Banquet Reminder and State Track Recap

The final event of the 2019 season is our banquet on Sunday, May 19th at 6pm in the HRHS Commons. We hope to see ALL ATHLETES (JV and Varsity) and their families there! Here's what athletes in each grade can contribute:

• Freshman: Bring a side dish
• Sophomore: Bring a dessert
• Junior:  Bring drinks
• Senior: Bring plates and napkins

If you have questions or can help with set up, serving and clean up, call Tara Chambo at 303.898.5272.

Here's a day-by-day recap of our state meet performances:

• Click here for full results
• Click here for photos from all three days

THURSDAY

This was a big day for Ranch and the boys ended the day FIRST in the 5A team scoring -- lots of podium shots!

Drake Nugent won his 3rd consecutive state championship in the shot put with a throw of 56'2.75" and kept our State Champion Streak alive for the 12th year running


Our boys 4x800 Relay (Zach Salcido, Sam Hilsden, Grand Bauer, Andrew Wisniewski) placed 3rd with a season best sub-8-minute time of 7:59.93

Shantine DeMasse placed 4th in triple jump with 36'3

Jonathon Lewis placed 7th in high jump with 6'4

Elena Opp placed 13th in shot put with a throw of 33'10

Our girls 4x200 Relay (Kyri Chambo, Hayley Smith, Peri Hennigar, Bryce Johansen) placed 15th with a time of 1:46.2

Peri Hennigar placed 16th in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.1


Our Unified Track team (Russell, Carson, Eric, Zander, Matthew)

all took the podium after the Special Olympics 100 meter dash

Our girls Sprint Medley Relay (Hayley Smith, Shantine DeMasse, Kyri Chambo, Bryce Johansen) advanced to finals with a 5th place
finish in prelims and a time of 1:48.83

FRIDAY

HRHS was the only school in 5A to have two qualifiers advance to

the finals of the boys long jump. Peyton Turnage placed 4th with a jump of 22'3.5" and Jonathan Lewis placed 10th with a jump of 20'10"

Our boys 4x400 relay (Grant Bauer, Taylen Harris, Zach Salcido, Andrew Wisniewski) advanced to Saturday's finals with an 8th place seed

Andrew Wisniewski placed 10th in the 800 meters with a personal best 1:56.5

Shantine DeMasse placed 10th in long jump with a leap of 17-

Our girls 4x100 relay ( Hayley Smith, Shantine DeMasse, Kyri Chambo, Bryce Johansen) placed 17th with a time of 50.64

SATURDAY

HRHS Track's boys team placed 3rd in the team scoring in the 5A division! This is a tremendous accomplishment for our team and it is our highest team place since 2002!

HRHS was the only school in 5A to have two qualifiers advance to the finals of boys discus. Drake Nugent placed 4th with a throw of 160' and Lance Opp placed 6th with 153'11"

Elena Opp placed 4th in girls discus with a throw of 128'8

Our boys 4x400 (Grant Bauer, Taylen Harris, Zach Salcido, Matthew Wisniewski) ran a season best time of 3:23.55 to place 6th

Our summer program starts June 3. Click here for details.

We're Almost to the Finish Line

With only one week left in the season, we still have a lot of information to communicate to all athletes and their families for a strong finish to the season. Here we go....

Please Return Your Uniform!
All athletes who are not participating at State should turn in their uniforms to Coach Douglass ASAP (Room 1285). Final day for uniform turn-in is at the banquet on May 19th. If uniforms are not turned in by that date, your school account will be charged and a hold put into place.

Track Banquet - May 19 @ 6:00 p.m. in HRHS Commons
Please check your email for details from Tara Chambo. If you do not have an email, please click here to email her. We celebrate the achievements of both JV and varsity athletes at this banquet and hope to have all athletes and their families in attendance.

Improve This Summer

Our summer programs offer great athletic development for track and multi-sport athletes. Click for details:

• Summer Track Program
• Summer Cross Country Program

Conference Meet Results
Our boys and girls teams both took 4th in the team scoring. GO RANCH! 

