2026 Regional Results

Boys repeat. Girls lose a close battle with Steamboat Springs.

The Summit Boys won their 3rd Regional Championships in a row, with the Summit Girls missing winning their third in a row in a narrow loss to Steamboat Springs. Jay McDonald and Kayla Broecker repeat as regional champions.

The boys and girls faced different tasks for the 2026 4A Region 1 Regional Championships. With the top four teams from the 14 in the region qualifying for the state championship, both were reasonably confident about advancing to State. 

The boys were relatively comfortable about extending their regional championship winning streak to three in a row. They had dispatched the next two strongest teams in the region, Durango and Central Grand Junction, at the Warrior Lincoln Park meet 12 days earlier. Their main task was improving their ability to endure discomfort in the final tune up before the state championship. 

The girls faced a very strong challenge from a renewed Steamboat Springs team. After being beaten soundly by Steamboat at the Eagle Valley meet early in the season, the Summit girls had regrouped to beat Steamboat at the Summit Stinger and Warrior Lincoln Park. Those two victories were close. Regionals would be a tough battle. 

Regional championships for 5A Regions 3 and 2 warmed up the course before us. Starting at 9:30, there was a race every 30 minutes, with Summit and the other 4A Region 1 girls starting at 11:30 and the boys at 12:00. Racing on the same course would enable us to compare our performances to some of the stronger 5A schools. 

Boys

Although confident of winning the team championship, there were plenty of strong competitors to give the Summit Boys individual battles. Broly Watts from Central Grand Junction quickly established a lead that grew to 20 or so meters through the opening 400 meters. Summit controlled the the front of the pack, with four runners spread across the crumbly, broken asphalt and rough gravel trails. By the one‑mile mark, Jay McDonald, Lukas Remeikis, Owen Fallon, and Johnny Ryan had caught Watts, with Levi Ryan a few meters behind. Watts wanted the win and stretched the pack out with Jay McDonald close behind him. Just after the two‑mile mark is a quarter‑mile climb, which Jay used to pass and gain a five‑meter lead on Broly. Watts regained the lead on a flat stretch around the small lake. He held that lead up the final 200 meter climb that climb topped out 300 meters from the finish. At the crest, Jay was five meters back. But the race was far from over. Broly is an excellent 800‑meter runner. But Jay set the state championship 800-meter record last year of 1:48. He caught and passed Broly in the final 300 meters for a four‑second victory. 

The rest of the Summit Boys had excellent races behind the battle up front. Lukas Remeikis improved upon his performance at Warrior Lincoln Park to edge Broly's twin brother, Brendan for third place. Lukas was followed closely by Johnny Ryan and Owen Fallon in sixth and seventh. Johnny's younger brother Levi followed four seconds later to close out Summit's scoring. Levi's ninth place overall finish meant Summit's scoring five were in the top nine of the entire 115 runner field.

Nine athletes from each school are allowed to run at the regional championships, but only seven from each of the top four teams get to run at state. Therefore, all nine Summit boys were making their case to be on the state team. Freshman Brooks Mulica, Junior Cooper Levi, Sophomore Crosby Hume and Senior John McDonald all hoped to make the state team in addition to helping the team by displacing runners from other schools. Just how competitive that battle was, and the depth and quality of Summit's small team, is illustrated by the fact that Summit's ninth runner, John McDonald, finished ahead of the fourth runner of every school except Durango, and the first runner from six schools. 

Insights from the 5A races:

Compared to the 5A schools that raced earlier in the day (when it was a bit cooler) the Summit Boys had the fastest combined time of the day. Had we raced head to head, Summit would have been the top team of the entire day, beating several of the top ranked 5A teams in the state including Mountain Vista, Heritage and Northfield.

Girls

This was the third meet in a row facing the strong Steamboat Springs team. We had won the first two in very tight battles. Could we win the third in a row to also win our third regional championship in a row? The girls knew it would be a tough challenge. Steamboat would be running Whitney Warnke, their third‑fastest racer, who didn't race at Warrior Lincoln Park. 

