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Week 3 Announcements (8/24/26 - 8/29/26)
August 23, 2026
A Call for Volunteers! Please consider helping out at our race. It is a large race and we could still use help with parking, lead biking, and clean-up. This is a huge undertaking and we really need all the help we can get. Knowledge of how a cross country meet works is NOT required. Thanks to all who have already signed up! Creek Invitational Volunteering Link
Celebrations From Last Week
The coaches have noticed strong attendance and effort at our practices and races. Improving as a runner requires consistency, so it is great to see our athletes showing up every day and giving their best effort. Keep up the good work!
Vista Nation 2-Mile Race. We had some nice early-season race results at the Vista Nation 2-mile races yesterday. Creek athletes' race times can be found here (full meet results found here).
Kylee delivered a dominant performance, taking first place in the Varsity Girls race and helping secure the overall Varsity Girls team title alongside Emma, Lizzy, Hannah, Sophia S., and Mia. Fantastic!
Here are our placings from the Vista Nation 2-mile:
Frosh/Soph Girls: 5th place
Frosh/Soph Boys: 5th place
Varsity Girls: 1st place
Varsity Boys: 3rd place
Junior/Senior Girls: not enough athletes for a placing
Junior/Senior Boys: 5th place
CCXC Week 3 Schedule
This is going to be an eventful week for the team!
Practice (8/24-8/28). Practice is at 3:45 PM outside of IC cafeteria Monday through Friday. We finish practice between 5:15 PM and 5:30 PM. The training plan for the week can be found at the bottom of this email.
Nutrition Talk (Monday, 8/24). We will have a nutrition talk for the team on Monday following practice. The presentation will be 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM and will focus on the nutritional needs of high school runners. We strongly encourage all athletes to attend. Parents are also welcome!
Team Picture (Friday, 8/28). We are planning on taking our team photo before practice on Friday pending the arrival of the uniform order. If the uniforms do arrive in time, athletes will arrive at Stutler Bowl by 3:45 PM in their uniforms for the photo. We will provide updates in practice about this later in the week.
Pasta Party (Friday, 8/28). We will walk together to the pasta party after practice on Friday.
Cherry Creek Steve Lohman Invitational (Saturday, 8/29). Our home meet is this Saturday, and it looks like we will have a large number of other schools in attendance! The course map can be found here. Athletes should arrive 90 minutes before their race start time. Parking will be limited in Village Greens Park so you may have to park on the Creek campus and walk a fair distance. Coaches will let athletes know which race they will be competing in during practice this week. Please plan on staying after your race to cheer on your teammates and support the rest of the team. Here is the race schedule:
8:30 AM Boys Frosh/Soph
8:35 AM Girls Frosh/Soph
9:15 AM Boys Varsity
9:20 AM Girls Varsity
10:00 AM Boys Open
10:05 AM Girls Open
11:00 AM Awards Presentation
Other Announcements
Email List. Is there someone else who you would like to add to the email list? Fill out this form to be added!
Remind. We have a Remind to alert people about last minute changes (lightning, race times, etc.). Text @creekxc202 to 81010 to join!
Week 2 Announcements (8/17/26 - 8/22/26)
August 16, 2026
Celebrations From Last Week
The weather was challenging at times this past week, but we still got some solid training runs in and are excited to see the season taking shape. Well done to everyone who came out to our time trials on Saturday. You did a great job pushing yourselves and supporting your teammates! Race times can be found here. Keep up the great work as we continue building momentum for the season ahead.
Specific shout outs to our top three most improved from our 2025 time trial. Our top 3 girls were Bree Hruska, Hannah Goldberg-Butler, and Lizzy Hruska. The top 3 boys were Oliver Sherman, Everett Cecil, and most improved (and most overall) was Dylan Jalal with a 3:48 improvement. Way to go you guys!
CCXC Week 2 Schedule
Practice (8/17-8/21). Practice is at 3:45 PM outside of IC cafeteria Monday through Friday. We finish practice between 5:15 PM and 5:30 PM. The training plan for the week can be found at the bottom of this email.
Spike Night Tuesday (8/18). Need a pair of new running shoes? Come to the Spike Night at Road Runners Sports this Tuesday. The details of this event will be shared at practice.
Pasta Party (8/21). We are planning on having our first pre-race pasta party of the year this Friday. We will end our practice a bit early on Friday and then walk over to the pasta party together.