• Click here to see complete results
• Click here for meet photos
• Congratulations to our Conference Champions:
• Bryce Johansen 800 meters
• Girls Sprint Medley
• Elena Opp discus
• Jonathan Lewis high jump
• Peyton Turnage long jump
• Drake Nugent shot put

State Track

Only the top 18 athletes/relay teams in each division qualify for the State Meet. CONGRATULATIONS to our qualifiers and alternates from HRHS Track -- this is a tremendous achievement!!

Click here to see the entire list of entries (note: these are NOT heat sheets). 

Click here for the State Meet Schedule and other meet information

• Shantine DeMasse -- long jump, triple jump, 4x100, sprint medley
• Elena Opp -- discus, shot
• Peri Hennigar -- 100 meter hurdles, 4x200 relay, alternate sprint medley
• Bryce Johansen -- 800 meters, 4x100, 4x200, sprint medley
• Kyri Chambo -- 4x100, 4x200, sprint medley
• Hayley Smith -- 4x100, 4x200, sprint medley
• Paige Stewartson -- alternate 4x100, 4x200, and sprint medley
• Madison Sedbrook -- alternate 4x100
• Annie Johanning -- alternate 4x200

• Andrew Wisniewski -- 800 meters, 4x400, 4x800
• Jonathan Lewis -- high jump, long jump
• Drake Nugent -- shot, discus
• Lance Opp -- discus
• Peyton Turnage -- long jump
• Zach Salcido -- 4x400, 4x800
• Grant Bauer --  4x400, 4x800
• Taylen Harris -- 4x400
• Sam Hilsden -- 4x800, alternate 4x400
• Matthew Wisniewski -- alternate 4x800
• Talmage Gibby -- alternate 4x400
• Matthew Lobojko -- alternate 4x800

Important Information About the Next Few Weeks

First and foremost we wanted to say thank you to everyone that helped work our meet. Coaches from other schools were telling me how much they loved attending and it is because our parents are so awesome!

Results can be found here. Both boys and girls took 2nd!

The fundraiser was a massive success. As a team, we raised over $700 for HRHS Track Alumni, Jack Dunn. Jack, a 2011 graduate will use the money we raised to help offset his chemo expenses.

Schedule for the next few weeks

Friday/Saturday, May 9th and 10th- League Championship
This is a change as the meet was originally scheduled for Thursday/Saturday but due to weather, they pushed it to Friday/Saturday.

Schedule
Entries

May 16-18th- State Championships
In order to qualify for state, you have to finish the year in the top 18 for 5A for your event.
Here is the schedule for state

May 19th- Team Banquet
All athletes and families are invited to the team banquet, at 6pm @ HRHS Commons. Make sure you check your email for details from Tara Chambo. If you do not have an email please email her at tara.chambo@yahoo.com

Summer
Summer Track Info

Summer Cross Country Info- The XC website has been updated with the summer calendar, cross country summer info and cross country camp. There is also a sign-up form

Uniform Turn In
Those that are no longer competing should turn their uniform into Coach Douglass ASAP (Room 1285). The last day for uniform turn in will be the banquet. After that, there will be a charge on your school account and a hold put into place.

Top 3 Placewinners at HRHS Memorial
1st Place
Kyri Chambo- 100m
Peri Hennigar- 100mH
4x100 Relay (Chambo, Shantine, Hayley, Bryce)
4x200 (Peri, Chambo, Hayley, Bryce)
4x400 (Peri, Chambo, Sarah, Bryce)
Shantine DeMasse- Long Jump
Shantine DeMasse- Triple Jump
Elena Opp- Discus
Andrew Wisniewski- 800m
Peyton Turnage- Long Jump
Lance Opp- Discus
Drake Nugent- Shot Put

2nd Place
Peri Hennigar- 300mH
4x800 (Sarah, Quinn, Ariana, Juliana)
Taylen Harris- 200m
Grant Bauer- 800m
Samuel Hilsden- 1600m
4x800 (Sam, Jason, Charlie, Tyler)
Jonathon Lewis- High Jump
Jonathon Lewis- Long Jump
Drake Nugent- Discus

3rd Place
SMR800 (Sedbrook, Annie, Drue, Lexi)
Taylen Harris- 100m
Zach Salcido- 800m
Matt Lobojko- 1600m
Jaden Walker- Shot Put

Entries for the week (Fresh/Soph Championship and HR Memorial)

Here are the entries for this week

Wednesday- Here are the entries and schedule for the  Fresh/Soph Championship at Echo Park Stadium. We do have a bus to the meet but no return bus.