Summit and Steamboat got off to very strong starts, along with a big pack of Battle Mountain girls. Last year, Summit beat Battle Mountain at Regions, but Battle Mountain edged us at State. Battle Mountain would be fighting again. 

Kayla Broecker is one of the top ranked racers in the state. As usual, she started reserved, getting a measure of the other girls up front. She was in a pack with Lylah Keller and Elsa Engeseth from Steamboat Springs, along with Zia Fadil of Durango and Ella Schubert of Conifer. Shortly behind and leading the next pack was Summit's Lily Benbow. 

The lead pack had stretched out by the time they reached the relatively straight and flat section of trail after one mile. By the start of the longest climb, just after two miles, Kayla had a small lead on Lylah Keller. Lily was in seventh place about 80 meters back. 

The photo below shows Kayla and Lily's positions two miles into the race. A comparison with the finish shows the excellence of their finishing mile. Kayla stretched her lead to a 34‑second victory while Lily made up the 60 or more meters to Ella Schubert and Elsa Engeseth to move up to a very crucial fourth‑place finish. 

Behind them through the opening mile, Summit had three girls near the front. Leah Noble was off to the best race of her season with Sophie Dinse and Milla Phaf shortly behind. They were well placed compared to Steamboat's runners. If scored at the one mile mark, Summit was ahead, but there were 2.1 miles to go. All three girls raced strong, with Ashley Adkins and Lucia Templeton in backup shortly behind them. Whitney Warnke finished three positions ahead of Leah. Steamboat's Evie Fisher and Georgia Bishop moved ahead of Sophie and Milla in the final mile. The final result was a narrow 45-50 victory for Steamboat. A few seconds here and there and the score could have tipped in Summit's favor.

The Summit Girls are looking forward to state on Saturday, October 31st, knowing that Steamboat is within reach. The Classical Academy is the favored girls 4A team. Air Academy, national champions three years ago, are projected second. With five solid performances, the Summit girls could reach second place and perhaps even challenge the Classical Academy. They're looking forward to putting all the work they have done since June to the test Saturday at Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs. 

Insights from the 5A races:

We did very well compared to 5A Region 2 teams Heritage and ThunderRidge, both of which have been ranked high nationally:

• Our average time was faster than ThunderRidge!

• We were faster than ThunderRidge at 1 and 5 and close at 2 and 4.

• Our 4 and 5 girls were faster than Heritage’s 4 and 5 – which makes a big difference at NXR.

An argument could be made that 4A Region 1 was stronger (up front at least) than 5A Region 2! (And it was slightly warmer for us than 5A Region 2.)

This leads to an interesting comparison with the Classical Academy. TCA entered the latest MileSplit ranking as #19 in the nation, ahead of #21 ThunderRidge, based on the Continental League Championship, which TCA won with 54 points to Heritage in second with 63 and ThunderRidge in third at 69 points.

• ThunderRidge's second runner tied TCA's second and their 3rd was ahead of TCA's third. Combine that with our being faster than ThunderRidge's 1st and 5th and close at 2nd and 4th and one must conclude we will be competitive with TCA at State.

Summary

Summit's strength and depth was highlighted by our first five boys placing in the top nine overall! The top five girls were in the top 18 overall! 

Especially noteworthy and illustrative of the strength of our small team: 

John McDonald, our ninth boy, finished ahead of the fourth runner of every school except Durango – and the FIRST runner from six schools. 

Maeve Niemkiewicz, our ninth girl, placed ahead of the fourth runner from nine teams – and the FIRST runner from four teams!

State Championship Streaks

The Summit boys and girls each qualified for state for the fifth year in a row. The boys now have the sixth and the girls the fifth longest state qualifying streaks in the state. 

Comparison to 2024

NAAC was also the 2024 Regional Championship course. Six Summit boys and five girls raced here two years ago. Of those eleven, nine raced faster in 2026, most significantly faster!!

