M: CVHS
T: East/ West Trail @ Grigg's Pavilion
W: CVHS
Th: On Your Own
F: Bison
Sa: Waterton Canyon (Boys meet at 7:10)
Girls: 7:00 AM
Boys: 7:30 (Except Saturday)
Announcements
National HS Trail Championships: First off I want to congratulate Hal Fotinos, who placed 7th yesterday at the HS National Trail Championships. It was a tough race, starting at 7000 ft and gained over 700 vertical ft over 5.4 miles. His time of 32:50 (6:05 pace) was under the old course record, and he was the top finisher from Colorado 5A.
New Locations: This week we are meeting at a few new locations
- East/ West Trail at Grigg's Pavilion
- Waterton Canyon
We've run at East/West in previous summers, and Waterton Canyon is one of the best places to run in Colorado. Our goal is to break up the ho-hum of running at Bison Park everyday, and give our runners exciting new places to run over the summer. If transportation is an issue, please reach out to older teammates for carpooling. If you have any questions about meeting spots/ parking info, please message me and I'll help you get it figured out
Start of the Season: Unfortunately, the CHSAA still hasn't given us an official start date. Right now the tentative start is August 10th, so for the time being we prepare as though that is our hard date. That means:
- Be ready for mandatory practices to begin on Monday August 10th. This will include Thursdays
- Be sure to have completed a valid sports physical by that date
Tentative Meet Schedule: So far I've been hesitant to post any info on meets this season, since we don't know for sure which meets will be happening or what they will look like. That said here is what our (very) tentative plan is for the moment
8/22- Cheyenne Mountain (Select athletes only)
8/29- Vista Nation 2-Mile
9-10- Standley Lake Gator Invitational
9-19- Kadet Invitational
9-25- Dave Sanders
10-3- MSU Roadrunner Invitational
10/31- Co State Championships
The dates for our League and Region meets have not been officially decided yet, but they are scheduled to take place two and one weeks before state, respectively.
That's all for now.
-Coach Marshall