Competitions this week

JV will compete on Wednesday, March 25 at Echo Park. The meet will begin at 2pm.

Varsity will compete in the Chaparral Invitational on Saturday, March 28. The meet will begin at 9am, and will be on a rolling schedule.

 Spring Practice

For all those in town, practice will be Monday through Friday, 10am to noon. We will meet on the track. Make sure to bring a water bottle!

 First Team Dinner

The first team dinner will take place this Friday, March 6 @ 5pm. All members are invited to attend.

 Parent Meeting

We will have a parent information meeting on Wednesday, February 25 from 6 - 7:30 in the Highlands Ranch High School commons. Please enter by the gym entrance. We would like at least 1 parent for each athlete to attend. Athletes are not required to attend this meeting.

 2026 Season Begins!

The 2026 Track season begins on Monday, February 23. We will meet in the commons at 3pm.

Make sure to register before Monday. 

Registration is done through the school's Athletics web site.

https://students.arbitersports.com/organizations/highlands-ranch-high-school

Be dressed and ready to practice!

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Winter Track Training – Starts Tuesday, January 6

Winter Track begins Tuesday, January 6th. This is a great opportunity for students who are not participating in a winter sport and want to get a head start on the Spring Track season.

• Sprinters & Jumpers: Technique and speed development

• Distance Runners: Building an endurance base

Schedule:
📍 Meet in the cafeteria
🕒 Monday–Thursday at 3:00 PM

Location:

• Outdoors if the temperature is 40°F or above

• Indoors during bad weather

💲 No fee — attend as many or as few sessions as you’d like

Questions?
📧 Contact Coach Krauss at lwkrauss1@dcsdk12.org
📍 Or see Coach Blevin in Room 1285

Last Chance Week

THIS WEEK

This week Varsity has a Last Chance meet at Englewood High School starting at 5pm Friday and 9am Saturday.  Full Schedule

It's a Last Chance because this is the final opportunity to qualify for the State Championship May 15-17, where only the top 18 from each division (1A-5A) will qualify to compete. We'll update you on our state qualifiers after this weekend!

LAST WEEK

Our team had some great successes and set a lot of new PRs at the League Championship Results

See updated meet photos 

Congratulations to our place winners:

• League Champion -- Bridget Carbone - Long Jump

• 3rd -- Girls 4x100 Relay, Addie McLeod (Long Jump), Bridget Carbone (Triple Jump), Haden Hart (300 Hurdles)

• 6th --Ezra Simonich (300 Hurdles), Boys 4x100 Relay

• 7th -- Boys 4x800 Relay

• 8th -- Girls 4x800 Relay

THANK YOU to the Carbone family who hosted and to all the families who helped provide food and drinks for our final Team Dinner of the season. We appreciate you!

Also a big thanks to the parents and athletes who helped run shot put on Thursday and triple jump on Saturday. We couldn't do it all without your help!

END OF SEASON

All athletes who are not qualified for State should launder (cold wash, hang dry) uniforms and return them to Coach Krauss on Monday.

Please mark your calendar for our Track Banquet on Sunday, May 18th at 3:00 p.m. in the HRHS Commons. 

• All JV and Varsity athletes and their families are invited to celebrate the end of our season. 
• Coaches will present participation certificates, letters, and awards.
• This is a potluck with heavy appetizers and dessert. Please watch Team Snap for more information on what to bring.

Championship Week Updates and Help Needed!

 Congratulations to all our JV athletes who finished the season at the JV Championship. Results

JV athletes, please launder uniforms (cold wash, hang dry) and return them to Coach Krauss ASAP

Our Varsity squad on Prom weekend was small but mighty. Ram Charger Results

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED OUR PARRY'S RESTAURANT NIGHT ON TUESDAY!

The Varsity League Championship starts Thursday and finishes Saturday, and our final Team Dinner for both JV and Varsity athletes is on Friday. 

Thursday 5/1 @ 5pm - Varsity Championship @ Echo Park Schedule

• Coach Margraff is officiating shot put on Thursday and needs a few people to assist. Please contact him on TeamSnap to help!

Friday 5/2 - Team Dinner @ Carbone Family Help with food and drinks!

Saturday 5/3 @ 9am - Varsity Championship @ Echo Park Schedule

• HRHS is responsible for working Triple Jump on Saturday. We will have an experienced person running the event but need help with measuring, raking, and wind gauge. Please contact Coach Krauss if you can help!

May 9-10 - Varsity @ Englewood High

May 15-17 - State Championship

May 18 @ 3pm End of Season Banquet @ HRHS

Week 8 - LOTS of Updates

Our team is busy this week with 4 meets in 7 days and lots of news to share. Please read through and mark your calendars for the rest of this season's events.