Saturday- HRHS Memorial - Reminder, HR athletes are expected to stay at the meet from start to finish. We will need help throughout the meet.

Results + Photos + Coming Soon

It was a great week of competition for all our athletes.

• Click here for newly added photos of the JV Championship, George Washington and Liberty Bell.
• Click here for Liberty Bell results. In the team scoring, our Boys team was 3rd of 34 teams and our Girls team was 8th of 30 teams. This was a very competitive meet. Scroll down for place winners.

Practice continues this week for ALL ATHLETES and ALL ATHLETES are expected to be at Saturday's meet from start to finish to compete and help run the meet. Here's a summary of the week:

• May 1 @ 2:30 -- Fresh/Soph Meet @ Echo Park Stadium (we will send out entries tomorrow)

• May 3 @ 6:30 -- Team Dinner @ 8532 Forrest Street
  
• All athletes are invited
• Click here to help provide food/beverages

• May 4 -- HRHS MEMORIAL (Again, we will send out entries tomorrow)

• Every athlete will help with this meet in some way and all athletes are expected to be at the track from start to finish of the meet.

• Thanks to all our parents and supporters who have already signed up to help on that day! We still have a few volunteer jobs left that will get you right down on the track and closest to the action. Click here to sign up.

• Join coaches for a Coaches and Parents Social at On the Rox after the meet ends.

Every year, funds raised from the HRHS Memorial go to support an individual or organization in need. This year, the meet benefits one of Coach Douglass' best friends and HRHS track alumni, Jack Dunn. In October, Jack was diagnosed with cancer. Any donations will help him with his medical bills.

Use the button below to donate:

Liberty Bell Place Winners:

1st -- Shantine DeMasse Long Jump

1st -- Shantine DeMasse Triple Jump

1st -- Drake Nugent Shot Put

2nd -- Jonathan Lewis High Jump

2nd -- Elena Opp Discus

3rd -- Boys 4x400 Relay

3rd -- Drake Nugent Discus

3rd -- Bryce Johansen 800 meters

4th -- Peyton Turnage Long Jump

4th -- Elena Opp Shot Put

5th -- Boys 4x800 Relay

5th -- Lance Opp Discus

6th -- Elena Opp High Jump

8th -- Andrew Wisniewski 800 meters

8th -- Jaden Walker Shot Put

JV Today and Liberty Bell Entries

Happy Wednesday!
Today at HRHS at 3:30 we have the JV Championships. If you can please try and come to support. JV will still continue to practice after this as there is a chance they will be running in the Fresh/Soph Championship or the Highlands Ranch Memorial next week.

Here are the entries for Liberty Bell

• Schedule
• Littleton High School Stadium 
• Parking is limited and strictly enforced in the surrounding neighborhoods. Click for details.

Looking Ahead

We had perfect weather for the George Washington Invitational on Saturday, and we're looking ahead to one of the busiest weeks of this season. Also, please read to the end of this post for a look ahead at our end of season banquet and summer camp dates.

Click here for meet results from Saturday and scroll down for placewinners. Photos will be posted later this week. (The meet hasn't posted the results yet but when they do the link posted will have them)

This Week:

• Monday 4/22 -- Fresh/Soph Meet @ Echo Park -- We have a bus to the meet (no bus back) and athletes competing in the meet will be released early. Time Schedule Page 4

• Wednesday 4/24 -- JV Championships @ HRHS (Varsity athletes will be helping run the meet)

• Friday and Saturday 4/26-4/27 -- Varsity @ Liberty Bell
• Schedule
• Littleton High School Stadium 
• Parking is limited and strictly enforced in the surrounding neighborhoods. Click for details.

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

• Saturday, May 4 -- HRHS Memorial Invite-- Our team hosts this meet, and we can't do it without a LOT of help from our parents! We especially need help at long jump, triple jump, high jump, shot, discus and pole vault! If your athlete competes in one of these events, please sign up to help out. You can't get a better seat to watch your athlete compete!

