Widefield High School Cross Country Team Blog
Joe Vigil Open in Alamosa
On Saturday, September 6 our team will be traveling to the Joe Vigil Invitational in Alamosa, Colorado. The meet takes place at the Cattails Golf Course in Alamosa.
Girls run at 9:40am with boys following at 10:25. There are no separate Varsity and JV races at this meet, so everyone will run in these 2 races.
The course is very flat and a combination of grass and dirt trail. It tends to produce fast times for being at 7000 feet. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the high 40s to mid 50s while we are there. This is absolutely perfect racing weather, but it might be chilly for warming up and standing around, so everyone needs to bring layers. It is also forecast to rain in Alamosa overnight before the race, so please bring extra shoes and socks to be dry after the meet.
The bus for the meet will depart at 5:30am sharp. We will leave anyone not there at 5:29 behind. Please arrive at 5:20am so we can load up and be ready to leave. In addition to extra layers, everyone needs to eat breakfast before coming to the school or bring breakfast to eat on the bus. Everyone also needs to have healthy snacks--eating at 5am and not again until a race at 9:40 or 10:25 is too long and can lead to issues finishing the race feeling well. Be sure to hydrate on the drive as well. We will make a bathroom stop half way.
After the meet we will get pizza for the runners. We should return home around 3pm.
We are looking forward to a great race in Alamosa!
WHSXC 2025
Our team web site is back up and running! There may be a few glitches to be ironed out still, so bear with us. However, this is the best place to go for results and details on meets. In addition, we are starting to use Parent Square for announcements and reminders.
It is going to be a great season!
Scrimmage 2024
Congratulations to everyone who ran at the scrimmage this morning. We had some very good and exciting things happen. Please see the results and highlights below.
Jose Nelson and Gracie Mikan both ran under the Automatic Letter Time and led the team for the first time ever.
Isaac Wallace ran over a minute faster than he did at this race last year. He and Jose did a nice job feeding off of one another and pushing each other.
Aidan and Jayden both ran under 20:00 to start the season. For Jayden this is over 90 seconds faster than he started last season. For Aidan it was a very good start for his first ever 5k.
Lexi was less than 45 second from the Automatic Letter Time in her first every 5k!
Ayden ran his first race since he began dealing with health issues last winter and did so very successfully.
Khawaun, Gabbi, Bri, and Marley all completed their first high school 5k in an impressive manner. For Khawaun today's race capped off his very first week of high school running. For the ladies this was a very solid starting point of what will undoubtedly be a season full of big improvements.
Great job to everyone who competed today! The times we got for everyone are below.
Runner Mile 1 Mile 2 Final Time
Jose Nelson 5:54 12:00 18:42
Isaac Wallace 5:50 12:00 18:55
Aiden Estrada Garza 6:16 12:40 19:50
Jayden Gomez 6:17 12:57 19:56
Ayden Merrick 6:39 14:11 22:13
Khawaun Baptiste 7:05 15:06 23:24
Gracie Mikan 6:53 14:10 21:50
Lexi Marjerrison 7:35 15:10 23:24
Gabbi DeLeon 8:39 17:50 27:46
Brianne Krolikowski 8:39 17:50 27:47
Marley Paul 10:23 22:15 35:06
We encourage everyone to go for a long run together this weekend. For those who raced today that run should be at a relaxed pace but long enough to qualify as a long run.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend! See you on Monday!
2023 Scrimmage
We kicked our 2023 season off with our "practice" meet, running at the Doherty scrimmage. With no official times kept, this meet does not count towards official team records, but does count as a great way to start the season. We had several PRs, some great pack running, and some nice surprises. Times for our runners are below.
Keaton Morrison-17:48
Adrian Estrada Garza-18:33
Braeden Perkins-19:10
Ayden Merrick-19:54
Isaac Wallace-20:02
Jose Nelson-21:00
Loken Litchfield-21:40
Ana Nelson-22:37
Maggi Morrell-22:46
Malena Westberg-22:47
Gracie Mikan-23:49
Welcome to WHSXC 2023
Welcome! We are super excited to get the 2023 cross country season under way!
This is our team website--please check out all the awesome things it has to offer, including historical results, Top 10 Lists, team information and more.
The schedule that is on this website will ultimately be the most complete and accurate schedule as it will be update with actual race times, etc. as we get them. However, for the time being most of the race times listed are based on historic times and best guesses, and are not times from meet directors.
We will be using Remind to communicate changes and announcements instead of posting those things in this space, so please be sure to be on our Remind group. This will continue to be a space where we will recognize accomplishments and give big picture items. Please come back often!