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Updates
2025/4/26: Liberty Bell
2025/4/20: Randall Hess
2025/4/15: Don Osse, Glenwood Springs and Arcadia
2025/3/30: Niwot Results + Practice Schedule
2025/3/23: Broomfield Results + NCAA Indoors
2025/3/20: Battling Fatigue + Grant Fisher is a Good Dude
2025/3/17: Thunder Ridge
2025/3/10: Columbine
2025/2/22: Under-fueling
2025/2/13: Millrose
summit miler's club
summit miler's club
Membership is simple, but simple ain't easy.
Boys run the 1600 under 5:00. Girls run it under 5:45.
2025 press coverage
2025 press coverage
2025/5/18: Summit High earns best finish in program history at the final day of the state track and field meet
2025/5/17: Summit’s Ella Hagen claims final school record at Day 2 of the state track and field meet
2025/5/14: Summit track and field athletes poised to compete at state championship event in Lakewood
2025/5/13: Summit High School student athletes commit to pursuing sport at the collegiate level
2025/5/6: Summit girls track and field team successfully defends league title in Grand Junction
2025/4/30: Summit track and field team utilizes spring break to qualify relay team
2025/4/20: Perseverance and dedication leads Summit’s Josh Shriver to the Air Force Academy
2025/4/16: Numerous school records fall as the Summit track and field team nears state meet
2025/4/13: Summit High School distance runners inducted into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame
2025/4/4: Summit track and field team finds some success at competitive Niwot Invitational in Boulder County
2025/3/28: Niwot Invitational Meet Preview
2025/3/25: Summit track and field takes on stiff competition at Broomfield Shootout
2025/3/7: Massive turnout boosts Summit track and field team’s spring aspirations
2024 press coverage
2024 press coverage
2024/3/26: Summit track and field team sets school record, personal-best marks at Fort Collins meet
2024/4/9: Summit High School’s Ella Hagen breaks school record in 2 mile
2024/4/20: Numerous school records fall as Summit High track and field team heads into spring break
2024/5/2: Summit track team shatters records in Longmont despite slew of canceled meets
2024/5/8: Summit girls track and field team clinches first league title in program history
2024/5/15: Summit track and field team secures final qualifying marks ahead of state meet
2024/5/16: Summit track and field team snags final spots at Day 1 of the state meet
2024/5/18: Summit track athletes secure podium finishes at final day of state track and field meet
2024/5/19, Denver Post: Behind latest elite talent, Colorado makes case as nation’s best female distance running state
2024/5/10, Vail Daily: Western Slope distance stars deliver in epic 1600-meter showdown on final day of Colorado state track meet
2024/5/23: Longtime Summit track and field coach embraces ‘new horizons’ after over 20 seasons of coaching
2024/5/29: Summit High School track and field athletes named to Colorado all-state teams
2024/6/1: Summit’s Ella Hagen rolls to fast time at Hoka Festival of Miles in Missouri
2024/6/5: Press Release: Hoka Launches NIL Trail Platform
2024/6/9: Summit’s Ella Hagen signs first-of-its kind deal with Hoka
2024/6/12: Summit’s Josh Shriver takes 5th in elite 1500-meter track race in Portland
2024/6/18: Summit High School runner sets several school records at Nike Outdoor Nationals
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SHS athletes set new distance records at nearly every meet.
SHS athletes set new distance records at nearly every meet.
4A State championship qualifying times 2016-2024
4A State championship qualifying times 2016-2024
18 athletes race at State in each event.
2016 is the top 18 times after State. 2017 - 2021 are the top 18 times before state. (I.e., the 18 automatic qualifiers.)
For 2022 - 2024 I recorded the number of "scratches"/non-declares. - I.e., they opted not to enter the State Championship in that event, even though they had a qualifying time. That's typically because they wanted to focus on another event. In a few cases it was due to injury.
The "Last Entry" column is the time of the 18th fastest person, after scratches, qualifying for State.
2024 State Qualification Status
2024 State Qualification Status
Marks in Green in the 2024 SHS Best columns are (likely) State Qualifiers.
2024 Track Schedule
2024 Track Schedule
The end of XC to the beginning of Track: Summit Distance Project winter training, Nordic or Skimo.
