500m before asserting a faster pace and demonstrating their championship season readiness. Scudamore took the win in 16:18, while Beardsley moved through most of that pack to take a decisive 3rd place – 15 seconds ahead of 4th and just 8 seconds short of 2nd. Most of the rest of the Angels came in fairly close together, with junior Ben Brown hanging on for 19th in 18:00, and sophomore Isaiah Springer and freshman Emery Wagner moving up to 22nd and 23rd in 18:03 and 18:09 respectively. Sophomores Kyle Kojima and Abraham Morginsky took 25th and 30th in 18:21 and 18:34, junior Beckett Nelson-Gardner was 33rd in 18:41, and senior Finn Egan 45th in 19:53. While the Angels team, depleted of two of its fastest runners, was never really in the hunt to defend its league title, the 63-point total was fewer than expected on its way to a 3rd place finish. Denver South defeated Northfield for the team title on the “6th runner rule,” as those two teams both totaled 39 points.
Mucharsky ran out of patience about 1/2 mile into the Girls Varsity race and ran away with the win in 18:08. Senior Grace Todd battled for second all the way through the finish, eventually crossing third in 19:28. Sophomore Julieta Ochoa had one of the best finishing kicks of the day, flying by two Northfield girls in the home stretch to take 4th place in 19:47. Ninth-grader Corrine Kennedy sprinted to a 7th place finish in 19:56, while her classmate Avery Johnson broke 20 minutes for the first time in her early career with her 9th place finish in 19:57, closing out the team scoring at 24 points. Senior Sophia Shiroff (12th, 20:18) and sophomore Scout Chomas (13th, 20:22) both finished ahead of Northfield’s 5th runner, to add two more points to the second place team’s total of 35 points. Ninth-grader Lola Carhart hung on to 15th place in her varsity debut, and junior Lila Cypers (20th, 21:23) made sure all nine Angels crossed the line in the top-20. The East Varsity Cross Country teams now look ahead to the 5A Region 3 Championship on October 20th at the NW Open Space Park in Northglenn. From there, the top-4 teams and top-15 individuals in each race will move on to the Colorado State Cross Country Championship on October 28.
We hope to see everyone at the team banquet on Sunday November 5 from 1:00-4:00 at the Mercury Cafe (2199 California Street). Runners and family members are welcome. More details will be out soon, including a link to buy tickets.
Interested in more running?
Coaches Kohuth and Scudamore and some athletes will again attend the Nike Cross Country regional SW Championship in Mesa, Arizona on November 18, 2023.
Information on the race is here: https://nxrsw.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=302&title_id=214&do=title&pg=1&folder_id=269&page_id=484
Details are on our website in a prior announcement (from Oct 9).
You can share your intent to go and travel plans on this form, NOTE: The team will be registered together by Coach Kohuth: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TMKeXkeXxPzJoBTt3jbuccx9cXFMHQDl5WxTCbPcx0w/edit#gid=0
Questions? Ask coaches Kohuth (steven_kohuth@dpsk12.net) or Scudamore (ddscudamore@gmail.com)
Championship Season
Championship Team:
The following runners will be a part of the Denver East Championship Team. We will race 9 girls and 9 boys at Regionals on Oct 20. The remaining runners will be alternates.
The Regional Meet will be on Friday, Oct 20 at Northglenn (Northwest Open Space).
Race Schedule
12:00 – Coaches Meeting
12:30 – Girls
1:15 – Boys
Stay tuned for more info on Regionals.
Training Schedule:
We will meet during fall break with an adjusted schedule. If you are traveling, please note the workout schedule below:
Thursday, 10/12: 4:00pm: 55 min, strides
Friday, 10/13: 9:00am: 2 sets of 5 x 1 min whistle sprints (Cheesman hill), jog back to start recovery, 5-10 minute jog recovery between sets. 15 minute cool down
Saturday or Sunday, on your own: long run (whatever that is for you. Minimum 60 minutes) Rest on the other day.
Monday, 10/16 noon: 15 minute warm-up. Track workout. 2 x 600m (race pace), 2 x 300m (faster), 3 x 200m (faster); 3 x 100m (fastest). Equal jog recovery between each interval. 15 minute cool down. If you don’t have access to a track to measure distance, use time to measure: 2x 2 min (race pace), 2 x 1 min (faster), 3 x 40 sec (faster); 3 x 20 sec (fastest).
Normal times after Monday.
Go Angels!
Meet in the auditorium today at 4:00pm
Since today’s not a block day, we will meet in the back of the auditorium at 4:00 PM. Bring your JV uniform.
Uniform Return
Remember to bring your JV uniform to school on Wednesday. We don’t care if it is clean or dirty, we wash all uniforms. All runners will meet in the auditorium after school.
We will also have East XC pajama bottoms for sale. If you are interested, please click here.
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