• Congratulations to Haden Hart and Bridget Carbone, who were medal winners in Monday's large and highly competitive meet! See Varsity Results

• Congratulations to Nolan Warne, our Frosh/Soph Champion in Triple Jump. Also to our place winners, Juan Acosta, Boys 4x100 Relay, Ethan Watanabe, Sebastian Preciado, Sarah Gordon, Emily Newton, and Maggie Weiss. Wednesday's Frosh/Soph Results

• Saturday 4/26 -  Varsity meet at Jeffco Stadium @ 9am. Schedule

• Monday 4/28  -  JV Championship @ Echo Park Stadium @ 2pm - We expect this meet to be a long one! Schedule

Monday will be our final JV meet of the season! 

Our team photo is scheduled for Tuesday 4/29. The date we had scheduled last week was unexpectedly canceled by the photographer.

JV athletes, please launder uniforms (cold wash, hang dry) and bring them to school on Tuesday for our Team Photo then return them to Coach Krauss after photos.

Thursday 5/1 and Saturday 5/3 - Varsity Championship @ Echo Park

Friday 5/2 - Team Dinner

May 9-10 - Varsity @ Englewood High

May 15-17 State Championship

May 18 @ 3pm End of Season Banquet @ HRHS

Week 7 Updates - Rescheduled Meet and Request for Help

HEADLINE: FRIDAY'S VARSITY MEET IS RESCHEDULED TO MONDAY 4/21 @ 9am

We're more than halfway through the season, and last week we started to see some breakout performances from our athletes! 

THANK YOU to the Ortega Family for hosting our Team Dinner last week, and thank you to all the other families who helped supply food and beverages for the meal. We appreciate you!

We have lots of new photos from both meets - please share yours!

This Week

Wednesday 4/16 @ 2pm - JV @ Echo Park - Events & Order

Thursday 4/17

• Team Photos - Wear Jerseys to Practice!
• 5pm - Team Dinner - address in TeamSnap

Friday 4/18 Varsity RESCHEDULED for Monday 4/21 @ 9am @ Echo Park

Please Help!

Team Dinner Signup - Please help with Thursday's dinner this week!

Water and Gatorade Signup

Our Varsity meets are all day affairs. This year, we're finding that water is not readily available at all of our varsity meets. The fountains were still turned off at All City Stadium on Saturday! To make sure our athletes can stay hydrated at meets, we're asking parents to help provide water and Gatorade for varsity meets. Please bring items to practice the day before the meet (dates in the sign up are last day to deliver for that week's meet). Coaches will bring drinks and coolers to the meet. Thank you for signing up to help with this!

Banquet Help

Planning for the end of season banquet has started! Please contact Kristy Hart if you're interested in helping with the planning, decorating, senior recognition, or organizing/serving food. We are specifically looking for someone to take the lead on senior posters. Thank you!

Meet Results

Frosh/Soph Results and Place Winners

• 2nd - Evan Partridge - Long Jump
• 3rd - Sebastian Preciado - 200 meters
• 4th - Grayson Forget - 800 meters 
• 4th - Emily Newton 800 meters
• 6th -  Boys 4x100 Relay
• 7th - Nolan Warne - Triple Jump

Varsity Results and Place Winners

• 1st - Haden Hart - 300 Hurdles
• 2nd - Haden Hart - 110 Hurdles
• 2nd - Bridget Carbone - Long Jump & Triple Jump
• 3rd - Addison McLeod - Long Jump
• 3rd - Girls 4x100 Relay
• 3rd - Girls 4x800 Relay
• 3rd - Boys 4x800 Relay
• 4th - Reed Flack - 100 meters
• 4th - Boys 4x100 Relay
• 5th - Girls 4x400 Relay
• 5th - Dayla Hybertson - Long Jump
• 6th - Mara Wren - 100 Hurdles
• 6th - Dayla Hybertson - Triple Jump
• 6th - Giancarlo Ortega - 400 meters
• 7th - Addie McLeod - Triple Jump
• 9th - Aiden Kleinschmidt - 800 meters
• 9th - Nolan Warne - Triple Jump

State Qualifiers

At about the midpoint in the season, we have two athletes ranked in the Top 25 in Colorado 5A. These ranking change every week. Top 18 qualify for the State Championship. See our State Qualifying FAQ for more info.

Bridget Carbone - Triple Jump

Haden Hart - 300 Hurdles

Haden Hart - 110 Hurdles

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Coming Soon

MONDAY 4/21 @ 9am - Varsity @ Echo Park

Thursday 4/24 @ 2pm - Frosh/Soph Championship @ Echo Park

Friday 4/25 - HRHS PROM - Coaches will be talking with athletes about their plans for competing on Saturday

Saturday 4/26 -  Varsity @ Jeffco Stadium

Monday 4/28 - JV @ Echo Park

Week 6 Updates

 Has Spring finally arrived?? We're keeping our fingers crossed!