• Sunday, May 19 @ 6pm -- Track Banquet  @ HRHS Commons -- All JV and varsity athletes who complete the season with us are invited to celebrate our season. This happens on the day after the State meet. Contact Tara Chambo to help coordinate this special celebration for our athletes.

• Summer Camps - Mark your calendars...more details to come
• Track -- Mondays thru Thursdays @ 11am weeks of June 3-27 - This developmental camp works on form on some event technique for all HRHS athletes and is also open to middle school students (including those entering 7th grade in the Fall).
• Cross Country - Mondays thru Fridays @ 8am weeks of June 3 - July 19 -- Open to all HRHS athletes and middle school students including those entering 7th grade in the Fall.

Entries for GW Patriot Invite and Fresh/Soph Meet

Happy Tuesday,

Great job to JV yesterday at Thunderridge!

We will have practice this Friday at noon. We don't have school that day but there are mock-AP tests so we scheduled practice after so there is no conflict.

Here are the entries for Saturday's Meet, the GW Patriot Invite.

Coach Douglass lives right across the street from All-City Stadium, where the meet is held. Directly after the meet Coach Douglass and Coach Krauss will be grilling. Everyone is welcomed! If you plan on attending please write your name on this sheet so Coach Douglass knows how much food to get (also email him if you have any specific allergies).

Monday, April 22nd is the Ponderosa Fresh/Soph Invite, held at Echo Park Stadium. We have no bus to or from the meet so we will organize rides this Thursday. Here are the entries

T-Shirts are in! This year we decided to buy everyone on the team an HR Track t-shirt. THEY ARE COMPLETELY FREE! However, as part of the HR Memorial Invite every year we raise money and make a donation. Instead of charging for the shirts, we wanted all the money to go to the donations. This year we are honoring someone very special to the team and to Coach Douglass. One of Coach Douglass' best friends and an HRHS Track Alum was diagnosed with testicular seminoma in October. Any donations will go to help his fight and help him pay his medical bills.

LOTS of new photos + results + the week ahead

The look of shock on Coach Douglass' face when
 he heard his 72 sec split for the first 400

Weather got in the way of 2 scheduled meets last week, but our late start at Denver Christian allowed us to catch some sunshine and get another varsity meet in the books on Saturday.

Coach Douglass and Coach Ellis ran the alumni mile and their pictures are featured today. Coach Price says he will race a mile if we get 50 likes on this tweet. We're over 50, but just in case he needs a little extra encouragement....you can like and share here.

• This weekend, we added LOTS of new photos not just from Denver Christian but also from the JV @ Ponderosa meet and additional photos from Arizona. Click here to see them all.

• Our athletes took home a lot of awards from Denver Christian and set a few new meet records! Click here for complete results. Scroll down for placewinners.

Coach Katie Ellis finishing strong

A special thanks goes out to all our volunteers who have hosted and helped with Team Dinners so far this year and who have already signed up to help with our May 4 meet!

• Click to see how you can help with our final Team Dinner on May 3

• Click here to volunteer at our meet. Volunteer for your athlete's event to be right down where the action is. No experience necessary. Our coaches will be head officials for each event, and they need your help to make all the events run smoothly. Thank you!

Coming This Week

The forecast looks a lot more like Spring for our two meets in the coming week:

• Monday 4/15 - JV @ Thunderridge
• Saturday 4/20 - Varsity @ George Washington - Schedule

More details to come on meet entries later this week.

Don't forget to give Coach Price all the encouragement he needs on that mile! Like and share here.

Placewinners

1st Place

Peri Hennigar 100m Hurdles & 300m Hurdles

Girls 4x200

Girls 4x400

Girls 4x800

Girls SMR

Mikayla Johnson Pole Vault

Shantine DeMasse Long Jump & Triple Jump

Elena Opp Shot Put & Discus

Logan Smith 200 meters

Andrew Wisniewski 800 meters

Matthew Lobojko 1600 meters

Tyler Captain 3200 meters

Boys 4x800

Jonathan Lewis High Jump

Peyton Turnage Long Jump

Drake Nugent Shot & Discus

2nd Place

Paige Stewartson 100 meters & Long Jump

Bryce Johansen 200 meters

Elena Opp High Jump

Katelyn Weemes Pole Vault

Logan Smith 100 meters

Grant Bauer 800 meters

Scott Mortimer 3200 meters

Jaden Walker Shot

Lance Opp Discus

3rd

Madison Sedbrook 200 meters

Hayley Smith Long Jump

Peyton Turnage 100 meters

Sam Hilsden 400 meters

Zach Salcido 800 meters

Talmage Gibby 300m Hurdles

Boys 4x100

Boys 4x400

Jaden Walker Discus

Weather Updates

Happy testing week everyone!

