2020
Girls Finish 3rd at State!
All-State: Molly 2nd (with a school record) and Luna 14th (2nd all-time)
Pioneer Press Article Dyestat Article Dyestat Molly Interview
Watch Addie's End of Season Video
Team Awards Ceremony - Monday, Oct 26 at 3:30 in the stadium. We will socially distance in the bleachers. Bring your own blanket. Collection of Photos from the Season
Girls are Section Champs! (first time since 1975)
all 7 girls in top 15!
Jen's Photos
All State Academic: Molly, DJ, Chloe (top 15, GPA >3.75, grades 10 to 12)
Boys and Girls Team win Academic Gold Awards - GPA 3.75
Girls beat the Boys for academic GPA by 0.12
Pack Running - by Quinn (for the Varsity Boy)
Strava Art - The winner is the Bacon Group!
Parents - join the Parent Strava Club
Parents - SPPS Discusses No Spectator Policy
Hoka Postal Nationals Rankings - it is a little early
Girls: If you want to buy spandex shorts to wear instead of the issued uniform race shorts you can order them here
The Remind App (run by upperclassmen for last minute changes/notifications)
Workout Pods - each tab on the sheet is a pod. The pods are fixed for the fall. The workout groups within the pods will change. Runners in the Moore Cowbell group will not practice on Wednesdays. Weekly Workout Schedule
Runners - Fill out your emergency contact information
Interested in helping the Cross Country team this fall? The team is unable to use the weight room due to the pandemic. Donate an item from their Amazon Wish List to assist them in their outdoor strength routines. Thank you!
Running Doubles: this isn't for everyone. Why do it? It will flush out your legs to promote recovery. If you ran an age appropriate number of miles this summer and want to try running doubles - talk to your coach. General guidelines: keep the second run short - 20 to 30 minutes. Get on soft surfaces. 9th graders - 1 to 2 per week. 10th/11th - 2 to 3. Seniors 3 to 4.
Update on our numbers and coaching situation: OUR GOAL HAS BEEN REACHED!! Thank you to everyone who donated. All dollars raised in excess of the money needed to pay the coach will be used to support the team in other ways. We are limited to 24 runners per coach. The district pays for two coaches. The booster club is currently raising money for a third. That gives us 72 runners. We have 81 runners. We were to make roster cuts this week. We now have a 4th coach (volunteer) - Mollie Moore. Mollie will coach on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. We will have 4 pods, and we plan to have the 4th pod practice four days a week starting on Monday. We are planning to update the team roster/pods on Friday. To pay for the 3rd coach we are asking for a donation of $50 per runner (paid to the booster club). Booster club payments may be done via PayPal or by check. Write a note "Coach" in PayPal or on the memo line of the check so we know what the payment covers. Make check to "HP CCXC Booster Club" and mail it to Berit Nelson, 1385 Edgcumbe Rd, St. Paul, MN 55116
Time Trial Results - Boys Girls (email brad.moening@spps.org for typos)o.
SPPS Fall Athletic Preparedness Plan 8/14
Latest MSHSL Cross Country Updates 8/14
Parent Meeting: With Coach Moening on Thursday, August 13 at 4:30 pm. We will provide a description of what practice will look like and will answer your questions the best we can. Parent Meeting Agenda
CC Run Updates - updates posted daily
First day of practice is Monday, August 17 at 9:00 am on the track - Rough Schedule
Bring your running logs the first day practice (fill out out the best you can) to help coaches plan.
The first three weeks of practice (before school are mostly at 7:00 am with a couple exceptions. 3:30ish once school starts.
Masks must be worn during the entire practice EXCEPT while running.
Practices will be broken into pods of 25 or less (including the coach)
Our race schedule will be completed re-worked. MSHSL is allowing a maximum of three teams per event.
Section/State Meets (waiting on MSHSL for info). If Section meets happen (varsity only) they would be the week of October 12-18 (MEA). The state meet would be approximately October 24.
We won't be allowed to have spectators at our races. Email kurt.m.koch@gmail.com if you want to help figure out online streaming
T-Shirts - if you will earn a mileage or push up shirt - email brad.moening@spps.org with t-shirt size by August 13
COVID updates from the Minnesota State High School League are posted here
SPPS Fall Athletic preparedness Plan and draft COVID race protocol .
MSHSL COVID Notice and MSHSL Fall Sports Seasons
MSHSL declared no captains practices this year.
Summer Communications
The Remind App (run by upperclassmen for last minute changes/notifications)
Email Coaches: brad.moening@spps.org and emily.klatt@spps.org
Strava Clubs: to keep track of your buddies - join the Boys and Girls Cross Country Clubs
follow HPDistance on Instagram
400M and 2K Time Trial Results
We are beginning to plan for the end of the !Fantasy Fitness season and the potential start to fall cross country. Some important updates:
Workouts are eligible for points as long as they begin before 11:59 PM Central Time on Friday, August 14.