• Jay McDonald – 40 seconds  

• Lukas Remeikis – 1 minute, 11 seconds  

• Owen Fallon – 1 minute, 2 seconds  

• Levi Ryan – 1 minute, 31 seconds  

• Cooper Levy – 1 minute, 8 seconds  

• John McDonald – 1 minute, 2 seconds  

• Lily Benbow – 54 seconds  

• Milla Phaf – 1 minute, 45 seconds  

• Ashley Adkins – 18 seconds 

Season Bests and Highlights

The cross‑country course at the North Area Athletic Complex in Aurora is good preparation for the state championship. It is relatively hilly with climbs that are somewhat similar to the State course. More similar is the surface, which, like State, has no grass at all. The North Area Athletic Complex trails are much rougher than the smooth limestone trails at Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs. The course runs fast, but not nearly as fast as Liberty Bell or Lincoln Golf Course in Grand Junction. Still, 14 Summit athletes ran new season bests. Jackson Boyd, Rheya Ryan, Elizabeth Davis, and Autumn Larson had huge new PRs by over 90 seconds!

• Johnny Ryan – 1 second  

• Cooper Levi – 2 seconds  

• John McDonald – 14 seconds  

• Josh Smith – 6 seconds  

• Dominic Ryan – 13 seconds  

• Harrison Gieber – 16 seconds  

• Jackson Boyd – 1 minute, 48 seconds  

• Lily Benbow – tied her PR from WLP  

• Leah Noble – 13 seconds  

• Paige Ratliff – 1 second  

• Maeve Niemkiewicz – 48 seconds  

• Rheya Ryan – 1 minute, 33 seconds  

• Elizabeth Davis – 2 minutes, 15 seconds  

• Autumn Larson – 4 minutes, 12 seconds 

Press

Summit High cross country qualifies for fifth state championship in a row

Area teams sweep cross country regionals at Monument Valley Park

SSHS Cross Country team qualifies for Colorado State Championships

Results on MileSplit

This great photo by Dillon Benbow tells a story! It is taken with the lead five runners just past the 2 mile mark. Lily is a good ways back from two girls she caught in the last mile. That is an outstanding finish. Kayla also had a great finish, going from a small lead here to 34 seconds by the finish.

Dillon Benbow prepared the following merged results

Merge of the unadjusted times from the five 4A regions. 

Merge of the unadjusted times from all 4A and 5A boys regionals. 5A Region 4 appears to have been a slower course. The 3rd and 4th tabs redo the merge after subtracting 25 seconds from those times.

Longest 4A streaks for team state qualification prior to this year. 

Summit is up to qualifying five years in a row now, boys and girls! 

The Holy Family, Berthoud, Eagle Valley and Littleton boys didn't qualify this year, so drop off of the streak list. Summit know has the 6th longest state qualifying streak!

The Palmer, Discovery Canyon and Mead girls teams all failed to advance this year, which moves Summit up to the 5th longest streak!

2026 4A Region 1 Championship

WHEN:  22 October 2026

WHERE:  North Area Athletic Complex (NAAC), just north of Golden

TRANSPORTATION: 8:20 Release, 8:30 Departure. 90 minute drive time.

RACE TIMES: 

Blue = top 15 in 5A or 4A

Class 5A Region 3 Schools: Arvada West, Boulder G, Broomfield, Centaurus, Fairview, Grand Junction, Legacy, Northfield B/G, Northglenn, Ralston Valley and Westminster

Class 5A Region 2 Schools: Arapahoe B/G, Chatfield, Columbine, Gateway, Grandview, Heritage B/G, Lakewood, Mountain Vista B, Regis Jesuit, and ThunderRidge B/G

Class 4A Region 1 Schools: Battle Mountain, Conifer, Durango B/G, Eagle Valley G, Evergreen, Fruita Monument, Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction Central B, Green Mountain, Montrose, Palisade, Rifle, Steamboat Springs G and Summit B/G.