The district has canceled all after-school activities, this includes track so we will not be having practice today. 

Distance runners- Either cross train or do a tempo run on the treadmill if you have access. 10 min warm-up, 20 min with 4x 2 min pick-ups, 5 min cooldown.

The JV Meet for tomorrow has been canceled it is rescheduled for Monday, April 15th. We will work on getting a bus but we will keep you updated.

Fresh/Soph Meet Rescheduled and Entries for Denver Christian

Reminder Tuesday, April 9th we are taking team photos, BRING YOUR UNIFORM!

The Fresh/Soph meet scheduled for this Wednesday has been rescheduled for Monday, April 22nd due to the weather on Wednesday. As of now, the JV meet is still on for Thursday.

Here are the entries for the Denver Christian Invite on Saturday. If your name is not listed, you are running JV on Thursday.

Results, Photos and This Week

We had great weather for our Thursday JV meet and our Saturday varsity meet -- where our Unified athletes joined us for a 100 meter run!

• Click for Saturday's results
• Click for Saturday's photos
• Scroll down for Saturday's place winners

Coming up this week

• TEAM PICTURES Tuesday, April 9 -- All athletes need to bring their uniforms to practice
• Fresh/Soph @ Echo Park, Wednesday, April 10th 2pm start (no bus)
• JV @ Thunderridge -- Thursday, April 11
• Team Dinner -- Friday, April 12
• Varsity @ Denver Christian --  Saturday, April 13
• We will send out entries for Fresh/Soph and Denver Christian tomorrow

For Friday's Team Dinner hosted by the Nugent Family, we still need volunteers to provide drinks and some food items. Click here to sign up.

Girls

1st - 4x200 relay (Smith, Hennigar, Stewartson, Goodwin)

4th - Peri Hennigar   400 meters

6th - Hayley Smith 200 meters

Boys

1st - Jonathan Lewis High Jump

1st - Zach Salcido 800 meters

2nd - Kyler Goslee High Jump

3rd - Sam Hilsden 800 meters

5th - Taylen Harris 200 meters

5th - Konor Lathrop Shot Put

Mid-Week Track Update: Photos, Results and More Meets!

The week of April Fool's Day has been good to us so far! We had fair weather and good performances (with lots of PRs) at our varsity meet in Windsor on Tuesday.

• Click here for meet photos
• Click here for meet results
• Scroll down for place winners and top 18 state rankings

Now that we have our first state qualifying meet in the books, the race for State is on! Rankings change with every meet, and the links below will help you stay up to date as new meet results come in each week.

• Learn more about how state qualifying works
• See Boy's 5A Rankings (use the dropdown at the top of the page to change events)
• See Girl's 5A Rankings (use the dropdown at the top of the page to change events)

This week's schedule:

• Thursday, April 4 -- JV @ Mountain Vista
• Friday, April 5 -- Practice @ 3pm
• Saturday, April 6 -- Varsity @ Echo Park (Click for Schedule) (Click for Entries) 

TUESDAY, APRIL 9: TEAM PICTURES -- ALL ATHLETES NEED TO BRING UNIFORMS

Windsor Top 6 Placewinners:

Boys:

1st -- 4x800 Relay (8:18.24 - #3 State)

1st -- Jonathan Lewis -- High Jump (6'4" -- tied #2 State)

1st -- Peyton Turnage -- Long Jump (22'0" -- #2 State)

2nd -- Taylen Harris -- 100 meters (11.36), 200 meters (22.97 - #13 State)

3rd -- 4x400 Relay (3:28.26 - #2 State)

3rd -- Matthew Lobojko -- 1600 meters (4:49.73)

5th -- Tyler Captain -- 3200 meters (10:35.45)

