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.

Week of August 23rd

What a great true first week. Our team all ran great at the Chaparal Cottonwood Classic, especially consdering both boys and girls were shorthanded. Congrats to our top runner in each category Boys Varsity- David Canaday - 11th Boys JV- Alex Gallegos - 17th Girls Varsity- Sam Romero - 26th Girls JV- Rachel Cowden - 3rd (!!!) Full Results can be found here Schedule This Week Monday- Long Run- either the school at 3 or goodson at 3:30 Tuesday- Morning practice offered- Daniels Park - 5:45 Wednesday- Speed Thursday- Tempo Friday- Pre-Meet, Team dinner at Laura's House - follow this link for the address and to sign up to help Saturday- Cherry Creek Invite Time Schedule for Saturday- 9- Fresh/Soph boys 9:05- Fresh/Spoh Girls 9:34- Boys Varsity (David, Carson, Liam, Matt S, Connor, Blake, Alex G) 9:40- Girls Varsity(Sam, Mia, Jordan, Rachel, Kat, Megan, Sage) 10:10- Boys Junior/Sennior 10:15- Girls Junior/Senior Snap-Raise Fundraising is super important and so far only about 25-30 percent of our athletes have even sent out their emails for snap-raise. Please make sure you do that ASAP, we don't want to have to fundraise every year. Shout to JBJ and Mia who have raised the most money!

Week of August 16

First and foremost, thank you all so much. The Q-Man Classic was such a success and that couldn't have been done without everyone that helps, from parents to athletes the race went off without a hitch. Schedule this week Monday- Long run - Goodson Rec Center at 3:30. If you cannot get a ride, we will have a coach at the school at 3 for those that want to do their long run here. Tuesday- Morning practice- daniels park 5:45. We will still host normal practice but for those that want a morning practice we will meet at 5:45  Wednesday- Fundraising kick-off. Along with practice we will start our fundraiser this day. We will be doing Snap-Raise again this year. This fundraiser has been so successful that we do not need to fundraise most years. With starting our fundraiser plus mile repeats, this day might go a bit late Thursday- Pre-meet and uniform handouts Friday- Chap Cottonwood Classic. Students will be released at 1:30. Please reach out to me if your student needs a ride so coaches can organize.  Varsity Runners-  David, Lucas W, Daniel, Carson,Liam, Connor, Matt S Blake, Keegan Mia, Sam, Jordan, Amelia, Abbi, Megan, Sage,Grace, Cate All other runners will run JV Full Calendar Here

XC Mountain Camp July 26-29

 HRHSXC Mountain Camp 2021

Where- YMCA of the Rockies- Snow Mountain Ranch 1101 Co Rd 53, Granby, CO 80446

When- July 26th-29th (we will be back around noon on the 29th)

Cost- $350 - this includes lodging, transportation, and food

Itinerary-

Monday- Meet at the school at 10am and carpool up to the YMCA. 

Workouts will include running, biking, and a duathlon (combo run and bike with a partner)

Thursday- Leave after breakfast, be back to HRHS around noon

What to Pack

Make sure you have running shoes, multiple pairs of socks, workout attire, a swimsuit, and towel, and the biggest thing is a bike and a helmet. 

Sign-Up Form

Since we were just approved by the district and the little time before camp we need RSVPs ASAP. Please fill out this form that you are coming.

RSVP

Questions Email Coaches

Coach Douglass- DDouglass@dcsdk12.org

Coach Zook- kmzook@dcsdk12.org 

Coach Bliven- jbliven@dcsdk12.org 

Coach Chase- mchase1@dcsdk12.org 

Summer Info

 Highlands Ranch Cross Country invites you to join us for our summer workout:

The Falcon Project Summer Camp

June 28th-July 23rd

What the camp entails:

High School and Middle Schoolers:

5 running workouts a week with high school coaches

2-3 days of lifting a week

Individualized coaching

A chance to get better for the season!

How you’ll get better:

Endurance

Form Work

Strength

Plyos

Teambuilding

Mental Preparation 

Cost: $75 per athlete covers all summer (checks made to HRHSXC)

Please bring the cash or check and a filled out COVID waiver on day 1

Please contact Coach Douglass at ddouglass@dcsdk12.org 

Google Classroom Class Code- pe73hzf

Summer Workouts

Schedule:

Mondays/Wednesday- HRHS at 8 am

Tuesdays- Daniels Park - First exit off of Grigs Road at 8 am

Thursday- Bluffs at 8am

Fridays- Rotating Trail Runs

July 2nd- Wash Park - meet at Denver South High School

July 9th- Castle Rock Incline

July 16th- Red Rocks - meet at the trading post

July 23rd- Waterton Canyon *THIS IS A CHANGE*