JV Championships

2013 JV Championships Line-Ups

Here are the line-ups for the JV Championships. This meet will be after school on Thursday at Highlands Ranch HS. Hope to see a lot of first place finishes, I think we have a pretty good team this year!

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Liberty Bell Line-Ups

2013 Liberty Bell Line Ups

Due to some AP testing in the morning, as well as two entries per open event, we have some normal varsity kids not racing at this meet. However, we hope all of you come over to Littleton HS anyways to cheer on and support your teammates.

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Looking Back and Looking Forward

The start of championship season

-Great performances by the team this weekend. 2nd for the girls at the Rock Canyon Invite, 3rd for the boys. With a few exceptions, this was essentially a league championship meet, and I am very proud of both squads. We had a table full of medals and ribbons to give away on Monday, that is always a good thing.

-We had quite a few kids reach new season bests this weekend. Over at Dakota Ridge, Dom got a new best in the two mile, and James did in the mile (9:45 and 4:29). I know Matty got a new best in the two mile, and in the mile, so did Steven, Whitney Erika, and Ciara. Caleb got a new best in the 800, as well as Jill & Ellen. And there were a slew of new bests in the 400, lead by Alek going sub 50 in the open
race. Wow!

-This week is a pretty crazy week. For some, it will be the last week of racing. For others, it is the springboard to the State Meet.  On Thursday, at Highlands Ranch HS, we have the JV Championship. Same rules as usual for the transportation. We will have a bus to Highlands Ranch, but not one back.  Dismissal at 2:05, bus leaves at 2:15 sharp. We will be running lots of kids here, I think we have a good chance to win the overall trophy.

-On Friday afternoon/evening and all day Saturday, we have the Varsity Liberty Bell Invite at Littleton High School. This is the biggest invitational of the year, and it only allows two entries per open event. This is a big time meet, I am hoping we run well there. For Friday prelims and elite 3200, there will be no bus. For Saturday, all participants will ride the bus to Littleton and it will leave CHS at 8:15 am.  This is our first real bus ride of the year, I am looking forward to it! There will be no bus back, so you must arrange a ride home when you are done.

-Because of weird rules that disallow JV Champ kids from participating in Var. League Champs, and because Lib Bell only allows two entries, there will be some kids who are not racing this weekend. There really is nothing we can do about this. We cannot risk running those third and fourth event ranked kids at JV Champs, as we will need them eligible for Var Champs. All we can say is, you get a day off to rest and recover for the upcoming weeks!

-The following week, we have Freshman/Sophomore Championships at Regis HS on Thursday. This is a state qualification meet, so we will be running the best freshman and sophomores we have, regardless of JV/V status. Same thing as JV Champs, dismissal at 2:05, bis leaves at 2:15, no bus back from Regis.

-Friday we are heading down to Pueblo all day for the Pueblo Twilight meet. This is an elite meet,  with strict qualifying standards, and it's really our last chance to run some state qualifying times. We have been preparing all year for this meet, so I hope we will be at our best. Participants will be dismissed from school at 10:15 am for the meet and are responsible for any missed schoolwork. We are still trying to figure out if we will need a bus to come back, that will be discussed today at practice.

-Finally, the Saturday afternoon after the Pueblo Meet, we will be holding our annual pep rally BBQ banquet at Chaparral. More details will be forthcoming, but it is a low key, burgers and dogs, pep rally to get kids psyched up for League Championships. We will be handing out team awards and senior gifts, playing some games, and generally having a good time reflecting on the season so far and the season to come.  We will certainly need some help from parents pulling this off, but I hope everyone and their families can make it out, it is a really fun time.

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CHS Top 30 (Third Week of April)

Coach Whitneack sent me his template for the top 30 in the State. I modified it to fit the best marks that CHS has. This is a fluid document, I hope it changes for the better in the upcoming weeks. Gives you some marks to shoot for, certainly  but also shows that we are well on our way to having a bust weekend at State!

Competition Pictures

We have so many awesome people that take pictures at our meets. I want to give some of them a shout out on the blog.

Kevin Keyser came and took a ton of pictures at our meet Saturday. Go to his website to check them out. I hear there is a good one of Chloe and Reid somewhere. Future track stars I hope.

Mrs. Young (Zach's mom) is at every meet taking lots of pictures as well. She has a link on the side, so you can go to her shutterfly site and check those out as well.

Finally, Mrs. Jenkins (Evan's mom) has been at all the JV meet taking tons of great shots. I have posted a few of them below, but I have tons more on CD's at home. You can email me or email Mrs. Jenkins and we can hook you up with them.

I am so grateful that we have all of this support at our meets, it is fantastic, and thanks go out to everyone who supports us.

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April 22 Weekly Distance Schedule

Easy week this week, but we have three days of racing.