Meet Info:

Race Day Schedule:

9:30 AM - Girls 5A Region 3 (Run 9, Score 5)

10:00 AM - Boys 5A Region 3 (Run 9, Score 5)

10:30 AM - Girls 5A Region 2 (Run 9, Score 5)

11:00 AM - Boys 5A Region 2 (Run 9, Score 5)

11:30 AM - Girls 4A Region 1 (Run 9, Score 5)

12:00 PM - Boys 4A Region 1 (Run 9, Score 5)

12:30 PM - 4A  Awards

12:45 PM - 4A Open Race

Awards for Each Regional will happen at the conclusion of that regional event.  5A Region 3 at 10:30, 5A Region 2 at 11:30 and 4A Region 1 at 12:30.

SCORING:

Varsity - Run 9, Score 5, Displace 2

Top 4 Varsity Boys/Girls Teams advance to State.

Top 15 Varsity Boys/Girls Individuals advance to State.

Live Results will be here: https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/217335 

All SHS Cross Country team members are encouraged to attend the Regional Championship to support the team. There will be an "open" race that those not racing in the championship race can compete in.

The seven runners selected to race at the State Championship will most likely be the top seven at Regionals, with the next two as the alternates. But this is ultimately a coaching decision. Factors going into selecting the State runners include Peak, Consistency and Recency. The peak performance of each runner, their consistency and their most recent performances, along with practice attendance, work ethic, attitude and leadership will all be considered. For example, if someone has a bad day at Regionals, but has consistently been in our top seven and has worked hard, there is a high likelihood they will be selected to race at State.

Course Map

They changed the direction of the first pass by the lake and hill from 2024. Red is first mile, green is second, yellow is third.  Where it turns from green to yellow, there is a pretty significant hill. It is mostly dirt. Some sections are old, crumbly asphault. The northern end is 100 meters plus of concrete. It is a supershoe course, not a spikes course. There isn't a lick of shade. Heat acclimate.

"Flyover" map of 2024 course with the old routing in the first mile: https://www.hellodrifter.com/routes/naac-regional-by-michael-hagen 

Please upload your photos to the Regionals folder in the team Google Drive.

The Regionals course at NAAC

Virtual Meet Projections

2025 Results

• 1st Place Girls Team

• 1st Place Boys Team

• 1st Place Girls Individual

• 1st Place Boys Individual

You swept Regionals for the second year in a row. That is a big accomplishment that only came because of dedication and wanting to be great instead of good. Our region is widely regarded as the most competitive in the state for both girls and boys. To win both, again, is due to your hard work and high standards.

Press:

Summit Daily: Summit cross-country team sweeps 4A Region 1 meet for 2nd-straight year. Kayla Broecker and Jay McDonald crowned individual champions.

Vail Daily: Eagle Valley boys cross-country team qualifies for state as No. 2 Summit wins 4A Region 1 title

Vail Daily: Battle Mountain girls cross-country team qualifies for 16th-straight state meet with runner-up regional finish

Mile Split Results, Finish Line Timing Results. The latter has tabs by grade.

Stats:

• Crosby was the top freshmen

• Cooper was the third Sophomore and Levi's time from the Open Race would have placed him as 4th Sophomore (and 20th overall)

• Jay, Lukas, Johnny, Owen and John were the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 7th Juniors

• Carter and Cain were the 4th and 7th Seniors

• Kayla, Leah, Lucia and Lucy were the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th Freshmen

• Sophie and Paige were the 2nd and 11th Sophomores

• Lily, Ashley and Milla were the 3rd, 6th and 9th Juniors

• Dual meet scoring now gives the boys a record of 321 wins to 2 losses. The girls are now 241 wins to 34 losses.

2025 4A Region 1 Championship

WHEN:  Thursday, 23 October 2025

WHERE:  Sienna Valley Club, 4 miles south of Gypsum, Colorado. 1000 Brightwater Club Drive, Gypsum, CO 81637

TRANSPORTATION: Release from class at 12:50, bus departs at 1:00 pm. 90 minute drive time.