Click here for results from our Wednesday meet

Click here for photos and please upload any you have to share here as well.

THIS WEEK

• Wednesday 4/9 @ 2pm Frosh/Soph @ Echo Park - Meet info

• Thursday 4/10 @ 5pm Team Dinner @ Ortega Family - Details and food/beverage signup

• Friday 4/11 @ 11am Varsity @ TJ Twilight @ All City Stadium - Meet info
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FROM THE BOOSTERS

Planning for the end of season banquet has started! Please contact Kristy Hart if you're interested in helping with the planning, decorating, senior recognition, or organizing/serving food. We are specifically looking for someone to take the lead on senior posters. Thank you!

COMING SOON

• April 16 - JV @ Echo Park
• April 17 - Team Dinner
• April 18 -- Varsity @ Huskie Twilight @ Echo Park

Week 5 Update

 It was another great week for our team with JV competing at Echo Park on Wednesday and Varsity at the same location on Saturday (although the weather ended the meet early).

Click here for Varsity meet results

Click here for JV meet results

Click here to see and share meet photos. THANK YOU to Hans Kleinschmidt for pictures from Saturday's meet!

THIS WEEK

The forecast is not looking track-friendly for this weekend so we're planning ahead by entering many athletes who would normally compete on Saturday into Wednesday's JV meet. 

This means that most of the athletes on our team will be competing on Wednesday this week.  We will post entries on TeamSnap as soon as they are finalized.

• Competitors will be released at 12:30 and need to be at Echo Park no later than 1:15
• The meet starts at 2:00. Click here for order of events

Even if the weather is cold, wet, or snowy, we WILL have practice on Thursday and Friday.

Please watch for posts on TeamSnap with additional updates about this week's schedule.

FINAL FUNDRAISING WEEK

This is the final week of our team fundraiser. Please help us make a strong finish! Every athlete is asked to send out at least 20 emails or texts and raise at least $100 to help us reach our goal. Thank you for helping us fund additional coaches, equipment, team T-shirts, and more. Click to donate now!

COMING SOON

• Wednesday 4/9 @ 2pm - Ponderosa Frosh/Soph @ Echo Park 
• Thursday 4/10 @ 5pm Team Dinner #2 Hosted by the Ortega Family. Please sign up to help with food and drinks.  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4BADA822A5F58-29935087-2025#/
• Friday 4/11 @ 11 am (tentative) - Varsity TJ Twilight @ All City Stadium

Week 4 Updates

 We hope everyone had a great spring break! Our athletes who stay-cationed and competed had great weekends, and we celebrated several PR's at practice this week.

Click here for results from 3/15

Click here for results from 3/22

Click here to see our latest photos. You can upload your meet photos here too! JV parents, we especially need photos of your athletes!

This Week:

Wednesday  3/26 @ 2pm -- JV @ Echo Park

Saturday 3/29 --  Varsity @ Echo Park 

• Schedule and meet info
• Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students/seniors. CASH ONLY at the gate or click here to purchase tickets online (additional $1 processing fee)
• Parker Integrative Health will be at the top of the stadium providing chiropractic and stretching treatments, taping, and cupping (with this consent form

Coming Soon:

• Wednesday 2/2 - JV @ Echo Park
• Friday 2/4 - Team Dinner #2 hosted by the Ortega Family - Please sign up to help with food/beverages!
• Saturday 2/5 - Varsity @ Jeffco Stadium

Photos and Results + Week 3 Updates

 
Congratulations to all our athletes who participated in our first week of competition! Our new athletes established a baseline for future PRs and several of our returning athletes set new personal best marks already in this first week of competition.

Click here for meet photos. If you have meet photos to share, please add them to this album.

Click here for varsity results

THIS WEEK

• Spring Break Practice - M-F 10am - noon
  
• No JV Meet
• Varsity @ Valor Saturday 3/22

COMING SOON

• Wednesday 3/26 @ 2:30 pm - JV @ Echo Park
• Saturday 3/29 - Varsity @ Echo Park
• Friday, April 4th - Team Dinner #2  Hosted by the Ortega and Guolla Families
• Please sign up to help provide food/beverages

FUNDRAISING

We're making progress on our fundraising goal! Please share this video and link with family and friends who want to help support our team.

Click here to support our team!

Week 2 Updates

 Thank You

Thank you to Kristy Hart for hosting our first Team Dinner and thank you to all the parents who provided food and helped set up, serve, and clean up! We appreciate you!

This Week

• JV @ Rock Canyon moved to Wednesday, March 12 - 2:15 release for 3:30 start
• Varsity @ Echo Park on Saturday, March 15 - events start at 9am - Full Schedule

Next Week

• Spring Break Practices 10-noon M-F
• NO JV MEET
• Varsity @ Valor on Saturday, March 22

Photos

Please upload your meet photos to our Google Photos album!

