NEW WEBSITE!

 Please use this website from now on: https://sites.google.com/dcsdk12.org/hrhs-cross-country/home 

Important Summer Update 6/27

 Hi everyone!

We hope you have had a fantastic summer so far. The coaches have made a few changes to the summer practice schedule. It is linked here. 

A few notable changes to the summer schedule:

• We will not be meeting on Fridays for the rest of the summer. Athletes are encouraged to train on their own or with a group (the workouts are still posted on the calendar linked above). 
• There is no practice Monday, July 4th.
• Beginning Wednesday, 6/29, most HRHS practices will be in the weight room. Because of the football team's schedule and a few other camps using the weight room, we have a very limited window of time to use it. Therefore, on Mondays/Wednesdays, we will be lifting for roughly one hour. Athletes will be instructed to run on their own in the evenings. 

Other important updates:

• The My School Bucks payment site for both summer training and XC Camp is linked on the bottom of the first page of the updated schedule. 
• Please sign up for XC Camp (July 25-28) no later than July 11.
• Q-Man planning is in full swing! A list of needed donations and the sponsor letter are listed and linked on the second page of the schedule. 
• please email Coach Chase or Coach Bliven if you receive any Q-Man donations! 
• Parents: please email Coach Chase if you are interested in becoming more involved with helping organize Q-Man.

Please email mchase1@dcsdk12.org with any questions! 

Summer Update #2

 Team,

Here are a few updates on Summer Training

1. During summer, and especially during the athlete lead section, we will be using remind to give updates and send out communications. Sign up here

2. We will be using MySchoolBucks to pay for everything so that it is easy for both you and us. 

• HRHS XC-Summer Training https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/stores/checkout/getproduct?clientKey=ZZHVZS5TX305OUU&buttonID=48d87d8e-7524-4067-a9f0-b9e85e9d5fc7

• HRHS-Cross Country Summer Camp

https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/stores/checkout/getproduct?clientKey=ZZHVZS5TX305OUU&buttonID=6f8af80a-55a7-45d9-aa15-30c98582dcef

3. Those that do summer training will be getting our team t-shirt for the year. Those that do not will need to purchase it once the season starts.

4. Reminder - Please RSVP for summer training and summer camp. I've fixed the form so anyone (not just DCSD) can submit responses

5. Here is all the information/calendar/anything you need! 

Happy running!

Summer XC Information!

 Team,

I know a lot of us are about to hit finals mode or are fully in spring sports mode but I wanted to send out all the information for summer cross country with some big updates. 

Summer

Here is all our summer information. This includes information about athlete-led practices, coaches-led practices, where we are meeting for practices, all the workouts, and information about our end-of-summer camp.

Please use this link to RSVP so we can know the numbers, important for both but especially important for camp.

Coaches

As many of you know, Coach Zook is having a baby this summer! Unfortunately for us, that means that she will be on maternity leave during the season. She is still helping with Q-Man and the behind-the-scenes work before maternity leave.

We do have a new coach this year. Coach Erin Straubel is currently finishing up school at Colorado Christian University where she competes in track and cross country. She will be joining us this summer and into the season, so let's make sure we give her a good welcome!

Q-Man

Mark your calendars, we will be having Q-Man on Saturday, August 13th. 

Athletes, we will be having an informational meeting for those that want to be involved on May 10th during access in Mr. Douglass' room. Please plan on attending, but if you can't and still want to help, let a coach know. 

Parents, we still need a ton of help, please sign up to help here.

Questions

Just because this email was long, doesn't mean I forgot something! Please reach out if you have any questions.

Happy running! 