RACE TIMES: 

• 2:15 Course Opens

• 3:30 Coach Meeting

• 4:15 Girls Race

• 5:00 Boys Race

• 5:45 Awards

• Open race following awards. 

• We will do Senior Recognition following the awards.

Above times are 2:15 later than originally scheduled.

SCORING:

Varsity - Run 9, Score 5, Displace 2

Top 4 Varsity Boys/Girls Teams advance to State.

Top 15 Varsity Boys/Girls Individuals advance to State.

COURSE RECORDS:

Ella Hagen, Summit, 2024 - 18:08

Jay McDonald, Summit, 2025 - 15:58

Live Results: https://www.fltresults.com/

Livestream of finish line: https://www.finishlinetiming.com/livestream

There will be a kiosk at the finish line which runners can visit after they've completed their race to receive a printout of their results. Just swing by the timing truck. A finisher certificate and 10-second video clip of each runner's finish will be available on FLTResults.com. 

Notes from the Race Director:

Warm Up Area 

Please do not warm up or run around near the finish line while kids have unread bibs on. The bibs have chips in them and we want to keep the finish line clear for the citizens race that begins prior to the high school races. Please warm up elsewhere on the course. 

Golf Course Reminders

Remind your athletes to stay off of the greens and out of soft areas. 

Dogs are permitted on leash if owners clean up after them. 

Team Camps

Follow the signs to the east side of the Lake House. You are welcome to be across the bridge too. Please be mindful of private property around the course. 

Spikes vs Flats

While I would choose to wear spikes myself, some may opt for flats. There are a few cart path crossings, but the only sustained pavement section will be in the final loop (about 200m). 

Swimming

Kids are allowed to jump into the lake but swimming is at your own risk. Bring a towel. No inside facilities will be available to racers for changing or restrooms. We will have portas available. 

Bus Parking

The bus will go to Red Hill Elementary School located at 100 Grundel Way, Gypsum, CO 81637 during the race and not return until the races are complete.

Virtual Meet 

(Using fastest times of the season. For 10 of the 12 teams [all but Conifer and Glenwood Springs], those are mostly times from Central Grand Junction.)

2024 Regionals Recap

To achieve things you've never achieved before, you have to do things you have never done before.

Summit had never won a regional championship, much less swept the boys and girls victories. You did that because of a dedication to hard training that exceeded anything ever done by SHS. This was the culmination of seven years of hard work for some of our seniors. Cross country is a process of delayed gratification and deferred gains. You have been doing the consistent work for years, and it is paying off.

We couldn't be prouder of you.

Cody Jones wrote a superb story in the Summit Daily. This Vail Daily article covers Regions from the Battle Mountain and Eagle Valley points of view.

Here are some highlights of your performances.

New Personal Bests

New Season Bests

Improvement on 2023 Regionals

The boys top 5 team average was a second faster than last year, despite this being a tougher course, with the top 7 average 16 seconds faster. The 1-5 split dropped from 1:56 in 2023 to 1:42 this year. All boys placed in the top 30% of the field.

The girls top 5 average was 14 seconds faster than last year, with the top 7 at 33 seconds faster. The 1-5 split improved from 3:48 all the way to 2:40. All girls placed in the top 37% of the field.

Head to Head Comparison

Dillon Benbow prepared these tables showing how many seconds we placed before or after the second and third place teams in each scoring position. The girls finished ahead of Battle Mountain in all seven of the scoring positions, while Conifer's second was 18 seconds ahead of our second. Eagle Valley's second boy finished 6 seconds ahead of our second and their third was 3 seconds ahead of our third. We placed ahead in all the other positions. The Summit boys placed ahead of third place Conifer in all positions but the third, by just half a second.

Placing ahead of each of those positions at State will help tremendously. They are all achievable. At the same time, we must guard against falling back in any of the positions.

Photos

A lot more are here!

Season Results and PRs

2024 4A Region 1 Championship

WHEN:  25 October 2024

The date was originally 24 October. Sometime in late September or early October they changed it.

