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Long Run! Saturday, August 16th

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We will meet at 7:30 a.m. in the East student lot to drive down to deKoevend Park (site of our second meet of the season) for our long run. This run is highly encouraged for all healthy athletes who want to be their best this year! The long run is one of the most important runs of the week each week!

If you are able to help drive kids down to deKoevend Park, we would appreciate it!

If you missed our time trial recap from earlier in the day, continue reading below!

Well, there is probably nothing more quintessentially Colorado than fickle weather. But after a one hour lightening delay (we were one minute and a couple tenths of a mile from cancelling), the Angels hit the Mile High Loop “Original” 2-mile Time Trial course in City Park. Maybe the delay was worth it, since the temperature dropped from high 90’s to low 80’s in that interval.

The Time Trial is basically a test, answering the question, “what did you do on your summer vacation?” In the boys time trial, Jack Gertge and Mason Harper answered with an emphatic, “we trained like we have never trained before.” The two seniors finished 1st and 2nd respectively with times of 10:57 and 11:01. Junior Emery Wagner, whose summer training was briefly delayed due to injury, was only a few seconds behind in 11:05, and looks like he will be in top form when the real racing starts. It was no surprise to see sophomore Tre Even cross the line 4th in 11:26, coming off his breakthrough track season last spring. Senior Kyle Kojima also looked like he was starting the season in good form, finishing 5th in 11:40.

It is not unusual for the Angels to have a freshman boy finish among the top seven. We would have to look a long way back (maybe it has never happened) for a time trial result in which three freshmen boys finished in the top eight. Liam Gerber (12:06), led the way for these ninth-graders, followed closely by Noah Erwin (12:09) and Even Mucharsky (12:14).

The leading pack of girls was familiar to Angel fans of the last couple years, with junior Avery Johnson (12:29) leading senior/captains Scout Chomas (12:31) and Julieta Ochoa (12:31) across the line. One got the sense that all three had more in the tank, saving it up for the more meaningful races. The gap back to the next group was short. Junior Lola Carhart finished a mere six seconds back of that group in 12:37. Sophomore Fiona Jeong, a revelation last track season, also crossed in 12:37, with her 5th place finish, followed by fellow sophomore Lila Brown in 12:41.

In an echo of the boys race, the next three girls across the line were all ninth graders, led by Tessa Fe Morris (13:10), followed closely by Norah Dysart (13:11) and Charlotte Clarke (13:14). In a typical season, we will see a bunch of ninth graders (in addition to the aforementioned) make massive improvements. The future of East Cross Country continues to be promising.

Reminder/Announcements: Spike Night – Runners Roost on South Colorado on Monday, August 18. Potluck/Season Kickoff Meeting – The Commons at East HS on Wednesday, August 20 (note date change).

We are really proud of all 70 runners who completed the Time Trial yesterday. A quick shoutout to Henry Bennet, Corrine Kennedy, and Isaiah Springer, who all earned a “pass” from the Time Trial by finishing in the Top-15 at our Regional Championship last year. Our excitement for the upcoming season just keeps increasing. The results below we believe accurately reflect the order of finish, but we know the times after the first runners are a bit off (one person hand-timing 70 finishers will do that). Honestly, we don’t care about the times, just the great efforts demonstrated.

Thank-you to our alumni who came out to support the team. Photographed below with a trivia question. Know your East XC history – prize for the athlete with most complete answer today at practice.

BoysGirls
Jack Gertge10:57Avery Johnson12:29
Mason Harper11:01Scout Chomas12:31
Emery Wagner11:05Julieta Ochoa12:31
Tre Even11:26Lola Carhart12:37
Kyle Kojima11:40Fiona Jeong12:37
Liam Gerber12:06Lila Brown12:41
Noah Erwin12:09Tessa Fe Morris13:10
Evan Mucharsky12:14Norah Dysart13:11
Abraham Morginsky12:15Charlotte Clarke13:14
Luke Rasquinna12:16Ainslie Mohr13:16
Zachary Smiles12:16Cate Carhart14:33
Sam Schmidt12:35Imogen Nemitz15:35
Brady Cooper13:09Abby Forsberg15:50
Finley Knight13:49Rachel Jackson16:05
Jackson Ruedi13:50Abby Watanabe16:44
Tyce Weber13:53Abby Evenson16:48
Elias Striker13:56Clementine Wolpert16:50
Owen Van DeVelde14:15Helen Love17:10
Henry Percival14:19Addy Everhart17:40
Graham Garrison14:43Audrey Hinshaw17:45
Otto Schumacher14:44Olivia James17:46
Graham Hyde15:14Fiona Wren18:23
Wyatt Jackson15:32Sierra Payne18:37
Ronan McMillan15:36Molly Wren18:44
Eilliot Sense15:37Harper Watson19:24
Hutton Zimmerman15:49Heidi Krohne19:29
Fletcher Hoelsher15:58Vera Weatherford19:39
Aldo Digacomo15:59Zoe Thomas19:59
Owen Kortsch16:24Nadia Debick20:00
Henry Rost16:58Hope Skinner20:04
Leopold Damm18:04Aaron Lemig20:05
Max Konowal20:07Ellie Cole20:50
Malik Pulsipher21:35Akira Niefr23:37
Miles Levy23:54Lauren Herrera
Ellis Booth23:55Emily Griffin
Two of our three XC All-Americans are in this photo. Who is the third? How many City League (DPS) cross country individual league titles did this group win? In addition to Rosie Mucharsky, who is the other state champion in the photo? Which of these Angels were members of League Championship teams?