Fundraising

Our fundraiser is underway. Thank you to athletes who have already entered their emails and phone numbers. We've already raised $2000 toward our goal. If every athlete raises $100 in donations we will reach our goal. Donations are tax deductible and help our team pay for extra coaches, equipment like batons, blocks, shots, discuses (disci?), team T-shirts, Chocolate Milk Mondays, CaPRi Suns to celebrate PRs, end of year banquets and awards, senior gifts, etc. Thank you for helping us reach our goal!!

March 8 Meet Canceled

 Thick ice on surfaces means unsafe conditions for our March 8 meet. The meet is canceled.

Welcome to the 2025 Season

The 2025 track season is officially underway, and we're happy to have you as part of our team! Thank you to all the parents who came to our parent night last night. We appreciate you!

***You should have received an invitation to join TeamSnap. Please accept and download the app as this is our best way to communicate schedule changes and other information in real time. If you did not receive an invitation, please email Coach Kane. 

Next Steps:

• Download the TeamSnap app. If you have not received an invite, contact Coach Alex Kane. We use Team Snap to communicate entries for meets each week as well as real time schedule changes, cancellations, etc. This is also a great way to coordinate rides and other activities with other team parents. You and your athlete need to be on TeamSnap!

• Review expectations in our Team Handbook with your student athlete 

• Review our team calendar and add events to your personal calendar

• Order your athlete's required team hoodie (delivered to your door) and any other fan gear you want. The fleece blankets are a long-time favorite.

• Sign up to help provide food for our first Team Dinner this Friday, March 7th
• Learn more about our team of coaches

Coming Soon:

• Tuesday 3/4 -- Team Fundraiser Kickoff @ Practice 
  
• Wednesday 3/5 -- Spike Night @ Runners Roost
• Friday 3/7 -- Team Dinner in HRHS Commons
• Saturday 3/8 -- Varsity Meet @ Echo Park Stadium
• Thursday 3/13 -- JV Meet @ Rock Canyon
• Saturday 3/15 -- Varsity Meet @ Echo Park Stadium

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FROM THE BOOSTERS

Booster Contact Information
We are happy to connect with you for any questions you have or if you need support. You can also connect with us through direct messaging in Team Snap

Kristy Hart: EMAIL 

Angie Austell: EMAIL 

Team Dinners
Team Dinners are a long-standing tradition of HRHS Track and help sustain our team's positive culture. They're also a great chance for parents to get to know the kids and each other better. Thanks for helping us keep this great tradition strong by signing up to host or donate items for the meal. All team dinners begin at 5 pm.  Please consider signing up to bring items that will help make these events a success.  HERE IS THE LINK TO SIGN UP.

Team Store

Check out our Team Store where you will find the link to order the required hoodie for athletes, as well as other HRHS track swag. The team does not make a profit on these orders so we can keep the prices as low as possible for parents.

REGISTER NOW - Track Starts February 24

Photo by Steven Lelham on Unsplash

 It still feels like winter, but track officially starts on Monday, February 24.

REGISTER NOW and be sure your physical is up to date.

Registration and a current physical are required to participate in practice.

Check our calendar for our full 2025 schedule.

Important Upcoming Events:

• March 3 @ 7pm -- Parent Meeting
• March 5 -- Spike Night @ Runners Roost
• March 7 -- Team Dinner 
• March 8 -- First Varsity Meet
• March 13 -- First JV Meet

Questions? Contact Coach Krauss

WINTER TRACK PRACTICES MON-THURS STARTING JAN 7

It's not too late to join Winter Track, and we're starting to meet 4 days a week (Monday - Thursday) when we come back from break. 

Click here to register.

Click for the required waiver.

Meet in the cafeteria at 3pm Monday - Thursday (except when school is not in session).

We will go outside if it's at least 40 degrees and weather permits. Dress accordingly.

Meets are optional. See below for area indoor meets that have been announced so far:

1/26 -- UCCS (Colorado Springs) Click for more information

2/16 -- UCCS Indoor State Championship (Colorado Springs) Click for more information

School of Mines Series (Golden) Click for details and registration links

Join Winter Track Club

 HR Falcon Track Club has started, and it's never too late to join us. This is for athletes in grades 7-12.

When: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:00-4:30 pm through mid-Feburary

Where: Meet in the HRHS lunchroom. We will get outdoors when weather permits and will stay indoors otherwise.

What: For athletes in any sport who want to improve speed, strength, power, and conditioning.  Perfect preparation for athletes who want to compete in the indoor and outdoor track season. Indoor meets are an option.

Click Here to Register

Click here for the Required Waiver