Monday - Varied Tempo Intervals & Off-Road Repeats
Tuesday - OverDistance Run (90+ min)
Wednesday - Roll of the Dice & Hand-Off Practice
Thursday - JV Divisional Championships
Thursday - Easy Stonegate Run
Friday - Liberty Bell Prelims/Strides @ LHS (No JV Practice)
Saturday - Liberty Bell Invite @ LHS
Sunday - Beth's Birthday

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Last Day of Ski Season

I got first tracks on the last day of ski season this morning, and I has almost the only one out there. This guy joined me for a few minutes.

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Ryan Whitenack's State Qualification Analysis

Why re-invent the wheel?

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Rock Canyon Varsity Line-Ups

Here are the finalized RCHS Invite varsity line-ups. Refer to the schedule in the previous post for exact event starting times. See you all Friday afternoon for a tune-up practice.

And here is a picture of Chloe watching Reid eat his first birthday cake last week at his party.

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Real Quick Points

Loveland is canceled for this weekend. Actually postponed to Wednesday, but we will not be attending.

We will be at the Rock Canyon invite, at Parker Stadium.  It is a varsity only meet, so unfortunately, the JV kids do not get to compete this week. That sucks.

Here is the schedule for the meet on Saturday.

2013 Rock Canyon Invite Schedule

Athletes are expected to be at the meet at least 90 minutes before their race. The earlier the better.

Our entries will be posted later tonight. We are still finalizing them.

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Loveland (R2-J) Invite Line-Ups

This is going to be a really fun meet.  Look at all of the exceptional athletes we are bringing up there. I am really excited for this meet. Not sure whether it is going to be Friday or Saturday just yet, so keep your calendars open. AS soon as I find out, I will let everyone know when we are heading up to Loveland HS. We cannot have anyone cancel out on us from this point forward. If you cannot go, that probably screws up a relay as well as an open event. You must be the best teammate you can be, you must show up and race as hard as you can this weekend.

We will not be having a bus back, it is too expensive. You must arrange for a ride home with one of your friends parents. If this is an issue for you, you must speak to a coach about it immediately and they will help you out with the situation. While you do not have to stay for the entire meet, we encourage you to, to help cheer your teammates on.

Your race day diet is super important as well. You should be bringing a cooler filled with healthy easily digestible food (and plenty of water) with you to this meet. We have some kids competing in four events, spread out all day long. You must eat well and stay hydrated throughout the day.  For more tips on eating, click back to the post I wrote about a year ago on it.

EATING

Congratulations to everyone on this list, I am so proud to be bringing such a strong and deep team up to this meet. We won the boys title last year, let's try and do it again on both sides this time!

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Boston

Today is a holiday in Boston. It's Patriots Day. No one is in school. Banks and post offices are closed. A state holiday. Everyone is out watching the marathon, or home having lunch with the family, or day drinking at the Sox game.  You'd take your kid to the park, cause from the looks of it, it is a perfect spring New England day. The best place in the world to be on a great spring day is Boston, hands down.

That's why these bombs that blew up on Bolyston are so scary. I am not going to post any pictures or any video here, but this is horrible, horrible stuff. People died today, just thinking they were going to watch a race. And this didn't occur during the elites. They were long gone. This happened when all the husbands and wives were watching their spouses finally achieve a huge goal of training for and completing a marathon.  The people who are lucky to break four hours, the ones who have to walk and were struggling to get in. A joyous occasion for so many people who don't want to win, but want to be more healthy for themselves and the people who love them. And just like that, bombs blew up, and it was all over.

Sickening, disgusting and tragic. My stomach is churning. I love that city, I love running there, I love everything about Boston. And now that place will never be quite the same. I guess this happens all over the world to cities on a regular basis. But it is tough when it is my beloved city of Boston.

My thoughts and love and hope go out to everyone involved.

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Mid Year Distance Rankings

Presented without comment.

CHS Distance Female Season Bests

CHS Distance Male Season Bests

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April 15th Weekly Training Plan

Monday: 300 or 200 m repeats at race pace followed by pace changers or broken 500's
Tuesday: Long easy aerobic run
Wednesday: Jay Johnson circuits
Thursday: Slingshots & hand-off Practice
Friday: Loveland Invite for ALL athletes (early dismissal)
Saturday: O.Y.O. fartlek
Sunday: Active rest day

More details to come at practice.
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Rock Canyon JV Invite

Google Image: Canyon

It was a pretty windy day down at Rock Canyon HS yesterday, but I was very pleased with the effort and results of the distance kids this afternoon. Huge shout out to Coach Hawk and Coach Hartman for being in charge on such a blustery day, JV meets are super important to the program and having good coaches there for every one is key.

Google Image: Rock

After sifting through the results, I see a lot of highlights. I am sure I missed a few, but Mariah B. raced very well, as did Landon L. Erika, Ellen, Emily and Kelly all raced well in the 800, and I was super psyched to see ol' Austin S. drop a 2:30 in the open 8. Jessie had a strong race in the wind in the quarter mile, and Cory and Spencer did great in the mile as well.

Let's hope these good performances roll over to tonight and tomorrow.

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