WHERE:  North Area Athletic Complex (NAAC), just north of Golden

TRANSPORTATION: Release from class at 8:55, bus departs at 9:00. 90 minute drive time.

RACE TIMES: 

Girls race at 12:00

Boys race at 12:45

Awards at 1:30

Open race following awards

SCORING:

Varsity - Run 9, Score 5, Displace 2

Top 4 Varsity Boys/Girls Teams advance to State.

Top 15 Varsity Boys/Girls Individuals advance to State.

Live Results will be here: https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/173050 

Course Map

Blue is first mile, green is third.  Where it turns from yellow to red (on the new map), there is a pretty significant hill. I scouted the course on 29 August.  It is mostly dirt. Some sections are old, crumbly asphault. The northern end is 100 meters plus of concrete. I think it is a supershoe course, not a spikes course. There isn't a lick of shade. Heat acclimate.

2023 Results

You raced great and we are very proud of you. Both teams were ranked third going into the competition, but I thought both had a very good shot at placing second. The boys raced great and earned that second place finish, beating Battle Mountain for the first time - of what is going to be many times now. The girls did just as well and almost beat Battle Mountain as well, finishing just four points behind. Conifer was a bit of a surprise, getting the victory. That was almost entirely due to their fifth runner racing superbly and finishing about 20 positions higher than projections. That just goes to reinforce what I say a lot - the fifth runner is often the most important one on the team.

For bragging rights, the boys can say they finished higher, but the girls can say they were closer (just 8 points!) to first place.

Looking to next year, we have a lot to be excited about. Based on returning runners, both the boys and girls are forecast to win Regions next year! Of course, that comes with the standard caveat that the crystal ball doesn't see incoming freshmen, transfers, injuries and who works the hardest next summer. The boys will be challenged by Eagle Valley and the girls by Conifer. Long time dominant Battle Mountain graduates their top 6 boys and top 3 and 5th girls, with a pipeline that doesn't look nearly as strong as ours.

The Conifer girls only graduate 1, so will definitely be a challenge next year. The Eagle Valley boys graduate 3, but have a lot of depth so will be very competitive again next year.

Still, next year is a great opportunity to not just sweep Regions, but place very high at State. If and only if we work hard in the summer and fall.

Looking deeper into the Regional results, the Summit boys had the first 2 Juniors (Josh and Will), 5th & 11th Sophomores (Carter and Gavin) - and Cain would be about 7th, and the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Freshmen (Jay, Lukas, John and Owen)!!

The Summit girls had the 1st, 4th and normally ~8th Juniors (Ella, Avery and Cece), 16th and 20th Sophomores (Claire and Darby), and 1st, 4th and 7th Freshmen (Lily, Ashley and Milla)!!

7 new PRs were earned! Lily, Ashley, Milla, Carter, Lukas, John and Owen all ran new fastest times ever! 

Full results on MileSplit.

Summit Daily article: Summit cross-country team qualifies for state meet for 2nd year in a row

Vail Daily article: Eagle Valley boys cross-country team wins first region title in program history

CHSAA coverage: 

4A Region 1 Boys, GRAND JUNCTION - https://chsaanow.com/news/2023/10/19/boys-cross-country-regionals.aspx

Battle Mountain’s Will Brunner won a hard-fought race at the Boys 4A Region 1 Cross Country Championship at Lincoln Park Golf Club on Thursday, as he narrowly edged out Mullen’s Jacob Sushinsky (14:46 to 14:47) down the stretch. Brunner’s Battle Mountain teammate, Porter Middaugh (15:08), rounded out the top three individuals and helped the Huskies to a third-place team finish.

Summit High School and Eagle Valley High each had three racers place in the top 10. Summit’s Joshua Shriver (15:25, placing fourth), Jay McDonald (15:44, placing sixth), and Will Bentley (16:19, placing 10th) each earned top-10 placements, as Summit finished in second among the teams with 72 points. Eagle Valley’s Cooper Filmore (15:32, placing fifth), Armando Fuentes (15:56, placing seventh) and Tyler Blair (15:57, placing eighth) also finished among the 10 fastest racers, and powered Eagle Valley to a first-place team finish with 47 points.