Workouts must be submitted by 5:00 pm Central Time on Monday, August 17, but please submit them as soon as possible after completion for the most accurate scoring.
All leaderboards have been re-scored to fix a few issues with workouts not appearing for some people. We're still investigating oddities with some running distance calculations - all data is saving safely, however some workouts are not behaving with the scoring engine. Stay tuned for updates - we likely will need to refresh the leaderboard again in the next few weeks.
If you find value in !Fantasy Fitness and want to support its development, contributions are accepted via PayPal (tatebosler@gmail.com), Venmo (@tatebosler), or Square Cash ($tatebosler). Contributions are optional, but highly appreciated!
2020 Summer Training Plans (the training plans start on June 6) and Log sheet
Tuesdays Nights - Optional Practices begin June 23 - you must pre-register (email brad.moening@spps.org) and bring a copy of your waiver form to practice.
!Fantasy Fitness update: Team practice bonuses will be available for practices starting June 30. Leaderboards will be re-scored over the weekend of June 27-28 to fix a scoring bug (all workouts are saving safely, but there’s a bug that’s been causing some points to display weird).
2020 Draft Race Schedule (obviously lots of logistics and unknowns TBD)
Fantasy Fitness Starts Saturday! No workouts may be logged during curfew. Log your workouts here.
Another Place to Sign up - this is for the high school athletic director.
Runners - CC Run Info Meeting for Fall 2020. Lot of things we don't know. If you missed it, we had a informational meeting on May 27. Read through the links below if you hope to run in the fall.
Cross Country Sign Up (obviously - a lot we don't know - this is to gauge interest for Coaching)
2020 Summer Training Plans (the training plans start on June 6) and Log sheet
Coach Moening's notes on summer training
Running Summer Time Trial Course - Hidden Falls Boat Launch
Fantasy Fitess Draft Order will be determined on May 27 using the Joe Peacock algorithm or maybe the updated Joe Peacock algorithm
Runners and Skiers - Summer T-Shirt Awards - you have up to three options
Win your Fantasy Fitness Division - top two boys and top two girls in each division
Complete the 5000 Push Up Challenge
Earn a summer mileage award. To be eligible to receive this award the runner must submit your summer training log the first week of practice and complete 50% of your mileage by July 15.
High School Boys - 400 miles
High School Girls - 300 miles
Middle School Boys (going into 7th or 8th grade) - 240 miles
Middle School Girls (going into 7th or 8th grade) - 200 miles
Thinking about Fantasy Fitness?
Registration opens: 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 4 http://highland.ifantasyfitness.com/join/2020
Team Owners must be registered by: 5:00 p.m. Monday, May 25
All others must be registered by: 5:00 p.m. Monday, June 1
Draft Day: 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 3
Trades open: 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, Trades close: 5:00 p.m. Friday, June 5
Workouts begin: 12:00 a.m. Saturday, June 6
After a rigorous review and selection process (and of course pending physicals) - we are pleased to announce the following owners for the 2020 Fantasy Fitness Season: A-Fab, Jen R, Mateo, Ziva, Quinn W, Boomer, McKinney, Mark Fabel, Sparky, Knuckles
Workout Ideas
Need help planning a week of running (this track plan will get you through May)
2020 Summer Training Plans (the training plans start on June 6).
Looking for workout ideas - follow the mid-distance track workouts
Need ideas for ski training? look at Maeve's Plan. Younger skiers can adjust hours.
Experienced skiers only - take a look at Molly's Plan
Social Distancing Dash! The CC captains are back and are challenging you (and your family and friends) to the Social Distancing Dash! On April 2nd run a 1600m (on a track or with GPS) submit it to this link and check back later for community results! Spread the word- this is open to everyone! Stay safe (social distance!!) and happy running! Results!
Oliver is Star Tribune Cross Country Runner of the Year
NXR Results (The open races are merged into one race)
NXR Photos
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Banquet Videos and Photos
Lisa Leo Photos
Addie Fabel's Good to be Alive (link fixed)
CC Superfan Cole Johnson - Oliver's Video
Maeve's Senior Video
Give to the Max! This is our biggest fundraiser for Cross Country and Nordic Ski for the year and we have a big goal of $5,500 by November 14th. Please share with family, friends, and neighborhood endurance sports supporters.