Vista 2 Mile Race (8/22). The race will be at Mountain Vista HS this Saturday and the course map is found here. Athletes should arrive no later than 60 minutes before their start time. Getting into the high school parking lot was slow last year. The coaches will tell you if you are in the varsity race this week, otherwise you will race with your grade. Please plan on staying after your race to cheer on your teammates. Here is the race schedule:
8:30 AM Frosh/Soph Girls
9:00 AM Frosh/Soph Boys
9:30 AM Girls Varsity
9:50 AM Boys Varsity
10:10 AM Junior/Senior Girls
10:40 AM Junior/Senior Boys
11:00 AM Awards
Other Announcements
Nutrition Talk (8/24): We have a nutrition talk for the team on Monday, 8/24 after practice. This talk will be specific to the needs of high school runners. We strongly recommend attending.
Email List: Is there someone else who you would like to add to the email list? Fill out this form to be added!
Remind: We have a remind to alert people about last minute changes (lightning, race times, etc.). Text @creekxc202 to 81010 to join!
Notes for the Week
If you weren't present on Friday, we met with Coach Zurcher to talk about making positive goals. I really liked what he was saying about how your react when you are faced with a tough decision. It would be great if you could think about two things this week:
What is your cue word? What is a short phrase or word you can tell yourself to reset mentally. For me, it's either "get it together" or "finish" depending on the context. You should have something that you can tell yourself to reset and refocus.
Try to work on the "recognition" part of when you get faced with a tough decision. Sometimes we don't even realize that we've made the decision when we are in the moment. Slow your thinking down and make sure that you are actually aware of the decisions you are making when you're running!
Booster Club
Our Booster Club supports everything we do for cross country, including pasta parties, popsicle Mondays, snacks at meets, the end-of-year banquet, and more. Please check out the information in the links below.
Booster Club Links:
Week 1 Announcements (8/10/26 - 8/15/26)
CCXC Need-to-Know Info This Week
Practice Starts: Tomorrow (Monday) is our first official practice! We are meeting in the quad outside of IC at 3:45 PM each day this week. We should be done by 5:00 - 5:30, depending on what training group your athlete runs with. Be sure to complete all of your forms before we start!
Parent Night: Parent Night is in the Community Rooms (outside the library) on Wednesday, 8/12, at 6 PM. Park off of Union Ave.
Time Trials: This Saturday is our time trials. We will be starting in the "back" of Village Greens Park on field 9. I need to look at construction, but if it is feasible, you should park in the back/north lot at GV. We are looking to start the first race at 7:30 AM and we should be finished with all our races by 9:00 AM. We also need a few volunteers for that day, and you can sign up here.
Spike Night: This Friday (8/14) from 5:30 - 7:30 we will have our first spike night at the Runner's Roost on Colorado and I-25. Saucony is helping to support the event and we get a 10% return on any sales made on Friday. This is actually our "spike week" in that if you go to Runner's Roost any time this week, ANYONE can get a 15% discount if they mention Cherry Creek XC (parents included!). Runners always get a 15% discount. We will have another spike night with Road Runner sports later in the season.
Booster Club
Our Booster Club supports everything that we do for cross country, including pasta parties, popsicle Mondays, snacks at meets, end of year banquet, and more. Please join the booster club to help support CCXC!!
Gear
Additionally, the booster club has helped set up our gear store. All of this gear is optional, but helps you to represent CCXC at school.
Nutrition Talk
We have a nutrition talk for the team on 8/24 after practice. We strongly recommend attending.k the CCXC Website for Season Info
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Pre-season Announcement (8/1/26)
1. If you don't have a uniform or need to get an updated uniform, here is the link for that. This "first round" of ordering is just for the uniform, but there will be optional swag that you can get later in the season The tops run pretty true to size for width, but are a little long, for what it's worth.
2. We are having a preseason camp next week. There is no registration/payment for it so you can just show up and run. We are going to meet from 7:30 AM - 9:15 AM, M-F, in the "quad." There is a picture of the map on our instagram page!
3. Our website is the best place to go for XC info. The schedule on there currently is what we are planning for the season. The only thing missing are pasta parties, banquet, and parent night. I will put them up and let you know once they're all scheduled.
4. Practice officially starts on 8/10. You need to make sure you're registered by 3:45 PM on Monday, 8/10, in order to practice!
Don't hesitate to reach out with questions.
-Coach Dusto (edusto@gmail.com)
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