Samuel Garmany, from Central Grand Junction High School, finished ninth among the individuals (16:14). Unfortunately, though, that wasn’t enough for the Warriors to finish in the top five, as Grand Junction (108 points) and Conifer (116 points) nabbed the fourth and fifth spots.

4A Region 1 Girls, GRAND JUNCTION - https://chsaanow.com/news/2023/10/19/girls-cross-country-regionals.aspx 

Summit’s Ella Hagen recorded an absolutely scorching time of 17:08 on her way to securing the Girls 4A Region 1 Cross Country Championship at Lincoln Park Golf Club on Thursday. Hagen was soon joined by two of her Summit teammates – Avery Eytel (19:36) and Lily Benbow (19:37) – who also earned top 10 finishes and helped Summit finish third among the teams.

Over a minute after Hagen crossed the finish line, second-place finisher Lindsey Whitton (18:28) secured the silver. Like Summit, Battle Mountain also had three racers finish in the top 10, as Addie Beuche (19:26, placing 6th) and Presley Smith (19:31, placing 7th) followed close behind.

The Huskies would only finish second (59) among the teams though, as the Conifer Lobos narrowly squeaked by them to win first, with 56 points. The Lobos were led by Kate Horneck (18:37) and Audrey VanWestrienen (18:43), who finished third and fourth, respectively.

The remaining top-10 individual finishers were Mullen’s Genevieve Hockin (19:04, placing 5th) and Eagle Valley’s Ellie Shroll (19:40, placing 10th). Meanwhile, Central Grand Junction (120 points) and Evergreen (135 points) rounded out the top five teams.

Updated Season Bests

Top Results

Photos

Lot's more here!

2023 4A Region 1 Championship

WHEN:  19 October 2023

WHERE:  Lincoln Park Golf Course, Grand Junction

TRANSPORTATION: Release from classes is at 9:15. Departure at 9:30. Drive time is 2:45. We will stop on the way for lunch.

Estimated return is 9:00 p.m.

RACE TIMES: (note, our race times were advanced by 15 minutes as of 2023/10/12.)

• 2:00 pm - Course Preview 

• 2:45 pm - Boys 4A Region 1 Championship Race 

• 3:15 pm - Girls 4A Region 1 Championship Race 

• 4:15 pm - Awards

• 5A Regional races at 4:15 and 4:45

SCORING:

Varsity - Run 9, Score 5, Displace 2

Top 4 Varsity Boys/Girls Teams advance to State.

Top 15 Varsity Boys/Girls Individuals advance to State.

Course Map

Study this well and start visualizing the race! Note where the 1 and 2 mile marks are. The middle part of the first mile is a dirt cart path. Almost all the rest is grass, most of it short fairway grass. The loop around the green at the top center is about halfway - and a good spot to sneak a peak at where your competitors are. The 1 mile mark on the far east is also about 800m from the finish on your second time through.

2023 Regional and State forecast

Girls Regionals Forecast

Girls STATE Forecast

Boys regional Forecast

Boys State Forecast

Adjusted forecasts

The projections below are revised to account for the very short and fast Warrior Lincoln Park course. I added approximately 30 seconds to the PR times of top runners who raced there. Those teams were Eagle Valley, Battle Mountain, Grand Junction, Central Grand Junction, Palisade, Steamboat Springs and Rifle. The girls scores are compiled without Lindsey, in case she is not allowed to compete for Summit.

2022 4A Region 1 Championship

Race Review

Wow, our team was amazing! That was inspired racing and so exciting to watch. We are all so proud of you. Everybody raced so hard and so well and did what you needed to do.

In case you haven't heard, not only did both teams qualify for State, but they both placed second, earning beautiful Regional runner up plaques for the SHS trophy case - on which all of your names will be engraved.

More results later, but quickly:

- 5 girls and 7 boys set new personal records!