Mon, Feb 26 2024 Track practice begins
March 8-10 New Balance and Nike Indoor Nationals
Sat, March 9 Columbine Invitational Jeffco Stadium 8:30 am
Fri, March 15 Rifle Invitational Rifle HS TBD
Fri, March 22 Runners Roost Invitational Ft. Collins HS 9:00 am
Sat, March 23 Broomfield Shootout Broomfield, CO TBD
Sat, March 30 NOCO Series #1 Niwot, CO TBD
Fri-Sat, Apr 5-6 Arcadia Invite Arcadia, CA
Fri, Apr 5 Jack n Jill Jeffco Stadium
Sat, April 6 D'Evelyn Jeffco Stadium
Thu, April 11 Don Osse Invite Lakewood, CO
Sat, April 13 Demon Invite Glenwood Springs HS TBD
14-21 April Spring Break
Fri, April 26 Longmont Invite Longmont, CO
Fri/Sat, May 3-4 WSL 4A League Meet Stocker Stadium TBD
Fri, May 10 West Grand Invitational Kremmling HS TBD
Fri, May 10 St. Vrain Invitational Longmont HS 9:00 am
Sat, May 11 Last Chance TBD
Th-Sa, May 16-18 CHSAA State Meet Jeffco Stadium TBD
May 30 HOKA Festival of Miles St. Louis, MO
June 12-15 Nike Outdoor Nationals Hayward Field, Eugene OR
June 15-18 New Balance Outdoor Natls Franklin Field, Philadelphia PA
2023 Summit Track in the News!
2023 Summit Track in the News!
2023/3/16: Off to a hot start: Summit track and field team places 6th and 12th at season opener in Lakewood
2023/3/22: Hard work leads to personal bests and podium finishes for the Summit track and field team in Rifle
2023/4/2: Summit track and field team braves wind at Erie Twilight Invitational; places 10th in team rankings
2023/4/12: Ella Hagen blazes her way to new school record in California while Summit track team excels at home
2023/5/4: Fast times at Summit High: Jack Schierholz sprints his way to new school record; team wins meet
2023/5/7: Summit High School graduate punches his ticket to the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships
2023/5/9: Fit for state: Summit track team sets 4 new school records at league meet
2023/5/18: Nine athletes poised to represent Summit High School at state track and field meet
2023 Track Schedule
2023 Track Schedule
The end of XC to the beginning of Track: Summit Distance Project winter training
Mon, Feb 27 2023 Track practice begins
Sat, March 11 Columbine Invitational Jeffco Stadium 8:30 am
Fri, March 17 Rifle Invitational Rifle HS TBD
Sat, March 25 Runners Roost Invitational Ft. Collins HS 9:00 am
Fri, March 31 Erie Twilight Invitational Erie HS TBD
Fri, April 7 Jack and Jill JV meet JeffCo Stadium 3:00 pm
Sat, April 8 D’Evelyn Invitational JeffCo Stadium 9:00 am
Thu, April 13 Titan Invitational (varsity) Classical Academy 2:00 pm
Sat, April 15 Demon Invite Glenwood Springs HS TBD
15-23 April Spring Break
Sat, April 29 Steamboat Invitational Steamboat HS TBD (PROM)
Fri/Sat, May 5-6 WSL 4A League Meet Stocker Stadium TBD
Fri, May 12 West Grand Invitational (JV) Kremmling HS TBD
Fri, May 12 St. Vrain Invitational Longmont HS 9:00 am
Th-Sa, May 18-20 CHSAA State Meet Jeffco Stadium TBD
June National Meets Various
2024 XC Schedule
2024 XC Schedule
Cross Country Summer training begins: 17 June
Summit Distance Project running camp in Crested Butte: 22-26 July
High School official practices begin: 12 August, 8am
Click here for the practice schedule and locations
Team scrimmage/TT:
First meet: 24 August
Meets: Tentative schedule, still working based on 2023 dates. Confirmed dates are bolded. Will finalize when meet dates are confirmed. (click on each name for meet information, click here for a printable schedule)
Cheyenne Mountain Stampede - Friday, 23 August
Mountain Vista 2-Mile - Saturday, 24 August
Battle Mountain Husky Invite - Saturday, 31 August
Liberty Bell - Saturday, 7 August
Eagle Valley - Saturday, 14 August
Roy Griak - Friday, 20 August
Woodbridge - Saturday, 21 August
Northfield Nighthawk - Saturday, 21 August
Summit Stinger - Friday, 13 August, 27 August or 4 October
Pat Amato Classic - Friday
XC 4A Region 1 Championship/State Qualifier - Wednesday, 24 Oct
XC State Championship - Saturday, 2 Nov
Nike Cross Southwest Regional - Saturday, 23 Nov?
