Widefield High School Cross Country Team Blog
Rock Canyon Half Marathon
Are you up for it? If so, once you have run the Rock Canyon Half Marathon everything else you will do in high school athletics will seem easy in comparison. For information on the race as well as how to enter visit the Rock Canyon Half Marathon web site.
As training for the race we will do long runs on Saturdays at 9am as well as run after school on Tuesday and Thursday. All are welcome to join for these runs. Please come to the first Saturday run before registering for the race so we can be sauté everyone is on the same page!
Race day is December 1st, so there is plenty of time to get ready, but no time to wait!
Awards Banquet
Our Post-Season Awards Banquet will take place this Thursday, November 1st from 6-8pm at the Widefield High School Auditorium.
As in years past, we will be doing a pot-luck dinner. Seniors and Juniors are asked to bring main dishes while Sophomores and Freshmen are asked to bring desserts and salads. Please be aware all we will have will be what you bring! So, bring good food and enough to feed several people.
Families are welcome to attend as are any WHSXC alumni (alumni, contact Coach Nelson if interested).
Please come celebrate our many accomplishments from this past season!
Post-Season Meetings
On Tuesday, October 23rd we will meet in room 118 after school for our post-season meeting. At this meeting we will debrief from the season, vote for team awards, do program evaluations, and talk about our team's plans going forward. Additionally we will discuss plans for our Post Season Awards Banquet.
Please be sure to attend this short meeting!
Then There Were Two
This week closes the 2012 cross country campaign for many of our runners.
On Wednesday our Open runners will compete at the Pikes Peak Open Championships at Monument Valley Park. Race times for this meet are boys at 4:30 and girls at 5. Please come out and support these runners as they finish their seasons.
On Thursday the remainder of our team will compete at our Regional meet with a trip to the follow week's State Championships on the line. The top 15 individuals and top 5 teams will all qualify to compete at State. Our girls race at 2:30 and our boys race at 4:00. This meet is in Pueblo at the Elmwood Golf Course. Please come cheer for the Gladiators as they run for State!
Aiming For a Celebration
Complete with a great picture of Jun, this article, written by a big fan of WHSXC, attempts to capture what it is like to be in our position as a team at this point of the season.