Week of October 11

Team, What a great meet on Saturday. We had a ton of people leaving with personal and season bests and we placed awesome as a team. Recap Boys Varsity- Lead by top 10 finishes by David Canaday (5th) and Lucas Witte (9th) the boys finished 7th. Girls Varsity- Top 20 finishes by Mia Apotheker (9th), Amelia Orton (12th), and Sam Romero (17th) the girls finished second overall Boys Open- Daniel Shore for the win! Daniel's first-place finish lead the open boys to a 3rd place finish Girls Open- Top 10 finishes by Jordan Staniszewski (2nd), Megan Bartels (3rd), Claire Cowden (4th), Rachel Cowden (5th), Sage Gutgsell (6th), and Kat Tomlin (7th) the girls as you may have guessed finished 1st with a perfect score of 15. This Week Monday- Speed Tuesday- "Long Run" at the school Wednesday- Practice still at the normal time, this will be our last practice as a full team. Pre-Meet and pizza delivered at 4:30 Thursday- League League Schedule and Entries 9:00- Boys varsity - David, Lucas, Daniel, Connor, Carson, Liam, Keegan 9:30- Girls varsity - Mia, Amelia, Sam, Jordan, Abbi, Megan, Claire 10:00- Boys JV - Blake, Matt S, Carter, Graham, Alex H, Alex G, Q 10:30- Girls JV - Rachel, Sage, Kat, Grace, Renee, Kristina, Jess 11:00- Boys Open - All runners not listed above 11:40- Girls Open - All runners not listed above Parking- As we are running during the school day, parking at the high school will be very limited. We will use both East Ridge Rec Center and Falcon Park for parking. For the rec center start at the northern and western ends of the parking lot for parking. For parking in the neighborhoods make sure that you do not park on Lark Sparrow Drive. Lark Sparrow Drive is the road that is directly West of Highlands Ranch High School and in between us and the rec center. Volunteers Thank you to those that already signed up to volunteer. We do need a few more crossing guards. Please email me if you can help out. Looking Ahead The top 9 runners per gender will advance from league to regionals. That will be determined on Wednesday. We will have practice at 9 am for the regional team during fall break. Regionals is Thursday the 21st November 2nd- Banquet - for our banquet, we will be doing a potluck style dinner Freshman families bring Desserts Sophomore families bring Sides Junior families bring Entrees Senior families bring Sides

Week of September 27th

Team, Apologies if you get this multiple times but with more and more people each week not getting emails I'm going to send this in multiple ways.  Thank you so much to all the parents that take pictures at each meet, to see all the pictures follow this link  Great job to all that raced at Rock Canyon. The coaching staff left super pumped up at your grit, determination, and mental toughness. Results here We have a busy couple of weeks ahead, starting with this week. Weekly ScheduleMonday-Pre-Meet and team dinner at Laura's houseTuesday- Runners Roost Invite. We will be packing running this meet and having some fun! We have a charter bus going both ways since we know this is a Tuesday afternoon and it'll be hard for parents to get athletes there. 2:50 P.M. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS 3:25 P.M. HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS 4:10 P.M. COACH’S/CITIZEN’S RACE Wednesday- Long RunThursday- Pre-MeetFriday- 2-mile time trial. 3:30 middle school/community race (parents come race!!), 3:50 heat 1- over 16-minute group, 4:10 heat 2- under 16-minute group HomecomingThank you to our parents, we have a float for the homecoming parade. The captains have chosen "Boat Trip" for our theme. Athletes will need to dress like they are on a boat. We will discuss with the team how to decorate and what is needed.  Looking AheadOctober 9th- Windjammer InviteOctober 14th- League at HRHS! We still need a volunteer to help make signs, please  respond if you can helpOctober 21st- Regionals for the top 9 for each genderNovember 2nd- Banquet From The BoostersWe have a direct donation button on my school bucks now. Also, we have our next booster meeting Wednesday, 10/6 at 7:30 at the Canaday House (9186 E Lost Hill Trl).

Week of August 30

Team, We had another great week of training and capped it off with the Cherry Creek Invite. Congrats to our top finishers in each division Varsity- David Canaday and Sam Romero Fresh/Soph- Ella Mason and Keegan Flack Junior/Senior- Amelia Orton (winner) and Lucas Witte (second place) Full team results can be found here We will be taking a week off from racing for an opportunity to get a solid training block in before Liberty Bell. A reminder that the results from the Cherry Creek Invite determine teams for Liberty Bell - top 7 is varsity, next 7 is JV, all others are open. Thank you to the Canaday's for being able to host the team dinner at the last minute. Team dinners are a huge part of our team bonding, so thank you for all that are hosting. We are still missing a few slots, sign up here Staying in the loop for parents has been made super easy on Facebook. The group name is HRHS XC Boosters Schedule This Week Monday- Speed Tuesday- Easy (morning practice offered) Wednesday- Tempo Thursday- Speed Friday- Recovery Saturday- Long Run on your own Monday- Labor day- no school or practice, Long run on your own Finally, our fundraiser has 16 days left. Thank you so much for those that have donated or sent our emails, we are close to making enough money to not have to fundraise next year.