- I told the team before the race that nobody had to be a hero - that if everybody ran B+ races we would qualify for State. In my book, everybody had A- races or better!

- While we didn't have to have heros, my nomination for hero of the day goes to Zach, who ran through immense pain to secure our second place finish.

- The boys placed second on the closest possible tie breaker. Battle Mountain and we both had 65 points, so the tie breaker went to the sixth place finisher for both teams. That was just a one place difference - 33 to 34. And even seventh place was a one position difference, with our 35 edging out their 36. It couldn't possibly have been closer.

- The boys competition amongst the top boys teams was amazingly close, with Battle Mountain and SHS at 65 points, Eagle Valley at 68 and Central Grand Junction at 70. No one can doubt now that 4A Region 1 is definitely the most competitive in the State.

- The girls also exceeded expectations, at least of some, by placing a healthy margin in front of Mullen - and much closer to Battle Mountain than I'm sure a lot expected. BM 35, SHS 65, Mullen 83.

- There is a very good chance that we could have two top 10 teams at State!

Press

State bound: Summit cross-country team qualifies for state, notching 2nd place finishes at regionals

Battle Mountain girls win 12th straight region cross-country title

Photos

See the carousel below and a bunch more here

Results

WHEN:  Thursday, 20 October. 5:00 pm first race start

WHERE:  Lincoln Park Golf Course, Grand Junction

TRANSPORTATION: We will travel the evening before the race to be rested and fresh. Departure will be at 2:30 after school on Wednesday. Estimated return time is 10:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bring pajamas, toothbrushes and the other things you normally would for an overnight in a hotel. Bring cash for dinner Wednesday and lunch and dinner on Thursday.

RACE TIMES:

4:00pm - Course Open for Warm-ups and Course Preview

5:00pm - Boys Region Championships Race

5:30pm - Girls Region Championship Race

6:15pm - Awards

Top 4 Varsity Boys/Girls Teams advance to State.

Top 15 Varsity Boys/Girls advance to State.

SCORING:

Varsity - Run 9, Score 5, Displace 2

4A Region 1 Preview 

10/11/22 by Alan Versaw in Colorado High School Sports

2022 Pre-Regional Rankings

Based on individual best times in 2022

Regional Adjustments for 2022 XC Season

There was a slight reshuffling of schools for XC in 2022. Among the changes, strong 4A XC teams Air Academy, Centaurus and Erie are now in 5A. 

And the resulting reshuffling to balance regions? Minimal for our 4A Region #1. But the minimal reshuffling might make it a bit easier for our girls and boys to advance to the State Championship.

1. Golden and Green Mountain are out.

• The Golden girls placed 3rd at Regions last year and Green Mountain was 5th. (Summit was 7th.)

• The Golden boys placed 7th at Regions and Green Mountain 9th. (We were 5th.)

2. Bear Creek and Rifle are in.

• Rifle moves up from 3A. Bear Creek moves down from 5A.

• The Bear Creek boys placed 9th in their 5A region while the girls were 12th (last).

• Rifle boys were 5th in their 3A region while the girls only had 3 runners.

Read the article: https://coloradopreps.com/new-classifications-for-cross-country/ 

2022 Pre-Season Regional Rankings

Based on the best 2021 times of "returning" runners only. This does NOT include incoming Freshmen, transfers, runners who don't return, and of course is only historical. It doesn't reflect who trained hard in the summer and who didn't.

2021 Regionals

2021 Regionals Results and Photos

10/24/21: Hagen and Remeikis place 4th at regionals to qualify for state championship. Summit boys place 5th, girls take 7th

Full results on MileSplit.

Check the number of seniors on many of the teams, in particular the Glenwood Springs, Eagle Valley and Steamboat Springs girls and Central Grand Junction, Eagle Valley and Mullen boys. 

Our boys and girls teams were the only teams not to have any seniors other than the Battle Mountain girls. And our girls team had no juniors, the only team so young.

We didn't make it to State as teams this year. 

That will change next.

2021 Photos