5th -- Sam Hilsden -- 800 meters (2:05.44)

6th -- Kyler Goslee -- High Jump (6'0" -- tied #10 State)

Girls:

2nd -- 4x100 Relay (49.97 -- #4 State)

2nd -- Shantine DeMasse (35'10.5" -- #4 State)

3rd -- Kyri Chambo -- 100 meters (13.28)
3rd -- Elena Opp -- (124'1 -- #5 State)

4th -- Bryce Johansen -- 400 meters (59.31)

4th -- Quinn Hennigar -- 3200 meters (13:25.04)

5th -- Peri Hennigar -- 100m Hurdles (16.19 -- #15 State)

4th -- Peri Hennigar -- 300m Hurdles (47.60 -- #10 State)

4th --  Shantine DeMasse (17' 0.75" -- #11 State)

6th -- 4x200 Relay  (1:54.28)

6th -- Hayley Smith -- 100 meters (13.45)

6th -- Kyri Chambo -- 200 meters (27.87)

Meet Entries Murray Kula Invite (Tuesday in Windsor)

Here are the meet entries for Tuesday, April 2nd.

If you have any questions please email Coach Douglass- DDouglass@dcsdk12.org

Track Updates and Revised Meet Schedules

Tonight's team dinner is ON at 6:30 pm at 8656 Forrest Drive. ALL athletes are invited!

Our JV had beautiful weather for their Thursday meet, but Colorado weather has not been track-friendly on the weekends this season!

For the safety of all athletes, Saturday's varsity meet is canceled based on the forecast of snow accumulation and sub-40 degree weather.

Next week, we will have two varsity meets and a JV meet:

• Tuesday, April 2 -- Varsity @ Windsor -- noon start time (click for details) -- No bus is available. Coaches can drive some athletes and we'll talk with all athletes about carpooling.

• Thursday, April 4 -- JV @ Mountain Vista

• Saturday, April 6 -- Varsity  @ Echo Park

We're moving as quickly as we can to nail down details on transportation and meet rosters for next week. Coaches will be working with varsity athletes to understand their availability for Tuesday and Saturday meets. Also, because of cancellations and changing school-specific schedules within the league, our JV meet locations are in flux. Please watch for additional updates as we have more information. Soon we will also add photos from the JV meet to our photos page.

Track Weekly Update

Happy post-spring break,

JV Updates

First, we do have a bus to the JV meet this Thursday at Legend High School. The bus will depart school at 1:45 so students will be released from class at 1:30. We do not have a return bus.

Reminder, Friday's team dinner hosted by the Turnages and Bauers is for ALL track athletes. Click here for address and `to bring water, bread, salad or cookies to round out the pasta dinner.

Varsity Updates

Although it will be cold, so bundle up, our meet Saturday is good to go. This year the HRHS Showcase will be hosted at Valor High School.

• Here is the schedule for the meet
• Here is who is competing in the meet and what events
• There will be a Parent/Coaches Social at Parry's Pizza directly following the meet
• The team dinner Friday night is at the Turnage Household. In this link, you will find the address and signup to bring food/drinks to round out the meal. 

Parent Updates

Parents, WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP!

We still have a lot of volunteering slots open for the HRHS Memorial on May 4th. Please volunteer!! No previous experience is necessary, we will teach you how to do every job (you also get to be close up to the action/athletes).

Remember, if you volunteer at our meet, you can take $25 off your Booster Dues. Thanks to the families who have already paid their dues! Please use the link below to conveniently make your payment.

Volunteering? Use the dropdown to adjust your dues.

NOT signed up to volunteer $100.00 USD Signed up to volunteer $75.00 USD

Results Updates

Arizona Recap-

We took 15 student-athletes down to Arizona for the second weekend of spring break. In a meet with 166 schools attending our athletes did extremely well. Results can be found here. Pictures can be found here.

Top 10 finishes in the meet include-

Elena Opp- 5th Discus

Bryce Johansen- 8th 800m

Zach Salcido- 9th 800m

Jonathon Lewis 9th High Jump

Distance Medley Relay- 6th (Matt Lobojko, Sam Hilsden, Zach Salcido, Scott Mortimer)

Sprint Medley Relay- 5th (Kyri Chambo, Madison Sedbrook, Sarah Salcido, Peri Hennigar) 

Team Dinner, Saturday's Meet and Spring Break Practices

Today our team has practice as usual after school.