State Meet
Oliver is State Champion! Pioneer Press Article Milesplit Interview
Boys 3rd, Girls 6th
All-State: Oliver, Boone, Conor, Molly
Cole Johnson's video of the final hill
Records updated Best Times, State Qualifiers, and Grade Level Records Top 20 Times
comments from the 1973 Captain and Teammates
Joey Temali Photos
Meet Memo, the Marie Kondo of Fitness (good video)
Pioneer Press - Oliver and Mickies
StarTribune - State Preview
Milesplit State Preview
HP CC on Prep Spotlight - go to 26:15, not sure where the photos came from
CC Banquet is Monday November 4 - more info here (payment due Thursday, Oct 31)
Parents and fans of Highland Park runners and skiers: Get your cheer on with new HP CCXC t-shirts (short and long-sleeve available). Shirt orders are due by Nov. 15th with delivery 1-2 weeks after, perfect timing for holiday gifts. Shirt Order Form
Women in Sports - Free Seminar Facilitated by Jillian Tholen, MS, RDN, LD, a sports-trained dietitian
State Championship - Varsity Lineup - we race 7 in the varsity race. Alternates are: Lance, Otto, Anna, Maddie.
Nike Regionals Information - open to all runners (parents should read this too)
Working on new workout group names
Message From the Captains: A $5 - $10 donation from athletes for the coaches gift would be greatly appreciated! You can give money to any of the captains.
CC Superfan Cole has been busy. Check out his archival review of Highland's history at state
Academic Awards
Varsity Boys and Varsity Golds win the Gold Level Award (>3.75 GPA average top 5 GPA)
All State Academic (top 15 sections, grade 10 to 12, GPA 3.75 or higher): Oliver Paleen, Molly Moening, Caroline Harding.
No Parking - getting ready for Monster Dash
Molly was chosen as this week's MVP for Channel 45TV prep sports. It is around 12:00 mark https://prepspotlight.tv/MSHSL/SpotlightShow/5685
A wish list has been created for the HP Cross Country and Nordic teams. HPCCXC Booster Club Wish List. Any items purchased will be sent directly to Coach Moening at the school as a donation to the Cross Country and Nordic teams.
Runners - show this to your parents
Oliver is a Star Tribune Athlete of the Week
New Coaches Association Rankings
Woody Kincaid 12:58!!! Race Video here
Grinder Results (runners - sign up for concessions before you look at the results)
Strava Drawing Contest - get your photos to Coach Moening (updated)
Video from all Irish Invite Races This one might be the best - listen to the audio for a bit
Listen to HP CC on the radio Podcast from Saturday - WFNU 94.1 FM's 651Sports
Watch the Diamond League 800
Runners: Submit 2019 Emergency Contact Info
Girls Racing Uniform Shorts: We have many more girls on the team than last year. We ran out of shorts. The varsity squad is required to have matching uniforms. I think we have most of them covered. If you run in a non-varsity race we'd like you wearing something close the the royal blue short. If you'd like to buy a pair of matching shorts - these are the originals, these are the spandex version.
Join the HP CCXC Booster Club Board! Are you a parent interested in helping to support the HP Cross Country and Nordic teams? The newly created Booster Club needs to fill grade-level representative positions (Middle school, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th). The Booster Club meets roughly six times a year. It’s a fun group that works to raise money in support of both teams so that all cross country and nordic athletes can experience their respective sport in a meaningful way. We will hold a brief election at the upcoming Parent Party on Aug. 27. For more information or questions, contact Rebeca Escalante, rebeca@johngregg.org, or Sara Fabel, fabel.sara@gmail.com
Runner to Do List - first day of practice is Monday, August 12 at 9:00 am on the track.
Turn in forms, fees and copy of physical to High School Athletic Director (Mr. Auran). He will give you a yellow card. That is your ticket to practice.
Bring your summer log to practice on Monday..
Join the Remind to get updates on all things running/skiing and captains practice!
Submit 2019 Emergency Contact Info
Keep an eye on the weekly workout schedule.
Fantasy Fitness Draft order will be determined at the team meeting next week.
Owners may review the lottery selection algorithm.
Fantasy Fitness Fans - Tate has been busy and has us ready to go
Registration link: https://highland.ifantasyfitness.com/join/2019
Rules for this year If you are under the age of 13 - read this
Technical questions should be sent to me directly (tatebosler@gmail.com).
!Fantasy Fitness Owners for 2019: Nat, Cole, Label, Mears, DJ, Dolly, Shaggy, Sparky, Killer, TRT, Steph J, .......
Skiers - on June 5 we'll meet and develop individual training plans for the next season. All skiers invited. Room 3303 at 2:05 until done.Here is an example. Developing Long Term Goals. Summer Running Plans Log Simple Annual Log Simple Weekly Log Salsa Scale - Weekly Planning