Footlocker Midwest Regional - Saturday, 30 Nov?
Nike Cross Nationals & Running Lane Nationals - Saturday, 7 Dec?
Footlocker Nationals - Saturday, 14 Dec?
2025 Track practice begins:
2025 Track and Field State Championship:
Endurance racing is painful. It's not for the soft. Whether it’s the slow burn of a 5k XC race or the acid bath of an 800, each type of endurance event inflicts intense suffering in some form. Athletes who are better able to tolerate the discomfort that comes with competing have an advantage over those with a lesser tolerance. Former 5000-meter American record holder Bob Kennedy said it well: “One thing about racing is that it hurts. You better accept that from the beginning or you’re not going anywhere.”
Running is hard. It’s rather simple, but simple ain’t easy. To become a successful runner, you must "become comfortable being uncomfortable." You must embrace discomfort. You must learn how to train and race hard. As Greg Lemond said, "It doesn’t get easier, you just go faster."
The good news is that athletes can increase their tolerance of race pain through training. Research has shown that workouts that induce high levels of discomfort increase pain tolerance.
Here’s the secret - once you develop a good work ethic, train consistently and learn how to push yourself it somehow isn’t that hard anymore. Somehow hard becomes “I can do this. This is what I do. This is who I am.”
The embrace of working hard becomes an internal characteristic that will benefit you in all aspects of life, for the rest of your life.
The team environment, where everyone is competing for each other, not with each other, tremendously accelerates learning how to embrace discomfort. The team environment makes it easier, more enjoyable. We are striving to create a great team culture where everyone works hard to support each other. The team success then reflects on all.
Discomfort is life-enhancing. Join the Summit Track Distance Team, where the tough build courage.
SUMMIT TRACK DISTANCE TEAM
The SHS Track Distance Team is looking for aspiring new runners to join our program.
We need new talent to build a strong tradition. Attributes of successful distance runners include those who are fit, fast and athletic, although all physical traits and abilities can succeed. If you perform tasks well when no one is looking, enjoy physical activity and don’t easily give up, you may be a good fit for our program. Give it two weeks and chances are you will be hooked.
The discipline that comes with training your body translates to the classroom as well, and you will find that many of the most successful and purposeful scholars at any school are distance runners.
Track season runs from the end of February to the State Championship at the end of May. Of course, serious runners aiming to compete at the highest levels train far beyond the official season. Our goal is to become one of the best distance programs in the country and dominate the distance events at track meets, with multiple individuals qualifying for State, including the 4x800 relay teams. You can be a part of building that legacy.
We practice daily at Summit High School and varied locations. Practice is at 3:10 p.m. weekdays except 2:20 on Wednesdays. Saturday morning practice is normally at 10:00 a.m.
Average training distances for freshmen range between 3-4 miles. Track distance races are the 800, 1600, 3200 and 4x800 relay.
You don't need to be a great runner to start. What we care about is that you are willing to challenge yourself to improve and have fun! You must have a desire to work hard.
We believe in our program, and want you to join. We know we can help you succeed and contribute to the success of the team. There could be many miles ahead of you, but if you travel them with students who value success, friendship, and integrity, you will find them to be the best and most valuable ones of your life.
We hope you take a risk and challenge yourself to compete in track. Seize your opportunity.
Join us, and unleash your champion!
Coach Hagen
SHS Track Distance Coach
Interested? Contact us and complete this form.
Check www.co.milesplit.com regularly for Track and Field articles and results.
Head Track Coach: Jay Peltier, 612-419-9874, tiger.trackfield@summitk12.org
Distance Coach: Michael Hagen, 719-360-1693, tiger.crosscountry@summitk12.org
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