Tonight's Team Dinner is ON AS SCHEDULED, starting at 6:30pm at The DeMasse's home.

Saturday's Thunderridge Invite is CANCELED based on field conditions.

On Monday - Wednesday during Spring Break, we have practice a 9-11am for all athletes who are in town.

Click here for workouts for the end of the week and for the entire week for any athletes who are out of town for Spring Break.

Enjoy Spring Break, and let's all hope for better weather for the rest of our season!!

Thunderridge Invite

Hope everyone enjoyed their two snow days! As of right now, the Thunderridge Invite is still planning on running this Saturday (we will update you if the meet director tells us otherwise). They have adjusted the schedule in order to give them more time in the morning to get the stadium ready in the morning. This meet has always been well run and normally runs ahead of schedule so please factor that in. Schedule

Meet Results, Photos and More

Meet Results & Photos

It was a sunny (if at times windy) day for our first varsity meet of the season, and we were excited to see some PRs for returning athletes already in Week 1 of the season!

Click here for complete meet results (keep reading for top 3 place winners).

Click here for meet photos (the meet lasted longer than our camera battery...we'll have more complete photo coverage in weeks to come)


Parents, We Need You!

VOLUNTEER

• So far ALL of our requests for buses to JV meets have been denied by the district. We need parents of JV athletes to carpool athletes to meets. Click here to sign up.

• This week is our first Team Dinner on Friday, March 15 at the DeMasse Family's house. Thank you to the DeMasses for hosting! We still need help with food and drink items for the meal. Click here to sign up for March 15.

• All our other Team Dinners have hosts, and you can sign up here to co-host or provide food and drink items for those dates (March 29, April 12, May 3).

• Our meet on May 4 has become one of the premier late-season meets in the area. We need your help to keep it great! No experience required. We'll teach you all you need to know to do a great job. Thanks to all the parents who have already signed up and earned $25 off their Booster Dues! Click here to join them.

FUNDRAISING

We have two means of fundraising and need full participation from all families to continue to fund a full coaching staff, the purchase of implements like poles, bars, shots, discs, blocks, hurdles, batons and training equipment, and the need to replace our high jump pit to ensure the safety of our future athletes. Here's how you can help:

• Our athletes are selling $20 coupon cards with the goal of 15 cards each. Can you help your son or daughter reach that goal?

• Use this dropdown below to pay your Booster Club Dues ($100 discounted to $75 if you volunteer to help at our meet on May 4). 

Volunteering? Use the dropdown to adjust your dues.

NOT signed up to volunteer $100.00 USD Signed up to volunteer $75.00 USD

Placewinners

Congratulations to the athletes whose performances were in the Top 3 this week:

1st Place Winners

• Shantine DeMasse -- Long Jump and Triple Jump
• Elena Opp -- Discus
• Drake Nugent --  Shot Put
• 4x100 -- Madison Sedbroook, Annie Johanning, Katelyn Weemes, Lexi deVilliers
• Sprint Medley -- Bryce Johansen, Kyrie Chambo, Shantine DeMasse, Hayley Smith
• 4x200 -- Talmage Gibby, Jerell Trahan, Peyton Turnage, Taylen Harris

2nd Place Winners

• Peri Hennigar -- 100 meter hurdles
• Drake Nugent --  Discus
• 4x200 -- Annie Johanning, Bryce Johansen, Kyri Chambo, Hayley Smith
• Distance Medley -- Zach Salcido, Matthew Wisniewski, Andrew Wisniewski, Grant Bauer

3 Place Winners

• Jaden Walker -- Shot Put

March 7 JV Meet Canceled

The JV Meet scheduled for Thursday, March 7 @ HRHS is canceled. This meet will not be rescheduled. We do have practice for all athletes on Thursday.

Parent Meeting and More This Week

The 2019 season is officially underway and we have all the news you need to get a running start on the season (there are even some ways you can get ahead of the game if you scroll to the bottom).

Some information has changed since last week. Please read carefully for details. Our schedules and locations for meets often change based on unpredictable weather and decisions made by hosting teams. We update you and our Google calendar as quickly as we can.


