Meet Our Coaches

Dominic Douglass - Head Coach

Coach Douglass will be starting his 7th year at Highlands Ranch High School as a social studies teacher, Head Coach for Boys and Girls Cross Country and Head Coach for track while mostly overseeing the distance team.

Aside from coaching, Coach Douglass was a seven-time varsity award winner (3 cross country, 4 track), a state place winner for track, a state qualifier for cross country and was part of the group that set a Colorado record for most points scored at State by a distance team during his time at Highlands Ranch as a student. Coach Douglass has been running since he was 10 years old, running distance since 2007, and has competed in events ranging from 100m all the way up to the marathon.

Meg Chase -- Assistant Coach

Coach Chase teaches World History and U.S. Government at Highlands Ranch and is very excited to join the Cross Country team. She grew up in Colorado as a competitive swimmer and eventually made her way to San Antonio, Texas to swim at Trinity University. She is ready to apply what she learned about teamwork, dedication, and perseverance through swimming to cross country. She is very excited to get to know, encourage, and coach students.

Jeff Bliven -- Assistant Coach

Coach Bliven coaches both cross country and the 1600 and the 3200 for track. 

Other coaching experience: 

Smoky Hill High School

• Head Girls Track and Field Coach, 2003-2015
• Assistant Coach, Distance, 1995-2002
• Assistant Cross Country Coach, 1994-2013
• Coached multiple state placers along with a handful of state champions and college recruited athletes.

Competed in track and field and cross country at Smoky Hill High School as well as collegiately at Doane College in Crete, NE.

Coach Bliven is currently in his first year of teaching social studies at Highlands Ranch. Go Falcons!

Katie Updyke -- Assistant Coach

Miss Updyke is excited to join us for her 6th Cross Country season. She is a Colorado Native. What she most loves about Cross Country is getting to see the students outside of the classroom. Her favorite race is the Dave Sanders Memorial Invite, because she grew up in Littleton. She is looking forward to seeing Highlands Ranch rock it this year.