March 5 @ 6pm -- Mandatory Parent Night in the Commons
Meet the coaches and other parents. We'll share information on the program, our season, expectations for athletes, schedule details, nutrition, injury prevention and care, and ways parents can get involved.

NEW ADDITION: Parents of athletes going to the Arizona Spring Break Meet -- Please stay for a few minutes immediately following the March 5 Parent Night to go over requirements and expectations for the trip. This is in place of our previously scheduled March 8 Meeting for Arizona Trip Parents.

March 6 @ 5:00 - 7:30 pm -- Shoe and Spike Night @ Runner's Roost 
Runner's Roost offers a 15% discount to you and gives 10% back to our program on this night! Click here for details.

CANCELED: March 7 @ 4pm -- JV Meet @ Ranch -- This meet is canceled based on field conditions. All athletes will have practice on Thursday.

March 9 -- Varsity League Relays @ Littleton Public School Stadium, 199 E Littleton Blvd, Littleton, CO  (Note this is a change of venue from Echo Park Stadium)

• Click here for meet schedule.
• Click here for parking information. Parking is strictly enforced.

Here are a few ways you can get ahead of the game:

• Sign up now to host or provide food for one of our team dinners.

• Order apparel online. We do NOT provide sweats for athletes as part of a uniform, but they can purchase sweats and other HRHS Track apparel here

• Pay your Booster Membership using the Pay Now button below (but before you do, sign up to help with our May 4 HRHS Memorial meet and take $25 off your membership dues using the dropdown box (click blue arrows)

Volunteering? Use the dropdown to adjust your dues.

NOT signed up to volunteer $100.00 USD Signed up to volunteer $75.00 USD

Grant Bauer Signs with South Dakota School of Mines

Congratulations to GRANT BAUER who has signed a national letter of intent to compete in Cross Country and Track at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. We're proud of you, Grant, and the Hardrockers are lucky to have you as part of their team!

Welcome to the Season!

Welcome to HRHS Track 2019! We've officially started practices and will continue to have new athletes joining every day until registration closes on February 25. For those who are already working out with us, here are some announcements and invitations to mark your calendar.

(By the way, you can see and subscribe to our Google calendar here)

February 25 -- Registration Closes @ noon.  Click here to register.
Current physical form must be on file in the athletic office. Click here for the blank form if you need to get a physical.

March 5 @ 6pm -- Mandatory Parent Night in the Commons
Meet the coaches and other parents. We'll share information on the program, our season, expectations for athletes, schedule details, nutrition, injury prevention and care, and ways parents can get involved.

March 6 @ 5:00 - 7:30 pm -- Spike Night @ Runner's Roost 
Runner's Roost offers a 15% discount to you and gives 10% back to our program on this night! Click here for details.

March 7 @ 4pm -- JV Meet @ Ranch

March 8 @ 6:30 pm -- Arizona Parent Meeting (Room 1265)
This Spring Break trip to the Chandler Rotary Invite is optional for athletes and space is limited. It's a great opportunity for us to build team camaraderie and compete in warm weather early in the season. Click for details on the trip and sign up now if interested. This meeting is mandatory for parents of athletes who will participate.

March 9 -- Varsity League Relays @ Echo Park

Last but not least, check out our online HRHS Track apparel store. We do NOT provide sweats for athletes as part of a uniform, but they can purchase sweats and other HRHS Track apparel here.

Arizona Information, Indoor Track Meets and Free Yoga!

Welcome back to school Falcons! We wanted to give you a post today to get you a ton of information

Arizona Information
This year we are once again competing in the Chandler Rotary Track Meet. Here is the informational sheet. Please fill out this form if you are going/interested.


Indoor Track Meets
As the Falcon Track Club has been getting into shape we wanted to give you some opportunities to race indoor this year. Here is the information about the Colorado Mines High School indoor meets we will be competing in. Please note that the indoor track info starts on page 3 of the PDF.

Free Yoga
If you are interested in getting a little more flexible Core Power Yoga- Park Meadows. They offer free classes on Saturday at 4:30 pm and Sunday at 6 pm.

Schedule
Here is the tentative meet schedule for the year.